Bug in 1364 LRM

From: Clifford E. Cummings (cliffc@sunburst-design.com)
Date: Mon Oct 26 1998 - 09:15:02 PST


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I received this potential errata from J. Bhasker

- Cliff

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>Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:02:22 -0400
>From: jbhasker@lucent.com
>To: cliffc@sunburst-design.com
>Subject: Bug in 1364 LRM
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>Hello Cliff:
>
>I am not sure what is the suggested way to file a bug report.
>
>Thus, I am sending it to you, as you are the task leader of the BTF.
>
>1364-1995 does not define the the semantics of size in a sized number when it
>is 0.
>
>0'b101, for example.
>
>LRM says that size must be an unsigned decimal number. What if it is zero?
>
>I think it needs to be reworded to "size must be an unsigned non-zero
>decimal number".
>
>- bhasker, jbhasker@lucent.com
>
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