I'm adding more uses of the make_range_from_width function, so
it seems like time to get rid of its use of the svector template.
This thread led to a lot of other uses of svector that had to
also be removed.
An unsized signed constant that is smaller than integer_width needs
to be resized up to either the integer_width or the expression width
whichever is smaller.
This patch mimics what was done for vectors, but is simpler since
arrays don't use the endian information. It also needs to address
the fact that .array/port assumes the expression is unsigned so
any signed expression must be padded to make it larger than the
maximum array word when it is converted to unsigned.
This patch modifies all the variable bit and indexed part selects
to use a common routine. This routine determines the minimum
width needed to calculate the result correctly, pads the expression
if needed and then converts the expression to signed if required to
make the calculation correct.
Added 'expr_wid' parameter to calls to 'eval_expr()' within
PEBinary::elaborate_eval_expr_base_()'. This makes a specific problem
go away and may even be the correct thing to do.
We only need to set the width of a multiple if the width is greater
than zero and if the expression is vectorable. This matches what is
done for addition.
Some new shadow issues have crept in. This patch fixes these new
issues and adds -Wshadow to the normal warning flags to keep any
new occurrences from happening.
Comparison expressions have sorta-self-determined arguments.
Handle the special cause that some of the arguments may be
themselves unsized, and so expecting to be even wider then
otherwise.
Operands to reduction unary operators are self determined, so
evaluate the operands that way. But this means that binary expressions
in this context should take pains to use their test_width tested
expression width.
This exposed a case where the test_width methods were not called
for self-determined expressions. Fix that too.
This patch enhances elaboration to drop/ignore zero replication
count constants. Not doing this was causing problems later in
the compiler. We still pass non-constant expressions since
both user and system functions must be run for their possible
side effects. Constants can never have a side effect so just
dropping them is acceptable.
When handling the $signed/$unsigned system functions, the compiler
was applying the new signed/unsigned property to the NetExpr object
representing the input argument. This caused the input argument to
be evaluated incorrectly. This patch fixes this by applying the new
property to the NetExpr object created to pad the result to the
required size.
In testing this fix, it was also discovered that the width of the
input argument expression was not being calculated correctly. This
patch also fixes this issue.
Creation of implicit nets requires knowledge of whether an identifier
has been declared before it is used. Currently implicit nets are
created during elaboration, but by this stage the order of declaration
and use is not known. This patch moves the creation of implicit nets
into the parser stage.
Under some situation the optimized repeat expression can get out
of sync while it is being processed this causes the code to
reference freed memory. This happens when the repeat expression
is converted to an unsigned integer, but the repeat expression
is used in a different path. It was easier to just remove the
optimization then track down the convoluted call sequence that
was causing this and then figure out what needed to be fixed.
The repeat expression must be constant, so is likely not too
complicated so this optimization is very minor and should not
be missed.
This patch is a major rewrite of the indexed part selects (+: and -:).
It made the following enhancements:
1. Make indexed part selects work correctly with both big and little
endian vectors.
2. Add a warning flag that warns about constant out of bounds/or 'bx
indexed selects.
3. Moved the -: parameter code to its own routine.
4. Added support for straddling before part selects in a CA.
5. Added more assert(! number_is_unknown) statements.
6. Add warning for &PV<> select with a signed index signal that is
less than the width of an int. This will be fixed later.
7. Add support for loading a 'bx/'bz constant into a numeric register.
8. Add a number of signed value fixes to the compiler/code generator.
9. Major fix of draw_select_expr() in the code generator.
In 1364-2005 it is an explicit error to take the select of a scalar
or real value. We added the checks for real a while ago. This patch
adds the functionality for scalar values. In the future we may want
to push the scalar property to the run time.
Only sign extend the operands for division or modulus if
both of them are signed. Previously only the individual
operand signedness was being considered.
This patch fixes the following problems in the right shift code.
The >>> result is only signed if the l-arg is also signed.
The r-arg is always unsigned.
Only sign extend the l-arg when the >>> operator is used.
This relates to an optimization for certain constant shifts.
Removed some obsoleted/outdated code.
This patch adds messages in various places to warn that constant
user functions are not supported. It uses a global variable to
indicate when we are in a constant context. This is a bit of a
kludge, but works well without needing to change a bunch of code.
It is interesting to note that ports are elaborated late enough
that if we had the constant function evaluation code they would
evaluate correctly. This also applies to the function return
range, the concatenation repeat, specparams and initial values.
Signal definitions are early enough that elaboration is what is
failing because the function body is not available (has not been
elaborated). The same thing applies to both parameters and
localparms.
It is possible for an identifier to have multiple index expressions.
(For example, a part select of a memory word.) Make sure all the
index expressions are probed for width and type.
And also, note that the unary ! returns BOOL or LOGIC, not just
the type of its operand. It is slightly different from the other
unary operators in that way.
The test_width for repeat-concatenations is tricky because it
requires the evaluated value for the repeat expression. It should
be OK to call elab_and_eval on that expression even during the
test_width for the containing expression. We'll see.
This patch adds logical support for real values (!, && and ||). It
also prints an appropriate error message when a real value is
incorrectly given to an operator that does not allow real arguments
(bit-wise, reduction, shift and repeat/concatenation).
For most cases just using the value of a parameter is fine, but
a vpi call can access more than the value so we want to use a
parameter reference instead of the value for vpi calls.
Strings were working correctly, integer values need some minor
code generator changes and real values needed to be pushed from
elaboration to the code generators. I also changed the default
real value comment from %g to %#g so that it is more obvious
that the value is a real value.
When doing right shift of unsized expressions, pad the left operand
so that the right shift does not lose. This better accounts for the
lossless expectations of unsized arguments.
Part selects need to be fully defined. If not, then the resulting
expression is 'bx no matter what. The same for bit selects, when
the bit select expression is constant.
When the parameter up index was being reworked someone mistakenly
used the pointer value instead of the actual value in the MSB/LSB
comparison. This obviously could give incorrect results.
This fixes up the elaboration of binary expressions found in
parameter expressions. Parameter expressions are special because
they elaborate early, before all the other parameters are necessarily
completed.
This patch fixes fully out of range constant indexed part selects
to just return 'bx. It also adds support for constant undefined
base values which also just return 'bx.
A bug in the bit width calculation when building an unsized, signed
negative integer value was also fixed (-3 needs 3 bits not 2, etc.)
Stephen Williams
Cary R
Larry Doolittle
Patrick Doyle
Martin Whitaker