RE: [sv-ec] static members initialization in class nested in package

Daniel,

I believe it should display the hello msg but I cannot find text in the LRM saying this.
The only relevant text I found is in section 8.8

In section 8.8, there is an example f a static property opening a file. After the example it says that the property fileId should
be created an initialized. This class is a parameterless class, so it only has one specialization.
It is unclear what happen to default class specializations of parameterized classes.

Francoise
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From: owner-sv-ec@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ec@eda.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mlynek
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:35 AM
To: sv-ec@eda.org
Subject: [sv-ec] static members initialization in class nested in package

In below code there is class A nested in package. Class A is never used, but it has static member which is initialized with function call. This function has side efect - it this example it displays a string on console.
How it should work? I cannot figure it out form LRM. Is it somewhere explicitly said in LRM?

CODE:
package p;
    class A;
    static function int f;
        $display("hello p"); //should it be displayed?
        return 0;
    endfunction

    static int i = f();
    endclass
endpackage

module top;
    import p::*;

    initial
        $display("hello");
endmodule

Similar problem for version with no packages:

    class A;
    static function int f;
        $display("hello p"); //should it be displayed?
        return 0;
    endfunction

    static int i = f();
    endclass

module top;
    initial
        $display("hello");
endmodule

DANiel

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