RE: [vhdl-200x-ft] Some consistency proposals

David,

> 1) A constant called "quote" in standard.std. This
> can be used like the NL constant, so that you can include
> a quote character in an assert. Example:
> assert (false)
> report "to_integer (" & quote & to_string (svar) & quote &
> ") overflow"
> severity error.

What's wrong with

   report "to_integer (""" & to_string (svar) & """) overflow"
   severity error.

Cheers,

PA

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vhdl-200x-ft@eda.org 
> [mailto:owner-vhdl-200x-ft@eda.org] On Behalf Of David Bishop
> Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:58
> To: vhdl-200x-ft@eda.org
> Subject: [vhdl-200x-ft] Some consistency proposals
> 
> 
> In the midst of writing the code for the new packages,
> there are a few things I would like to add.  Yes, I know,
> we are in the middle of things here, but for consistency's 
> sake, I would like to put these before the group.
> 
> 1)  A constant called "quote" in standard.std.  This
> can be used like the NL constant, so that you can include
> a quote character in an assert.  Example:
> assert (false)
>    report "to_integer (" & quote & to_string (svar) & quote & 
> ") overflow"
>    severity error.
> 
> 2)  In numeric_std, my FAQ is "how do I convert an UNSIGNED 
> number into a SIGNED number"?  Why don't we create two 
> functions, "to_signed" which takes an unsigned number, adds a 
> sign bit to it, and returns, and "to_unsigned" which does an 
> "abs" is the number is negative, and drops the sign bit.
>