Re: About IR2058

Ajay raises a good point.
Let's discuss this as the first item of business at
our upcoming meeting.

Chuck Swart

Ajayharsh Varikat wrote:

>Gentlemen,
>
>I have a question about the wording in the recommendation for future 
>revisions. The current wording uses the phrase 'appropriate for the 
>type'. What exactly does "type" here refer to? I am assuming that
>(b) also applies to subtypes.
>
>In fact, when the type mark denotes a subtype, I think it is not
>very clear whether what becomes visible are the items associated with 
>just the subtype or also those associated with the base type. Consider 
>the following declarations:
>
>      type enum is ( red, blue, green, yellow );
>      subtype myenum is enum range blue to green ;
>
>In this case, if we say something like "use work.pkg.myenum", then
>do all the enumeration literals associated with the base type become
>visible or just blue and green?
>
>-ajay
>  
>