Document Assembly/Solidity Masking Behaviour and via-IR/legacy differences in it
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Description
Come up with https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/issues/15142
We should at the very least clarify these changes in behavior in the list of via-IR breaking changes. Neither for legacy nor for via-IR the masking behavior in cases like this is properly specified and documented, so we should also change that.
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Research direction
Start by reading issue #15142 and the existing list of via-IR breaking changes. Compare the masking behavior in the legacy and via-IR cases described there, then document the differences and specify the currently undocumented masking behavior for both paths. Done means the relevant behavior and compatibility differences are clearly stated.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- solidity
- Domain
- compilers, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100