[sv-bc] RE: [sv-ec] Discussion overview of SV name resolution

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>From: "Ryan, Ray" <Ray_Ryan@mentor.com>
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> Gord,
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>Are function calls allowed in a dotted name ?
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>For example (from mantis #1391) in 13.13.2 the example contains:
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>	process::self.srandom(100);
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>where 'self' is a function that returns a class handle.
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I believe that example is illegal on several counts.
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First, self.srandom does not mean a call to the function self, followed
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by a member select of the return value.  It means a hierarchical reference
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into the scope of the function body of self, looking for a name srandom
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defined inside that scope.  Since there is no such name in that scope,
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this would be an error.
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You could presumably change the reference to self from a reference to
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the scope self into a call of the function self by adding an argument
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list, as in
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  process::self().srandom(100);
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But then you still run into the problem that a dot is not considered
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an operator that can be applied to the result of an arbitrary expression,
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such as a function call.  It is considered part of a "name".  The prefix
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of the dot is quite restricted.
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I believe you would have to break that statement into two parts, assigning
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the result of self() to a class object, and then invoking srandom on that.
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(Note that this is another flaw in Brad's argument for allowing the
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empty parentheses to be left off of method function calls.  This is another
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visible difference between the behavior of a member defined as a class
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method versus a class property.  The "Uniform Access Principle" is already
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invalidated.)
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Steven Sharp
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sharp@cadence.com
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