Internals: Add `--dump-inputs` to make __inputs without needing `--debug`

bin/verilator

@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ detailed descriptions of these arguments.
     --dump-defines              Show preprocessor defines with -E
     --dump-dfg                  Enable dumping DfgGraphs to .dot files
     --dump-graph                Enable dumping V3Graphs to .dot files
+    --dump-inputs               Enable dumping preprocessed input files
     --dump-tree                 Enable dumping Ast .tree files
     --dump-tree-addrids         Use short identifiers instead of addresses
     --dump-tree-dot             Enable dumping Ast .tree.dot debug files

docs/guide/contributing.rst

@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ reduce a SystemVerilog design to the smallest possible reproducer.
 It can be used to automatically reduce a design with hundreds of thousands of
 lines to a minimal test case while preserving the bug-inducing behavior.
 
-With :vlopt:`--debug`, Verilator will write a *{prefix}*\ __inputs\ .vpp
-file which has all of the individual input files combined and
-pre-processed, this is often useful as the input design into `sv-bugpoint`.
+With :vlopt:`--debug` or :vlopt:`--dump-inputs`, Verilator will write a
+*{prefix}*\ __inputs\ .vpp file which has all of the individual input files
+combined and pre-processed, this is often useful as the input design into
+`sv-bugpoint`.
 
 Please refer to `sv-bugpoint README
 <https://github.com/antmicro/sv-bugpoint/blob/main/README.md>`_ for more

docs/guide/exe_verilator.rst

@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ Summary:
    level 3. Before Verilator 4.228, :vlopt:`--dump-tree` used
    to include this option.
 
+.. option:: --dump-inputs
+
+   Rarely needed.  Enable dumping a *{prefix}*\ __inputs\ .vpp file which
+   has all of the individual input files combined and pre-processed
+
 .. option:: --dump-tree
 
    Rarely needed.  Enable dumping Ast .tree debug files with dumping level 3,

src/V3ParseImp.cpp

@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ void V3ParseImp::parseFile(FileLine* fileline, const string& modfilename, bool i
     }
 
     V3Stats::addStatSum(V3Stats::STAT_SOURCE_CHARS, m_ppBytes);
-    if (debug() && modfilename != V3Options::getStdPackagePath()
+    if ((debug() || v3Global.opt.dumpLevel("inputs"))
+        && modfilename != V3Options::getStdPackagePath()
         && modfilename != V3Options::getStdWaiverPath())
         dumpInputsFile();
 

test_regress/t/t_debug_inputs.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import vltest_bootstrap
 
 test.scenarios('vlt')
 
-test.lint(v_flags=["--debug --debugi 1 -Wno-MULTITOP t/t_debug_inputs_b.v"])
+test.lint(v_flags=["--dump-inputs -Wno-MULTITOP t/t_debug_inputs_b.v"])
 
 test.file_grep(test.obj_dir + "/V" + test.name + "__inputs.vpp", r'module t_debug_inputs;')
 test.file_grep(test.obj_dir + "/V" + test.name + "__inputs.vpp", r'module t_debug_inputs_a;')