Read-Only Variables

[adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark C. Adolph)]

We've come across an interesting problem here.  We're trying to build a
model of a processor that we can use in simulation.  In at least one
case, we have a register with bits that, in the hardware, can be read by
software but only modified by hardware.  How does one declare a record
component that is only visible for reading but can be updated
internally?  Making it private and declaring a function to allow reading
isn't appropriate as it would not be a correct model of the situation.

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					-- Mark A.
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