Arrays of module instances are now expanded into their element cells
during elaboration in V3Param, instead of after V3Width in
V3Inst::dearrayAll. Element cells are named as before
(name__BRA__i__KET__...), are ordered from the left index to the right
index, and hierarchical references to them resolve in linkDotParamed.
Arrays of interface instances are still expanded by V3Inst. They will
move in a follow up patch.
Algorithmically:
- V3Praram replaces an arrayed AstCell, with a scalar Cell for each
element. linkDotParamed can resolve against these as normal.
- V3Width then fixes up the AstPins of each expanded Cell according to
the LRM rules. Either leaving the alone to connect to all instances,
or inserting ArraySel/Sel to connect the relevant part to the relevant
instance.
Partial #2675
Geza Lore
Wilson Snyder