iverilog/tgt-vvp
Lars-Peter Clausen 48e26a44d7 tgt-vvp: Short circuit logical operators
Section 11.4.7 of the SystemVerilog LRM states

```
The && and || operators shall use short circuit evaluation as follows:
  - The first operand expression shall always be evaluated.
  - For &&, if the first operand value is logically false then the second operand shall not be evaluated.
  - For ||, if the first operand value is logically true then the second operand shall not be evaluated.
```

vvp currently evaluates both operands of a logical operator. This works
fine as long as the right-hand side does not have a side effect. But if it
has the result might be incorrect.

E.g. for `a && b++` `b` must not be incremented if `a` evaluates to false.

The Verilog LRM mentions that it is allowed to short circuit any expression
"if the final result of an expression can be determined early". But there
is no requirement to do so.

So the new and the old behavior are both correct implementations in
Verilog.

Use the new behavior in both Verilog and SystemVerilog mode to make sure
the behavior is consistent when an expression has side effects.

Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
(cherry picked from commit d4334139d3)
2021-12-31 09:47:20 +00:00
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COPYING.lesser Move GNU lesser to tgt-vvp since that is the only place where LGPL code is located 2020-11-14 20:31:34 -08:00
Makefile.in tgt-vvp: Remove (almost) empty file vector.c 2020-09-19 12:39:04 +02:00
README.txt Spelling fixes in .txt files 2015-05-25 12:52:03 -07:00
cppcheck.sup Fix some errors found with cppcheck 2015-11-02 00:14:29 -08:00
draw_class.c Allow class properties to be arrayed. 2014-09-15 17:37:30 -07:00
draw_delay.c Fix for GitHub issue #96 - support mixed constant/variable delays in vvp. 2016-04-02 19:55:56 +01:00
draw_enum.c updated FSF-address 2012-08-29 10:12:10 -07:00
draw_mux.c Fix for GitHub issue #96 - support mixed constant/variable delays in vvp. 2016-04-02 19:55:56 +01:00
draw_net_input.c Fix GitHub issue #356 - use pull strength for tri0/tri1 tie-offs. 2020-08-06 14:20:16 +01:00
draw_substitute.c Handle some tricky conditions assignments to parts. 2014-07-14 16:46:58 -07:00
draw_switch.c Increase the thread flag count from 256 to 512 2020-05-31 12:39:54 -07:00
draw_ufunc.c Functions that return strings pass the return value on the stack. 2016-03-01 15:38:28 -08:00
draw_vpi.c Fix a spacing issue in output 2020-08-05 23:19:39 -07:00
eval_bool.c Remove dead stuff_ok_flags from draw_eval_vec4 functions. 2014-10-24 09:32:32 -07:00
eval_condit.c tgt-vvp: Short circuit logical operators 2021-12-31 09:47:20 +00:00
eval_expr.c A value of all X or Z can be an immediate number 2020-07-29 23:00:09 -07:00
eval_object.c Add file/line information to procedural warnings and darray fixes 2020-08-10 22:01:55 -07:00
eval_real.c Add support for pop_back/front without () 2020-07-25 22:16:54 -07:00
eval_string.c Add support for pop_back/front without () 2020-07-25 22:16:54 -07:00
eval_vec4.c tgt-vvp: Short circuit logical operators 2021-12-31 09:47:20 +00:00
modpath.c Fix GitHub issue #315 - support modpath delays on multiply-driven nets. 2020-04-02 10:56:03 +01:00
stmt_assign.c Add file/line information to procedural warnings and darray fixes 2020-08-10 22:01:55 -07:00
vvp-s.conf.in Remove redundant back-end selections. 2008-09-07 16:43:54 -07:00
vvp.c Increase the thread flag count from 256 to 512 2020-05-31 12:39:54 -07:00
vvp.conf.in Remove redundant back-end selections. 2008-09-07 16:43:54 -07:00
vvp_config.h.in Remove "using namespace std" from vvp header files and fix the fallout. 2021-11-04 19:32:09 +00:00
vvp_priv.h Add file/line information to procedural warnings and darray fixes 2020-08-10 22:01:55 -07:00
vvp_process.c Update vvp code generation to properly emit file/line for void functions 2020-08-09 20:11:46 -07:00
vvp_scope.c Return the correct value when a queue or darray references an undefined element 2020-07-22 21:47:37 -07:00

README.txt

THE VVP TARGET

SYMBOL NAME CONVENTIONS

There are some naming conventions that the vvp target uses for
generating symbol names.

* wires and regs

Nets and variables are named V_<full-name> where <full-name> is the
full hierarchical name of the signal.

* Logic devices

Logic devices (and, or, buf, bufz, etc.) are named L_<full_name>. In
this case the symbol is attached to a functor that is the output of
the logic device.


GENERAL FUNCTOR WEB STRUCTURE

The net of gates, signals and resolvers is formed from the input
design. The basic structure is wrapped around the nexus, which is
represented by the ivl_nexus_t.

Each nexus represents a resolved value. The input of the nexus is fed
by a single driver. If the nexus in the design has multiple drivers,
the drivers are first fed into a resolver (or a tree of resolvers) to
form a single output that is the nexus.

The nexus, then, feeds its output to the inputs of other gates, or to
the .net objects in the design.