A small enhancement (dbu argument in LayoutToNetlist#evaluate_nets), maybe fixing issues on old Ruby versions

src/db/db/dbLayoutToNetlist.cc

@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@ db::Region LayoutToNetlist::antenna_check (const db::Region &gate, double gate_a
 }
 
 db::Region
-LayoutToNetlist::measure_net (const db::Region &primary, const std::map<std::string, const db::Region *> &secondary, const std::string &expression, const std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> &variables)
+LayoutToNetlist::measure_net (const db::Region &primary, const std::map<std::string, const db::Region *> &secondary, const std::string &expression, const std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> &variables, double dbu)
 {
   //  TODO: that's basically too much .. we only need the clusters
   if (! m_netlist_extracted) {
@@ -2063,7 +2063,10 @@ LayoutToNetlist::measure_net (const db::Region &primary, const std::map<std::str
   }
 
   db::Layout &ly = dss ().layout (m_layout_index);
-  double dbu = ly.dbu ();
+
+  if (dbu < 0.0) {
+    dbu = ly.dbu ();
+  }
 
   db::MeasureNetEval eval (this, dbu);
 

src/db/db/dbLayoutToNetlist.h

@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ public:
    *  * "skip(flag)": will skip the primary shapes of that net when called with a true value
    *  * "net": the Net object of the current net
    */
-  db::Region measure_net (const db::Region &primary, const std::map<std::string, const db::Region *> &secondary, const std::string &expression, const std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> &variables);
+  db::Region measure_net (const db::Region &primary, const std::map<std::string, const db::Region *> &secondary, const std::string &expression, const std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> &variables, double dbu = -1.0);
 
   /**
    *  @brief Saves the database to the given path

src/db/db/dbMeasureEval.cc

@@ -521,8 +521,13 @@ MeasureNetEval::compute_area_and_perimeter (int layer_index) const
   mp_l2n->compute_area_and_perimeter_of_net_shapes (m_cell_index, m_cluster_id, layer, area, perimeter);
 
   AreaAndPerimeter ap;
+  if (m_dbu > 0.0) {
     ap.area = m_dbu * m_dbu * area;
     ap.perimeter = m_dbu * perimeter;
+  } else {
+    ap.area = area;
+    ap.perimeter = perimeter;
+  }
 
   return ap;
 }

src/db/db/gsiDeclDbLayoutToNetlist.cc

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static db::Region antenna_check (db::LayoutToNetlist *l2n, const db::Region &pol
   return antenna_check3 (l2n, poly, 1, 0, metal, 1, 0, ratio, diodes, texts);
 }
 
-static db::Region evaluate_nets (db::LayoutToNetlist *l2n, const db::Region &primary, const std::map<std::string, const db::Region *> &secondary, const std::string &expression, const tl::Variant &variables)
+static db::Region evaluate_nets (db::LayoutToNetlist *l2n, const db::Region &primary, const std::map<std::string, const db::Region *> &secondary, const std::string &expression, const tl::Variant &variables, const tl::Variant &dbu)
 {
   if (! variables.is_array ()) {
     throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("'variables' argument needs to a hash")));
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static db::Region evaluate_nets (db::LayoutToNetlist *l2n, const db::Region &pri
     variables_map [v->first.to_string ()] = v->second;
   }
 
-  return l2n->measure_net (primary, secondary, expression, variables_map);
+  return l2n->measure_net (primary, secondary, expression, variables_map, dbu.is_nil () ? -1.0 : dbu.to_float ());
 }
 
 static void join_net_names (db::LayoutToNetlist *l2n, const std::string &s)
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ Class<db::LayoutToNetlist> decl_dbLayoutToNetlist ("db", "LayoutToNetlist",
     "\n"
     "This variant has been introduced in version 0.26.6.\n"
   ) +
-  gsi::method_ext ("evaluate_nets", &evaluate_nets, gsi::arg ("primary"), gsi::arg ("secondary"), gsi::arg ("expression"), gsi::arg ("variables", std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> (), "{}"),
+  gsi::method_ext ("evaluate_nets", &evaluate_nets, gsi::arg ("primary"), gsi::arg ("secondary"), gsi::arg ("expression"), gsi::arg ("variables", std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> (), "{}"), gsi::arg ("dbu", tl::Variant (), "auto"),
     "@brief Runs a generic net measurement function\n"
     "\n"
     "This method accepts some primary layer, a number of secondary layers with names and an expression.\n"
@@ -1249,6 +1249,9 @@ Class<db::LayoutToNetlist> decl_dbLayoutToNetlist ("db", "LayoutToNetlist",
     "@li 'skip(flag)': will skip the primary shapes of that net when called with a true value @/li\n"
     "@li 'net': the \\Net object of the current net @/li\n"
     "@/ul\n"
+    "\n"
+    "If given, the 'dbu' argument gives the database unit to use for converting shape dimensions into micrometer units. "
+    "If this value is 0, the area and perimeters are calculated in database units. If no DBU is specified, the value is determined automatically."
   ) +
   //  test API
   gsi::method ("make_soft_connection_diodes=", &db::LayoutToNetlist::set_make_soft_connection_diodes, gsi::arg ("flag"), "@hide") +

src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_layer.rb

@@ -5152,7 +5152,7 @@ CODE
     # new layer.
     
     def merged_props(overlap_count = 1)
-      @engine._context("merged") do
+      @engine._context("merged_props") do
         requires_region
         aa = [ self.data.min_coherence, @engine._prep_value(overlap_count), true ]
         DRCLayer::new(@engine, @engine._tcmd(self.data, 0, self.data.class, :merged, *aa))
@@ -5160,7 +5160,7 @@ CODE
     end
     
     def merge_props(overlap_count = 1)
-      @engine._context("merge") do
+      @engine._context("merge_props") do
         requires_region
         aa = [ self.data.min_coherence, @engine._prep_value(overlap_count), true ]
         if @engine.is_tiled?

src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_netter.rb

@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ module DRC
 
       expression.is_a?(String) || raise("'expression' argument must be a string")
 
-      DRC::DRCLayer::new(@engine, @engine._cmd(l2n_data, :evaluate_nets, primary.data, secondary_data, expression, variables))
+      DRC::DRCLayer::new(@engine, @engine._cmd(l2n_data, :evaluate_nets, primary.data, secondary_data, expression, variables, nil))
 
     end