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14 years ago

Will Quartus support generic types?

Hi there, I wonder if anyone has an idea how to achieve Generic Types, i.e., something like: package fifo_pkg is generic (type element_type); type fifo_in_type is record data_...
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14 years ago

2008 support is little more than the minor bits atm. I've been told full fixed package support is due in 12.1 so I'm hoping this covers the more complex parts like package genetics and generic types too.

atm, DATA_WIDTH will have to be a constant in a package. to be honest, if this is a generic that is the same for many entities it should be in a package anyway.