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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 08/03/2018 à 19:02, Ouabache Designworks a écrit :
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> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:47 AM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>     Netlist export is a key feature of every schematic editor. So is multi-sheet support. These
>     aren't random extra features, they are a normal part of any modern schematic editor. 
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> Yes they are necessary features. My argument is that they have little to do with the core mission of
> putting graphical objects on the screen and probably would not share much code with
> the rest of the program. If you add this into the main program then it only makes it bigger and more
> complex. I alway go  for the simpler and cleaner approach.  Calling the netlister is more
> of a design management task than a schematic editor one so it should go into the Design Manager program.
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> John Eaton

"they have little to do with the core mission..."
This is false.
A internal netlister is mandatory in a schematic design tool at least because it is the key for ERC
and net highlight.
An especially for net highlight, it must be *very* fast.

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS