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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/14/2014 03:12 PM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote:
> To me, the netlist is one representation of the design.
> The schematic is an electrical engineering view of the netlist,
> The BOARD is the physical instance of the netlist.
> So the BOARD needs to know about the net list for connectivity of the elements, and other constraints like impedances, crosstalk, EMI, etc..
> 
> I am not sure that the net list needs to know about the board.
> 
> My $0.02,


This is programmer stuff Jean-Paul.   :)   Not sure who will give you $0.02 for that
comment.  We love you though, and are grateful for your concerns.