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

 """ works but people have difficulty remembering how to get a single quote
character. I see nothing wrong with the quote constant for those who either
like to type more ;-) or those who have difficulty remembering """ to get a
single quote.

-Steve Bailey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vhdl-200x-ft@eda.org
> [mailto:owner-vhdl-200x-ft@eda.org] On Behalf Of Peter Ashenden
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 5:03 PM
> To: 'David Bishop'; vhdl-200x-ft@eda.org
> Subject: 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.
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Aug 20 09:56:28 2004