On 10/01/15 09:00, Daniel Kho wrote: > Jan Decaluwe explains this clearly in one of his suggestions, and which > I also agree: > > -- JanDecaluwe <http://www.eda-twiki.org/cgi-bin/view.cgi/Main/JanDecaluwe> > - 2014-11-02 My suggestion is to implement this similar to vector types: > allow unconstrained types (e.g. UNIVERSAL_INTEGER) in interfaces, but > require finite constraints at elaboration time. This would provide the > modeling advantages of arbitrary length integers while keeping the > advantage of a compiled language: the elaborator/compiler could perform > optimizations based on the constraints. This should address any > performance concerns. This is already supported by vhdl2008 generic types. (I also think that the presence of UNIVERSAL_INTEGER pollutes the proposal.) Tristan. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.Received on Sat Jan 10 21:26:15 2015
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