[sv-ec] Draft 5 mantis items for review

Here is an updated version of the list, we are getting 
closer to covering all items.  Please take a look at the
Editor's Questions in the Draft 5 as well, when you are
reviewing the mantis items and suggest any answer/modifications
to the editor and sv-ec.  Also, do let me know if there is
any item missing in the list for review.
thanks,
- Mehdi

*   moved back to editor status.
**  CLOSED
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---  SV-EC mantis items  in Draft 5 ----
   2243  issue with option.per_instance  (david_scott)
   1928  clarification of coverpoint value resolution (18.5.6)  (David_Scott)
   1897  clarify "union of all significant bins" and "overlapping bins" in coverage computation  (david scott)
   1871  clarification needed for illegal/ignore transition bins  (David_Scott)
   2149  Covergroups sample method with arguments [Arturo] 
   2214  Interaction of imports, $unit and bind are unclear   (mark)
   2141  Unclear if type parameters can be used with scope resoultion operator (mark_hartoog)
   2142  Unclear if type parameters may be used to specify class base class (mark_hartoog) 
   1594  conditional operator for class handles incorrect  (Francoise)
   1608  equality, inequality and conditional operator rules for class handles (Françoise)
   1560  Queue delete() method for entire array   (DaveR)
   1371  Semantic of program block $exit  (DaveR)
   2234  mistake in 24.9 (DaveR)
   1777  Clarification of 1800-2005 section 18.4.1 (Don)
   2227  Clarification 2008-02-14 7.8.6: string compare() methods should specify return value(Ray_Ryan)

*  1707  streaming operator should specify which direction slices are taken from (DaveR-Jonathan)
*   958  dynamic array size method   (Shalom) 
*  1702  queue syntax issues   (Jonathan)
*   520  example of queues assignment   (Francoise-Jonathan)
*  1787  LRM needs to discuss transition bins of length 1  (Doug)
*  1655  Coverage Calculation Corner Case Crumminess  (Doug)
*  1857  external method definitions and parameterized class types (Gord) 
*  2164  Use "base class" instead of "parent class" in 8.12 [Gord]  
*  1447  Contradictory stmts about unsized array dimensions (Mike B)
*  1927  clarification of default sequence transition bin in covergroup (David_Scott)
*  1851  all params declared inside class body are local (shalom)    

** 1459  Mailbox 'new' method should never return null (DaveR)
** 1500  Forward typedef of a class is only to declare instances of that type (Dave)
** 1384  bit stream cast and pack/unpack for protected./local members (DaveR,Neil)
** 1336  Rules for allowed statements in a function (DaveR)
** 2021 Relax excessively severe restriction on what can connect to a clocking inout  (Jonathan Bromley)
** 2211  typedefs are required for some type references (gordon)
** 2087  Semantic intent of qualified BNF terminals must be clarified (Gord)
** 2003  Old statement on foreach for wildcard indexed associative arrays (gordon)
** 1858  external method definitions and parameterized class types (Gord)
** 1609  import statements should not be allowed in class scopes  (Gordon)
** 2181  Ambiguity in implicit declaration of production variables in randsequence [Ray]
** 2229 Clarify summary description for "inactive" random varaibles. (Ray_Ryan)
** 2233 Allowed types for randc (Ray_Ryan)
**  888  foreach identifiers are too restrictive  (doug_warmke)
** 2215  LRM isn't clear enough on ways that a default specialization is constituted (Doug )
** 1623  alternate timeunit syntax   (shalom, heath)
** 1723  Size method for associative arrays  (DaveR)
** 1556  in-line static variable initialization - require keyword static?   (Dave) [in conjunction with sv-bc 2106 ]
** 2007  7.9.4: rules about int type index for associative arrays (Dave)
** 1580  Access to interface objects via virtual interface (Dave)
**  339  [This proposal was superseded by 0001702 and no longer relevant, check]  (steven)
** 1679  3.6 string casting statement unclear  (Shalom)
** 2025  The difference between string literals and array literals (shalom)
** 1980  make dynamic_array new consistent as new operator (Mehdi)
** 1612  Timeunits decls don't make sense in class decls (BNF-Mehdi)
** 2137  Some assertion contexts should be procedural (Mike Burns)
** 2113  Inconsistency in constraining assoc array size  (Mike Burns)

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