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ruby-vpi 11.1.0 → 11.1.1

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+h1. Release history
+This is a record of important changes that have occurred with each release.
+h2. Version numbering system
+We _strictly_ follow the RubyGems project's "rational versioning policy":http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/7 since release 6.3.0. To summarize[1] this "major.minor.build" numbering policy,
+* an increase in the _major_ number indicates that _functionally incompatible_ changes have occurred. Thus, what may have worked in the previous version may not work in the new one.
+* an increase in the _minor_ number indicates that _functionally compatible_ changes have occurred. Thus, what worked in the previous version will work in the new one.
+* an increase in the _build_ number indicates that the _underlying implementation_ has changed. The functionality has not changed and no features have been added. Thus, what worked in the previous version will work in the new one.
+fn1. C. Gross, "Explaining Open Source Version Numbers", [Online document], 2005 Nov 28, [cited 2006 Aug 27], Available HTTP: "http://ablog.apress.com/?p=738":http://ablog.apress.com/?p=738
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+    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="common.css" />
+    <title>Release history</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="navigation">
+      <p><a href="readme.html"><img src="images/home.png" title="project home" alt="project home" /></a></p>
+      <h1>Contents</h1>
+      <ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor0">Release history</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor1">Version numbering system</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor2" title="2006-11-15">Version 11.1.1</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor3">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor4">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor5">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor6">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor7" title="2006-11-08">Version 11.1.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor8">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor9">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor10">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor11">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor12" title="2006-11-05">Version 11.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor13">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor14">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor15">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor16" title="2006-11-05">Version 10.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor17">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor18">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor19">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor20">Detail</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor21">Automated test generator</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor22">User manual</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor23" title="2006-10-28">Version 9.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor24">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor25">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor26">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor27">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor28" title="2006-10-24">Version 8.2.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor29">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor30">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor31">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor32">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor33" title="2006-10-21">Version 8.1.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor34">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor35">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor36">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor37" title="2006-10-13">Version 8.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor38">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor39">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor40">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor41" title="2006-09-30">Version 7.3.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor42">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor43">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor44">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor45" title="2006-09-15">Version 7.2.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor46">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor47">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor48">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor49" title="2006-08-29">Version 7.1.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor50">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor51">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor52" title="2006-08-29">Version 7.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor53">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor54">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor55">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor56" title="2006-08-27">Version 6.3.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor57">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor58">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor59">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor60" title="2006-08-26">Version 6.2.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor61">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor62">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor63">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor64" title="2006-08-09">Version 6.1.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor65">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor66">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor67" title="2006-08-07">Version 6.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor68">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor69">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor70">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor71" title="2006-08-04">Version 5.1.1</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor72">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor73">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor74">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor75" title="2006-07-29">Version 5.1.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor76">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor77">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor78">Detail</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor79">User manual</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor80">Examples</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor81"><span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor82" title="2006-07-22">Version 5.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor83">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor84">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor85">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor86">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor87" title="2006-05-25">Version 4.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor88">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor89">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor90">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor91">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor92" title="2006-05-13">Version 3.2.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor93">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor94">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor95">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor96" title="2006-04-28">Version 3.1.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor97">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor98">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor99">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor100" title="2006-04-23">Version 3.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor101">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor102">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor103">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor104">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor105" title="2006-04-17">Version 2.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor106">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor107">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor108">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor109">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor110" title="2006-02-26">Version 1.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor111">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor112">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor113">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	</li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor114" title="1999-10-31">Version 0.0.0</a>
+	<ul>
+	<li><a href="#anchor115">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor116">Detail</a></li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+      <h2>Sections</h2>
+<ol>
