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diff --git a/manual/CHAPTER_Overview.tex b/manual/CHAPTER_Overview.tex index be37d8d39..ac0f48e47 100644 --- a/manual/CHAPTER_Overview.tex +++ b/manual/CHAPTER_Overview.tex @@ -184,9 +184,12 @@ may hold important information for Yosys developers can be used without disturbing external tools. For example the Verilog backend assigns names in the form {\tt \_{\it integer}\_}. \end{itemize} -In order to avoid programming errors, the RTLIL data structures check if all -identifiers start with either a backslash or a dollar sign and generate a -runtime error if this rule is violated. +Whitespace and control characters (any character with an ASCII code 32 or less) are not allowed +in RTLIL identifiers; most frontends and backends cannot support these characters in identifiers. + +In order to avoid programming errors, the RTLIL data structures check if all identifiers start +with either a backslash or a dollar sign, and contain no whitespace or control characters. +Violating these rules results in a runtime error. All RTLIL identifiers are case sensitive. |