Subject: Re: [sv-ec] Editor's notes
From: Stuart Sutherland (stuart@sutherland-hdl.com)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 16:11:15 PDT
I am concerned with the following "fix" to my editor's note:
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LRM-276
SV-EC
8.7 Page 60
Editor's Note: This seems out of place in this section on procedural
statements. It should be moved to section 9.9.
RESPONSE:
The editor's note is an interesting comment.
The final block is a statement, but it does not create a process (as intial
and always blocks do). Therefore, it would seem appropriate to leave "final
block" in the Section on "Procedural Statements and Control Flow".
Unfortunately there is a statement in 9.1 that discusses final blocks that
must be moved to Section 8.1 or else it does not make sense.
Done: Move last paragraph of 9.1 to 8.1.
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If the final keyword is a statement, then calling it a "block" will only
serve to confuse other Verilog literate users as it did--and still
does--me. By calling it a block, I can only assume that a "final" can
contain a begin-end or fork-join with multiple statements. Or that perhaps
it is a like a specify "block" that can contain multiple declarations
without a begin end. If my interpretation is incorrect, and the "final"
can only be followed by a single item, then it is NOT a "block". If final
is a "statement", as noted in the response to the editor's note, then the
LRM needs to be changed to call it a statement, not a block.
Stu
At 03:19 PM 4/22/2003, David W. Smith wrote:
>Here are Arturo's responses to Editor's notes plus changes. I have made
>the changes to the associated LRM issues and will post this evening.
>
>Regards
>David
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