Re: [myhdl-list] multiple instances and (e.g.) vhdl_code

[Ben <ben...@gm...>]

That is a frequent request, and as such, I think it would make sense
to implement, document such an automatic method in the core of MyHDL.

Regards,
Ben.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Christopher Felton
<chr...@gm...> wrote:
> On 6/8/2015 7:05 AM, Henry Gomersall wrote:
>> Is there a template string for getting an identifier for the current
>> instance when using vhdl_code?
>>
>> That is, I want the name of the function inside the vhdl code to be
>> different for each call to the instance constructor. So the vhdl_code
>> could look something like:
>> FOO_BAR.vhdl_code = '''
>> foo_bar_$this_id: entity work.SOME_BLOCK(MyHDL)
>> ...
>> '''
>
> I don't believe there exists an automatic method for
> doing this, you would need to manage it yourself.  You
> could have a random unique value created or use a `id`
> string argument to the module (function).
>
> You could use a function attribute and increment on
> each call [1]:
>
>      def vhdl_stub(...)
>          vhdl_stub.id = vhdl_stub.id + 1
>          this_id = vhdl_stib_id
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> [1] https://gist.github.com/cfelton/79012fa54868fbd2ebf7
>
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