Created block names should match number of blocks on grid
When adding multiple functional blocks of the same type, they are normally named in order. E.g. "Assembler" followed by "Assembler 2" and "Assembler 3". When a block is ground off or otherwise lost, that order continues without adjustment. For example: If Assemblers 2 and 3 are ground off, the next Assembler to be added to the grid will still be named Assembler 4.
It doesn't seem like there's any reason for grids to remember blocks that they've lost, and if there is, it shouldn't be done via block names.
It would be desirable that new blocks could be given the earliest available unclaimed number. If a grid has a "Control Panel" and "Control Panel 3", the next control panel to be added should be named "Control Panel 2". Ideally this would exclude blocks that have been renamed outside this convention, but include blocks that have been renamed named but stay within this convention.
Alternately, a more minimal suggestion would be to reduce the count to 0 when the last block of a type is removed from a grid, so that new blocks of that type can start fresh.
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