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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oliver,

Is there any possibility that this will break existing schematic
netlists?  I'm assuming this patch only prevents the user from
generating new invisible/no-connect connections.

Is anyone else opposed to this?

Cheers,

Wayne

On 3/7/2017 7:33 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> Is there any objection to applying this patch in its current form? Note
> that all it prevents is users accidentally joining pins that are already
> invisible AND non-connect.
> 
> Cheers,
> Oliver
> 
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Oliver Walters
> <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Urgh, patch attached here.
> 
>     On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Oliver Walters
>     <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>         I have amended the patch to only ignore connection of pins that
>         are both INVISIBLE and NC (Electrical Type = Not Connected).
>         This will improve the safety of the current libraries which do
>         contain many parts with NC pins set as invisible.
> 
>         It will also NOT change the behaviour of people using invisible
>         pins for one-to-many connection.
> 
>         Thoughts?
> 
>         On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Oliver Walters
>         <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx
>         <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>             Hi all,
> 
>             The attached patch prevents invisible pins from being
>             connected using the wire tool in eeschema.
> 
>             a) If you connect a wire endpoint to the same position as a
>             pin endpoint, they are NOT connected visually
>             b) Wires and insivible pins are also ignored during netlist
>             creation
>             c) This does not affect the ability of invisible power-pins
>             to automatically connect to global power labels
> 
>             Is the current behavior of connecting invisible pins to wire
>             endpoints desired? Or is it just an aberration?
> 
>             If there is a very good reason that pins not visible in the
>             schematic are able to be connected silently?
> 
>             before: http://i.imgur.com/3gModvW.png
>             <http://i.imgur.com/3gModvW.png>
> 
>             after: http://i.imgur.com/r8O7c3Y.png
>             <http://i.imgur.com/r8O7c3Y.png>
> 
>             (Note the 'dangling' wire-end indication)
> 
>             Cheers,
>             Oliver
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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