RE: [sv-ec] Virtual interface initialized with inst_name.modport

As long as the hierarchical reference is legal in the context where the
declaration occurs, it should be legal. It would not be legal inside a
package or $unit.

Dave


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-ec@server.eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ec@server.eda.org]
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> Behalf Of Kakoli Bhattacharya
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:37 AM
> To: sv-ec@server.eda.org
> Subject: [sv-ec] Virtual interface initialized with inst_name.modport
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Consider the following scenario:
> 
> virtual my_interface virtual1 = intf1.top;
> 
> where,
> interface my_interface;
>   wire in1,in2;
>   bit out1,out2;
>   modport top(input  in1,output  out1);
> endinterface
> 
> Is the above initialization of the virtual interface legal?
> Some of the standard simulators pass this but LRM is not clear about
this
> issue.
> 
> Regards,
> Kakoli
> 
> 
> 
> 
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