Re: Defparam & module instance parameter assignment

From: Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 07:58:23 PDT

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    12.2, para. 3 (1st para. after the first example) says,

    "If a defparam assignment conflicts with a module instance parameter, the
    parameter in the module will take the value specified by the defparam."

    12.2 is not organized well, and I have an AI to rewrite it.

    Shalom

    > The draft (2005-d2) fails to mention the interaction between defparams
    > and module instance parameter assignment.
    > So what happens if a defparam exists for a module and the module is
    > instantiated in another module
    > that has parameter assignments in the instantiation? Which one
    > overrides?
    >
    > I would suspect the instance param assignment overrides as the defparam
    > only modifies the local value of the
    > parameter in the child module. The LRM does not state so explicitly - or
    > maybe I missed it. 

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