DECLAR(3)							 GENPAT functions							 DECLAR(3)

NAME

       DECLAR, GENPAT Package

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSYS

       DECLAR("ident",":nb_space","format",mode,size,option);

PARAMETERS

       ident	 External connector, internal observing points or register's name. For the hierarchical descriptions, the path-name of the  inter-
		 nal observing points or registers must be specified by the syntax : instance1.instance11.name .

       nb_space  Specify  the  number  of blank space between each group of value associated to the connectors, signals or registers in the output
		 file. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 or nothing.

       format	 Specify the format that will be used to represent the value associated to the connectors, signals or registers. X  for  Hexadeci-
		 mal, O for Octal and B for Binary.

       mode	 Specify  the  type  of the connectors. IN for Input, OUT for Output, INOUT for Input/Output, SIGNAL for internal observing point,
		 REGISTER for register. IN, OUT, INOUT, SIGNAL, REGISTER are constants (defines) provided by genpat.

       size	 Specify the size of the bused connectors : empty ("") for the scalar connectors, "nb1" for the numbered connectors, "nb1 TO  nb2"
		 or "(nb1 TO nb2)" (nb1 < nb2), "nb1 DOWNTO nb2" or "(nb1 DOWNTO nb2)" (nb2 < nb1) for the vectors. Where nb1 and nb2 are integer.

       option	 Specify options of the connector. "S" for a spied connector, empty ("") for a normal connector.

DESCRIPTION

       Describes a set of connectors, signals or registers of the same format, size and mode.

EXAMPLE

       DECLAR("a", ":2", "X", OUT, "3 DOWNTO 0", "S");

       describes : a 3, a 2, a 1, a 0
       format	 : Hexadecimal.
       mode	 : Output.
       option	 : Spied connector.

       the group is separated of the others with 2 blank spaces.
       result :
	    out a(3 downto 0) X spy ;;;

       DECLAR ("toto", ":", "O", INOUT, "7 TO 11", "");

       describes : toto 7, toto 8, toto 9, toto 10, toto 11.
       format	 : Octal.
       mode	 : Input/Output.
       option	 : none.

       the group is separated of the following with 0 blank space.
       result :
	    inout toto(7 to 11) O ;

       DECLAR ("ck", ":2", "B", IN, "", "");

       describes : ck.
       format	 : Binary.
       mode	 : Input.
       option	 : none.

       the port is separated of the following with 2 blank spaces.
       result :
	    in ck ;;;

       DECLAR ("accu.f", ":", "B", SIGNAL, "", "S");

       describes : accu.f .
       format	 : Binary.
       mode	 : Signal.
       option	 : Spied connector.

       the signal is separated of the following with 0 blank space.
       result :
	    signal accu.f spy ;

       DECLAR ("accu.reg", ":1", "B", REGISTER, "(3)", "");

       describes : accu.reg .
       format	 : Binary.
       mode	 : Register.
       option	 : none.

       the signal is separated of the following with 1 blank space.
       result :
	    register accu.reg(3) ;;;;

WARNING

       The DECLAR function from the 4.0 release have a new parameter (option).

SEE ALSO

       ARRAY(3), genpat(1), pat(5)

BUG REPORT

       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

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/LIP6							  October 1, 1997							 DECLAR(3)