OSVVM 2023.09a Release

The 2023.09a release adds:

• Scripts: build/include now support
  • Early detection of file or path not found and better error messages.
  • $::ARGV (a TCL array) and $::ARGC
  • $::argv (a TCL list), $::argc and $::argv0
• OsvvmSettingsPkg: Package with deferred constants to configure OSVVM settings.
  • RandomPkg – Provides the default value for InitSeed UseNewSeedMethods.
  • AlertLogPkg – Provides the default value for Justify and Print Time First for Alerts and Logs.
  • CoveragePkg – Provides the default value for Weight Mode (AT_LEAST or REMAIN).
• AlertLogPkg and ScoreboardPkg: Updated printing of messages (Alerts and Logs).
• ModelParametersSingletonPkg – implements a singleton for ModelParameters.
• Transaction Interface (Stream and AddressBus)
  • Added ModelParametersIdType to Transaction Interface to simplify parameter handling in VC.
  • Added ClassifyUnimplementedOperation to simplify and unify unimplemented transaction messages
  • Added extension operations EXTEND_* to allow VC to add custom options
  • Stream: Added SendAndGet and SendAndGetBurst transaction API calls
• ScoreboardGenericPkg – Added WriteScoreboardYaml parameters to allow simplification of names
• The 2023.09a release update fixes issues introduced by 2023.09 to the CoSim capability.