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Resolving Exposed References

After the exposed references have been found, the destination scope must be updated to include definitions for the objects in the exposed references. The base_symtab class provides the resolve_exposed_refs method to accomplish this. This method takes the lists of original objects in the replacements structure produced by the find_exposed_refs method (see section Finding Exposed References) and adds corresponding entries to the lists of new objects. New symbols are created and added to the symbol table to replace the originals. Variable definitions are also created as needed.

Because some types use name equivalence, they cannot be copied without creating different types. Thus, whenever possible, types are moved up in the symbol table hierarchy so that they are visible in both the source and destination scopes. If a type is successfully moved, the old and new entries for the replacements lists are the same. Some types contain references to variables (e.g. as array bounds), and if those variables are not already visible in the destination scope, the types cannot be moved. When that happens, resolve_exposed_refs resorts to making a new type where the variable references are updated to use the cloned variables.


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