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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Parameter substitution
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Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 01:47:01 +0200
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John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> writes:

> On Jul 23, 2016, at 4:45 PM, Stephan Böttcher <geda AT psjt DOT org> wrote:
>
>>> - Pins for subschematic symbols don't require a pinnumber= attribute,
>>> and non-slotted pins don't require a pinseq= attribute.
>> 
>> Have they ever required those?
>
> If you turn off hierarchy expansion gnetlist needs pin numbers, since
> connectivity is identified by (refdes pinnumber).

Ok, sure, in that case they have netlist semantics attached.

And now I remember your problem with the substitution patch.  When
hierarchy is not expanded, there will be nowhere to apply the
substitutions.  Your spice netlister would need to transform the
substitutions into instance parameters.  Is that difficult?

-- 
Stephan