Section 10.1

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— Passing arguments by reference instead of by value

— Passing argument values by name instead of by position

Section 10.3.2

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In Verilog-2001, values returned by functions

Section 10.5

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Task and function arguments can also be given a default values,

Section 10.5.1

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it is also the only one provided by Verilog-2001.

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for( int j= 1; j <= 1000; j++ ) begin

Section 10.5.2

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for( int j= 1; j <= 1000; j++ ) begin

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Note that in the example, no

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When the argument is passed by reference, both the caller and the subroutine share the same representation of the argument, so any changes made to the argument either within the caller or the subroutine will be visible to each other.

Section 10.5.3

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SystemVerilog allows a subroutine declaration to specify a default value for each singular argument.

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It may include any combination of constants or variables visible at the scope of both the caller and the subroutine.

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The task can then be called