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CBOLD Reference Manual

1.	Introduction
	1.1. Overview of CBOLD
	1.2. Conventions and Typography
2.	Quick Start Guide
	2.1. What You Need to Get Started
	2.2. Setting Up CBOLD
	2.3. Creating a New Design
	2.4. Fundamentals
	2.5. Design Structure
	2.6. Work Flow
	2.7. Flow of the main() Function
	2.8. Conclusion
3.	Source Files
	3.1. CBOLD Files
	3.2. User C++ Files
	3.3. User Part Files
	3.4. User Designator Text Files
4.	CBOLD Classes
	4.1. TPart
	4.2. TModule
	4.3. TBundle
	4.4. TPort
	4.5. TPortRange
	4.6. TDesignator
5.	The main() Function
6.	Registering
	6.1. Overview
	6.2. Registering Macros
	6.3. Order of Registration
	6.4. Registering Array Members
	6.5. Additional Processing in Register()
7.	Connections
	7.1. Overview
	7.2. Practical Guide to Connecting
	7.3. Connecting Functions and Operators
	7.4. Net and Subbus Naming Conventions
	7.5. Subbusses and Nets
	7.6. Netlist Extraction
	7.7. Additional Processing in Connect()
8.	Reference Designators
	8.1. Overview
	8.2. Assigning Reference Designators
	8.3. Designator Text Files
9.	Properties
	9.1. Overview
	9.2. How do Properties Carry Information?
10.	Advanced Techniques
	10.1. User Members
	10.2. Inheritance
	10.3. Selective Registration
	10.4. Constraint Files for Programmable Devices
11.	Support Tools
	11.1. pt_to_h
	11.2. auto_reg
12.	Utilities
	12.1. BEGERR/ENDERR
	12.2. CSTRING/SCSTRING
13.	Engineering Change Orders
14.	Outputs
	14.1. Symbolic Names and Paths
	14.2. Status and Error Messages
	14.3. Symbolic Netlist
	14.4. CAD Netlist
	14.5. Autorouter Command Files
	14.6. ASIC Constraint Files
	14.7. Bill of Materials
	14.8. Why does CBOLD Lack an Electrical Rules Checker?
15.	Expanding CBOLD
16.	Style Guide
	16.1. Naming Conventions for User Classes
	16.2. Naming Conventions for Ports
	16.3. Naming Conventions for User Instances
	16.4. Naming Conventions for Nets
	16.5. Reference Designator Prefix Conventions
	16.6. General Style Guidelines
17.	Tips and Tricks
	17.1. Debugging
18.	Technical Details
	18.1. Port Range Implementation
	18.2. Error Handling
19.	Tested Compilers
20.	Example Designs
21.	C++ Primer
	21.1. Classes and Inheritance
	21.2. Constructors and Destructors
	21.3. Static Variables and Members
	21.4. Virtual Functions
	21.5. dynamic_cast
	21.6. Runtime Type Information (RTTI)
	21.7. References
	21.8. Function Overloading and Default Arguments
	21.9. Operator Overloading
	21.10. Type Conversion Operators
	21.11. Exceptions
	21.12. Macros
	21.13. enum
	21.14. The Standard Library
22.	Recommended Reading
23.	CBOLD Glossary

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