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Re: Getting round verilog hierarchical structure

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From: Dan Kegel
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 00:14
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Chijioke.Anyanwu@brunel.ac.uk (Chijioke D Anyanwu) writes:
>Modules in Verilog are organised in a hierarchical structure which,
>presumably, is in keeping in line with standard programming practice.
>However, I've come up against situations when this rigid structure has
>been a problem. 
>As a simple example, consider the system below in which A, B and C are
>modules (representing hardware blocks) with dedicated links to each other.
> [ Diagram of A, B, and C, with a signal running from each to each. ]

Why not use an overlying module which invokes A, B, and C,
and uses module ports for all communication?
Seems more egalitarian than putting any of A, B, or C higher or lower.
- Dan Kegel (dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov)
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