[sv-ec] RE: Mantis 1447

I think there are probably a bunch of references to fixed-size arrays
which assume that that means that ALL the dimensions are fixed-size, and
not just the first dimension.

Shalom 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Burns [mailto:michael.burns@freescale.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:15 PM
> To: Bresticker, Shalom
> Cc: sv-ec@eda.org; sv-champions@eda.org
> Subject: Re: Mantis 1447
> 
> 
> I disagree. I would strike that whole sentence from 7.4.2. 
> The underlying idea of 1447 is that arrays are in some sense 
> composite types (array type + element type), and the 
> characteristics of the "parent" 
> array type are completely independent of the element type, 
> even if that element type is itself an array. Maintaining 
> this independence everywhere greatly increases simplicity and 
> clarity of semantics.
> 
> --Mike
> 
> Bresticker, Shalom wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > In the proposal for Mantis 1447, 7.4.2 contains this sentence:
> >
> > If an unpacked array has one or more dynamic, associative, or queue 
> > dimensions, it is considered a variable-size array.
> >
> > Then 7.5 contains the following example:
> >
> > *integer* mem[2][]; // Fixed-size unpacked array composed 
> of 2 dynamic 
> > subarrays of integers
> >
> > The terminology seems contradictory.
> > Of the two, I prefer the first.
> > I think it is confusing to call mem a fixed-size array.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Shalom
> >
> > Shalom Bresticker
> > Intel Jerusalem LAD DA
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> >
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