/* Bug reproduction for write_verilog -remove_cells. This hierarchical design contains a sub-module "sub_mod" instantiated in "top". When a liberty cell whose ConcreteCell ID collides with the dbModule computed ID is placed in remove_cells, the CellIdLess comparator in CellSet treats them as equal, causing writeChild to incorrectly drop the hierarchical instance. */ module top(in, out); input in; output out; wire w1; sub_mod sub_inst (.A(in), .Z(w1)); INV_X1 u1 (.A(w1), .ZN(out)); endmodule module sub_mod(A, Z); input A; output Z; INV_X1 inv1 (.A(A), .ZN(Z)); endmodule