remove simd_full_width_hint, it is down to individual Signals within the

context to explicitly declare their width, if in fact they need one.
some cases (as shown in the layout() function) no fixed (full) width
is required to explicitly be specified, it is determined instead from
the element widths

diff --git a/src/ieee754/part/simd_scope.py b/src/ieee754/part/simd_scope.py
index 38ac675a2103519c6a2df0e6fc3dd5ac42511c9b..9125ee1088d75d0971b915253852c905bece6ea2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ieee754/part/simd_scope.py
+++ b/src/ieee754/part/simd_scope.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3-or-later
 # See Notices.txt for copyright information
 
-
 from ieee754.part.util import (DEFAULT_FP_VEC_EL_COUNTS,
                                DEFAULT_INT_VEC_EL_COUNTS,
                                FpElWid, IntElWid, SimdMap)
@@ -31,9 +30,6 @@ class SimdScope:
             FpElWid.F16: 4,
             FpElWid.BF16: 4,
         })
-    * simd_full_width_hint: int
-        the default value for SimdLayout's full_width argument, the full number
-        of bits in a SIMD value.
     * elwid: ElWid or nmigen Value with a shape of some ElWid class
         the current elwid (simd element type)
     """
@@ -63,10 +59,16 @@ class SimdScope:
         assert self.__SCOPE_STACK.pop() is self, "inconsistent scope stack"
         return False
 
-    def __init__(self, *, simd_full_width_hint=64, elwid=None,
+    def __init__(self, *, module, elwid=None,
                  vec_el_counts=None, elwid_type=IntElWid, scalar=False):
-        assert isinstance(simd_full_width_hint, int)
-        self.simd_full_width_hint = simd_full_width_hint
+
+        # must establish module as part of context and inform
+        # the module to operate under "SIMD" Type 1 (AST) casting rules,
+        # not the # default "Value.cast" rules.
+        self.module = module
+        from ieee754.part.partsig import SimdSignal
+        module._setAstTypeCastFn(SimdSignal.cast)
+
         if isinstance(elwid, (IntElWid, FpElWid)):
             elwid_type = type(elwid)
             if vec_el_counts is None:
@@ -92,8 +94,7 @@ class SimdScope:
 
         self.vec_el_counts = SimdMap.map_with_elwid(check, vec_el_counts)
         self.full_el_count = max(self.vec_el_counts.values())
-        assert self.simd_full_width_hint % self.full_el_count == 0,\
-            "simd_full_width_hint must be a multiple of full_el_count"
+
         if elwid is not None:
             self.elwid = elwid
         elif scalar:
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ class SimdScope:
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return (f"SimdScope(\n"
-                f"        simd_full_width_hint={self.simd_full_width_hint},\n"
                 f"        elwid={self.elwid},\n"
                 f"        elwid_type={self.elwid_type},\n"
                 f"        vec_el_counts={self.vec_el_counts},\n"
                 f"        full_el_count={self.full_el_count})")
+