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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import re
import sys
import pprint
import getopt

pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)

prefix = None
pmgfiles = list()
outfile = None
debug = False
genhdr = False

opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "p:o:dg")

for o, a in opts:
    if o == "-p":
        prefix = a
    elif o == "-o":
        outfile = a
    elif o == "-d":
        debug = True
    elif o == "-g":
        genhdr = True

if outfile is None:
    outfile = "/dev/stdout"

for a in args:
    assert a.endswith(".pmg")
    if prefix is None and len(args) == 1:
        prefix = a[0:-4]
        prefix = prefix.split('/')[-1]
    pmgfiles.append(a)

assert prefix is not None

current_pattern = None
current_subpattern = None
patterns = dict()
subpatterns = dict()
subpattern_args = dict()
state_types = dict()
udata_types = dict()
blocks = list()
ids = dict()

def rewrite_cpp(s):
    t = list()
    i = 0
    while i < len(s):
        if s[i] in ("'", '"') and i + 1 < len(s):
            j = i + 1
            while j + 1 < len(s) and s[j] != s[i]:
                if s[j] == '\\' and j + 1 < len(s):
                    j += 1
                j += 1
            t.append(s[i:j+1])
            i = j + 1
            continue

        if s[i] in ('$', '\\') and i + 1 < len(s):
            j = i + 1
            while True:
                if j == len(s):
                    j -= 1
                    break
                if ord('a') <= ord(s[j]) <= ord('z'):
                    j += 1
                    continue
                if ord('A') <= ord(s[j]) <= ord('Z'):
                    j += 1
                    continue
                if ord('0') <= ord(s[j]) <= ord('9'):
                    j += 1
                    continue
                if s[j] == '_':
                    j += 1
                    continue
                j -= 1
                break

            n = s[i:j+1]
            i = j + 1

            if n[0] == '$':
                v = "id_d_" + n[1:]
            else:
                v = "id_b_" + n[1:]

            if v not in ids:
                ids[v] = n
            else:
                assert ids[v] == n

            t.append(v)
            continue

        if s[i] == "\t":
            t.append("  ")
        else:
            t.append(s[i])

        i += 1

    return "".join(t)

def process_pmgfile(f, filename):
    linenr = 0
    global current_pattern
    global current_subpattern
    while True:
        linenr += 1
        line = f.readline()
        if line == "": break
        line = line.strip()

        cmd = line.split()
        if len(cmd) == 0 or cmd[0].startswith("//"): continue
        cmd = cmd[0]

        if cmd == "pattern":
            if current_pattern is not None:
                block = dict()
                block["type"] = "final"
                block["pattern"] = (current_pattern, current_subpattern)
                blocks.append(block)
            line = line.split()
            assert len(line) == 2
            assert line[1] not in patterns
            current_pattern = line[1]
            current_subpattern = ""
            patterns[current_pattern] = len(blocks)
            subpatterns[(current_pattern, current_subpattern)] = len(blocks)
            subpattern_args[(current_pattern, current_subpattern)] = list()
            state_types[current_pattern] = dict()
            udata_types[current_pattern] = dict()
            continue

        assert current_pattern is not None

        if cmd == "fallthrough":
            block = dict()
            block["type"] = "fallthrough"
            blocks.append(block)
            line = line.split()
            assert len(line) == 1
            continue

        if cmd == "subpattern":
            if len(blocks) == 0 or blocks[-1]["type"] != "fallthrough":
                block = dict()
                block["type"] = "final"
                block["pattern"] = (current_pattern, current_subpattern)
                blocks.append(block)
            elif len(blocks) and blocks[-1]["type"] == "fallthrough":
                del blocks[-1]
            line = line.split()
            assert len(line) == 2
            current_subpattern = line[1]
            subpattern_args[(current_pattern, current_subpattern)] = list()
            assert (current_pattern, current_subpattern) not in subpatterns
            subpatterns[(current_pattern, current_subpattern)] = len(blocks)
            continue

        if cmd == "arg":
            line = line.split()
            assert len(line) > 1
            subpattern_args[(current_pattern, current_subpattern)] += line[1:]
            continue

        if cmd == "state":
            m = re.match(r"^state\s+<(.*?)>\s+(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*\s+)*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*)\s*$", line)
            assert m
            type_str = m.group(1)
            states_str = m.group(2)
            for s in re.split(r"\s+", states_str):
                assert s not in state_types[current_pattern]
                state_types[current_pattern][s] = type_str
            continue

        if cmd == "udata":
            m = re.match(r"^udata\s+<(.*?)>\s+(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*\s+)*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*)\s*$", line)
            assert m
            type_str = m.group(1)
            udatas_str = m.group(2)
            for s in re.split(r"\s+", udatas_str):
                assert s not in udata_types[current_pattern]
                udata_types[current_pattern][s] = type_str
            continue

        if cmd == "match":
            block = dict()
            block["type"] = "match"
            block["src"] = "%s:%d" % (filename, linenr)
            block["pattern"] = (current_pattern, current_subpattern)

            block["genargs"] = None
            block["gencode"] = None

            line = line.split()
            assert len(line) == 2
            assert (line[1] not in state_types[current_pattern]) or (state_types[current_pattern][line[1]] == "Cell*")
            block["cell"] = line[1]
            state_types[current_pattern][line[1]] = "Cell*";

            block["if"] = list()
            block["setup"] = list()
            block["index"] = list()
            block["filter"] = list()
            block["sets"] = list()
            block["optional"] = False
            block["semioptional"] = False

            while True:
                linenr += 1
                l = f.readline()
                assert l != ""
                a = l.split()
                if len(a) == 0 or a[0].startswith("//"): continue
                
/*
 *  yosys -- Yosys Open SYnthesis Suite
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2012  Clifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>
 *
 *  Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
 *  purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
 *  copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
 *
 *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
 *  WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
 *  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
 *  ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
 *  WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
 *  ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 *  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 *
 *  ---
 *
 *  This is the AST frontend library.
 *
 *  The AST frontend library is not a frontend on it's own but provides a
 *  generic abstract syntax tree (AST) abstraction for HDL code and can be
 *  used by HDL frontends. See "ast.h" for an overview of the API and the
 *  Verilog frontend for an usage example.
 *
 */

#include "kernel/log.h"
#include "kernel/utils.h"
#include "libs/sha1/sha1.h"
#include "ast.h"

#include <sstream>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <algorithm>

YOSYS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

using namespace AST;
using namespace AST_INTERNAL;

// helper function for creating RTLIL code for unary operations
static RTLIL::SigSpec uniop2rtlil(AstNode *that, IdString type, int result_width, const RTLIL::SigSpec &arg, bool gen_attributes = true)
{
	IdString name = stringf("%s$%s:%d$%d", type.c_str(), that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, autoidx++);
	RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(name, type);
	cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);

	RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(cell->name.str() + "_Y", result_width);
	wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);

	if (gen_attributes)
		for (auto &attr : that->attributes) {
			if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
				log_file_error(that->filename, that->location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
			cell->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
		}

	cell->parameters[ID::A_SIGNED] = RTLIL::Const(that->children[0]->is_signed);
	cell->parameters[ID::A_WIDTH] = RTLIL::Const(arg.size());
	cell->setPort(ID::A, arg);

	cell->parameters[ID::Y_WIDTH] = result_width;
	cell->setPort(ID::Y, wire);
	return wire;
}

// helper function for extending bit width (preferred over SigSpec::extend() because of correct undef propagation in ConstEval)
static void widthExtend(AstNode *that, RTLIL::SigSpec &sig, int width, bool is_signed)
{
	if (width <= sig.size()) {
		sig.extend_u0(width, is_signed);
		return;
	}

	IdString name = stringf("$extend$%s:%d$%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, autoidx++);
	RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(name, ID($pos));
	cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);

	RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(cell->name.str() + "_Y", width);
	wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);

	if (that != NULL)
		for (auto &attr : that->attributes) {
			if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
				log_file_error(that->filename, that->location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
			cell->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
		}

	cell->parameters[ID::A_SIGNED] = RTLIL::Const(is_signed);
	cell->parameters[ID::A_WIDTH] = RTLIL::Const(sig.size());
	cell->setPort(ID::A, sig);

	cell->parameters[ID::Y_WIDTH] = width;
	cell->setPort(ID::Y, wire);
	sig = wire;
}

// helper function for creating RTLIL code for binary operations
static RTLIL::SigSpec binop2rtlil(AstNode *that, IdString type, int result_width, const RTLIL::SigSpec &left, const RTLIL::SigSpec &right)
{
	IdString name = stringf("%s$%s:%d$%d", type.c_str(), that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, autoidx++);
	RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(name, type);
	cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);

	RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(cell->name.str() + "_Y", result_width);
	wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);
	wire->is_signed = that->is_signed;

	for (auto &attr : that->attributes) {
		if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
			log_file_error(that->filename, that->location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
		cell->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
	}

	cell->parameters[ID::A_SIGNED] = RTLIL::Const(that->children[0]->is_signed);
	cell->parameters[ID::B_SIGNED] = RTLIL::Const(that->children[1]->is_signed);

	cell->parameters[ID::A_WIDTH] = RTLIL::Const(left.size());
	cell->parameters[ID::B_WIDTH] = RTLIL::Const(right.size());

	cell->setPort(ID::A, left);
	cell->setPort(ID::B, right);

	cell->parameters[ID::Y_WIDTH] = result_width;
	cell->setPort(ID::Y, wire);
	return wire;
}

// helper function for creating RTLIL code for multiplexers
static RTLIL::SigSpec mux2rtlil(AstNode *that, const RTLIL::SigSpec &cond, const RTLIL::SigSpec &left, const RTLIL::SigSpec &right)
{
	log_assert(cond.size() == 1);

	std::stringstream sstr;
	sstr << "$ternary$" << that->filename << ":" << that->location.first_line << "$" << (autoidx++);

	RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(sstr.str(), ID($mux));
	cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);

	RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(cell->name.str() + "_Y", left.size());
	wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", that->filename.c_str(), that->location.first_line, that->location.first_column, that->location.last_line, that->location.last_column);
	wire->is_signed = that->is_signed;

	for (auto &attr : that->attributes) {
		if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
			log_file_error(that->filename, that->location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
		cell->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
	}

	cell->parameters[ID::WIDTH] = RTLIL::Const(left.size());

	cell->setPort(ID::A, right);
	cell->setPort(ID::B, left);
	cell->setPort(ID::S, cond);
	cell->setPort(ID::Y, wire);

	return wire;
}

// helper class for rewriting simple lookahead references in AST always blocks
struct AST_INTERNAL::LookaheadRewriter
{
	dict<IdString, pair<AstNode*, AstNode*>> lookaheadids;

	void collect_lookaheadids(AstNode *node)
	{
		if (node->lookahead) {
			log_assert(node->type == AST_IDENTIFIER);
			if (!lookaheadids.count(node->str)) {
				AstNode *wire = new AstNode(AST_WIRE);
				for (auto c : node->id2ast->children)
					wire->children.push_back(c->clone());
				wire->str = stringf("$lookahead%s$%d", node->str.c_str(), autoidx++);
				wire->attributes[ID::nosync] = AstNode::mkconst_int(1, false);
				wire->is_logic = true;
				while (wire->simplify(true, false, false, 1, -1, false, false)) { }
				current_ast_mod->children.push_back(wire);
				lookaheadids[node->str] = make_pair(node->id2ast, wire);
				wire->genRTLIL();
			}
		}

		for (auto child : node->children)
			collect_lookaheadids(child);
	}

	bool has_lookaheadids(AstNode *node)
	{
		if (node->type == AST_IDENTIFIER && lookaheadids.count(node->str) != 0)
			return true;

		for (auto child : node->children)
			if (has_lookaheadids(child))
				return true;

		return false;
	}

	bool has_nonlookaheadids(AstNode *node)
	{
		if (node->type == AST_IDENTIFIER && lookaheadids.count(node->str) == 0)
			return true;

		for (auto child : node->children)
			if (has_nonlookaheadids(child))
				return true;

		return false;
	}

	void rewrite_lookaheadids(AstNode *node, bool lhs = false)
	{
		if (node->type == AST_ASSIGN_LE)
		{
			if (has_lookaheadids(node->children[0]))
			{
				if (has_nonlookaheadids(node->children[0]))
					log_error("incompatible mix of lookahead and non-lookahead IDs in LHS expression.\n");

				rewrite_lookaheadids(node->children[0], true);
				node->type = AST_ASSIGN_EQ;
			}

			rewrite_lookaheadids(node->children[1], lhs);
			return;
		}

		if (node->type == AST_IDENTIFIER && (node->lookahead || lhs)) {
			AstNode *newwire = lookaheadids.at(node->str).second;
			node->str = newwire->str;
			node->id2ast = newwire;
			lhs = false;
		}

		for (auto child : node->children)
			rewrite_lookaheadids(child, lhs);
	}

	LookaheadRewriter(AstNode *top)
	{
		// top->dumpAst(NULL, "REWRITE-BEFORE> ");
		// top->dumpVlog(NULL, "REWRITE-BEFORE> ");

		AstNode *block = nullptr;

		for (auto c : top->children)
			if (c->type == AST_BLOCK) {
				log_assert(block == nullptr);
				block = c;
			}
		log_assert(block != nullptr);

		collect_lookaheadids(block);
		rewrite_lookaheadids(block);

		for (auto it : lookaheadids)
		{
			AstNode *ref_orig = new AstNode(AST_IDENTIFIER);
			ref_orig->str = it.second.first->str;
			ref_orig->id2ast = it.second.first;
			ref_orig->was_checked = true;

			AstNode *ref_temp = new AstNode(AST_IDENTIFIER);
			ref_temp->str = it.second.second->str;
			ref_temp->id2ast = it.second.second;
			ref_temp->was_checked = true;

			AstNode *init_assign = new AstNode(AST_ASSIGN_EQ, ref_temp->clone(), ref_orig->clone());
			AstNode *final_assign = new AstNode(AST_ASSIGN_LE, ref_orig, ref_temp);

			block->children.insert(block->children.begin(), init_assign);
			block->children.push_back(final_assign);
		}

		// top->dumpAst(NULL, "REWRITE-AFTER> ");
		// top->dumpVlog(NULL, "REWRITE-AFTER> ");
	}
};

// helper class for converting AST always nodes to RTLIL processes
struct AST_INTERNAL::ProcessGenerator
{
	// input and output structures
	AstNode *always;
	RTLIL::SigSpec initSyncSignals;
	RTLIL::Process *proc;
	RTLIL::SigSpec outputSignals;

	// This always points to the RTLIL::CaseRule being filled at the moment
	RTLIL::CaseRule *current_case;

	// This map contains the replacement pattern to be used in the right hand side
	// of an assignment. E.g. in the code "foo = bar; foo = func(foo);" the foo in the right
	// hand side of the 2nd assignment needs to be replace with the temporary signal holding
	// the value assigned in the first assignment. So when the first assignment is processed
	// the according information is appended to subst_rvalue_from and subst_rvalue_to.
	stackmap<RTLIL::SigBit, RTLIL::SigBit> subst_rvalue_map;

	// This map contains the replacement pattern to be used in the left hand side
	// of an assignment. E.g. in the code "always @(posedge clk) foo <= bar" the signal bar
	// should not be connected to the signal foo. Instead it must be connected to the temporary
	// signal that is used as input for the register that drives the signal foo.
	stackmap<RTLIL::SigBit, RTLIL::SigBit> subst_lvalue_map;

	// The code here generates a number of temporary signal for each output register. This
	// map helps generating nice numbered names for all this temporary signals.
	std::map<RTLIL::Wire*, int> new_temp_count;

	// Buffer for generating the init action
	RTLIL::SigSpec init_lvalue, init_rvalue;

	ProcessGenerator(AstNode *always, RTLIL::SigSpec initSyncSignalsArg = RTLIL::SigSpec()) : always(always), initSyncSignals(initSyncSignalsArg)
	{
		// rewrite lookahead references
		LookaheadRewriter la_rewriter(always);

		// generate process and simple root case
		proc = new RTLIL::Process;
		proc->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", always->filename.c_str(), always->location.first_line, always->location.first_column, always->location.last_line, always->location.last_column);
		proc->name = stringf("$proc$%s:%d$%d", always->filename.c_str(), always->location.first_line, autoidx++);
		for (auto &attr : always->attributes) {
			if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
				log_file_error(always->filename, always->location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n",
						attr.first.c_str());
			proc->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
		}
		current_module->processes[proc->name] = proc;
		current_case = &proc->root_case;

		// create initial temporary signal for all output registers
		RTLIL::SigSpec subst_lvalue_from, subst_lvalue_to;
		collect_lvalues(subst_lvalue_from, always, true, true);
		subst_lvalue_to = new_temp_signal(subst_lvalue_from);
		subst_lvalue_map = subst_lvalue_from.to_sigbit_map(subst_lvalue_to);

		bool found_global_syncs = false;
		bool found_anyedge_syncs = false;
		for (auto child : always->children)
		{
			if ((child->type == AST_POSEDGE || child->type == AST_NEGEDGE) && GetSize(child->children) == 1 && child->children.at(0)->type == AST_IDENTIFIER &&
					child->children.at(0)->id2ast && child->children.at(0)->id2ast->type == AST_WIRE && child->children.at(0)->id2ast->get_bool_attribute(ID::gclk)) {
				found_global_syncs = true;
			}
			if (child->type == AST_EDGE) {
				if (GetSize(child->children) == 1 && child->children.at(0)->type == AST_IDENTIFIER && child->children.at(0)->str == "\\$global_clock")
					found_global_syncs = true;
				else
					found_anyedge_syncs = true;
			}
		}

		if (found_anyedge_syncs) {
			if (found_global_syncs)
				log_file_error(always->filename, always->location.first_line, "Found non-synthesizable event list!\n");
			log("Note: Assuming pure combinatorial block at %s:%d.%d-%d.%d in\n", always->filename.c_str(), always->location.first_line, always->location.first_column, always->location.last_line, always->location.last_column);
			log("compliance with IEC 62142(E):2005 / IEEE Std. 1364.1(E):2002. Recommending\n");
			log("use of @* instead of @(...) for better match of synthesis and simulation.\n");
		}

		// create syncs for the process
		bool found_clocked_sync = false;
		for (auto child : always->children)
			if (child->type == AST_POSEDGE || child->type == AST_NEGEDGE) {
				if (GetSize(child->children) == 1 && child->children.at(0)->type == AST_IDENTIFIER && child->children.at(0)->id2ast &&
						child->children.at(0)->id2ast->type == AST_WIRE && child->children.at(0)->id2ast->get_bool_attribute(ID::gclk))
					continue;
				found_clocked_sync = true;
				if (found_global_syncs || found_anyedge_syncs)
					log_file_error(always->filename, always->location.first_line, "Found non-synthesizable event list!\n");
				RTLIL::SyncRule *syncrule = new RTLIL::SyncRule;
				syncrule->type = child->type == AST_POSEDGE ? RTLIL::STp : RTLIL::STn;
				syncrule->signal = child->children[0]->genRTLIL();
				if (GetSize(syncrule->signal) != 1)
					log_file_error(always->filename, always->location.first_line, "Found posedge/negedge event on a signal that is not 1 bit wide!\n");
				addChunkActions(syncrule->actions, subst_lvalue_from, subst_lvalue_to, true);
				proc->syncs.push_back(syncrule);
			}
		if (proc->syncs.empty()) {
			RTLIL::SyncRule *syncrule = new RTLIL::SyncRule;
			syncrule->type = found_global_syncs ? RTLIL::STg : RTLIL::STa;
			syncrule->signal = RTLIL::SigSpec();
			addChunkActions(syncrule->actions, subst_lvalue_from, subst_lvalue_to, true);
			proc->syncs.push_back(syncrule);
		}

