NAME¶

delphins - delete a physical instance

ORIGIN¶

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/ E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSYS¶

#include "mph.h"
int delphins(ptfig, insname)
phfig_list ∗ptfig;
char ∗insname;

PARAMETERS¶

ptfig

Pointer to the figure in which the instance should be deleted

insname

Name of the instance to be deleted.

DESCRIPTION¶

delphins delete the instance called insname in the figure pointed to by ptfig. This instance is warrantied to be unique, because its name is an identifier at the given hierarchical level. The list consistency is maintainded, and the space freed.

RETURN VALUE¶

delphins returns 1 if the instance has been deleted, 0 if no such instance exists in the list.

EXAMPLE¶

#include "mph.h"
char ∗was_existing(ptfig, insname)
phfig_list ∗ptfig;
char ∗insname;
{
   return delphins(ptfig, insname) ? "you just killed it!"
												: "wasn't here anyway"; 
}

SEE ALSO¶

mbk(1), phfig(3), phins(3), addphins(3), getphins(3).

BUG REPORT¶

This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory. We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.