RE: [sv-bc] final block and $strobe

Re $strobe, see also
http://www.boydtechinc.com/btf/report/full_pr/559.html.

Shalom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-bc@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org] On
> Behalf Of Clifford E. Cummings
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:22 PM
> To: sv-bc@eda.org
> Subject: [sv-bc] final block and $strobe
> 
> Hi, All -
> 
> This sort of came up with the function-fork-join discussion.
> 
> The $strobe command is rather unique with functions in that it
> is
> permitted to call a $strobe from a function even though the
> printing
> statement is scheduled in the monitor-events/postponed region.
> This
> has always worked and I see no reason to change it.
> 
> The $strobe in the final block is another matter.
> 
> The final block is more or less a $finish subroutine and any
> $strobe
> command placed in a final block will never execute. I know. I
> tried!
> 
> I believe $strobe in a final block should force a warning that
> the
> command will never execute. I thought about making it an error
> but
> since one might want to put a $strobe inside of a function and
> call
> the function from the always block, perhaps a warning is more
> appropriate.
> 
> In the absence of a required warning, this will generate many
> questions (like the ones I sent to a couple of EDA vendors).
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Regards - Cliff
> 
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