[sv-bc] RE: [sv-ac] Identifier usage before declaration in assertion

Ben,

6.21 says, "A variable declaration shall precede any simple reference (non-hierarchical) to that variable."

Shalom

From: owner-sv-ac@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ac@eda.org] On Behalf Of ben cohen
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 9:31 AM
To: Surya Pratik Saha
Cc: sv-bc@eda.org; sv-ac@server.eda.org; Adhip Das
Subject: Re: [sv-ac] Identifier usage before declaration in assertion

LRM 3.12 Compilation and elaboration addresses the elaboration.
Elaboration takes care of the variables being declared in the design. LRM: "Not all syntax and semantics can be checked during
the compilation process."
Ben Cohen
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Surya Pratik Saha <spsaha@cal.interrasystems.com<mailto:spsaha@cal.interrasystems.com>> wrote:
Hi,
For the following case:
module top(input clk, input [3:0] iT, output [3:0] oT);
 assert property (@(posedge clk) (aa == 4'b0000)) ;
 reg [3:0] aa;
 always @(posedge clk)
   aa <= iT;
 assign oT = aa;
endmodule // top

All the standard simulators pass the case. Please note that 'aa' is used before it is declaration in the assertion statement. I could not find any text in the LRM regarding this. What is the reason of this?

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