Add ALIAS column to ACG StateSpec files #3379
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This PR adds the capability to the automatic code generator (ACG) to give an alternate name to the pointer variable in the pointer declaration and
MAPL_GetPointer
call for a variable spec. The default behavior is to create a pointer variableFOO
for a variable spec withshort_name=FOO
. If theALIAS
column is added to the ACG StateSpec file and the value for a row is not blank, that value is used for the pointer variable if the-d
and/or-g
options are included in the ACG call.This PR was created in response to variable specs that include the same
NAME
(short_name
) for variables in two categories (eg.IMPORT
andEXPORT
). It creates a more general capability to name the pointer variable.