Linting rules for arrays

Sigasi Studio can check for a number of array / vector index related problems:

• Index out of range (rule 210).

architecture RTL of array_range_check is
    signal foo: bit_vector(7 downto 0);
    signal bar, baz: bit;
begin
    bar <= foo(8);   -- 8 is out of range 7 downto 0
    baz <= foo(7);
end architecture RTL;

• Slice has wrong direction (rule 211).

Slice ranges must use the same direction as the vector.

architecture RTL of array_range_check is
    constant iterations : integer := 8;
    signal foo: bit_vector(7 downto 0);
    signal bar, baz: bit_vector(0 to 7);
begin
    bar <= foo(0 to 7);   -- foo has a downto range
    baz <= foo;
end architecture RTL;

Project specific setting of these rules

These rules can be disabled for your project, or its severity can be modified in the project linting settings.

Manual configuration in ${project location}/.settings/com.sigasi.hdt.vhdl.linting.prefs:

210/severity/<project>=IGNORE

211/severity/<project>=IGNORE