Re: PTF meeting minutes for 2/23/2004

From: Charles Dawson (chas@cadence.com)
Date: Wed Feb 25 2004 - 14:48:57 PST

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    I just noticed that we have an open action item on one
    of the things we passed on monday:

      - Francoise to write a new proposal for PTF 398,
        eliminating bit selects and using the "whose parent is an
        array" terminology.

    This was not reflected in the proposal we passed. I think
    we should review why we chose to add this action item and
    so should not pass this PTF item yet.

       -Chas

    Charles Dawson wrote:
    > Attendees:
    > Charles Dawson
    > Steve Dovich
    > Stu Sutherland
    > Tapati Basu
    > Jim Garnett
    >
    > 1. Reviewed minutes from last meeting (2/9/2004):
    >
    > Jim Garnett was at the last meeting, and this was not
    > reflected in the minutes. Accepted as modified.
    >
    > 2. Reviewed Patent information.
    >
    > Discussed the issue of comparing products vs the specification
    > that occurred in the VSG meeting.
    >
    > 3. Liaisons:
    >
    > - Stu reported on the BTF meeting earlier in the day.
    >
    > Nothing related to PTF work of note.
    >
    > - Steve reported on the Encryption sub-committee to BTF.
    >
    > No progress made in this committee.
    >
    > 4. Discussed new business:
    >
    > - PTF 341.
    >
    > Chas asked VSG to send this back to PTF after there
    > were a few more issues found by Chas and Shalom.
    > Discussed minor issues and Chas made a friendly
    > amendment to include the following in the set of
    > proposed changes:
    >
    > Make the following changes to section 26.6.3:
    > - Rename the memory solid enclosure as reg array
    > - Label the one to many transition from scope to
    > memory with vpiMemory
    >
    > Make the following changes to section 26.6.19:
    > - Remove the memory solid enclosure in the unnamed
    > dotted enclosure accessed via vpiArgument
    >
    > Modify the change to annex G from:
    >
    > - Add immediately after vpiModPathHasIfNone (line 482):
    >
    > #define vpiIsMemory 73 /* A reg MDA is a memory */
    >
    > to
    >
    > - Add immediately after vpiIndexedPartSelectType:
    >
    > #define vpiIsMemory 73 /* TRUE for a one dimensional reg array */
    >
    > PASSED
    >
    > - PTF 366
    >
    > Stu sent out new wording. PASSED
    >
    > 5. Reviewed old business:
    >
    > - Tapati to determine if callbacks described in PTF 312 have
    > been implemented in VCS.
    >
    > Tapati reported that VCS does not have these implemented yet,
    > but that the two new callbacks were a good idea.
    >
    > - Tapati to review proposal for PTF 516.
    >
    > Tapati reported that her review of this proposal found no
    > problems. Stu made a friendly amendment to change "will" to
    > "shall". PASSED as amended.
    >
    > 6. Reviewed PTF items with proposals:
    >
    > - PTF 512.
    >
    > Discussed. Chas sent out new wording.
    > PASSED as amended.
    >
    > - PTF 398.
    >
    > Should we handle genvar? Later, with generates proposal.
    > PASSED.
    >
    > Meeting ended at 5:10pm.
    >
    > 7. Action items:
    >
    > - Chas/Stu to enter Stu's PTF items into database.
    > - Steve to compare BNF with the access available
    > for attributes to see if they match
    > - Chas to write up new proposal for PTF 120.
    > - Francoise to talk with the IEEE editor about UML.
    > - Francoise to remove "+" from tags in UML diagrams and
    > add vpi prefix where appropriate.
    > - Francoise to send out HTML for 1364-2001 diagrams, using
    > something other than JPG for importing diagrams into frame.
    > - Stu to write proposal for PTF 368.
    > - Francoise to write proposals for PTF 373, 374, and 396.
    > - Steve to write proposals for PTF 286, 311, and 495.
    > - Tapati to write proposals for PTF 307, 312, and 313.
    > - Francoise to write a new proposal for PTF 398,
    > eliminating bit selects and using the "whose parent is an
    > array" terminology.
    > - All to review Generates proposal from ETF committee.
    > - Stu to review proposal for PTF 342.
    >
    > 

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Charles Dawson
Senior Member of Consulting Staff - Project Lead
NC-Verilog Team
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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Chelmsford, MA  01824
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