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15 years ago

use of 'path_name in if generate

I've defined some global signals in a package :- signal TB_TESTPOINT_A : std_logic; signal TB_TESTPOINT_B : std_logic; signal TB_TESTPOINT_C : std_logic; and I want to connect them dow...
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15 years ago

generic is a constant decided at compile time and so is static.

The "generate" needs to decide once and for all at compile time whether to generate or not. It is not a design switch.