Addressed issue 8163 to add opaque alias info to Reflection API

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala

@@ -1245,6 +1245,10 @@ class ReflectionCompilerInterface(val rootContext: core.Contexts.Context) extend
 
   def TypeRef_name(self: TypeRef)(given Context): String = self.name.toString
 
+  def TypeRef_isOpaqueAlias(self: TypeRef)(given Context): Boolean = self.symbol.isOpaqueAlias
+
+  def TypeRef_translucentSuperType(self: TypeRef)(given Context): Type = self.translucentSuperType
+
   type NamedTermRef = Types.NamedType
 
   def isInstanceOfNamedTermRef(given ctx: Context): IsInstanceOf[NamedTermRef] = new {

library/src/scala/tasty/Reflection.scala

@@ -1702,6 +1702,8 @@ class Reflection(private[scala] val internal: CompilerInterface) { self =>
   extension TypeRefOps on (self: TypeRef) {
     def qualifier(given ctx: Context): TypeOrBounds /* Type | NoPrefix */ = internal.TypeRef_qualifier(self)
     def name(given ctx: Context): String = internal.TypeRef_name(self)
+    def isOpaqueAlias(given ctx: Context): Boolean = internal.TypeRef_isOpaqueAlias(self)
+    def translucentSuperType(given ctx: Context): Type = internal.TypeRef_translucentSuperType(self)
   }
 
   given (given Context): IsInstanceOf[SuperType] = internal.isInstanceOfSuperType

library/src/scala/tasty/reflect/CompilerInterface.scala

@@ -915,6 +915,8 @@ trait CompilerInterface {
 
   def TypeRef_qualifier(self: TypeRef)(given ctx: Context): TypeOrBounds
   def TypeRef_name(self: TypeRef)(given Context): String
+  def TypeRef_isOpaqueAlias(self: TypeRef)(given Context): Boolean
+  def TypeRef_translucentSuperType(self: TypeRef)(given Context): Type
 
   /** Type of a `super` reference */
   type SuperType <: Type

tests/run-custom-args/tasty-inspector/i8163.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import scala.tasty.Reflection
+import scala.tasty.inspector._
+
+opaque type PhoneNumber = String
+
+case class I8163() {
+  val phone: PhoneNumber = "555-555-5555".asInstanceOf[PhoneNumber]
+  val other: String = "not a phone"
+}
+
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    new TestInspector().inspect("", List("I8163"))
+  }
+}
+
+class TestInspector() extends TastyInspector
+
+  protected def processCompilationUnit(reflect: Reflection)(root: reflect.Tree): Unit = 
+    import reflect._
+    inspectClass(reflect)(root)
+
+  private def inspectClass(reflect: Reflection)(tree: reflect.Tree): Unit =
+    import reflect.{given,_}
+    tree match {
+      case t: reflect.PackageClause =>
+        t.stats.map( m => inspectClass(reflect)(m) )
+      case t: reflect.ClassDef if !t.name.endsWith("$") =>
+        val interestingVals = t.body.collect {
+          case v: ValDef => v
+        }
+        val shouldBePhone = interestingVals.find(_.name == "phone").get
+        val shouldBePhoneType = shouldBePhone.tpt.tpe match {
+          case tr: TypeRef => tr
+          case _ => throw new Exception("unexpected")
+        }
+        assert(shouldBePhoneType.isOpaqueAlias)
+        assert(shouldBePhoneType.translucentSuperType.show == "scala.Predef.String")
+
+        val shouldNotBePhone = interestingVals.find(_.name == "other").get
+        val shouldNotBePhoneType = shouldNotBePhone.tpt.tpe match {
+          case tr: TypeRef => tr
+          case _ => throw new Exception("unexpected")
+        }
+        assert(!shouldNotBePhoneType.isOpaqueAlias)
+
+      case x => 
+    }