chipsalliance / chipsalliance/chisel
Bad error message when calling `.pad` on a `Bool`
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Description
**Type of issue**: Bug Report
**Please provide the steps to reproduce the problem:**
Run the following
```scala
class Example extends Module {
val in = IO(Input(Bool()))
val out = IO(Output(UInt(2.W)))
out := in.pad(2)
}
```
(Scastie: https://scastie.scala-lang.org/fcMAECXOQGiEClwr1May7w)
**What is the current behavior?**
You will see a requirement failed with no additional context
```
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed
at ... ()
at Playground$Example$$anonfun$3.apply(main.scala:10)
at Playground$Example$$anonfun$3.apply(main.scala:10)
at chisel3.Data.$anonfun$$colon$eq$1(Data.scala:749)
at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.scala:18)
at chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:33)
at chisel3.Data.$colon$eq(Data.scala:749)
at Playground$Example.<init>(main.scala:10)
at Playground$$anonfun$4.apply(main.scala:13)
at Playground$$anonfun$4.apply(main.scala:13)
at ... ()
at ... (Stack trace trimmed to user code only. Rerun with --full-stacktrace to see the full trace)
```
**What is the expected behavior?**
It should pad the `Bool` to a be a normal UInt
**Please tell us about your environment:**
Chisel 6.0.0-M1 but this is present on head of main too
**Other Information**
**What is the use case for changing the behavior?**
Contributor guide
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