RE: [sv-bc] E-mail Ballot: Respond by Wed Sep 05 8am PDT

Hi,

I have some problems with 1989:

1. It is not in the usual "CHANGE-TO", red strikeout, blue addition
format.

2. There is a difference in the meaning or use of the string argument to

$test$plusargs and $value$plusargs. The argument to $test$plusargs is
searched for literally, whereas the argument to $value$plusargs is also
interpreted as a format string.

The wording in 1364-2005 for these two functions was chosen very
carefully to be sometimes different and sometimes the same. I see now
that Stu made some changes in the merge. For example, the 1364-2005
version had, "The $test$plusarg system function searches the list of
plusargs for a user specified plusarg_string". In the merge, this
'plusarg_string' was changed to 'string'. Probably in 1364-2005, we
should have changed the subclause title as well to "17.10.1
$test$plusargs (plusarg_string)".

But the changes proposed in this Mantis would change the description of 
$test$valueargs without making the parallel changes on $value$plusargs.

It also makes the name of the $test$plusargs argument the same as that
of the first argument to $value$plusargs, whereas in 1364-2005, it was
deliberately chosen to be different.

3. The proposal also deletes the sentence which Mantis 988 added about
ignoring leading nulls in the string. That may be ok if the string is of
type string, but I am not sure that it can be left out if it is of an
integral data type, such as the classic reg vector.

I suggest that the editor revise this subclause to be closer to the
original 1364-2005 version and only then make the further changes.

The rest of the changes in the Mantis proposal are acceptable to me,
except for their formatting.

Shalom


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org 
> [mailto:owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org] On Behalf Of Maidment, Matthew R
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:26 PM
> To: sv-bc@server.eda.org
> Subject: [sv-bc] E-mail Ballot: Respond by Wed Sep 05 8am PDT
> 
> 
> -You have until 8am PDT, Wednesday, September 05, 2007 to 
> respond -An issue passes if there are zero NO votes and half 
> of the eligible  voters respond with a YES vote.
> -If you vote NO on any issue, your vote must be accompanied 
> by a reason.
>  The issue will then be up for discussion during a future 
> conference call.
> -Note: For some issues, the proposed action is captured in 
> the bug note
>        (resolve as duplicate, already addressed, etc.). 
> 
> As of the August 20, 2007 meeting, the eligible voters are:
> 
> Brad Pierce        
> Shalom Bresticker  
> Cliff Cummings     
> Surrendra Dudani   
> Mark Hartoog        
> Francoise Martinolle
> Karen Pieper       
> Dave Rich          
> Steven Sharp       
> Gordon Vreugdenhil
> Stu Sutherland
> Alex Gran
> Don Mills
> Heath Chambers
> Will Cummings
> 
> SVDB 910 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=910
> 
> SVDB 995 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=995
> 
> SVDB 1025 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1025
> 
> SVDB 1031 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1031
> 
> SVDB 1061 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1061
> 
> SVDB 1118 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1118
> 
> SVDB 1140 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1140
> 
> SVDB 1141 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1141
> 
> SVDB 1155 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1155
> 
> SVDB 1203 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1203
> 
> SVDB 1217 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1217
> 
> SVDB 1285 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1285
> 
> SVDB 1485 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1485
> 
> SVDB 1651 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1651
> 
> SVDB 1665 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1665
> 
> SVDB 1693 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1693
> 
> SVDB 1938 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1938
> 
> SVDB 1939 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1939
> 
> SVDB 1940 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1940
> 
> SVDB 1941 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1941
> 
> SVDB 1955 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1955
> 
> SVDB 1958 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1958
> 
> SVDB 1963 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1963
> 
> SVDB 1988 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1988
> 
> SVDB 1989 ___Yes   ___No  
> http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1989
> 
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