Add BigInt / Int to Bool conversion (0.B, 1.B) (#913)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala
index f68ce0e8..99c9a7ae 100644
--- a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala
+++ b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/chisel3/core/package.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ package chisel3 {
     * `0.asUInt(16)` (instead of `16.W`) compile without error and produce undesired results.
     */
     implicit class fromBigIntToLiteral(bigint: BigInt) {
+      /** Int to Bool conversion, allowing compact syntax like 1.B and 0.B
+       */
+      def B: Bool = bigint match {
+        case bigint if bigint == 0 => Bool.Lit(false)
+        case bigint if bigint == 1 => Bool.Lit(true)
+        case bigint => Builder.error(s"Cannot convert $bigint to Bool, must be 0 or 1"); Bool.Lit(false)
+      }
       /** Int to UInt conversion, recommended style for constants.
         */
       def U: UInt = UInt.Lit(bigint, Width())  // scalastyle:ignore method.name