ISSUE 138

Number

138

Category

errata

Synopsis

IEEE Std 1364-2001, Syntax 19-2 -- formal_argument_identifier

State

lrmdraft

Class

superceded

Arrival-Date

Oct 01 2002

Originator

"Brad Pierce" <Brad.Pierce@synopsys.com>

Release

2001b

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From: owner-etf@boyd.com [mailto:owner-etf@boyd.com]On Behalf Of Brad Pierce
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To: etf@boyd.com
Subject: IEEE Std 1364-2001, Syntax 19-2 -- formal_argument_identifier

Syntax 19-2 ("Syntax for text macro definition") uses the nonterminal
"formal_argument_identifier", but, unlike "text_macro_identifier", this
nonterminal has no production (here or in A.9.3). Also, there seem to be
superfluous italics.

-- Brad

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IEEE Std 1364-2001, Syntax 19-2 --=20
formal_argument_identifier

Syntax =
19-2 ("Syntax=20
for text macro definition") uses the nonterminal=20
"formal_argument_identifier", but,=20
unlike "text_macro_identifier", this nonterminal has no=20
production (here or in A.9.3). Also, there seem to be superfluous=20
italics.

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--=20
Brad

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Fix

Propose this issue be closed as the issue raised here
is also raised in issue #139, along with a few other
issues in the same section.

Audit-Trail

From: Dennis Marsa <drm@xilinx.com>
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Subject: Re: errata/138: IEEE Std 1364-2001, Syntax 19-2 --
formal_argument_identifier
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:11:31 -0700

>Category: errata
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>Originator: Dennis Marsa <drm@xilinx.com>
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Brad,

Clause 19 (and also 17) has many cases like that
(e.g., "filename", "level", "time_unit", "time_precision").

These clauses were not formal about syntax, BNF, etc.
Note that with rare exceptions, they also do not appear in Annex A.

However, with respect to the italics, you are correct.
This is a remnant from 1364-1995, in which the italics were used to
indicate that syntactically,
formal_argument_identifier is identical to identifer.

I will file that in a bug report, along with a couple of other issues
I see now.

Shalom

Brad Pierce wrote:

> Syntax 19-2 ("Syntax for text macro definition") uses the nonterminal
> "formal_argument_identifier", but, unlike "text_macro_identifier",
> this nonterminal has no production (here or in A.9.3). Also, there
> seem to be superfluous italics.

--
Shalom Bresticker Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
Design & Reuse Methodology Tel: +972 9 9522268
Motorola Semiconductor Israel, Ltd. Fax: +972 9 9522890
POB 2208, Herzlia 46120, ISRAEL Cell: +972 50 441478

"The devil is in the details."

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Brad,

Clause 19 (and also 17) has many cases like that

(e.g., "filename", "level", "time_unit", "time_precision").

These clauses were not formal about syntax, BNF, etc.

Note that with rare exceptions, they also do not appear in Annex A.

However, with respect to the italics, you are correct.

This is a remnant from 1364-1995, in which the italics were used to
indicate that syntactically,

formal_argument_identifier is identical to identifer.

I will file that in a bug report, along with a couple of other
issues I see now.

Shalom

Brad Pierce wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Syntax 19-2 ("Syntax
for text macro definition") uses the nonterminal "formal_argument_identifier",
but, unlike "text_macro_identifier", this nonterminal has no production
(here or in A.9.3). Also, there seem to be superfluous italics.

-- 
 Shalom Bresticker                           Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
 Design & Reuse Methodology                             Tel: +972 9 9522268
 Motorola Semiconductor Israel, Ltd.                    Fax: +972 9 9522890
 POB 2208, Herzlia 46120, ISRAEL                       Cell: +972 50 441478
 
 "The devil is in the details."

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