This adds the runtime support for class properties that are classes
to be arrayed. Add a means to define the dimensions of a property
in the vvp format, and add functions for setting/extracting elements
of a property.
Internally, treat the "$" as a special expression type that takes
as an argument the signal that is being indexed. In the vvp target,
use the $last system function to implement this.
When for example assigning to foo[<x>] within a contitional, and
doing synthesis, we need to create a NetSubstitute device to manage
the l-value bit selects.
This generates an EQZ LPM device that carries the case-z-ness to
the code generator.
Also add to the vvp code generator support for the EQZ device so
that the synthesis results can be simulated.
Account for the wildcard devices in the sizer.
This required keeping for-loops as actual things through the
netlist form so that the synthesizer can get at and understand
the parts of the for-loop. This may improve vvp code generation
in the future, but for now continue to present to the vvp code
generation the block-while form.
When a module is instantiated multiple times, the enum
types contained within would cause trouble. This fixes
that by elaborating in proper scope context.
This allows for syntax like a.b.c where a is a class with member
b, which is a class with member c, and so on. The handling is mostly
for the support of compound objects like classes.
Emit the elaborated class methods. Also generate root scopes to
represent the classes in order to hold the methods. These scopes
can also in the future be used to implement static properties.
This provides the ivl_target.h interface for class definitions
and expressions, the vvp code generator support for class objects
and properties, and the vvp run time support. Trivial class objects
now seem to work.
Add properties to the classes, and elaborate expressions that
have class properties. Describe class object property references
all the way down to the stub target.
This involves working out the code to get the base type of a select
expression of a darray. Also added the runtime support for darrays
with real value elements.
Martin Whitaker
Johann Klammer
Larry Doolittle
Martin Whitaker
Stephen Williams
Cary R
Arun Persaud