[sv-cc] Meeting minutes for 02/20/2007 - second draft

I hit the send button a bit too early.  Please find attached
corrected minutes.  Thanks.

   -Chas


Minutes of 02/20/2007 SV-CC Meeting.

ATTENDEES
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xx-xxxxxxxxxxx Charles Dawson
xxxxxxx-x-xxxx Ralph Duncan
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Jim Vellenga
xxxx-xxx-x-xxx Andrzej Litwiniuk
-xxxxx-xxxxxxx Abigail Moorhouse
xxxx--xxxxxx-x Michael Rohleder
-xxxxxxxxxxxxx Chuck Berking
xxxxxxxx-xxxxx Bassam Tabbara
x-xx-x-xxxxxxx Francoise Martinolle
-xxxx----xx-xx Amit Kohli
xx-xxxxxxxxxx- Ghassan Khoory
-xx----------- Steve Dovich

1.  Reviewed Patent information.

   - Chas reviewed the patent information.


3.  Reviewed minutes of the 02/14/2007 Meeting.
     Chas reviewed the patent information, not Jim.
     Date at the top was 01/14/2007, should be 02/14/2007.
     - Ralph/Michael.  ACCEPTED (unanimous) as modified


3.  Liaisons

   - Face-to-face for EC committee.  Reviewed clocking blocks and
     event scheduling (item 890).  Cliff sent out a new version on
     Tuesday.  Latest version still does not contain our feedback.
     Item 549 is for dealing with our feedback?  Francoise having
     trouble finding Cliff's latest proposal.
   - P1800 meeting.  First draft will be the middle of next month.
     We will have about 1 month to complete our review.  There was
     a long presentation about the SV-AC committee.  New global
     clocking scheme?  Francoise asked if anyone knew if there was
     a mantis item or items on this topic.  Bassam said there were
     and he would send out the item(s).


4.  New business

   - Chas and Francoise commented on DVCon
     There were a lot of SystemVerilog presentations.  There was a
     whole section on DPI.  Chas thought that paper 5.3 was a very
     good example of how DPI is useful.

   - Next face-to-face meeting.
     Chas had discussion with Francoise and Gordon and Abi about
     naming and lifetime of handles.  Chas to send out proposed
     dates.

   - Item 1570
     Was passed on 09/13/2007 as a straw poll.  No comments the next
     week.  Chas to update the Mantis proposal.

   - Chas described what to do with acknowledged items.
     If the item was implemented correctly:
       - Set the Status to 'Closed'
       - Set the Resolution to 'Fixed'
     If the item was not implemented correctly:
       - Set the Status to 'Feedback'
       - Add a bugnote that explains the remaining issues.

   - Francoise asked about whether or not typespecs should have file
     and line information.  Variables with explicit typedefs should
     have file and line info.  Anonymous ones should not have a file
     or line.  JimV mentioned a couple of others that don't have file
     or line numbers such as frames which need to be added.  JimV and
     Francoise are disagreed on whether or not anonymous typespecs
     should not have a file/line.  What about parameterized classes?
     JimV will put issue into a mantis item.  JimV to send email to
     Michael about this, so he remembers to take a look at it.  Chas
     would like there to be no error if the application asks for
     something that doesn't have a file/line.  Rather the implementation
     should return <NULL>/vpiUndefined (-1), respectively.  Bassam would
     like to see file/line for struct definitions.  There are examples
     where anonymous typedefs do not appear right by the variable
     declaration.


5.  Reviewed items with proposals.

   - Item 1716 Clarify handling of DPI formals/actuals with rand/randc qualifier
     Ralph/JimV.  PASSED (unanimous)

Motion to adjourn.  Michael/Ralph.  Meeting ended at 1:07pm.


6.  Reviewed SV-CC items with proposals (Straw poll only).

7.  Old Business

8.  Action items

   - Ongoing review of Michael and Abi's compatibility proposal.
   - Francoise and Bassam to continue work on assignment patterns.
   - Francoise to champion adding support for typed parameters to the
     typespec diagrams.
   - Abi to champion adding support for parameterized classes.
   - Abi/JimV to champion improving the ability to compare objects.
   - Steve Dovich to determine best way to deal with issues between
     versions of the IEEE specs.
   - SV-CC to review proposal for Item 0890.
   - Michael to compose response to the Clean Scheduling Proposal.
   - All to verify their Acknowledged Mantis Items.
   - Steve to send out exact text on referring to a prior version.

9.  Items for consideration at the next meeting (they already have proposals):

   - Item 1751 Clarify vpiParent for part selects

10. Next meeting
    The next SV-CC meeting will be on 03/14/2007.
    The next P1800 meeting will be on 04/05/2007.



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