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

[Christopher F. <chr...@gm...>]

On 9/11/13 3:11 PM, Jan Decaluwe wrote:
> 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" :-)
>

Yes, I agree.  Ben pointed out the same issue. I changed
the proposed to return a /fixbv/ (since Python doesn't
have a /fix/ :)

Regards,
Chris

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