library ieee; use ieee.std_logic_1164.all; entity ent2 is generic ( TUSER_WIDTH : natural := 1); end ent2; architecture ent of ent2 is type data_t is record tuser : std_logic_vector; end record; type data_array_t is array (natural range <>) of data_t; type std_logic_array_t is array (natural range <>) of std_logic_vector; subtype tuser_array_t is std_logic_array_t(open)(TUSER_WIDTH - 1 downto 0); begin process procedure write_data (constant tuser : tuser_array_t) is begin for i in tuser'range loop report integer'image(i) & " =>" & to_bstring(tuser(i)); end loop; assert tuser(1)(0) = '1'; -- <<<<<====== This should not fail end procedure; procedure handle_data_array ( constant data : data_array_t) is variable local_tuser : std_logic_array_t(data'range)(TUSER_WIDTH - 1 downto 0); begin -- Convert a list of tuples into two lists for i in data'range loop local_tuser(i) := data(i).tuser; assert local_tuser(i) = data(i).tuser report "local_tuser and data(i).tuser should not be different here"; end loop; write_data(tuser => local_tuser); end; constant data : data_array_t(0 to 1)(tuser(0 downto 0)) := (0 => (tuser => (0 downto 0 => '0')), 1 => (tuser => (0 downto 0 => '1'))); begin handle_data_array(data); wait; end process; end ent;