"this" keyword

SystemVerilog
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Hi, is “this” refers to class my_env?



I am assuming if get_env() is not used, then we assign one_env to my_env;

Thanks.

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In reply to ChChee:

Yes… “this” refers to class my_env.

The ‘this’ keyword is used to refer to class properties, parameters and methods of the current instance.

when class object is created, new() will be called and one_env will assign ‘this’. This process is irrespective of calling get_env() method.

get_env() is only used to get the class handle. calling this function doesn’t change value of ‘one_env’.

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In reply to ChChee:

This is a poor example; the code is illegal. You are not allowed to do operations on class variables except for comparisons. It should be
if (one_env==null)…. Also,
one_env is typically declared with a
local or
protected property qualifier to prevent other people from accessing directly.

**this** is an implicit argument to all non-static class methods that represents a handle to the class object the method got called with.