diff --git a/vpi/sys_lxt.c b/vpi/sys_lxt.c
index d03b3a31a..f6b4ed644 100644
--- a/vpi/sys_lxt.c
+++ b/vpi/sys_lxt.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
 #if !defined(WINNT) && !defined(macintosh)
-#ident "$Id: sys_lxt.c,v 1.8 2002/07/15 03:57:30 steve Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: sys_lxt.c,v 1.9 2002/07/17 05:13:43 steve Exp $"
 #endif
 
 # include "config.h"
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static void scan_item(unsigned depth, vpiHandle item, int skip)
 	    /* Value */
 	    vpiNet,
 	    vpiReg,
-	    vpiIntegerVar,
+	    vpiVariables,
 	    /* Scope */
 	    vpiFunction,
 	    vpiModule,
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ static void scan_item(unsigned depth, vpiHandle item, int skip)
 
 	  case vpiNet:  type = "wire";    if(0){
 	  case vpiIntegerVar:
+	  case vpiTimeVar:
 	  case vpiReg:  type = "reg";    }
 
 	    if (skip)
@@ -812,6 +813,10 @@ void sys_lxt_register()
 
 /*
  * $Log: sys_lxt.c,v $
+ * Revision 1.9  2002/07/17 05:13:43  steve
+ *  Implementation of vpi_handle_by_name, and
+ *  add the vpiVariables iterator.
+ *
  * Revision 1.8  2002/07/15 03:57:30  steve
  *  Fix dangling pointer in pop_scope.
  *
diff --git a/vpi/sys_vcd.c b/vpi/sys_vcd.c
index 210520b32..29b683591 100644
--- a/vpi/sys_vcd.c
+++ b/vpi/sys_vcd.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
 #if !defined(WINNT) && !defined(macintosh)
-#ident "$Id: sys_vcd.c,v 1.34 2002/07/12 17:09:21 steve Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: sys_vcd.c,v 1.35 2002/07/17 05:13:43 steve Exp $"
 #endif
 
 # include "config.h"
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static void scan_item(unsigned depth, vpiHandle item, int skip)
 	    /* Value */
 	    vpiNet,
 	    vpiReg,
-	    vpiIntegerVar,
+	    vpiVariables,
 	    /* Scope */
 	    vpiFunction,
 	    vpiModule,
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ static void scan_item(unsigned depth, vpiHandle item, int skip)
 
 	  case vpiNet:  type = "wire";    if(0){
 	  case vpiIntegerVar:
+	  case vpiTimeVar:
 	  case vpiReg:  type = "reg";    }
 
 	    if (skip)
@@ -800,6 +801,10 @@ void sys_vcd_register()
 
 /*
  * $Log: sys_vcd.c,v $
+ * Revision 1.35  2002/07/17 05:13:43  steve
+ *  Implementation of vpi_handle_by_name, and
+ *  add the vpiVariables iterator.
+ *
  * Revision 1.34  2002/07/12 17:09:21  steve
  *  Remember to scan IntegerVars.
  *
diff --git a/vpi_user.h b/vpi_user.h
index 541846969..92a89f339 100644
--- a/vpi_user.h
+++ b/vpi_user.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
 #if !defined(WINNT) && !defined(macintosh)
-#ident "$Id: vpi_user.h,v 1.12 2002/06/21 04:59:35 steve Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: vpi_user.h,v 1.13 2002/07/17 05:13:43 steve Exp $"
 #endif
 
 
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ typedef struct t_vpi_value {
 #define vpiSysTfCall   85
 #define vpiArgument    89
 #define vpiInternalScope 92
+#define vpiVariables   100 
 
 #define vpiCallback  1000
 
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ extern vpiHandle  vpi_handle(int type, vpiHandle ref);
 extern vpiHandle  vpi_iterate(int type, vpiHandle ref);
 extern vpiHandle  vpi_scan(vpiHandle iter);
 extern vpiHandle  vpi_handle_by_index(vpiHandle ref, int index);
+extern vpiHandle  vpi_handle_by_name(char*name, vpiHandle scope);
 
 extern void  vpi_get_time(vpiHandle obj, s_vpi_time*t);
 extern int   vpi_get(int property, vpiHandle ref);
@@ -326,6 +328,10 @@ EXTERN_C_END
 
