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lookup

Looks up a decl by name accessible in decl's namespace.

Decl.lookup

pub fn lookup(decl: *const Decl, name: []const u8) ?Decl.Index

File

lib/docs/wasm/Decl.zig:181

Code

pub fn lookup(decl: *const Decl, name: []const u8) ?Decl.Index {
    const namespace_node = switch (decl.categorize()) {
        .namespace, .container => |node| node,
        else => decl.parent.get().ast_node,
    };
    const file = decl.file.get();
    const scope = file.scopes.get(namespace_node) orelse return null;
    const resolved_node = scope.lookup(&file.ast, name) orelse return null;
    return file.node_decls.get(resolved_node);
}