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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 14.09.2016 10:24, jp charras wrote:
> Hi Orson, Tomasz:
> 
> Recently, I tried to remove a fully outdated spice option netlist: use net numbers or net names.
> I am thinking it is not needed by spice simulators since 20 years.
> 
> But I saw it is still used in our spice simulator.
> This is very easy to change, but my question is:
> Is it a reason (calculation time or something else) to use net numbers instead of net names in
> Kicad/ngspice simulator and which prevent me to use only net names (and remove useless old code)?
> 
Hi Jean-Pierre,

I don't think we had any particular reason for choosing to use numbers
other than old habits. You can enable net names in spice netlists.

Cheers,
Tom