hdl.ast: deprecate Repl and remove from AST; add Value.replicate.

amaranth/back/rtlil.py

@@ -632,9 +632,6 @@ class _RHSValueCompiler(_ValueCompiler):
         }, src=_src(value.src_loc))
         return res
 
-    def on_Repl(self, value):
-        return "{{ {} }}".format(" ".join(self(value.value) for _ in range(value.count)))
-
 
 class _LHSValueCompiler(_ValueCompiler):
     def on_Const(self, value):
@@ -695,9 +692,6 @@ class _LHSValueCompiler(_ValueCompiler):
                                  range(1 << len(value.offset))[:max_branches],
                                  value.src_loc)
 
-    def on_Repl(self, value):
-        raise TypeError # :nocov:
-
 
 class _StatementCompiler(xfrm.StatementVisitor):
     def __init__(self, state, rhs_compiler, lhs_compiler):

amaranth/compat/fhdl/structure.py

@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ def Constant(value, bits_sign=None):
     return Const(value, bits_sign)
 
 
-@deprecated("instead of `Replicate`, use `Repl`")
+@deprecated("instead of `Replicate(v, n)`, use `v.replicate(n)`")
 def Replicate(v, n):
-    return Repl(v, n)
+    return v.replicate(n)
 
 
 @extend(Const)

amaranth/hdl/ast.py

@@ -539,6 +539,29 @@ class Value(metaclass=ABCMeta):
             amount %= len(self)
         return Cat(self[amount:], self[:amount])
 
+    def replicate(self, count):
+        """Replication.
+
+        A ``Value`` is replicated (repeated) several times to be used
+        on the RHS of assignments::
+
+            len(v.replicate(n)) == len(v) * n
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        count : int
+            Number of replications.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Value, out
+            Replicated value.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(count, int) or count < 0:
+            raise TypeError("Replication count must be a non-negative integer, not {!r}"
+                            .format(count))
+        return Cat(self for _ in range(count))
+
     def eq(self, value):
         """Assignment.
 
@@ -914,8 +937,9 @@ class Cat(Value):
         return "(cat {})".format(" ".join(map(repr, self.parts)))
 
 
-@final
+# TODO(amaranth-0.5): remove
-class Repl(Value):
+@deprecated("instead of `Repl(value, count)`, use `value.replicate(count)`")
+def Repl(value, count):
     """Replicate a value
 
     An input value is replicated (repeated) several times
@@ -932,31 +956,16 @@ class Repl(Value):
 
     Returns
     -------
-    Repl, out
+    Value, out
         Replicated value.
     """
-    def __init__(self, value, count, *, src_loc_at=0):
+    if isinstance(value, int) and value not in [0, 1]:
-        if not isinstance(count, int) or count < 0:
+        warnings.warn("Value argument of Repl() is a bare integer {} used in bit vector "
-            raise TypeError("Replication count must be a non-negative integer, not {!r}"
+                        "context; consider specifying explicit width using C({}, {}) instead"
-                            .format(count))
+                        .format(value, value, bits_for(value)),
+                        SyntaxWarning, stacklevel=3)
 
-        super().__init__(src_loc_at=src_loc_at)
+    return Value.cast(value).replicate(count)
-        if isinstance(value, int) and value not in [0, 1]:
-            warnings.warn("Value argument of Repl() is a bare integer {} used in bit vector "
-                          "context; consider specifying explicit width using C({}, {}) instead"
-                          .format(value, value, bits_for(value)),
-                          SyntaxWarning, stacklevel=2 + src_loc_at)
-        self.value = Value.cast(value)
-        self.count = count
-
-    def shape(self):
-        return Shape(len(self.value) * self.count)
-
-    def _rhs_signals(self):
-        return self.value._rhs_signals()
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "(repl {!r} {})".format(self.value, self.count)
 
