verilog: disallow overriding global parameters

It was previously possible to override global parameters on a
per-instance basis. This could be dangerous when using positional
parameter bindings, hiding oversupplied parameters.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/verilog/global_parameter.ys b/tests/verilog/global_parameter.ys
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7a3cddc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/verilog/global_parameter.ys
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+read_verilog -sv <<EOF
+parameter P = 1;
+module example(
+    output integer out
+);
+    assign out = P;
+endmodule
+module top(
+    output integer out
+);
+    example #(2) e1(out);
+endmodule
+EOF
+
+logger -expect error "Can't find object for defparam" 1
+hierarchy