[flow analysis] Allow non-cascaded field accesses to participate in field promotion.

The way this is accomplished is that in
`_FlowAnalysisImpl.nullAwareAccess_rightBegin`, any expression
reference associated with the target of the null-aware access is
restored, and the corresponding SSA node is associated with the guard
variable (if any). These changes ensure that if the null-aware access
is a property get, the subsequent call to `propertyGet` will pick up
the appropriate SSA node, so it will be able to locate the promotion
key for the property.

This functionality is only enabled when the language feature
`sound-flow-analysis` is enabled.

To prevent test regressions, a few related changes need to be made at
the same time:

- `_FlowAnalysisImpl.nullAwareAccess_end` is changed so that it clears
  any expression info or expression reference that was associated with
  the null-aware access expression. This prevents flow analysis
  information from being erroneously propagated out of a null-aware
  expression, which would have led to assertion failures when
  analyzing null-aware expressions inside of conditional
  expressions. This wasn't previously a problem because the expression
  reference used to be consumed by
  `_FlowAnalysisImpl.nullAwareAccess_rightBegin`, preventing further
  expression references and expression infos from being recorded
  further along in the null-aware access.

- The test framework in `mini_ast.dart` is fixed so that `!` is
  considered to participate in null shorting. This was a bug in the
  test framework that wasn't previously caught because it happened not
  to produce any test failures.

- The analyzer's method `PostfixExpressionResolver._resolveNullCheck`
  is changed so that it calls `nonNullAssert_end` before terminating
  null-aware access. Previously, the order was swapped, causing
  `nullAwareAccess_end` to be called before `nonNullAssert_end` when
  analyzing expressions like `a?.b!`. This used to be benign, but now
  that non-cascaded field accesses participate in field promotion,
  flow analysis needs the methods to be called in the correct order.

Fixes https://github.com/dart-lang/language/issues/4344.

Bug: https://github.com/dart-lang/language/issues/4344
Change-Id: I523be1b4be1af3f68654a745187a546728c878fe
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/427820
Commit-Queue: Paul Berry <paulberry@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Konstantin Shcheglov <scheglov@google.com>
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README.md

Dart

An approachable, portable, and productive language for high-quality apps on any platform

Dart is:

  • Approachable: Develop with a strongly typed programming language that is consistent, concise, and offers modern language features like null safety and patterns.

  • Portable: Compile to ARM, x64, or RISC-V machine code for mobile, desktop, and backend. Compile to JavaScript or WebAssembly for the web.

  • Productive: Make changes iteratively: use hot reload to see the result instantly in your running app. Diagnose app issues using DevTools.

Dart's flexible compiler technology lets you run Dart code in different ways, depending on your target platform and goals:

  • Dart Native: For programs targeting devices (mobile, desktop, server, and more), Dart Native includes both a Dart VM with JIT (just-in-time) compilation and an AOT (ahead-of-time) compiler for producing machine code.

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