Date: Wed May 17 2006 - 02:28:48 PDT
1800 19.4 says, "The name $root is added to unambiguously refer to a top-level instance or to an instance path starting from the root of the instantiation tree. $root is the root of the instantiation tree." However, the term "top level instance" is undefined. In fact, 1364 only refers to "top level modules", not to "top level instances". The note at the beginning of 1800 19.1 itself says, "Any uninstantiated module is at the top level." The simple English meaning of that sentence refers to a non-instance, not an instance. 1364 says the same. We once discussed the idea of an implicit instance of an uninstantiated module, but I think none of that ever entered the LRM. Comments? Thanks, Shalom Shalom Bresticker Intel Jerusalem LAD DA +972 2 589-6852 +972 54 721-1033 I don't represent Intel
