Subject: Re: std_logic_1164: CP-010 and numeric_std:Rob_P1
From: Paul J. Menchini (mench@mench.com)
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 08:55:34 PST
Jim Lewis wrote:
Sorry for the delay in responding. Between the ice storm, the necessary
cleanup afterwards, and a visit from a relative, I'm just now getting
back to the office.
> CP-010 Analyzed Add match functions like numeric_std.std_match
> http://www.eda.org/vhdl-std-logic/proposals/CP-010-match-functions.txt
> In numeric_std, it was proposed in proposal Rob_P1/P2
> (http://www.eda.org/vhdlsynth/pilot/hm/0026.html), that the std_match
> functions for std_ulogic, std_logic_vector, and std_ulogic_vector be
> moved to std_logic_1164.
> This would satisify CP-010 and Rob_P2. Is this a move that everyone
> would support? Otherwise, CP-010 proposes adding a match function to
> std_logic_1164. This means that we should add a match function to
> numeric_std. There is more meaning to a function when it is globally
> used.
Since the results of STD_MATCH do not depend on the interpretation of
the bits (as ">" does, for example), I support pushing the function down
the hierarchy of packages as far as is possible. IOW, I support this
move.
Paul
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