XMIR representation of an alias?

[volodya-lombrozo]

Since I can't compile any EO program I'm stacked with the following problem. Let's imagine we have the following EO program:

# Comment here.
[args] > app
  seq > @
    "a" > a
    QQ.io.stdout
      a

As you can see, I declare the a variable. Most probably, it will be presented in xmir as the following definition:

 <o base="string" line="4" name="a">... hex...</o>

But how will it be represented as an argument of QQ.io.stdout?

Should it be:

 <o name="a"/>

or

 <o base="string" name="a"/>

or

 <o base="string" line="4" name="a"/>

or

 <o line="4" name="a"/>

?

Of course, it would be much (!) faster if I were able to check these transformations on my own by using the compiler.

[volodya-lombrozo]

@yegor256 Could you help here, please? It's kind of blocking issue.

[github-actions]

@volodya-lombrozo thanks for the report, here is a feedback:

Problems

• The bug report's title, "XMIR representation of an alias?", is ambiguous and fails to succinctly summarize the issue at hand.
• The report lacks details about the expected and actual behavior, making it challenging for the developer to grasp the problem or recognize it as a bug.
• Absence of information about the environment or software version where the bug was encountered in the report. Such details are vital for recreating the issue.

I would recommend specifying the expected and actual behavior to clarify the issue and recognize it as a bug.

Please fix the bug report in order it to get resolved faster.
Analyzed with gpt-4

[maxonfjvipon]

@volodya-lombrozo it'll be represented as

<o base="a" line="6"/>

[volodya-lombrozo]

@maxonfjvipon Thank you. Will implement it as you suggested.