 /*
  * $Log: vpi_user.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.13  2002/07/17 05:13:43  steve
+ *  Implementation of vpi_handle_by_name, and
+ *  add the vpiVariables iterator.
+ *
  * Revision 1.12  2002/06/21 04:59:35  steve
  *  Carry integerness throughout the compilation.
  *
diff --git a/vvp/vpi_priv.cc b/vvp/vpi_priv.cc
index 73f3b8247..0c6c41f9d 100644
--- a/vvp/vpi_priv.cc
+++ b/vvp/vpi_priv.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
 #if !defined(WINNT)
-#ident "$Id: vpi_priv.cc,v 1.19 2002/07/12 02:04:44 steve Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: vpi_priv.cc,v 1.20 2002/07/17 05:13:43 steve Exp $"
 #endif
 
 # include  "vpi_priv.h"
@@ -211,14 +211,14 @@ vpiHandle vpi_iterate(int type, vpiHandle ref)
 		    "vpi_register_systf. You can't do that!\n");
 	    return 0;
       }
-	    
+
       if (ref == 0)
 	    return vpi_iterate_global(type);
 
       if (ref->vpi_type->iterate_)
-          return (ref->vpi_type->iterate_)(type, ref);
+	  return (ref->vpi_type->iterate_)(type, ref);
       else
-          return 0;
+	  return 0;
 }
 
 vpiHandle vpi_handle_by_index(vpiHandle ref, int idx)
@@ -228,6 +228,98 @@ vpiHandle vpi_handle_by_index(vpiHandle ref, int idx)
       return (ref->vpi_type->index_)(ref, idx);
 }
 
+static vpiHandle find_name(char *name, vpiHandle handle)
+{
+      vpiHandle rtn = 0;
+      struct __vpiScope*ref = (struct __vpiScope*)handle;
+
+      /* check module names */
+      if (!strcmp(name, vpi_get_str(vpiName, handle)))
+	    rtn = handle;
+
+      /* brute force search for the name in all objects in this scope */
+      for (unsigned i = 0 ;  i < ref->nintern ;  i += 1) {
+	    char *nm = vpi_get_str(vpiName, ref->intern[i]);
+	    if (!strcmp(name, nm)) {
+		  rtn = ref->intern[i];
+		  break;
+	    } else if (vpi_get(vpiType, ref->intern[i]) == vpiMemory) {
+		  /* We need to iterate on the words */
+		  vpiHandle word_i, word_h;
+		  word_i = vpi_iterate(vpiMemoryWord, ref->intern[i]);
+		  while (word_i && (word_h = vpi_scan(word_i))) {
+			nm = vpi_get_str(vpiName, word_h);
+			if (!strcmp(name, nm)) {
+			      rtn = word_h;
+			      break;
+			}
+		  }
+	    }
+	    /* found it yet? */
+	    if (rtn) break;
+      }
+
+      return rtn;
+}
+
+static vpiHandle find_scope(char *name, vpiHandle handle, int depth)
+{
+      vpiHandle iter, hand, rtn = 0;
+
+      iter = !handle ? vpi_iterate(vpiModule, NULL) :
+		       vpi_iterate(vpiInternalScope, handle);
+
+      while (iter && (hand = vpi_scan(iter))) {
+	    char *nm = vpi_get_str(vpiName, hand);
+	    int len = strlen(nm);
+	    char *cp = name + len;	/* hier seperator */
+
+	    if (!handle && !strcmp(name, nm)) {
+		  /* root module */
+		  rtn = hand;
+	    } else if (!strncmp(name, nm, len) && *(cp) == '.')
+		  /* recurse deeper */
+		  rtn = find_scope(cp+1, hand, depth + 1);
+
+	    /* found it yet ? */
+	    if (rtn) break;
+      }
+
+      /* matched up to here */
+      if (!rtn) rtn = handle;
+
+      return rtn;
+}
+
+vpiHandle vpi_handle_by_name(char *name, vpiHandle scope)
+{
+      vpiHandle hand;
+      char *nm, *cp;
+      int len;
+
+      /* If scope provided, look in cooresponding module; otherwise
+       * traverse the hierarcy specified in name to find the leaf module
+       * and try finding it there.
+       */
+      if (scope)
+	    hand = vpi_handle(vpiModule, scope);
+      else
+	    hand = find_scope(name, NULL, 0);
+
+      if (hand) {
+	    /* remove hierarchical portion of name */
+	    nm = vpi_get_str(vpiFullName, hand);
+	    len = strlen(nm);
+	    cp = name + len;
+	    if (!strncmp(name, nm, len) && *cp == '.') name = cp + 1;
+
+	    /* Ok, time to burn some cycles */
+	    return find_name(name, hand);
+      }
+
+      return 0;
+}
+
 extern "C" void vpi_vprintf(const char*fmt, va_list ap)
 {
       vprintf(fmt, ap);
@@ -248,6 +340,10 @@ extern "C" void vpi_sim_vcontrol(int operation, va_list ap)
 
