Re: sch2edif query

[ralph.lange@bessy.de (Ralph Lange)]

> I get this error message occassionally when building a database, if anyone 
> can tell me what generates the 'failed assertion ep > bp ..' bit I'd be 
> most grateful.

> [...]

Sean,

I had a longer conversation with the Phase3 people about this problem and
we' found out that this happens when an unnamed property exists in any of
the schematic's symbols/wires. These things occur when you (unintentionally)
hit the Add/Modify' button in the Properties' box without having entered a
name in the appropriate field. Empty properties look like a single :' in
the property list.
You can track down the problem to:

[schematic2]
uniq 3
[tools]
[detail]
[cell use]
use elongin 3424 1063 100 0 elongin#0
xform 0 3744 1408
[comments]

which runs perfectly, compared to

[schematic2]
uniq 3
[tools]
[detail]
[cell use]
use elongin 3424 1063 100 0 elongin#0
xform 0 3744 1408
p 3572 936 100 0 1 :
[comments]

producing the mentioned crash.

Poor consistency checks...

Ralph
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