This patch should support things like
`define foo(a, b = 3, c) a+b+c
`foo(1, ,2)
which will evaluate to 1+3+2. It also spots mistakes like
`foo(1)
(the 3rd argument doesn't have a default value, so a call site is
required to set it).
Most of the patch is a simple parser for the format in preproc.cc, but
I've also taken the opportunity to wrap up the "name -> definition"
map in a type, rather than use multiple std::map's.
Since this type needs to be visible to code that touches defines, I've
pulled it (and the frontend_verilog_preproc declaration) out into a
new file at frontends/verilog/preproc.h and included that where
necessary.
Finally, the patch adds a few tests in tests/various to check that we
are parsing everything correctly.
- better use of "inline" keyword
- deprecate "sticky" IDs feature
- improve handling of empty ID
- add move constructor
Signed-off-by: Clifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>
The parser changes are slightly awkward. Consider the following IL:
process $0
<point 1>
switch \foo
<point 2>
case 1'1
assign \bar \baz
<point 3>
...
case
end
end
Before this commit, attributes are valid in <point 1>, and <point 3>
iff it is immediately followed by a `switch`. (They are essentially
attached to the switch.) But, after this commit, and because switch
cases do not have an ending delimiter, <point 3> becomes ambiguous:
the attribute could attach to either the following `case`, or to
the following `switch`. This isn't expressible in LALR(1) and results
in a reduce/reduce conflict.
To address this, attributes inside processes are now valid anywhere
inside the process: in <point 1> and <point 3> a part of case body,
and in <point 2> as a separate rule. As a consequence, attributes
can now precede `assign`s, which is made illegal in the same way it
is illegal to attach attributes to `connect`.
Attributes are tracked separately from the parser state, so this
does not affect collection of attributes at all, other than allowing
them on `case`s. The grammar change serves purely to allow attributes
in more syntactic places.