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[Laurent GONZALEZ <kicad@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi there,

I am a very new user to kicad, and at my first try something bugged me.

When creating a big component (mine is TQFP100), I find it very useful
to tap directly into the .lib file to tune labels, pin position, etc ...

Unfortunately, when a hand modified component is re-imported into the
library editor, and saved, most of previous efforts to sort pins are
void, which makes the .lib file difficult to read back.

After having a look into the code (thanks doxygen), I think that the
DoCompare method for pins is worth to be modified, in particular
regarding how m_number members are compared.

My guess is that m_number must be sorted alphabetically until numeric
digit are encountered. Then, a numeric part must be compared as a
number. The goal is to sort correctly A9, A10, B9, B10 on a BGA chip.

Of course, I would be happy to propose a patch, if other share my
opinion about this improvement.

--
Laurent