Correct way to use Components?

Hello,

thanks for mentioning the incremental compilation aspect. I agree that a multiplexer if inferred from an internal tristate construct can't be precompiled. But I wonder, if this would be basically different with an Avalon bus, as long as the multiplexer making up a bus receiver isn't completely defined.

It's also true, that different tools are treating such contructs slightly different, e. g. to enable ModelSim simulation, the internal tristate ports have to be initialized to 'Z'. Such lack of clarity could be reason enough to avoid it. I'm far from recommending the technique for general use, just wanted to mention the option. Anyway I'm interested to learn different views on such techniques.

Regards,

Frank