NAME

Verilog::Netlist::Subclass - Common routines for all classes

SYNOPSIS

  package Verilog::Netlist::Something;
  use Verilog::Netlist::Subclass;
  use base qw(Verilog::Netlist::Subclass);

  ...

  $self->info("We're here\n");
  $self->warn("Things look bad\n");
  $self->error("Things are even worse\n");
  $self->exit_if_error();

DESCRIPTION

The Verilog::Netlist::Subclass is used as a base class for all Verilog::Netlist::* structures. It is mainly used so that $self->warn() and $self->error() will produce consistent results.

MEMBER FUNCTIONS

$self->error (Text...): Print an error in a standard format.
$self->errors(): Return number of errors detected.
$self->exit_if_error(): Exits the program if any errors were detected.
$self->filename(): The filename number the entity was created in.
$self->info (Text...): Print a informational in a standard format.
$self->lineno(): The line number the entity was created on.
$self->logger(): The class to report errors using, generally a Verilog::Netlist::Logger object.
$self->userdata (key) =item $self->userdata (key, data): Sets (with two arguments) or retrieves the specified key from an opaque hash. This may be used to store application data on the specified node.
$self->warn (Text...): Print a warning in a standard format.
$self->warnings(): Return number of warnings detected.

DISTRIBUTION

Verilog-Perl is part of the http://www.veripool.org/ free Verilog EDA software tool suite. The latest version is available from CPAN and from http://www.veripool.org/verilog-perl.

Copyright 2000-2009 by Wilson Snyder. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0.

AUTHORS

Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>

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