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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, these are good points, it seems a bit like there ought to be a better
way to support those needs but I understand and will maintain that behavior.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 2:50 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 05/06/2018 à 04:38, Jon Evans a écrit :
> > 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
> >
>
> We *should* forward them to the layout.
> This is the best way to detect if the footprint has missing pads
> (incorrect footprint choice)
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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