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#  Python as a Hardware Description Language.
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#  Copyright (C) 2003-2008 Jan Decaluwe
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""" Simulator internals and the now function

This module provides the following objects:
now -- function that returns the current simulation time

"""


_signals = []
_blocks = []
_siglist = []
_futureEvents = []
_time = 0
_tracing = 0
_tf = None


def now():
    """ Return the current simulation time """
    return _time
