What does "others : begin NO" mean?

[Altera User]

const NO : boolean := false;
activeFlag_x = (others : begin NO);

I know what "(others => '0')" means, but I can't figure out the above?
Is it simply saying 'fill all bits with the repeating bitpattern 'NO'?

 

[Mike Treseler]

const NO : boolean := false;
activeFlag_x = (others : begin NO);

I know what "(others => '0')" means, but I can't figure out the above?

Neither can I.
VHDL has no const class.
'begin' is misused.

Find a better example.

-- Mike Treseler

 

[Jonathan Bromley]

const NO : boolean := false;
activeFlag_x = (others : begin NO);

I know what "(others => '0')" means, but I can't figure out the above?

It means that either
a) someone has made a few bad keystrokes on a smart text
editor that has keyboard shortcuts for VHDL keywords, or
b) someone has used a badly flawed template file (and yes,
such things do exist), or
c) someone was coding whilst making use of (in Peter Cook's
unforgettable phrase) recreational pharmaceuticals.

I suspect the line should have said

activeFlag_x := (others => NO);

but it's really anyone's guess.

The really interesting question is: how is it that someone
allowed code like this, which has no chance of getting past
any compiler, leak out from their text editor into the wild?
--
Jonathan Bromley, Consultant

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[Mark McDougall]

It means that either

(d) Someone is using a pre-processor on their VHDL code.

The really interesting question is: how is it that someone
allowed code like this, which has no chance of getting past
any compiler, leak out from their text editor into the wild?

See above.

(But in truth, I suspect that (a)-(c) are more likely!)

Regards,