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Semantics of $past 'expression2' argument


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I'm trying to use the $past sampled value function, whose prototype is:

$past ( expression1 [, [number_of_ticks ] [, [expression2 ] [, [clocking_event]]] ] )

I've made a small example in which I use the 'expression2' argument:

module top;
  bit clk;
  logic enable;
  logic [7:0] a;

  always #1 clk = ~clk;


  always @(posedge clk) begin
    $display("past(a) = %x", $past(a, , enable));
  end

  initial begin
    @(posedge clk);
    enable <= 1;
    a <= 'hf;
    @(posedge clk);
    enable <= 0;
    a <= 'ha;
    @(posedge clk);
    @(posedge clk);
    enable <= 1;
    a <= 'h1;
    @(posedge clk);
    a <= 'h5;
    @(posedge clk);
    enable <= 0;
    @(posedge clk);
    @(posedge clk);
    #1;
    $finish();
  end
endmodule

As per my understanding from the LRM (section 16.9.3), using 'enable' as the 'expression2' argument would mean that $past would use 'posedge clk iff enable' as a clocking event on which to sample past values. This means that this code snippet should only print out the non-gated values of 'a':

past(a) = xx
past(a) = xx
past(a) = 0f
past(a) = 0f
past(a) = 0f
past(a) = 01
past(a) = 05
past(a) = 05

I've tried running this code on another simulator, though, and there I get a totally different printout:

past(a) = xx
past(a) = xx
past(a) = xx
past(a) = xx
past(a) = 0a
past(a) = 01
past(a) = 01
past(a) = 01

Could some SystemVerilog guru please clarify which is the correct output and why?

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