RE: An API question

Thanks John and others for the replies to my question.
I knew about the VPI in the Verilog-AMS spec, I just
totally forgot about it (never used it before).  Duh...

Arpad
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-verilog-ams@server.eda.org [mailto:owner-verilog-ams@server.eda.org] On Behalf Of John Shields
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:11 PM
To: Muranyi, Arpad
Cc: Verilog-AMS LRM Committee
Subject: Re: An API question

Muranyi, Arpad wrote:
> All,
>
> There is a new ballot in the VHDL world, the IEEE P1076c,
> which is an API for VHDL.
>
> I wonder if anyone is aware of a similar effort in the
> Verilog/Verilog-AMS world?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arpad
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>   
Arpad,

The API you refer to is also known as VHPI.   I was one of its authors. 
It has an analogous counterpart in Verilog called VPI. In the AMS world, 
the only effort I am aware of is an extension to VHPI dubbed VHPI-AMS.  
It was an approved IEEE effort and Martin Vlach was the chair of the 
study group. It has not been active for some time and some of more 
difficult problems like debugging had not been addressed. The decision 
to suspend work was in part to wait for VHPI to finalize and in part 
uncertainty in the business value of having such a standard and 
implementing it.

Regards,
John