[sv-bc] RE: [sv-sc] Packed dimension [0:0] - What should happen?

Cliff,

See Mantis 1613.

a[0:0] is a 1-bit vector, not a scalar.

Regards,
Shalom 

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> Subject: [sv-sc] Packed dimension [0:0] - What should happen?
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> Hi, All -
> 
> Question for you regarding packed dimensions that are only one-wide
> 
> I seem to recall that Shalom entered a clarification of what 
> should happen when a packed dimension resolves to [0:0] after 
> passing parameters (I'm not sure if Shalom is on vacation 
> this week due to an Israeli holiday or not).
> 
> I am teaching a SystemVerilog class this week and this issue 
> has come up. The engineers say that some tools are dropping a 
> packed dimension that includes [0:0] but that their 
> parameterized code wants to reference the packed dimension.
> 
> Is there a Mantis item on this or have any of you run into 
> this yourself?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards - Cliff
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