array slices

anyone know how to assign 2 parts of an array to a component instantion port
in a testbench?

e.g.

foo => bar( & bar(3 downto 0);

the above, of course, can't be done due to the error "actual for formal foo
is not a globally static expression .. what to do? i can't use a in-between
signal, i.e. in_between <= bar( & bar(3 downto 0); then do : foo =>
in_between; .. because both foo and bar are bi-directional (types inout)

help?

proudfeet

In the following example I assume that foo is has type std_logic_vector(4
downto 0)
foo(4)=>bar(, foo(3 downto 0)=>bar(3 downto 0),

Egbert Molenkamp


"proudfeet" <> wrote in message
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> anyone know how to assign 2 parts of an array to a component instantion
port
> in a testbench?
>
> e.g.
>
> foo => bar( & bar(3 downto 0);
>
> the above, of course, can't be done due to the error "actual for formal
foo
> is not a globally static expression .. what to do? i can't use a
in-between
> signal, i.e. in_between <= bar( & bar(3 downto 0); then do : foo =>
> in_between; .. because both foo and bar are bi-directional (types inout)
>
> help?
>
>

Egbert Molenkamp