> Why would you define the port as anything except a gpio?

Absolutely no reason at all. Unless you just want to be different.

Sorry for the confusing variants.

We're just having a little mental exercise about how many ways you could reference a pin on a 12F675. I guess your question provided a good place to have some fun.

I think everyone will agree that GPIO is the proper way to go. But knowing if there's something better is .. well, better.
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