Re: gEDA-user: coil-1.sym vs. inductor-1.sym

[sdb@xxxxxxxxxx (Stuart Brorson)]

> > And moreover, what's the point of coil-1.sym not being accepted by
> > gnetlist -g spice-sdb and inductor-1.sym being accepted?
> 
> the device INDUCTOR is catched by the spice-sdb backend while the device 
> COIL is not.
> 
> from gnet-spice-sdb.scm:
> -------------
>           ( (string=? device "INDUCTOR")
>               (spice-sdb:write-inductor package port))     
> ------------
> 
> Maybe you just have to extend that section that catches devices, mapping 
> the coil to the inductor.
> untested code snippet:
> --------------------
>           ( (string=? device "COIL")
>               (spice-sdb:write-inductor package port))     
> --------------------

Ummm. . . .  this little issue was fixed in spice-sdb on 9.11.2005.
But yeah, it's not in any "official" release.  Perhaps time for
another release is coming?  Another release would allow us to pick up
some of the gcc-4.x patches which have been submitted, as well as
Carlos's latest stuff.

Stuart