Create a dependency graph of a big project

[javValverde]

Hi,
I am interested in making a dependency graph of a big project, and I think this tool is a great match for it.
Ideally I interface via python with the VHDL language server.
Can you please provide me with some infos as how can I do this. Is there any documentation/examples where I can check the API of the server?

[kraigher]

The project is organized as two crates:

• The vhdl_lang library crate is the core part that parses and analyses VHDL and provides all the languages queries.
• vhdl_ls executable crate implements the language server protocol using vhdl_lang under the hood.

The dependency graph between all design units is created internally in vhdl_lang. You cannot access it via the public API at the moment. We are currently disucssion how a public API should look like #219. It would be reasonable to have a way to query the dependencies of design units using this API and I think it should be added there. We will see when we get to it though, as this is just an unpaid hobby project I will not make any promises on any timeframes.

What I can say for sure is I have no interest in adding any Python wrappers to vhdl_lang in this repository. That you would have to create yourself in your own repo.

[javValverde]

It actually sounds great and I look forward to it.
I have no problem writing the python bindings myself. Is the interfacing rpc/json based? Or rather calling rust from python?

Thanks for the reply and for the great project!

[javValverde]

And of course, let me know if there is any draft/beta API that I can play with