Table of Contents

1 Overview of this standard
   1.1 Scope
   1.2 Purpose
   1.3 Structure and terminology of this standard
2 Normative references
3 Design entities and configurations
   3.1 General
   3.2 Entity declarations
   3.3 Architecture bodies
   3.4 Configuration declarations
4 Subprograms and packages
   4.1 General
   4.2 Subprogram declarations
   4.3 Subprogram bodies
   4.4 Subprogram instantiation declarations
   4.5 Subprogram overloading
   4.6 Resolution functions
   4.7 Package declarations
   4.8 Package bodies
   4.9 Package instantiation declarations
   4.10 Conformance rules
5 Types
   5.1 General
   5.2 Scalar types
   5.3 Composite types
   5.4 Access types
   5.5 File types
   5.6 Protected types
   5.7 String representations
6 Declarations
   6.1 General
   6.2 Type declarations
   6.3 Subtype declarations
   6.4 Objects
   6.5 Interface declarations
   6.6 Alias declarations
   6.7 Attribute declarations
   6.8 Component declarations
   6.9 Group template declarations
   6.10 Group declarations
   6.11 PSL clock declarations
7 Specifications
   7.1 General
   7.2 Attribute specification
   7.3 Configuration specification
   7.4 Disconnection specification
8 Names
   8.1 General
   8.2 Simple names
   8.3 Selected names
   8.4 Indexed names
   8.5 Slice names
   8.6 Attribute names
   8.7 External names
9 Expressions
   9.1 General
   9.2 Operators
   9.3 Operands
   9.4 Static expressions
   9.5 Universal expressions
10 Sequential statements
   10.1 General
   10.2 Wait statement
   10.3 Assertion statement
   10.4 Report statement
   10.5 Signal assignment statement
   10.6 Variable assignment statement
   10.7 Procedure call statement
   10.8 If statement
   10.9 Case statement
   10.10 Loop statement
   10.11 Next statement
   10.12 Exit statement
   10.13 Return statement
   10.14 Null statement
11 Concurrent statements
   11.1 General
   11.2 Block statement
   11.3 Process statement
   11.4 Concurrent procedure call statements
   11.5 Concurrent assertion statements
   11.6 Concurrent signal assignment statements
   11.7 Component instantiation statements
   11.8 Generate statements
12 Scope and visibility
   12.1 Declarative region
   12.2 Scope of declarations
   12.3 Visibility
   12.4 Use clauses
   12.5 The context of overload resolution
13 Design units and their analysis
   13.1 Design units
   13.2 Design libraries
   13.3 Context declarations
   13.4 Context clauses
   13.5 Order of analysis
14 Elaboration and execution
   14.1 General
   14.2 Elaboration of a design hierarchy
   14.3 Elaboration of a block, package, or subprogram header
   14.4 Elaboration of a declarative part
   14.5 Elaboration of a statement part
   14.6 Dynamic elaboration
   14.7 Execution of a model
15 Lexical elements
   15.1 General
   15.2 Character set
   15.3 Lexical elements, separators, and delimiters
   15.4 Identifiers
   15.5 Abstract literals
   15.6 Character literals
   15.7 String literals
   15.8 Bit string literals
   15.9 Comments
   15.10 Reserved words
   15.11 Tool directives
16 Predefined language environment
   16.1 General
   16.2 Predefined attributes
   16.3 Package STANDARD
   16.4 Package TEXTIO
   16.5 Standard environment package
   16.6 Standard mathematical packages
   16.7 Standard multivalue logic package
   16.8 Standard synthesis packages
   16.9 Standard synthesis context declarations
   16.10 Fixed-point package
   16.11 Floating-point package
17 VHDL Procedural Interface overview
   17.1 General
   17.2 Organization of the interface
   17.3 Capability sets
   17.4 Handles
18 VHPI access functions
   18.1 General
   18.2 Information access functions
   18.3 Property access functions
   18.4 Access by name function
19 VHPI information model
   19.1 General
   19.2 Formal notation
   19.3 Class inheritance hierarchy
   19.4 Name properties
   19.5 The stdUninstantiated package
   19.6 The stdHierarchy package
   19.7 The stdTypes package
   19.8 The stdExpr package
   19.9 The stdSpec package
   19.10 The stdSubprograms package
   19.11 The stdStmts package
   19.12 The stdConnectivity package
   19.13 The stdCallbacks package
   19.14 The stdEngine package
   19.15 The stdForeign package
   19.16 The stdMeta package
   19.17 The stdTool package
   19.18 Application contexts
20 VHPI tool execution
   20.1 General
   20.2 Registration phase
   20.3 Analysis phase
   20.4 Elaboration phase
   20.5 Initialization phase
   20.6 Simulation phase
   20.7 Save phase
   20.8 Restart phase
   20.9 Reset phase
   20.10 Termination phase
21 VHPI callbacks
   21.1 General
   21.2 Callback functions
   21.3 Callback reasons
22 VHPI value access and update
   22.1 General
   22.2 Value structures and types
   22.3 Reading object values
   22.4 Formatting values
   22.5 Updating object values
   22.6 Scheduling transactions on drivers
23 VHPI function reference
   23.1 General
   23.2 vhpi_assert
   23.3 vhpi_check_error
   23.4 vhpi_compare_handles
   23.5 vhpi_control
   23.6 vhpi_create
   23.7 vhpi_disable_cb
   23.8 vhpi_enable_cb
   23.9 vhpi_format_value
   23.10 vhpi_get
   23.11 vhpi_get_cb_info
   23.12 vhpi_get_data
   23.13 vhpi_get_foreignf_info
   23.14 vhpi_get_next_time
   23.15 vhpi_get_phys
   23.16 vhpi_get_real
   23.17 vhpi_get_str
   23.18 vhpi_get_time
   23.19 vhpi_get_value
   23.20 vhpi_handle
   23.21 vhpi_handle_by_index
   23.22 vhpi_handle_by_name
   23.23 vhpi_is_printable
   23.24 vhpi_iterator
   23.25 vhpi_printf
   23.26 vhpi_protected_call
   23.27 vhpi_put_data
   23.28 vhpi_put_value
   23.29 vhpi_register_cb
   23.30 vhpi_register_foreignf
   23.31 vhpi_release_handle
   23.32 vhpi_remove_cb
   23.33 vhpi_scan
   23.34 vhpi_schedule_transaction
   23.35 vhpi_vprintf
24 Standard tool directives
   24.1 Protect tool directives
Annex A (informative) Description of accompanying files
Annex B (normative) VHPI header file
Annex C (informative) Syntax summary
Annex D (informative) Potentially nonportable constructs
Annex E (informative) Changes from IEEE Std 1076-2002
Annex F (informative) Features under consideration for removal
Annex G (informative) Guide to use of standard packages
Annex H (informative) Guide to use of protect directives
Annex I (informative) Glossary
Annex J (informative) Bibliography
Index

Abstract

Describes the VHDL language reference manual (LRM) by including a standard C language interface specification; specifications from previously separate, but related, standards IEEE Std 1164[TM]-1993, IEEE Std 1076.2[TM]-1996, and IEEE Std 1076.3[TM]-1997; and general language enhancements in the areas of design and verification of electronic systems.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	IEEE 1164 : 1993 IEEE 1076C : 2007