 
 class _SignalMeta(ABCMeta):
@@ -1728,8 +1737,6 @@ class ValueKey:
                               tuple(ValueKey(e) for e in self.value._iter_as_values())))
         elif isinstance(self.value, Sample):
             self._hash = hash((ValueKey(self.value.value), self.value.clocks, self.value.domain))
-        elif isinstance(self.value, Repl):
-            self._hash = hash((ValueKey(self.value.value), self.value.count))
         elif isinstance(self.value, Initial):
             self._hash = 0
         else: # :nocov:
@@ -1769,9 +1776,6 @@ class ValueKey:
             return (len(self.value.parts) == len(other.value.parts) and
                     all(ValueKey(a) == ValueKey(b)
                         for a, b in zip(self.value.parts, other.value.parts)))
-        elif isinstance(self.value, Repl):
-            return (ValueKey(self.value.value) == ValueKey(other.value.value) and
-                    self.value.count == other.value.count)
         elif isinstance(self.value, ArrayProxy):
             return (ValueKey(self.value.index) == ValueKey(other.value.index) and
                     len(self.value.elems) == len(other.value.elems) and

amaranth/hdl/mem.py

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class WritePort(Elaboratable):
             p_CLK_POLARITY=1,
             p_PRIORITY=0,
             i_CLK=ClockSignal(self.domain),
-            i_EN=Cat(Repl(en_bit, self.granularity) for en_bit in self.en),
+            i_EN=Cat(en_bit.replicate(self.granularity) for en_bit in self.en),
             i_ADDR=self.addr,
             i_DATA=self.data,
         )

amaranth/hdl/xfrm.py

@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ class ValueVisitor(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     def on_Cat(self, value):
         pass # :nocov:
 
-    @abstractmethod
-    def on_Repl(self, value):
-        pass # :nocov:
-
     @abstractmethod
     def on_ArrayProxy(self, value):
         pass # :nocov:
@@ -106,8 +102,6 @@ class ValueVisitor(metaclass=ABCMeta):
             new_value = self.on_Part(value)
         elif type(value) is Cat:
             new_value = self.on_Cat(value)
-        elif type(value) is Repl:
-            new_value = self.on_Repl(value)
         elif type(value) is ArrayProxy:
             new_value = self.on_ArrayProxy(value)
         elif type(value) is Sample:
@@ -156,9 +150,6 @@ class ValueTransformer(ValueVisitor):
     def on_Cat(self, value):
         return Cat(self.on_value(o) for o in value.parts)
 
-    def on_Repl(self, value):
-        return Repl(self.on_value(value.value), value.count)
-
     def on_ArrayProxy(self, value):
         return ArrayProxy([self.on_value(elem) for elem in value._iter_as_values()],
                           self.on_value(value.index))
@@ -374,9 +365,6 @@ class DomainCollector(ValueVisitor, StatementVisitor):
         for o in value.parts:
             self.on_value(o)
 
-    def on_Repl(self, value):
-        self.on_value(value.value)
-
     def on_ArrayProxy(self, value):
         for elem in value._iter_as_values():
             self.on_value(elem)

amaranth/sim/_pyrtl.py

@@ -213,18 +213,6 @@ class _RHSValueCompiler(_ValueCompiler):
             return f"({' | '.join(gen_parts)})"
         return f"0"
 
-    def on_Repl(self, value):
-        part_mask = (1 << len(value.value)) - 1
-        gen_part = self.emitter.def_var("repl", f"{part_mask:#x} & {self(value.value)}")
-        gen_parts = []
-        offset = 0
-        for _ in range(value.count):
-            gen_parts.append(f"({gen_part} << {offset})")
-            offset += len(value.value)
-        if gen_parts:
-            return f"({' | '.join(gen_parts)})"
-        return f"0"
-
     def on_ArrayProxy(self, value):
         index_mask = (1 << len(value.index)) - 1
         gen_index = self.emitter.def_var("rhs_index", f"{index_mask:#x} & {self(value.index)}")
@@ -325,9 +313,6 @@ class _LHSValueCompiler(_ValueCompiler):
                 offset += len(part)
         return gen
 