+	<li><a href="#anchor0">Release history</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor1">Version numbering system</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor2" title="2006-11-15">Version 11.1.1</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor3">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor4">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor5">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor6">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor7" title="2006-11-08">Version 11.1.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor8">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor9">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor10">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor11">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor12" title="2006-11-05">Version 11.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor13">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor14">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor15">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor16" title="2006-11-05">Version 10.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor17">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor18">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor19">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor20">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor21">Automated test generator</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor22">User manual</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor23" title="2006-10-28">Version 9.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor24">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor25">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor26">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor27">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor28" title="2006-10-24">Version 8.2.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor29">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor30">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor31">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor32">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor33" title="2006-10-21">Version 8.1.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor34">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor35">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor36">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor37" title="2006-10-13">Version 8.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor38">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor39">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor40">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor41" title="2006-09-30">Version 7.3.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor42">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor43">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor44">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor45" title="2006-09-15">Version 7.2.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor46">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor47">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor48">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor49" title="2006-08-29">Version 7.1.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor50">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor51">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor52" title="2006-08-29">Version 7.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor53">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor54">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor55">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor56" title="2006-08-27">Version 6.3.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor57">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor58">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor59">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor60" title="2006-08-26">Version 6.2.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor61">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor62">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor63">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor64" title="2006-08-09">Version 6.1.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor65">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor66">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor67" title="2006-08-07">Version 6.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor68">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor69">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor70">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor71" title="2006-08-04">Version 5.1.1</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor72">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor73">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor74">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor75" title="2006-07-29">Version 5.1.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor76">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor77">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor78">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor79">User manual</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor80">Examples</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor81"><span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor82" title="2006-07-22">Version 5.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor83">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor84">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor85">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor86">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor87" title="2006-05-25">Version 4.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor88">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor89">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor90">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor91">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor92" title="2006-05-13">Version 3.2.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor93">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor94">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor95">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor96" title="2006-04-28">Version 3.1.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor97">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor98">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor99">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor100" title="2006-04-23">Version 3.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor101">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor102">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor103">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor104">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor105" title="2006-04-17">Version 2.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor106">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor107">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor108">Notice</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor109">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor110" title="2006-02-26">Version 1.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor111">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor112">Acknowledgment</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor113">Detail</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor114" title="1999-10-31">Version 0.0.0</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor115">Summary</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#anchor116">Detail</a></li>
+	</ol>
+    </div>
+    <h1 id="anchor0">Release history</h1>
+	<p>This is a record of important changes that have occurred with each release.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor1">Version numbering system</h2>
+We <em>strictly</em> follow the RubyGems project&#8217;s <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/7">rational versioning policy</a> since release 6.3.0. To summarize<sup><a href="#fn1">1</a></sup> this &#8220;major.minor.build&#8221; numbering policy,
+	<ul>
+	<li>an increase in the <em>major</em> number indicates that <em>functionally incompatible</em> changes have occurred. Thus, what may have worked in the previous version may not work in the new one.</li>
+		<li>an increase in the <em>minor</em> number indicates that <em>functionally compatible</em> changes have occurred. Thus, what worked in the previous version will work in the new one.</li>
+		<li>an increase in the <em>build</em> number indicates that the <em>underlying implementation</em> has changed. The functionality has not changed and no features have been added. Thus, what worked in the previous version will work in the new one.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<p id="fn1"><sup>1</sup> C. Gross, &#8220;Explaining Open Source Version Numbers&#8221;, [Online document], 2005 Nov 28, [cited 2006 Aug 27], Available <span class="caps">HTTP</span>: <a href="http://ablog.apress.com/?p=738">http://ablog.apress.com/?p=738</a></p>
+	<h1 id="anchor2">Version 11.1.1 (2006-11-15)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor3">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release fixes a bug in the automated test generator, unifies the user manual and the website into a single documentation system, and adds support for rSpec 0.7.2.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor4">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<p>Thanks to John Burr for finding the bug in the automated test generator.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor5">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual is now available <em>only</em> in <span class="caps">HTML</span> format. If you still wish to have a plain-text version, you can use a text-based browser, such as <a href="http://lynx.browser.org/">lynx</a>, to perform the necessary conversion.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor6">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The automated test generator no longer crashes when parsing a Verilog module declaration that contains multiple module parameters.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual and the website are now written using a custom documentation system based on RedCloth and <span class="caps">ERB</span> instead of DocBook-XML. This makes it easier to edit the user manual and reuse its content in other areas of the website.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor7">Version 11.1.0 (2006-11-08)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor8">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release fixes a bug in generated benches, improves the <a href="../ref/ruby/classes/Vpi/Handle.html">the <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span></code> class</a>, and improves performance by roughly 20%.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor9">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<p>Thanks to Matt Fischler for finding the bug in generated benches (see below).</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor10">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A bug in generated Verilog and Ruby benches, which caused the <pre>ruby: no such file to load -- ruby-vpi (LoadError)</pre> error, has been fixed. Please regenerate your tests to apply this bug fix to your tests.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor11">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The class <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">SWIG</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">TYPE_p_unsigned_int</span></code> has been aliased as <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span></code> for easier access.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.to_s</code> and <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.inspect</code> now produce more informative output. For example, what used to appear as <pre>#&lt;SWIG::TYPE_p_unsigned_int:0x2aaab6574fa0&gt;</pre> now appears as <pre>#&lt;Vpi::Handle vpiModule fullName=counter_rspec_bench, size=-1, file=counter_rspec_bench.v, lineNo=2&gt;</pre> in this release.
