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jextract-swift support importing nested types

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Description

We have some name look-up working for this already, but the source synthesis may also want to generate nested types for such.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the existing name look-up support mentioned in the issue, then inspect the source-synthesis path for how imported types are generated. Determine the expected handling of nested types and verify that importing them produces the corresponding nested type declarations.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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