errata/340: /210

From: James A. Markevitch (jam@magic.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 08:25:12 PDT

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    >Number: 340
    >Category: errata
    >Originator: "James A. Markevitch" <jam@magic.com>
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    Proposal: reject the comment

    Although it might have made sense to allow anonymous module instantiation
    when Verilog was a new language, at this point the impact of making such a
    change is probably substantial.

    As has been pointed out from the e-mail thread on this topic, instance
    names for instantiated modules are valuable in their use of examining the
    hierarchy below that instantiation. Adding the notion of anonymous module
    instantiation would result in: loss of the ability to inspect the contents
    of such an instatiation; and/or, loss of PLI access to such a module; and/or
    the requirement to specify how such access could be restored.

    James Markevitch

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