RE: messages and message loggers

I agree

-Greg White
   sent from my Galaxy S3
 On Feb 24, 2014 1:29 AM, "Hannes Froehlich" <hannes@cadence.com> wrote:

> Yes, I also agree 100%. The sooner we remove the old stuff, the earlier
> users will switch.
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> *From:* owner-ieee1647@eda.org [mailto:owner-ieee1647@eda.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Alan Perlman
> *Sent:* 16 February 2014 16:40
> *To:* Yuri Tsoglin; ieee1647@eda.org
> *Subject:* RE: messages and message loggers
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> I fully agree.
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> *From:* owner-ieee1647@eda.org [mailto:owner-ieee1647@eda.org<owner-ieee1647@eda.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Yuri Tsoglin
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 16, 2014 6:27 PM
> *To:* ieee1647@eda.org
> *Subject:* messages and message loggers
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> Hi,
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> This is regarding Mantis issue 4377 - new message configuration
> infrastructure.
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> I propose to completely remove the old - logger based - message
> configuration API from the standard (including the removal of "message
> logger" concept itself), and add the new - unit based - instead.
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> I see several reasons to do so, rather than having both old and new API:
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> -          The new API provides the same functionality, and even more.
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> -          The new API is much simpler and easier to define. The old one
> has several complicated aspects, and I doubt if they are all precisely
> defined in the current version of the standard.
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> -          Having both APIs in the standard would make it even more
> complicated, without need.
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> o   Especially along with the addition of structured messages material
> (another Mantis issue - 4312).
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> -          Cadence might eventually stop supporting the old API - it is
> currently under deprecation process in Specman.
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> How does this sound?
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> Thanks,
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> Yuri.
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