[vhdl-200x] 1076.6 (RTL Synthesis) and 1076 standard

From: Jim Lewis <jim@synthworks.com>
Date: Sun Jun 22 2014 - 11:23:53 PDT
Hi,
We have had some discussion as to whether 1076.6 should or should not be included into 1076.

1076.6-2004 _unmodified_ is not suitable for inclusion in 1076.  It defines a number of attributes in it.  Most of them are either not implemented by tools or implemented under a different name. 
Resolving that down to a useful set and getting industry concurrence is going to be a significant effort - worth while since while many vendors use a similar name, yet have some significant 
differences (ie: similar statemachine attributes - some apply to a signal, some to a type).

My expectation (based on participating in 1076.6) is that the amount of work required take longer than we have to complete the next revision of 1076.

Given that this will take a significant amount of work, to even consider 1076.6 inclusion, someone will need to step up and take leadership of it.  Anyone willing to commit to this?   Otherwise, I 
recommend we set it aside until someone steps up.

Best Regards,
Jim

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