From 0bc2321ade7993d2ac83bde6f297237595826e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@koefferlein.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:17:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Some code cleanup.

---
 src/db/db/dbNetlistCompare.cc | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/db/db/dbNetlistCompare.cc b/src/db/db/dbNetlistCompare.cc
index 593810056..96682f9ef 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbNetlistCompare.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbNetlistCompare.cc
@@ -489,14 +489,10 @@ public:
   void same_circuit (const db::Circuit *ca, const db::Circuit *cb)
   {
     //  no arbitrary cross-pairing
+    //  NOTE: many layout circuits are allowed for one schematic to account for layout alternatives.
     if (ca && has_cat_for (ca)) {
       throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Circuit is already paired with other circuit: ")) + ca->name ());
     }
-#if 0 //  can pair multiple layout cells with one schematic circuit
-    if (cb && has_cat_for (cb)) {
-      throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("Circuit is already paired with other circuit: ")) + cb->name ());
-    }
-#endif
     generic_categorizer<db::Circuit>::same (ca, cb);
   }