Add support for SystemVerilog parameter passthroughs #497
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Description & Motivation
Even though SystemVerilog parameters are not supported for controlling anything within generated outputs of SystemVerilog, sometimes there is a need to pass parameters down through a ROHD-generated hierarchy into
ExternalSystemVerilog
modules. This PR provides that capability.Related Issue(s)
N/A
Testing
Added new tests, plus existing tests
Backwards-compatibility
Yes!
The API for
SystemVerilog
has changed, including default behavior. This PR occurs between releases, however, so this is not a delta over previous releases since no release yet hasSystemVerilog
. This may impact people pointing atmain
.Documentation
Not really any user guide stuff, the documentation on advanced features is not very deep and refers to the API docs, which were updated.