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Cocotb contains a library called GPI (in directory cocotb/share/lib/gpi/) written in C++ that is an abstraction layer for the VPI, VHPI, and FLI simulator interfaces.

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The interaction between Python and GPI is via a Python extension module called simulator (in directory cocotb/share/lib/simulator/) which provides routines for traversing the hierarchy, getting/setting an object’s value, registering callbacks etc.

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