Subject: RE: [sv-bc] Review notes about section 14 event scheduler from a PLI expert
From: Michael McNamara (mac@verisity.com)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 15:13:30 PDT
Clifford E. Cummings writes:
> Hi, All -
>
> I asked Darren Jones of MIPS to take a look at the new event scheduler to
> give me feedback with respect to PLI calls. Darren does a lot of PLI
> testbench creation so I consider his comments to be both valuable and from
> an expert PLI verification user.
>
> Relevant comments below.
>
> >>* I recommend renaming the preponed event region to prepended, which
> >>makes more sense. Is preponed a word?
> >
> >Preponed is actually a word (I forget which dictionary but it is
> >contrasted with postponed).
I couldn't find "prepone" or "preponed" at http://www.dictionary.com,
which searches:
* The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
* Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
* WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
* The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis Howe
* Jargon File 4.2.0
* CIA World Factbook (1995)
* Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
* Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
* U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
I suggest we choose a different word.
> >>* I recommend renaming postponed to monitor to match the Verilog LRM.
> >
> >I know and agree, but I may lose this battle.
I also think that 'postpone' is a bad choice, as it does not capture
the read only implication of the current name 'monitor'
-mac
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