mhx: introduce INPaSpecName()

src/frontend/outitf.c

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ beginPlot(JOB *analysisPtr, CKTcircuit *circuitPtr, char *cktName, char *analNam
         run->type = copy(analName);
         run->windowed = windowed;
         run->numData = 0;
+        run->spindex = -1; // mhx
 
         an_name = spice_analysis_get_name(analysisPtr->JOBtype);
         ft_curckt->ci_last_an = an_name;

src/frontend/outitf.h

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct runDesc {
     int pointCount;
     int isComplex;
     int windowCount;
+    int spindex;                /* mhx */
 };
 
 

src/include/ngspice/inpdefs.h

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int IFnewUid(CKTcircuit *, IFuid *, IFuid, char *, int, CKTnode **);
 int IFdelUid(CKTcircuit *, IFuid, int);
 int INPaName(char *, IFvalue *, CKTcircuit *, int *, char *, GENinstance **, IFsimulator *, int *,
         IFvalue *);
+int INPaSpecName(char *, IFvalue *, CKTcircuit *, int *, char *, GENinstance **, IFsimulator *, int *, IFvalue *, int *);
 int INPapName(CKTcircuit *, int, JOB *, char *, IFvalue *);
 void INPcaseFix(char *);
 char *INPdevParse(char **, CKTcircuit *, int, GENinstance *, double *, int *, INPtables *);

src/spicelib/parser/inpaname.c

@@ -69,3 +69,62 @@ INPaName(char *parm, IFvalue * val, CKTcircuit *ckt, int *dev, char *devnam,
     }
     return (E_BADPARM);
 }
+
+
+// mhx: specialized (faster) version that directly returns/uses the index of the parameter we seek
+int INPaSpecName (
+    char *parm,         // the name of the parameter to set,
+    IFvalue *val,       // the parameter union containing the value to set,
+    CKTcircuit *ckt,    // the circuit this device is a member of,
+    int *dev,           // the device type code to the device being parsed,
+    char *devnam,       // the name of the device,
+    GENinstance **fast, // direct pointer to device being parsed,
+    IFsimulator *sim,   // the simulator data structure,
+    int *dataType,      // the datatype of the returned value structure,
+    IFvalue *selector,  // data sub-selector for questions.
+    int *spindex)       // special index
+{
+    int error;          // int to store evaluate error return codes in
+    int i;
+
+    /*
+     * find the instance - don't know about model, so use null there,
+     * otherwise pass on as much info as we have about the device
+     * (name, type, direct pointer) - the type and direct pointer
+     * WILL be set on return unless error is not OK
+     */
+    if (*fast == NULL)
+        *fast = sim->findInstance(ckt, devnam);
+    if (*fast == NULL)
+        return (E_NODEV);
+
+    *dev = (*fast)->GENmodPtr->GENmodType;
+
+    /* now find the parameter - hunt through the parameter tables for
+     * this device type and look for a name match of an 'ask'able
+     * parameter.
+     */
+    if (*spindex != -1) { // mhx: shortcut for repeated question
+        error = sim->askInstanceQuest(ckt, *fast, sim->devices[*dev]->instanceParms[*spindex].id, val, selector);
+        if (dataType)
+            *dataType = sim->devices[*dev]->instanceParms[*spindex].dataType;
+        return error;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < *(sim->devices[*dev]->numInstanceParms); i++) {
+        if (strcmp(parm, sim->devices[*dev]->instanceParms[i].keyword) == 0
+            && (sim->devices[*dev]->instanceParms[i].dataType & IF_ASK)) {
+            /*
+             * found it, so we ask the question using the device info we got
+             * above and put the results in the IFvalue structure our caller gave us originally
+             */
+            *spindex = i; /* mhx: shortcut for repeated questioning */
+            error = sim->askInstanceQuest(ckt, *fast, sim->devices[*dev]->instanceParms[i].id, val, selector);
+            if (dataType)
+                *dataType = sim->devices[*dev]->instanceParms[i].dataType; // probably double
+            return error;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return E_BADPARM;
+}