Alphabetize Generics

[psi-chuffine]

I would like to enforce generics being listed in alphabetical order.

Most generics I use are not grouped in any logical fashion, and being able to enforce alphabetization would be nice.
This could be extended to ports, although I generally have ports arrayed in a way that conveys more information.

[ekigwana]

"VHDL-2008 introduced the capability to use a generic declared within a generic list to define the value or type of subsequent generics in the same list. This was not possible in earlier VHDL versions, where generics were evaluated independently."

entity ExampleEntity is
  generic (
    DATA_WIDTH : natural := 8;
    ADDR_WIDTH : natural := DATA_WIDTH + 2  -- ADDR_WIDTH is initialized using DATA_WIDTH
  );
  port (
    -- ... ports ...
  );
end entity ExampleEntity;

What would alphabetical order mean in this case?

[psi-chuffine]

That's a good question. I haven't used that function in 2008. Is it strictly ordered? If you rearranged those, would it synthesize?

[ekigwana]

That's a good question. I haven't used that function in 2008. Is it strictly ordered? If you rearranged those, would it synthesize?

It is strictly ordered but I can't find the LRM reference ATM