Configuring Consecutive Blank Line Rules

There are rules which will check for excessive number of consecutive blank lines.

There is one option to these rules:

Option

Values

Default

Description

blank_lines_allowed

integer >= 1

1

The maximum number of consecutive blank lines allowed.

This is an example of how to configure the option.

rule :
  whitespace_200:
     blank_lines_allowed: 1

All examples use the following code snippet:

signal wr_en : std_logic;  -- Two blank lines below


signal rd_en : std_logic;  -- Three blank lines below



signal overflow : std_logic;

Example: blank_lines_allowed set to 1

signal wr_en : std_logic;  -- Two blank lines below

signal rd_en : std_logic;  -- Three blank lines below

signal overflow : std_logic;

Example: blank_lines_allowed set to 2

signal wr_en : std_logic;  -- Two blank lines below


signal rd_en : std_logic;  -- Three blank lines below


signal overflow : std_logic;

Rules Enforcing Consecutive Blank Lines