Paramset, PARAM_LIST branch

[Felix Salfelder]

Hi Al.

A paramset instance, such as in

paramset myR resistor;
        parameter someR = 1 [..];
        .r(someR);
endparamset

module main()
        myR #(.someR(2)) r1(1 0); // <= here
        [..]
endmodule

needs some additional PARAM_LIST to resolve "someR".

In order to do so, COMPONENT::precalc_X needs a change,

      mutable_common()->precalc_X(scope());

should read

      mutable_common()->precalc_X(params());

and a function similar to

PARAM_LIST const* COMPONENT::params()
{
        if(common() && common()->has_params()){
           // assert common()->params()->_try_again == scope()->params();
                return common()->params();
        }else{
                assert(scope());
                return scope()->params();
        }
}.

In particular, COMMON_COMPONENT::precalc_X needs to take a PARAM_LIST*
instead of a CARD_LIST*. I tried this in the PARAM_LIST branch, and
there seem to be no side-effects other than the interface change.

I wonder if it is better to just add a CARD_LIST* to COMMON_COMPONENT.
With that, the interface stays intact. Is there any genuine use for a
CARD_LIST in a common? It takes some extra space, but also ...  there is
a CARD_LIST* in CARD, which could move to BASE_SUBCKT, saving much more
in comparison, and even avoid the indirection.

cheers
felix