I've uploaded 2 variants of the package export proposal to Mantis http://www.verilog.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0001323 The proposals incorporate Brad's formatting and removal of the unnumbered paragraph headings. The 2 alternatives differ in how named exports are handled. In particular, if you have: export p1::x; Does the declaration of "x" in "p1" need to be visible via an import of "p1" or is it acceptable to have the export be legal as long as "p1::x" is visible via some export from another package that is imported? The "alt1" proposal has the sentence: The declaration being exported must be imported from the same package_name used in the export. The "alt2" proposal has the sentence: The declaration is not required to be imported from the package_name of the export as long as some import has made the declaration available. The examples in "alt1" have been modified to reflect the tighter rule; the "alt2" proposal keeps the examples in the form of the earlier proposal. I am fine with either approach. "alt2" is a bit more subtle in terms of how names flow and when an import is required. "alt1" would be a bit more pedantic in some cases but makes the symmetry between import and export more explicit. Gord. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Vreugdenhil 503-685-0808 Model Technology (Mentor Graphics) gordonv@model.comReceived on Mon Sep 25 07:45:18 2006
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