P3.1: wire dist CLI into build + test (0100 unblocked)

The sx 0100 fix (cli.parse / json.parse name collision) is merged on sx
master, so `dist.sx` — co-importing std.cli (via dist) and std.json (via
json_out) — now lowers and builds. Finish the step:

- dist.sx: fix two real frontend errors the old IR-lowering crash had
  masked — `main` returns `!` (noreturn exit tails), and the post-parse
  dispatch is guarded by `if !perr` so the failable `p` is used only with
  its error proven absent. Drop the stale BLOCKED narration.
- Makefile: `make build` now also compiles src/dist.sx -> build/dist;
  `make test` depends on `build` so the acceptance test finds the binary.
- tests/cli_dispatch.sx: drives the BUILT build/dist via process.run and
  asserts the std.cli exit-code + --json purity contract: no-args and
  unknown-command -> human text on stderr + EX_USAGE (64); `ci publish
  --json` -> stdout is a single valid JSON object (std.json.parse, no
  trailing junk) with the human ack on stderr; `--help` lists ci/release.

Handlers stay honest stubs (real ci publish is P3.4). Gate green:
make build (build/dist), make test (7/7).

Makefile

@@ -6,19 +6,24 @@ SX ?= /Users/agra/projects/sx/zig-out/bin/sx
 
 BUILD_DIR := build
 
-# Programs compiled by `make build`. Currently just the smoke program;
+# Programs compiled by `make build`: the smoke program and the `dist`
-# product entry points under src/ get added here as they land (P1.2+).
+# product entry point. Further entry points under src/ get added here as
+# they land.
 SMOKE := tests/smoke.sx
+DIST  := src/dist.sx
 
 .PHONY: build test publish-example clean
 
-# Compile the smoke program (and, later, product sources) without running.
+# Compile the product sources (and the smoke program) without running.
 build:
 	@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(SX) build -o $(BUILD_DIR)/smoke $(SMOKE)
+	$(SX) build -o $(BUILD_DIR)/dist $(DIST)
 
-# Run the test runner over every tests/**/*.sx. Exits non-zero on any failure.
+# Run the test runner over every tests/**/*.sx. Exits non-zero on any
-test:
+# failure. Depends on `build` so the CLI acceptance test (tests/cli_*.sx)
+# finds a fresh `build/dist` to drive.
+test: build
 	@SX="$(SX)" ./tests/run.sh
 
 # Placeholder for the end-to-end publish flow — becomes real in P3.4.

src/dist.sx

@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@
 // carries ONLY the machine-readable JSON object (emitted via `std.json`,
 // isolated in `json_out.sx`); ALL human-readable text (help, progress,
 // errors) goes to stderr. In non-json mode human text on stdout is fine.
-//
-// NOTE (BLOCKED — see P3.1 worker report): `std.cli` and `std.json` both
-// export a top-level `parse`; with both in the compilation closure the sx
-// compiler crashes while lowering the `cli.parse` call. `json_out.sx` keeps
-// the `std.json` import out of this file, but `sx build` lowers the whole
-// transitive closure, so the collision (and crash) persists. This program
-// therefore does NOT yet build; it is the intended wiring pending the sx
-// fix.
 // =====================================================================
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";
@@ -116,7 +108,7 @@ dispatch :: (p: *Parsed, json_mode: bool) {
     exit_usage();
 }
 
-main :: () -> s32 {
+main :: () -> ! {
     // Real process argv -> logical args: drop argv[0] (the program path).
     storage : [64]string = ---;
     argbuf : []string = ---;
@@ -158,6 +150,8 @@ main :: () -> s32 {
         exit_usage();
     }
 
-    dispatch(@p, json_mode);
+    if !perr {
+        dispatch(@p, json_mode);
+    }
     exit_ok();
 }

src/json_out.sx

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 // =====================================================================
 // json_out.sx — `--json` mode output for `dist`, built with `std.json`.
 //
-// Isolated in its own module so the `std.json` writer (which the
+// The machine-readable JSON object a `--json` run writes to stdout is
-// `--json` contract requires) is not imported into the same file as the
+// built here, keeping the `std.json` writer in one place, separate from
-// `std.cli` dispatcher. `std.cli` and `std.json` BOTH export a top-level
+// the `std.cli` dispatch in dist.sx.
-// `parse`; co-importing them and calling `cli.parse` currently crashes the
-// sx compiler's IR lowering (see this step's blocked report). Splitting the
-// emission out keeps each file individually well-formed sx.
 // =====================================================================
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";

