John, If you have not already submitted this, please submit it to either ISAC or Bugzilla. If this is a known bug, it should already be in the system. These things cannot be limited to private discussions. Was the VHPI group aware of these issues before this? If not, why not? Is there a proposed fix? Regards, Jim > Hi All, > > Vote: negative > > Comment: > > I am afraid I must vote negative, but there is no other reason than this > technical error. There is a problem that came up very late with > vhpi_user.h file. We declare the abstract type for characters, > vphiCharT as char and it must be unsigned char to properly represent the > VHDL character set. A compiler warning: > vhpi_def.c: In function `vhpi_is_printable': > vhpi_def.c:19: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range > of data type > > led to this and we did not deliver this file until quite late. I > discussed this with Peter Ashenden when I found it and we agreed that we > should let it through Accellera and fix it in the IEEE. So I did. You > know, at the time, we both thought it would be reviewed in the IEEE > before any call for vote, but I appreciate how redundant that might now > seem. I never expected to first raise this issue in a vote. :( > > The VHPI group should just be asked to propose the fix, just to make > sure it ripples through the API correctly. > > Regards, > John Shields > > Jim Lewis wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> This is a call for vote from IEEE P1076 WG members on the >> Accellera approved revision of VHDL that includes VHPI plus >> some ISAC revisions. The purpose of this revision is to make >> VHPI available as a standard. As such, it does not have >> the additional revisions that were just completed by the >> Accellera VHDL TC. Those revisions will be put forth later >> (Q1 2007?). This gives industry some time to tune up the >> revisions if necessary before they become an IEEE standard. >> >> This revision has been reviewed and approved by both the >> Accellera VHDL TC and the Accellera board. We have a >> separate PAR for this work (P1076c). Currently I am >> working on getting the ballot group formed. >> >> Approval in this case shall mean that we accept this revision >> to be the revision to send to IEEE for balloting. >> >> The draft is numbered 2.4a by the Accellera VHDL TC and is >> available at: >> http://www.accellera.org/apps/org/workgroup/vhdl/download.php/488/P1076c-2006-2.4a.zip >> >> >> Please forward votes to me by email (eg, by replying to this message) >> by 5pm >> US-PDT, Friday July 28, 2006. >> >> Potential votes: Approve, Negative with comment, Negative with no >> comment, Abstain >> >> Vote: >> >> Comment: >> >> >> Best Regards, >> Jim Lewis >> VASG/ IEEE 1076 WG Chair >> > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim Lewis Director of Training mailto:Jim@SynthWorks.com SynthWorks Design Inc. http://www.SynthWorks.com 1-503-590-4787 Expert VHDL Training for Hardware Design and Verification ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Received on Fri Jul 7 20:09:07 2006
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