RE: [sv-bc] integer bit bounds

Shalom,
 
I don't know, but the second sentence has been there, unchanged, since
Accellera 3.0.
 
The sentence is by Paul Graham.  See near the bottom of the following
link --
 
      http://www.eda.org/vlog-pp/hm/0438.html
 
-- Brad

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From: owner-sv-bc@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@eda.org] On Behalf Of
Bresticker, Shalom
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:36 AM
To: sv-bc
Subject: [sv-bc] integer bit bounds



Hi, 

19.7 says, 

For a fixed-size integer type (integer, shortint, longint, and byte),
dimension 1 is predefined. For an integer N declared without a range
specifier, its bounds are assumed to be [$bits(N)-1:0].

I understand the first sentence. 
I don't understand what case the second sentence is referring to. 
Can someone clarify? 

Thanks, 
Shalom 

Shalom Bresticker 
Intel Jerusalem LAD DA 
+972 2 589-6582 
+972 54 721-1033 


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