1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/scala/chisel3/package.scala b/src/main/scala/chisel3/package.scala
index ee77ba23..d335f1f1 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/chisel3/package.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/chisel3/package.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package object chisel3 {    // scalastyle:ignore package.object.name
   val Input   = chisel3.core.Input
   val Output  = chisel3.core.Output
   val Flipped = chisel3.core.Flipped
+  val chiselTypeOf = chisel3.core.chiselTypeOf
 
   type Data = chisel3.core.Data
   object Wire extends chisel3.core.WireFactory {
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ package object chisel3 {    // scalastyle:ignore package.object.name
     }
   }
 
+  implicit class cloneTypeable[T <: Data](val target: T) extends AnyVal {
+    @deprecated("chiselCloneType is deprecated, use chiselTypeOf(...) to get the Chisel Type of a hardware object", "chisel3")
+    def chiselCloneType: T = {
+      target.cloneTypeFull.asInstanceOf[T]
+    }
+  }
+
   type Aggregate = chisel3.core.Aggregate
   object Vec extends chisel3.core.VecFactory {
     import scala.language.experimental.macros