Is is possible to set generics of type "TIME"?

[gunnarstjernberg]

If I use a generic of type TIME in my testbench, it seems I cannot alter the value of said generic from the python script.

Example:

Defintiion at the TB top level design
g_clk_axi : TIME := 4 ns;

The python script statement:
tc_debug_0.set_generic("g_clk_axi", "4ns")

vsim message:

** Warning: (vsim-3351) Invalid value ""4ns"" for generic "g_clk_axi". Not using this value.

The normal vsim use would be -gg_clk_axi=4ns but as vuint parses the above to -gg_clk_axi="4ns" it does not work.

Is tere any other way of controlling the TIME generic?

[kraigher]

I can see if I can make it work. In the meantime you could make it a string generic and use time'value to convert to a time value in VHDL.

[gunnarstjernberg]

Sounds good. I can us this work-around for the time being. Thanks!

[kraigher]

You should be able to set generics of type time now. Expect if you use GHDL.