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From: Peter TB Brett <peter AT peter-b DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] gnetlist drc2 seems to be missing some links?
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:28:30 +0100
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Stephen Williams writes:

> What's really bad about this is that I had no indication that
> this name were somehow reserved. All it did was quietly made a
> mess of my netlist. It would be helpful if this magic keyword
> were to somehow call itself out, at least during drc, so that
> a novice like me can become educated in its behavior. I had NO
> clue. A simple warning that a magic refdes were being used would
> have saved me a few days of head-scratching.
>

A fix for this is now in git and will be released in 1.8.2 and 1.9.1.
the "magic refdes" is now "__netattrib_power_pin", and gnetlist will
fail with errors if the input contains a conflicting refdes.

Regards,

                       Peter

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Dr. Peter Brett <peter AT peter-b DOT co DOT uk>