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Struct Statements

pcb-struct is a way to store a collection of related variables.

Example

Right now we need to use a fully qualified name to define a new pcb-struct. So if we wanted an struct named: 

GenericPin
And we're defining it in a package named 
defpackage ocdb/utils/property-structs
Then the struct needs to be defined as follows: 
public pcb-struct ocdb/utils/property-structs/GenericPin :
  max-voltage:Toleranced|RelativeVoltage    ; Maximum voltage that can be applied to pin (V)
  rated-esd:Double

All together this is what it looks like to define and use a pcb-struct: 

defpackage ocdb/utils/property-structs:
...

public pcb-struct ocdb/utils/property-structs/GenericPin :
  max-voltage:Toleranced|RelativeVoltage    ; Maximum voltage that can be applied to pin (V)
  rated-esd:Double   

val generic-props  = GenericPin(min-max(-0.3 5.0), 1500.0)

println(max-voltage(generic-props))

When we create a value that uses a struct, the variables are given in the order defined in the pcb-struct. In the above example: - min-max(-0.3 5.0) gets assigned to max-voltage - 1500.0 gets assigned to rated-esd

We can then access the information by the name defined in the pcb-struct. max-voltage(generic-props) fetches the value stored in the field max-voltage of a GenericPin.