[FIRRTL] Grand Central Views ID/Name/DefName May Be Unused
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Description
There is a lot of likely unnecessary information being stored in Grand Central View annotations. Candidates include `id`, `name`, and `defName`. Audit this and prune out unneeded information where possible.
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Research direction
Start by tracing Grand Central View annotations and the stored `id`, `name`, and `defName` fields. Audit which consumers require each value, then remove only information shown to be unnecessary and verify the affected FIRRTL/Grand Central behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100