Subject: Re: [sv-ec] Re: [sv-bc] Packed arrays
From: Steven Sharp (sharp@cadence.com)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 16:04:26 PST
>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:55:18 -0800
>From: Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>
>
>Well actually, ...
>
> IEEE1364-2001 20.4 Overriding built-in system task and function names
>
> "If a user-provided PLI application is associated with the same
> name as a built-in system task or function ..., the user-provided
> C application shall override the built-in system task/function,
> replacing the functionaliyt with that of the user-provided C application."
>
>I must admit, though, that I can't imagine anyone actually holding
>you to that for $realtobits, $bitstoreal, $signed, $unsigned, etc.
>Even I inline/elide those calls. (Same for $bits.)
We allow users to override $realtobits. We don't generate code until
after we know what the user has overridden, so we can still inline it
if they haven't. Different tool architectures allow different things...
Steven Sharp
sharp@cadence.com
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