Re: [sv-bc] DataTypes: 11/18/04 Meeting Minutes

Hello Greg,

Thank you for bringing this improper usage to our attention.
I have changed "comprised" to "composed".

Kathy

>Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:04:52 -0800
>From: Greg Jaxon <Greg.Jaxon@synopsys.com>
>Organization: //Synopsys/ICBU/HDL Compiler
>To: Kathy McKinley <mckinley@cadence.com>
>Cc: btf-dtype@boyd.com, sv-bc@eda.org
>Subject: Re: [sv-bc] DataTypes: 11/18/04 Meeting Minutes
>
>Kathy McKinley wrote:
>> Replace the paragraph in our proposal that begins
>> "The effect of this recursive definition is" with the following
>> two paragraphs:
>>
>> The effect of this recursive definition is that a net is comprised
>> entirely of four-state bits, and is treated accordingly. There is no change
>> to the Verilog-2005 network semantics. In addition to a signal value, each
>> bit of a net shall have additional strength information. When bits of signals
>> combine, the strength and value of the resulting signal shall be determined
>> as in Verilog-2005 section 7.10.
>
>Just an english usage note:
>
> "is comprised entirely of" should probably say "is composed of".
>
> Wholes comprise their parts, and it is incorrect to use "comprise"
> and then leave out some of the parts - so saying "entirely" is redundant.
>
>Greg Jaxon
Received on Thu Nov 18 18:25:36 2004