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system verilog design book examples

/**********************************************************************
 * Arrays of arrays
 *
 * Author: Stuart Sutherland
 *
 * (c) Copyright 2003, Sutherland HDL, Inc. *** ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ***
 * www.sutherland-hdl.com
 *
 * Used with permission in the book, "SystemVerilog for Design"
 *  By Stuart Sutherland, Simon Davidmann, and Peter Flake.
 *  Book copyright: 2003, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, USA
 *  www.wkap.il, ISBN: 0-4020-7530-8
 *
 * Revision History:
 *   1.00 15 Dec 2003 -- original code, as included in book
 *   1.01 10 Jul 2004 -- cleaned up comments, added expected results
 *                       to output messages
 *
 * Caveat: Expected results displayed for this code example are based
 * on an interpretation of the SystemVerilog 3.1 standard by the code
 * author or authors.  At the time of writing, official SystemVerilog
 * validation suites were not available to validate the example.
 *
 * RIGHT TO USE: This code example, or any portion thereof, may be
 * used and distributed without restriction, provided that this entire
 * comment block is included with the example.
 *
 * DISCLAIMER: THIS CODE EXAMPLE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
 * OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OR CORRECTNESS. IN NO
 * EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES,
 * INCLUDING INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE
 * USE OF THIS CODE.
 *********************************************************************/

module test;

  typedef int unsigned uint;
  uint u_array [0:127];  // array of user types

  typedef bit [3:0] nibble;  // packed array
  nibble [31:0] big_word;    // packed array
  bit [31:0][3:0] big_word2; // equivalent to above

  typedef nibble nib_array [0:3];  // unpacked
  nib_array compound_array [0:7];  // unpacked
  bit [3:0] compound_array2 [0:7][0:3]; // equivalent to above

  initial begin
    $display("\nNo simulation results expected--only testing that code compiles\n");
    $finish;
  end

endmodule