; VL Verilog Toolkit
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; Original author: Jared Davis <jared@centtech.com>

(in-package "VL")

(defxdoc checkers
  :parents (vl)
  :short "Light-weight static checks in the spirit of \"lint\" or \"code
smells.\""

  :long "<p>We have implemented a few static checks tools to identify potential
errors in modules.  Most of these checks are relatively simple heuristics: when
they generate warnings, it does not necessarily mean that anything is actually
wrong.  Instead, these tools are mainly intended to point out unusual things
that a human might wish to investigate.</p>")
