Is it possible to have variables local to a function in .sm files. I
am thinking of storing getCacheEntry()'s return value in a local
variable.
Nilay
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010, Beckmann, Brad wrote:
Hi Nilay,
I don't think we want to replace the implicit Address parameter inside
the state machines with the CacheEntry parameter, but we might want to
supplement the state machine functions to include both. I don't think
we can replace the Address parameter because certain transitions within
a state machine don't operate on a CacheEntry, but they do operate on an
Address. However, as we discussed last week, we might be able to pass
the CacheEntry into the trigger function along with the Address, which
is then implicitly included in all actions. The key in my mind is that
we want to maintain the current programming invariant that SLICC does
not expose pointers, but underneath the generated code needs to manage
that sometimes the CacheEntry pointer may equal NULL. In particular, I
would like to minimize any added complexity we put on the setState
function. I think we can make this work, but we need to think through
the details, including how replacements are handled.
I have a few other things I need to take care of first, but I may be
able to look into the details of how to make this work by the end of the
week.
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: m5-dev-boun...@m5sim.org [mailto:m5-dev-boun...@m5sim.org] On Behalf Of
Nilay Vaish
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 11:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [m5-dev] Implementation of findTagInSet
Is it not possible to redesign the functions to accept CacheEntry as a
paramemter instead of a Address parameter?
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