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

Hi Jim,

This was originally added by me. I am trying to recollect what it was. 


- Thanks,
Tapati 
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>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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Tapati Basu