Re: gEDA-user: Power nets in hierarchy

[Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@seul.org>]

Hi Stuart&Bill,

>Why not just define an attribute "GLOBAL" which you could attach to a
>net?  A global net would then have two attributes: NETNAME and GLOBAL,
>for example:
>
>NETNAME=VCC
>GLOBAL=1
>
>Then the netlister would know directly what type of net it was
>handling, instead of having to figure it out from the attached
>schematic symbol.  In any event, I often just use named nets for power
>instead of attaching a power symbol.  Finally, there are other common
>nets which aren't power nets but are also globals, such as RESET.
>Nets like RESET don't always have an accepted device symbol.

	I have absolutely no issues with adding this "GLOBAL" attribute
to the standard list.  However, is "GLOBAL" really the best name?
I've gotten in trouble in the past naming attributes general things
such as "label" or "name" which mean different things to different
people.

	If GLOBAL is the best name, then I'm fine with that too.
Let me know.

								-Ales