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[André S. <list.dev.kicad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

this issues are still on my wishlist for KiCad:
- Ban hidden Pins.
- Disallow multiple labels on the same net.
Especially the combination of those two is a source for non-obvious 
design bugs.

Wayne recently stated that now the planning for release 5 has started, 
so I just thought I bring it up again.

I wrote a blog entry why I think those two topics should be addressed, 
you can find it here (warning: wall of text ahead ;)):
http://transistorgrab.de/2016/02/05/why-hidden-pins-are-evil-and-nets-should-only-have-one-name/

I'm really interested that at least there is a definite conclusion for 
KiCad and that this conclusion is then put somewhere obvious in the 
documentation with all the pitfalls that come with that features and how 
to avoid them.

Thanks in advance for anyone taking part in the discussion. :)

Best Regards,
  André