VERILOG052: Functions and tasks declared outside of a class should have an explicit lifetime

Summary

Count: 1

Clear filters

Reliability	Security	Maintainability	Code attribute	Effort to fix	Tags
MEDIUM	-	-	Intentionality | Logical	5min	synthesis, vscode, linter, simulation

Description

Noncompliant code example

function logic [2:0] foo( // Noncompliant: No "automatic" or "static" lifetime
  logic [2:0] a,
  logic [2:0] b
);
  return a ^ b;
endfunction : foo

Compliant solution

function automatic logic [2:0] foo(
  logic [2:0] a,
  logic [2:0] b
);
  return a ^ b;
endfunction : foo

Functions and tasks declared outside of a class should have an explicit lifetime.

Parameters

No parameters.