Why is this an issue?

defparam statement is on the list of deprecation candidates in IEEE 1800-2017 standard (section C.4.1).

The practice of using defparam statements is highly discouraged. Engineers are encouraged to take advantage of the explicit inline parameter redefinition capability.

Parameter redefinition during instantiation of a module (using the # character) should be used instead. Moreover, named parameters are recommended.

How to fix it

Code examples

Noncompliant code example

module fly;
  defparam my_dream.size = 64;
  dream my_dream;
endmodule : fly

Compliant solution

module fly;
  dream #(.size(64)) my_dream;
endmodule : fly

Resources

Articles & blog posts

• lowRISC Verilog Coding Style Guide - Language Features - Module Instantiation
• New Verilog-2001 Techniques for Creating Parameterized Models (or Down With `define and Death of a defparam!)
• The Art of Deprecation