[2201.10.x] Desugar field access expression to if statement expression

[rdulmina]

Purpose

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Approach

Desugared field access expression to the following structure

// Before :
type A {
  B b;
}
type B {
 int c;
}
int? res = a?.b?.c

// After desugar :
any|error temp_result;
temp_result = a;
if temp_result !is error? {
    temp_result = (<A> temp_result).b;
    if temp_result !is error? {
        temp_result = (<B> temp_result).c;
    }
}
int? res = <int> temp_result;
 

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[rdulmina]

Closing as opened a new one for the same purpose