Re: [myhdl-list] Characterstringhandling

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

Thomas Traber wrote:
> Here comes an explanation of my bug report about improper character 
> string handling.
> 
> The following does not work:
> 
>     a = Signal(intbv()[8:])
>     a.next = "y"
>     if a == "n":
>         ...
> 
> IMO should myhdl at least character strings with length of one like an 
> integer ( ord(character) ).
> 
> I use this charcter handling for a simple command parser.

Mm. I want the intbv to be almost an int, not a string, and
I want MyHDL to preserve strong typing. This is not perl :-)

Why can't you use enumerated types for your purpose?

command = enum("YES", "NO", "MAYBE")

a.next = command.YES
if a == command.NO:
    ...


Jan

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