[vhdl-200x] Implicit conversion
Subject: [vhdl-200x] Implicit conversion
From: Steve Casselman (sc@vcc.com)
Date: Thu Dec 18 2003 - 08:43:51 PST
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I think the fear with implicit conversion is that the compiler will try to
figure out what the programmer _might_ have wanted. VHDL enforces "what you
see is what you get" I'm for keeping it that way. It goes with the turf.
Steve
> In other words, the compiler has to
> do the work to figure out what the programmer wanted.
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