[ibis-macro] Re: Yet another problem with Usage Out

  • From: David Banas <DBanas@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:10:48 -0800

Arpad wrote:

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Let's assume that the .ami file contains this
perfectly legal parameter definition:

(MyExample
   (Description "Example")
   (Reserved_Parameters
      (MyRterm
         (Usage Out)
         (Type Integer)
         (List 100 80 90 110 120)
         (Default -1)
         (Description "Illustration")
      )
   )
)

What is the model supposed to return?  A single
value or multiple values?  According to BIRD 127.4
the AMI_parameters_in/out strings can only contain
"leaf/value pairs", i.e. a single value for each
parameter name (or a Table according to BIRD 132).

|****            2) the AMI Parameter branches Usage Out or Usage InOut are
|****               returned as leaf/value pairs in the AMI_parameters_out
|****               string.

If that is true, why would one define a Usage Out
parameter as anything else but Value, Default or Table?
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Perhaps, this is useful in helping the EDA tool validate the single values 
returned by the model?
That is, having the list of appropriate return values at its disposal, the EDA 
tool can be alerted to erroneous model behavior (i.e. - if the model returns a 
value that is NOT in the original list).

-db


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