VHDL Record to SV structure

In reply to Mallikarjun79:
You have two options:

  1. Use a struct definition. I like to include those in a package.
  2. Use a class definition, and instantiate that class with a new().
    The class offers much more flexibility, as you can extended it,
    and constraint randomize all objects of the class if they are
    pre-qualified with the rand
    Below is an example of those two techniques:

class R; 
	/* VHDL code:
       type t_x is record
       row: integer range 0 to 1023;
       size: integer range 0 to 1023;
       end record;
       type x_array is array(7 downto 0) of t_x; */
	bit[0:9] row, size; 	
	rand bit[0:9] rw, sz; 	
	endclass

package my_pkg;
	typedef struct {
		bit[0:9] row, size; 
	} t_x;
endpackage : my_pkg

module m; 
	import my_pkg::*; 
	t_x mrz; // from the package
	R r;
	bit clk, a;  
	bit[0:9] w, q;
	initial forever #10 clk=!clk;   
	initial begin  
		r=new(); 
		w=1023; q=70;
		r.row=w;
		r.size=q; 
		mrz.size=1023; 
		mrz.row=15;
 	  
		if (!randomize(r)  with 
		   { r.rw > 5; w <70; 
		     r.sz > 1; r.sz < 14;}) $error("randomization error"); 
	end 
endmodule  

Ben Cohen
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