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ability for global variables to be initialized with address of each other #131

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const std = @import("std");
const expect = std.testing.expect;

const Node = struct {
    next: *Node,
};

const a: Node = .{ .next = &b };
const b: Node = .{ .next = &a };

test "example" {
    expect(a.next == &b);
    expect(b.next == &a);
}

Currently, this test case produces the following results:

test.zig:8:1: error: dependency loop detected
const a: Node = .{ .next = &b };
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
referenced by:
    a: test.zig:8:29
    b: test.zig:9:29
    remaining reference traces hidden; use '-freference-trace' to see all reference traces

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