+	<ul>
+	<li>You can also provide a list of <span class="caps">VPI</span> properties, as names or integer constants, to those methods to see additional information in the output.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span></code> now implements all methods from <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Enumerable</span></code>, such as <code class="code">map</code>, <code class="code">each</code>, <code class="code">select</code>, and so on. However, unlike their counterparts in <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Enumerable</span></code>, these methods also accept a list of <span class="caps">VPI</span> properties, as names or integer constants. Thus, you are now able to write <code class="code">handle.select(<span style="color:#A60">:reg</span>, <span style="color:#A60">:net</span>) {|h| h.size &gt; <span style="color:#00D; font-weight:bold">5</span>}</code> to obtain a list of child handles to registers and nets whose capacity is greater than 5 bits.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.[]</code>, <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.get_value</code>, and <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.put_value</code> methods now accept names of <span class="caps">VPI</span> properties as well as their integer constants. Thus, you are now able to write <code class="code">handle[<span style="color:#A60">:reg</span>, <span style="color:#A60">:net</span>]</code> to obtain a list of handles to all child registers and nets.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.method_missing</code> has been refactored to cache queries. There is now, approximately, 20% improvement in performance.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.method_missing</code> has been fixed to accept operations with multiple underscores. For example, before this release, you could not write <code class="code">handle.find_all_reg {|r| r.name =~ <span style="background-color:#fff0ff"><span style="color:#404">/</span><span style="color:#808">foo</span><span style="color:#404">/</span></span>}</code> because the &#8220;find_all_reg&#8221; method would be interpreted as the operation &#8220;find&#8221; and the <span class="caps">VPI</span> property &#8220;all_reg&#8221;.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.method_missing</code> no longer requires that the first letter of a method be lower case. For example, now you can now write <code class="code">handle.<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">IntVal</span></code> in addition to <code class="code">handle.intVal</code>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">IntegerGenerator</span></code> class, in the pipelined <span class="caps">ALU</span> example, has been fixed so that multiple instances do not interfere with the generation of each other&#8217;s prime integers.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Due to a bug in the <tt>Rakefile</tt>, the reference documentation was not included in the previous few releases. This has been fixed.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor12">Version 11.0.0 (2006-11-05)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor13">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release shortens generated Ruby benches and uses the less confusing notation for defining <a href="http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/SingletonTutorial">singleton methods</a> in generated designs and prototypes.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor14">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The arguments for the <a href="../ref/ruby/classes/RubyVpi.html"><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">RubyVPI</span>.init_bench</code> method</a> have changed.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><strong>generate_test.rb</strong> no longer emits undocumented status indicators: <em>name</em> and <em>format</em>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The source code is no longer distributed as a <strong>zip</strong> package, because it seems to be quite underutilized in comparison to the <strong>tgz</strong> and <strong>gem</strong> packages.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor15">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Generated Ruby benches have been shortened to just <em>one</em> line of code!</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The less confusing notation of <pre class="code"><span style="color:#080; font-weight:bold">def</span> some_object.a_singleton_method
+  do_stuff
+<span style="color:#080; font-weight:bold">end</span></pre> is now used instead of the <pre class="code"><span style="color:#080; font-weight:bold">class</span> &lt;&lt; <span style="color:#B06; font-weight:bold">some_object</span>
+  <span style="color:#080; font-weight:bold">def</span> <span style="color:#06B; font-weight:bold">a_singleton_method</span>
+    do_stuff
+  <span style="color:#080; font-weight:bold">end</span>
+<span style="color:#080; font-weight:bold">end</span></pre> notation.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The tutorial and examples have been updated accordingly.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The pipelined <span class="caps">ALU</span> example now has an updated <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">IntegerGenerator</span></code> class.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor16">Version 10.0.0 (2006-11-05)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor17">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds the ability to access a handle&#8217;s children and reduces the amount of code produced by the automated test generator.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor18">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<p>Thanks to Matt Fischler for finding the problem of misdirected compilation errors in Verilog benches.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor19">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The way in which Ruby-VPI and generated tests interact has changed: the design is now a <span class="caps">VPI</span> handle object and the <tt>design.rb</tt> and <tt>proto.rb</tt> files define <a href="http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/SingletonTutorial">singleton methods</a> for that object.
+	<ul>
+	<li>I suggest that you regenerate your existing tests (just run <strong>generate_test.rb</strong> again) whilst employing the service of a text merging tool (see the user manual).</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>You can now access a handle&#8217;s children by simply calling methods on it. In the event that a child handle has the same name as a <span class="caps">VPI</span> property, the child is given priority. However, you can always access <span class="caps">VPI</span> properties explicitly via the <code class="code">get_value</code> and <code class="code">put_value</code> methods.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><strong>generate_test.rb</strong> no longer accepts the <pre>-s</pre> and <pre>-u</pre> options. Use their longer counterparts <pre>--rspec</pre> and <pre>--xunit</pre> instead.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor20">Detail</h2>
+	<h3 id="anchor21">Automated test generator</h3>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Generated Verilog benches no longer divert compilation errors from Verilog design files. That is, if the Verilog simulator finds compilation errors in a Verilog design file, it will report that the Verilog design file is at fault (instead of reporting that the generated Verilog bench is at fault).</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user is now notified when a backup of an existing file is made.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Generated tests have been greatly simplified to reduce the amount of work for the user.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The design is now just a handle to the module in the Verilog bench.</li>
+		<li><code class="code">include <span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span></code> and <code class="code"><span style="color:#33B">@design</span></code> are no longer generated.</li>
+		<li>The tutorial and examples have been updated accordingly.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h3 id="anchor22">User manual</h3>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Revised the stylesheet to make disjoint sections readily distinguishable from each other, through generous spacing and minor coloring.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added tips about <tt>ruby-vpi/runner_proxy</tt>, <pre>rake -T</pre>, and using <strong>kdiff3</strong> with <strong>generate_test.rb</strong>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Moved installation information into a new &#8220;setup&#8221; chapter.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor23">Version 9.0.0 (2006-10-28)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor24">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release improves the automated test generator and adds new content to the user manual.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor25">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<p>Thanks to Matt Fischler for helping test and debug the installation of Ruby-VPI on Windows.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor26">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The command-line options for <strong>generate_test.rb</strong> have changed. Run the command <pre>generate_test.rb --help</pre> for details.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor27">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Test runners now attempt to resolve paths in <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">SIMULATOR_SOURCES</span></code> by searching for them within the directories specified in <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">SIMULATOR_INCLUDES</span></code>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Synopsys <span class="caps">VCS</span> is now used in a better way (via the <pre>-load</pre> option).
