This change allows for adding additional nested references to a SymbolRefAttr to allow for further resolving a symbol if that symbol also defines a SymbolTable. If a referenced symbol also defines a symbol table, a nested reference can be used to refer to a symbol within that table. Nested references are printed after the main reference in the following form:
symbol-ref-attribute ::= symbol-ref-id (`::` symbol-ref-id)*
Example:
module @reference {
func @nested_reference()
}
my_reference_op @reference::@nested_reference
Given that SymbolRefAttr is now more general, the existing functionality centered around a single reference is moved to a derived class FlatSymbolRefAttr. Followup commits will add support to lookups, rauw, etc. for scoped references.
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