Re: [sv-ec] Question about the definition of New for dynamic arrays.

According to 5.6.1, 'new[]' is a built-in function.  Passing an input
argument to a Verilog function is like assigning it to the corresponding
formal.  So no explicit casting would be needed in new[expr] if
type(expr) were packed.

-- Brad

-----Original Message-----
From: Bresticker, Shalom [mailto:shalom.bresticker@intel.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 2:30 AM
To: Brad Pierce; sv-ec@eda.org
Subject: RE: [sv-ec] Question about the definition of New for dynamic
arrays.

If you used an expression which was shortint, would you then have to add
an explicit cast?

Shalom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-ec@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ec@eda.org] On
> Behalf Of Brad Pierce
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:42 AM
> To: sv-ec@eda.org
> Subject: Re: [sv-ec] Question about the definition of New for
> dynamic arrays.
> 
> 
> Maybe no restrictions are necessary.  How about the following?
> 
>  In 5.6.1, REPLACE
> 
>    "Must be a non-negative integral expression."
> 
>  WITH
> 
>    "The type of this operand is longint unsigned."
> 
>  WHERE
> 
>    "longint unsigned" is in a boldface constant-width font.
>