[sv-ac] notes from SV-AC meeting 2007-08-07

From: John Havlicek <john.havlicek_at_.....>
Date: Tue Aug 07 2007 - 13:09:01 PDT
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Attached are my notes from today's meeting.

Please let me know if corrections are required.

J.H.

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Minutes of IEEE P1800 SV-AC meeting #2007-16
Written by: John Havlicek

Date:  2007-08-07
Time:  16:00 UTC (11:00 CDT) 

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                t = chair eligible to vote only to make or break a tie

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

vv[xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx] Doron Bustan (Freescale)
vv[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x] Eduard Cerny (Synopsys)	
nn[---x-xxx---------x-x-xxx-x---x] Surrendra Dudani (Synopsys)
vv[xxxxxx-xx-xxxxx-xxx-xxx-------] Yaniv Fais (Freescale)
tt[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] John Havlicek (Freescale - Chair)
vv[xxxxxxxxxxxxrxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx] Dmitry Korchemny (Intel - Co-Chair)
nn[-x--xx--xxxxx----------xx-xxxx] Manisha Kulshrestha (Mentor Graphics)
nn[-----------xxxxx-------x-xx-x-] Jiang Long (Mentor Graphics)
nn[---x--xxx.....................] Joseph Lu (Altera)
nn[--------x--x-xx--xx-xxxxxxx-x-] Hillel Miller (Freescale)
vv[xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx] Lisa Piper (Cadence)
vv[xx-x-xxxxx-x..................] Erik Seligman (Intel)
nn[----xxxx-----xxxx-xx----------] Tej Singh (Mentor Graphics)
vv[xxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Bassam Tabbara (Synopsys)
vv[xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx...............] Tom Thatcher (Sun Microsystems)
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Agenda:
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- Reminder of IEEE patent policy.
- Results of e-mail ballots on 1361, 1601, 1681, 1722, 1768 and friendly
  amendments.
  . Blue coloring for all new text, even entire sections, for all proposals.
  . 1361:  
    + alignment of text between 19.10 and 19.11.
    + fix font of $assertpassoff (page 3)
    + fix font of paragraph introduced with "Clause 19.10 ..." (page 4)
  . 1681:
    + proposal should not update the 2008 version specifier
  . 1768:
    + Add a note to editor in green in section 16.14.3 to say "changes
      in this section are additive to those in 1599 and should not
      conflict in any way".
- Some house cleaning (i.e., what should we do with these old items?)
  . 0921:  Semantics of subroutines attached to sequences [DB]
  . 0966:  $isunbounded [EC]
  . 1036:  Incorporate by reference Accellera PSL [DK]
  . 1147:  Find way to embed PSL [DK]
  . 1296:  Annex F does not define all clocked derived forms [JH]
  . 1494:  Inferring enabling condition for coverage statement [DK]
  . 1502:  Decision point definition [DK]
- New items (i.e., what should we do with these new items?)
  . 1800:  Throughout example incorrect []
  . 1804:  Option to require equivalent types for typed arguments []
  . 1833:  Immediate assertion racing (recommend moving to observed region) []
  . 1849:  Update VPI object diagrams for immediate assume, cover []
  . 1852:  Reference named sequence or property before declaration []
- 1549:  Semantics of arguments [Argument Subcommittee & JH]
  . Ready to vote?
- 1668:  Local var initializers [JH]
- 1728:  Let proposal [EC, DK]
- 1932:  LTL operators [DK, DB]
- 1757:  accept_on, reject_on
- 1900:  Checkers [ES]
- 1682:  Future value functions [DK]
- 1756:  Control of assertions in initial blocks [EC]
- 1758:  Boolean operators ->, <-> [EC]


