Subject: RE: [sv-ec] FW: Monday's SV-EC meeting
From: David W. Smith (david.smith@synopsys.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 09:00:24 PST
I have made Stu's request EXT-21 with a SV-EC 3.2 date on it.
Regards
David
David W. Smith
Synopsys Scientist
Synopsys, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sv-ec@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ec@eda.org] On Behalf Of David W.
Smith
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:30 AM
To: sv-ec@eda.org
Subject: [sv-ec] FW: Monday's SV-EC meeting
Greetings,
Stu sent this email for me to forward to the committee. While it sounds like
a good idea I do have to point out that enhancement requests are closed for
3.1 unless there is something that must be added to support the work in
other committees or is required as a result of the work we are doing.
I am forwarding this for your consideration. Due to the time constraints on
today's meeting I do not plan on discussing it unless it is directly
relevant to other items on the agenda.
Regards
David
David W. Smith
Synopsys Scientist
Synopsys, Inc.
Synopsys Technology Park
2025 NW Cornelius Pass Road
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Voice: 503.547.6467
Main: 503.547.6000
FAX: 503.547.6906
Email: david.smith@synopsys.com
http://www.synopsys.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Sutherland [mailto:stuart@sutherland-hdl.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:28 PM
To: David W. Smith
Subject: Monday's SV-EC meeting
David,
I believe there is a meeting this Monday, Feb 3. Unfortunately, I will be
on a plane at the time of the meeting, and will not be able to join in.
I would like to add an enhancement request for the committee to consider,
however. This is actually a request from a student in a SystemVerilog
class that I taught last week. The request is to add a set of backward
compatibility compiler directives to SystemVerilog. No suggestion was made
as to a name for the directive, but a possibility might be:
`compatibility 1364-1995
`compatibility 1364-2001
`compatibility SV-30
`compatibility SV-31
`compatibility default
`endcompatibility
The 1364 standard includes some required compiler directives, and some
optional, but recommended directives. I would see a compatibility modes as
being an optional directive.
The Co-design simulator uses file extensions to determine
compatibility. ".v" files parse as Verilog 1364 code, and SystemVerilog
keywords are legal identifiers. ".sv" files parse as SystemVerilog codes,
and ".slg" files parse as Superlog code. The compatibility modes are very
handy, but using file extensions to set them would never be accepted by the
IEEE 1364 committee.
Please bring this user enhancement request up to the committee at the next
meeting.
Thanks,
Stu
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