		// create initial assignments for the temporary signals
		if ((flag_nolatches || always->get_bool_attribute(ID::nolatches) || current_module->get_bool_attribute(ID::nolatches)) && !found_clocked_sync) {
			subst_rvalue_map = subst_lvalue_from.to_sigbit_dict(RTLIL::SigSpec(RTLIL::State::Sx, GetSize(subst_lvalue_from)));
		} else {
			addChunkActions(current_case->actions, subst_lvalue_to, subst_lvalue_from);
		}

		// process the AST
		for (auto child : always->children)
			if (child->type == AST_BLOCK)
				processAst(child);

		if (initSyncSignals.size() > 0)
		{
			RTLIL::SyncRule *sync = new RTLIL::SyncRule;
			sync->type = RTLIL::SyncType::STi;
			proc->syncs.push_back(sync);

			log_assert(init_lvalue.size() == init_rvalue.size());

			int offset = 0;
			for (auto &init_lvalue_c : init_lvalue.chunks()) {
				RTLIL::SigSpec lhs = init_lvalue_c;
				RTLIL::SigSpec rhs = init_rvalue.extract(offset, init_lvalue_c.width);
				remove_unwanted_lvalue_bits(lhs, rhs);
				sync->actions.push_back(RTLIL::SigSig(lhs, rhs));
				offset += lhs.size();
			}
		}

		outputSignals = RTLIL::SigSpec(subst_lvalue_from);
	}

	void remove_unwanted_lvalue_bits(RTLIL::SigSpec &lhs, RTLIL::SigSpec &rhs)
	{
		RTLIL::SigSpec new_lhs, new_rhs;

		log_assert(GetSize(lhs) == GetSize(rhs));
		for (int i = 0; i < GetSize(lhs); i++) {
			if (lhs[i].wire == nullptr)
				continue;
			new_lhs.append(lhs[i]);
			new_rhs.append(rhs[i]);
		}

		lhs = new_lhs;
		rhs = new_rhs;
	}

	// create new temporary signals
	RTLIL::SigSpec new_temp_signal(RTLIL::SigSpec sig)
	{
		std::vector<RTLIL::SigChunk> chunks = sig.chunks();

		for (int i = 0; i < GetSize(chunks); i++)
		{
			RTLIL::SigChunk &chunk = chunks[i];
			if (chunk.wire == NULL)
				continue;

			std::string wire_name;
			do {
				wire_name = stringf("$%d%s[%d:%d]", new_temp_count[chunk.wire]++,
						chunk.wire->name.c_str(), chunk.width+chunk.offset-1, chunk.offset);;
				if (chunk.wire->name.str().find('$') != std::string::npos)
					wire_name += stringf("$%d", autoidx++);
			} while (current_module->wires_.count(wire_name) > 0);

			RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(wire_name, chunk.width);
			wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", always->filename.c_str(), always->location.first_line, always->location.first_column, always->location.last_line, always->location.last_column);

			chunk.wire = wire;
			chunk.offset = 0;
		}

		return chunks;
	}

	// recursively traverse the AST and collect all assigned signals
	void collect_lvalues(RTLIL::SigSpec &reg, AstNode *ast, bool type_eq, bool type_le, bool run_sort_and_unify = true)
	{
		switch (ast->type)
		{
		case AST_CASE:
			for (auto child : ast->children)
				if (child != ast->children[0]) {
					log_assert(child->type == AST_COND || child->type == AST_CONDX || child->type == AST_CONDZ);
					collect_lvalues(reg, child, type_eq, type_le, false);
				}
			break;

		case AST_COND:
		case AST_CONDX:
		case AST_CONDZ:
		case AST_ALWAYS:
		case AST_INITIAL:
			for (auto child : ast->children)
				if (child->type == AST_BLOCK)
					collect_lvalues(reg, child, type_eq, type_le, false);
			break;

		case AST_BLOCK:
			for (auto child : ast->children) {
				if (child->type == AST_ASSIGN_EQ && type_eq)
					reg.append(child->children[0]->genRTLIL());
				if (child->type == AST_ASSIGN_LE && type_le)
					reg.append(child->children[0]->genRTLIL());
				if (child->type == AST_CASE || child->type == AST_BLOCK)
					collect_lvalues(reg, child, type_eq, type_le, false);
			}
			break;

		default:
			log_abort();
		}

		if (run_sort_and_unify) {
			std::set<RTLIL::SigBit> sorted_reg;
			for (auto bit : reg)
				if (bit.wire)
					sorted_reg.insert(bit);
			reg = RTLIL::SigSpec(sorted_reg);
		}
	}

	// remove all assignments to the given signal pattern in a case and all its children.
	// e.g. when the last statement in the code "a = 23; if (b) a = 42; a = 0;" is processed this
	// function is called to clean up the first two assignments as they are overwritten by
	// the third assignment.
	void removeSignalFromCaseTree(const RTLIL::SigSpec &pattern, RTLIL::CaseRule *cs)
	{
		for (auto it = cs->actions.begin(); it != cs->actions.end(); it++)
			it->first.remove2(pattern, &it->second);

		for (auto it = cs->switches.begin(); it != cs->switches.end(); it++)
			for (auto it2 = (*it)->cases.begin(); it2 != (*it)->cases.end(); it2++)
				removeSignalFromCaseTree(pattern, *it2);
	}

	// add an assignment (aka "action") but split it up in chunks. this way huge assignments
	// are avoided and the generated $mux cells have a more "natural" size.
	void addChunkActions(std::vector<RTLIL::SigSig> &actions, RTLIL::SigSpec lvalue, RTLIL::SigSpec rvalue, bool inSyncRule = false)
	{
		if (inSyncRule && initSyncSignals.size() > 0) {
			init_lvalue.append(lvalue.extract(initSyncSignals));
			init_rvalue.append(lvalue.extract(initSyncSignals, &rvalue));
			lvalue.remove2(initSyncSignals, &rvalue);
		}
		log_assert(lvalue.size() == rvalue.size());

		int offset = 0;
		for (auto &lvalue_c : lvalue.chunks()) {
			RTLIL::SigSpec lhs = lvalue_c;
			RTLIL::SigSpec rhs = rvalue.extract(offset, lvalue_c.width);
			if (inSyncRule && lvalue_c.wire && lvalue_c.wire->get_bool_attribute(ID::nosync))
				rhs = RTLIL::SigSpec(RTLIL::State::Sx, rhs.size());
			remove_unwanted_lvalue_bits(lhs, rhs);
			actions.push_back(RTLIL::SigSig(lhs, rhs));
			offset += lhs.size();
		}
	}

	// recursively process the AST and fill the RTLIL::Process
	void processAst(AstNode *ast)
	{
		switch (ast->type)
		{
		case AST_BLOCK:
			for (auto child : ast->children)
				processAst(child);
			break;

		case AST_ASSIGN_EQ:
		case AST_ASSIGN_LE:
			{
				RTLIL::SigSpec unmapped_lvalue = ast->children[0]->genRTLIL(), lvalue = unmapped_lvalue;
				RTLIL::SigSpec rvalue = ast->children[1]->genWidthRTLIL(lvalue.size(), &subst_rvalue_map.stdmap());

				pool<SigBit> lvalue_sigbits;
				for (int i = 0; i < GetSize(lvalue); i++) {
					if (lvalue_sigbits.count(lvalue[i]) > 0) {
						unmapped_lvalue.remove(i);
						lvalue.remove(i);
						rvalue.remove(i--);
					} else
						lvalue_sigbits.insert(lvalue[i]);
				}

				lvalue.replace(subst_lvalue_map.stdmap());

				if (ast->type == AST_ASSIGN_EQ) {
					for (int i = 0; i < GetSize(unmapped_lvalue); i++)
						subst_rvalue_map.set(unmapped_lvalue[i], rvalue[i]);
				}

				removeSignalFromCaseTree(lvalue, current_case);
				remove_unwanted_lvalue_bits(lvalue, rvalue);
				current_case->actions.push_back(RTLIL::SigSig(lvalue, rvalue));
			}
			break;

		case AST_CASE:
			{
				RTLIL::SwitchRule *sw = new RTLIL::SwitchRule;
				sw->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", ast->filename.c_str(), ast->location.first_line, ast->location.first_column, ast->location.last_line, ast->location.last_column);
				sw->signal = ast->children[0]->genWidthRTLIL(-1, &subst_rvalue_map.stdmap());
				current_case->switches.push_back(sw);

				for (auto &attr : ast->attributes) {
					if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
						log_file_error(ast->filename, ast->location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
					sw->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
				}

				RTLIL::SigSpec this_case_eq_lvalue;
				collect_lvalues(this_case_eq_lvalue, ast, true, false);

				RTLIL::SigSpec this_case_eq_ltemp = new_temp_signal(this_case_eq_lvalue);

				RTLIL::SigSpec this_case_eq_rvalue = this_case_eq_lvalue;
				this_case_eq_rvalue.replace(subst_rvalue_map.stdmap());

