Good to know, Thanks Mariama Barr-Dallas Meyerhoff Scholar/ NSA Scholar M23 Computer Science Major, History Major University of Maryland Baltimore County Class of 2015
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Matt Gilman <[email protected]> wrote: > Mariama, > > Only ports require a unique name. Other components do not have this > restriction. By default when you create a Processor it will use the class > name of the Processor type as the initial value for its name. So if you > continually add the same type of Processor they will all have the same name. > > I believe the 'Copy of ' behavior you're describing is for ports and > groups when using copy/paste or instantiating a template. We use 'Copy of ' > here because the components being created already have a meaningful name. > > Matt > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Mariama Barr-Dallas < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I notice that when I use the REST api it allows me to post a processor to >> the board when there is already a processor of the same name. In other >> words, once this is done there are now two processors of the same name on >> the board. When I do this via the GUI, however, it automatically appends >> "Copy" to the processor name so that the names of all of the processors are >> unique. I know this may not cause obvious issues right away since UUIDs are >> used to identify the processors, but this could be a barrier depending on >> how they are being used. >> > >
