RE: [sv-ac] Re: [sv-ec] Re: [sv-bc] RE: Review of BNF and Keywords by Dan Jacobi


Subject: RE: [sv-ac] Re: [sv-ec] Re: [sv-bc] RE: Review of BNF and Keywords by Dan Jacobi
From: Jay Lawrence (lawrence@cadence.com)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 11:13:19 PDT


"Remembering" to add this would also involve "remembering" to update all
the inference rules to deal with infering clocks and conditions from
called functions.

Jay

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Jay Lawrence
Senior Architect
Functional Verification
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
(978) 262-6294
lawrence@cadence.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Rich [mailto:David.Rich@synopsys.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 2:07 PM
> To: David W. Smith
> Cc: 'Adam Krolnik'; sv-ec@eda.org; sv-ac@eda.org; 'Stefen Boyd'
> Subject: Re: [sv-ac] Re: [sv-ec] Re: [sv-bc] RE: Review of
> BNF and Keywords by Dan Jacobi
>
>
> It may just be a simple case of someone 'forgetting' to put the
> concurrent_assert_statement in as part of the function_statement
> production. This is an example of what happens when people try to put
> all of the semantics in the BNF. Feature additions require change in
> multiple places.
>
> I can see both sides of this argument, but people should keep this
> problem in mind when they try to split up the BNF, especially in a
> language that is under development.
>
> Dave
>
>
> David W. Smith wrote:
>
> >Hi Adam,
> >This is really a question for the AC committee on whether the want to
> >support this. At this point there has been no support for concurrent
> >assertions in the final block and it is far too late to
> consider it for 3.1.
> >Sounds like an issue to be considered during the next rev of
> SystemVerilog.
> >
> >Regards
> >David
> >
> >David W. Smith
> >Synopsys Scientist
> >
> >Synopsys, Inc.
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> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-sv-ac@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ac@eda.org] On
> Behalf Of Adam
> >Krolnik
> >Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 7:47 AM
> >To: Dave Rich
> >Cc: David W. Smith; sv-ec@eda.org; sv-ac@eda.org; 'Stefen Boyd'
> >Subject: [sv-ac] Re: [sv-ec] Re: [sv-bc] RE: Review of BNF
> and Keywords by
> >Dan Jacobi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Good morning Dave;
> >
> >
> >Is it possible to have concurrent_assert_statments in final blocks?
> >
> >I.e. function_statement does not allow it - although I would
> really like to
> >allow concurrent_assert_statements into both functions and
> final blocks.
> >
> >
> > Adam Krolnik
> > Verification Mgr.
> > LSI Logic Corp.
> > Plano TX. 75074
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> --
> Dave Rich
> Principal Engineer, CAE, VTG
> Tel: 650-584-4026
> Cell: 510-589-2625
> DaveR@Synopsys.com
>
>
>



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