Re: URGENT: "quick question" for PTF meeting

From: Clifford E. Cummings (cliffc@sunburst-design.com)
Date: Tue Dec 22 1998 - 11:23:22 PST

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    Today is my daughter's birthday and I did not see your e-mail in time. For
    future quick-response questions, feel free to post the questions to the
    entire BTF. I am posting these responses to the entire BTF just to make
    sure I "got it right!"

    - Cliff

    At 02:40 AM 12/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
    >Cliff,
    >
    >I have a couple of quick questions on what the BTF is/has done so we can
    >properly address the issue in our PLI task force meeting today:
    >
    >1. Did the BTF change the syntax/description of array of instances in any
    >way (or are you planning to)?

    I believe array of instances are unchanged (still included in the spec) and
    there is no intention of removing them from the spec. Cadence has
    implemented arrays of instance. I hope the other vendors and synthesis
    vendors follow suit.

    >2. Has the BTF identified what the name and hierarchical name of a specific
    >instance from an array of instances should look like? Are the square
    >brackets part of the name, and do they need to be escaped?

    Hierarchical references will include non-escaped square brackets.

    >If you could cross reference these to any BTF item numbers, It will help.
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >Stu

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