Please look in to the indexes of array_out , instead of being [0:7][0:15] it is [0:15][0:15], it happens only when the port appears in the template
The workaround is to use : @"vl-mbits"[]
module twoD_array
(
input [0:7] [15:0] array_in1,
input [0:7] [15:0] array_in2,
output [0:7] [15:0] array_out
)
endmodule
module new_one
(
/*AUTOINPUT*/
// Beginning of automatic inputs (from unused autoinst inputs)
input [0:7] [15:0] array_in1, // To twoD_array_inst of twoD_array.v
input [0:7] [15:0] array_in2, // To twoD_array_inst of twoD_array.v
// End of automatics
/*AUTOOUTPUT*/
// Beginning of automatic outputs (from unused autoinst outputs)
output [15:0] [15:0] array_out // From twoD_array_inst of twoD_array.v
// End of automatics
);
/* twoD_array AUTO_TEMPLATE
(
.\(.*in1.*\) (\1@"vl-mbits"[]),
.\(.*out.*\) (\1[][]),
);
*/
twoD_array twoD_array_inst
(/*AUTOINST*/
// Outputs
.array_out (array_out[15:0][15:0]), // Templated
// Inputs
.array_in1 (array_in1[0:7][15:0]), // Templated
.array_in2 (array_in2/*[0:7][15:0]*/));
endmodule
Please look in to the indexes of array_out , instead of being [0:7][0:15] it is [0:15][0:15], it happens only when the port appears in the template
The workaround is to use : @"vl-mbits"[]