SV-BC Separate Compilation discussion 10/07/03

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aaaaaaaaaaaa Karen Pieper
-aaaaa--aaaa Randy Misustin
--aa--a-a--a Dennis Brophy
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aaaaaaaaaaaa Brad Pierce
aa--a--aaa-a Dave Rich
aaaa-a----aa Francoise Martinolle
aaaa---a-aa- Matt Maidment
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-aaaaa-a---- Arturo Salz
aaa--a-a---- Peter Flake
aa-aa------- Rishiyur Nikhil
a----------- David Smith

David joined us and talked about the new proposal for handling 
separate compilation.  This proposal removes some of the more 
problematic constructs from $root, and supports the idea of 
separate compilation of a collection of files, with the idea
of a local $root.  It also adds sequences and proprities to 
packages.

David will update the section numbers and paragraph ordering
around Section 13.4.

David is uncertain about the timeunit restrictions that he 
made in the proposal.  Since modules can have different 
timeunits, he will update the proposal to allow separately
compiled units to have timeunits as appropriate.  

We should also require timescale to exist in a program to
specify delay (as for modules, timescale for functions is
defined by the definition not the calling module.

There are no hierarchical references in packages because the
packages need to be compiled before reference.

David will update the proposal by the end of Monday.  Please
get him feedback by then.  We will vote on the proposal by
email, closing Noon Pacific time on Wednesday.  If anyone
votes against it, they need to provide feedback as to what
needs update.  

The next meeting is 10/31/03 at 8:30am Pacific.