Merge branch 'develop' into release/MAPL-v3

Apps/MAPL_GridCompSpecs_ACG.py

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ def get_mandatory_options(cls):
         'VLOCATION': ('vlocation', VLOCATION_EMIT),
         'VLOC': ('vlocation', VLOCATION_EMIT),
 # these are Options that are not output but used to write 
+        'ALIAS': ('alias', identity_emit, False, False),
         'CONDITION': ('condition', identity_emit, False, False),
         'COND': ('condition', identity_emit, False, False),
         'ALLOC': ('alloc', identity_emit, False, False),
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ def digest(specs, args):
         for spec in specs[category]: # spec from list
             dims = None
             ungridded = None
+            alias = None
             option_values = dict() # dict of option values
             for column in spec: # for spec emit value
                 column_value = spec[column]
@@ -480,6 +482,10 @@ def digest(specs, args):
                     dims = option_value
                 elif option == Option.UNGRIDDED:
                     ungridded = option_value
+                elif option == Option.ALIAS:
+                    alias = Option.ALIAS(column_value)
+            if alias:
+                option_values[Option.INTERNAL_NAME] = alias
 # MANDATORY
             for option in mandatory_options:
                 if option not in option_values:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
+- Add column for ACG (ALIAS) that set the pointer variable to a different name than the `short_name`
 
 ### Fixed