Commentary: Changes update

Changes

@@ -13,14 +13,19 @@ Verilator 5.037 devel
 
 **Other:**
 
+* Support constrained random for associative arrays (#5985) (#5986). [Yilou Wang]
 * Add BADVLTPRAGMA on unknown Verilator pragmas (#5945). [Shou-Li Hsu]
 * Add PROCINITASSIGN on initial assignments to process variables (#2481). [Niraj Menon]
 * Fix filename backslash escapes in C code (#5947).
 * Fix C++ widths in V3Expand (#5953) (#5975). [Geza Lore]
+* Fix dependencies from different hierarchical schedules (#5954). [Bartłomiej Chmiel, Antmicro Ltd.]
 * Fix constant propagation of post-expand stages (#5955) (#5963) (#5969) (#5972) (#5983).
 * Fix sign extension of signed compared with unsigned case items (#5968).
 * Fix always processes ignoring $finish (#5971). [Hennadii Chernyshchyk]
 * Fix streaming to/from packed arrays (#5976). [Geza Lore]
+* Fix inconsistent assignment error with split-var (#5984) (#5988). [Yutetsu TAKATSUKASA]
+* Fix AstAssignW conversion (#5991) (#5992). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd.]
+* Fix const-bit-op-tree with single-bit masks (#5993) (#5998). [Yutetsu TAKATSUKASA]
 
 
 Verilator 5.036 2025-04-27

Makefile.in

@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ TAGS: $(TAGFILES)
 doxygen:
 	$(MAKE) -C docs doxygen
 
+.PHONY: spelling
+spelling:
+	$(MAKE) -C docs spelling
+
+
 ######################################################################
 # Install
 

docs/guide/exe_verilator.rst

@@ -607,6 +607,10 @@ Summary:
 
 .. option:: -fno-gate
 
+   Rarely needed. Do not apply the gate-level wire optimizations. Using
+   this is not recommended as may cause additional warnings and ordering
+   issues.
+
 .. option:: -fno-inline
 
 .. option:: -fno-inline-funcs
@@ -1273,8 +1277,8 @@ Summary:
 
 .. option:: --public
 
-   This is only for historical debugging use and using it may result in
-   mis-simulation of generated clocks.
+   Rarely needed. This is only for historical debugging use and using it
+   may result in mis-simulation of generated clocks.
 
    Declares all signals and modules public.  This will turn off signal
    optimizations as if all signals had a :option:`/*verilator&32;public*/`
@@ -1564,7 +1568,6 @@ Summary:
    This is not needed with standard designs with only one top.  See also
    :option:`MULTITOP` warning.
 
-
 .. option:: --trace
 
    Deprecated; use :vlopt:`--trace-fst`, :vlopt:`--trace-saif` or
@@ -1720,8 +1723,8 @@ Summary:
 
 .. option:: --valgrind
 
-   Run Verilator under `Valgrind <https://valgrind.org/>`_.  The command may be
-   changed with :option:`VERILATOR_VALGRIND`.
+   Rarely needed. Run Verilator under `Valgrind <https://valgrind.org/>`_.
+   The command may be changed with :option:`VERILATOR_VALGRIND`.
 
 .. option:: --no-verilate
 

nodist/log_changes

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def process():
 
     print()
     print("You may now want to clean up spelling, and commit:")
-    print("  (cd docs ; make spelling | grep -vi 'writing output')")
+    print("  (make spelling | grep -vi 'writing output')")
     print("  git ci -am 'Commentary: Changes update'")
     print()