 /*
  * $Log: vpi_priv.cc,v $
+ * Revision 1.20  2002/07/17 05:13:43  steve
+ *  Implementation of vpi_handle_by_name, and
+ *  add the vpiVariables iterator.
+ *
  * Revision 1.19  2002/07/12 02:04:44  steve
  *  vpi_iterate return null if there is nothing to iterate.
  *
@@ -296,4 +392,3 @@ extern "C" void vpi_sim_vcontrol(int operation, va_list ap)
  * Revision 1.6  2001/06/21 22:54:12  steve
  *  Support cbValueChange callbacks.
  */
-
diff --git a/vvp/vpi_scope.cc b/vvp/vpi_scope.cc
index fc71466f7..dc040e472 100644
--- a/vvp/vpi_scope.cc
+++ b/vvp/vpi_scope.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
 #if !defined(WINNT)
-#ident "$Id: vpi_scope.cc,v 1.18 2002/07/14 02:52:05 steve Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: vpi_scope.cc,v 1.19 2002/07/17 05:13:43 steve Exp $"
 #endif
 
 # include  "compile.h"
@@ -97,19 +97,22 @@ static vpiHandle scope_get_handle(int code, vpiHandle obj)
       return 0;
 }
 
-/* Handle subclasses for vpiTypes */
-static inline int compare_types(int code, int type)
+/* compares vpiType's considering object classes */
+static int compare_types(int code, int type)
 {
-      if (code == type ||
-	  code == vpiScope &&
-	    type == vpiModule ||
-	    type == vpiFunction ||
-	    type == vpiTask ||
-	    type == vpiNamedBegin ||
-	    type == vpiNamedFork)
-      {
+      if (  code == type
+	|| (code == vpiInternalScope &&
+	     (type == vpiModule ||
+	     type == vpiFunction ||
+	     type == vpiTask ||
+	     type == vpiNamedBegin ||
+	     type == vpiNamedFork))
+	|| (code == vpiVariables &&
+	     (type == vpiIntegerVar ||
+	     type == vpiTimeVar))
+      )
 	    return 1;
-      } else
+      else
 	    return 0;
 }
 
@@ -152,10 +155,6 @@ static vpiHandle module_iter(int code, vpiHandle obj)
 
       switch (code) {
 	  case vpiInternalScope:
-	    return module_iter_subset(vpiScope, ref);
-
-	      /* Generate and iterator for all the modules contained
-		 in this scope. */
 	  case vpiMemory:
 	  case vpiModule:
 	  case vpiNamedEvent:
@@ -408,6 +407,10 @@ void vpip_attach_to_current_scope(vpiHandle obj)
 
 /*
  * $Log: vpi_scope.cc,v $
+ * Revision 1.19  2002/07/17 05:13:43  steve
+ *  Implementation of vpi_handle_by_name, and
+ *  add the vpiVariables iterator.
+ *
  * Revision 1.18  2002/07/14 02:52:05  steve
  *  Fix vpiScope iterator.
  *