+	<ul>
+	<li>The old <span class="caps">PLI</span> table file (<tt>synopsys_vcs.tab</tt>) has been removed.</li>
+		<li>The C extension has been revised accordingly.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The C extension now compiles without errors in Cygwin.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The automated test generator now:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Only creates output files when necessary.</li>
+		<li>Updates existing output files using <a href="manual.html#setup.recom">text merging tools</a> if possible. (Refer to <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">MERGER</span></code> in the help information of <strong>generate_test.rb</strong>.)</li>
+		<li>Emits progress information similar to Ruby on Rails.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual now:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Includes instructions for installing on Windows (via Cygwin).</li>
+		<li>Has a recommended software section, with links to text merging tools.</li>
+		<li>Uses the term <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUnit">xUnit</a> instead of &#8220;unit test&#8221;.</li>
+		<li>Correctly spells &#8220;rSpec&#8221;.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor28">Version 8.2.0 (2006-10-24)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor29">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release simplifies configuration of generated tests.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor30">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/classes/cmpe126/Fall06/">students in <span class="caps">CMPE</span>-126</a> for their comments.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor31">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Generated runners now have a <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">SIMULATOR_INCLUDES</span></code> array, whose entries specify places where Verilog source files, needed by the Verilog design, reside.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor32">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Generated Verilog benches now inherit all <code class="code"><span style="background-color:#f0fff0"><span style="color:#161">`</span><span style="color:#2B2">include</span></span></code> and <code class="code"><span style="background-color:#f0fff0"><span style="color:#161">`</span><span style="color:#2B2">define</span></span></code> directives from the Verilog design in a simpler manner.</li>
+		<li>A generated test no longer requires its Verilog design to reside in the same directory.</li>
+		<li>The sample tests have been updated accordingly.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor33">Version 8.1.0 (2006-10-21)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor34">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds an integer library and renames the vpi_util library.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor35">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <strong>vpi_util</strong> library has been renamed to <strong>vpi</strong>. This change should not affect your code unless you explicitly imported this library via <code class="code">require <span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">'</span><span style="color:#D20">ruby-vpi/vpi_util</span><span style="color:#710">'</span></span></code>. In which case, you should update your code to use <code class="code">require <span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">'</span><span style="color:#D20">ruby-vpi/vpi</span><span style="color:#710">'</span></span></code> accordingly.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor36">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>An integer library has been added to simplify common tasks related to hardware and the binary number system. You can import this library for use via <code class="code">require <span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">'</span><span style="color:#D20">ruby-vpi/integer</span><span style="color:#710">'</span></span></code>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor37">Version 8.0.0 (2006-10-13)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor38">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release renames some identifiers for consistency, updates the documentation, and improves integration with RubyGems.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor39">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">RubyVPI</span></code> module has been renamed to <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">RubyVpi</span></code>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">PROTO</span></code> environment variable has been renamed to <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">PROTOTYPE</span></code>.
+	<ul>
+	<li>In addition to using <strong>unset</strong>, you can now disable simulation of the prototype by assigning an empty value to this variable.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor40">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>We now use <a href="http://darcs.net">Darcs</a> for revision control, instead of Subversion. The source repository can now be accessed at <a href="http://ruby-vpi.rubyforge.org/src/ruby-vpi">http://ruby-vpi.rubyforge.org/src/ruby-vpi</a>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The source code is now distributed in tar.gz and zip form, in addition to gem.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Some identifiers have been renamed for better consistency.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual now resides directly within the <tt>doc/</tt> directory.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The integration of documentation in <strong>gem_server</strong> has been improved.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The glossary and tutorial in the user manual have been revised.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor41">Version 7.3.0 (2006-09-30)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor42">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release fixes a bug in generated Verilog benches, includes parsed constants in generated tests, and adds new methods to handles.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor43">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Handles now have two new methods:
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code">handle.x?</code> checks if the logic value is &#8220;don&#8217;t care&#8221; </li>
+		<li><code class="code">handle.z?</code> checks if the logic value is high impedance</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor44">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Module instantiation code in generated Verilog benches has been fixed. Whitespace between the module type and instance variable was missing.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The test generator tool now provides parsed Verilog constants and include-directives in generated Verilog benches; and parsed Verilog constants in generated Ruby designs.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The pipelined <span class="caps">ALU</span> example has been revised accordingly.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A library for parsing Verilog source code has been added as <tt>lib/ruby-vpi/verilog_parser.rb</tt>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor45">Version 7.2.0 (2006-09-15)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor46">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds initial<sup><a href="#fn1">1</a></sup> support for code coverage analysis via the <a href="http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?rcov">rcov library</a>.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor47">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<p>Thanks to Mauricio Fernandez for helping me use rcov without its runner.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor48">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added initial support (full capabilites of the rcov library, such as its various analysis modes, are not yet utilized) for code coverage analysis, which can be enabled by setting the <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">COVERAGE</span></code> environment variable to a non-empty value before running a test.
