Reserved Word
  
    
    
     
   
   Definition:
  
   The reserved
    word is an identifier
   reserved in the VHDL language for a special purpose. 
  
   Description
  
   The reserved words cannot be 
   used as explicitly declared identifiers. The complete list of 
   reserved words is given below: 
  
   abs 
   after 
   alias 
   all 
   and 
   architecture 
   array 
   assert 
   attribute 
     
   begin 
   block 
   body 
   buffer 
   bus 
     
   case 
   component 
   configuration 
   constant 
     
   disconnect 
   downto 
     
   else 
   elsif 
   end 
   entity 
   exit 
     
   file 
   for 
   function 
     
   generate 
   generic 
   group 
   guarded 
     
   if 
   impure 
   in 
   inertial 
   inout 
   is 
     
   label 
   library 
   linkage 
   literal 
   loop 
     
   map 
   mod 
     
   nand 
   new 
   next 
   nor 
   not 
   null 
     
   of 
   on 
   open 
   or 
   others 
   out 
     
   package 
   port 
   postponed 
   procedure 
   process 
   pure 
     
   range 
   record 
   register 
   reject 
   rem 
   report 
   return 
   rol 
   ror 
     
   select 
   severity 
   signal 
   shared 
   sla 
   sll 
   sra 
   srl 
   subtype 
     
   then 
   to 
   transport 
   type 
     
   unaffected 
   units 
   until 
   use 
     
   variable 
     
   wait 
   when 
   while 
   with 
     
   xnor 
   xor 
    
  
   Important Notes
  
   - 
   
    VHDL is case insensitive, therefore there is no difference using 
    either uppercase or lowercase for reserved words. 
    - 
   
    If an identifier is placed between leading and trailing backslashes, 
    it becomes an extended identifier and is no longer a reserved word 
    (e.g. \port\ is not a reserved word). 
     
  
    
 
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