Re: [sv-bc] DataTypes: 11/18/04 Meeting Minutes

From: Greg Jaxon <Greg.Jaxon@synopsys.com>
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 13:04:52 PST

Kathy McKinley wrote:
> Replace the paragraph in our proposal that begins
> "The effect of this recursive definition is" with the following
> two paragraphs:
>
> The effect of this recursive definition is that a net is comprised
> entirely of four-state bits, and is treated accordingly. There is no change
> to the Verilog-2005 network semantics. In addition to a signal value, each
> bit of a net shall have additional strength information. When bits of signals
> combine, the strength and value of the resulting signal shall be determined
> as in Verilog-2005 section 7.10.

Just an english usage note:

  "is comprised entirely of" should probably say "is composed of".

  Wholes comprise their parts, and it is incorrect to use "comprise"
  and then leave out some of the parts - so saying "entirely" is redundant.

Greg Jaxon
Received on Thu Nov 18 13:03:53 2004

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