print and println irregularities

[Alan Rodricks]

Hi,

I wrote a SKILL file without any print or println fuunctions, and it
runs without any errors.
However, when I include any these commands, it gives me the output
for the print function, as well as the following line 3 times.

Pcell evaluation for arprac/ViaPad/layout generated information. See
layer/purpose "marker/error" shape with property "drcWhy" for
description.

(1) What could be wrong with my code
(2) Where can I view the generated information

Regards
Alan Rodricks

 

[Andrew Beckett]

On 9 Aug 2005 17:36:22 -0700, "Alan Rodricks" <roddyalan@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I wrote a SKILL file without any print or println fuunctions, and it
runs without any errors.
However, when I include any these commands, it gives me the output
for the print function, as well as the following line 3 times.

Pcell evaluation for arprac/ViaPad/layout generated information. See
layer/purpose "marker/error" shape with property "drcWhy" for
description.

(1) What could be wrong with my code
(2) Where can I view the generated information

Regards
Alan Rodricks

If you print anything inside a pcell, it doesn't display it to the CIW, but
instead stores the string that would have been printed as a property on
a marker layer over the pcell. You can use the Verify->Markers->Explain
menu and then click on the warning marker on the pcell instance to get the
text.

If you really want it to print to the CIW, then use
fpritnf(stderr "blah blah\n")

pcells have worked this way for ever, in order to simplify producing error
messages within pcell code.

Regards,

Andrew.