RE: [sv-bc] Is space allowed in between .*

I can present arguments both for and against.

On the one hand, " .* " is short for many " . name ".
" . name " is composed of a fixed-character (the dot) and a non-terminal, the "name".
In all (at least, almost all) such cases, white space is allowed.
In general, the LRM is more careful about specifying where white space is not allowed than where it is allowed.
One could draw a conclusion from that, that in general, white space is allowed unless otherwise stated.

On the other hand, " .* " appears in the BNF without space between the two characters, and in (almost) all those cases, the meaning is that space is not allowed between them.

Shalom

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> From: owner-sv-bc@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org] On Behalf Of
> Surya Pratik Saha
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 11:49 AM
> To: sv-bc@eda.org
> Subject: [sv-bc] Is space allowed in between .*
>
> Hi,
> For the following design:
> module top;
> bot b(. *);
> endmodule
> module bot;
> endmodule
>
> Some standard tools pass the case. Please note the blanks between '.'
> and '*'. Is it allowed?
>
> --
> Regards
> Surya
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