Expose checkTypeEquivalence as a public API (#1402)

core/src/main/scala/chisel3/Data.scala

@@ -131,6 +131,23 @@ package experimental {
       target.direction
     }
 
+    /** Check if two Chisel types are the same type.
+      * Internally, this is dispatched to each Chisel type's
+      * `typeEquivalent` function for each type to determine
+      * if the types are intended to be equal.
+      *
+      * For most types, different parameters should ensure
+      * that the types are different.
+      * For example, `UInt(8.W)` and `UInt(16.W)` are different.
+      * Likewise, Records check that both Records have the same
+      * elements with the same types.
+      *
+      * @param x First Chisel type
+      * @param y Second Chisel type
+      * @return true if the two Chisel types are equal.
+      **/
+    def checkTypeEquivalence(x: Data, y: Data): Boolean = x.typeEquivalent(y)
+
     // Returns the top-level module ports
     // TODO: maybe move to something like Driver or DriverUtils, since this is mainly for interacting
     // with compiled artifacts (vs. elaboration-time reflection)?

src/test/scala/chiselTests/RecordSpec.scala

@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ trait RecordSpecUtils {
     assert(wire("0").asUInt === 123.U)
     stop()
   }
+
+  class RecordTypeTester extends BasicTester {
+    val wire0 = Wire(new CustomBundle("0"-> UInt(32.W)))
+    val wire1 = Reg(new CustomBundle("0"-> UInt(32.W)))
+    val wire2 = Wire(new CustomBundle("1"-> UInt(32.W)))
+    require(DataMirror.checkTypeEquivalence(wire0, wire1))
+    require(!DataMirror.checkTypeEquivalence(wire1, wire2))
+  }
 }
 
 class RecordSpec extends ChiselFlatSpec with RecordSpecUtils {
@@ -146,4 +154,8 @@ class RecordSpec extends ChiselFlatSpec with RecordSpecUtils {
       io := wire
     })
   }
+
+  "CustomBundle" should "check the types" in {
+    elaborate { new RecordTypeTester }
+  }
 }