Re: package body functionality

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

Staffan Dittmer wrote:
> 
> package body A is
>  variable: some_type:=call_some_function_outside_A;
> end A;
> 
> package body B is
>  variable: some_type;
> begin
>  variable:=call_some_function_outside_B;
> end B;
> 
> I know that in B the variable will be assigned
> every time a program using the package is run,
> but is this also true for A, or will the variable in
> this case only be assigned at compile time ?

Non-static initialization expressions, such as function calls, are
evaluated during elaboration, which happens at run time. Both variables
will be initialized during elaboration at run time.

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Jeff Carter
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