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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:00:46 -0500
From: John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb file format (functions to walk thru by different
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On 08/25/2015 12:46 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Another thing which might be useful is to store each footprint*once*
> and refer to it for each element, but that means you'd need a way to
> override individual parts of the footprint for each element, too.

Local overrides seem to muddle up the usefulness of placing instances in a hierarchy.
Wouldn't it be better if locally overriding changes it from an instance to a new
element made from copied traces and having its own unique name?