From: Steven Sharp (sharp@cadence.com)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 13:22:34 PST
> The new generate capability adds some reserved words for use with a
> generate block, such as 'use'. Annex B includes these in the general list
> of reserved words.
I question the addition of any reserved words unless there is a strong reason
to believe that they will be used in the future. These must have been added
before I joined the BTF.
> I would like to propose creating a new section in annex B for "Reserved
> words within a generate block". This is the same suggestion I made during
> last Monday's VSG call regarding the ATF's new reserved words within
> specify block (which were not listed anywhere). The advantage is that the
> words could still be legal identifiers at the module or scope level, and
> therefore less likely to impact existing Verilog code.
This is a *VERY BAD IDEA*. There are reasons why modern languages have
reserved keywords. We don't want to have to use context-sensitive lexers.
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