[sv-ec] FW: Another issue for SV-EC to review: #244 (SVDB 632)

Folks,
 In addition to our list, here is #244 (from BC)
that we shall need to discuss.
- Mehdi

-----Original Message-----
From: Maidment, Matthew R [mailto:matthew.r.maidment@intel.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 12:19 AM
To: Mehdi Mohtashemi
Subject: Another issue for SV-EC to review: #244 (SVDB 632)


Hi Mehdi

For issue 244, the feedback was:

"Currently, the actuals of interface ports are not restricted in terms 
of hierarchical references to interface instantiations. This can cause
problems similar to other circular elaboration dependencies with
generates 
that IEEE-1364 very carefully avoids."


And the proposed addition to the LRM forbids interface port actuals
from being hierarchical references through arrays of intances or
generated
instances:

At the end of 20.2, ADD

If the actual of an interface port connection is a hierarchical
reference to 
an interface or a modport of a hierarchically referenced interface, the
hierarchical 
reference shall refer to an interface instance and shall not resolve
through an arrayed 
instance or a generate block.

The SV-BC thought the SV-EC should know about such a restriction.
Would you please run this by the EC?

Thanks,

Matt
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Matt Maidment
mmaidmen@ichips.intel.com