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[DebugInfo] Add a specification attribute to LLVM DebugInfo (llvm#115362)
Add a specification attribute to LLVM DebugInfo, which is analogous
to DWARF's DW_AT_specification. According to the DWARF spec:
"A debugging information entry that represents a declaration that
completes another (earlier) non-defining declaration may have a
DW_AT_specification attribute whose value is a reference to the
debugging information entry representing the non-defining declaration."
This patch allows types to be specifications of other types. This is
used by Swift to represent generic types. For example, given this Swift
program:
```
struct MyStruct<T> {
let t: T
}
let variable = MyStruct<Int>(t: 43)
```
The Swift compiler emits (roughly) an unsubtituted type for MyStruct<T>:
```
DW_TAG_structure_type
DW_AT_name ("MyStruct")
// "$s1w8MyStructVyxGD" is a Swift mangled name roughly equivalent to
// MyStruct<T>
DW_AT_linkage_name ("$s1w8MyStructVyxGD")
// other attributes here
```
And a specification for MyStruct<Int>:
```
DW_TAG_structure_type
DW_AT_specification (<link to "MyStruct">)
// "$s1w8MyStructVySiGD" is a Swift mangled name equivalent to
// MyStruct<Int>
DW_AT_linkage_name ("$s1w8MyStructVySiGD")
DW_AT_byte_size (0x08)
// other attributes here
```
(cherry picked from commit 67fb268)
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