Re: [sv-bc] DataTypes: 11/18/04 Meeting Minutes

From: Kathy McKinley (mckinley@cadence.com)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 18:25:29 PST

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    Hello Greg,

    Thank you for bringing this improper usage to our attention.
    I have changed "comprised" to "composed".

    Kathy

    >Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:04:52 -0800
    >From: Greg Jaxon <Greg.Jaxon@synopsys.com>
    >Organization: //Synopsys/ICBU/HDL Compiler
    >To: Kathy McKinley <mckinley@cadence.com>
    >Cc: btf-dtype@boyd.com, sv-bc@eda.org
    >Subject: Re: [sv-bc] DataTypes: 11/18/04 Meeting Minutes
    >
    >Kathy McKinley wrote:
    >> Replace the paragraph in our proposal that begins
    >> "The effect of this recursive definition is" with the following
    >> two paragraphs:
    >>
    >> The effect of this recursive definition is that a net is comprised
    >> entirely of four-state bits, and is treated accordingly. There is no change
    >> to the Verilog-2005 network semantics. In addition to a signal value, each
    >> bit of a net shall have additional strength information. When bits of signals
    >> combine, the strength and value of the resulting signal shall be determined
    >> as in Verilog-2005 section 7.10.
    >
    >Just an english usage note:
    >
    > "is comprised entirely of" should probably say "is composed of".
    >
    > Wholes comprise their parts, and it is incorrect to use "comprise"
    > and then leave out some of the parts - so saying "entirely" is redundant.
    >
    >Greg Jaxon

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