				RTLIL::CaseRule *default_case = NULL;
				RTLIL::CaseRule *last_generated_case = NULL;
				for (auto child : ast->children)
				{
					if (child == ast->children[0])
						continue;
					log_assert(child->type == AST_COND || child->type == AST_CONDX || child->type == AST_CONDZ);

					subst_lvalue_map.save();
					subst_rvalue_map.save();

					for (int i = 0; i < GetSize(this_case_eq_lvalue); i++)
						subst_lvalue_map.set(this_case_eq_lvalue[i], this_case_eq_ltemp[i]);

					RTLIL::CaseRule *backup_case = current_case;
					current_case = new RTLIL::CaseRule;
					current_case->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", child->filename.c_str(), child->location.first_line, child->location.first_column, child->location.last_line, child->location.last_column);
					last_generated_case = current_case;
					addChunkActions(current_case->actions, this_case_eq_ltemp, this_case_eq_rvalue);
					for (auto node : child->children) {
						if (node->type == AST_DEFAULT)
							default_case = current_case;
						else if (node->type == AST_BLOCK)
							processAst(node);
						else
							current_case->compare.push_back(node->genWidthRTLIL(sw->signal.size(), &subst_rvalue_map.stdmap()));
					}
					if (default_case != current_case)
						sw->cases.push_back(current_case);
					else
						log_assert(current_case->compare.size() == 0);
					current_case = backup_case;

					subst_lvalue_map.restore();
					subst_rvalue_map.restore();
				}

				if (last_generated_case != NULL && ast->get_bool_attribute(ID::full_case) && default_case == NULL) {
			#if 0
					// this is a valid transformation, but as optimization it is premature.
					// better: add a default case that assigns 'x' to everything, and let later
					// optimizations take care of the rest
					last_generated_case->compare.clear();
			#else
					default_case = new RTLIL::CaseRule;
					addChunkActions(default_case->actions, this_case_eq_ltemp, SigSpec(State::Sx, GetSize(this_case_eq_rvalue)));
					sw->cases.push_back(default_case);
			#endif
				} else {
					if (default_case == NULL) {
						default_case = new RTLIL::CaseRule;
						addChunkActions(default_case->actions, this_case_eq_ltemp, this_case_eq_rvalue);
					}
					sw->cases.push_back(default_case);
				}

				for (int i = 0; i < GetSize(this_case_eq_lvalue); i++)
					subst_rvalue_map.set(this_case_eq_lvalue[i], this_case_eq_ltemp[i]);

				this_case_eq_lvalue.replace(subst_lvalue_map.stdmap());
				removeSignalFromCaseTree(this_case_eq_lvalue, current_case);
				addChunkActions(current_case->actions, this_case_eq_lvalue, this_case_eq_ltemp);
			}
			break;

		case AST_WIRE:
			log_file_error(ast->filename, ast->location.first_line, "Found reg declaration in block without label!\n");
			break;

		case AST_ASSIGN:
			log_file_error(ast->filename, ast->location.first_line, "Found continous assignment in always/initial block!\n");
			break;

		case AST_PARAMETER:
		case AST_LOCALPARAM:
			log_file_error(ast->filename, ast->location.first_line, "Found parameter declaration in block without label!\n");
			break;

		case AST_NONE:
		case AST_TCALL:
		case AST_FOR:
			break;

		default:
			// ast->dumpAst(NULL, "ast> ");
			// current_ast_mod->dumpAst(NULL, "mod> ");
			log_abort();
		}
	}
};

// detect sign and width of an expression
void AstNode::detectSignWidthWorker(int &width_hint, bool &sign_hint, bool *found_real)
{
	std::string type_name;
	bool sub_sign_hint = true;
	int sub_width_hint = -1;
	int this_width = 0;
	AstNode *range = NULL;
	AstNode *id_ast = NULL;

	bool local_found_real = false;
	if (found_real == NULL)
		found_real = &local_found_real;

	switch (type)
	{
	case AST_NONE:
		// unallocated enum, ignore
		break;
	case AST_CONSTANT:
		width_hint = max(width_hint, int(bits.size()));
		if (!is_signed)
			sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_REALVALUE:
		*found_real = true;
		width_hint = max(width_hint, 32);
		break;

	case AST_IDENTIFIER:
		id_ast = id2ast;
		if (id_ast == NULL && current_scope.count(str))
			id_ast = current_scope.at(str);
		if (!id_ast)
			log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to resolve identifier %s for width detection!\n", str.c_str());
		if (id_ast->type == AST_PARAMETER || id_ast->type == AST_LOCALPARAM || id_ast->type == AST_ENUM_ITEM) {
			if (id_ast->children.size() > 1 && id_ast->children[1]->range_valid) {
				this_width = id_ast->children[1]->range_left - id_ast->children[1]->range_right + 1;
			} else
			if (id_ast->children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
				while (id_ast->simplify(true, false, false, 1, -1, false, true)) { }
			if (id_ast->children[0]->type == AST_CONSTANT)
				this_width = id_ast->children[0]->bits.size();
			else
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to detect width for parameter %s!\n", str.c_str());
			if (children.size() != 0)
				range = children[0];
		} else if (id_ast->type == AST_WIRE || id_ast->type == AST_AUTOWIRE) {
			if (!id_ast->range_valid) {
				if (id_ast->type == AST_AUTOWIRE)
					this_width = 1;
				else {
					// current_ast_mod->dumpAst(NULL, "mod> ");
					// log("---\n");
					// id_ast->dumpAst(NULL, "decl> ");
					// dumpAst(NULL, "ref> ");
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to detect width of signal access `%s'!\n", str.c_str());
				}
			} else {
				this_width = id_ast->range_left - id_ast->range_right + 1;
				if (children.size() != 0)
					range = children[0];
			}
		} else if (id_ast->type == AST_GENVAR) {
			this_width = 32;
		} else if (id_ast->type == AST_MEMORY) {
			if (!id_ast->children[0]->range_valid)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to detect width of memory access `%s'!\n", str.c_str());
			this_width = id_ast->children[0]->range_left - id_ast->children[0]->range_right + 1;
			if (children.size() > 1)
				range = children[1];
		} else
			log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to detect width for identifier %s!\n", str.c_str());
		if (range) {
			if (range->children.size() == 1)
				this_width = 1;
			else if (!range->range_valid) {
				AstNode *left_at_zero_ast = children[0]->children[0]->clone();
				AstNode *right_at_zero_ast = children[0]->children.size() >= 2 ? children[0]->children[1]->clone() : left_at_zero_ast->clone();
				while (left_at_zero_ast->simplify(true, true, false, 1, -1, false, false)) { }
				while (right_at_zero_ast->simplify(true, true, false, 1, -1, false, false)) { }
				if (left_at_zero_ast->type != AST_CONSTANT || right_at_zero_ast->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Unsupported expression on dynamic range select on signal `%s'!\n", str.c_str());
				this_width = abs(int(left_at_zero_ast->integer - right_at_zero_ast->integer)) + 1;
				delete left_at_zero_ast;
				delete right_at_zero_ast;
			} else
				this_width = range->range_left - range->range_right + 1;
			sign_hint = false;
		}
		width_hint = max(width_hint, this_width);
		if (!id_ast->is_signed)
			sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_TO_BITS:
		while (children[0]->simplify(true, false, false, 1, -1, false, false) == true) { }
		if (children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
			log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Left operand of tobits expression is not constant!\n");
		children[1]->detectSignWidthWorker(sub_width_hint, sign_hint);
		width_hint = max(width_hint, children[0]->bitsAsConst().as_int());
		break;

	case AST_TO_SIGNED:
		children.at(0)->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sub_sign_hint);
		break;

	case AST_TO_UNSIGNED:
		children.at(0)->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sub_sign_hint);
		sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_SELFSZ:
		sub_width_hint = 0;
		children.at(0)->detectSignWidthWorker(sub_width_hint, sign_hint);
		break;

	case AST_CAST_SIZE:
		while (children.at(0)->simplify(true, false, false, 1, -1, false, false)) { }
		if (children.at(0)->type != AST_CONSTANT)
			log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Static cast with non constant expression!\n");
		children.at(1)->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint);
		width_hint = children.at(0)->bitsAsConst().as_int();
		if (width_hint <= 0)
			log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Static cast with zero or negative size!\n");
		break;

	case AST_CONCAT:
		for (auto child : children) {
			sub_width_hint = 0;
			sub_sign_hint = true;
			child->detectSignWidthWorker(sub_width_hint, sub_sign_hint);
			this_width += sub_width_hint;
		}
		width_hint = max(width_hint, this_width);
		sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_REPLICATE:
		while (children[0]->simplify(true, false, false, 1, -1, false, true) == true) { }
		if (children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
			log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Left operand of replicate expression is not constant!\n");
		children[1]->detectSignWidthWorker(sub_width_hint, sub_sign_hint);
		width_hint = max(width_hint, children[0]->bitsAsConst().as_int() * sub_width_hint);
		sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_NEG:
	case AST_BIT_NOT:
	case AST_POS:
		children[0]->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint, found_real);
		break;

	case AST_BIT_AND:
	case AST_BIT_OR:
	case AST_BIT_XOR:
	case AST_BIT_XNOR:
		for (auto child : children)
			child->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint, found_real);
		break;

	case AST_REDUCE_AND:
	case AST_REDUCE_OR:
	case AST_REDUCE_XOR:
	case AST_REDUCE_XNOR:
	case AST_REDUCE_BOOL:
		width_hint = max(width_hint, 1);
		sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_SHIFT_LEFT:
	case AST_SHIFT_RIGHT:
	case AST_SHIFT_SLEFT:
	case AST_SHIFT_SRIGHT:
	case AST_SHIFTX:
	case AST_SHIFT:
	case AST_POW:
		children[0]->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint, found_real);
		break;

