I need to create some annotations in IR (using `IrConstructorCall`). Some of the annotations have ar...

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[ansman]

I need to create some annotations in IR (using IrConstructorCall). Some of the annotations have arguments of type Array<KClass<*>> and KClass<*>. How does one create these expressions in IR? I see IrClassReference but not sure if that's relevant or how to create it

[PHondogo]

Code from my factory implementation:

fun createClassRefExpr(
        klass: IrClass
    ): IrExpression {
        val classType = klass.defaultType
        return IrClassReferenceImpl(
            startOffset = this.startOffset, 
            endOffset = this.endOffset,
            type = this.builtIns.kClassClass.typeWith(classType),
            symbol = klass.symbol,
            classType = classType
        )
    }

[PHondogo]

To better understand how IR is represented, you can debug your compiler plugin code.
See this message and message next to it: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C7L3JB43G/p1725626069009579?thread_ts=1725623682.461049&cid=C7L3JB43G

[ansman]

Cool, thank you! Directly instantiating these Impl classes feels dirty but it seems that's just how one does it