sane import and export behaviors

examples/parse_vcd.rs

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 use std::fs::File;
 
-use fastwave_backend::*;
+use fastwave_backend::parse_vcd;
-
-use num::{BigUint};
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 struct Cli {
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     
     let now = Instant::now();
     let file = File::open(&args.path)?;
-    let vcd = parse_vcd(file).unwrap();
+    parse_vcd(file).unwrap();
     let elapsed = now.elapsed();
 
     println!("Parsed VCD file {} : {:.2?}", &args.path.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap(), elapsed);

examples/vcd.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
 use std::fs::File;
 
-use fastwave_backend::*;
+use fastwave_backend::{ScopeIdx, VCD, parse_vcd};
 
 fn indented_print(indent : u8, name : &String) {
     for _ in 0..indent {print!("  |");}

src/lib.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 // This program is distributed under both the GPLV3 license
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
+
 mod vcd;
-pub use vcd::*;
+pub use vcd::parse::parse_vcd;
+pub use vcd::types::{ScopeIdx, SignalIdx, VCD};
+pub use vcd::types::{Metadata, Timescale, Version};
+pub use vcd::signal::{Signal};
 
 pub use num::BigUint;

src/vcd.rs

@@ -2,17 +2,9 @@
 // This program is distributed under both the GPLV3 license
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
+
 mod reader;
-use reader::*;
+pub(crate) mod types;
-
+pub(crate) mod parse;
-mod types;
+pub(crate) mod signal;
-pub use types::*;
+mod utilities;
-
-mod parse;
-pub use parse::*;
-
-mod signal;
-pub use signal::*;
-
-mod utilities;
-use utilities::*;

src/vcd/parse.rs

@@ -2,38 +2,26 @@
 // This program is distributed under both the GPLV3 license
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
-use num::BigUint;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fs::File;
 
-use super::*;
-
 mod combinator_atoms;
-use combinator_atoms::*;
-
 mod types;
-use types::*;
-
 mod metadata;
-use metadata::*;
-
 mod scopes;
-use scopes::*;
-
 mod events;
-use events::*;
 
-pub fn parse_vcd(file: File) -> Result<VCD, String> {
-    let mut word_gen = WordReader::new(file);
 
-    let header = parse_metadata(&mut word_gen)?;
+pub fn parse_vcd(file: File) -> Result<super::types::VCD, String> {
+    let mut word_gen = super::reader::WordReader::new(file);
+
+    let header = metadata::parse_metadata(&mut word_gen)?;
 
     // later, we'll need to map parsed ascii symbols to their
     // respective signal indexes
     let mut signal_map = std::collections::HashMap::new();
 
     // after we parse metadata, we form the VCD object
-    let mut vcd = VCD {
+    let mut vcd = super::types::VCD {
         metadata: header,
         tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: vec![],
         all_signals: vec![],
@@ -41,8 +29,8 @@ pub fn parse_vcd(file: File) -> Result<VCD, String> {
         root_scopes: vec![],
     };
 
-    parse_scopes(&mut word_gen, &mut vcd, &mut signal_map)?;
+    scopes::parse_scopes(&mut word_gen, &mut vcd, &mut signal_map)?;
-    parse_events(&mut word_gen, &mut vcd, &mut signal_map)?;
+    events::parse_events(&mut word_gen, &mut vcd, &mut signal_map)?;
 
     Ok(vcd)
 }

src/vcd/parse/combinator_atoms.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This program is distributed under both the GPLV3 license
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
-use super::reader::{next_word, WordReader};
+use super::super::reader::{next_word, WordReader};
 use super::types::ParseResult;
 
 pub(super) fn digit(chr: u8) -> bool {

src/vcd/parse/events.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
 
-use super::*;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use num::BigUint;
+
+use super::super::utilities::{BinaryParserErrTypes, binary_str_to_vec_u8};
+use super::super::signal::{SignalEnum, LsbIdxOfTmstmpValOnTmln};
+use super::super::reader::{WordReader, Cursor, Line, Word, next_word};
+use super::super::types::{SignalIdx, VCD};
+
 
 pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
     word_reader: &mut WordReader,

src/vcd/parse/metadata.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 // This program is distributed under both the GPLV3 license
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
-use chrono::prelude::*;
+use chrono::prelude::{DateTime, Utc, TimeZone};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
-use super::*;
+use super::super::reader::{Cursor, WordReader, next_word};
+use super::super::types::{Timescale, Version, Metadata};
+
+use super::combinator_atoms::{take_until, take_while, digit, tag};
+use super::types::{ParseResult};
 