	case AST_LT:
	case AST_LE:
	case AST_EQ:
	case AST_NE:
	case AST_EQX:
	case AST_NEX:
	case AST_GE:
	case AST_GT:
		width_hint = max(width_hint, 1);
		sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_ADD:
	case AST_SUB:
	case AST_MUL:
	case AST_DIV:
	case AST_MOD:
		for (auto child : children)
			child->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint, found_real);
		break;

	case AST_LOGIC_AND:
	case AST_LOGIC_OR:
	case AST_LOGIC_NOT:
		width_hint = max(width_hint, 1);
		sign_hint = false;
		break;

	case AST_TERNARY:
		children.at(1)->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint, found_real);
		children.at(2)->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint, found_real);
		break;

	case AST_MEMRD:
		if (!id2ast->is_signed)
			sign_hint = false;
		if (!id2ast->children[0]->range_valid)
			log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to detect width of memory access `%s'!\n", str.c_str());
		this_width = id2ast->children[0]->range_left - id2ast->children[0]->range_right + 1;
		width_hint = max(width_hint, this_width);
		break;

	case AST_FCALL:
		if (str == "\\$anyconst" || str == "\\$anyseq" || str == "\\$allconst" || str == "\\$allseq") {
			if (GetSize(children) == 1) {
				while (children[0]->simplify(true, false, false, 1, -1, false, true) == true) { }
				if (children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "System function %s called with non-const argument!\n",
							RTLIL::unescape_id(str).c_str());
				width_hint = max(width_hint, int(children[0]->asInt(true)));
			}
			break;
		}
		if (str == "\\$past") {
			if (GetSize(children) > 0) {
				sub_width_hint = 0;
				sub_sign_hint = true;
				children.at(0)->detectSignWidthWorker(sub_width_hint, sub_sign_hint);
				width_hint = max(width_hint, sub_width_hint);
				sign_hint = false;
			}
			break;
		}
		YS_FALLTHROUGH

	// everything should have been handled above -> print error if not.
	default:
		for (auto f : log_files)
			current_ast_mod->dumpAst(f, "verilog-ast> ");
		log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Don't know how to detect sign and width for %s node!\n", type2str(type).c_str());
	}

	if (*found_real)
		sign_hint = true;
}

// detect sign and width of an expression
void AstNode::detectSignWidth(int &width_hint, bool &sign_hint, bool *found_real)
{
	width_hint = -1;
	sign_hint = true;
	if (found_real)
		*found_real = false;
	detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint, found_real);
}

// create RTLIL from an AST node
// all generated cells, wires and processes are added to the module pointed to by 'current_module'
// when the AST node is an expression (AST_ADD, AST_BIT_XOR, etc.), the result signal is returned.
//
// note that this function is influenced by a number of global variables that might be set when
// called from genWidthRTLIL(). also note that this function recursively calls itself to transform
// larger expressions into a netlist of cells.
RTLIL::SigSpec AstNode::genRTLIL(int width_hint, bool sign_hint)
{
	// in the following big switch() statement there are some uses of
	// Clifford's Device (http://www.clifford.at/cfun/cliffdev/). In this
	// cases this variable is used to hold the type of the cell that should
	// be instantiated for this type of AST node.
	IdString type_name;

	current_filename = filename;

	switch (type)
	{
	// simply ignore this nodes.
	// they are either leftovers from simplify() or are referenced by other nodes
	// and are only accessed here thru this references
	case AST_NONE:
	case AST_TASK:
	case AST_FUNCTION:
	case AST_DPI_FUNCTION:
	case AST_AUTOWIRE:
	case AST_DEFPARAM:
	case AST_GENVAR:
	case AST_GENFOR:
	case AST_GENBLOCK:
	case AST_GENIF:
	case AST_GENCASE:
	case AST_PACKAGE:
	case AST_ENUM:
	case AST_MODPORT:
	case AST_MODPORTMEMBER:
	case AST_TYPEDEF:
	case AST_STRUCT:
	case AST_UNION:
		break;
	case AST_INTERFACEPORT: {
		// If a port in a module with unknown type is found, mark it with the attribute 'is_interface'
		// This is used by the hierarchy pass to know when it can replace interface connection with the individual
		// signals.
		RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(str, 1);
		wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
		wire->start_offset = 0;
		wire->port_id = port_id;
		wire->port_input = true;
		wire->port_output = true;
		wire->set_bool_attribute(ID::is_interface);
		if (children.size() > 0) {
			for(size_t i=0; i<children.size();i++) {
				if(children[i]->type == AST_INTERFACEPORTTYPE) {
					std::pair<std::string,std::string> res = AST::split_modport_from_type(children[i]->str);
					wire->attributes[ID::interface_type] = res.first;
					if (res.second != "")
						wire->attributes[ID::interface_modport] = res.second;
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		wire->upto = 0;
		}
		break;
	case AST_INTERFACEPORTTYPE:
		break;

	// remember the parameter, needed for example in techmap
	case AST_PARAMETER:
		current_module->avail_parameters(str);
		if (GetSize(children) >= 1 && children[0]->type == AST_CONSTANT) {
			current_module->parameter_default_values[str] = children[0]->asParaConst();
		}
		YS_FALLTHROUGH
	case AST_LOCALPARAM:
		if (flag_pwires)
		{
			if (GetSize(children) < 1 || children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Parameter `%s' with non-constant value!\n", str.c_str());

			RTLIL::Const val = children[0]->bitsAsConst();
			RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(str, GetSize(val));
			current_module->connect(wire, val);

			wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
			wire->attributes[type == AST_PARAMETER ? ID::parameter : ID::localparam] = 1;

			for (auto &attr : attributes) {
				if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
				wire->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
			}
		}
		break;

	// create an RTLIL::Wire for an AST_WIRE node
	case AST_WIRE: {
			if (current_module->wires_.count(str) != 0)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Re-definition of signal `%s'!\n", str.c_str());
			if (!range_valid)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Signal `%s' with non-constant width!\n", str.c_str());

			if (!(range_left + 1 >= range_right))
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Signal `%s' with invalid width range %d!\n", str.c_str(), range_left - range_right + 1);

			RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(str, range_left - range_right + 1);
			wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
			wire->start_offset = range_right;
			wire->port_id = port_id;
			wire->port_input = is_input;
			wire->port_output = is_output;
			wire->upto = range_swapped;
			wire->is_signed = is_signed;

			for (auto &attr : attributes) {
				if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
				wire->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
			}

			if (is_wand) wire->set_bool_attribute(ID::wand);
			if (is_wor)  wire->set_bool_attribute(ID::wor);
		}
		break;

	// create an RTLIL::Memory for an AST_MEMORY node
	case AST_MEMORY: {
			if (current_module->memories.count(str) != 0)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Re-definition of memory `%s'!\n", str.c_str());

			log_assert(children.size() >= 2);
			log_assert(children[0]->type == AST_RANGE);
			log_assert(children[1]->type == AST_RANGE);

			if (!children[0]->range_valid || !children[1]->range_valid)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Memory `%s' with non-constant width or size!\n", str.c_str());

			RTLIL::Memory *memory = new RTLIL::Memory;
			memory->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
			memory->name = str;
			memory->width = children[0]->range_left - children[0]->range_right + 1;
			if (children[1]->range_right < children[1]->range_left) {
				memory->start_offset = children[1]->range_right;
				memory->size = children[1]->range_left - children[1]->range_right + 1;
			} else {
				memory->start_offset = children[1]->range_left;
				memory->size = children[1]->range_right - children[1]->range_left + 1;
			}
			current_module->memories[memory->name] = memory;

			for (auto &attr : attributes) {
				if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
				memory->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
			}
		}
		break;

	// simply return the corresponding RTLIL::SigSpec for an AST_CONSTANT node
	case AST_CONSTANT:
	case AST_REALVALUE:
		{
			if (width_hint < 0)
				detectSignWidth(width_hint, sign_hint);
			is_signed = sign_hint;

			if (type == AST_CONSTANT) {
				if (is_unsized) {
					return RTLIL::SigSpec(bitsAsUnsizedConst(width_hint));
				} else {
					return RTLIL::SigSpec(bitsAsConst());
				}
			}

			RTLIL::SigSpec sig = realAsConst(width_hint);
			log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "converting real value %e to binary %s.\n", realvalue, log_signal(sig));
			return sig;
		}

	// simply return the corresponding RTLIL::SigSpec for an AST_IDENTIFIER node
	// for identifiers with dynamic bit ranges (e.g. "foo[bar]" or "foo[bar+3:bar]") a
	// shifter cell is created and the output signal of this cell is returned
	case AST_IDENTIFIER:
		{
			RTLIL::Wire *wire = NULL;
			RTLIL::SigChunk chunk;
			bool is_interface = false;

			int add_undef_bits_msb = 0;
			int add_undef_bits_lsb = 0;

			log_assert(id2ast != nullptr);

			if (id2ast->type == AST_AUTOWIRE && current_module->wires_.count(str) == 0) {
				RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(str);
				wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
				wire->name = str;
				if (flag_autowire)
					log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "Identifier `%s' is implicitly declared.\n", str.c_str());
				else
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Identifier `%s' is implicitly declared and `default_nettype is set to none.\n", str.c_str());
			}
			else if (id2ast->type == AST_PARAMETER || id2ast->type == AST_LOCALPARAM || id2ast->type == AST_ENUM_ITEM) {
				if (id2ast->children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Parameter %s does not evaluate to constant value!\n", str.c_str());
				chunk = RTLIL::Const(id2ast->children[0]->bits);
				goto use_const_chunk;
			}
			else if ((id2ast->type == AST_WIRE || id2ast->type == AST_AUTOWIRE || id2ast->type == AST_MEMORY) && current_module->wires_.count(str) != 0) {
				RTLIL::Wire *current_wire = current_module->wire(str);
				if (current_wire->get_bool_attribute(ID::is_interface))
					is_interface = true;
				// Ignore
			}
			// If an identifier is found that is not already known, assume that it is an interface:
			else if (1) { // FIXME: Check if sv_mode first?
				is_interface = true;
			}
			else {
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Identifier `%s' doesn't map to any signal!\n", str.c_str());
			}

			if (id2ast->type == AST_MEMORY)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Identifier `%s' does map to an unexpanded memory!\n", str.c_str());

