RE: [sv-bc] e-mail ballot: respond by Dec 3, 8am PST

1571, 1957: 

Gord, you're right.

1957 is correct and the example in 1571 is wrong.

If that is your only objection, you can change your vote on 1957 to Yes
and I will correct 1571 in the meantime.

Thanks,
Shalom


> > SVDB 1571 ___Yes   _X_No  
> > http://www.eda.org/svdb/view.php?id=1571
> 
> See comments below on 1957 -- I think there is an incorrect 
> interaction between 1571 and 1957 that needs to be corrected 
> on one of the two sides.
> 
> > SVDB 1957 ___Yes   _X_No  
> > http://www.eda.org/svdb/view.php?id=1957
> 
> The 1571 proposal has the following:
>    `define MACRO2(a=5, b, c="C") $display(a,,b,,c);
>    `MACRO2 (1, , 3)    // ILLEGAL: b omitted, no default
> But my reading of 1957 is that "b" should just be empty here 
> and not illegal.
> 
> What is the intent of 1957 and 1571?  Do different rules 
> apply for macros in which any formal has a default?  If so 
> the example above is Ok but the rule needs to be much more 
> clearly stated.
> 
> I think that 1571 might intend to say that if an argument for 
> a formal with a default is omitted, the default is used and 
> then ALL subsequent omitted arguments must have defaults.
> If that is the intent then 1957 and 1571 are Ok together 
> except for the above example which would be legal.
> 
> 
> Sorry for the late "no" on this -- I had focussed on the 
> "blue" text in 1571 previously and it wasn't until I looked 
> at 1957 separately that I became a bit confused on this point.
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