+	<ul>
+	<li>For example, you can run a test with the <span class="caps">GPL</span> Cver simulator while enabling the generation of code coverage reports as follows: <pre>export COVERAGE=1; rake cver</pre></li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Coverage reports are generated in text and <span class="caps">HTML</span> formats.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor49">Version 7.1.0 (2006-08-29)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor50">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release simplifies running of multiple tests, restores compatibility with Synopsys <span class="caps">VCS</span>, and better integrates with RubyGems.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor51">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added <tt>lib/ruby-vpi/runner_proxy.rb</tt> library which, when embedded into a Rakefile, runs all generated tests in the working directory with any specified arguments. For example, have a look at the <tt>samp/counter/Rakefile</tt> file.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Fixed a bug that prevented one from running tests with Synopsys <span class="caps">VCS</span>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby-VPI documentation is now available through RubyGems&#8217; <a href="http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/2#page10"><strong>gem_server</strong> web interface</a>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual now discusses how to determine the location of a Ruby-VPI installation.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <tt>tpl/</tt> directory has been removed.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor52">Version 7.0.0 (2006-08-29)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor53">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release distributes Ruby-VPI as a gem, improves portability of generated tests, and fixes a bug.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor54">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code">put_value()</code> now accomodates register value overflows when verifying the value it has written.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The test generator&#8217;s templates and the examples have been updated as follows:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Test runners no longer have to specify the path to Ruby-VPI installation directory. Instead, they simply <code class="code">require <span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">'</span><span style="color:#D20">ruby-vpi/runner</span><span style="color:#710">'</span></span></code>. Thus, you can run your tests on any machine with Ruby-VPI without having to know where it is installed.</li>
+		<li>Ruby benches now invoke <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">RubyVPI</span>.init_bench</code> instead of <code class="code">require <span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">'</span><span style="color:#D20">bench</span><span style="color:#710">'</span></span>; setup_bench</code> to become initialized.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>All Ruby libraries in the <tt>lib/</tt> directory have been moved into <tt>lib/ruby-vpi/</tt> to prevent load-path clashes with other gems. You should access these libraries by prefixing their path with &#8220;ruby-vpi&#8221;. For example, <code class="code">require <span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">'</span><span style="color:#D20">vpi_util</span><span style="color:#710">'</span></span></code> should now be written as <code class="code">require <span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">'</span><span style="color:#D20">ruby-vpi/vpi_util</span><span style="color:#710">'</span></span></code>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <tt>src/</tt> directory has been renamed to <tt>ext/</tt> to follow RubyGems convention.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor55">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby-VPI is now distributed only as a <a href="http://www.rubygems.org">source gem</a>. You can decompress the gem without installing it onto your system by running the command <pre>gem install -i output_directory ruby-vpi-7.0.0.gem</pre>. In addition, you can still obtain the source code directly from the Subversion repository.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The tools in <tt>bin/</tt> become available in your system&#8217;s <tt>bin/</tt> directory when the gem is installed.
+	<ul>
+	<li>Usage and help information has been added to the <strong>header_to_ruby.rb</strong> tool.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Incorrect spelling of <span class="caps">GPL</span> Cver (v should be uncapitalized) has been fixed.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Incorrect link to <span class="caps">GPL</span> Cver website has been fixed.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual has been updated according to all of the above changes.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor56">Version 6.3.0 (2006-08-27)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor57">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds support for the <span class="caps">GPL</span> Cver simulator, provides both binary and source packages, and explicitly defines the version numbering system.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor58">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby-VPI now only needs to be built once.
