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Expand Up @@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ \subsection{Built-in Variable time}\label{built-in-variable-time}\indexinline{ti

All declared variables are functions of the independent variable \lstinline!time!.
The variable \lstinline!time! is a built-in variable available in all models and blocks, which is treated as an input variable.
The name \lstinline!time! is reserved and may not declared in any class.
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I thought the plan in #1243 (comment) was to make it a keyword? That still sounds like the clean way to do it; just add it to primary in the grammar.

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Yes, that would be the alternative.

I see two minor issues:

  • I'm not sure we want it syntax highlighted as a keyword in the specification.
  • Describing its attributes (in particular its start-attribute - which may be useful for clocked semantics) becomes a bit messy, but by just stating that it corresponds to a variable defined as:... would likely work.

It is implicitly defined as:
\begin{lstlisting}[language=modelica]
input Real time (final quantity = "Time",
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