Re: [sv-bc] RE: [sv-ac] New keywords in SV-AC proposals

Hi Steven:

Mantis 1932 was changed to add the keyword "nexttime" instead of
"next".

J.H.

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> >From: "Bresticker, Shalom" <shalom.bresticker@intel.com>
> 
> >By the way, it was already done in this production:
> >
> >array_method_name ::=
> >	method_identifier | unique | and | or | xor 
> >
> >It IS ugly.
> >
> >But there is a precedent.
> 
> That is unfortunate.  I may even have run across this before, but
> blocked it out of my memory.
> 
> Though there is precedent, it is still undesirable.  So it is still a
> reason why "next" is a particularly bad choice for a new keyword.
> 
> The situation that Gord pointed out, where "next" is used as an
> identifier in the standard package, is an even stronger reason.
> 
> This is in addition to the fact that it collides with so many identifiers
> in designs.
> 
> Steven Sharp
> sharp@cadence.com
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