Re: [sv-bc] Proposal on striking the 2 paragraphs

From: <Shalom.Bresticker_at_.....>
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 19:41:51 PDT
Strictly speaking, it is an issue in 1364 in the sense that 1364 allows you
enough rope to hang yourself. In practice, everyone has figued out how to do it
correctly.

It is a big issue in 1800 because 1800 REQUIRES you to do it in a way which 
does NOT work correctly.

Shalom


On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Steven Sharp wrote:

> 
> >From: "Brad Pierce" <Brad.Pierce@synopsys.com>
> 
> >Isn't this a 1364 issue? 
> 
> The requirement on initializers came from 1800.  In 1364 we could
> require always blocks to run before initial blocks (which includes
> initializers).  This definitely seems like an issue in 1364.  I
> don't know whether it is appropriate to change the behavior of
> initializers in 1364, but I guess we could.
> 
> I also don't know whether changes can be made to 1364 based on
> a ballot comment on 1800.  Technically they are still separate
> standards, being balloted independently, right?
> 
> Steven Sharp
> sharp@cadence.com
> 

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