-    def on_Repl(self, value):
-        raise TypeError # :nocov:
-
     def on_ArrayProxy(self, value):
         def gen(arg):
             index_mask = (1 << len(value.index)) - 1

amaranth/vendor/intel.py

@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class IntelPlatform(TemplatedPlatform):
     def _get_oereg(m, pin):
         # altiobuf_ requires an output enable signal for each pin, but pin.oe is 1 bit wide.
         if pin.xdr == 0:
-            return Repl(pin.oe, pin.width)
+            return pin.oe.replicate(pin.width)
         elif pin.xdr in (1, 2):
             oe_reg = Signal(pin.width, name="{}_oe_reg".format(pin.name))
             oe_reg.attrs["useioff"] = "1"

amaranth/vendor/lattice_ecp5.py

@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class LatticeECP5Platform(TemplatedPlatform):
             if "o" in pin.dir:
                 o = pin_o
             if pin.dir in ("oe", "io"):
-                t = Repl(~pin.oe, pin.width)
+                t = (~pin.oe).replicate(pin.width)
         elif pin.xdr == 1:
             if "i" in pin.dir:
                 get_ireg(pin.i_clk, i, pin_i)

docs/changes.rst

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Implemented RFCs
 .. _RFC 5: https://amaranth-lang.org/rfcs/0005-remove-const-normalize.html
 .. _RFC 8: https://amaranth-lang.org/rfcs/0008-aggregate-extensibility.html
 .. _RFC 9: https://amaranth-lang.org/rfcs/0009-const-init-shape-castable.html
+.. _RFC 10: https://amaranth-lang.org/rfcs/0010-move-repl-to-value.html
 .. _RFC 15: https://amaranth-lang.org/rfcs/0015-lifting-shape-castables.html
 
 * `RFC 1`_: Aggregate data structure library
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ Implemented RFCs
 * `RFC 5`_: Remove Const.normalize
 * `RFC 8`_: Aggregate extensibility
 * `RFC 9`_: Constant initialization for shape-castable objects
+* `RFC 10`_: Move Repl to Value.replicate
 * `RFC 15`_: Lifting shape-castable objects
 
 
@@ -57,12 +59,14 @@ Language changes
 * Added: :meth:`Value.as_signed` and :meth:`Value.as_unsigned` can be used on left-hand side of assignment (with no difference in behavior).
 * Added: :meth:`Const.cast`. (`RFC 4`_)
 * Added: :meth:`Value.matches` and ``with m.Case():`` accept any constant-castable objects. (`RFC 4`_)
+* Added: :meth:`Value.replicate`, superseding :class:`Repl`. (`RFC 10`_)
 * Changed: creating a :class:`Signal` with a shape that is a :class:`ShapeCastable` implementing :meth:`ShapeCastable.__call__` wraps the returned object using that method. (`RFC 15`_)
 * Changed: :meth:`Value.cast` casts :class:`ValueCastable` objects recursively.
 * Changed: :meth:`Value.cast` treats instances of classes derived from both :class:`enum.Enum` and :class:`int` (including :class:`enum.IntEnum`) as enumerations rather than integers.
 * Changed: :meth:`Value.matches` with an empty list of patterns returns ``Const(1)`` rather than ``Const(0)``, to match the behavior of ``with m.Case():``.
 * Changed: :class:`Cat` warns if an enumeration without an explicitly specified shape is used. (`RFC 3`_)
 * Deprecated: :meth:`Const.normalize`. (`RFC 5`_)
+* Deprecated: :class:`Repl`; use :meth:`Value.replicate` instead. (`RFC 10`_)
 * Removed: (deprecated in 0.1) casting of :class:`Shape` to and from a ``(width, signed)`` tuple.
 * Removed: (deprecated in 0.3) :class:`ast.UserValue`.
 * Removed: (deprecated in 0.3) support for ``# nmigen:`` linter instructions at the beginning of file.

docs/lang.rst

@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ Operation               Description                                      Notes
 ``a.bit_select(b, w)``  overlapping part select with variable offset
 ``a.word_select(b, w)`` non-overlapping part select with variable offset
 ``Cat(a, b)``           concatenation                                    [#opS3]_
-``Repl(a, n)``          replication
+``a.replicate(n)``      replication
 ======================= ================================================ ======
 