+	<ul>
+	<li>You can run tests with different Verilog simulators without having to re-compile Ruby-VPI.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor59">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <span class="caps">GPL</span> Cver simulator is now supported.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Release packages are now available in both source and binary form.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The RSpec based specifications for the counter example now use the <code class="code">should_equal</code> instead of the <code class="code">should_be</code> assertion, because the latter ensures strict equivalence. For instance, it will fail when a Fixnum is compared to a Bignum.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>We now follow the RubyGems project&#8217;s <a href="http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/7">rational versioning policy</a>. The version numbers of previous releases have been revised accordingly:
+	<table>
+		<tr>
+			<th>Release date </th>
+			<th>Original version number </th>
+			<th>New version number </th>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 1999-10-31 </td>
+			<td> 0.0   </td>
+			<td> 0.0.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-02-26 </td>
+			<td> 0.1   </td>
+			<td> 1.0.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-04-17 </td>
+			<td> 0.2   </td>
+			<td> 2.0.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-04-23 </td>
+			<td> 0.3   </td>
+			<td> 3.0.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-04-28 </td>
+			<td> 0.4   </td>
+			<td> 3.1.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-05-13 </td>
+			<td> 0.5   </td>
+			<td> 3.2.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-05-25 </td>
+			<td> 0.6   </td>
+			<td> 4.0.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-07-22 </td>
+			<td> 0.7   </td>
+			<td> 5.0.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-07-29 </td>
+			<td> 0.8   </td>
+			<td> 5.1.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-08-04 </td>
+			<td> 0.8.1 </td>
+			<td> 5.1.1 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-08-07 </td>
+			<td> 0.9   </td>
+			<td> 6.0.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-08-09 </td>
+			<td> 0.9.1 </td>
+			<td> 6.1.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td> 2006-08-26 </td>
+			<td> 0.9.2 </td>
+			<td> 6.2.0 </td>
+		</tr>
+	</table></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor60">Version 6.2.0 (2006-08-26)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor61">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release beautifies generated tests, adds checks to find signal width bugs, and includes a new tool.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor62">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code">put_value()</code> now returns the value it puts. Therefore, it is easier to chain together a series of assignments: <code class="code">foo.intVal = bar.intVal = baz.intVal = <span style="color:#00D; font-weight:bold">10</span></code></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code">put_value()</code> now verifies that the value it puts was written correctly. This helps to find bugs regarding invalid assumptions about the number of bits supported by a signal.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor63">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The test generator now uses <span class="caps">ERB</span> templates which ensures nice indentation of generated output.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The test generator now decouples Ruby-VPI paths from Verilog benches via the <span class="caps">RUBYLIB</span> environment variable.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A tool which converts Verilog headers into Ruby has been added.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The source code is now indented with two spaces instead of one tab character.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor64">Version 6.1.0 (2006-08-09)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor65">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release simplifies generated tests and fixes a bug.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor66">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The test generator now produces simpler Ruby benches and specifications.
+	<ul>
+	<li>A template used by generated specifications has been added.</li>
+		<li>The counter example and tutorial have also been simplified accordingly.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Boolean <span class="caps">VPI</span> property values are now correctly converted into Ruby truth values.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor67">Version 6.0.0 (2006-08-07)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor68">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds support and documentation for rapid prototyping of Verilog designs in Ruby.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor69">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The directory structure has been reorganized as follows:
+	<ul>
+	<li><tt>ext</tt> &rarr; <tt>src</tt></li>
+		<li><tt>tools</tt> &rarr; <tt>bin</tt></li>
+		<li><tt>examples</tt> &rarr; <tt>samp</tt></li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>All template files have been moved into the <tt>tpl</tt> directory.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor70">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Support for prototyping designs in Ruby, before they are implemented in Verilog, has been added.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <em>same</em> specification can be used to verify both prototype <em>and</em> design! :-)</li>
+		<li>The tutorial in the user manual has been updated to discuss prototyping.
+	<ul>
+	<li>Prototypes have been added to the counter example.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual has been revised for consistency.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor71">Version 5.1.1 (2006-08-04)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor72">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release fixes unreadable syntax coloring in the user manual.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor73">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Todd Nagengast and Matt Fischler for notifying me about unreadable text in the user manual.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor74">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Source code comments in the user manual are now readable.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <tt><span class="caps">README</span></tt> and <tt><span class="caps">HISTORY</span></tt> files have been converted to <a href="http://www.textism.com/tools/textile/">textile</a> format.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor75">Version 5.1.0 (2006-07-29)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor76">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds a tutorial to the user manual, and improves the tools and examples.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor77">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Phil Tomson for correcting the <span class="caps">URL</span> of the <span class="caps">RHDL</span> website, in the user manual.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor78">Detail</h2>
+	<h3 id="anchor79">User manual</h3>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A tutorial, based on the counter example, has been added to the user manual.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual&#8217;s appearance has been dramatically improved with syntax coloring for source code, and <a href="http://tango.freedesktop.org">graphics for admonitions and navigation</a>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h3 id="anchor80">Examples</h3>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A specification, expressed in unit test format, has been added to the counter example.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <pre>--name</pre> and <pre>-n</pre> options, which lets you specify an identifier for a generated test, have been added to the <strong>generate_test.rb</strong> tool.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Running <pre>rake clobber</pre> in an example directory no longer destroys documentation in the Ruby-VPI directory.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The examples&#8217; Rakefiles now invoke all tests present in the directory via the <tt>launcher_template.rake</tt> template.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The Rake template for test runners (generated by <tt>tools/generate_test.rb</tt>) has moved from <tt>examples/template.rake</tt> to <tt>examples/runner_template.rake</tt>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h3 id="anchor81"><span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer</h3>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The value of a handle&#8217;s boolean <span class="caps">VPI</span> property is treated as <code class="code"><span style="color:#038; font-weight:bold">false</span></code> if it is zero, because zero is <code class="code"><span style="color:#038; font-weight:bold">false</span></code> in the C language.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor82">Version 5.0.0 (2006-07-22)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor83">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release enhances the <span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer and adds new content to the user manual.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor84">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Jan Decaluwe for correcting the description of MyHDL in the user manual.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor85">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li><span class="caps">SWIG</span> is no longer required for users because its output is included in the release package.