README.md

@@ -92,11 +92,8 @@ Here's a command to test on a malformed VCD:
  - [ ] once the access patterns of the GUI frontend are well understood,
        create specific functions and restrict as many types to private
        as possible
- - [ ] be explicit with imports, remove exports as possible
-       once FastWave is known to be fairly stable.
  - [ ] Print out git commit or release number.
  - [ ] do a read through all the code - look for uneeded code
- - [ ] Take a look at GTKWave parser to compare efficiency.
  - [ ] Move part of the performance section to another markdown file.
 
 ## Repairs
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@ Here's a command to test on a malformed VCD:
        able to successfully parse all sample VCDs.
 
 ## Code Consistency
- - [ ] split impls in signal.rs into groups
  - [ ] Change error messages to line and filenames. Go through all calls to unwrap.
    - [ ] search for any unwraps or any direct vectors indexing
  - [ ] Handle TODOs

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

@@ -4,9 +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, SignalIdx};
-
-use num::{BigUint};
 
 fn indented_print(indent : u8, name : &String) {
     for _ in 0..indent {print!("  |");}
@@ -14,21 +12,26 @@ fn indented_print(indent : u8, name : &String) {
     println!("{name}");
 }
 
-fn print_root_scope_tree(root_idx: ScopeIdx, vcd: &VCD, indent : u8) {
+// TODO: refactor into more general visitor pattern that takes a 
+// function as an argument.
+fn visit_all_scopes(vcd: &VCD) {
+    fn visit_all_scope_children(root_idx: ScopeIdx, vcd: &VCD, indent : u8) {
         if vcd.child_scopes_by_idx(root_idx).is_empty() {
         } else {
             for child_scope_idx in vcd.child_scopes_by_idx(root_idx) {
                 indented_print(indent, vcd.scope_name_by_idx(child_scope_idx));
-            let ScopeIdx(idx) = child_scope_idx;
+                for signal_idx in vcd.get_children_signal_idxs(child_scope_idx) {
-            print_root_scope_tree(child_scope_idx, vcd.clone(), indent + 1);
+                    let signal = vcd.signal_from_signal_idx(signal_idx);
+                    let SignalIdx(idx) = signal_idx;
+                    indented_print(indent + 1, &format!("{},{}", signal.name(), idx));
+                }
+                visit_all_scope_children(child_scope_idx, vcd.clone(), indent + 1);
+            }
         }
     }
-}
-
-fn ui_all_scopes(vcd: &VCD) {
     for root_scope_idx in vcd.root_scopes_by_idx() {
         indented_print(0, vcd.scope_name_by_idx(root_scope_idx));
-        print_root_scope_tree(root_scope_idx, vcd, 1u8);
+        visit_all_scope_children(root_scope_idx, vcd, 1u8);
     }
 }
 
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
 
     use std::time::Instant;
     
+    // we start by printing out the entire signal tree of
+    // a parsed VCD
     let now = Instant::now();
     let file_path = "tests/vcd-files/icarus/CPU.vcd";
     let file = File::open(file_path)?;
@@ -44,21 +49,36 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     println!("Parsed VCD file {} : {:.2?}", file_path, elapsed);
 
     println!("Printing Scopes");
-    ui_all_scopes(&vcd);
+    visit_all_scopes(&vcd);
+    println!("Done Printing Scopes");
+    println!();
 
 
-    // let state_signal = vcd.
+    // we then parse another VCD, print its signal tree and 
-    // let name = state_signal.name();
+    // query some values on its timeline
-    // let time = BigUint::from(57760000u32);
+    let now = Instant::now();
-    // let val = state_signal
+    let file_path = "tests/vcd-files/amaranth/up_counter.vcd";
-    //     .query_string_val_on_tmln(
+    let file = File::open(file_path)?;
-    //         &time,
+    let vcd = parse_vcd(file).unwrap();
-    //         &vcd.tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s,
+    let elapsed = now.elapsed();
-    //         &vcd.all_signals,
+    println!("Parsed VCD file {} : {:.2?}", file_path, elapsed);
-    //     )
-    //     .unwrap();
-    // println!("Signal `{name}` has value `{val}` at time `{time}`");
 
