2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/parse.py b/parse.py
index 243a8bb..65d2875 100755
--- a/parse.py
+++ b/parse.py
@@ -126,10 +126,19 @@ def process_enc_line(line, ext):
     # check if all args of the instruction are present in arg_lut present in
     # constants.py
     args = single_fixed.sub(' ', args).split()
+    encoding_args = ['-'] * 32
     for a in args:
         if a not in arg_lut:
             logging.error(f' Found variable {a} in instruction {name} whose mapping in arg_lut does not exist')
             raise SystemExit(1)
+        else:
+            (msb, lsb) = arg_lut[a]
+            for ind in range(lsb, msb):
+                # overlapping bits
+                if encoding_args[ind] != '-':
+                    logging.error(f' Found variable {a} in instruction {name} overlapping {encoding_args[ind]} variable')
+                    raise SystemExit(1)
+                encoding_args[ind] = a
 
     # update the fields of the instruction as a dict and return back along with
     # the name of the instruction
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 89c014d..8f6f34e 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class EncodingLineTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertError('jol rd jimm20 2..0=10')
         self.assertError('jol rd jimm20 2..0=0xB')
 
-    @unittest.skip('not implemented')
     def test_overlapping_field(self):
         self.assertError('jol rd rs1 jimm20 6..2=0x1b 1..0=3')