			// If identifier is an interface, create a RTLIL::SigSpec with a dummy wire with a attribute called 'is_interface'
			// This makes it possible for the hierarchy pass to see what are interface connections and then replace them
			// with the individual signals:
			if (is_interface) {
				IdString dummy_wire_name = stringf("$dummywireforinterface%s", str.c_str());
				RTLIL::Wire *dummy_wire = current_module->wire(dummy_wire_name);
				if (!dummy_wire) {
					dummy_wire = current_module->addWire(dummy_wire_name);
					dummy_wire->set_bool_attribute(ID::is_interface);
				}
				return dummy_wire;
			}

			wire = current_module->wires_[str];
			chunk.wire = wire;
			chunk.width = wire->width;
			chunk.offset = 0;

		use_const_chunk:
			if (children.size() != 0) {
				if (children[0]->type != AST_RANGE)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Single range expected.\n");
				int source_width = id2ast->range_left - id2ast->range_right + 1;
				int source_offset = id2ast->range_right;
				if (!children[0]->range_valid) {
					AstNode *left_at_zero_ast = children[0]->children[0]->clone();
					AstNode *right_at_zero_ast = children[0]->children.size() >= 2 ? children[0]->children[1]->clone() : left_at_zero_ast->clone();
					while (left_at_zero_ast->simplify(true, true, false, 1, -1, false, false)) { }
					while (right_at_zero_ast->simplify(true, true, false, 1, -1, false, false)) { }
					if (left_at_zero_ast->type != AST_CONSTANT || right_at_zero_ast->type != AST_CONSTANT)
						log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Unsupported expression on dynamic range select on signal `%s'!\n", str.c_str());
					int width = abs(int(left_at_zero_ast->integer - right_at_zero_ast->integer)) + 1;
					AstNode *fake_ast = new AstNode(AST_NONE, clone(), children[0]->children.size() >= 2 ?
							children[0]->children[1]->clone() : children[0]->children[0]->clone());
					fake_ast->children[0]->delete_children();

					int fake_ast_width = 0;
					bool fake_ast_sign = true;
					fake_ast->children[1]->detectSignWidth(fake_ast_width, fake_ast_sign);
					RTLIL::SigSpec shift_val = fake_ast->children[1]->genRTLIL(fake_ast_width, fake_ast_sign);

					if (id2ast->range_right != 0) {
						shift_val = current_module->Sub(NEW_ID, shift_val, id2ast->range_right, fake_ast_sign);
						fake_ast->children[1]->is_signed = true;
					}
					if (id2ast->range_swapped) {
						shift_val = current_module->Sub(NEW_ID, RTLIL::SigSpec(source_width - width), shift_val, fake_ast_sign);
						fake_ast->children[1]->is_signed = true;
					}
					if (GetSize(shift_val) >= 32)
						fake_ast->children[1]->is_signed = true;
					RTLIL::SigSpec sig = binop2rtlil(fake_ast, ID($shiftx), width, fake_ast->children[0]->genRTLIL(), shift_val);
					delete left_at_zero_ast;
					delete right_at_zero_ast;
					delete fake_ast;
					return sig;
				} else {
					chunk.width = children[0]->range_left - children[0]->range_right + 1;
					chunk.offset = children[0]->range_right - source_offset;
					if (id2ast->range_swapped)
						chunk.offset = (id2ast->range_left - id2ast->range_right + 1) - (chunk.offset + chunk.width);
					if (chunk.offset >= source_width || chunk.offset + chunk.width < 0) {
						if (chunk.width == 1)
							log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "Range select out of bounds on signal `%s': Setting result bit to undef.\n",
									str.c_str());
						else
							log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "Range select [%d:%d] out of bounds on signal `%s': Setting all %d result bits to undef.\n",
									children[0]->range_left, children[0]->range_right, str.c_str(), chunk.width);
						chunk = RTLIL::SigChunk(RTLIL::State::Sx, chunk.width);
					} else {
						if (chunk.width + chunk.offset > source_width) {
							add_undef_bits_msb = (chunk.width + chunk.offset) - source_width;
							chunk.width -= add_undef_bits_msb;
						}
						if (chunk.offset < 0) {
							add_undef_bits_lsb = -chunk.offset;
							chunk.width -= add_undef_bits_lsb;
							chunk.offset += add_undef_bits_lsb;
						}
						if (add_undef_bits_lsb)
							log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "Range [%d:%d] select out of bounds on signal `%s': Setting %d LSB bits to undef.\n",
									children[0]->range_left, children[0]->range_right, str.c_str(), add_undef_bits_lsb);
						if (add_undef_bits_msb)
							log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "Range [%d:%d] select out of bounds on signal `%s': Setting %d MSB bits to undef.\n",
									children[0]->range_left, children[0]->range_right, str.c_str(), add_undef_bits_msb);
					}
				}
			}

			RTLIL::SigSpec sig = { RTLIL::SigSpec(RTLIL::State::Sx, add_undef_bits_msb), chunk, RTLIL::SigSpec(RTLIL::State::Sx, add_undef_bits_lsb) };

			if (genRTLIL_subst_ptr)
				sig.replace(*genRTLIL_subst_ptr);

			is_signed = children.size() > 0 ? false : id2ast->is_signed && sign_hint;
			return sig;
		}

	// just pass thru the signal. the parent will evaluate the is_signed property and interpret the SigSpec accordingly
	case AST_TO_SIGNED:
	case AST_TO_UNSIGNED:
	case AST_SELFSZ: {
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			if (sig.size() < width_hint)
				sig.extend_u0(width_hint, sign_hint);
			is_signed = sign_hint;
			return sig;
	}

	// changing the size of signal can be done directly using RTLIL::SigSpec
	case AST_CAST_SIZE: {
			RTLIL::SigSpec size = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig = children[1]->genRTLIL();
			if (!size.is_fully_const())
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Static cast with non constant expression!\n");
			int width = size.as_int();
			if (width <= 0)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Static cast with zero or negative size!\n");
			sig.extend_u0(width, sign_hint);
			is_signed = sign_hint;
			return sig;
		}

	// concatenation of signals can be done directly using RTLIL::SigSpec
	case AST_CONCAT: {
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig;
			for (auto it = children.begin(); it != children.end(); it++)
				sig.append((*it)->genRTLIL());
			if (sig.size() < width_hint)
				sig.extend_u0(width_hint, false);
			return sig;
		}

	// replication of signals can be done directly using RTLIL::SigSpec
	case AST_REPLICATE: {
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genRTLIL();
			if (!left.is_fully_const())
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Left operand of replicate expression is not constant!\n");
			int count = left.as_int();
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig;
			for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
				sig.append(right);
			if (sig.size() < width_hint)
				sig.extend_u0(width_hint, false);
			is_signed = false;
			return sig;
		}

	// generate cells for unary operations: $not, $pos, $neg
	if (0) { case AST_BIT_NOT: type_name = ID($not); }
	if (0) { case AST_POS:     type_name = ID($pos); }
	if (0) { case AST_NEG:     type_name = ID($neg); }
		{
			RTLIL::SigSpec arg = children[0]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			is_signed = children[0]->is_signed;
			int width = arg.size();
			if (width_hint > 0) {
				width = width_hint;
				widthExtend(this, arg, width, is_signed);
			}
			return uniop2rtlil(this, type_name, width, arg);
		}

	// generate cells for binary operations: $and, $or, $xor, $xnor
	if (0) { case AST_BIT_AND:  type_name = ID($and); }
	if (0) { case AST_BIT_OR:   type_name = ID($or); }
	if (0) { case AST_BIT_XOR:  type_name = ID($xor); }
	if (0) { case AST_BIT_XNOR: type_name = ID($xnor); }
		{
			if (width_hint < 0)
				detectSignWidth(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			int width = max(left.size(), right.size());
			if (width_hint > 0)
				width = width_hint;
			is_signed = children[0]->is_signed && children[1]->is_signed;
			return binop2rtlil(this, type_name, width, left, right);
		}

	// generate cells for unary operations: $reduce_and, $reduce_or, $reduce_xor, $reduce_xnor
	if (0) { case AST_REDUCE_AND:  type_name = ID($reduce_and); }
	if (0) { case AST_REDUCE_OR:   type_name = ID($reduce_or); }
	if (0) { case AST_REDUCE_XOR:  type_name = ID($reduce_xor); }
	if (0) { case AST_REDUCE_XNOR: type_name = ID($reduce_xnor); }
		{
			RTLIL::SigSpec arg = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig = uniop2rtlil(this, type_name, max(width_hint, 1), arg);
			return sig;
		}

	// generate cells for unary operations: $reduce_bool
	// (this is actually just an $reduce_or, but for clarity a different cell type is used)
	if (0) { case AST_REDUCE_BOOL:  type_name = ID($reduce_bool); }
		{
			RTLIL::SigSpec arg = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig = arg.size() > 1 ? uniop2rtlil(this, type_name, max(width_hint, 1), arg) : arg;
			return sig;
		}

