[sv-ac] Mantis 1559: To which types can $countones (and other functions like $onehot) be applied?

Hi Team,

Should it be bit-stream data type, as suggested by Dave Rich in a note?

Annex P / Page 1239 defines:
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bit-stream data type: Any data type whose values can be represented as a serial stream of bits. To qualify
as a bit-stream data type, each and every bit of the values shall be individually addressable. In other words, a
bit-stream data type can be any data type except for a handle, chandle, real, shortreal, or event.
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Which seems to include many data-types that we need to consider e.g. string, dynamic arrays etc. What would be importance and usefulness of such types?

Also, there is another related question (In a note by Brad Pierce): Can the usage of streaming operator be allowed?

Warm regards,
Tapan
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