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Pierre Quentel, 21.12.2012 17:16:
> So when you see a line like
> 
> doc <= DIV('hello')
> 
> it should be obvious that you are not *comparing* doc and DIV('hello'), because if it was the case, the line would do nothing

Yep, that's one of the main concerns - it looks like useless code, which is
totally different from what it does. So it basically uses magic
side-effects as part of the design, which is never a good thing.

Stefan