Azure / Azure/bicep

Use symbolic name compilation if any explicit dependencies on existing resources are declared

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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Resources are allowed to declare explicit dependencies (via the `dependsOn` property) on any resource, including `existing` resources. In symbolic name templates, this allows template authors to "gate" a resource deployment on whether a resource not included in the template exists (as requested in #10097); in non-symbolic name templates, however, the explicit dependency is silently dropped.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
If a template contains any explicit dependency on existing resources, Bicep should compile to a symbolic name template so that the dependency is retained in the ARM JSON template.

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Research direction

Start by tracing where Bicep chooses symbolic versus non-symbolic name compilation and how explicit dependsOn declarations on existing resources are handled. Done means templates containing such dependencies compile symbolically and preserve those dependencies in the ARM JSON output.

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Assessment

Tech stack
json
Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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