Locally declared variables

Variables (reg and integer types) declared locally within an always statement do not infer flip-flops. This may potentially lead to a functional mismatch between the Verilog HDL model and the synthesized netlist. Here is an example of a locally declared variable Temp that does not get inferred as a flip-flop. 

However, a potential for mismatch exists between the design model and its synthesized netlist if the order of the above statements are reversed. This is because no flip-flops are inferred for locally declared variables. Here is such a model. 

The synthesized netlist is the same as in Figure 2-48. Notice that on every clock edge, NextState always get the value of Temp assigned in the previous clock cycle, but not so in the synthesized netlist. The recommendation here is to avoid using locally declared variables in this fashion. Hopefully a synthesis tool will issue a warning if no flip-flops are inferred for Temp. 

Locally Declared Variable, 60 Variable Assigned Before Use, 61 Use Before Assigned, 62... 

No flip-flops are inferred for Temp since it is locally declared within the always statement and a value is assigned to the variable and used immediately in the same clock edge. Flip-flops are inferred for NextState (as this... 

Navigation expressions in an action spec should generally start from the parameters. (So mentor=watchdog would be wrong—whose mentor ) Other starting points are self (in actions performed by a particular object) and variables you have declared locally, in, for example, forAII and let clauses (see Section 2.5.2). 

The choice of types for a local variable—temporaries, inputs, and even return values— for an operation is crucial to good decoupling. As soon as you declare a variable or parameter that belongs to a particular class, you have made your part of the program dependent on that class. This means that any changes there may have an impact here. Instead, it is usually better to declare all variables as types, the only place in a program where you absolutely must refer to a concrete class is to instantiate a new object. 

The calculation dictionary defines the procedures required to perform calculations on test data. User friendly features include variable declaration as either local to a test or fetched from another test on the same or different sample, conversational input statements and algebraic calculations. Each calculation procedure may be referenced by any one or all entries in the test dictionary. 

A variable declared locally within an always statement is also inferred as a latch if it is incompletely assigned in a conditional statement (if statement or case statement). This is shown in the following module. 

What if variables are declared locally within an always statement ... 

A function call represents combinational logic since a function call is part of an expression in Verilog HDL. A function call is synthesized by expanding the function call into in-line code. Any local variable declared within the function is treated as a pure temporary such a variable gets synthesized as a wire. 

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For the Verilog description, previous works consider all declared registers as memorizing, and associate with them a state variable[7]. Although this may lead to a non minimal set of state variables, it is the most obvious choice, since registers can be accessed in several concurrent always statements (but modified in only one to ensure determinism) the decision that a register is a redundant state variable cannot be made locally to an always bloc. In the example of Figures S.a and 6.a, state variables are associated with vO, vl, v2, v3. 

Watches. WatchProviders can contribute entries to the debugger s watch window. For example a local variable declaration whose value can be inspected in the watch window. A WatchProviderScope is a nestable context in which WatchProviders are declared and are valid e.g., two functions declaring local variables. When suspending within any of them, the corresponding WatchProviderScope causes the debugger to only show its local variables. 

A constraint has also attached to it a documentation that describes in natural language the content of the constraint. It might also contain a relationship to the element to which the constraint has been attached. This is important for the interpretation of the variable paths. For example, if a constraint is directly attached to a Car class that has a weight property, then the declaration of the w variable can be just weight because the constraint is interpreted in the context of the Car class and the weight property is local to the Car class. 

A variable is an object of any synthesizeable t5 e that can be used as temporary storage within a VHDL description. Depending on where it is declared, a variable can be shared between different concurrently executing statements in an architecture or can be local to one. Box 3.5 explains how and where to declare a variable. 

When a branch condition is satisfied in the architecture CASEI, one of the input signals A, B, C or D is assigned directly to Y. In the architectures of Figure 4.6, two alternative method of assigning the output are demonstrated. In CASE2, a variable, TEMP, of type BIT has been declared. A private (non-shared) variable, declared within the process declarative part, is always local to the process. The value stored in TEMP after the Case statement has been evaluated must be assigned to Y inside die process. TEMP cannot be passed out of the process or accessed by any odier concurrent statement, such as another process. If the variable was shared (Qiapter 3)... 

A function is very similar to a Process statement in its operation except that it cannot contain signal assignment or Wait statements. This means that a function caimot be used to create sequential logic. As the RIPPLE functions illustrate, variables that are local to the function can be declared in the declarative part and its execution is sequential. All objects declared locally are discarded when the final result is returned. The s)mtax of a function and other important details are given in Box 6.4. 

The eode in this example illustrates several language features such as die do. end loop, the if... then. .. end loop and a function definition. The code also illustrate some features of the lexical scope of Lua variables wifli the printO statement on line 18. It is noted that variables x, y and z are first introduced within the body of the tst() function definition. However, y is declared as a local variable and is thus known only within the scope of the code block in which it is defined, which in this case is within lines 6 through 13 of the code. The attempt to print the value of y on line 18 thus results in the printed value of nil indicating an unknown value. This illustrates the fact that in Lua, variables are known globally unless restricted to a code block by the local keyword, i.e. die default is that all variables have global scope. 

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