From 8e56373a5436852fe9c7934e03d7b57493625003 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bd <bdunahu@operationnull.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:28:55 -0400
Subject: Minor simplification to API between pipeline components

---
 src/sim/id.cc | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/sim/id.cc')

diff --git a/src/sim/id.cc b/src/sim/id.cc
index da7b55c..969cb9d 100644
--- a/src/sim/id.cc
+++ b/src/sim/id.cc
@@ -8,22 +8,24 @@
 
 ID::ID(Stage *stage) : Stage(stage) { this->id = DCDE; }
 
-Response ID::advance(InstrDTO &next_instr, Response p)
+InstrDTO *ID::advance(Response p)
 {
+	InstrDTO *r = nullptr;
 	Response n;
 
 	this->advance_helper();
 	if (this->status == OK && p == OK) {
-	  // mutual consent
+		// mutual consent
 		this->curr_instr->set_time_of(this->id, this->clock_cycle);
-		next_instr = *this->curr_instr;
+		r = new InstrDTO(*this->curr_instr);
+		delete curr_instr;
 		curr_instr = nullptr;
 	}
 
 	n = (p != OK || this->status != OK) ? BLOCKED : OK;
 	// the power of consent
-	n = this->next->advance(*curr_instr, n);
-	return this->status;
+	this->curr_instr = this->next->advance(n);
+	return r;
 }
 
 void ID::get_instr_fields(
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