entity ent is end ent; architecture a of ent is signal sig_x : bit_vector(2 downto 0); signal sig_y : bit_vector(2 downto 0); signal sig_z : bit_vector(3 downto 0); begin -- works -- (sig_x(1), sig_x(0), sig_y(1), sig_y(0)) <= sig_z; -- "raised CONSTRAINT_ERROR : trans-chap3.adb:3058 access check failed" (sig_x(1 downto 0), sig_y(1 downto 0)) <= sig_z; end a;