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14 years ago

question about unsigned constant

Hi everyone, I meet a problem when I am trying to define a one bit unsigned constant. I think declaration should be constant var1: unsigned :='1'; But everytime I try this, it always be...
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14 years ago

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The definition involves two faults.

- it's missing a size constraint

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When declaring a constant, sizing is implicit in the constant value, so explicit sizing is not required.

constant A : unsigned := "0";

is perfectly legal.