I just ran into this anomaly today. Here's the fix, if you want to use a “uvm_event#(bit)” type:
1) Copy uvm_event.svh and uvm_event_callback.svh to your project area where you can "enhance" it. I renamed the files and classes to include a "fixed_" prefix, thus uvm_event class is now fixed_uvm_event class.
.../common/fixed_uvm_event.svh
2) Change all occurrences of “uvm_event” to “fixed_uvm_event” in both files: fixed_uvm_event.svh and fixed_uvm_event_callback.svh
Thus:
class fixed_uvm_event#(type T=bit) extends fixed_uvm_event_base#(T);
3) Change the default type T to "bit" (or whatever your base type is going to be) in both classes in fixed_uvm_event.svh
virtual class fixed_uvm_event_base#(type T=bit) extends uvm_object;
class fixed_uvm_event#(type T=bit) extends fixed_uvm_event_base#(T);
I haven’t figured out why the VCS compiler doesn’t resolve this error (I’ll save it for another rainy day)
Error-[SV-ICVA] Illegal class variable access
.../common/fixed_uvm_event.svh, 263
Protected member 'm_event' of class
'fixed_uvm_event_base#(uvm_pkg::uvm_object)' is not visible to scope
'fixed_uvm_event_base#(bit)'.
Please make sure that the above member is accessed only from its own class or inherited class properties as it is declared as protected.
4) Add type T to the callbacks queue in the base class:
protected fixed_uvm_event_callback#(T) callbacks[$];
5) Comment out “do_print()” and “do_copy()” and hope you don’t need them.
OK, I should have used the "mutated_" prefix instead of "fixed_" because it's not really fixed.
Good Luck, Mr V
