Method update_symbols

SLiCAP/schematic/symbol_library.py:388–401

Replace this library's definitions of *names* with those from *other*. Used to refresh a schematic's frozen symbols with the most recent versions from the live symbol library. Returns the names that were actually found in *other* and updated; names absent there are left

(self, other: "SymbolLibrary", names)

        Path(path).write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")

    def update_symbols(self, other: "SymbolLibrary", names) -> list[str]:
        """Replace this library's definitions of *names* with those from *other*.

        Used to refresh a schematic's frozen symbols with the most recent
        versions from the live symbol library.  Returns the names that were
        actually found in *other* and updated; names absent there are left
        untouched (reported back so the caller can warn the user)."""
        updated: list[str] = []
        for n in names:
            sym = other.symbol(n)
            if sym is not None:
                self._symbols[n] = sym
                updated.append(n)
        return updated

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