	// generate cells for binary operations: $shl, $shr, $sshl, $sshr
	if (0) { case AST_SHIFT_LEFT:   type_name = ID($shl); }
	if (0) { case AST_SHIFT_RIGHT:  type_name = ID($shr); }
	if (0) { case AST_SHIFT_SLEFT:  type_name = ID($sshl); }
	if (0) { case AST_SHIFT_SRIGHT: type_name = ID($sshr); }
	if (0) { case AST_SHIFTX:       type_name = ID($shiftx); }
	if (0) { case AST_SHIFT:        type_name = ID($shift); }
		{
			if (width_hint < 0)
				detectSignWidth(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genRTLIL();
			int width = width_hint > 0 ? width_hint : left.size();
			is_signed = children[0]->is_signed;
			return binop2rtlil(this, type_name, width, left, right);
		}

	// generate cells for binary operations: $pow
	case AST_POW:
		{
			int right_width;
			bool right_signed;
			children[1]->detectSignWidth(right_width, right_signed);
			if (width_hint < 0)
				detectSignWidth(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genRTLIL(right_width, right_signed);
			int width = width_hint > 0 ? width_hint : left.size();
			is_signed = children[0]->is_signed;
			if (!flag_noopt && left.is_fully_const() && left.as_int() == 2 && !right_signed)
				return binop2rtlil(this, ID($shl), width, RTLIL::SigSpec(1, left.size()), right);
			return binop2rtlil(this, ID($pow), width, left, right);
		}

	// generate cells for binary operations: $lt, $le, $eq, $ne, $ge, $gt
	if (0) { case AST_LT:  type_name = ID($lt); }
	if (0) { case AST_LE:  type_name = ID($le); }
	if (0) { case AST_EQ:  type_name = ID($eq); }
	if (0) { case AST_NE:  type_name = ID($ne); }
	if (0) { case AST_EQX: type_name = ID($eqx); }
	if (0) { case AST_NEX: type_name = ID($nex); }
	if (0) { case AST_GE:  type_name = ID($ge); }
	if (0) { case AST_GT:  type_name = ID($gt); }
		{
			int width = max(width_hint, 1);
			width_hint = -1, sign_hint = true;
			children[0]->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint);
			children[1]->detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig = binop2rtlil(this, type_name, width, left, right);
			return sig;
		}

	// generate cells for binary operations: $add, $sub, $mul, $div, $mod
	if (0) { case AST_ADD: type_name = ID($add); }
	if (0) { case AST_SUB: type_name = ID($sub); }
	if (0) { case AST_MUL: type_name = ID($mul); }
	if (0) { case AST_DIV: type_name = ID($div); }
	if (0) { case AST_MOD: type_name = ID($mod); }
		{
			if (width_hint < 0)
				detectSignWidth(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
		#if 0
			int width = max(left.size(), right.size());
			if (width > width_hint && width_hint > 0)
				width = width_hint;
			if (width < width_hint) {
				if (type == AST_ADD || type == AST_SUB || type == AST_DIV)
					width++;
				if (type == AST_SUB && (!children[0]->is_signed || !children[1]->is_signed))
					width = width_hint;
				if (type == AST_MUL)
					width = min(left.size() + right.size(), width_hint);
			}
		#else
			int width = max(max(left.size(), right.size()), width_hint);
		#endif
			is_signed = children[0]->is_signed && children[1]->is_signed;
			return binop2rtlil(this, type_name, width, left, right);
		}

	// generate cells for binary operations: $logic_and, $logic_or
	if (0) { case AST_LOGIC_AND: type_name = ID($logic_and); }
	if (0) { case AST_LOGIC_OR:  type_name = ID($logic_or); }
		{
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genRTLIL();
			return binop2rtlil(this, type_name, max(width_hint, 1), left, right);
		}

	// generate cells for unary operations: $logic_not
	case AST_LOGIC_NOT:
		{
			RTLIL::SigSpec arg = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			return uniop2rtlil(this, ID($logic_not), max(width_hint, 1), arg);
		}

	// generate multiplexer for ternary operator (aka ?:-operator)
	case AST_TERNARY:
		{
			if (width_hint < 0)
				detectSignWidth(width_hint, sign_hint);
			is_signed = sign_hint;

			RTLIL::SigSpec cond = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			RTLIL::SigSpec sig;

			if (cond.is_fully_def())
			{
				if (cond.as_bool()) {
					sig = children[1]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
					log_assert(is_signed == children[1]->is_signed);
				} else {
					sig = children[2]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
					log_assert(is_signed == children[2]->is_signed);
				}

				widthExtend(this, sig, sig.size(), is_signed);
			}
			else
			{
				RTLIL::SigSpec val1 = children[1]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
				RTLIL::SigSpec val2 = children[2]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);

				if (cond.size() > 1)
					cond = uniop2rtlil(this, ID($reduce_bool), 1, cond, false);

				int width = max(val1.size(), val2.size());
				log_assert(is_signed == children[1]->is_signed);
				log_assert(is_signed == children[2]->is_signed);
				widthExtend(this, val1, width, is_signed);
				widthExtend(this, val2, width, is_signed);

				sig = mux2rtlil(this, cond, val1, val2);
			}

			if (sig.size() < width_hint)
				sig.extend_u0(width_hint, sign_hint);
			return sig;
		}

	// generate $memrd cells for memory read ports
	case AST_MEMRD:
		{
			std::stringstream sstr;
			sstr << "$memrd$" << str << "$" << filename << ":" << location.first_line << "$" << (autoidx++);

			RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(sstr.str(), ID($memrd));
			cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);

			RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(cell->name.str() + "_DATA", current_module->memories[str]->width);
			wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);

			int mem_width, mem_size, addr_bits;
			is_signed = id2ast->is_signed;
			id2ast->meminfo(mem_width, mem_size, addr_bits);

			RTLIL::SigSpec addr_sig = children[0]->genRTLIL();

			cell->setPort(ID::CLK, RTLIL::SigSpec(RTLIL::State::Sx, 1));
			cell->setPort(ID::EN, RTLIL::SigSpec(RTLIL::State::Sx, 1));
			cell->setPort(ID::ADDR, addr_sig);
			cell->setPort(ID::DATA, RTLIL::SigSpec(wire));

			cell->parameters[ID::MEMID] = RTLIL::Const(str);
			cell->parameters[ID::ABITS] = RTLIL::Const(GetSize(addr_sig));
			cell->parameters[ID::WIDTH] = RTLIL::Const(wire->width);

			cell->parameters[ID::CLK_ENABLE] = RTLIL::Const(0);
			cell->parameters[ID::CLK_POLARITY] = RTLIL::Const(0);
			cell->parameters[ID::TRANSPARENT] = RTLIL::Const(0);

			if (!sign_hint)
				is_signed = false;

			return RTLIL::SigSpec(wire);
		}

	// generate $memwr cells for memory write ports
	case AST_MEMWR:
	case AST_MEMINIT:
		{
			std::stringstream sstr;
			sstr << (type == AST_MEMWR ? "$memwr$" : "$meminit$") << str << "$" << filename << ":" << location.first_line << "$" << (autoidx++);

			RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(sstr.str(), type == AST_MEMWR ? ID($memwr) : ID($meminit));
			cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);

			int mem_width, mem_size, addr_bits;
			id2ast->meminfo(mem_width, mem_size, addr_bits);

			int num_words = 1;
			if (type == AST_MEMINIT) {
				if (children[2]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Memory init with non-constant word count!\n");
				num_words = int(children[2]->asInt(false));
				cell->parameters[ID::WORDS] = RTLIL::Const(num_words);
			}

			SigSpec addr_sig = children[0]->genRTLIL();

			cell->setPort(ID::ADDR, addr_sig);
			cell->setPort(ID::DATA, children[1]->genWidthRTLIL(current_module->memories[str]->width * num_words));

			cell->parameters[ID::MEMID] = RTLIL::Const(str);
			cell->parameters[ID::ABITS] = RTLIL::Const(GetSize(addr_sig));
			cell->parameters[ID::WIDTH] = RTLIL::Const(current_module->memories[str]->width);

			if (type == AST_MEMWR) {
				cell->setPort(ID::CLK, RTLIL::SigSpec(RTLIL::State::Sx, 1));
				cell->setPort(ID::EN, children[2]->genRTLIL());
				cell->parameters[ID::CLK_ENABLE] = RTLIL::Const(0);
				cell->parameters[ID::CLK_POLARITY] = RTLIL::Const(0);
			}

			cell->parameters[ID::PRIORITY] = RTLIL::Const(autoidx-1);
		}
		break;

	// generate $assert cells
	case AST_ASSERT:
	case AST_ASSUME:
	case AST_LIVE:
	case AST_FAIR:
	case AST_COVER:
		{
			IdString celltype;
			if (type == AST_ASSERT) celltype = ID($assert);
			if (type == AST_ASSUME) celltype = ID($assume);
			if (type == AST_LIVE) celltype = ID($live);
			if (type == AST_FAIR) celltype = ID($fair);
			if (type == AST_COVER) celltype = ID($cover);

			log_assert(children.size() == 2);

			RTLIL::SigSpec check = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			if (GetSize(check) != 1)
				check = current_module->ReduceBool(NEW_ID, check);

			RTLIL::SigSpec en = children[1]->genRTLIL();
			if (GetSize(en) != 1)
				en = current_module->ReduceBool(NEW_ID, en);

			IdString cellname;
			if (str.empty())
				cellname = stringf("%s$%s:%d$%d", celltype.c_str(), filename.c_str(), location.first_line, autoidx++);
			else
				cellname = str;

			RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(cellname, celltype);
			cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);

			for (auto &attr : attributes) {
				if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value!\n", attr.first.c_str());
				cell->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
			}

			cell->setPort(ID::A, check);
			cell->setPort(ID::EN, en);
		}
		break;

