Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [vhdl-200x] RE: Modular types

From: <tgingold@free.fr>
Date: Sun Aug 03 2014 - 23:03:41 PDT
> I don't know what it implies for VHDL implementors but in the end,
> this would help reduce the amount of work for future language
> revisions
> since people would be able to experiment and play, and even actually
> use the features that they need for their job, without interfering
> with VHDL's philosophy or core principles. I like it :-)

But you can do such experiment already today (and even with vhdl 87):
declare a record type with one integer element, add declare all the
operations you need: +, -, and, or, ...

No need to perverse an existing feature to do experimentations.

Regards,
Tristan.

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