I look forward to seeing the working example. Hopefully it's clear already,
but: I don't think anybody is yet claiming the descriptor approach is the
"correct" or "best" answer for you. But it will help a lot to demo what you
want, and it also allows you to use your first choice operator, which is =.
> Problem remains that you cannot pass hdlns.x/y around, x and y are
> really the things you want to pass around. You can pass hdlns in this
> case, but the receiving object has to figure out which signal (x or y)
> to use.
>
If you can pass x around, you can certainly pass hdlns.x around, or
something shorter if you prefer-- ns.x, perhaps.
The problem of: "the receiving object has to figure out which signal (x or
y)
to use" seems easily addressed by creating a Signal class that knows how to
return the Right Thing™ when doing math:
from numbers import Real # or whatever number abc is appropriate
class Signal(Real):
# override all mathematical operations
And modify the __set__ method of the SignalBehavior descriptor so it stores
a Signal:
class SignalBehavior:
...
def __set__(self,inst,value):
self.inst_dict[inst] = value if isinstance(value,Signal) else
Signal(value)
Now any math operation you care to do can result in whatever you wish it to
be:
>>> ns = HDL()
>>> ns.x = 1
>>> ns.y = ns.x / 2
>>> ns.z = 8 / ns.y
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