The reason #1 for this feature is that we want to test IdSignatures
generated for declarations. Currently, there is no (easy) way to ensure
that a change in the signature building logic doesn't cause any breaking
changes wrt klibs.
Now, most IdSignatures include hashed mangled names in them, so even if
we catch a regression where the included hash changes, there would be no
way of knowing immediately what caused it, unless we'd also have mangled
names in the expectations.
The reason #2 is to test the manglers themselves. Currently, there are
no tests for them. They heavily duplicate each other, this is already
causing issues (see KT-57427) that would be very hard to catch without
these tests.
^KT-58238 Fixed
This fixes the problem in JVM IR backend which didn't pass bound
receiver value of an adapted function reference to the superclass
(kotlin/jvm/internal/AdaptedFunctionReference), which caused equals to
work incorrectly on such references (see changes in box tests).
Previously, bound adapted function reference was represented as
IrFunctionExpression to an adapter function which calls the callee. The
value of the bound receiver in that case could only be found in the body
of that adapter function. This is not very convenient, so this change
makes psi2ir produce a block of the adapter function + reference to it.
The bound receiver value is then found in the reference. This is
basically similar to what ProvisionalFunctionExpressionLowering is doing
for all function expressions. And since this IR structure is already
supported in FunctionReferenceLowering, the problem in the JVM IR is
fixed without any additional modifications.
However, inliners do not support this IR structure yet, see KT-38535 and
KT-38536.
Sergej Jaskiewicz