RE: [sv-bc] meaning of .*

Isn't this text from the LRM 19.11.4 explicit?

 

"An implicit .* port connection is semantically equivalent to a default
.name port connection for every port declared in the instantiated
module. A named port connection can be mixed with a .* connection to
override the port connection to a different expression or to leave the
port unconnected."

 

So if you didn't use a named port, there is a .name port that would
create an error if there was no corresponding name to connect to.

 

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: owner-sv-bc@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org] On Behalf Of
Steven

> Sharp

> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:29 PM

> To: sv-bc@eda.org

> Subject: [sv-bc] meaning of .*

> 

> My understanding of .* was that it would only try to create a
connection

> for a port if there was a variable or net with the same name in the

> instantiating module.  If there was a port with no corresponding
variable

> or net, it would be left unconnected.

> 

> The LRM definitely does not say this.  It says that a .name connection
is

> made for every port declared in the module.  That means that if there
is

> no corresponding variable or net where it was instantiated, there
would

> be an error.

> 

> Did I misunderstand how .* was supposed to work, or is there a major

> defect in the LRM text?

> 

> Steven Sharp

> sharp@cadence.com