[vhdl-200x] RE: VHPI standard

Peter,
 
I believe the current draft is very stable (just the path name issue, if
my memory serves me well).
 
Lance,
 
Perhaps we can take this through the Accellera TC as the 1st draft:  Get
TC approval of it and get Accellera permission to make it available as
Accellera's 1st draft.  (This would be appropriate since Accellera had
funded the LRM editing.)  This would accomplish two things:
 
1.  Get the draft out for broader review and implementation.  (Faster
than going thru an IEEE balloting process.)  And finally provide the
VHPI with the recognition that it is ready.
 
2.  Show that the TC is already producing results.
 
-Steve Bailey


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	From: Francoise Martinolle [mailto:fm@cadence.com] 
	Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:29 AM
	To: Bailey, Stephen; vhdl-200x@eda.org
	Cc: lancet@us.ibm.com; 'Victor Berman'
	Subject: VHPI standard
	
	
	 Stephen, Lance, Peter,
	 
	I am getting several requests from the user community to access
the latest VHPI draft standard.
	Their intention is to develop tools using the VHPI interface.
	What can we do about this? I can point them to my VHPI draft
that I wrote but it may be
	out of date with the current IEEEVHDL-1076- VHPI draft.
	 
	When do we expect to ballot the draft that Peter wrote? I do not
think we can wait until next year.
	This is not acceptable. We need to put a plan in place to get
this out as soon as possible.
	 
	Francoise
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