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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] gnetlist: allow net= attributes without a pin
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:58:52 +0200
Krzysztof Kościuszkiewicz <k DOT kosciuszkiewicz AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> This has been discussed several times.
> The consensus was that hacking this as a special case is frowned
> upon.

Net connectors (I/O pin/port symbols) is such an important case,
used EVERYWHERE in most non-trivial schematics.  It's not some
corner case.  It needs to be clean, easy, and foolproof for users.

Regards,
Colin

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