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <code class="code">handle.value</code> and <code class="code">handle.value=</code> methods have been removed.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor86">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer provides access to <span class="caps">VPI</span> properties of handles in a <a href="manual.html#background.org.vpi">simpler, more powerful way</a>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>All <span class="caps">VPI</span> properties, except delay values, are now accessible from a handle.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The user manual has been revised and new content in the organization and usage sections has been added.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>This release was tested and developed using:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Icarus Verilog 0.8 on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Mentor Modelsim 6.1d on x86_64 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor87">Version 4.0.0 (2006-05-25)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor88">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds a comprehensive user manual, upgrades from make to <a href="http://rake.rubyforge.org">Rake</a>, and improves the test generation tool.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor89">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Jose Renau for solving the problem of strange delays that occurred whenever a design was reset.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor90">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Rake has replaced the role of <strong>make</strong>. All makefiles have been converted accordingly.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The test generation tool now generates multiple files (runner, bench, design, spec) and makes backups of existing files. See its help information for details.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor91">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A comprehensive user manual, written in DocBook-XML, has been added.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Support for RSpec 0.5.4 has been added.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The counter example now makes use of RSpec.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>This release was tested and developed using:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Icarus Verilog 0.8 on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Mentor Modelsim 6.1d on x86_64 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor92">Version 3.2.0 (2006-05-13)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor93">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds a tool which generates test benches, and adds support for <a href="http://behaviour-driven.org">Behavior Driven Development</a> via the <a href="http://rspec.rubyforge.org">RSpec</a> library.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor94">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Scott L Holmes for helping me <a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.ruby.general/150087">use the RSpec library without its runner</a> program.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor95">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A tool, which generates most of a Ruby-VPI test bench from a Verilog 2001 module declaration, has been added.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ability to use RSpec in a test bench has been added.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ability to specify arbitrary command-line arguments to Verilog simulators has been added in the examples&#8217; makefile template.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>This release was tested and developed using:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Icarus Verilog 0.8 on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Mentor Modelsim 6.1d on x86_64 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor96">Version 3.1.0 (2006-04-28)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor97">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds simple ways of reading and writing values to <span class="caps">VPI</span> handles, adds documentation for the <span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer, and fixes the pipelined <span class="caps">ALU</span> example.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor98">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <strong>msim</strong> Makefile target for Mentor Modelsim has been renamed back to <strong>vsim</strong>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor99">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Simple, consistent ways of reading and writing values to handles have been added to the <span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer. These ways are described in the <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">SWIG</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">TYPE_p_unsigned_int</span></code> class&#8217; documentation.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The makefiles now use the <strong>rbconfig</strong> library to determine the default compiler and linker flags for Ruby.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>A race condition in the pipelined <span class="caps">ALU</span> example has been fixed. This example should now run successfully in all Verilog simulators.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The project wiki has been abandoned in favor of RDoc.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The project website is now generated by RDoc.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>This release was tested and developed using:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Icarus Verilog 0.8 on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Mentor Modelsim 6.1d on x86_64 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor100">Version 3.0.0 (2006-04-23)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor101">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release adds support for the <em>entire</em> <a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/standardstoc.jsp?isnumber=33945"><span class="caps">IEEE</span> Std. 1364-2005</a> VPI interface, and updates the examples into unit tests.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor102">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to the <a href="http://www.swig.org/guilty.html"><span class="caps">SWIG</span> developers</a> for making this project <em>much</em> easier! ;-)</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor103">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <strong>vsim</strong> Makefile target for Mentor Modelsim has been renamed to <strong>msim</strong>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor104">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The Ruby interface to <span class="caps">VPI</span> is now generated by <a href="http://www.swig.org"><span class="caps">SWIG</span></a>.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The main <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span></code> module has been renamed to <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Vpi</span></code>.</li>
+		<li>The <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span></code> class has been removed.</li>
+		<li>The <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::stop</code>, <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::finish</code>, and <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::reset</code> methods have been removed.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <a href="http://www.boydtechinc.com/ptf/archive/ptf_2005/0737.html"><em>final ballot</em> version</a> of the <tt>vpi_user.h</tt> header file is now packaged along with and used by Ruby-VPI.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The <span class="caps">VPI</span> module, its sub-classes, and its functionality have been replaced by the <span class="caps">VPI</span> utility layer (see <tt>src/vpi_util.rb</tt>).</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The examples now make use of the <strong>test/unit</strong> unit testing framework.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The makefiles for the examples have been simplified through the use of a common template.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>This release was tested and developed using:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Icarus Verilog 0.8 on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Mentor Modelsim 6.1d on x86_64 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor105">Version 2.0.0 (2006-04-17)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor106">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This release fixes major bugs, adds support for Mentor Modelsim, and removes the <code class="code"><span style="color:#d70; font-weight:bold">$ruby_task</span></code> callback.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor107">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Nobu Nakada for explaining the <a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.ruby.general/146653">cross-thread violation on rb_gc()</a> error.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor108">Notice</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Removed <code class="code"><span style="color:#d70; font-weight:bold">$ruby_task</span></code> callback and ability to dynamically register system tasks from Ruby because inter-process communication is complicated at present.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor109">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>The &#8220;cross-thread violation on rb_gc()&#8221; error has been fixed.
