Re: ISAC: IRs to review and a question about IR 2031

From: Ajayharsh Varikat <ajay_at_.....>
Date: Wed May 11 2005 - 02:46:18 PDT
Chuck,

I do not see any issues with the revised wording. 

Regarding IR2031, I agree that the sentences about the units are not 
necessory and should be removed.

Regards,

-ajay


>> Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:03:38 -0700
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>> Subject: ISAC: IRs to review and a question about IR 2031
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>> I am attaching 6 updated IRs which I have not
>> yet added to the ISAC data base.
>> Please review them.
>> IR2020, 2031 and 2061 have rewording which you might want to improve.
>> 
>> IR2029, 2044 and 2059 are very straightforward.
>> 
>> Note that Peter updated IR2053 during the ballot phase.
>> 
>> If I don't receive any suggestions in the next couple of days, I'll
>> put them into the database.
>> 
>> I have a question about IR2031: "mod" function needed for TIME
>> 
>> The IR states:
>> 
>>       The units of the result of a mod operation are left to the
>>       implementation as long as the result satisfies the above
>>       relation.
>> 
>> and  
>>       The units of the result of a mod operation are left to the
>>       implementation as long as the result satisfies the above
>>       relation.
>> 
>> My question is: Are these statements really necessary?
>> We don't make any statements about other expressions involving time,
>> such as 5ns + 2ps. Why do we need to say anything in the LRM about units 
>> for 5ns mod 2ps?
>> Technically, all these values are computed using either the primary unit 
>> (fs) or using the resolution limit,
>> so why do we need to say anything more?
>> 
>> 
>> Chuck Swart
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