P1076 October 10, 2013 Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

• RyanHinton * CliffordWalinsky * PeterFlake * JimLewis

Agenda:

• Review ISAC issues and Bugzilla
• Check closure on AI from review lists.
• Review items in the collected requirements list

Old ISAC IR Review

• Review Cliff W findings on
  • Are port clauses ordered (like generics)?

  data_real : in sfixed;
  data_imag : in data_real'subtype;

Paragraph 6.5.6.1 allows ordering for generic lists, but not port and parameter lists. Will require a language change. Cliff indicated that it is not a huge impact on compilers.

• • IR 2063 - FT Item 14 - Looks like was addressed.
  • IR 2054 & 2063 keep open.
  • IR 2110 - Done. Implicit type coversions
  • IR 2112 - Done. In VHDL-2008 entity and architecture declarative regions were merged.
• Ryan AI
  • 2065 - Ryan added proposal RelaxedOthersAggregate

New ISAC IR Review

• 2132
  • First blush: seems similar to having an attribute on an out parameter
  • Much more complex though. Multiple operator expressions, and functions that call functions
  • Ryan and Jim do not think this is a good idea
  • To go forward needs champion
  • Needs tracking proposal - AI Ryan
• 2130 - Overload ":=" Operator
  • Causes OMG by the compiler people
  • To go forward needs champion
  • Needs tracking proposal - AI Jim
• 2131 - VHPI updates
  • Did 2008 fix this? Is this a necessary change?
  • AI Peter to look at it.

Review and Approve Meeting Minutes:

• Motion: Cliff 2nd: Peter

Next Meeting Date (proposed):

Thursday Oct 24, 2013, 8 am Pacific

Previous Meeting: Sept 26, 2013