--  Provide a simple way to concat an unknown number of nets.
--  Copyright (C) 2019 Tristan Gingold
--
--  This file is part of GHDL.
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with Netlists.Utils;
with Netlists.Builders; use Netlists.Builders;

package Netlists.Concats is
   type Concat_Type is limited private;

   --  Append net N to C.  The first net appended will be at offset 0.
   procedure Append (C : in out Concat_Type; N : Net);

   --  Get the concatenation of all nets in C.  Reset C.
   procedure Build (Ctxt : Context_Acc; C : in out Concat_Type; N : out Net);
private
   Static_Last : constant := 16;

   package Net_Tables renames Netlists.Utils.Net_Tables;

   type Concat_Type is limited record
      Len : Int32 := 0;
      Sarr : Net_Tables.Table_Type (1 .. Static_Last);
      Darr : Net_Tables.Instance;
   end record;
end Netlists.Concats;