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[José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Btw, I noticed nets don't get generated when the symbol is missing pins
(does not include all the non-connect pins), which i consider to be
defective symbols.

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 10:46 PM, José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Non-connected pins should each have an unique net to prevent connection to
> eachother, either that or a special net that behaves that way. In pcbnew,
> pins with no net assigned can be connected to eachother (and that can be an
> useful behavior when doing things on pcbnew only).
>
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 9:38 PM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In the current netlisting algorithm, pins with no-connects sometimes
>> appear in the netlist, with auto-generated names like Net-(U1-Pad1).
>>
>> This seems to not always happen, but I haven't investigated why yet,
>> since I'm approaching netlisting from a different direction with my new
>> connectivity algorithm.  In my algorithm, a pin with a no-connect attached
>> will never generate an entry in the netlist.
>>
>> Is there some reason we should be including these pins on the netlist?
>> It seems like if they are marked as no-connects and don't actually connect
>> to anything, we shouldn't be forwarding them to the layout.
>>
>> -Jon
>>
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