## Comments

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## Literals

    constant FREEZE : integer := 32;
    constant TEMP : real := 32.0;
    A_INT <= 16#FF#;
    B_INT <= 2#1010_1010#;
    MONEY := 1_000_000.0;
    FACTOR := 2.2E-6;
    constant DEL1 :time := 10 ns;
    constant DEL2 :time := 2.27 us;
    type MY_LOGIC is ('X','0','1','Z');
    type T_STATE is (IDLE, READ, END_CYC);
    signal CLK : MY_LOGIC := '0';
    signal STATE : T_STATE := IDLE;
    constant FLAG :bit_vector(0 to 7) := "11111111";
    constant MSG : string := "Hello";
    BIT_8_BUS <= B"1111_1111";
    BIT_9_BUS <= O"353";
    BIT_16_BUS <= X"AA55";
    constant TWO_LINE_MSG : string := "Hello" & CR & "World";

## Full example

    -- example code from: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/portal/help/VHDL/samples/samples.html
    library IEEE;
    use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;

    entity fadd is               -- full adder stage, interface
      port(a    : in  std_logic;
           b    : in  std_logic;
           cin  : in  std_logic;
           s    : out std_logic;
           cout : out std_logic);
    end entity fadd;

    architecture circuits of fadd is  -- full adder stage, body
    begin  -- circuits of fadd
      s <= a xor b xor cin after 1 ns;
      cout <= (a and b) or (a and cin) or (b and cin) after 1 ns;
    end architecture circuits; -- of fadd

    library IEEE;
    use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;
    entity add32 is             -- simple 32 bit ripple carry adder
      port(a    : in  std_logic_vector(31 downto 0);
           b    : in  std_logic_vector(31 downto 0);
           cin  : in  std_logic;
           sum  : out std_logic_vector(31 downto 0);
           cout : out std_logic);
    end entity add32;

    architecture circuits of add32 is
      signal c : std_logic_vector(0 to 30); -- internal carry signals
    begin  -- circuits of add32
      a0: entity WORK.fadd port map(a(0), b(0), cin, sum(0), c(0));
      stage: for I in 1 to 30 generate
                 as: entity WORK.fadd port map(a(I), b(I), c(I-1) , sum(I), c(I));
             end generate stage;
      a31: entity WORK.fadd port map(a(31), b(31), c(30) , sum(31), cout);
    end architecture circuits;  -- of add32

    use STD.textio.all;
    library IEEE;
    use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;
    use IEEE.std_logic_textio.all;

    entity signal_trace is
    end signal_trace;

    architecture circuits of signal_trace is
      signal a:    std_logic_vector(31 downto 0) := x"00000000";
      signal b:    std_logic_vector(31 downto 0) := x"FFFFFFFF";
      signal cin:  std_logic := '1';
      signal cout: std_logic;
      signal sum:  std_logic_vector(31 downto 0);
    begin  -- circuits of signal_trace
      adder: entity WORK.add32 port map(a, b, cin, sum, cout); -- parallel circuit

      prtsum: process (sum)
                variable my_line : LINE;
                alias swrite is write [line, string, side, width] ;
              begin
                swrite(my_line, "sum=");
                write(my_line, sum);
                swrite(my_line, ",  at=");
                write(my_line, now);
                writeline(output, my_line);
              end process prtsum;

    end architecture circuits; -- of signal_trace