In Fortran, it is possible to refer to the "parent part" of a derived
type as if it were a component:
Fortran type t1 integer :: i end type type t2 integer :: j end type type(t2) :: a print *, a%t1%i ! "inner" parent component reference print *, a%t1 ! "leaf" parent component reference end
Inner parent component references can be dropped on the floor in
lowering: "a%t1%i" is equivalent to "a%i".
Leaf parent component references, however, must be taken care of. For
scalars, "a%t1" is a simple addressc ast to "t1", for arrays, however,
this creates an array section that must be represented with a descriptor
(fir.box).
hlfir.designate could have been extended to deal with this, but I think
it would make hlfir.designate too complex and hard to manipulate.
This patch adds an hlfir.parent_comp op that represents and implements
leaf parent component references.