Verilator 5.008 2023-03-04 Released

[wsnyder]

Verilator 5.008 2023-03-04

Minor:

• Add --annotate-points option, change multipoint on line reporting (Verilator_coverage toggle coverage score miscalculates multiple points on one line verilator#3876). [Nassim Corteggiani]
• Add --verilate-jobs option (Add --verilate-jobs option verilator#3889). [Kamil Rakoczy, Antmicro Ltd]
• Add WIDTHEXPAND and WIDTHTRUNC warnings to replace WIDTH (Split Width warning into truncate and extend cases verilator#3900). [Andrew Nolte]
• Add SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH for docs/guide/conf.py (docs/guide/conf.py: pay attention to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH verilator#3918). [Larry Doolittle]
• Add /verilator public[flat|flat_rd|flat_rw| ]/ metacomments (Scopable /*verilator public[flat|flat_rd|flat_rw| ]*/ verilator#3894). [Joseph Nwabueze]
• Add lint warning on always_comb multidriven (Add lint warning on always_comb multidriven verilator#3888) (Add lint warning on always_comb multidriven #3888 verilator#3939). [Adam Bagley]
• Add warning on ++/-- over expressions with potential side effects (Disallow ++/-- over expressions with side effects. verilator#3976). [Krzysztof Boroński]
• Add error on mixing .name and by-port instantiations.
• Removed deprecated --cdc option.
• Support unpacked unions.
• Support interface classes and class implements.
• Support global clocking and $global_clock.
• Support class parameters without initial values.
• Support cast to numbers from strings.
• Support struct I/O in --lib-create (Hierarchical compile fails with structs as IO verilator#3378) (Allow struct I/O for --lib-create verilator#3892). [Varun Koyyalagunta]
• Support function calls without parenthesis (Support function calls without parenthesis verilator#3903) (Support function call without () verilator#3902). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Support class extending its parameter (Support class extending its parameter verilator#3904). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Support static function variables (Handle static function variables verilator#3830). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Support recursive methods (Allow for recursive methods verilator#3987). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix real parameters of infinity and NaN.
• Fix pattern assignment to unpacked structs (Initializing string in struct along with numeric value throw Internal Error verilator#3510). [Mostafa Garnal]
• Fix single-element replication to dynarray/unpacked/queue (Dynamic array initialized with one element get converted to unsigned verilator#3548). [Gustav Svensk]
• Fix constant enum methods (Constant enum methods verilator#3621). [Todd Strader]
• Fix inconsistent naming of generate scope arrays (Inconsistent naming of generate scope arrays verilator#3840). [Andrew Nolte]
• Fix namespace fallback resolution (Nonexistent id linked to an existing symbol verilator#3863) (Fix namespace resolution verilator#3942). [Aleksander Kiryk, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix std:: to be parsed first (Namespaces under std are not linked correctly verilator#3864) (Parse std first verilator#3928). [Aleksander Kiryk, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix cmake warning if multiple SOURCES w/o PREFIX (CMake does not work with system-verilog package files verilator#3916) (Warning if multiple SOURCES w/o specify PREFIX verilator#3927). [Yoda Lee]
• Fix paramaterized class function linkage (Visit function arguments if the function is unlinkable verilator#3917). [Ryszard Rozak]
• Fix static members of type aliases of a parametrized class (Handle references of static members of type aliases of param classes verilator#3922). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix class extend parameter dot case (Pass m_unresolvedClass to the outer dot expr only if it exists verilator#3926). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix MsWin missing directory exception, and ::std (Parse std first verilator#3928) (Fix --std mswin crash due to file not found verilator#3933) (catch exception directory_iterator and have cmake use sv in include dir verilator#3935). [Kritik Bhimani]
• Fix very long VPI signal names (VPI: vpi_handle_by_name fails for hashed names verilator#3929). [Marlon James]
• Fix VPI upper interface scopes not found (vpi_iterate doesn't find modules when an interface is the only thing in the module verilator#3937). [David Stanford]
• Fix virus detection false positive (Virus detection false positive? verilator#3944). [Stuart Morris]
• Fix constant string function assignment (Const string func verilator#3945). [Todd Strader]
• Fix constant format field widths (handle constant format field widths verilator#3946). [Todd Strader]
• Fix class field linking when a super classes is a param (Skip class field linking if any of its super classes is a param verilator#3949). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix CMake bad C identifiers (Erroneous C++ files generated when using CMake with dash (-) in HDL file names. verilator#3948) (Sanitize file names from CMake before they get used as a C identifier. verilator#3951). [Zixi Li]
• Fix build on HP PA architecture (Fix build on hppa verilator#3954). [John David Anglin]
• Fix date on the front page of verilator.pdf (verilator.pdf still not reproducible verilator#3956) (Try harder to put a useful date on the front page of verilator.pdf verilator#3957). [Larry Doolittle]
• Fix dicts declared with ref type (Fix dicts declared with reference types verilator#3960). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix missing error on negative replicate (Negative replicate gives Internal Error num member accessed when data type is UNINITIALIZED verilator#3963). [Benjamin Menküc]
• Fix self references to parameterized classes (Fix self references to parameterized classes verilator#3962). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix LITENDIAN warning is backwards (LITENDIAN warning is backwards. verilator#3966) (LITENDIAN warning is backwards. #3966 verilator#3967). [Cameron Kirk]
• Fix subsequent parameter declarations (Fix subsequent parameter declarations verilator#3969). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix timing delays to not truncate below 64 bits (max delay # seems to be limited to 32bit verilator#3973) (V3Timing: use 64bit for delay type verilator#3982). [Felix Neumärker]
• Fix cmake on macOS to mark weak symbols with -U linker flag (-U linker flag on MacOs: PR #3823 fix should be added to cmake files as well verilator#3978) (cmake: On macOS, mark weak symbols with -U linker flag verilator#3979). [Peter Debacker]
• Fix UNDRIVEN warning seg fault (V3Undriven: fix SIGSEV occurring when running with --public-flat-rw verilator#3989). [Felix Neumärker]
• Fix coverage of class methods (Errors during --coverage run when using class verilator#3998). [Tim Paine]
• Fix packed array structure replication.
• Fix enum.next(0) and enum.prev(0).