[sv-ac] notes from SV-AC meeting, 2007-06-12

From: John Havlicek <john.havlicek_at_.....>
Date: Tue Jun 12 2007 - 12:19:46 PDT
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Attached are my notes from today's meeting.

Please let me know if changes are required.

J.H.

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Minutes of IEEE P1800 SV-AC meeting #2007-12
Written by: John Havlicek

Date:  2007-06-12
Time:  16:00 UTC (11:00 CDT) 

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New PAR, attendance re-initialized on 2006-08-22:

vv[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx] Doron Bustan (Freescale)
vv[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x] Eduard Cerny (Synopsys)	
vv[-xxx---------x-x-xxx-x---x] Surrendra Dudani (Synopsys)
vv[xx-xx-xxxxx-xxx-xxx-------] Yaniv Fais (Freescale)
tt[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] John Havlicek (Freescale - Chair)
vv[xxxxxxxxrxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx] Dmitry Korchemny (Intel - Co-Chair)
vn[xx--xxxxx----------xx-xxxx] Manisha Kulshrestha (Mentor Graphics)
nn[-------xxxxx-------x-xx-x-] Jiang Long (Mentor Graphics)
nv[--xxx.....................] Joseph Lu (Altera)
nn[----x--x-xx--xx-xxxxxxx-x-] Hillel Miller (Freescale)
vv[xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx] Lisa Piper (Cadence)
vv[-xxxxx-x..................] Erik Seligman (Intel)
vv[xxxx-----xxxx-xx----------] Tej Singh (Mentor Graphics)
vv[xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Bassam Tabbara (Synopsys)
vv[-xxxxxxxxxx...............] Tom Thatcher (Sun Microsystems)
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Agenda:
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- Reminder of IEEE patent policy.
- Draft3a availability?
- Draft3 review activities.
  . 22.10 (bind), 36.42-36.48 (VPI Objects)
    - LP will review 22.10, TT will look at bind.
    - LP will review 36.42-36.48, JH will mail BT.
- 1682:  Future value functions [EC]
- 1768:  All match semantics [LP]
- 1648:  Default disable [EC]
  . vote called, ballots due 2007-06-19.
- 1674:  Context value functions [EC]
  . waiting for vote to be called
- Argument subcommittee proposal reviews
  . 1549 (TT, JL)
  . Formal semantics (DK, JH)
- 1731:  Sampled value functions with arbitrary clocks [EC]
- 1599:  API and VPI changes for 0805 [BT]
- 1668:  Local var initializers [JH]
- 1361:  Control exec of action blocks [MK]
  . waiting for vote to be called
- 1728:  Let [EC], motion.  
- 1681:  Global clocking [DK] 


Notes:
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- Reminder of IEEE patent policy.
- Draft3a availability?
  . JH:  Ping KP about this.
- Draft3 review activities.
  . JH:  Check whether all Draft 3 review stuff went to Stu.
  . 22.10 (bind), 36.42-36.48 (VPI Objects)
    - LP will review 22.10, TT will look at bind.
      + There was an issue about requiring bind by instance if there are
        variations of a module that is the target of the bind.
      + DK:  if we understand bind by instance in the presence of multiple
        variations, then we should be able to understand bind to module 
        as binding to all the instances.
    - LP will review 36.42-36.48, JH will mail BT.
    - Issues with these reviews will be addressed in mantis items rather 
      than being sent directly back to the editor.
- 1682:  Future value functions [EC]
  . EC will revise according to DB's last comments and then we should be ready 
    to vote.
- 1768:  All match semantics [LP]
  . EC reviewed and sent comments.
  . MK will review.
- 1648:  Default disable [EC]
  . vote called, ballots due 2007-06-19.
- 1674:  Context value functions [EC]
  . EC & DK will revise according to JH's comments.
  . Then we should be ready to vote.
- Argument subcommittee proposal reviews
  . 1549 (TT, JL)
  . Formal semantics (DK, JH)
    - DB:  No showstopper issues.
    - DK:  Two main problems, one related to recursive 
      properties, the other to $var.
    - DK will write an example to illustrate problem with
      local variable and $var.  DB will review the example.
    - JH will review the examples that DB put on mantis.
- 1731:  Sampled value functions with arbitrary clocks [EC]
  . JH will call for a vote on this item.
- 1599:  API and VPI changes for 0805 [BT]
  . JH needs to look over 1599 update from BT.
  . BT:  callbacks should be issued for anything that kills,
    e.g., not just a VPI.
  . LP:  the language still does not seem clear.
  . BT:  we can open a separate mantis item to describe the explicit 
    mappings from system tasks to callbacks.
- 1668:  Local var initializers [JH]
  . JH needs to revise the sketch and get feedback.
- 1361:  Control exec of action blocks [MK]
  . LP gave feedback.  MK needs to update proposal.
  . waiting for vote to be called
  . DK:  notion of vacuous evaluation is missing for immediate
    assertions.  Disable is also missing.
  . JH & others:  Adding these to immediate assertions should
    be a separate mantis item.
  . BT:  Could do a sanity check for whether 1361 applies to 
    immediate assertions.  It looks o.k.
  . This will be ready for vote with MK's final update.
- 1728:  Let [EC], motion.  
  . Discussions between DK and GV.
  . GV has some concerns that may be real problems.
  . DK:  We could, in first stage, disallow problematic cross-module
    references together with let.
  . DK:  "let" is very similar to "genvar".  "genvar" is very limited.
    Maybe we can expand capabilities of "genvar".
  . DK:  GV said that usually there is no motion of items from 
    committee to committee.
  . EC:  Can the limitations on constant functions provide the 
    needed limitations?
  . DK:  I don't think so.
  . BT:  To make progress, we can focus on assertion usage.
  . Decision to work on 1728 in SV-AC, invite others to watch and
    give suggestions.

We did not get to this item:
- 1681:  Global clocking [DK] 

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