4.2.2. Module Declaration

The module is declared as a standard SystemC module, i.e. as a derived class of sc_core::sc_module.

class Or1ksimSC
  : public sc_core::sc_module
{

Note

	Note
SystemC provides a macro, so that a module can be defined by: SC_MODULE( Or1ksimSC ) However this is equivalent (IEEE 1666-2005 section 5.2.5) to the C++ derived class declaration class Or1ksimSC : public sc_core::sc_module { public: By using `SC_MODULE` all functions and variables will be visible to all other classes (`public`) unless there is a subsequent `protected:` or `private:` declaration. The examples provided with SystemC and TLM 2.0 all use explicit declarations of classes derived from `sc_module` rather than the `SC_MODULE` macro. This application note uses the same approach.

SystemC provides a macro, so that a module can be defined by:

SC_MODULE( Or1ksimSC )

However this is equivalent (IEEE 1666-2005 section 5.2.5) to the C++ derived class declaration

class Or1ksimSC
  : public sc_core::sc_module
{
 public:

By using SC_MODULE all functions and variables will be visible to all other classes (public) unless there is a subsequent protected: or private: declaration.

The examples provided with SystemC and TLM 2.0 all use explicit declarations of classes derived from sc_module rather than the SC_MODULE macro. This application note uses the same approach.