Failure to emit external global symbols
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- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Illustrated here
https://gist.github.com/ivanradanov/cd1cf99e3292e20b92852078ed82fc74
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure described in the linked gist and inspect how Polygeist handles external global symbols during C/C++ frontend lowering. Confirm the expected emitted symbols and compare them with the actual output; the issue is complete when the external globals are emitted correctly and the reproduction no longer fails.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100