Technical data

pause

ModelSim EE/SE Command Reference ModelSim Commands CR-109

pause

The pause command placed within a macro interrupts the execution of that macro.

Syntax

pause

Arguments

None.

Description

When you execute a macro and that macro gets interrupted, the prompt will

change to:

VSIM (pause)7>

This “pause” prompt reminds you that a macro has been interrupted.

When a macro is paused, you may invoke another macro, and if that one gets

interrupted, you may even invoke another — up to a nesting level of 50 macros.

If the status of nested macros gets confusing, use the status command

(CR-150). It

will show you which macros are interrupted, at what line number, and show you

the interrupted command.

To resume the execution of the macro, use the resume command

(CR-135). To

abort the execution of a macro use the abort command

(CR-19).