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Third-party logic function and port names are the original names given to cells and ports. If a design is converted to an EDIF Input File, these original names can change in one of two ways:

• The original name can be changed with the EDIF rename construct in the EDIF netlist file when the design is converted.

  For example, you may have a function called foo$, which is an illegal EDIF identifier. This function would be renamed to cell foodollar when the design is converted to EDIF. This cell would appear as follows:

  (cell (rename foodollar "foo$")...

  In this case, you should use the name "foo$" to map the function in a Library Mapping File. In addition, you must ensure that the third-party EDIF netlist writer generates the rename construct when it renames cells and ports.

• The original third-party name might be automatically renamed when the design is converted, rather than being explicitly renamed with the rename construct.

  Some EDIF netlist writers may automatically append an ampersand (&) to the beginning of an illegal function name to make the name legal. Remember, however, that you must still use the function's original name (without the &) when mapping it to a Quartus^® II logic function in an LMF.

  For example, if you have a function called 74185, which is an illegal EDIF identifier, the function might be automatically renamed to EDIF cell as follows:

  (cell &74185...

  The function must appear as "74185" in an LMF.

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