Move emit out of IR

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala
index b690d974..34547503 100644
--- a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala
+++ b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 package Chisel.internal.firrtl
 import Chisel._
 
+private[Chisel] object Emitter {
+  def emit(circuit: Circuit): String = new Emitter(circuit).toString
+}
+
 private class Emitter(circuit: Circuit) {
   override def toString: String = res.toString
 
diff --git a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/IR.scala b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/IR.scala
index 1e06a663..91dcf5d2 100644
--- a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/IR.scala
+++ b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/internal/firrtl/IR.scala
@@ -182,6 +182,4 @@ case class Printf(clk: Arg, formatIn: String, ids: Seq[Arg]) extends Command {
   }
 }
 
-case class Circuit(name: String, components: Seq[Component]) {
-  def emit: String = new Emitter(this).toString
-}
+case class Circuit(name: String, components: Seq[Component])