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NAME

6       Verilog::Language - Verilog language utilities
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SYNOPSIS

9         use Verilog::Language;
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11         $result = Verilog::Language::is_keyword("wire");  # true
12         $result = Verilog::Language::is_compdirect("`notundef");  # false
13         $result = Verilog::Language::number_value("4'b111");  # 8
14         $result = Verilog::Language::number_bits("32'h1b");  # 32
15         $result = Verilog::Language::number_signed("1'sh1");  # 1
16         @vec    = Verilog::Language::split_bus("[31,5:4]");  # 31, 5, 4
17         @vec    = Verilog::Language::split_bus_nocomma("[31:29]");  # 31, 30, 29
18         $result = Verilog::Language::strip_comments("a/*b*/c");  # ac
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DESCRIPTION

21       Verilog::Language provides general utilities for using the Verilog
22       Language, such as parsing numbers or determining what keywords exist.
23       General functions will be added as needed.
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FUNCTIONS

26       Verilog::Language::is_keyword($symbol_string)
27           Return true if the given symbol string is a Verilog reserved
28           keyword.  Value indicates the language standard as per the
29           `begin_keywords macro, '1364-1995', '1364-2001', '1364-2005',
30           '1800-2005', '1800-2009', '1800-2012', '1800-2017' or 'VAMS'.
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32       Verilog::Language::is_compdirect($symbol_string)
33           Return true if the given symbol string is a Verilog compiler
34           directive.
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36       Verilog::Language::is_gateprim($symbol_string)
37           Return true if the given symbol is a built in gate primitive; for
38           example "buf", "xor", etc.
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40       Verilog::Language::language_keywords($year)
41           Returns a hash for keywords for given language standard year, where
42           the value of the hash is the standard in which it was defined.
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44       Verilog::Language::language_standard($year)
45           Sets the language standard to indicate what are keywords.  If
46           undef, all standards apply.  The year is indicates the language
47           standard as per the `begin_keywords macro, '1364-1995',
48           '1364-2001', '1364-2005', '1800-2005' '1800-2009', '1800-2012' or
49           '1800-2017'.
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51       Verilog::Language::language_maximum
52           Returns the greatest language currently standardized, presently
53           '1800-2017'.
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55       Verilog::Language::number_bigint($number_string)
56           Return the numeric value of a Verilog value stored as a
57           Math::BigInt, or undef if incorrectly formed.  You must 'use
58           Math::BigInt' yourself before calling this function.  Note bigints
59           do not have an exact size, so NOT of a Math::BigInt may return a
60           different value than verilog.  See also number_value and
61           number_bitvector.
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63       Verilog::Language::number_bits($number_string)
64           Return the number of bits in a value string, or undef if
65           incorrectly formed, _or_ not specified.
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67       Verilog::Language::number_bitvector($number_string)
68           Return the numeric value of a Verilog value stored as a
69           Bit::Vector, or undef if incorrectly formed.  You must 'use
70           Bit::Vector' yourself before calling this function.  The size of
71           the Vector will be that returned by number_bits.
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73       Verilog::Language::number_signed($number_string)
74           Return true if the Verilog value is signed, else undef.
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76       Verilog::Language::number_value($number_string)
77           Return the numeric value of a Verilog value, or undef if
78           incorrectly formed.  It ignores any signed Verilog attributes, but
79           is is returned as a perl signed integer, so it may fail for over 31
80           bit values.  See also number_bigint and number_bitvector.
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82       Verilog::Language::split_bus($bus)
83           Return a list of expanded arrays.  When passed a string like
84           "foo[5:1:2,10:9]", it will return a array with ("foo[5]", "foo[3]",
85           ...).  It correctly handles connectivity expansion also, so that
86           "x[1:0] = y[3:0]" will get intuitive results.
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88       Verilog::Language::split_bus_nocomma($bus)
89           As with split_bus, but faster.  Only supports simple decimal colon
90           separated array specifications, such as "foo[3:0]".
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92       Verilog::Language::strip_comments($text)
93           Return text with any // or /**/ comments stripped, correctly
94           handing quoted strings.  Newlines will be preserved in this
95           process.
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DISTRIBUTION

98       Verilog-Perl is part of the <https://www.veripool.org/> free Verilog
99       EDA software tool suite.  The latest version is available from CPAN and
100       from <https://www.veripool.org/verilog-perl>.
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102       Copyright 2000-2022 by Wilson Snyder.  This package is free software;
103       you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the
104       GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic
105       License Version 2.0.
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AUTHORS

108       Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>
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SEE ALSO

111       Verilog-Perl, Verilog::EditFiles Verilog::Parser, Verilog::ParseSig,
112       Verilog::Getopt
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114       And the <https://www.veripool.org/verilog-mode>Verilog-Mode package for
115       Emacs.
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