[vhdl-200x] Image attribute for array types

All:

Is there any reason not to create a 'image attribute for composite types (arrays and records)?  Right now it only exists for scalar types like integer, real, etc.  One possible definition is a paren-enclosed, comma-delimited sequence of the element images from left to right (array) or first-to-last defined (record).  I believe this would make X'image a valid VHDL aggregate expression representing the current value of X.  It's easy to define, unambiguous, and quite general.


Example:


process images is
  variable ary : std_logic_vector(0 to 3) := b"011";
  variable ln  : LINE;
begin
  write(ln, ary'image);
  writeline(OUTPUT, ln);
end process;
-- Will print "('0','1','1')" according to my suggestion.


Thanks!

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Ryan Hinton
L-3 Communications / Communication Systems West
ryan.w.hinton@L-3com.com
 

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