RE: [sv-bc] 11.4.3.1 Arithmetic expressions with unsigned and signed types

From: Jonathan Bromley <jonathan.bromley_at_.....>
Date: Fri Jan 25 2008 - 04:50:12 PST
> I regard this as a merger issue and would reword this as follows: 
> "Nets and variables can be explicitly declared as unsigned or
> signed. The byte, shortint, int, integer and longint data types
> are signed by default. Other data types are unsigned by default."

Nice normalization.  One tiny nit-pick about the wording: surely
the signing is a property of the *data type*, rather than of the 
net or variable?  There's probably no reasonable room for 
confusion, though.
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