+    println!("Printing Scopes");
+    visit_all_scopes(&vcd);
+    println!("Done Printing Scopes");
+
+    let state_signal = vcd.signal_from_signal_idx(SignalIdx(4));
+    let name = state_signal.name();
+
+    let timestamps = vec![31499_000u32, 31500_000u32, 57760_000u32];
+    for timestamp in timestamps {
+        let time = num::BigUint::from(timestamp);
+        let val = state_signal
+                    .query_string_val_on_tmln(&time, &vcd)
+                    .unwrap();
+        println!("Signal `{name}` has value `{val}` at time `{time}`");
+
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }

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 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

@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 // 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::Zero;
 
-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,
@@ -13,7 +19,6 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
     let mut curr_tmstmp_lsb_idx = 0u32;
     let mut curr_tmstmp_len_u8 = 0u8;
-    let mut curr_time = BigUint::zero();
     loop {
         let next_word = word_reader.next_word();
 
@@ -42,7 +47,6 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                             "Error near {f}:{l}. Failed to parse {value} as BigInt at {cursor:?}"
                         )
                     })?;
-                curr_time = value.clone();
                 let mut value = value.to_bytes_le();
                 // TODO : u32 helps with less memory, but should ideally likely be
                 // configurable.
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                 let signal = vcd.dealiasing_signal_idx_to_signal_lookup_mut(signal_idx)?;
 
                 match signal {
-                    Signal::Data {
+                    SignalEnum::Data {
                         name,
                         sig_type,
                         ref mut signal_error,
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                             Ok(())
                         }
                     }
-                    Signal::Alias { .. } => {
+                    SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => {
                         let (f, l) = (file!(), line!());
                         let msg = format!(
                             "Error near {f}:{l}, a signal alias should not point to a signal alias.\n\
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                 let signal = vcd.dealiasing_signal_idx_to_signal_lookup_mut(signal_idx)?;
 
                 match signal {
-                    Signal::Data {
+                    SignalEnum::Data {
                         name,
                         sig_type,
                         ref mut signal_error,
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                         }
                         Ok(())
                     }
-                    Signal::Alias { .. } => {
+                    SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => {
                         let (f, l) = (file!(), line!());
                         let msg = format!(
                             "Error near {f}:{l}, a signal alias should not point to a signal alias.\n\
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                 let signal = vcd.dealiasing_signal_idx_to_signal_lookup_mut(signal_idx)?;
 
                 match signal {
-                    Signal::Data {
+                    SignalEnum::Data {
                         name,
                         sig_type,
                         ref mut signal_error,
@@ -390,7 +394,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                         }
                         Ok(())
                     }
-                    Signal::Alias { .. } => {
+                    SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => {
                         let (f, l) = (file!(), line!());
                         let msg = format!(
                             "Error near {f}:{l}, a signal alias should not point to a signal alias.\n\
@@ -416,13 +420,12 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                 let signal = vcd.dealiasing_signal_idx_to_signal_lookup_mut(signal_idx)?;
 
                 match signal {
-                    Signal::Data {
+                    SignalEnum::Data {
                         name,
                         sig_type,
                         ref mut signal_error,
                         num_bits,
                         string_vals,
-                        byte_len_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                         byte_len_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                         lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                         ..
@@ -472,7 +475,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                         string_vals.push(val);
                         Ok(())
                     }
-                    Signal::Alias { .. } => {
+                    SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => {
                         let (f, l) = (file!(), line!());
                         let msg = format!(
                             "Error near {f}:{l}, a signal alias should not point to a signal alias.\n\
@@ -496,13 +499,9 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                 let signal = vcd.dealiasing_signal_idx_to_signal_lookup_mut(signal_idx)?;
 
                 match signal {
-                    Signal::Data {
+                    SignalEnum::Data {
-                        name,
-                        sig_type,
                         ref mut signal_error,
-                        num_bits,
                         string_vals,
-                        byte_len_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                         byte_len_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                         lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                         ..
@@ -521,7 +520,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_events<'a>(
                         string_vals.push(val);
                         Ok(())
                     }
-                    Signal::Alias { .. } => {
+                    SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => {
                         let (f, l) = (file!(), line!());
                         let msg = format!(
                             "Error near {f}:{l}, a signal alias should not point to a signal alias.\n\

