`ivl_assert()` is similar to `assert()` except that it will also include
source file and line information about the expression for which the assert
was triggered.
Use `ivl_assert()` instead of `assert()` where the line information is
available. This will generate better bug reports and make it easier to
diagnose why an assert is triggered.
Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
By default an identifier that has been imported into a package is not
available for imports by other packages. Only imports that have been
exported can be imported again. E.g.
```
package P1;
int x;
endpackage
package P2;
import P1::x;
export P1::x;
endpackage
module test;
import P2::x; // This will only work if x has been exported.
endmodule
```
Exports follow the same syntax as imports and allow both export of specific
identifiers or wildcard export. Export supports the special `*::*` target,
which will export all imported items.
Add support for handling package exports.
There is one special cases that needs to be considered. Usually when using
wildcard imports from multiple packages it is an error if there multiple
import candidates for an identifier. With exports it is possible that there
are multiple candidates through different packets, but they all refer to
the same identifier. In this case it does not create a conflict. E.g.
```
package P1;
int x;
endpackage
package P2;
import P1::x;
export P1::x;
endpackage
package P3;
import P1::*;
import P2::*;
int y = x; // No import conflict
endpackage
```
Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
Currently typedefs are just a pointer to a data_type_t.
Currently typedefs are implemented by setting the name field of a
data_type_t when a typedef of the type is declared. This works mostly, but
there are some corner cases that can't be supported.
E.g. a typedef of a typedef does not work as it overwrites the name field
of the same data_type_t multiple times.
Forward typedefs can also not be supported since forward typedefs allow to
reference a type before it has been declared.
There are also some problems with type identifier references from a
higher-level scope if there is a type identifier in the current scope with
the same name, but it is declared after the type identifier has been
referenced. E.g. in the following x should be a vector fo width 8, but it
will be a vector of width 4, because while the right type is used it is
elaborated in the wrong scope.
```
localparam A = 8;
typedef logic [A-1:0] T;
module M;
localparam A = 4;
T x;
typedef int T;
endmodule
```
Furthermore typedefs used for the type of ports are elaborated in the wrong
scope.
To handle these corner case issues introduce a data_type_t for typedefs.
Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
This eliminates some indeterminism in the error messages, which was
causing occasional failures in CI. We don't expect this list to be
very large, so the O(n) insertion time should not be a problem.
When elaborating a subclass, the base class scope needs to be elaborated
before the subclass scope. If the base class and subclass are defined in
different packages, this requires the package scopes to be elaborated in
the correct order. SystemVerilog reqires packages to be defined before
they are used, so that is the order we should elaborate them in.
Explicit imports should always conflict with local declarations using
the same name. Wildcard imports only conflict if they are referenced
before a local declaration with the same name.
This also unifies the detection of identifier conflicts.
Rework lexical support for PACKAGE_IDENTIFIER so that the lexor
can help with package scoped identifiers.
Pform package types and package functions up to elaboration.
This was temporarily implemented to just copy definitions to the
local scope, but the better method is to create a PEIdent that has
the package attached to it.
Martin Whitaker
Lars-Peter Clausen
Lloyd Parkes
Cary R
Stephen Williams