Re: [myhdl-list] Reusability and encapsulation

[Juan P. C. <jp...@gm...>]

I found it. It's #68 (https://github.com/jandecaluwe/myhdl/issues/68).

I commented with a short summary of my last post.

Thanks!

JP

On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Henry Gomersall <he...@ca...> wrote:

> I just submitted a github issue on this. I suggest adding some to that.
> Please forgive me, I'm sending this from my phone so it's not easy to check
> the issue number.
>
> The basic problem as far as I can tell is the global state stored in
> simulator.py and the state that is stored on the signal itself.
>
> Possibly your ipython problems would be fixed by the patch I just
> submitted to clear the state on a new simulation instance.
>
> Cheers Henry.
>
>
> On 2 May 2015 20:40:19 BST, Juan Pablo Caram <jp...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use iPython a lot and need to launch multiple simulations of different
>> models (and signals) within the same interpreter. And MyHDL does not play
>> nicely with this.
>>
>> I've found a way to clean the environment in order to be able to run a
>> new simulation: I import
>>
>> from myhdl import _simulator
>> from myhdl import _traceSignals
>>
>> in the beginning, and before every simulation (and signal tracing) I do:
>>
>> _simulator._signals = []
>> _simulator._siglist = []
>> _simulator._futureEvents = []
>> _simulator._time = 0
>> _simulator._cosim = 0
>> _simulator._tracing = 0
>> _simulator._tf = None
>>
>> _traceSignals._tracing = 0
>>
>> which is what is done upon importing the mentioned files.
>>
>> I would love if some re-structuring was done to the code providing better
>> encapsulation of variables. It would alleviate a lot of problems that arise
>> when trying to build upon the base myhdl library. As it stands, it's fine
>> for end-user digital designers, but makes it hard to create software that
>> use myhdl as a feature.
>>
>> Specifically, moving the above-mentioned variables to Simulation
>> instances would be great, and in general, to not have any shared states.
>>
>> I would happily contribute towards these changes. I'd rather contribute
>> to the project than be implementing my own ad-hoc fixes.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> JP
>>
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