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12 years ago

Comment block in ModelSim?

Hi

Is there a way to comment out a section in a .do file in modelsim? I can comment out a line using "#" but was wondering what is the syntax for commenting out a section (/*........ */ in C)

Thanks

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    Use a condition that is always false

    
    if {0} {
      #  code that never gets executed
    }
    

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    What HDL? Verilog supports blocks using /* */, or line by line using //. VHDL uses -- for each line. Modelsim may let you select a bunch of text and insert --'s, but it's been awhile since I've used it.

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    Thanks Dave for your reply however its not quite what I wanted. I wanted to put in several lines of comments for instruction to me for when I open it again months later and have forgotten what I was doing :confused: . Its just a pain to manually add "#" to each line!

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    Use a condition that is always false

    
    if {0} {
      #  code that never gets executed
    }
    

    Cheers,

    Dave

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    its not really that much of a bother is it?

    Just write the words, then use a good text editor with column edit to add in all the#
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    Yeah I guess. I just thought I was missing something and there was an easy way to do it. I guess not