Method for generating source code

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which processor-executable instructions are stored for generating source code from one or more blocks of a block diagram, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by a processor, facilitate:

• generating the block diagram, wherein the block diagram comprises a model of a dynamic system having at least one signal connection between two blocks, wherein the block diagram is executable to simulate the dynamic system, wherein at least one region in which one or more blocks is located is defined in the block diagram, wherein the block diagram comprises a first block and a second block, wherein the first block has a first block variable and the second block has a second block variable, and wherein each block variable of the block diagram has a descriptor;
• determining whether the descriptors of the first and second block variables are concordant or different and whether or not the first and second blocks are located in the same region, wherein determining whether the descriptors of the first and second block variables are concordant or different is based on comparing the descriptor of the first block variable with the descriptor of the second block variable;
• implementing the first and second block variables as a single variable in the source code if the descriptors of the first and second block variables are concordant and the first and second blocks are located in the same region;
• and
• implementing the first and second block variables as two separate variables in the source code if the descriptors of the first and second block variables are different and/or the first and second blocks are not located in the same region.

A computer system for generating source code from one or more blocks of a block diagram, comprising:

• a human-machine interface;
• a non-volatile memory;
• and
• a processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored on the non-volatile memory to facilitate:
• generating the block diagram, wherein the block diagram comprises a model of a dynamic system having at least one signal connection between two blocks, wherein the block diagram is executable to simulate the dynamic system, wherein at least one region in which one or more blocks is located is defined in the block diagram, wherein the block diagram comprises a first block and a second block, wherein the first block has a first block variable and the second block has a second block variable, and wherein each block variable of the block diagram has a descriptor;
• determining whether the descriptors of the first and second block variables are concordant or different and whether or not the first and second blocks are located in the same region, wherein determining whether the descriptors of the first and second block variables are concordant or different is based on comparing the descriptor of the first block variable with the descriptor of the second block variable;
• implementing the first and second block variables as a single variable in the source code if the descriptors of the first and second block variables are concordant and the first and second blocks are located in the same region;
• and
• implementing the first and second block variables as two separate variables in the source code if the descriptors of the first and second block variables are different and/or the first and second blocks are not located in the same region.