Re: [sv-bc] name resolution

Mark Hartoog wrote:
> Another issue to consider is whether hierarchical resolution applies
> to packages.  The LRM says "Items within packages cannot have 
> hierarchical references." Since "forward" references to task and 
> functions are resolved as hierarchical references, is this legal:
> 
> package P:
> 
> function void f1();
>    f2();
> endfunction
> 
> function void f2();
> endfunction
> 
> endpackage


I don't have any problem with allowing a hierarchical reference
within a package that resolves within that same package.  The
intent of this (at least my intent) was "no hierarchical references
that resolve upwards past the package".  It isn't just the bare
identifiers that are at issue here -- if you have:
    function void f1;
       int x;
    endfunction
    function void f2;
       int y = f1.x;
    endfunction
that should be legal in a package context as well as in other
contexts.

Gord.

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Gordon Vreugdenhil                                503-685-0808
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