Walter, (and Everyone),
Thinking a little more about this, I am debating whether we should say
“contains a string” or “contains an alphanumeric string”. Trying to find
out whether there is a difference between a string and an alphanumeric
string I started looking for a definition of string, but couldn’t find any…
A search on “string” gives me a gazillion results, and the word “string”
is used in many different ways in lots of different contexts.
So if I added this change to the BIRD (to remove the word “designator”
from that sentence), should I keep “alphanumeric” in or get rid of that
too?
Thanks,
Arpad
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At a first glance that would be OK with me too. Do you think I should
add this change to the BIRD draft I wrote yesterday?
Thanks,
Arpad
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Subject: RE: Bird draft on alphanumeric pin names
Arpad,
The following works for me:
The fourth column, function_table_group, contains a string to associate those
sets of Series_switch pins that are switched together.
Walter
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Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: Bird draft on alphanumeric pin names
Walter,
Thanks for your feedback. I actually wasn’t thinking of requiring
function_table_group to be alphanumeric.
I was just wondering whether we should change the word “designator” in the text
of that area in the spec.
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because we use the same word for something totally different in the EMD portion
of the spec. which might
confuse the reader. Not a big deal, just wondering…
Thanks,
Arpad
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Subject: RE: Bird draft on alphanumeric pin names
Arpad,
First, I agree the to changes you suggest in your BIRD.
Regarding “function_table_group”, I note that it is optional, limited to 20
characters, and is just a string. I see no need for requiring
function_table_group to be alphanumeric.
Walter
Walter Katz
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Subject: [ibis-macro] Bird draft on alphanumeric pin names
Hello Everyone,
Attached is a BIRD draft on the topic of alphanumeric pin names under the [Pin]
keyword.
It turned out to be a lot simpler than I anticipated…
I didn’t include it in the attached draft, but I wonder whether we should
change the words
on pg. 55 a little bit. The highlighted word “designator” caught my eyes,
because on this
page it has a totally different meaning from the way we use it in the EMD
chapter.
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Here it is used in the context of the [Series Pin Mapping] keyword’s function
table group…
I wonder if this might confuse a newbie reader… Should we leave it as it is,
or should we
try to find a different wording to eliminate a potential source of confusion?
Thanks,
Arpad
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