Release Name: 10.0.0

Notes:
Version 10.0.0 (2006-11-05)

Summary

This release adds the ability to access a handle’s children and reduces the
amount of code produced by the automated test generator.

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Matt Fischler for finding the problem of misdirected compilation
errors in Verilog benches.

Notice

  • The way in which Ruby-VPI and generated tests interact has changed: the
    design is now a VPI handle object and the design.rb and proto.rb files
    define singleton methods for that object.
      □ I suggest that you regenerate your existing tests (just run
        generate_test.rb again) whilst employing the service of a text merging
        tool (see the user manual).

  • You can now access a handle’s children by simply calling methods on it. In
    the event that a child handle has the same name as a VPI property, the
    child is given priority. However, you can always access VPI properties
    explicitly via the get_value and put_value methods.

  • generate_test.rb no longer accepts the -s and -u options. Use their longer
    counterparts --rspec and --xunit instead.

Detail

Automated test generator

  • Generated Verilog benches no longer divert compilation errors from Verilog
    design files. That is, if the Verilog simulator finds compilation errors in
    a Verilog design file, it will report that the Verilog design file is at
    fault (instead of reporting that the generated Verilog bench is at fault).

  • The user is now notified when a backup of an existing file is made.

  • Generated tests have been greatly simplified to reduce the amount of work
    for the user.
      □ The design is now just a handle to the module in the Verilog bench.
      □ include Vpi and @design are no longer generated.
      □ The tutorial and examples have been updated accordingly.

User manual

  • Revised the stylesheet to make disjoint sections readily distinguishable
    from eachother, through generous spacing and minor coloring.

  • Added tips about ruby-vpi/runner_proxy, rake -T, and using kdiff3 with
    generate_test.rb.

  • Moved installation information into a new “setup” chapter.



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