RE: [sv-bc] Function call without parenthesis

Welcome to the wonderful world of object oriented programming. You
should be glad SystemVerilog didn't put in all of C++.

Opinions aside about whether UAP is good or bad, is there a technical
issue in the LRM that needs to be addressed?

Dave



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-bc@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org] On Behalf Of
Paul
> Graham
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 9:53 AM
> To: mcnamara@cadence.com
> Cc: Brad.Pierce@synopsys.com; sv-bc@eda.org
> Subject: Re: [sv-bc] Function call without parenthesis
> 
> > Is the above code illegal? Or is the compiler is supposed to figure
out
> > that "f1.first" is a hierarchcial reference, where "f2.first" is an
> > attribute inquiry?
> 
> And f2 could be a variable of a parameterized type, so that
> f2.first might be an enum method or a struct field.  Pity
> the poor reader.  Pity the poor implementor!
> 
> Paul