RE: [sv-bc] part selects on arbitrary expressions

This is a side-point, but I don't think the LRM defines whether a
bit-select is a scalar or a 1-bit vector. I don't think it has ever
mattered.

Shalom

> > "Making bit and part selects operators that can act on any vector
> value
> > would also allow some strange syntax. Since the result of a bit or
> part
> > select is a vector, there would be nothing to prevent taking another
> bit
> > or part select of that result. That would allow things like
> r[i][j][k],
> > which might look like a reference to a multidimensional array, but
> is
> > just a bit-select of a bit-select of a bit-select.
> 
> I submit that the disturbing thing here is the silent treatment of
> a scalar as a one element vector.

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