Re: [sv-cc] Errata? Handling DPI parameters of type 'reg'

From: Shalom Bresticker <Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com>
Date: Thu Aug 05 2004 - 01:06:33 PDT

I doubt this interpretation.

Regs have no strengths.

A reg can be written from many sources, but it is not continuously driven, it
simply holds a value, the last one written to it. There is no concept of
contention, etc.

Shalom

Kevin Cameron wrote:

> A reg is actually a composite object, it is the combination of a driver
> and a net (or net reference) - writes are to the driver, reads are from
> the net (both are usually type 'logic'), and Verilog syntax doesn't allow
> any other access. In the case where the reg type is not connected to other
> drivers/nets it collapses (semantically) to something that looks like a
> simple variable.
>

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