[sv-cc] revised proposal for errata 56

I heard from some of you that you like the idea of packname:: and
libname.packname::
Since at the moment SystemVerilog does not allow to have a design refer to
different packages
of the same name, we do not need to specify the libname.packname case.
 
So I think that the revised proposal would be as
In red are deletion, in blue are new text added.

27.10 vpi_get_str()

REPLACE

The VPI routine vpi_get_str() shall return string property values. The
string shall be placed in a temporary

buffer that shall be used by every call to this routine. If the string is to
be used after a subsequent call, the string

should be copied to another location. Note that a different string buffer
shall be used for string values returned

through the s_vpi_value structure.

The following example illustrates the usage of vpi_get_str().

PLI_BYTE8 *str;

vpiHandle mod = vpi_handle_by_name("top.mod1",NULL);

vpi_printf ("Module top.mod1 is an instance of %s\n",

vpi_get_str(vpiDefName, mod));

WITH

The VPI routine vpi_get_str() shall return string property values. The
string shall be placed in a temporary

buffer that shall be used by every call to this routine. If the string is to
be used after a subsequent call, the string

should be copied to another location. Note that a different string buffer
shall be used for string values returned

through the s_vpi_value structure.

The following example illustrates the usage of vpi_get_str().

PLI_BYTE8 *str;

vpiHandle mod = vpi_handle_by_name("top.mod1",NULL);

vpi_printf ("Module top.mod1 is an instance of %s\n",

vpi_get_str(vpiDefName, mod));

vpiFullName for objects that exist within a compilation unit shall begin
with '$unit::' and therefore may be

ambiguous. vpiFullName for a package shall be the name of the package and
should end with "::"; this syntax

disambiguates between a module and a package of the same name.

vpiFullName for objects that exist in a package shall begin with the name of
the package followed by "::". The separator ::

shall only apear between the package name and the immediately following name
component, the . separator shall be

used in all other cases.

27.19 vpi_handle_by_name()

REPLACE

The VPI routine vpi_handle_by_name() shall return a handle to an object with
a specific name. This function

can be applied to all objects with a fullname property. The name can be
hierarchical or simple. If scope is

NULL, then name shall be searched for from the top level of hierarchy. If a
scope object is provided, then

search within that scope only.

WITH

The VPI routine vpi_handle_by_name() shall return a handle to an object with
a specific name. This function

can be applied to all objects with a fullname property. The name can be
hierarchical or simple. If scope is

NULL, then name shall be searched for from the top level of hierarchy. If a
scope object is provided, then

search within that scope only.

The following items shall not be accessible via vpi_handle_by_name():

- Imported items

- objects that exist within a compilation unit
Received on Thu Dec 16 07:41:31 2004