entity ch_20_06 is end entity ch_20_06; ---------------------------------------------------------------- use std.textio.all; architecture test of ch_20_06 is subtype encoding_type is bit_vector(1 downto 0); attribute encoding : encoding_type; begin process1 : process is -- code from book: type controller_state is (idle, active, fail_safe); type load_level is (idle, busy, overloaded); attribute encoding of idle [ return controller_state ] : literal is b"00"; attribute encoding of active [ return controller_state ] : literal is b"01"; attribute encoding of fail_safe [ return controller_state ] : literal is b"10"; -- end of code from book variable L : line; begin write(L, string'("process1")); writeline(output, L); write(L, idle [ return controller_state ] ' encoding); writeline(output, L); write(L, active [ return controller_state ] ' encoding); writeline(output, L); write(L, fail_safe [ return controller_state ] ' encoding); writeline(output, L); wait; end process process1; process2 : process is type controller_state is (idle, active, fail_safe); type load_level is (idle, busy, overloaded); attribute encoding of idle : literal is b"11"; variable L : line; begin write(L, string'("process2")); writeline(output, L); write(L, idle [ return controller_state ] ' encoding); writeline(output, L); write(L, idle [ return load_level ] ' encoding); writeline(output, L); wait; end process process2; end architecture test;