Re: [myhdl-list] Setting "sig.next" before starting the simulation

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

Jan Decaluwe wrote:

[Correction]

> 
> Coming back to the original issue. The implementation is perhaps
> overly restrictive by always clearing the signals-to-be-updated list
> in a Simulation construction. What I want to avoid is that pending
> events from a suspended simulation interfere with a new one. But this
> can also be done as follows:
> 
> - a Simulation construction does not clear the list, but bails out
> with an error when it is not empty

... AND there is a still another non-stopped Simulation object
around. (Otherwise there would be no gain.)

> - a Simulation that stops "naturally" should not have any pending
> events, so the list should be empty (check with an assertion);
> - a suspended simulation can have pending events because it can be
> resumed. Add a stop() method to the Simulation class that clears
> the list and makes the Simulation unrunnable. Thus: suspended 
> simulations need to be stopped explicitly before a new Simulation
> can be constructed.
> 
> What do you think?
> 


-- 
Jan Decaluwe - Resources bvba - http://jandecaluwe.com
Losbergenlaan 16, B-3010 Leuven, Belgium
    Bored with EDA the way it is? Check this:
    http://jandecaluwe.com/Tools/MyHDL/Overview.html