RE: [sv-ac] question regarding assertion control tasks

Hi Neil,

that applies when no arguments are given, but here you have level given.
$dumpvars(3), there is no list of instances. I think that the LRM should be more specific in that case.

Best regards
ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Korpusik [mailto:neil.korpusik@oracle.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:17 PM
> To: Eduard Cerny
> Cc: 'sv-ac@eda-stds.org'
> Subject: Re: [sv-ac] question regarding assertion control tasks
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> See the following section of the LRM.
>
>
> 21.7.1.2 Specifying variables to be dumped ($dumpvars)
>
> When invoked with no arguments, $dumpvars dumps all the variables in
> the model to the VCD file.
>
>
>
> Neil
>
> On 03/22/12 08:46, Eduard Cerny wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > According to the BNF of the old $asserton/off/kill and the new
> > $assertcontrol, these tasks allow specifying level
> > list_of_scopes_or_assertions missing. It does not specify what is then
> > the target of the task. The same applies to dumpvars which used as the
> > reference.
> >
> > There, it states
> >
> > When the $dumpvars task is specified with arguments, the first argument
> > indicates how many levels of the
> >
> > hierarchy below each specified module instance to dump to the VCD file.
> > Subsequent arguments specify
> >
> > which scopes of the model to dump to the VCD file. These arguments can
> > specify entire modules or individual
> >
> > variables within a module.
> >
> > It does not say what to do when there is no specified module instance.
> >
> > Is there an interpretation I am missing?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > ed
> >
> >
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