RE: [sv-cc] Two quick proposals from this week's meeting

Perfect sense. I was guessing it was something like
that, but I thought it'd be easier to have you make
it explicit.

Thanks,
Jim

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James H. Vellenga 978-262-6381
Engineering Director (FAX) 978-262-6636
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. vellenga@cadence.com
270 Billerica Rd
Chelmsford, MA 01824-4179
"We all work with partial information."
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] -----Original Message-----
] From: Warmke, Doug [mailto:doug_warmke@mentorg.com]
] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:59 AM
] To: Jim Vellenga; sv-cc@eda.org
] Subject: RE: [sv-cc] Two quick proposals from this week's meeting
]
] Hi Jim,
]
] The reason is the same reason as for leaving in the DPI_DLLESPEC:
] for user convenience, and to encourage robust coding.
]
] My thinking is that users have to write their own interface using
] DPI functions (not like PLI where the vendor provides all functions).
]
] To encourage users to write correct function prototypes, using sized
] integer types rather than just counting on the fact that "short is
] 16 bits, int is 32 bits, long long is 64 bits, etc.", we should make
] it trivially easy for them to write correct function prototypes
] using sized types.
]
] Make sense?
]
] Thanks,
] Doug
]
] > -----Original Message-----
] > From: Jim Vellenga [mailto:vellenga@cadence.com]
] > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 8:24 AM
] > To: Warmke, Doug; sv-cc@eda.org
] > Subject: RE: [sv-cc] Two quick proposals from this week's meeting
] >
] > Doug, in the second proposal (350) you've also added
] > some 16 bit types and some signed types. Why is that?
] >
] > Regards,
] > Jim V.
] >
] > ---------------------------------------------------------
] > James H. Vellenga 978-262-6381
] > Engineering Director (FAX) 978-262-6636
] > Cadence Design Systems, Inc. vellenga@cadence.com
] > 270 Billerica Rd
] > Chelmsford, MA 01824-4179
] > "We all work with partial information."
] > ----------------------------------------------------------
] >
] >
] >
] > ] -----Original Message-----
] > ] From: owner-sv-cc@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-cc@eda.org] On
] > ] Behalf Of Warmke, Doug
] > ] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:39 PM
] > ] To: sv-cc@eda.org
] > ] Subject: [sv-cc] Two quick proposals from this week's meeting
] > ]
] > ] Hello SV-CC,
] > ]
] > ] As requested by Charles, I have created two new Mantis
] > ] items and uploaded proposals.
] > ]
] > ] These changes are intended to maximize user convenience
] > ] (the svdpi.h changes) and safety (the string changes).
] > ] They don't introduce any new semantics.
] > ]
] > ] Please review and comment.
] > ]
] > ] http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000349
] > ] http://www.eda.org/svdb/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000350
] > ]
] > ] We don't have much time to get these finalized and
] > ] into the hands of the LRM editor in time for deadline.
] > ]
] > ] (I have made these changes in a prototype tree and
] > ] ensured that they work correctly)
] > ]
] > ] Thanks and regards,
] > ] Doug
] > ]
] > ]
] > ]
] > ]
] >
]
]
Received on Fri Jan 7 13:16:25 2005