fix: Add checks for nop

crates/nargo_cli/tests/test_data/regression/Nargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[package]
+authors = [""]
+compiler_version = "0.1"
+
+[dependencies]

crates/nargo_cli/tests/test_data/regression/Prover.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+x = [0x3f, 0x1c, 0xb8, 0x99, 0xab]
+z = 3

crates/nargo_cli/tests/test_data/regression/src/main.nr

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+global NIBBLE_LENGTH: comptime Field = 16;
+
+fn compact_decode<N>(input: [u8; N], length: Field) -> ([u4; NIBBLE_LENGTH], Field)
+{
+    constrain 2*input.len() as u64 <= NIBBLE_LENGTH as u64;
+    constrain length as u64 <= input.len() as u64;
+
+    let mut nibble = [0 as u4; NIBBLE_LENGTH];
+
+    let first_nibble = (input[0] >> 4) as u4;
+    let parity = first_nibble as u1;
+
+    if parity == 1
+    {
+	    nibble[0] = (input[0] & 0x0f) as u4;
+	    for i in 1..input.len()
+	    {
+ 	        if i as u64 < length as u64
+ 	        {
+	         	let x = input[i];
+ 	         	nibble[2*i - 1] = (x >> 4) as u4;
+	         	nibble[2*i] = (x & 0x0f) as u4;
+ 	        }
+	    }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	    for i in 0..2
+	    {
+ 	        if (i as u64) < length as u64 - 1
+ 	        {
+		        let x = input[i + 1];
+ 		        nibble[2*i] = (x >> 4) as u4;
+		        nibble[2*i + 1] = (x & 0x0f) as u4;
+ 	        }
+	    }
+    }
+
+    let out = (nibble, 2*length + (parity as Field) - 2);
+
+    out
+}
+
+fn main(x: [u8; 5], z: Field)
+{
+    //Issue 1144
+	let (nib, len) = compact_decode(x,z);
+	constrain len == 5;
+	constrain [nib[0], nib[1], nib[2], nib[3], nib[4]] == [15, 1, 12, 11, 8];
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_1144()
+{
+    main([0x3f, 0x1c, 0xb8, 0x99, 0xab], 3);
+}

crates/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/internal_var_cache.rs

@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ impl InternalVarCache {
             let w = evaluator.create_intermediate_variable(Expression::from(value));
             for &id in ids {
                 let mut cached_var = self.get_or_compute_internal_var_unwrap(id, evaluator, ctx);
-                assert!(cached_var.cached_witness().is_none());
-                cached_var.set_witness(w);
+                if let Some(cached_witness) = cached_var.cached_witness() {
+                    assert_eq!(*cached_witness, w);
+                } else {
+                    cached_var.set_witness(w);
+                }
                 self.update(cached_var);
             }
             w

crates/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/block.rs

@@ -528,7 +528,18 @@ pub(super) fn merge_path(
             removed_blocks.push_back(next);
 
             if short_circuit.is_dummy() {
-                instructions.extend(&block.instructions);
+                if instructions.is_empty() {
+                    instructions.extend(&block.instructions);
+                } else {
+                    let nonop = block.instructions.iter().filter(|&i| {
+                        if let Some(ins) = ctx.try_get_instruction(*i) {
+                            ins.operation.opcode() != Opcode::Nop
+                        } else {
+                            true
+                        }
+                    });
+                    instructions.extend(nonop);
+                }
             }
 
             if short_circuit.is_dummy() && block.is_short_circuit(ctx, assumption) {

crates/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/context.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ use noirc_frontend::monomorphization::ast::{Definition, Expression, FuncId, Lite
 use num_bigint::BigUint;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
+use super::node::Opcode;
+
 // This is a 'master' class for generating the SSA IR from the AST
 // It contains all the data; the node objects representing the source code in the nodes arena
 // and The CFG in the blocks arena
@@ -726,7 +728,6 @@ impl SsaContext {
         inline::inline_tree(self, self.first_block, &decision)?;
 
         block::merge_path(self, self.first_block, BlockId::dummy(), None)?;
-
         //The CFG is now fully flattened, so we keep only the first block.
         let mut to_remove = Vec::new();
         for b in &self.blocks {
@@ -741,7 +742,6 @@ impl SsaContext {
         self[first_block].dominated.clear();
 
         optimizations::cse(self, first_block, true)?;
-
         //Truncation
         integer::overflow_strategy(self)?;
         self.log(enable_logging, "\noverflow:", "");
@@ -1072,6 +1072,12 @@ impl SsaContext {
         if a == NodeId::dummy() || b == NodeId::dummy() {
             return NodeId::dummy();
         }
+        if let Some(ins) = self.try_get_instruction(a) {
+            if ins.operation.opcode() == Opcode::Nop {
+                assert_eq!(self.try_get_instruction(b).unwrap().operation.opcode(), Opcode::Nop);
+                return NodeId::dummy();
+            }
+        }
 
         let exit_block = self.current_block;
         let block1 = self[exit_block].predecessor[0];

crates/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/optimizations.rs

@@ -499,6 +499,11 @@ fn cse_block_with_anchor(
                         new_list.push(*ins_id);
                     }
                 }
+                Operation::Nop => {
+                    if new_list.is_empty() {
+                        new_list.push(*ins_id);
+                    }
+                }
                 _ => {
                     //TODO: checks we do not need to propagate res arguments
                     new_list.push(*ins_id);