VASG Issue Number:      0179
Comment Author:         Clive Charlwood for Sivaram Nayudu
Comment Number:         01
Comment Date:           1991/03/22

The name of a design unit may be the same as the name of a declaration
occurring immediately within the corresponding design unit declarative
region. However, the name of the design unit is in the outer declarative
region and the declaration with the same name as the design unit is an
inner declarative region. Hence, the design unit name is hidden within the
declarative region of the design unit and could be accessed using a selected
name.

These observations can be made from LRM 10.2 and 10.3. It might be useful to
elaborate on the scope of declarations by including the scope and visibility
of design unit names in the above sections.

Conclusion:
    IEEE Std 1076-1987 permits and specifies the scope and visibility of
    declarations where a declaration with the same name as that of a design
    unit. It could be elaborated some what by including specific wording on
    the visibility and scope of the design unit names in the event that a
    declaration uses same name.