Method new_cell

src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc:6366–6385

}

db::cell_index_type
LayoutViewBase::new_cell (int cv_index, const std::string &cell_name)
{
  db::cell_index_type new_ci (0);

  if (cv_index >= 0 && int (m_cellviews.size ()) > cv_index) {

    db::Layout &layout = cellview (cv_index)->layout ();
    if (! cell_name.empty () && layout.cell_by_name (cell_name.c_str ()).first) {
      throw tl::Exception (tl::to_string (tr ("A cell with that name already exists: %s")), cell_name);
    }

    transaction (tl::to_string (tr ("New cell")));
    new_ci = layout.add_cell (cell_name.empty () ? 0 : cell_name.c_str ());
    commit ();

  }

  return new_ci;
}

template <class T, class Iter>
static void make_unique_name (T *object, Iter from, Iter to)