Re: [myhdl-list] Restrictions for conversion

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

On 05/21/2012 02:06 PM, Christopher Felton wrote:

> As I write this, I think the rules should be :
>
>      1. intbv can have a type None but not the other
>         Python built-in types: bool, int, long, etc.
>         (I realize only bool is convertible).

Can you tell me in one sentence why intbv would need this,
unlike the other types?

It used to be a like that, and then I kicked it out because
of too many issues with operators, and lack of a use case.

None is used in TristateSignal to represent high-impedance.
I don't see another useful use case.

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