[sv-ec] Meeting October 23 2006, Agenda

Date: Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm PST 

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Agenda: 
1. Review IEEE patent policy
  http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
  
2. Review Meeting minutes of October 23rd 2006 
 
http://www.eda-stds.org/sv-ec/Minutes/SV-EC_Meeting_October_9_2006_Minut
es.txt


3. Action items review
Action items: October 9, 2006
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  AI: name-space resolution:  - Review the proposal for 1609. 
    import not allowed for class scopes.
  AI: 594 Doug: change label used in one of the clockvar in the new blue
example
 	  Doug: upload a pdf for mantis 594 (instead of an html file)

  AI: 1545  Ray  - upload a pdf with the strike-outs visible for 1545.
  AI: face-to-face meeting, Mehdi inform Matt of 11/6 sv-ec face to face
meeting

Action items: Previous meetings
 AI:  follow-up to mantis 978
    Neil - rewrite unique(), the first 2 sentences appear to be
contradictory. 
	 - Make sure that it is clear that array elements are returned. 
	 - Add some examples for unique().
    Neil - Array reduction methods can operate on arrays of non-integral
values
	  when a with clause is specified, as long as the type of the
expression
	  is an integral value.
    Gord - re-write section 5.15.4 - only the default argument value
makes sense.
    Dave - what order is used for find and find_index 
          (e.g. traversal is left to right of the bounds,
		associative is min to max)
        - 5.15.1 - change last sentence in first paragraph.
   All  - can anyone come up with a realistic example? (last example
5.15.4)
        - not only where you would need it but also what does it mean.

4. Name Resolution sub-group update
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5. Review mantis item list. 
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  890  08-31-06  clarifications in program and clocking blocks (Doug)
     [for face-to-face meeting]
     take a look at the following:
     564     Cross-program variable access (Sharp)   [recommendation: to
close]
     553     Program block exit semantics (Sharp)
     551     Program block interaction with queues (Sharp)

 1371  03-09-06  Semantic of program block $exit   (DaveR)
 1427  04-14-06  dynamic_array_new  (Brad) -- 
 1459  05-09-06  Mailbox 'new' method should never return null  (Dave) 
 1500  06-07-06  Forward typedef of a class is only to declare instances
of that type (Dave) 
 1552  08-01-06  Wording of mailbox description - section 14.3 [Neil,
Steven]
 1576  08-30-06  In 5.15.1 unique and unique_index need to be reworded  
 1575  08-29-06  Coverpoints on nets/wires   (proposal should be created
in the right format)
 1580  09-04-06  Access to interface objects via virtual interface
(Dave)
 1594  09-15-06  conditional operator for class handles incorrect
(Francoise)
 1604  09-21-06  Clarifications needed in program blocks  (doug_warmke)
[890]
 1605  09-25-06  Clarification of mailbox/semaphore constructor (Arturo)

 1608  10-06-06  equality, inequality and conditional operator rules for
class handles  
 1615  10-08-06  can processes spawned by functions execute blocking
statements? Arturo  
			(related to 1336 bc)


 items without proposals: NEED to create
-------------------------------------------
 1349 fork/join_none: what if parent thread terminates without blocking
statement? (Shalom) 
 1355  LRM 13.3 is not clear about non-rand variables, handles and
structs  (classes) (Paul)
 1363  03-03-06    Behavior of join_any containing no statements is
unclear (Sharp)
 1384  03-14-06  bit stream cast and pack/unpack for protected./local
members (DaveR,Neil) 
 1391  03-21-06  Invalid example code using 'process::self.srandom(100)'
(Ray)
 1415  04-08-06  behavior of foreach with no loop variables not
specified  (Sharp)
 1417  04-09-06  1.2 mentions queues twice  (Shalom) (clarification)  
 1421  04-10-06  static method 'get_coverage' cannot have 'ref'
arguments  (Ray)
 1441  04-25-06  20.8 restriction on virtual interfaces in "sensitivity
list" 
		   not defined (sharp) 
 1470  05-11-06  Allow interconnect definitions in packages  (Brad)
[ENHANCEMENT]
 1486  05-23-06  use of thread and process not consistent  (Dave)
[CLARIFICATION]  
 1511  06-25-06  $typename() and parameterized classes (22.2)  (Brad)   
 1513  06-23-06  LRM does not clarify if class variables can be used in
clock expressions  (Manisha)
 1516  06-27-06  arguments to randomize calls (Ray)  [Randomization] 
 1517  07-03-06  Array reduction methods used in constraints  (Dave)
[Miscelleneous/enhancement]
 1519  07-03-06  5.15.3: sum() gives undesired results  (Shalom)
[Miscelleneous]      
 1527   07-07-06  Constant function call can be to static class method
(Brad)  [class related]
 1541   07-16-06  20.4.5: example errors? (shalom)  [assert property]
 1542   07-17-06  Overriding parameters within static class methods  and
packaged subroutines (BNF)  [Brad]
 1556   08-06-06  in-line static variable initialization - require
keyword static?  (Shalom) [ENHANCEMENT]
 1560   08-10-06  Queue delete() method for entire array   DaveR 
 1574  08-29-06  16.7.1 behavior of program with no initial blocks
(Steven) Calrification
 1576   08-30-06  In 5.15.1 unique and unique_index need to be reworded
(from Mantis 978)
 1584  09-11-06  problems with default arguments in virtual methods
(sharp) (related to 1308)
 1585  09-13-06  BNF error on trigger of element of event array
(Shalom)
 1618 10-10-06  describe parameters of dynamic types  [CLARIFICATION]
 1623 10-15-06  alternate timeunit syntax   (shalom)  [ENHANCEMENT]
 1624 10-16-06  8.10.1 needs to reference Annex C  (shalom)
 1642 10-20-06  Call to static class method  (Brad)

6. Next meetings: 
   A) Proposal: Face-to-Face meeting  November 6th 2006
	Hosted by Mentor (San Jose)