Re: [myhdl-list] Setting of enum values

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

On 12/28/2014 11:44 AM, Henry Gomersall wrote:
> On 28/12/14 11:24, Henry Gomersall wrote:
>> Looking at the code, it seems the enum value is set by the argument
>> order, so I can't see how to do it trivially.
>
> It strikes me that the problem is that the class definition is inside
> the enum factory function. Is there a reason for this?

I don't know about the original design decision.

>
> AFAICT it doesn't acquire any state from the enum function so it could
> just as easily be at the module level, allowing more flexible usage when
> needing to fit the enum to an existing definition.

I am sure there are many ways to implement it, this may
not have been a use case envision or desired.  We can
propose a modification to have the "Enum" class public
and then various custom functions can be created to
implement the codedicts, etc.  I think this would provide
flexibility but also maintain a minimal / logical enum.

Note, I am thinking out loud here.  I don't know if there
was a design decision to limit the use - I can't think
of one ...

Regards,
Chris