I'm trying to use a typeclass method inside a function with a type parameter. Unfortunately I can't get it to work.
When I try to use the method addRegisterInOut the compiler throws an error on the following code.
class Module extends Component {
// ...
trait HasDataSpecs[T] {
def dataSpecs(datatype: T) : RegisterSpecs
}
implicit object SpecsBool extends HasDataSpecs[Bool] {
override def dataSpecs(datatype: Bool) : RegisterSpecs = {
new RegisterSpecs("", 1)}
}
implicit object SpecsUInt extends HasDataSpecs[UInt] {
override def dataSpecs(datatype: UInt) : RegisterSpecs = {
new RegisterSpecs("", datatype.getBitsWidth)}
}
def dataSpecs[A](a: A)(implicit ds: HasDataSpecs[A]) : RegisterSpecs = ds.dataSpecs(a)
// ...
def addRegisterInOut[T <: Data](name: String, out_data: T) : T = {
var specs = dataSpecs(out_data)
specs.name = name
specs.permission = Permission.RWPerm
registers += specs
out_len += out_data.getBitsWidth
in_len += out_data.getBitsWidth
val in_data = cloneOf(out_data)
in_channels += in_data
out_channels += out_data
in_data
}
}
//... Somewhere I use addRegisterInOut(UInt(...))
I get
[error] /home/bellandi/Projects/VHDL/spinalhdl_experiments/src/main/scala/spinal/msk/lib/pkg/RegisterCls.scala:83:26: could not find implicit value for parameter ds: Module.this.HasDataSpecs[T]
[error] var specs = dataSpecs(out_data)
[error] ^
I would expect the compiler to halt only on types where an implicit is not defined, but it seems to happen always.
Try to add context bound
def addRegisterInOut[T <: Data : HasDataSpecs](name: String, out_data: T) : T = ...