I'm having some trouble trying to convert an electrical node to a wreal. I have a module within my top level module, whose output (voltage) i want to assign to a wreal at my top level. So something like:

module inside_module (out)
output out;
electrical out;
//behavioral code
endmodule

module top_module ( out);
output out;
wreal out;
electrical inside_out;
inside_module mod1 ( inside_out);

//I want to do something like:
assign out = V(inside_out);

endmodule

I keep on running into analog and digital interface issues when i try different solutions; the assign statement doesn't work because you can't sense transitions on analog access functions. I tried using a real to store the value in an analog block like this:
analog begin
      inside_out_temp = V(inside_out);
end
and then doing this:
assign out = inside_out_temp;

Unfortunately since inside _out_temp is defined in the analog block, it is also considering analog owned and cannot be assigned to a digital signal (the wreal out).
I must be missing something really simple here. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, this forum has been very helpful.

Also, is there any way of using connect modules, or something similiar for wreal to electrical and vice versa interfaces.