[myhdl-list] Re: Library of components in seperate folders

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

George Pantazopoulos wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'd like to have a directory structure similar to the diagram below. I'd 
> like to build a component library where each component and its unit test 
> reside in its own directory.  From outside the library directory I'd 
> like to be able to import components into projects that integrate the 
> various library components. (eg. computer.py would use the fifo, ram, 
> and uart primitives).
> 
> Can this be done with python? If so, what is a good, clean, and flexible 
> way to accomplish this? I'd like to avoid specifying any kind of path 
> name in the .py files, if possible.

You can use the library as a hierarchical Python package structure,
by adding __init__.py files to the (sub)directories, and adding the
top directory path to the PYTHONPATH environment variable.

Jan

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