2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Aggregate.scala b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Aggregate.scala
index 1eef5d69..8af4e9e9 100644
--- a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Aggregate.scala
+++ b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Aggregate.scala
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ sealed class Vec[T <: Data] private (gen: => T, val length: Int)
   private[Chisel] lazy val flatten: IndexedSeq[Bits] =
     (0 until length).flatMap(i => this.apply(i).flatten)
 
+  /** Reinterpret cast to UInt. */
+  def asUInt(): UInt = macro SourceInfoTransform.noArg
+
+  def do_asUInt(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo): UInt = SeqUtils.do_asUInt(this.flatten).asUInt()
+
   for ((elt, i) <- self zipWithIndex)
     elt.setRef(this, i)
 }
@@ -341,6 +346,12 @@ class Bundle extends Aggregate(NO_DIR) {
   private[Chisel] lazy val flatten = namedElts.flatMap(_._2.flatten)
   private[Chisel] def addElt(name: String, elt: Data): Unit =
     namedElts += name -> elt
+
+  /** Reinterpret cast to UInt. */
+  def asUInt(): UInt = macro SourceInfoTransform.noArg
+
+  def do_asUInt(implicit sourceInfo: SourceInfo): UInt = SeqUtils.do_asUInt(this.flatten).asUInt()
+
   private[Chisel] override def _onModuleClose: Unit = // scalastyle:ignore method.name
     for ((name, elt) <- namedElts) { elt.setRef(this, _namespace.name(name)) }
 
diff --git a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Data.scala b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Data.scala
index d16843f7..adb4ff7b 100644
--- a/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Data.scala
+++ b/chiselFrontend/src/main/scala/Chisel/Data.scala
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ abstract class Data(dirArg: Direction) extends HasId {
     *
     * This performs the inverse operation of fromBits(Bits).
     */
-  @deprecated("Use asBits, which makes the reinterpret cast more explicit and actually returns Bits", "chisel3")
+  @deprecated("Best alternative, .toUInt() or if Bits really needed, .toUInt().toBits()", "chisel3")
   def toBits(): UInt = SeqUtils.do_asUInt(this.flatten)(DeprecatedSourceInfo)
+
+//  def asBits(): Bits
 }
 
 object Wire {