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Hello All,
         Do the below code is legal? becuase i was in the assumption that the below code will work, but when we tried the same code with NCSIM6.1 version it gave an error and the error was mailbox should not be declared inside initial block.


   program test();
      initial
        begin
            mailbox mbx; // mailbox inside initial block not supported by ncsim
            mbx = new();
        end


Sundar


Originally posted in cdnusers.org by sundar_80

  • Hi Sundar.

    Is your example representative of the real use model?
    If you really are trying to declare the mailbox at the top of an initial block, then why not put it into the program itself?
    Putting it into the initial doesn't really give you any benefit, so far as I can see...

    As for whether it's legal, I don't see any obvious reason why not, but I also don't see why you'd put a mailbox there anyway.


    Originally posted in cdnusers.org by stephenh

  • Adding to what Steve has said, since your initial block is unnamed, you can't even use Hierarchical access to refer to the Mailbox from outside the initial block - who will be the receiving party of this mailbox then?

    Ajeetha, CVC
    www.noveldv.com


    Originally posted in cdnusers.org by ajeetha

  • If you move the mailbox declaration out of the initial block, it compiles correctly:

    program test();

    mailbox mbx;

    initial begin
    mbx = new();
    end

    endprogram


    Originally posted in cdnusers.org by tpylant

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