Hi,

For the time being, I use aliases in encapsulate function instead:
 https://bitbucket.org/hiyuh/kcpsm6-clone/changeset/3493ed99c60c

Thanks!

2011/6/13 Alex Huntley <[email protected]>:
> The don't care value '-' in std_logic is an actual value - i.e. it doesn't
> cause any value to match.
>
> As an example:
>
> case test is
>     when "111-" =>
>         output <= '1';
>     when others =>
>         output => '0';
> end case;
>
> When examining the first clause "111-" a literal match is required - i.e.
> "1110", "111Z", "111H" etc will NOT match and will not cause output to be
> set. The only thing that will cause a match here is if the value really is
> "111-".
>
> This means that you would effectively have to write out the case statement
> long-hand, e.g.
>
> case test is
>     when "1111" =>
>         output <= '1';
>     when "1110" =>
>         output <= '1';
>     when "111H" =>
>         output <= '1';
>     when "111L" =>
>         output <= '1';
>     when "111Z" =>
>         output <= '1';
>
>     -- etc
>
>     when others =>
>         output => '0';
> end case;
>
> VHDL 2008 introduced an alternative to this obvious pain in the backside. If
> you write the "case" with a question mark then it will cause the '-' to be
> evaluated as don't care rather than the actual value:
>
> ?case test is
>     when "111-" =>
>         output <= '1';
>     when others =>
>         output => '0';
> end case;
>
> In this example (assuming that you've compiled the code as VHDL 2008 and
> your compiler actually supports this) then "1110", "1111", "111H" etc will
> all cause the output to be set.
>
> BUT, hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that
> GHDL supports VHDL 2008 yet. Tristan obviously has a lot of work to do and
> what he has produced to date is very admirable and generous, so please don't
> read this as any criticism. I know ActiveHDL from Aldec only supports a few
> features of VHDL 2008; I don't know about Modelsim but I wouldn't want to
> touch that with a barge pole anyway.
>
> I guess that ties in with what you are seeing. Check the Doulos site for
> correct VHDL 2008 syntax and hopefully someone will correct me if I'm out of
> date on what GHDL can and can't do.
>
> As ever thanks to Tristan for his sterling efforts with GHDL. I think it
> compares very favourably against the expensive proprietary tools and usually
> sticks closer than any to the LRM.

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