 .. [#opS1] Words "length" and "width" have the same meaning when talking about Amaranth values. Conventionally, "width" is used.
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ For the operators introduced by Amaranth, the following table explains them in t
 Amaranth operation        Equivalent Python code
 ======================= ======================
 ``Cat(a, b)``           ``a + b``
-``Repl(a, n)``          ``a * n``
+``a.replicate(n)``      ``a * n``
 ``a.bit_select(b, w)``  ``a[b:b+w]``
 ``a.word_select(b, w)`` ``a[b*w:b*w+w]``
 ======================= ======================

tests/test_hdl_ast.py

@@ -353,6 +353,23 @@ class ValueTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
                 r"^Rotate amount must be an integer, not 'str'$"):
             Const(31).rotate_right("str")
 
+    def test_replicate_shape(self):
+        s1 = Const(10).replicate(3)
+        self.assertEqual(s1.shape(), unsigned(12))
+        self.assertIsInstance(s1.shape(), Shape)
+        s2 = Const(10).replicate(0)
+        self.assertEqual(s2.shape(), unsigned(0))
+
+    def test_replicate_count_wrong(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            Const(10).replicate(-1)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            Const(10).replicate("str")
+
+    def test_replicate_repr(self):
+        s = Const(10).replicate(3)
+        self.assertEqual(repr(s), "(cat (const 4'd10) (const 4'd10) (const 4'd10))")
+
 
 class ConstTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
     def test_shape(self):
@@ -863,33 +880,19 @@ class CatTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
 
 
 class ReplTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
-    def test_shape(self):
+    @_ignore_deprecated
-        s1 = Repl(Const(10), 3)
-        self.assertEqual(s1.shape(), unsigned(12))
-        self.assertIsInstance(s1.shape(), Shape)
-        s2 = Repl(Const(10), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(s2.shape(), unsigned(0))
-
-    def test_count_wrong(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            Repl(Const(10), -1)
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            Repl(Const(10), "str")
-
-    def test_repr(self):
-        s = Repl(Const(10), 3)
-        self.assertEqual(repr(s), "(repl (const 4'd10) 3)")
-
     def test_cast(self):
         r = Repl(0, 3)
-        self.assertEqual(repr(r), "(repl (const 1'd0) 3)")
+        self.assertEqual(repr(r), "(cat (const 1'd0) (const 1'd0) (const 1'd0))")
 
+    @_ignore_deprecated
     def test_int_01(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.filterwarnings(action="error", category=SyntaxWarning)
             Repl(0, 3)
             Repl(1, 3)
 
+    @_ignore_deprecated
     def test_int_wrong(self):
         with self.assertWarnsRegex(SyntaxWarning,
                 r"^Value argument of Repl\(\) is a bare integer 2 used in bit vector context; "

tests/test_hdl_xfrm.py

@@ -556,7 +556,22 @@ class EnableInserterTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
         mem = Memory(width=8, depth=4)
         f = EnableInserter(self.c1)(mem.write_port()).elaborate(platform=None)
         self.assertRepr(f.named_ports["EN"][0], """
-        (m (sig c1) (cat (repl (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1) 8)) (const 8'd0))
+        (m
+            (sig c1)
+            (cat
+                (cat
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                    (slice (sig mem_w_en) 0:1)
+                )
+            )
+            (const 8'd0)
+        )
         """)
 
 

tests/test_sim.py

@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ class SimulatorUnitTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
         stmt = lambda y, a: [rec.eq(a), y.eq(rec)]
         self.assertStatement(stmt, [C(0b101, 3)], C(0b101, 3))
 
-    def test_repl(self):
+    def test_replicate(self):
-        stmt = lambda y, a: y.eq(Repl(a, 3))
+        stmt = lambda y, a: y.eq(a.replicate(3))
         self.assertStatement(stmt, [C(0b10, 2)], C(0b101010, 6))
 
     def test_array(self):
@@ -879,11 +879,6 @@ class SimulatorRegressionTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
         dut.d.comb += Signal().eq(Cat())
         Simulator(dut).run()
 
-    def test_bug_325_bis(self):
-        dut = Module()
-        dut.d.comb += Signal().eq(Repl(Const(1), 0))
-        Simulator(dut).run()
-
     def test_bug_473(self):
         sim = Simulator(Module())
         def process():