Notes:
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- Reminder of IEEE patent policy.
- Results of e-mail ballots on 1361, 1601, 1681, 1722, 1768 and friendly
  amendments.
  . Blue coloring for all new text, even entire sections, for all proposals.
  . 1361:  
    + alignment of text between 19.10 and 19.11.
      AI:  JH will check and move to resolved.
    + fix font of $assertpassoff (page 3)
    + fix font of paragraph introduced with "Clause 19.10 ..." (page 4)
    + Voice vote to confirm the friendly amendments.  8y/0n/0a.  The chair was
      not eligible.
  . 1681:
    + proposal should not update the 2008 version specifier
    + ultimately, the proposal that was passed was the same, so there was
      no amendment.
  . 1768:
    + Add a note to editor in green in section 16.14.3 to say "changes
      in this section are additive to those in 1599 and should not
      conflict in any way".
    + Voice vote to confirm the friendly amendment.  8y/0n/0a.  The chair was
      not eligible.
- Some house cleaning (i.e., what should we do with these old items?)
  . 0921:  Semantics of subroutines attached to sequences [DB]
    . DB: similar semantics to "disable iff" should make this easier,
      but there is still the multiplicity problem.  
    . Consensus was that this is not a priority for 2008.
  . 0966:  $isunbounded [EC]
    . EC:  lower priorty to "low".
  . 1036:  Incorporate by reference Accellera PSL [DK]
    . AI:  JH will move to SV-XC.
  . 1147:  Find way to embed PSL [DK]
    . AI:  JH will move to SV-XC.
  . 1296:  Annex F does not define all clocked derived forms [JH]
    . AI:  JH will lower the priority.
  . 1494:  Inferring enabling condition for coverage statement [DK]
    . DK:  lower priority, and address it if there is time
  . 1502:  Decision point definition [DK]
    . AI:  DK will close it.
- New items (i.e., what should we do with these new items?)
  . 1800:  Throughout example incorrect []
    . DB will take ownership of this.
  . 1804:  Option to require equivalent types for typed arguments []
    . DB:  In current proposal, we do not require actual argument to 
      have matching type.
    . Consensus that lint tools can take care of this and we don't need
      to standardize this feature.  Voice vote not to address this.  8y/0n0a.
      The chair was not eligible.  JH will do mantis state change.
  . 1833:  Immediate assertion racing (recommend moving to observed region) []
    . DK:  There will be a new mantis item and we can then we can close this.
    . BT:  We should give a response to the user.  JH will take 
      responsibility for the response.
  . 1849:  Update VPI object diagrams for immediate assume, cover []
    . BT:  will take ownership of this.  VPI diagrams should be handled
      by SV-CC.  BT will check if VPI diagrams were in the proposal for
      immediate assume, cover and proceed accordingly.
  . 1852:  Reference named sequence or property before declaration []
    . YF will take ownership.
- 1549:  Semantics of arguments [Argument Subcommittee & JH]
  . Ready to vote?
  . There were changes resulting from 1601 to the Clause 16 part of the 
    proposal.
  . DB reviewed the Annex F part and said it looks good.
  . DK asked for some time before the vote is called to review the materials.
  . JH will call for vote next Monday, 2007-08-13.
- 1668:  Local var initializers [JH]
  . JH  needs to address Dmitry's feedback.
  . EC completed review of the Annex F part.
- 1728:  Let proposal [EC, DK]
  . JH sent feedback.  DK, EC will try to revise within a week.
- 1932:  LTL operators [DK, DB]
  . LP sent comments.  Syntax concerns remain.
  . DK, DB will entertain specific alternative proposals for syntax.
  . ##0, ##1 for followed by have problems because of operator precedence
    and, more severely, semantic distinction between the sequence and property
    interpretations of the operators.
  . JH still needs to review the proposal.
- 1757:  accept_on, reject_on
  . JH still needs to review the proposal.
  . YF completed review.  The formal semantics for reject_on should be made
    to look more like the dual of accept_on.  Also, 1932 has a version of
    the definition that is not aligned.
  . DB will review 1932 and 1757 for alignment of the definitions.
- 1900:  Checkers [ES]
  . ES is working on the explicit LRM changes.
  . DK:  Do we want to allow plain design style inside a checker?  TT
    said that he would find out if it is important.  TT is getting mixed
    feedback.  FV people seem to like the existing proposal.  DK:  advantage
    of allowing everything in checker is that you can put covergroups, e.g.
    The problem is that all the committees will become involved.
  . JH recommended trying to modularize the proposal so that a core proposal
    has a better chance of getting into the 2008 LRM even if some extensions
    to add more items in checkers meet with resistence.  EC suggested making
    separate mantis items.
- 1682:  Future value functions [DK]
  . DB will review.
- 1756:  Control of assertions in initial blocks [EC]
  . YF will review. 
- 1758:  Boolean operators ->, <-> [EC]
  . LP, BT will review.

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