Reference Types
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- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
The `ref` and `deref` keywords should be used to construct reference types and dereference reference types. This issue involves the parsing, type checking, and code generation of reference types.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by tracing how the parser, type checker, and code generator represent `ref` and `deref`; the work is done when reference types can be constructed, checked, and generated consistently across all three stages.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100