Move class extern definitions to inside class

[wsnyder]

Below is the current minimization for a "Hello" output:

module t;
  class C;
    extern function void f;
  endclass
  function void C::f();
    $display("Hello");
  endfunction
  initial begin
    C c;
    c = new;
    c.f();
  end
endmodule

Would be nice in a late stage to try to move extern functions into the class, as I see this being a common missing reduction from many UVM reductions. I can appreciate if this is too difficult. Thanks for considering.

module t;
  class C;
    function void f();
      $display("Hello");
    endfunction
  endclass
  initial begin
    C c;
    c = new;
    c.f();
  end
endmodule

[kbieganski]

Yes, and there's a lot of "inlining" passes that we could be doing, like inlining functions, inlining super classes, etc. We'll keep this request in mind and we'll take a look once we have the bandwidth.