[oelang]

There are many examples: a pci-express bus or an application optimized ddr controller or a full tcp/ip stack or a caching/prefetch system or any advanced processor with feedback .... these kinds systems require precise control.

It can be done but all the advantages of HLS are gone. The code is filled with a ton of pragmas that make the code unreadable and a lot longer than the VHDL or SV equivalent.

Register-rebalancing (other companies call it retiming) is a very old technique. You can do it with SV & VHDL, just add delays & the synthesizer will know what to do. Vivado has caught up with the solutions from Altera but there are better (more expensive) synthesizers that easily beat both, the have supported this feature for at least 15 years.

[odmkSeijin]

Uh, yes, that is all true (except maybe the processor with feedback bit is debatable..). I agree with all this, and yet my arguments for why C++ HLS is a good thing remain the same.