From: owner-stds-1450-4@majordomo.ieee.org on behalf of E.J.Wahl
[ejwahl@agere.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:59 AM
To: stds-1450-4@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: Re: stds-1450.4: TestMethod definition


Although we are using different language and accentuating different aspects, I
get the sense that we agree more than we disagree.

Can we stretch the parameter/method description a bit further to say for
example, that a true leakage test must test adjacent buffers that are in
opposite logical states ?  In other words, do we only supply useful methods or
do we also attempt to provide a standard that increases the probability of
getting consistent test results ?  

If we want to do the latter, we may want to draw a distinction between test
types and test methods, i.e., to perform a test of a particular type, you would
employ a particular method (capable of performing tests of other types).
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