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,
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_var<'a>(
     let full_signal_name = full_signal_name.join(" ");
 
     let num_bytes = if num_bits.is_some() {
-        let bytes_required = Signal::bytes_required(num_bits.unwrap(), &full_signal_name)?;
+        let bytes_required = SignalEnum::bytes_required(num_bits.unwrap(), &full_signal_name)?;
         Some(bytes_required)
     } else {
         None
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_var<'a>(
     let (signal, signal_idx) = match signal_map.get(&signal_alias) {
         Some(ref_signal_idx) => {
             let signal_idx = SignalIdx(vcd.all_signals.len());
-            let signal = Signal::Alias {
+            let signal = SignalEnum::Alias {
                 name: full_signal_name,
                 signal_alias: *ref_signal_idx,
             };
@@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse_var<'a>(
         None => {
             let signal_idx = SignalIdx(vcd.all_signals.len());
             signal_map.insert(signal_alias.to_string(), signal_idx);
-            let signal = Signal::Data {
+            let signal = SignalEnum::Data {
                 name: full_signal_name,
                 sig_type: var_type,
                 signal_error: None,
@@ -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

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // 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
@@ -28,8 +29,33 @@ pub(super) enum TimelineQueryResults {
     String(String),
 }
 
+pub struct Signal<'a>(pub(super) &'a SignalEnum);
+
+impl<'a> Signal<'a> {
+    pub fn name(&self) -> String {
+        let Signal(signal_enum) = &self;
+        signal_enum.name()
+    }
+    pub fn query_string_val_on_tmln(
+        &self,
+        desired_time: &BigUint,
+        vcd: &types::VCD,
+    ) -> Result<String, SignalErrors> {
+        let Signal(signal_enum) = &self;
+        signal_enum.query_string_val_on_tmln(desired_time, &vcd.tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s, &vcd.all_signals)
+    }
+    pub fn query_num_val_on_tmln(
+        &self,
+        desired_time: &BigUint,
+        vcd: &types::VCD,
+    ) -> Result<BigUint, SignalErrors> {
+        let Signal(signal_enum) = &self;
+        signal_enum.query_num_val_on_tmln(desired_time, &vcd.tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s, &vcd.all_signals)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum Signal {
+pub(super) enum SignalEnum {
     Data {
         name: String,
         sig_type: SigType,
@@ -99,30 +125,18 @@ type TimeStamp = BigUint;
 type SignalValNum = BigUint;
 
 // getter functions
-impl Signal {
+impl SignalEnum {
-    pub fn self_idx(&self) -> Result<SignalIdx, String> {
-        match self {
-            Signal::Data { self_idx, ..} => {return Ok(self_idx.clone())},
-            Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(format!(
-                "Error near {}:{}. A signal alias shouldn't \
-                 point to a signal alias.",
-                file!(),
-                line!()
-            )),
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn name(&self) -> String {
         match self {
-            Signal::Data { name, ..} => name,
+            SignalEnum::Data { name, ..} => name,
-            Signal::Alias { name, .. } => name
+            SignalEnum::Alias { name, .. } => name
         }.clone()
     }
 
 }
 
 // helper functions ultimately used by Signal's query functions later on
-impl Signal {
+impl SignalEnum {
     /// Computes the bytes required to store a signal's numerical value
     /// using the num_bits which another function would provide from
     /// the num_bits field of the Signal::Data variant.
@@ -145,7 +159,7 @@ impl Signal {
     /// string_vals field of an instance of the Signal::Data variant
     ///  and gets a string value.
     /// The function returns a tuple of the timestamp and string value.
-    pub(super) fn time_and_str_val_at_event_idx(
+    fn time_and_str_val_at_event_idx(
         &self,
         event_idx: usize,
         tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: &Vec<u8>,
@@ -155,7 +169,7 @@ impl Signal {
             lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
             byte_len_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
         ) = match self {
-            Signal::Data {
+            SignalEnum::Data {
                 string_vals,
                 lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                 byte_len_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
@@ -165,7 +179,7 @@ impl Signal {
                 lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                 byte_len_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
             )),
-            Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
+            SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
         }?;
 
