P1076 May 9, 2013 Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

• Main.CliffordWalinsky * JimLewis * CliffordWalinsky * PeterFlake * JarekKaczynski * RyanHinton

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Agenda:

• Review VHDL-2008-MP remaining list items
• Review VHDL-2008-FT remaining list items
• See these items in the collected requirements list

Review of VHDL-2008-FT

• FT15 - Slicing of multidimensional arrays and arrays of arrays - Ryan to write proposal
• FT17 - Interfaces - have work in progress
• FT27 - architecture optional? -
  • Jerry: Adds short cut where one is not really needed.
  • Recommend Reject
• FT32 - pathname issue rollup
  • All except referencing unelaborated design unit is documented in section 8.7
  • Was referencing an unelaborated design unit is done is VHPI (see ! in documentation).
  • Recommend: Mark Closed
• Move VHPI issues up to separate list as sometime they need to be handled

Review of VHDL-2008-MP

• MP1 - Bidirectional Connections (Jumper - static, Switch - dynamic, Resistor)
  • Static
  • Dynamic requires a special simulation model
    • Connecting to other languages may benefit from this?
  • Does VHDL-AMS have something like this? Is it a solved problem? Talk to Ernst.
• MP E1 - Allow ";" to terminate as well as separate interface lists
  • Ryan to write proposal.
• MP2 - Regularized and minimized bracketing (end)
  • Should "end if", require the if? Likewise for record, protected, process, case, and generate.
  • Consistency with entity, architecture, package, procedure, function
  • Accept if someone champions it and writes proposal

Outreach / Recruitment

• Post to comp.lang.vhdl and linked in groups?

Review and Approve Meeting Minutes:

• Motion: Ryan 2nd: Cliff

Next Meeting Date:

Thursday June 13, 8 am Pacific