WIP: introduced expanded net name

src/db/db/dbNetlist.cc

@@ -415,6 +415,20 @@ void Net::set_name (const std::string &name)
   m_name = name;
 }
 
+std::string Net::expanded_name () const
+{
+  if (name ().empty ()) {
+    if (cluster_id () > std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max () / 2) {
+      //  avoid printing huge ID numbers for internal cluster IDs
+      return "$I" + tl::to_string ((std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max () - cluster_id ()) + 1);
+    } else {
+      return "$" + tl::to_string (cluster_id ());
+    }
+  } else {
+    return name ();
+  }
+}
+
 void Net::set_cluster_id (size_t ci)
 {
   m_cluster_id = ci;

src/db/db/dbNetlist.h

@@ -352,6 +352,14 @@ public:
     return m_name;
   }
 
+  /**
+   *  @brief Gets the expanded name
+   *
+   *  The "expanded name" is a non-empty name for the net. It uses the
+   *  cluster ID if no name is set.
+   */
+  std::string expanded_name () const;
+
   /**
    *  @brief Sets the cluster ID of this net
    *

src/db/db/gsiDeclDbNetlist.cc

@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ Class<db::Net> decl_dbNet ("db", "Net",
     "@brief Gets the name of the net.\n"
     "See \\name= for details about the name."
   ) +
+  gsi::method ("expanded_name", &db::Net::expanded_name,
+    "@brief Gets the expanded name of the net.\n"
+    "The expanded name takes the name of the net. If the name is empty, the cluster ID will be used to build a name. "
+  ) +
   gsi::method ("cluster_id=", &db::Net::set_cluster_id, gsi::arg ("id"),
     "@brief Sets the cluster ID of the net.\n"
     "The cluster ID connects the net with a layout cluster. It is set when "

src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistDeviceExtractorTests.cc

@@ -405,20 +405,9 @@ private:
   hier_clusters_type m_net_clusters;
 };
 
-//  @@@ TODO: move this somewhere else
 static std::string net_name (const db::Net *net)
 {
-  if (! net) {
-    return "(null)";
-  } else if (net->name ().empty ()) {
-    if (net->cluster_id () > std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max () / 2) {
-      return "$I" + tl::to_string ((std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max () - net->cluster_id ()) + 1);
-    } else {
-      return "$" + tl::to_string (net->cluster_id ());
-    }
-  } else {
-    return net->name ();
-  }
+  return net ? net->expanded_name () : "(null)";
 }
 
 static std::string device_name (const db::Device &device)

src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistTests.cc

@@ -547,6 +547,11 @@ TEST(6_Net)
   n2 = n;
   EXPECT_EQ (n2.name (), "n");
   EXPECT_EQ (int (n2.cluster_id ()), 17);
+  EXPECT_EQ (n2.expanded_name (), "n");
+  n2.set_name ("");
+  EXPECT_EQ (n2.expanded_name (), "$17");
+  n2.set_cluster_id (std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max () - 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ (n2.expanded_name (), "$I3");
 
   n.clear ();
   EXPECT_EQ (n.name (), "");