Re: [sv-ec] static members of modules

>From: "danielm" <danielm@aldec.com.pl>

>SV allows to declare module member as static but doesn't define behaviour of
>such static member. Maybe this static keyword is just redundant

Yes, it is.  Variables at the module level are already static.

>(in this case this possibility should be removed from LRM)

It does not appear to do any harm.  In some cases, someone might want
to explicitly declare something to be static.  For example, they might
want to make clear that a task/function declaration is static.   If
the module is declared to be automatic, the static keyword is actually
needed to make a task/function static.

It is also possible that someone might define a macro that declares a
static variable, using the static keyword in case it is used in a
context where it would otherwise be automatic.  If they want to be able
to use that macro at the module level, the redundant static keyword needs
to be allowed.

Steven Sharp
sharp@cadence.com


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