It is a means to have an "id" -- attemptStartTime is the start time of an attempt of assertion. This is used in the clause to get at a unique attempt. Why would it be future ? It is not. Thx. -Bassam. ________________________________ From: Lisa Piper [mailto:piper@cadence.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:23 AM To: bassam.tabbara@synopsys.COM; sv-ac@eda-stds.org Subject: question on vpiAssertionKill Bassam (and anyone else with an opinion on this), The standard calls for an argument to vpiAssertionKill that is the "attemptStartTime". Usage example: vpi_control(vpiAssertionKill, assertionHandle, attemptStartTime) - vpiAssertionKill discards the given attempts, but leaves the assertion enabled and does not reset any state used by this assertion (e.g., past() sampling). Can this time be in the past or in the future? Can you provide an example use model for when a use might want to do each? Lisa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.Received on Fri Mar 21 08:29:58 2008
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