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

At 11:24 AM 8/20/2004, Ries, John wrote:

>I have mixed feelings added quote to the standard.std package.
>Because standard.std is always visible QUOTE now becomes like a reserved word.
>You can't define it in any other package and get it visible.
>Also you can just do "to_integer ( " & '"' & to_string (svar) & '"' & ")
>overflow"

John,
I like this suggestion much better

  -tim

>Regards,
> John
>
>Bailey, Stephen wrote:
> > """ 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.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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Received on Fri Aug 20 11:30:23 2004