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Re: gEDA-user: wishful UI





Stefan Salewski wrote:
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 12:58 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote:

I agree, but on a high level a net /is/ "a relation between two pads/pins".
(Well, a net can have many pads/pins. A subnet would be restricted to two,
by definition.)


No. A subnet, in my mind, is not restricted to two nodes (pin/pad).
The +5V net with netname "five_volt_positive" can contain a "high
current" subnet including DC-DC converter, big capacitor, fuse, high
current devices.

Just to make this clear.
Just to make it known, "a subnet is a point to point connection within a net" was the one and only DEFINITION of what a sub net is I found and understood. All other ways I can conceive are generalizations of that, ie. "a subnet is a list of 2 or more pins within a net". For lists of 3 or more pins attributes like length or impedance don't make any sense,
so  this appears to me a bit like sound and smoke.


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