RE: VerilogAMS LRM Committee Meeting - 16 July 2005

I think I can answer this.
This is indeed ambiguous in 1364-2001, but addressed in 1364-2005.

The resolution, based on CPP, is that in the macro definition,
if the "(" immediately follows the macro name, with no white space
betwen them, then it opens a parameter list. If there is white
space between them, then it is part of the macro text.

In the macro call, it makes no difference whether there is space
between them or not.


> 2)  `define with arguments.  The LRM v2.2 says that the macro
> text can be any arbitrary text.  This includes "(" being the
> first character.  On the other hand, the arguments, if present,
> are surrounded by "()".  I didn't see anything in the LRM on how
> the "(" character is distinguished from being text or argument.
> Some tools I tried have problems with this.


Shalom

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