Data only patch

[avncharlie]

Is there a way to insert a data-only patch? It appears that a patch requires at least one instruction currently.

[jranieri-grammatech]

RewritingContext.insert_at and RewritingContext.replace_at have overloads that accept a bytes object in addition to a Patch object when targeting DataBlocks. Is this sufficient for what you're after? Or is there a reason it needs to be a Patch?

[avncharlie]

Specifically, I would like to add data with symbols (i.e labelled data) that my later patches reference, which I don't think I could achieve by just adding bytes to an existing DataBlock. Using a Patch allows me to define labelled data, which is added to the IR as DataBlocks and Symbols referencing those DataBocks. Is this possible without using a Patch?