From aa23b6d075908c77c5cead4c9d15d6ba8369cf3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Ballance <matt.ballance@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:31:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Revert V3Coverage.cpp to funccov-minimal merge base
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The VLifetime::AUTOMATIC_EXPLICIT addition is not required for
functional coverage — all 60 covergroup tests pass without it.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/V3Coverage.cpp | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/V3Coverage.cpp b/src/V3Coverage.cpp
index ccb3c9326..d97697174 100644
--- a/src/V3Coverage.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Coverage.cpp
@@ -797,7 +797,6 @@ class CoverageVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
                         pair.first->second = varp;
                         if (m_ftaskp) {
                             varp->funcLocal(true);
-                            varp->lifetime(VLifetime::AUTOMATIC_EXPLICIT);
                             m_ftaskp->stmtsp()->addHereThisAsNext(varp);
                         } else {
                             m_modp->stmtsp()->addHereThisAsNext(varp);