Re: [myhdl-list] fixed-point thoughts : part two

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

On 09/05/2013 05:28 AM, Christopher Felton wrote:

> It is assumed the /fixbv/ operations will actually return an
> /int/ same as /intbv/ operations
>
>       >>> x1 = fixbv(2.5,min=-8,max=8,res=1/16.)
>       >>> x2 = fixbv(1.25,min=-8,max=8,res=1/16.)
>       >>> x1 + x2
>       15
>
> When assigned to another /fixbv/ the value will fit in the
> format of the accepting object.

No, I don't think that can be right. The equivalent for
fixbv would be to return a "fix" :-)

Like intbv, fixbv would be a "number with bit-level features",
but the actual value of that number should always be as expected.

Jan

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