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yoff 2741492e5d Python: extend new SSA with ESSA-shaped adapter + baseline comparison test
Phase 0.5 - Adapter API on top of the shared SSA:

Adds the legacy-ESSA-shaped class hierarchy that the dataflow library
consumes, layered on the shared 'Ssa::Make' instantiation:

  * EssaDefinition / EssaNodeDefinition: the latter exposes
    'getDefiningNode()' (the CFG node at the def's index in its BB)
    and 'getVariable()' / 'getScope()'.
  * AssignmentDefinition: matches Assign, AnnAssign with value,
    AssignExpr and AugAssign target Names. Exposes 'getValue()'
    pointing at the RHS' CFG node.
  * ParameterDefinition: matches when the defining Name is in
    parameter context.
  * WithDefinition: matches 'with ... as x:' bindings.
  * ScopeEntryDefinition: implicit entry defs at synthetic position
    '-1' of the scope's entry basic block (non-local / global /
    builtin / captured reads).
  * PhiFunction (alias for PhiNode).
  * EssaVariable adapter wrapping a 'Ssa::Definition' with 'getAUse()',
    'getDefinition()', 'getAnUltimateDefinition()', and 'getName()'.
  * AdjacentUses module with 'firstUse' and 'adjacentUseUse' predicates
    bridging to 'Ssa::firstUse' / 'Ssa::adjacentUseUse'.

This is the minimum API the new dataflow's internals call into. The
richer legacy ESSA (refinement nodes, attribute refinements, edge
refinements) stays in 'semmle.python.essa.Essa' for legacy code.

Phase 0.6 - Comparison test:

Adds 'dataflow-new-ssa-vs-legacy/CmpTest.ql' that snapshots the
difference between definitions produced by new SSA vs legacy ESSA on
the same Python source. Baseline output records the current
'def-only-old' mismatches, grouped by category:

  * function/class/global definitions with no in-scope read (intentional;
    SSA is liveness-pruned)
  * captured / closure variables (real gap in new SSA - no
    closure-capture handling yet)
  * module variables __name__ / __package__ / $ (legacy ESSA implicit
    bindings)
  * exception 'as' bindings (depend on raise modelling)

Zero 'def-only-new' mismatches: the new SSA never produces a spurious
definition compared to legacy ESSA on this corpus.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-28 21:09:46 +00:00

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/**
* Compares the new-CFG SSA against the legacy ESSA on the same Python
* sources. Reports definitions present in one implementation but not
* the other, identified by variable name + source position.
*
* The `.expected` file records the current diff as a snapshot: as the
* new SSA matures (closing captured-variable gap, exception bindings,
* etc.) and tracks more variables, the snapshot should monotonically
* shrink.
*
* Known categories of `def-only-old` mismatches:
* - Function / class / global definitions with no in-scope read
* (intentional: SSA is liveness-pruned, write-only variables are
* not tracked).
* - Captured / closure variables (gap: new SSA does not yet model
* closure captures).
* - Module variables `__name__`, `__package__`, `$` (legacy ESSA
* adds implicit bindings the new SSA does not).
* - Exception-handler `as` bindings (depend on raise modelling).
*
* `def-only-new` mismatches would indicate the new SSA produces spurious
* definitions; currently none are expected.
*/
import python
import semmle.python.dataflow.new.internal.SsaImpl as NewSsa
import semmle.python.controlflow.internal.Cfg as Cfg
import semmle.python.essa.Essa
string newDefSig(NewSsa::EssaNodeDefinition def) {
exists(Cfg::ControlFlowNode n | n = def.getDefiningNode() |
result =
def.getVariable().getVariable().getId() + ":" + n.getLocation().getStartLine() + ":" +
n.getLocation().getStartColumn()
)
}
string legacyDefSig(EssaNodeDefinition def) {
exists(ControlFlowNode n | n = def.getDefiningNode() |
result =
def.getSourceVariable().getName() + ":" + n.getLocation().getStartLine() + ":" +
n.getLocation().getStartColumn()
)
}
from string kind, string sig
where
kind = "def-only-new" and
exists(NewSsa::EssaNodeDefinition def |
sig = newDefSig(def) and
not exists(EssaNodeDefinition legacyDef | sig = legacyDefSig(legacyDef))
)
or
kind = "def-only-old" and
exists(EssaNodeDefinition legacyDef |
sig = legacyDefSig(legacyDef) and
not exists(NewSsa::EssaNodeDefinition def | sig = newDefSig(def))
)
select kind, sig