Re: [sv-ec] Re: Quick poll for AMS extension to overload modules

The LRM gives tools the option of adding hierarchy or not. It turns out that having the choice of not adding hierarchy is very convenient, so I'd prefer we leave the language as it is.

K
At 09:30 AM 6/22/2004 -0700, Kevin Cameron wrote:

>Shalom Bresticker wrote:
>>
>>In digital Verilog, that is only in one particular simulator, and even then, not in all cases.
>>Most other tools treat macromodules identically to modules.
>>Thus, macromodule use is non-portable if you need to reference signals inside the macromodule from
>>outside, say in a testbench.
>>
>>Shalom
>If the LRM says macromodules shouldn't introduce hierarchy that's good enough for me :-)
>
>For the sake of (this) argument assume that it works properly in all simulators.
>
>Kev.
>
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>>Kevin Cameron wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>Why do you guys talk about macromodules so much?
>>>>
>>>>1364-2001, 12.1, says,
>>>>"The keyword macromodule can be used interchangeably with the keyword module to define a module."
>>>>
>>>>I.e., macromodules are the same as modules.
>>>>
>>>>Does Verilog-AMS have a special definition of macromodules?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Macromodules (and paramsets) don't introduce extra hierarchy.
>>>
>>>Kev.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
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Received on Tue Jun 22 10:33:22 2004