This is precisely why every ASIC (HW) company I'm familiar with uses P4. ASIC design flows rely critically on 3rd party tooling, that must be version/release sp

This is precisely why every ASIC (HW) company I'm familiar with uses P4. ASIC design flows rely critically on 3rd party tooling, that must be version/release specific. You can't rely on those objects being available whenever. They get squirreled away and kept, forever.