Emit .fir lazily, overcomes JVM 2 GiB String limit

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala b/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala
index 53329908..a94558ce 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/chisel3/internal/firrtl/Emitter.scala
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package chisel3.internal.firrtl
-import firrtl.{ir => fir}
+
+import scala.collection.immutable.LazyList // Needed for 2.12 alias
+import firrtl.ir.Serializer
 
 private[chisel3] object Emitter {
   def emit(circuit: Circuit): String = {
     val fcircuit = Converter.convertLazily(circuit)
-    fir.Serializer.serialize(fcircuit)
+    Serializer.serialize(fcircuit)
+  }
+
+  def emitLazily(circuit: Circuit): Iterable[String] = {
+    val result = LazyList(s"circuit ${circuit.name} :\n")
+    val modules = circuit.components.view.map(Converter.convert)
+    val moduleStrings = modules.flatMap { m =>
+      Array(Serializer.serialize(m, 1), "\n\n")
+    }
+    result ++ moduleStrings
   }
 }