Re: [vhdl-200x] CFV: Proposal to Merge P1604 into P1076

Hi

I can't vote but would like to offer my opinion.

I don't think the IEEE library should have anything in it that is not already an
IEEE standard (or is at least in the process of being standardized). Vendor
distributions should only include design units that are approved to be in this
library.

My experience has been that having non-standard design units in the IEEE library
is a point of great confusion. The most common response is "it has to be a
standard because it is in the IEEE library, so why shouldn't I use it"? This
continues to propagate unsupported code into new designs.

The IEEE WG should remove any non-standard and/or unsupported design units. Any
legacy issues can easily be solved by individual users or companies creating
their own version of the IEEE library which they may populate as they please.

Regards,
James Goeke

>
>The 1604 WG is also known as the library IEEE WG. Informally, its scope was to
define what design units could be placed within the VHDL STD and IEEE libraries.
 Formally, its scope is:
>
> The standard will specify a process for determining which items are
> permitted to reside in the predefined library named STD, defined in
> IEEE Standard 1076, and the library named IEEE, referenced in associated
> standards (such as 1164). This standard will also specify requirements
> on the internal documentation in the source code for such items.
>
>Peter Ashenden is the current chair of the 1604 WG. Peter and I believe that
the scope of 1604 can be easily incorporated into the scope of 1076. Such
incorporation would streamline the DASC organization and help to keep what are
currently related but separate WGs synchronized.
>
>The suspense (close) of the vote is 28 Mar 04, midnight. Please submit your
vote on the issue:
>
>Should the P1604 WG (scope) be merged into P1076?
>
>1. ____ Affirmative (optional comments will be recorded).
>
>2. ____ Negative (no comments).
>
>3. ____ Negative with comments...
>
>4. ____ Abstain.
>
>Note: To alleviate any potential confusion due to my comment in the summary of
the 1164/1076 merger vote results email, I do have a roster of WG members. This
is the vhdl-200x email list. Voting members are those members of the vhdl-200x
email list who are also DASC members. Observer members are those members of
vhdl-200x email list who are not DASC members. My action item to document the
roster is to simply put all the necessary information together in one place
(e.g., a spreadsheet). Once I have done this for DASC, I will publish the
roster at www.eda.org/vhdl-200x (only names under voting and observer headings
so spammers won't have email addresses, etc. to mine).
>
>If you are unsure whether you are a DASC member, please see the DASC roster at
www.dasc.org. The DASC web page contains a link to the DASC roster and to the
DASC membership application.
>
>Finally, I would like to remind all that active participation is a requirement
to maintain voting membership in the WG. This is true today and will likely
remain true in the future. Active participation is measured by response to
calls for vote on WG issues.
>
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>Stephen Bailey
>ModelSim Verification TME
>Mentor Graphics
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>
Received on Fri Mar 12 09:40:23 2004