You are given the complete semantics of a tiny circuit netlist language, followed by one circuit in that language. Simulate the circuit and report its output trace.
# circuit netlist semantics (v0)
the entire language. if this page and an implementation disagree, this page wins.
## format
a circuit is a json object:
```json
{
"name": "example",
"inputs": ["a", "b"],
"outputs": ["y", "q0"],
"gates": [{"type": "NAND", "a": "a", "b": "b", "y": "n0"}],
"dffs": [{"d": "n0", "q": "q0", "init": 0}],
"trace": {"a": [0, 1], "b": [1, 1]},
"cycles": 2
}
```
## rules
- every net is a single bit, value 0 or 1. there is no X, Z, or undefined.
- net names match `[a-z][a-z0-9_]*`. `clk` is reserved (the clock is implicit, never a net).
- the only gate type is `NAND`: `y = 1 - (a & b)`. two inputs, exactly.
- the only stateful element is `DFF`: on each clock edge, `q` takes the value `d` had
just before the edge. `init` (0 or 1) is the value of `q` before cycle 0.
- every net is driven by exactly one of: a circuit input, a gate output `y`, a dff output `q`.
- every net referenced (gate inputs, dff `d`, circuit `outputs`) must be driven.
- the gate-only graph must be acyclic. feedback is legal only through a dff.
- `trace` gives each input net one value per cycle; every list has length `cycles`.
## time
for each cycle t = 0 .. cycles-1, in order:
1. input nets take their `trace` values for cycle t. dff `q` nets hold their current state
(at t=0, their `init` values).
2. all gates settle instantly (zero delay — well-defined because the gate graph is acyclic).
3. the value of every net in `outputs` is recorded. this is the observed trace for cycle t.
4. clock edge: every dff simultaneously loads the settled value of its `d` net.
the result of a simulation is, for each output net, the list of `cycles` recorded values.
## what a correct evaluator must produce
exactly the recorded values from step 3, for every output, for every cycle.
no partial credit is defined at this layer; scoring policies live elsewhere.
{
"name": "tff_divider",
"inputs": [],
"outputs": [
"q0"
],
"gates": [
{
"type": "NAND",
"a": "q0",
"b": "q0",
"y": "inv"
}
],
"dffs": [
{
"d": "inv",
"q": "q0",
"init": 0
}
],
"trace": {},
"cycles": 8
}
Work through the simulation carefully, cycle by cycle. You cannot run code; do it by reasoning.
End your reply with a single fenced json code block containing exactly one object that maps each output net name to its list of recorded values, for example:
```json
{"some_output": [0, 1, 1, 0], "other_output": [1, 1, 0, 0]}
```
Each list must contain exactly 8 integers (each 0 or 1), one per cycle, cycle 0 first. Put no other json code block after it.