Preserve ArchArgs and reinit Context when applicable in GUI

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/common/command.cc b/common/command.cc
index 89bbf90c..7f276193 100644
--- a/common/command.cc
+++ b/common/command.cc
@@ -475,15 +475,6 @@ int CommandHandler::exec()
 
 void CommandHandler::load_json(Context *ctx, std::string filename)
 {
-    ctx->cells.clear();
-    ctx->nets.clear();
-    ctx->net_aliases.clear();
-    ctx->ports.clear();
-    ctx->hierarchy.clear();
-    ctx->settings.erase(ctx->id("pack"));
-    ctx->settings.erase(ctx->id("place"));
-    ctx->settings.erase(ctx->id("route"));
-
     setupContext(ctx);
     setupArchContext(ctx);
     {
diff --git a/common/context.h b/common/context.h
index ee7ef0ce..f2b66600 100644
--- a/common/context.h
+++ b/common/context.h
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ struct Context : Arch, DeterministicRNG
     // Should we disable printing of the location of nets in the critical path?
     bool disable_critical_path_source_print = false;
 
-    Context(ArchArgs args) : Arch(args) { BaseCtx::as_ctx = this; }
+    ArchArgs arch_args;
+
+    Context(ArchArgs args) : Arch(args) { BaseCtx::as_ctx = this; arch_args = args; }
+
+    ArchArgs getArchArgs() { return arch_args; }
 
     // --------------------------------------------------------------