[sv-ec] enum types in coverpoint bins

Hi,

I have a question about the meaning of a sentence in the LRM.

19.5.6 says while discussing coverpoint bins:

Let e be the coverpoint expression and b be an expression in a bins open_range_list.
...
Enumeration values in expressions b and e shall first be treated as being in an expression context.
This implies that the type of an enumeration value is the base type of the enumeration and not the enumeration type itself.

My question is, what is the last sentence trying to say?

My guess is that, since for example, the following is legal (from 6.19),

// Correct declaration - bronze and gold are unsized
enum bit [3:0] {bronze='h3, silver, gold='h5} medal2;

then "bronze", for example, is treated as 4'h3 and not as 'h3.

However, in the sentence quoted above from 19.5.6,
"This implies that the type of an enumeration value is the base type of the enumeration and not the enumeration type itself."
the phrase "enumeration type" at the end of the sentence is not clear.

Thanks,
Shalom

Shalom Bresticker
Intel LAD DA, Jerusalem, Israel
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