	// add entries to current_module->connections for assignments (outside of always blocks)
	case AST_ASSIGN:
		{
			RTLIL::SigSpec left = children[0]->genRTLIL();
			RTLIL::SigSpec right = children[1]->genWidthRTLIL(left.size());
			if (left.has_const()) {
				RTLIL::SigSpec new_left, new_right;
				for (int i = 0; i < GetSize(left); i++)
					if (left[i].wire) {
						new_left.append(left[i]);
						new_right.append(right[i]);
					}
				log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "Ignoring assignment to constant bits:\n"
						"    old assignment: %s = %s\n    new assignment: %s = %s.\n",
						log_signal(left), log_signal(right),
						log_signal(new_left), log_signal(new_right));
				left = new_left;
				right = new_right;
			}
			current_module->connect(RTLIL::SigSig(left, right));
		}
		break;

	// create an RTLIL::Cell for an AST_CELL
	case AST_CELL:
		{
			int port_counter = 0, para_counter = 0;

			if (current_module->count_id(str) != 0)
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Re-definition of cell `%s'!\n", str.c_str());

			RTLIL::Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(str, "");
			cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
			// Set attribute 'module_not_derived' which will be cleared again after the hierarchy pass
			cell->set_bool_attribute(ID::module_not_derived);

			for (auto it = children.begin(); it != children.end(); it++) {
				AstNode *child = *it;
				if (child->type == AST_CELLTYPE) {
					cell->type = child->str;
					if (flag_icells && cell->type.begins_with("\\$"))
						cell->type = cell->type.substr(1);
					continue;
				}
				if (child->type == AST_PARASET) {
					int extra_const_flags = 0;
					IdString paraname = child->str.empty() ? stringf("$%d", ++para_counter) : child->str;
					if (child->children[0]->type == AST_REALVALUE) {
						log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "Replacing floating point parameter %s.%s = %f with string.\n",
								log_id(cell), log_id(paraname), child->children[0]->realvalue);
						extra_const_flags = RTLIL::CONST_FLAG_REAL;
						auto strnode = AstNode::mkconst_str(stringf("%f", child->children[0]->realvalue));
						strnode->cloneInto(child->children[0]);
						delete strnode;
					}
					if (child->children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
						log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Parameter %s.%s with non-constant value!\n",
								log_id(cell), log_id(paraname));
					cell->parameters[paraname] = child->children[0]->asParaConst();
					cell->parameters[paraname].flags |= extra_const_flags;
					continue;
				}
				if (child->type == AST_ARGUMENT) {
					RTLIL::SigSpec sig;
					if (child->children.size() > 0) {
						AstNode *arg = child->children[0];
						int local_width_hint = -1;
						bool local_sign_hint = false;
						// don't inadvertently attempt to detect the width of interfaces
						if (arg->type != AST_IDENTIFIER || !arg->id2ast || arg->id2ast->type != AST_CELL)
							arg->detectSignWidth(local_width_hint, local_sign_hint);
						sig = arg->genRTLIL(local_width_hint, local_sign_hint);
						log_assert(local_sign_hint == arg->is_signed);
						if (sig.is_wire()) {
							// if the resulting SigSpec is a wire, its
							// signedness should match that of the AstNode
							log_assert(arg->is_signed == sig.as_wire()->is_signed);
						} else if (arg->is_signed) {
							// non-trivial signed nodes are indirected through
							// signed wires to enable sign extension
							RTLIL::IdString wire_name = NEW_ID;
							RTLIL::Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(wire_name, arg->bits.size());
							wire->is_signed = true;
							current_module->connect(wire, sig);
							sig = wire;
						}
					}
					if (child->str.size() == 0) {
						char buf[100];
						snprintf(buf, 100, "$%d", ++port_counter);
						cell->setPort(buf, sig);
					} else {
						cell->setPort(child->str, sig);
					}
					continue;
				}
				log_abort();
			}
			for (auto &attr : attributes) {
				if (attr.second->type != AST_CONSTANT)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Attribute `%s' with non-constant value.\n", attr.first.c_str());
				cell->attributes[attr.first] = attr.second->asAttrConst();
			}
			if (cell->type == ID($specify2)) {
				int src_width = GetSize(cell->getPort(ID::SRC));
				int dst_width = GetSize(cell->getPort(ID::DST));
				bool full = cell->getParam(ID::FULL).as_bool();
				if (!full && src_width != dst_width)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Parallel specify SRC width does not match DST width.\n");
				cell->setParam(ID::SRC_WIDTH, Const(src_width));
				cell->setParam(ID::DST_WIDTH, Const(dst_width));
			}
			else if (cell->type ==  ID($specify3)) {
				int dat_width = GetSize(cell->getPort(ID::DAT));
				int dst_width = GetSize(cell->getPort(ID::DST));
				if (dat_width != dst_width)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Specify DAT width does not match DST width.\n");
				int src_width = GetSize(cell->getPort(ID::SRC));
				cell->setParam(ID::SRC_WIDTH, Const(src_width));
				cell->setParam(ID::DST_WIDTH, Const(dst_width));
			}
			else if (cell->type == ID($specrule)) {
				int src_width = GetSize(cell->getPort(ID::SRC));
				int dst_width = GetSize(cell->getPort(ID::DST));
				cell->setParam(ID::SRC_WIDTH, Const(src_width));
				cell->setParam(ID::DST_WIDTH, Const(dst_width));
			}
		}
		break;

	// use ProcessGenerator for always blocks
	case AST_ALWAYS: {
			AstNode *always = this->clone();
			ProcessGenerator generator(always);
			ignoreThisSignalsInInitial.append(generator.outputSignals);
			delete always;
		} break;

	case AST_INITIAL: {
			AstNode *always = this->clone();
			ProcessGenerator generator(always, ignoreThisSignalsInInitial);
			delete always;
		} break;

	case AST_TECALL: {
			int sz = children.size();
			if (str == "$info") {
				if (sz > 0)
					log_file_info(filename, location.first_line, "%s.\n", children[0]->str.c_str());
				else
					log_file_info(filename, location.first_line, "\n");
			} else if (str == "$warning") {
				if (sz > 0)
					log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "%s.\n", children[0]->str.c_str());
				else
					log_file_warning(filename, location.first_line, "\n");
			} else if (str == "$error") {
				if (sz > 0)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "%s.\n", children[0]->str.c_str());
				else
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "\n");
			} else if (str == "$fatal") {
				// TODO: 1st parameter, if exists, is 0,1 or 2, and passed to $finish()
				// if no parameter is given, default value is 1
				// dollar_finish(sz ? children[0] : 1);
				// perhaps create & use log_file_fatal()
				if (sz > 0)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "FATAL: %s.\n", children[0]->str.c_str());
				else
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "FATAL.\n");
			} else {
				log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Unknown elabortoon system task '%s'.\n", str.c_str());
			}
		} break;

	case AST_FCALL: {
			if (str == "\\$anyconst" || str == "\\$anyseq" || str == "\\$allconst" || str == "\\$allseq")
			{
				string myid = stringf("%s$%d", str.c_str() + 1, autoidx++);
				int width = width_hint;

				if (GetSize(children) > 1)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "System function %s got %d arguments, expected 1 or 0.\n",
							RTLIL::unescape_id(str).c_str(), GetSize(children));

				if (GetSize(children) == 1) {
					if (children[0]->type != AST_CONSTANT)
						log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "System function %s called with non-const argument!\n",
								RTLIL::unescape_id(str).c_str());
					width = children[0]->asInt(true);
				}

				if (width <= 0)
					log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Failed to detect width of %s!\n", RTLIL::unescape_id(str).c_str());

				Cell *cell = current_module->addCell(myid, str.substr(1));
				cell->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
				cell->parameters[ID::WIDTH] = width;

				if (attributes.count(ID::reg)) {
					auto &attr = attributes.at(ID::reg);
					if (attr->type != AST_CONSTANT)
						log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Attribute `reg' with non-constant value!\n");
					cell->attributes[ID::reg] =  attr->asAttrConst();
				}

				Wire *wire = current_module->addWire(myid + "_wire", width);
				wire->attributes[ID::src] = stringf("%s:%d.%d-%d.%d", filename.c_str(), location.first_line, location.first_column, location.last_line, location.last_column);
				cell->setPort(ID::Y, wire);

				is_signed = sign_hint;
				return SigSpec(wire);
			}
		}
		YS_FALLTHROUGH

	// everything should have been handled above -> print error if not.
	default:
		for (auto f : log_files)
			current_ast_mod->dumpAst(f, "verilog-ast> ");
		type_name = type2str(type);
		log_file_error(filename, location.first_line, "Don't know how to generate RTLIL code for %s node!\n", type_name.c_str());
	}

	return RTLIL::SigSpec();
}

// this is a wrapper for AstNode::genRTLIL() when a specific signal width is requested and/or
// signals must be substituted before being used as input values (used by ProcessGenerator)
// note that this is using some global variables to communicate this special settings to AstNode::genRTLIL().
RTLIL::SigSpec AstNode::genWidthRTLIL(int width, const dict<RTLIL::SigBit, RTLIL::SigBit> *new_subst_ptr)
{
	const dict<RTLIL::SigBit, RTLIL::SigBit> *backup_subst_ptr = genRTLIL_subst_ptr;

	if (new_subst_ptr)
		genRTLIL_subst_ptr = new_subst_ptr;

	bool sign_hint = true;
	int width_hint = width;
	detectSignWidthWorker(width_hint, sign_hint);
	RTLIL::SigSpec sig = genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);

	genRTLIL_subst_ptr = backup_subst_ptr;

	if (width >= 0)
		sig.extend_u0(width, is_signed);

	return sig;
}

YOSYS_NAMESPACE_END