RE: [vhdl-200x] Should we merge 1164 into 1076?


Subject: RE: [vhdl-200x] Should we merge 1164 into 1076?
From: Peter Ashenden (peter@ashenden.com.au)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2003 - 19:56:37 PST


Jim,

> > (4) If you merge 1164 [std_logic] into 1076,
> > do you then do 1076.2 [math]? And 1076.3[numeric_std]?
> > 1076.4 [vital]? Where does it stop?
> I think this is a great idea to do the above packages.
> You have my vote.

I wasn't soliciting votes, but take your comment as supportive of the idea.

> Would this give us the ability to create one
> textio package for all rather than one for
> standard types, one for std_logic, and one for
> numeric_std? It is starting to get quite verbose
> just specifying the packages.

In principle, we could already do this, simply by referencing IEEE Std 1164
in IEEE Std 1076. However, my preference would be to keep text I/O for 1164
as a separate package just for modularity reasons. The proposal for context
sepecifications will reduce the amount of package-use specification needed
in a model.

Cheers,

PA

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