tests/cli_dispatch.sx

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// =====================================================================
+// cli_dispatch.sx — acceptance for the `dist` CLI entrypoint (P3.1).
+//
+// Drives the BUILT `build/dist` binary through `process.run` (the binary,
+// not `sx run src/dist.sx` — only a real executable sees its own argv;
+// under `sx run` the process argv is the interpreter's). Asserts the
+// std.cli exit-code contract and the `--json` stdout-purity contract:
+//
+//   1. no args            → human help/usage on STDERR + EX_USAGE (64).
+//   2. unknown command    → human error on STDERR + EX_USAGE (64).
+//   3. `ci publish --json` → STDOUT is a SINGLE valid JSON object (parses
+//      via std.json with no trailing junk); the human acknowledgement is
+//      on STDERR, never stdout.
+//   4. `--help`           → lists the `ci` / `release` groups, exits 0.
+//
+// `make test` depends on `build`, so `build/dist` exists before this runs;
+// the relative path resolves from the repo root (the `make test` cwd).
+// =====================================================================
+
+#import "modules/std.sx";
+proc :: #import "modules/process.sx";
+json :: #import "modules/std/json.sx";
+
+// True iff `needle` occurs in `hay`. Plain scan — the captured streams are
+// small, and the test only needs presence, not position.
+contains :: (hay: string, needle: string) -> bool {
+    if needle.len == 0 { return true; }
+    if needle.len > hay.len { return false; }
+    i := 0;
+    while i + needle.len <= hay.len {
+        j := 0;
+        ok := true;
+        while j < needle.len {
+            if hay[i + j] != needle[j] { ok = false; break; }
+            j += 1;
+        }
+        if ok { return true; }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+main :: () -> s32 {
+    gpa := GPA.init();
+
+    // ── 1. No command → readable usage on stderr, EX_USAGE (64) ───────
+    // `2>&1 1>/dev/null` routes the command's stderr into the captured
+    // pipe and discards its stdout, so `r.stdout` here IS the stderr text.
+    if r := proc.run("build/dist 2>&1 1>/dev/null") {
+        proc.assert(r.exit_code == 64, "no-args must exit EX_USAGE (64)");
+        proc.assert(r.stdout.len > 0, "no-args must print human help/usage to stderr");
+        proc.assert(contains(r.stdout, "Usage"), "no-args help must carry a usage line");
+    } else {
+        proc.assert(false, "spawn build/dist (no args) failed");
+    }
+
+    // ── 2. Unknown command → readable error on stderr, EX_USAGE (64) ──
+    if r := proc.run("build/dist bogus 2>&1 1>/dev/null") {
+        proc.assert(r.exit_code == 64, "unknown command must exit EX_USAGE (64)");
+        proc.assert(contains(r.stdout, "unknown"), "unknown command must name the failure on stderr");
+    } else {
+        proc.assert(false, "spawn build/dist bogus failed");
+    }
+
+    // ── 3a. `--json` stdout purity: a single valid JSON object, nothing
+    //        else. `2>/dev/null` drops the human note so the pipe carries
+    //        ONLY stdout; std.json.parse rejects trailing junk. ─────────
+    if r := proc.run("build/dist ci publish --json 2>/dev/null") {
+        proc.assert(r.exit_code == 0, "stub --json command must succeed (EX_OK)");
+        v, e := json.parse(r.stdout, xx gpa);
+        proc.assert(!e, "stdout in --json mode must be a single valid JSON object (parse failed / trailing junk)");
+        if !e {
+            o := v.object;
+            proc.assert(o.len == 3, "stub json object carries command/status/stub");
+            proc.assert(o.items[0].key == "command" and o.items[0].val.str == "ci publish",
+                        "stub json names the dispatched command");
+            proc.assert(o.items[1].key == "status" and o.items[1].val.str == "ok",
+                        "stub json reports status ok");
+        }
+    } else {
+        proc.assert(false, "spawn build/dist ci publish --json failed");
+    }
+
+    // ── 3b. `--json` mode keeps human text on STDERR (not stdout) ──────
+    if r := proc.run("build/dist ci publish --json 2>&1 1>/dev/null") {
+        proc.assert(r.stdout.len > 0, "--json mode must still emit human text to stderr");
+    } else {
+        proc.assert(false, "spawn build/dist ci publish --json (stderr) failed");
+    }
+
+    // ── 4. `--help` lists the ci / release groups, exits 0 ────────────
+    if r := proc.run("build/dist --help 2>/dev/null") {
+        proc.assert(r.exit_code == 0, "--help exits 0");
+        proc.assert(contains(r.stdout, "ci"), "--help lists the ci group");
+        proc.assert(contains(r.stdout, "release"), "--help lists the release group");
+    } else {
+        proc.assert(false, "spawn build/dist --help failed");
+    }
+
+    print("cli_dispatch: ok\n");
+    return 0;
+}