Subject: Re: [sv-bc] Review Items for Chapter 7
From: Greg Jaxon (Greg.Jaxon@synopsys.com)
Date: Thu Feb 12 2004 - 10:59:16 PST
Maidment, Matthew R wrote:
> 7.14 -
> What about changing the opening sentences:
>
> "A structure expression (packed or unpacked) can be built from member
> expressions using
> braces and commas, with the members in declaration order. Each member
> expression shall
> be evaluated in the context of an assignment to the type of the
> corresponding member
> in the structure. It can also be built with the names of the members"
>
> To:
>
> "A structure expression (packed or unpacked) can be built from member
> expressions using
> braces and commas, with the members in declaration order. Replicate
> operators can be used
> to set the values for the exact number of members. Each member
> expression shall
> be evaluated in the context of an assignment to the type of the
> corresponding member
> in the structure. It can also be built with the names of the members"
struct packed {
bit sign;
signed bit[8:0] exponent;
bit[53:0] mantissa;
} my_dbl;
my_dbl = { 1'b1, {2{'0}}, 142857142 };
Does this RHS have the right number of elements in the list?
Or does "exact number" imply that replication can only be used to produce
the entire list?
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