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    *vl-lint-help*

    Usage message for vl lint.

    Value:

    "
    vl lint:  A linting tool for Verilog.  Scans your Verilog files for things
              that look like bugs (size mismatches, unused wires, etc.)
    
    Example:  vl lint engine.v wrapper.v core.v \\
                --search ./simlibs \\
                --search ./baselibs
    
    Usage:    vl lint [OPTIONS] file.v [file2.v ...]
    
    Options:
    
        -h,--help             Show a brief usage message and exit.
        --readme              Show a more elaborate README and exit.
        -s,--search=DIR       Control the search path for finding modules.
                              You can give this switch multiple times, to
                              set up multiple search paths in priority
                              order.
        --searchext=EXT       Control the search extensions for finding
                              modules.  You can give this switch multiple
                              times.  By default we just look for files
                              named \"foo.v\" in the --search directories.
                              But if you have Verilog files with different
                              extensions, this won't work, so you can add
                              these extensions here.  EXT should not
                              include the period, e.g., use \"--searchext
                              vv\" to consider files like \"foo.vv\", etc.
        -I,--incdir=DIR       Control the list of directories for `include
                              files.  You can give this switch multiple
                              times.  By default, we look only in the
                              current directory.
        --topmod=MOD          Limit the scope of the report to MOD.  By
                              default we include all warnings for any
                              module we encounter.  But if you say
                              \"--topmod foo\", we suppress all warnings for
                              modules that foo does not depend on.  You can
                              give this switch multiple times, e.g.,
                              \"--topmod foo --topmod bar\" means: only show
                              warnings for foo, bar, and modules that they
                              depend on.
        -q,--quiet=MOD        Suppress all warnings that about MOD.  You
                              can give this switch multiple times, e.g.,
                              \"-q foo -q bar\" will hide the warnings about
                              modules foo and bar.
        -d,--drop=MOD         Delete MOD from the module hierarchy before
                              doing any linting at all.  This is a gross
                              (but effective) way to work through any bugs
                              in the linter that are triggered by certain
                              modules.  The dropped modules are removed
                              from the module list without destroying
                              modules above them.  This may occasionally
                              lead to false warnings about the modules
                              above (e.g., it may think some wires are
                              unused, because the module that uses them has
                              been removed.)
        -i,--ignore=TYPE      Ignore warnings of this TYPE.  For instance,
                              \"--ignore oddexpr\" will suppress
                              VL_WARN_ODDEXPR warnings.  Note that there
                              are much finer-grained ways to suppress
                              warnings; see \"vl lint --readme\" for more
                              information.
        --cclimit=N           Limit for the const check.  This is a beta
                              feature that is not yet released.  Setting N
                              to 0 (the default) disables the check.
                              Otherwise, limit the scope of the check to at
                              most N sub-expressions.
        --edition=EDITION     Which edition of the Verilog standard to
                              implement?  Default: \"SystemVerilog\" (IEEE
                              1800-2012).  You can alternately use
                              \"Verilog\" for IEEE 1364-2005, i.e.,
                              Verilog-2005.
        --strict              Disable VL extensions to Verilog.
        -m,--mem=GB           How much memory to try to use.  Default: 4
                              GB.  Raising this may improve performance by
                              avoiding garbage collection.  To avoid
                              swapping, keep this below (physical_memory -
                              2 GB).
        --debug               Print extra information for debugging.
    
    "