+	<ul>
+	<li>The &#8220;stack level too deep (SystemStackError)&#8221; error has been fixed.</li>
+		<li>The test/unit library can be used in Ruby test bench.</li>
+		<li>Mentor Modelsim Verilog simulator works with Ruby-VPI.</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added piplelined <span class="caps">ALU</span> example.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>This release was tested and developed using:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Icarus Verilog 0.8 on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Modelsim 6.1d on x86_64 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4 and Synopsys <span class="caps">VCS</span>-MX X-2005.06-SP1 on <span class="caps">SPARC4</span> SunOS 5.10</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor110">Version 1.0.0 (2006-02-26)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor111">Summary</h2>
+This release adds enough Verilog <span class="caps">VPI</span> functionality to make Ruby-VPI usable for simple test benches:
+	<ul>
+	<li>access Verilog objects through <span class="caps">VPI</span> handles</li>
+		<li>read and change <span class="caps">VPI</span> handle values</li>
+		<li>stop, finish, restart the simulation</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor112">Acknowledgment</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Jose Renau for helping me debug how Synopsys <span class="caps">VCS</span> works with Verilog <span class="caps">VPI</span>. The problem was that <span class="caps">VCS</span> required calltf signatures to be <code class="code">void (*)(void)</code>, whereas the Verilog standard defines a calltf signature as <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">PLI_INT32</span> (*)(<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">PLI_BYTE8</span>*)</code>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Thanks to Ross Bamford, Eric Hodel, and Yukihiro Matsumoto for <a href="http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/180662">helping me discover</a> why the <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">SystemStackError</span></code> was happening.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h2 id="anchor113">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Implemented some Verilog <span class="caps">VPI</span> functionality:
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::handle_by_name(string, <span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>)</code> &rarr; <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span></code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::handle_by_name(string)</code> &rarr; <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span></code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.put_value(integer)</code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.value = integer</code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.get_value</code> &rarr; <code class="code">integer</code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span>.value</code> &rarr; <code class="code">integer</code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::stop</code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::finish</code></li>
+		<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::reset</code></li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Implemented some additional functionality:
+	<ul>
+	<li><code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::register_task(string, &amp;proc)</code></li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added ability to pass arbitrary command-line arguments to the Ruby interpreter (using <code class="code"><span style="color:#d70; font-weight:bold">$ruby_init</span></code>). Now you can invoke any Ruby script you want, instead of <tt>pli_init.rb</tt>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added ability to dynamically register system tasks from Ruby, using <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::register_task(<span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">&quot;</span><span style="color:#D20">task name</span><span style="color:#710">&quot;</span></span>)</code>, and call them from Verilog, using <code class="code"><span style="color:#d70; font-weight:bold">$ruby_task</span>(<span style="background-color:#fff0f0"><span style="color:#710">&quot;</span><span style="color:#D20">task name</span><span style="color:#710">&quot;</span></span>)</code>.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">VPI</span>::<span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">Handle</span></code> class which encapsulates a <code class="code">vpiHandle</code> VPI object.</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>This release was tested and developed using:
+	<ul>
+	<li>Ruby 1.8.2 and Icarus Verilog 0.8 on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+		<li>Ruby 1.8.4, Synopsys <span class="caps">VCS X</span>-2005.06, and Mentor Modelsim 6.1b on i686 <span class="caps">GNU</span>/Linux</li>
+	</ul></li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 id="anchor114">Version 0.0.0 (1999-10-31)</h1>
+	<h2 id="anchor115">Summary</h2>
+	<p>This is Kazuhiro <span class="caps">HIWADA</span>&#8217;s initial testing release of Ruby-VPI. See its <a href="http://www.ruby-talk.org/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/18193">original announcement</a> and <a href="http://easter.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~hiwada/ruby/memo/src/ruby-vpi-test.tgz">source code</a>.</p>
+	<h2 id="anchor116">Detail</h2>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Added ability to relay control from Verilog test bench to Ruby (using <code class="code"><span style="color:#d70; font-weight:bold">$ruby_callback</span></code>) and vice versa (using <code class="code"><span style="color:#036; font-weight:bold">PLI</span>::relay_Verilog</code>).</li>
+	</ul>
+	<ul>
+	<li>Tested and developed using Ruby 1.4 and Verilog-XL from Cadence systems, on a <span class="caps">SPARC</span> machine running Solaris 2.6.</li>
+	</ul>
+  </body>
+</html>