REF edges missing from struct field assignments

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4/5
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
scala
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Reproduce the struct field assignment example and inspect the resulting AST and graph edges. The work is complete when the assignment has a REF edge to the corresponding MEMBER node and another REF edge to the struct instance definition, such as its LOCAL node.

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Description

When assigning a value to a struct's field (foobarInstance.foo = 51;), the corresponding part of the AST looks like this:

There neither is a REF edge to the corresponding MEMBER node nor a REF edge to the definition of struct's instance (e.g. to a corresponding LOCAL node).

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