9 Assuming SubFlows, how many input ports are
allowed? How are the return ports specified?
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The input ports could be used for different entry
points - such as for initialization, calibration, test, unload, etc. Ernie
points out that with a single entry point, you can emulate multiple entry points
via conditional statements (such as "if").
Jim: We have testers that use the separate entry-point
philosophy. An entry point is something you execute when you have an activity
that you want to do that is separate from other activities (such as loading
patterns, power-down, etc.)
Conclusions for the first question - from an
applications perspective, there are merits in having a multiple input port
system. There may be some implementations perspective, there might be difficulty
in realizing a multiple input port system in some existing test
languages.
There are some different ideas regarding what is meant
by "input point" and "entry port"
Next time we will continue with the 2nd
question.
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Still planning/hoping on a meeting at ITC on Monday
October 7th (probably 5 participants).
Dave will send out an announcement regarding the
teleconference number for the next teleconference call (October
4th).
-DVO-