[ibis-macro] Another comment on BIRD 121 (Data Management)
- From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: 'IBIS-ATM' <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:14:43 +0000
Walter,
I discovered a logical problem in BIRD 121. The "Supporting_Files"
is a "List", but the definition of "List" on pg. 177 of v5.1 says
this:
List <default value> <value> <value> <value> ... <value>
This defines a discrete set of values from which the user may select one value
In the context of BIRD 121, the EDA tool supposed to read the
entire list and take the actions described in the definition
of this parameter in BIRD 121. Using the example in the BIRD:
(Supporting_Files (Usage Info)(Type String)
(List "my_stuff_dir" "m1.s4p" "m2.s4p" "m3.s4p")
(Description "Additional files that support this model")
)
"my_stuff_dir" is not a default value in case the user doesn't
make a selection in a tool GUI dialog. The entire list is to
be used by the EDA tool for locating the supporting files.
I think this would work better if we used Table instead of List.
A table can have only one row, but each column in that row is
valid data which is to be used simultaneously. Using List this
way introduces inconsistencies in the spec and is very confusing...
Thanks,
Arpad
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