============the .hal file =============================================
# HAL config file to test a LOT of devices to see if eg mux2.000 will occur/ be valid
loadrt hypot count=101
============the halrun invocation and the hal show funct result =======
tomp@cncbox:~/emc2.2-branch$ halrun -I -kf test-dev000.hal
halcmd: show funct
Exported Functions:
Owner CodeAddr Arg FP Users Name
00003 e0cf41a0 e0f7d0b4 YES 0 hypot.0
00003 e0cf41a0 e0f7d0c8 YES 0 hypot.1
00003 e0cf41a0 e0f7d17c YES 0 hypot.10
00003 e0cf41a0 e0f7d884 YES 0 hypot.100
...
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so the autonumbering scheme doesnt have preceding 0's
so the gEDA scheme cannot have preceding 0's
nor a fixed number of digits