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BIRD ID#:       135
ISSUE TITLE:    Add Boolean to BNF for IBIS-AMI
REQUESTOR:      Arpad Muranyi, Mentor Graphics
DATE SUBMITTED: June 15, 2011
DATE REVISED:   
DATE ACCEPTED BY IBIS OPEN FORUM:

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STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE:

The IBIS 5.0 specification doesn't list "Boolean", which is a valid value 
type, in the BNF syntax on pg. 187.

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STATEMENT OF THE RESOLVED SPECIFICATIONS:


On pg. 187 replace these lines:


| 8. Parameter values can be expressed either as a string literal, decimal
|    number or in the standard ANCI ‘C’ notation for floating point numbers
|    (e.g., 2.0e-9).  String literal values are delimited using a double
|    quote (") and no double quotes are allowed inside the string literals.


with these lines:


|*8. Parameter values can be expressed either as a string literal, Boolean
|*   literal (True or False), decimal number, or a floating point number in
|*   the standard ANSI ‘C’ notation (e.g., 2.0e-9).  String literal values
|*   are delimited using a double quote (") and no double quotes are allowed
|*   inside the string literals.


On pg. 187 replace these lines:


| The modified BNF specification for the syntax is:
...
...
...
|     <value>:
|       <string literals>
|       <decimal number>
|       <decimal number>e<exponent>
|       <decimal number>E<exponent>


with these lines:

|* The modified Backus–Naur Form (BNF) specification for the syntax is:
...
...
...
|     <value>:
|*      <string literal>
|*      <Boolean literal>
|       <decimal number>
|       <decimal number>e<exponent>
|       <decimal number>E<exponent>

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ANALYSIS PATH/DATA THAT LED TO SPECIFICATION:

While working on the various clarification and correction BIRD-s in
the ATM Task Group, it was discovered that Boolean was not defined
in the BNF, hence this BIRD was born.

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ANY OTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

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