[sv-bc] Non-member submission from [Bhupesh Bansal <bhupesh_bansal@mentorg.com>]

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>Hi ,
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>Could you please clarify my confusion regarding sign/unsigned
>behaviour
>
>with packed arrays .
>
>1) consider the case :
>
> typedef reg signed [7:0] xx;
> xx [1:0] temp ;
>
>here , should we take whole packed array temp as signed or unsigned
>
>
>1.1) if signed then
>
>The user intention was to use xx as a signed element , moreever
>if one uses
>
> xx temp2 ;
>then temp2 is a signed element , which makes inconsistent
>behaviour with first case. The LRM section 4.2 says that
> "individual element of array are unsigned unless they are
>named signed
>
>type."
>now how can I define individual element to be signed .
>
>1.2 ) if Unsigned then .
>
>How can one define temp signed in such case as
>
>xx signed [1:0] temp
>is an invalid syntax .
>
>
>
>Thanks & Regards
>Bhupesh
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