Re: [myhdl-list] Setting of enum values

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

On 12/28/2014 12:24 PM, Henry Gomersall wrote:
> Is there a way to set an enum to have a specific value?

The enumeration values of an abstract enum type are set
at construction time.

If you mean an integer value - that is not the purpose
of enums. Use a symbolic constant.


>
> 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.
>
> The use case is to interface with a library block that has the states
> already defined, and I don't really want to implement every enumeration
> for my usage.
>
> I suppose the simple workaround is to wrap the library with the state
> logic and let the synthesis tools worry about any optimisations.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Henry
>
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