[SOLVED] A problem in VHDL- signal assigned to one pin of a component

LIBRARY ieee;
USE ieee.std_logic_1164.ALL;

ENTITY bidir IS
PORT(
bidir : INOUT STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 DOWNTO 0);
oe, clk : IN STD_LOGIC;
inp : IN STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 DOWNTO 0);
outp : OUT STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 DOWNTO 0));
END bidir;

ARCHITECTURE maxpld OF bidir IS
SIGNAL a : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 DOWNTO 0); -- DFF that stores
-- value from input.
SIGNAL b : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 DOWNTO 0); -- DFF that stores
BEGIN -- feedback value.
PROCESS(clk)
BEGIN
IF clk = '1' AND clk'EVENT THEN -- Creates the flipflops
a <= inp;
outp <= b;
END IF;
END PROCESS;
PROCESS (oe, bidir) -- Behavioral representation
BEGIN -- of tri-states.
IF( oe = '0') THEN
bidir <= "ZZZZZZZZ";
b <= bidir;
ELSE
bidir <= a;
b <= bidir;
END IF;
END PROCESS;
END maxpld;

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