RE: [sv-bc] e-mail vote: closes Feb 5th

Sorry, I completely forgot about the assignment. I was just looking at
the declaration and the comment. I agree with you.

Shalom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-bc@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Hartoog
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 6:35 PM
> To: Bresticker, Shalom; sv-bc@eda.org
> Subject: RE: [sv-bc] e-mail vote: closes Feb 5th
> 
> Why do you think 'signed' is not needed?
> 
> Section 5.7: "Assigning to a fixed-size unpacked array requires
> that the
> 
> source and the target both be arrays with the same number of
> unpacked
> dimensions, the length of each dimension be the same, and each
> element
> be
> of an equivalent type."
> 
> Section 6.9.2 "3) Packed arrays, packed structures, packed
> unions, and
> built-in integral types are equivalent if they contain the same
> number
> of total bits, are either all 2-state or all 4-state, and are
> either
> all signed or all unsigned."
> 
>      bit signed [31:0] busA [7:0]; // unpacked array of 8 32-
> bit vectors
>      int busB [1:0]; // unpacked array of 2 integers
>      busB = busA[7:6]; // select a slice from busA
> 
> Since 'int' is a 2-state signed type, I think busA must also
> have
> elements
> which are a 2-state signed type.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bresticker, Shalom [mailto:shalom.bresticker@intel.com]
> >
> > I agree, although "signed" is not needed here.
> >
> > Shalom
> >
> >
> > > > SVDB  949 ___Yes   _X_No
> > > > http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=949
> > > I think it would be closer to the original intent of this
> > example to
> > > change the declaration to:
> > > bit signed [31:0] busA [7:0]; // unpacked array of 8 32-bit
> vectors
> >
> >