Generics in Verilog
// In Verilog, we don't have direct support for generics or type parameters.
// However, we can use parameters to achieve some level of flexibility.
// This module implements a parameterized function similar to SlicesIndex
module SlicesIndex #(
parameter WIDTH = 8,
parameter SIZE = 4
) (
input [WIDTH-1:0] s [SIZE-1:0],
input [WIDTH-1:0] v,
output reg [$clog2(SIZE)-1:0] index
);
integer i;
always @(*) begin
index = -1;
for (i = 0; i < SIZE; i = i + 1) begin
if (s[i] == v) begin
index = i;
break;
end
end
end
endmodule
// In Verilog, we can't directly implement a linked list as in the Go example.
// Instead, we'll create a simple array-based list.
module List #(
parameter WIDTH = 8,
parameter MAX_SIZE = 16
) (
input clk,
input rst,
input [WIDTH-1:0] push_val,
input push_en,
output reg [WIDTH-1:0] elements [MAX_SIZE-1:0],
output reg [$clog2(MAX_SIZE):0] size
);
always @(posedge clk or posedge rst) begin
if (rst) begin
size <= 0;
end else if (push_en && size < MAX_SIZE) begin
elements[size] <= push_val;
size <= size + 1;
end
end
endmodule
// Testbench to demonstrate the usage
module testbench;
reg clk, rst;
reg [7:0] s [3:0];
reg [7:0] v;
wire [1:0] index;
SlicesIndex #(8, 4) si (
.s(s),
.v(v),
.index(index)
);
reg [7:0] push_val;
reg push_en;
wire [7:0] list_elements [15:0];
wire [4:0] list_size;
List #(8, 16) lst (
.clk(clk),
.rst(rst),
.push_val(push_val),
.push_en(push_en),
.elements(list_elements),
.size(list_size)
);
initial begin
clk = 0;
rst = 1;
#10 rst = 0;
// Test SlicesIndex
s[0] = "foo";
s[1] = "bar";
s[2] = "zoo";
s[3] = "baz";
v = "zoo";
#10;
$display("index of zoo: %d", index);
// Test List
push_en = 1;
push_val = 10;
#10;
push_val = 13;
#10;
push_val = 23;
#10;
push_en = 0;
#10;
$display("list size: %d", list_size);
$display("list elements: %d %d %d", list_elements[0], list_elements[1], list_elements[2]);
$finish;
end
always #5 clk = ~clk;
endmodule
In this Verilog translation, we’ve adapted the concepts of generics and linked lists to fit Verilog’s hardware description paradigm:
The
SlicesIndex
function is implemented as a parameterized module. It uses theWIDTH
parameter to set the bit width of array elements and theSIZE
parameter to set the array size.Instead of a linked list, we’ve implemented the
List
as a simple array-based list using a module with parameters for element width and maximum size.The
testbench
module demonstrates how to use these parameterized modules, similar to themain
function in the Go example.Verilog doesn’t have built-in string types, so we’ve used 8-bit values to represent characters. In a real implementation, you might need to adjust this based on your specific requirements.
The concept of pushing elements onto the list is implemented using a clock-driven always block in the
List
module.
This Verilog code demonstrates how to achieve some level of parameterization and reusability, which are core concepts of generics in programming languages. However, it’s important to note that hardware description languages like Verilog have different paradigms and constraints compared to software programming languages.