RE: [sv-bc] e-mail ballot: respond by Dec 3, 8am PST

Shalom has pointed out that in the proposal for Mantis 329, it is not
necessary to have a footnote for non-ANSI headers, since this type of header
must always have a port list (the purpose of the footnote is to avoid a
package import in the module header that is not followed by either a
parameter list or a port list).  Shalom also suggested adding to the text
that also mention that imported package items can be used in parameter
declarations as well as port declarations.

I have uploaded version 4 of the proposal that removes the footnote from
non-ANSI headers, updates the wording of the footnote, and adds the mention
of parameters to the text.  Also, I changed the example from having two
package import statements in the module header to a single import statement
that imports two packages.

I have also deleted old versions of the proposal.

Stu
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Stuart Sutherland
Sutherland HDL, Inc.
stuart@sutherland-hdl.com
503-692-0898
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bresticker, Shalom [mailto:shalom.bresticker@intel.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:20 AM
> To: stuart@sutherland-hdl.com; sv-bc@server.eda.org
> Subject: RE: [sv-bc] e-mail ballot: respond by Dec 3, 8am PST
> 
> I think the proposal for 329 still has the following problem:
> 
> The BNF footnote says,
> 
> "A package_import_declaration in a module, interface, program header
> shall be followed by a parameter_port_list or 
> list_of_port_declarations,
> or both."
> 
> That footnote appears in both the ansi and nonansi_headers.
> 
> But in nonansi_headers, a list_of_ports is used, not
> list_of_port_declarations. Furthermore, list_of_ports has a 
> non-optional
> set of parentheses.
> 
> So the footnote is both wrong and unnecessary for nonansi_headers. 
> 
> 
> Less important is that the proposal says,
> 
> "Declarations such as typedefs and constants declared in 
> packages can be
> referenced in module, interface or program port declarations"
> 
> I think that should be "parameter or port declarations".
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Shalom
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