RE: [sv-bc] integer bit bounds

Thanks for the reference. Maybe it goes back to the time when an
'integer' type was 'at least 32 bits'.
 
Shalom


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	From: owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org
[mailto:owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org] On Behalf Of Brad Pierce
	Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:49 PM
	To: sv-bc
	Subject: 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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