Split solc_parsing
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- Python
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Description
A significant part of our tech debt is our support of all solidity versions from 0.4.0 in the parsing/IR conversion. While we don't want to drop this support, I think it is time to investigate how we could create a fresh `solc_parsing` that targets only Solidity 0.8 and above.
This would reduce the code complexity for recent solidity codebases, and will allow to iterate more quickly on new solidity release.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading the existing solc_parsing implementation and its parsing/IR conversion paths, then identify how support for Solidity 0.4.0 through 0.8+ is structured. The issue's goal is to investigate a fresh solc_parsing targeting Solidity 0.8 and above while retaining older-version support; the exact files, tests, and completion criteria are not specified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, solidity
- Domain
- compilers, devtools
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100