From: Steven Sharp (sharp@cadence.com)
Date: Sat Feb 12 2000 - 13:40:15 PST
> It seems to me, however that this is more than a PLI issue. The real
> problem is that the attribute semantics being discussed are intended to
> only associate an attribute to a specific object, PLI or not. What is
> missing is a method to associate an attribute to a group of objects; a form
> of begin-end for attributes. When a modeler wants his attribute to span
> multiple objects, there should be a way to do so. Perhaps reserving two
> attribute modifiers is necessary. I suggest BEGIN and END, or
> ATTRIBUTE_BEGIN and ATTRIBUTE_END. E.g:
>
> (* BEGIN translate off *)
> ...
> ...
> (* END translate off *)
I'm not willing to make such a significant addition to attributes at this
stage.
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