         // get index
@@ -193,7 +207,7 @@ impl Signal {
     /// numerical value at the time pointed at by event_didx.
     /// The function returns a tuple of the timestamp and numerical
     /// value.
-    pub(super) fn time_and_num_val_at_event_idx(
+    fn time_and_num_val_at_event_idx(
         &self,
         event_idx: usize,
         tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: &Vec<u8>,
@@ -204,7 +218,7 @@ impl Signal {
             lsb_indxs_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
             byte_len_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
         ) = match self {
-            Signal::Data {
+            SignalEnum::Data {
                 num_bytes,
                 nums_encoded_as_fixed_width_le_u8,
                 lsb_indxs_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
@@ -216,7 +230,7 @@ impl Signal {
                 lsb_indxs_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                 byte_len_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
             )),
-            Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
+            SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
         }?;
 
         // get index
@@ -245,12 +259,12 @@ impl Signal {
 // Function that take in a desired time on the timeline for a
 // specific signal and return a numerical or string value in a Result,
 // or an error in a Result.
-impl Signal {
+impl SignalEnum {
     pub fn query_string_val_on_tmln(
         &self,
         desired_time: &BigUint,
         tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: &Vec<u8>,
-        all_signals: &Vec<Signal>,
+        all_signals: &Vec<SignalEnum>,
     ) -> Result<String, SignalErrors> {
         let signal_idx = match self {
             Self::Data { self_idx, .. } => {
@@ -274,7 +288,7 @@ impl Signal {
         // else we propagate Err(..).
         let (string_vals, lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln) =
             match &all_signals[signal_idx] {
-                Signal::Data {
+                SignalEnum::Data {
                     ref string_vals,
                     ref lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                     ..
@@ -284,7 +298,7 @@ impl Signal {
                         lsb_indxs_of_string_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
                     ))
                 }
-                Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
+                SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
             }?;
         // this signal should at least have some events, otherwise, trying to index into
         // an empty vector later on would fail
@@ -365,7 +379,7 @@ impl Signal {
         &self,
         desired_time: &BigUint,
         tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: &Vec<u8>,
-        all_signals: &Vec<Signal>,
+        all_signals: &Vec<SignalEnum>,
     ) -> Result<BigUint, SignalErrors> {
         let signal_idx = match self {
             Self::Data { self_idx, .. } => {
@@ -390,7 +404,7 @@ impl Signal {
         // else we propagate Err(..).
         let (nums_encoded_as_fixed_width_le_u8, lsb_indxs_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln, num_bytes) =
             match &all_signals[signal_idx] {
-                Signal::Data {
+                SignalEnum::Data {
                     num_bytes,
                     ref nums_encoded_as_fixed_width_le_u8,
                     ref lsb_indxs_of_num_tmstmp_vals_on_tmln,
@@ -405,7 +419,7 @@ impl Signal {
                         num_bytes,
                     ))
                 }
-                Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
+                SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => Err(SignalErrors::PointsToAlias),
             }?;
         // this signal should at least have some events, otherwise, trying to index into
         // an empty vector later on would fail

