starting a layout cell name with a number

[R. Jacob Baker]

Hi All,

There appears to be an issue with a (layout) cell name that begins with a number. 

Attached and below are examples. The schematic simulates fine; however, a "_" is added when the subcircuit spice code is written when simulating a layout (so the simulation doesn't run). 

If this is a user error please let me know ;-)

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[Steven Rubin]

This is strange, because the latest version of Electric prepends the library name to each cell name to prevent name conflicts when there are multiple libraries. However, this is a bug for versions of Electric before that change.

The source code fix is easy. Find the module com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.Spice.java

Find the line that reads:

                infstr.append(subCellName);

and change it to:

                infstr.append(getSafeCellName(subCellName));

   -Steve