RE: [sv-bc] A.6.2 BNF: initial vs. always

Makes sense.

Thanks,
Shalom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Sharp [mailto:sharp@cadence.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 12:55 AM
> To: sv-bc@eda.org; Bresticker, Shalom
> Subject: Re: [sv-bc] A.6.2 BNF: initial vs. always
> 
> >Why is 'always' with a statement whereas 'initial' has
> statement_or_null?
> 
> I can guess.  An initial with a null statement is benign.  It just
does
> nothing.  An always with a null statement is bad.  Without any delay
in
> the always, it will put a simulator into an infinite loop.  So I would
> guess that the idea was not to allow something that was clearly bad.
> 
> Steven Sharp
> sharp@cadence.com

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