Verilator 5.006 2023-01-22 released

[wsnyder]

Verilator 5.006 2023-01-22

Minor:

• Support clocking blocks (Clocking block support verilator#3674). [Krzysztof Bieganski, Antmicro Ltd]
• Support packed structs (Support unpacked structs verilator#3802). [Aleksander Kiryk, Antmicro Ltd]
• Support Windows-native builds using cmake (build metadata for cmake especially for windows verilator#3814). [Kritik Bhimani]
• Support p format for UnpackArray (Unlock p format for UnpackArray verilator#3877). [Aleksander Kiryk, Antmicro Ltd]
• Support property calls without parenthesis (SVA: named property not working in latest/devel version? verilator#3879) (Support property calls without parenthesis verilator#3893). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Support import/export lists in modport (Support for import-export lists in modport verilator#3886). [Gökçe Aydos]
• Support class queue equality (Class queue equality verilator#3895). [Ilya Barkov]
• Add IMPLICITSTATIC warning when a ftask/function is implicitly static (Set lifetime to functions verilator#3839). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Add VL_VALUE_STRING_MAX_WORDS override (allow VL_VALUE_STRING_MAX_WORDS to be overriden verilator#3869). [Andrew Nolte]
• Optimize expansion of extend operators.
• Internal multithreading tests. [Mariusz Glebocki, et al, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix VPI one-time timed callbacks (VPI: simulation time callbacks should be one-time verilator#2778). [Marlon James, et al]
• Fix initiation of function variables (Bits left unset in function call verilator#3815). [Dan Gisselquist]
• Fix to zero possibly uninitialized bits in replications (Bits left unset in function call verilator#3815).
• Fix crash in DFT due to width use after free (Heap use-after-free introduced in "Dfg: resolve multi-driven signal ranges #3743" verilator#3817) (AstToDfg addDriver: cache rhs width to avoid use-after-free verilator#3820). [Jevin Sweval]
• Fix signed/unsigned comparison compile warning (Fix signed/unsigned comparison verilator#3822). [Kamil Rakoczy]
• Fix OS-X weak symbols with -U linker flag (On macOS, mark weak symbols with -U linker flag verilator#3823). [Jevin Sweval]
• Fix wrong bit op tree optimization (Bit OR tree misoptimization verilator#3824) (Fix #3824 of wrong bit op tree optimization verilator#3825). [Yutetsu TAKATSUKASA]
• Fix self references when param class instantiated (Don't change self references when param class is instantiated verilator#3833). [Ryszard Rozak, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix memory leak in V3Sched, etc. (Memory leak in V3Sched __VactTriggered verilator#3834). [Geza Lore]
• Fix compatibility with musl libc / Alpine Linux (Trivial patches for compatibility with musl libc / Alpine Linux verilator#3845). [Sören Tempel]
• Fix empty case items crash (Verilator internal fault in unique case  verilator#3851). [rporter]
• Fix VL_CPU_RELAX on MIPS/Armel/s390/sparc (Debian maintainer verilator#3843) (Treatment of VL_CPU_RELAX on unknown architectures verilator#3891). [Kamil Rakoczy]
• Fix module parameter name collision (Parameter shadowing verilator#3854) (Fix module parameter 'name' collision verilator#3855). [James Shi]
• Fix unpacked array expansion (Skip unpack array in V3Expand verilator#3861). [Joey Liu]
• Fix signed/unsigned parameter types (Added test for passing signed/unsigned param types and fix verilator#3866). [James Shi]
• Fix chain call of abstract class constructor (Call abstract class' ctor from a non-abstract class' ctor verilator#3868) (Allow chain call of abstract class ctor verilator#3883). [Ilya Barkov]
• Fix to use same std in Verilator and Verilated compile (Make sure same std flag is used in verilator and verilated design verilator#3881). [Kamil Rakoczy, Antmicro Ltd]
• Fix foreach unnamedblk duplicate error (Duplicate declaration of block: 'unnamedblk1' verilator#3885). [Ilya Barkov]
• Fix elaboration of member selected classes (Can't reference a class' field in a non-top module: Node has no type verilator#3890). [Ilya Barkov]
• Fix mismatched widths in DFG (Internal Error: V3DfgPeephole.cpp:1403: Mismatched width verilator#3872). [Geza Lore, Yike Zhou]