RE: IEEE 1364-2005 Encryption draft with consensus changes

From: Stuart Sutherland (stuart@sutherland-hdl.com)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 21:18:48 PST

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    Another simple fix for the ballot draft is to add a comment line either
    before or after the pragma line explaining that the pragma must be on one
    source code line, without a carriage return.

    Stu
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    > Behalf Of Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com
    > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:11 PM
    > To: Steven J. Dovich
    > Cc: Neil.Korpusik@sun.com; Stuart Sutherland; 'Fitzpatrick,
    > Tom'; johny.srouji@intel.com; btf-ip@boyd.com; btf@boyd.com
    > Subject: Re: IEEE 1364-2005 Encryption draft with consensus changes
    >
    > Verilog allows arbitrarily long lines.
    > This is just a problem of the LRM.
    > I'll try reducing the font size.
    >
    > I do agree that in the future it would be nice to allow
    > multi-line directives.
    >
    > Shalom
    >
    >
    > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Steven J. Dovich wrote:
    >
    > > > I have a problem with the example line
    > > >
    > > > `pragma protect runtime_license=(library="libsecret.so",
    > > > entry="chklic", exit ="rlslic", match=42)
    > > >
    > > > This is a single line which is too long for the page, so it wraps
    > > > around, then it looks like two lines, but that is wrong,
    > because you
    > > > can't have a two line compiler directive, except for `define, but
    > > > this directive has to be one line because it is all part
    > of a single
    > > > directive and all compiler directives have to be one line
    > as far as
    > > > I remember, in contrast to regular source text.
    > > >
    > > > Or do I remember wrong?
    > > >
    > > > Suggestions?
    > >
    > > You remember correctly. We need to bring some of the `define
    > > definition into the `pragma specification, to permit
    > backslash continuation of lines.
    > > That will allow you to render in the line length constraints of the
    > > text. The capability is useful in its own right, so we won't be
    > > introducing requirements for the sole purpose of avoiding layout
    > > problems in the text.
    > >
    > > I will plan to discuss this at the Wednesday meeting.
    > >
    > > /sjd
    > >
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