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Pending tasks
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<li>add support for multiple Ruby prototypes so that you can do integration testing and ESL stuff</li>
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<li>add shortcuts for reading & writing VPI delay values</li>
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<li>add support for GHDL simulator (and thereby VHDL!) because it supports VPI</li>
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<li>add instructions for using <strong>ruby-debug</strong> with a graphical debugging tool or IDE like RadRails</li>
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<li>write section about code coverage and prototyping in manual</li>
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<li>write unit tests for the non-VPI libraries like integer.rb and float.rb</li>
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<li>add support for ESL prototyping (like SystemC)</li>
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<li>decouple code generation with $RUBYLIB and erb</li>
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<li>change should_be to should_equal in examples</li>
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<li>add support for GPL Cver in the test runner template</li>
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<li>build ruby-vpi once to generate all .so files
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<li>test runner should not rebuild ruby-vpi every time</li>
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<li>distribute as a GEM, binary, and source
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<li>use RUBYLIB to bypass rubygems site installation for local testing. otherwise have to build & install gem <em>every</em> time!</li>
<li>move stuff from lib/ into lib/ruby-vpi/</li>
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<li>integrate RCov for code-coverage statistics</li>
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<li>method_missing for Design class</li>
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<li>define handled methods in Vpi::method_missing for faster response
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<li>this has been verified as bottleneck from profiling data</li>
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<li>make RCov correctly profile the code and report useful coverage metrics…</li>
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<li>add support for VPI callbacks which execute Ruby blocks</li>
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<li>write section about code coverage and prototyping in manual</li>
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<li>clean up the teriminology section… unnecessary</li>
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<li>smarter test generation, which adjusts to user modifications in previously generated output
<p><ins>Just use a smart merging tool like <strong>kdiff3</strong>.</ins></p></li>
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<li>interactive console IRB wrapper for spec (just like Breakpoints in Rails)
<p><ins>Use the <strong>ruby-debug</strong> library with <a href="http://www.datanoise.com/articles/category/ruby-debug"><strong>debugger</strong> command for breakpoints</a> instead!</ins></p></li>
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<li>need to dump signal values when expectation fails in rSpec
<p><ins>You can use the interactive debugger instead.</ins></p>
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<li>maybe a waveform dump will also help
<p><ins>After reading some RTL verification books, this is not necessarily true.</ins></p></li>
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<ul><li><span class="hide">1 </span><a id="a-607907898" href="#Pending_tasks">Pending tasks</a></li><li><span class="hide">2 </span><a id="a-607910698" href="#Finished_tasks">Finished tasks</a></li><li><span class="hide">3 </span><a id="a-607913238" href="#Obsolete_tasks">Obsolete tasks</a></li></ul>
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