 pub(super) fn parse_date(
     word_and_ctx1: (&str, &Cursor),

src/vcd/parse/scopes.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
 
 /// part of the vcd parser that handles parsing the signal tree and
 /// building the resulting signal tree
-use super::*;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use super::super::reader::{WordReader, next_word, curr_word};
+use super::super::types::{VCD, Scope, ScopeIdx, SignalIdx};
+use super::super::signal::{SigType, SignalEnum};
+
+use super::combinator_atoms::{tag, ident};
+use super::types::{ParseResult};
 
 pub(super) fn parse_var<'a>(
     word_reader: &mut WordReader,
@@ -322,7 +330,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_scopes<'a>(
     signal_map: &mut HashMap<String, SignalIdx>,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
     // get the current word
-    let (word, cursor) = curr_word!(word_reader)?;
+    let (word, _) = curr_word!(word_reader)?;
 
     // we may have orphaned vars that occur before the first scope
     if word == "$var" {

src/vcd/reader.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::io::BufRead;
 use std::slice;
 use std::str;
 

src/vcd/signal.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-use crate::VCD;
-
 // Copyright (C) 2022 Yehowshua Immanuel
 // This program is distributed under both the GPLV3 license
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
-use super::{ScopeIdx, SignalIdx};
+use super::types::{ScopeIdx, SignalIdx};
+use super::types;
 use num::{BigUint};
 
 // Index to the least significant byte of a timestamp
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ impl<'a> Signal<'a> {
         &self,
         desired_time: &BigUint,
         tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: &Vec<u8>,
-        vcd: &VCD,
+        vcd: &types::VCD,
     ) -> Result<String, SignalErrors> {
         let Signal(signal_enum) = &self;
         signal_enum.query_string_val_on_tmln(desired_time, tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s, &vcd.all_signals)
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ impl<'a> Signal<'a> {
         &self,
         desired_time: &BigUint,
         tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: &Vec<u8>,
-        vcd: &VCD,
+        vcd: &types::VCD,
     ) -> Result<BigUint, SignalErrors> {
         let Signal(signal_enum) = &self;
         signal_enum.query_num_val_on_tmln(desired_time, tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s, &vcd.all_signals)

src/vcd/types.rs

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-use crate::Signal;
+// use crate::Signal;
 
 // Copyright (C) 2022 Yehowshua Immanuel
 // This program is distributed under both the GPLV3 license
 // and the YEHOWSHUA license, both of which can be found at
 // the root of the folder containing the sources for this program.
-use super::SignalEnum;
+use chrono::prelude::{DateTime, Utc};
-use chrono::prelude::*;
+use super::signal::{Signal, SignalEnum};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub(super) struct Version(pub String);
+pub struct Version(pub String);
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub(super) enum Timescale {
+pub enum Timescale {
     Fs,
     Ps,
     Ns,
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ pub(super) enum Timescale {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub(super) struct Metadata {
+pub struct Metadata {
-    pub(super) date: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    pub date: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
-    pub(super) version: Option<Version>,
+    pub version: Option<Version>,
-    pub(super) timescale: (Option<u32>, Timescale),
+    pub timescale: (Option<u32>, Timescale),
 }
 
 // We do a lot of arena allocation in this codebase.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub(super) struct Scope {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct VCD {
-    pub(super) metadata: Metadata,
+    pub metadata: Metadata,
     // Since we only need to store values when there is an actual change
     // in the timeline, we keep a vector that stores the time at which an
     // event occurs. Time t is always stored/encoded as the minimum length sequence
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ impl VCD {
         // dereference signal if Signal::Alias, or keep idx if Signal::Data
         let signal_idx = match signal {
             SignalEnum::Data { self_idx, .. } => *self_idx,
-            SignalEnum::Alias { name, signal_alias } => *signal_alias,
+            SignalEnum::Alias {signal_alias, .. } => *signal_alias,
         };
 
         // Should now  point to Signal::Data variant, or else there's an error
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl VCD {
     pub fn get_signal<'a>(&'a self, idx: SignalIdx) -> Signal<'a> {
         let SignalIdx(idx) = idx;
         let signal_enum = &self.all_signals[idx];
-        return Signal(signal_enum)
+        return Signal(signal_enum);
     }
     // Takes a signal_idx as input and returns the corresponding signal if the 
     // corresponding signal is of the Signal::Data variant, else the function the