Shalom, > What if the target is a multi-dimensional dynamic array, i.e., dynamic > array of dynamic arrays? Ouch. I think this is covered by existing text in 6.24.3: Both source_t and dest_t can include one or more dynamically sized data in any position (for example, a structure containing a dynamic array followed by a queue of bytes). If the source type, source_t, includes dynamically sized variables, they are all included in the bit stream. If the destination type, dest_t, includes unbounded dynamically sized types, the conversion process is greedy: compute the size of the source_t, subtract the size of the fixed-size data items in the destination, and then adjust the size of the first dynamically sized item in the destination to the remaining size; any remaining dynamically sized items are left empty. All this assumes we agree that, in an assignment from a streaming_concatenation to an object of bit-stream type, there is an implicit bit-stream cast to the type of the target object. Presumably, those who wish to escape with their sanity intact are likely to prefer to avoid this situation :-) -- Jonathan Bromley, Consultant DOULOS - Developing Design Know-how VHDL * Verilog * SystemC * e * Perl * Tcl/Tk * Project Services Doulos Ltd. Church Hatch, 22 Market Place, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1AW, UK Tel: +44 (0)1425 471223 Email: jonathan.bromley@doulos.com Fax: +44 (0)1425 471573 Web: http://www.doulos.com The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Doulos Ltd., unless specifically stated. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.Received on Mon Feb 18 08:43:26 2008
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