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keegandent
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1 year ago

Error (10742): Verilog HDL error: constant expression cannot contain a hierarchical identifier

It seems this issue may not have been resolved, at least not in a way that applies to SystemVerilog `interface` objects. This is a toy example, but I can provide Quartus project upon request. I am u...
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YossiTeamen
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11 months ago

I'm having a similar issue that happens only in quartus 23.

I'm receiving a parameter to a module as followed : "Parameter = '{x: 'h0, y: 'hfff}"

and I later use it for a local param like this: "localparam something = Parameter.x"

The errors I receive is "constant expression cannot contain a hierarchical identifier" and "x is not a constant"

How can I resolve this in a way that I won't have to go back to older quartus version?