diff --git a/PSpec.cc b/PSpec.cc
index 976c533e7..0f5516240 100644
--- a/PSpec.cc
+++ b/PSpec.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
  *    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@
 
 # include  "PSpec.h"
 
-PSpecPath::PSpecPath(unsigned src_cnt, unsigned dst_cnt)
+PSpecPath::PSpecPath(unsigned src_cnt, unsigned dst_cnt, char polarity,
+                     bool full_flag)
 : conditional(false), condition(0), edge(0),
   src(src_cnt), dst(dst_cnt),
   data_source_expression(0)
 {
+      full_flag_ = full_flag;
+      polarity_ = polarity;
 }
 
 PSpecPath::~PSpecPath()
diff --git a/PSpec.h b/PSpec.h
index 3b65ba283..a2313e0e7 100644
--- a/PSpec.h
+++ b/PSpec.h
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ class PExpr;
 class PSpecPath  : public LineInfo {
 
     public:
-      PSpecPath(unsigned src_cnt, unsigned dst_cnt);
+      PSpecPath(unsigned src_cnt, unsigned dst_cnt, char polarity,
+                bool full_flag);
       ~PSpecPath();
 
       void elaborate(class Design*des, class NetScope*scope) const;
@@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ class PSpecPath  : public LineInfo {
 	// Edge specification (-1==negedge, 0 = no edge, 1==posedge)
       int edge;
 	// Is this a full connection.
-      bool full_flag;
+      bool full_flag_;
 	// What is the polarity of the connection.
-      char polarity;
+      char polarity_;
 	// Ordered set of source nodes of a path
       std::vector<perm_string> src;
 	// Ordered set of destination nodes of a path
diff --git a/elaborate.cc b/elaborate.cc
index f115e6210..50a16e74a 100644
--- a/elaborate.cc
+++ b/elaborate.cc
@@ -4196,7 +4196,7 @@ void PSpecPath::elaborate(Design*des, NetScope*scope) const
 
 	/* A parallel connection does not support more than a one to one
 	   connection (source/destination). */
-      if (! full_flag && ((src.size() != 1) || (dst.size() != 1))) {
+      if (! full_flag_ && ((src.size() != 1) || (dst.size() != 1))) {
 	    /* To be compatible with NC-Verilog we allow a parallel connection
 	     * with multiple sources/destinations if all the paths are only a
 	     * single bit wide (a scalar or a one bit vector). */
@@ -4324,7 +4324,7 @@ void PSpecPath::elaborate(Design*des, NetScope*scope) const
 
 		    // For a parallel connection the source and destination
 		    // must be the same width.
-		  if (! full_flag) {
+		  if (! full_flag_) {
 			unsigned long src_wid = src_sig->vector_width();
 			if (src_wid != dst_wid) {
 			      cerr << get_fileline() << ": error: For a "
diff --git a/pform.cc b/pform.cc
index 476830b28..64405fc19 100644
--- a/pform.cc
+++ b/pform.cc
@@ -2344,10 +2344,8 @@ extern PSpecPath* pform_make_specify_path(const struct vlltype&li,
 					  list<perm_string>*src, char pol,
 					  bool full_flag, list<perm_string>*dst)
 {
-      PSpecPath*path = new PSpecPath(src->size(), dst->size());
+      PSpecPath*path = new PSpecPath(src->size(), dst->size(), pol, full_flag);
       FILE_NAME(path, li.text, li.first_line);
-      path->polarity = pol;
-      path->full_flag = full_flag;
 
       unsigned idx;
       list<perm_string>::const_iterator cur;
diff --git a/pform_dump.cc b/pform_dump.cc
index ccb74830f..cd8829ccf 100644
--- a/pform_dump.cc
+++ b/pform_dump.cc
@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ void PSpecPath::dump(std::ostream&out, unsigned ind) const
       }
 
       out << " ";
-      if (polarity) out << polarity;
-      if (full_flag) out << "*> ";
+      if (polarity_) out << polarity_;
+      if (full_flag_) out << "*> ";
       else out << "=> ";
 
       if (data_source_expression)