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Error running sim modelsim with VHDL file as top level #265

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sim_args=["+acc", "-gG_APP_ID=243", "-L","work"]

vsim output:

vsim -c -onfinish exit -foreign "cocotb_init /home/ykarmon/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cocotb/libs/libcocotbfli_modelsim.so" "+acc" -L work top_level.top_level-do "run -all; quit" ```

the problem is that it assume toplevel is set to top_level lib.

work around:
site-packages/cocotb_test/simulator.py:588
            cmd.append(
                ["vsim"]
                + ["-gui" if self.gui else "-c"]
                + ["-onfinish", "stop" if self.gui else "exit"]
                + [
                    "-foreign",
                    "cocotb_init " + as_tcl_value(cocotb.config.lib_name_path("fli", "questa")),
                ]
                + self.simulation_args
                + [as_tcl_value(v) for v in self.get_parameter_commands(self.parameters)]
                + self.toplevel
                +

remove  + self.toplevel

and set             

sim_args=["+acc", "-g<generics", "-L",f"{work_lib}",f"{work_lib}.{top_level_file}"], # Simulation arguments


on run command.

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