* Device#net_for_terminal with terminal name
* Spice writer now dumps all parameters for resistors and caps (also secondary)
* Enabled Spice writer delegate in LVS (spice_format(...))
* Device class factories for built-in device extractors
* same_nets! method for strong matching
* same_nets and same_nets! except glob pattern to circuits and nets
* both observe case sensitivity
* helper functions for case sensitivity Netlist#is_case_sensitive?, Netlist#case_sensitive=
* Netlist#nets_by_name to get nets from pattern
Abstract pins are created when pins are not attached to any or only to passive nets
(passive nets are those without device terminals or subcircuit pins).
1. Such pins were treated swappable. Now named pins will not be treated
swappable but are mapped by name. This enables blackbox models where
the pins are labelled and must correspond to schematic pins.
2. A bug was present which lead to incorrect handling of abstract
nets in net compare.
* WIP: some refactoring
* WIP: some refactoring
* Netlist compare: introducing ambiguity resolution by net names
By default now net names are used for resolving ambiguities.
If net names match, they will be used to associate nets if the
choice is ambiguous. This is usually much faster and more reliable
than trying to resolve ambiguities through topology analysis.
This feature can be disabled using "consider_net_names(false)" in
the LVS script.
* Some refactoring, Jenkinsfile modified for better test coverage
This enhancement targets towards a better resolution
of ambiguities. The enhancement is to utilize knowledge
about device and subcircuit equivalences to avoid stale
branches of the ambiguity resolution tree.
So far following these branches could lead to a
contradictions which render an ambiguitiy resolution
choice useless.
One effect of this change is enhanced reproducibility
of the matching log because some pointers are not
involved anymore.
LVS: max_branch_complexity was wrong and missing from doc.
Updated test cases so MSVC 2017 builds should pass.
Windows build.bat updated so debug builds can be made.
Sometimes, shapes from child cells were propagated into
parent cells in the L2N and LVSDB output.
Because of this fix, many testdata files have to be updated.
same_nets, equivalent_pins, same_circuits and same_device_classes
can now be given at the beginning of the LVS script. This will
simplify building universal scripts with the run specific part at
the beginning (one "load" section).
The price are somewhat less specific error messages when something
fails in these methods.