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Linker does not deduplicate equivalent array types #2442

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The linker does not deduplicate equivalent array types between modules, which causes type mismatch errors when sharing an array type (or types based on an array) between modules. Can verify fails for variables and for functions (when used as an argument, directly and pointer to).

Example, causes a type mismatch on symbol "x":

; a.spv
               OpCapability Linkage
               OpCapability Shader
               OpMemoryModel Logical Simple
               OpDecorate %1 LinkageAttributes "x" Import
       %void = OpTypeVoid
       %uint = OpTypeInt 32 0
     %uint_7 = OpConstant %uint 7
%_arr_uint_uint_7 = OpTypeArray %uint %uint_7
%_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7 = OpTypePointer Workgroup %_arr_uint_uint_7
          %1 = OpVariable %_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7 Workgroup

; b.spv, differs from a.spv only in changing Import -> Export
               OpCapability Linkage
               OpCapability Shader
               OpMemoryModel Logical Simple
               OpDecorate %1 LinkageAttributes "x" Export
       %void = OpTypeVoid
       %uint = OpTypeInt 32 0
     %uint_7 = OpConstant %uint 7
%_arr_uint_uint_7 = OpTypeArray %uint %uint_7
%_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7 = OpTypePointer Workgroup %_arr_uint_uint_7
          %1 = OpVariable %_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7 Workgroup

Removing the OpDecorate instructions produces duplicates of both the constant and types:

               OpCapability Shader
               OpMemoryModel Logical Simple
               OpModuleProcessed "Linked by SPIR-V Tools Linker"
       %void = OpTypeVoid
       %uint = OpTypeInt 32 0
     %uint_7 = OpConstant %uint 7
%_arr_uint_uint_7 = OpTypeArray %uint %uint_7
%_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7 = OpTypePointer Workgroup %_arr_uint_uint_7
          %6 = OpVariable %_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7 Workgroup
   %uint_7_0 = OpConstant %uint 7
%_arr_uint_uint_7_0 = OpTypeArray %uint %uint_7_0
%_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7_0 = OpTypePointer Workgroup %_arr_uint_uint_7_0
         %10 = OpVariable %_ptr_Workgroup__arr_uint_uint_7_0 Workgroup

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