src/vcd/types.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
+// 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::Signal;
+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,
@@ -20,10 +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.
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ pub(super) struct Metadata {
 pub struct ScopeIdx(pub usize);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct SignalIdx(pub(super) usize);
+pub struct SignalIdx(pub usize);
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(super) struct Scope {
@@ -46,7 +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
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ pub struct VCD {
     // keep track of all timestamp values, a given signal only needs to keep
     // track of the timestamps at which the given signal value changes.
     pub(super) tmstmps_encoded_as_u8s: Vec<u8>,
-    pub(super) all_signals: Vec<Signal>,
+    pub(super) all_signals: Vec<SignalEnum>,
     pub(super) all_scopes: Vec<Scope>,
     pub(super) root_scopes: Vec<ScopeIdx>,
 }
@@ -72,11 +74,21 @@ impl VCD {
         let scope = &self.all_scopes[idx];
         scope.child_scopes.clone()
     }
+    pub fn get_children_signal_idxs(&self, scope_idx: ScopeIdx) -> Vec<SignalIdx> {
+        let ScopeIdx(idx) = scope_idx;
+        let scope = &self.all_scopes[idx];
+        scope.child_signals.clone()
+    }
     pub fn scope_name_by_idx(&self, scope_idx: ScopeIdx) -> &String {
         let ScopeIdx(idx) = scope_idx;
         let scope = &self.all_scopes[idx];
         &scope.name
     }
+    pub fn signal_from_signal_idx<'a>(&'a self, idx: SignalIdx) -> Signal<'a> {
+        let SignalIdx(idx) = idx;
+        let signal_enum = &self.all_signals[idx];
+        return Signal(signal_enum);
+    }
     /// We take in a Signal and attempt to de-alias that signal if it is of
     /// variant ``Signal::Alias``. If it is of variant ``Signal::Alias`` and points to
     /// another alias, that's an error. Otherwise, we return the ``Signal::Data``
@@ -85,76 +97,23 @@ impl VCD {
     pub(super) fn dealiasing_signal_idx_to_signal_lookup_mut<'a>(
         &'a mut self,
         idx: &SignalIdx,
-    ) -> Result<&'a mut Signal, String> {
+    ) -> Result<&'a mut SignalEnum, String> {
         // get the signal pointed to be SignalIdx from the arena
         let SignalIdx(idx) = idx;
         let signal = &self.all_signals[*idx];
 
         // dereference signal if Signal::Alias, or keep idx if Signal::Data
         let signal_idx = match signal {
-            Signal::Data { self_idx, .. } => *self_idx,
+            SignalEnum::Data { self_idx, .. } => *self_idx,
-            Signal::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
         let SignalIdx(idx) = signal_idx;
         let signal = self.all_signals.get_mut(idx).unwrap();
         match signal {
-            Signal::Data { .. } => Ok(signal),
+            SignalEnum::Data { .. } => Ok(signal),
-            Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(format!(
+            SignalEnum::Alias { .. } => Err(format!(
-                "Error near {}:{}. A signal alias shouldn't \
-                 point to a signal alias.",
-                file!(),
-                line!()
-            )),
-        }
-    }
-    pub(super) fn dealiasing_signal_idx_to_signal_lookup<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        idx: &SignalIdx,
-    ) -> Result<&'a Signal, String> {
-        // get the signal pointed to be SignalIdx from the arena
-        let SignalIdx(idx) = idx;
-        let signal = &self.all_signals[*idx];
-
-        // dereference signal if Signal::Alias, or keep idx if Signal::Data
-        let signal_idx = match signal {
-            Signal::Data { self_idx, .. } => *self_idx,
-            Signal::Alias { name, signal_alias } => *signal_alias,
-        };
-
-        // Should now  point to Signal::Data variant, or else there's an error
-        let SignalIdx(idx) = signal_idx;
-        let signal = self.all_signals.get(idx).unwrap();
-        match signal {
-            Signal::Data { .. } => Ok(signal),
-            Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(format!(
-                "Error near {}:{}. A signal alias shouldn't \
-                 point to a signal alias.",
-                file!(),
-                line!()
-            )),
-        }
-    }
-    /// Takes a signal as input and returns the signal if the signal is of the
-    /// Signal::Data variant, else the function follows follows the uses the
-    /// SignalIdx in the signal_alias field of Signal::Alias variant to index
-    /// into the signal arena in the all_signals field of the vcd, and returns
-    /// the resulting signal if that signal is a Signal::Data variant, else,
-    /// this function returns an Err.
-    pub fn dealiasing_signal_lookup<'a>(&'a self, signal: &Signal) -> Result<&'a Signal, String> {
-        // dereference signal if Signal::Alias, or keep idx if Signal::Data
-        let signal_idx = match signal {
-            Signal::Data { self_idx, .. } => *self_idx,
-            Signal::Alias { name, signal_alias } => *signal_alias,
-        };
-
-        // Should now  point to Signal::Data variant, or else there's an error
-        let SignalIdx(idx) = signal_idx;
-        let signal = self.all_signals.get(idx).unwrap();
-        match signal {
-            Signal::Data { .. } => Ok(signal),
-            Signal::Alias { .. } => Err(format!(
                 "Error near {}:{}. A signal alias shouldn't \
                  point to a signal alias.",
                 file!(),