04.03.07_snippet-1.sv

system verilog design book examples

/**********************************************************************
 * Assigning an unpacked array to an unpacked arrays of a different
 * size using bit-stream casting
 *
 * 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
 *   1.10 21 Jul 2004 -- corrected errata as printed in the book
 *                       "SystemVerilog for Design" (first edition) and
 *                       to bring the example into conformance with the
 *                       final Accellera SystemVerilog 3.1a standard
 *                       (for a description of changes, see the file
 *                       "errata_SV-Design-book_26-Jul-2004.txt")
 *
 * 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 data_t [3:0][7:0];   // unpacked type
  data_t a;
  int b [3:0][3:0]; // unpacked array

  initial begin
    b = {{0,0,0,'hF},{0,0,0,'hA},{0,0,0,'hC},{0,0,0,'hE}};
    a = data_t'(b);   // assign unpacked array to unpacked array of a
                      // different size, using casting
    $display("\n a[0][0] = %h (expected ce)\n", a[0][0]);
    $finish;
  end
endmodule