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@@ -437,6 +437,17 @@ Verilog Attributes and non-standard features
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+- The ``wiretype`` attribute is added by the verilog parser for wires of a
+ typedef'd type to indicate the type identifier.
+
+- Various ``enum_{width}_{value}`` attributes are added to wires of an
+ enumerated type to give a map of possible enum items to their values.
+
+- The ``enum_base_type`` attribute is added to enum items to indicate which
+ enum they belong to (enums -- anonymous and otherwise -- are
+ automatically named with an auto-incrementing counter). Note that enums
+ are currently not strongly typed.
+
- A limited subset of DPI-C functions is supported. The plugin mechanism
(see ``help plugin``) can be used to load .so files with implementations
of DPI-C routines. As a non-standard extension it is possible to specify
@@ -527,6 +538,12 @@ from SystemVerilog:
SystemVerilog files being read into the same design afterwards.
- typedefs are supported (including inside packages)
+ - type identifiers must currently be enclosed in (parentheses) when declaring
+ signals of that type (this is syntactically incorrect SystemVerilog)
+ - type casts are currently not supported
+
+- enums are supported (including inside packages)
+ - but are currently not strongly typed
- SystemVerilog interfaces (SVIs) are supported. Modports for specifying whether
ports are inputs or outputs are supported.