fix: Implement handling of array aliasing in the mem2reg optimization pass

crates/nargo_cli/tests/execution_success/references_aliasing/Nargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "references"
+type = "bin"
+authors = [""]
+compiler_version = "0.5.1"
+
+[dependencies]

crates/nargo_cli/tests/execution_success/references_aliasing/src/main.nr

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+fn increment(mut r: &mut Field) {
+    *r = *r + 1;
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut x = 100;
+    let mut xref = &mut x;
+    increment(xref);
+    assert(*xref == 101);
+}

crates/nargo_cli/tests/execution_success/references_aliasing/target/references.bytecode

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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crates/noirc_evaluator/src/brillig/brillig_gen/brillig_block.rs

@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ impl<'block> BrilligBlock<'block> {
 /// Returns the type of the operation considering the types of the operands
 /// TODO: SSA issues binary operations between fields and integers.
 /// This probably should be explicitly casted in SSA to avoid having to coerce at this level.
-pub(crate) fn type_of_binary_operation(lhs_type: Type, rhs_type: Type) -> Type {
+pub(crate) fn type_of_binary_operation(lhs_type: &Type, rhs_type: &Type) -> Type {
     match (lhs_type, rhs_type) {
         (_, Type::Function) | (Type::Function, _) => {
             unreachable!("Functions are invalid in binary operations")
@@ -1106,15 +1106,15 @@ pub(crate) fn type_of_binary_operation(lhs_type: Type, rhs_type: Type) -> Type {
         // If either side is a Field constant then, we coerce into the type
         // of the other operand
         (Type::Numeric(NumericType::NativeField), typ)
-        | (typ, Type::Numeric(NumericType::NativeField)) => typ,
+        | (typ, Type::Numeric(NumericType::NativeField)) => typ.clone(),
         // If both sides are numeric type, then we expect their types to be
         // the same.
         (Type::Numeric(lhs_type), Type::Numeric(rhs_type)) => {
             assert_eq!(
                 lhs_type, rhs_type,
                 "lhs and rhs types in a binary operation are always the same"
             );
-            Type::Numeric(lhs_type)
+            Type::Numeric(*lhs_type)
         }
     }
 }

crates/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa.rs

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pub(crate) fn optimize_into_acir(
             // and this pass is missed, slice merging will fail inside of flattening.
             .mem2reg()
             .print(print_ssa_passes, "After Mem2Reg:")
+            .fold_constants()
             .flatten_cfg()
             .print(print_ssa_passes, "After Flattening:")
             // Run mem2reg once more with the flattened CFG to catch any remaining loads/stores

crates/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/dfg.rs

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl DataFlowGraph {
         let parameters = self.blocks[block].parameters();
 
         let parameters = vecmap(parameters.iter().enumerate(), |(position, param)| {
-            let typ = self.values[*param].get_type();
+            let typ = self.values[*param].get_type().clone();
             self.values.insert(Value::Param { block: new_block, position, typ })
         });
 
@@ -314,7 +314,13 @@ impl DataFlowGraph {
 
     /// Returns the type of a given value
     pub(crate) fn type_of_value(&self, value: ValueId) -> Type {
-        self.values[value].get_type()
+        self.values[value].get_type().clone()
+    }
+
+    /// True if the type of this value is Type::Reference.
+    /// Using this method over type_of_value avoids cloning the value's type.
+    pub(crate) fn value_is_reference(&self, value: ValueId) -> bool {
+        matches!(self.values[value].get_type(), Type::Reference)
     }
 
     /// Appends a result type to the instruction.

crates/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ir/value.rs

@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ pub(crate) enum Value {
 
 impl Value {
     /// Retrieves the type of this Value
-    pub(crate) fn get_type(&self) -> Type {
+    pub(crate) fn get_type(&self) -> &Type {
         match self {
-            Value::Instruction { typ, .. } => typ.clone(),
-            Value::Param { typ, .. } => typ.clone(),
-            Value::NumericConstant { typ, .. } => typ.clone(),
-            Value::Array { typ, .. } => typ.clone(),
-            Value::Function { .. } => Type::Function,
-            Value::Intrinsic { .. } => Type::Function,
-            Value::ForeignFunction { .. } => Type::Function,
+            Value::Instruction { typ, .. } => typ,
+            Value::Param { typ, .. } => typ,
+            Value::NumericConstant { typ, .. } => typ,
+            Value::Array { typ, .. } => typ,
+            Value::Function { .. } => &Type::Function,
+            Value::Intrinsic { .. } => &Type::Function,
+            Value::ForeignFunction { .. } => &Type::Function,
         }
     }
 }