Re: [myhdl-list] Migen logic design toolbox - now with simulator

[Jan C. <jan...@mu...>]

On 19/03/12 12:30, Jan Decaluwe wrote:
     ...
>
> But Migen uses the same type of assignment for 2 things
> which semantically could not be more different, and
> hides that difference in an object constructor. No
> excuses here. This is horrible!
>
> Apart from all this, and even more importantly, what
> is missing is support for typical procedural modeling.
> Consider the following combinatorial circuit in MyHDL:
>
> def MsbDetector(pos, a):
>       """Return the bit position of the msb."""
>
>       @always_comb
>       def logic():
>           pos.next = 0
>           for i in downrange(len(a)):
>               if a[i] == 1:
>                   pos.next = i
>                   break
>
>       return logic

Thanks, these are the first two technical points in the discussion 
which I have been able to understand.

Jan Coombs