Real-time Netlisting in KiCad

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Explains KiCad 6’s new real-time netlisting system that computes electrical connectivity in schematics as the user edits them. Covers motivations for replacing the previous on-demand netlist step, implementation details of the live connectivity determination (including handling of component pins, wires, labels and other graphical objects), and the benefits and possible future improvements of the approach.

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