[sv-cc] 'Does anyone remember what vpiInterfaceTask means?

I'm looking at issue 534.  vpiInterfaceTask and vpiInterfaceFunction 
might have some meaning other than the occurrence of the task or 
function declaration within the scope of an interface or modport.  If 
that's all it is, one can simply find the vpiInstance of the task func, 
then get the vpiType of the instance, and the properties are not 
needed.

But as I read the Interfaces chapter -- er, sorry, clause -- I find 
that one can declare a task or function prototype in the interface and 
then define the actual task(s) or function(s) in one or more modules 
(see 20.6).  VPI's "interface tf decl" must represent the prototype 
(See 32.5).

Could vpiInterfaceTask and vpiInterfaceFunction possibly mean that, 
although the real task or function is declared in a module, it 
instantiates a prototype declared in an associated interface?

Does anyone remember what the intent was?

Regards, 
Jim

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