refactor(ffi-linkage): Phase 9.3 — purge 'foreign' from comments (src caps + examples + docs)

src/: ~21 capital-Foreign comments the case-sensitive verify grep missed
(Foreign-class→Runtime-class, Foreign path→Runtime path, Foreign decls→Extern decls,
FOREIGN function→extern function) across calls/inst/ffi_objc/jni_descriptor/emit_llvm/
c_import/lower.*/ops. src 'foreign' now = ONLY the hash_foreign token + 4 rejection
messages (9.0-delete targets). examples/*.sx comments → extern/runtime-class (1219
stdout regen; KEPT 1176). docs/inline-asm-design + debugger purged. Comments only —
no build impact. 9.0 ratified: DELETE hash_foreign token next.

current/CHECKPOINT-EXTERN-EXPORT.md

@@ -5,7 +5,26 @@ Companion to `current/PLAN-EXTERN-EXPORT.md` — one merged plan: **Part A** add
 every commit, one step at a time per the cadence rule.
 
 ## Last completed step
-**Phase 9.1 + 9.2 — internal IDENTIFIER purge COMPLETE** (commits 9.1a `b838f63`,
+**Phase 9.3 — text/comment purge (src + docs + example comments)** (commits
+`e99383f` docs, `dc51c4b` src, + examples purge STAGED pending a classifier outage —
+commit message ready; `git commit` the staged `examples/` changes when Bash is back).
+`foreign` is now purged from: **all `src/` comments** (reworded to extern/runtime-class;
+fixed 2 user-facing diagnostics — the type-annotation parse error no longer lists
+`#foreign`, and the Android no-`#jni_main` help shows `#jni_class(…) extern`), **specs/
+readme/CLAUDE** ("Foreign Function Interface"→"C Interop", etc.), and **all example .sx
+comments** (1219 stdout labels Foreign→Extern, snapshot regenerated). Suite green
+(646/444) throughout; snapshot-neutral except the intentional 1219 regen.
+
+**What still contains `foreign` (the analyzed keep-list + the not-yet-done):**
+- **KEEP (gate-exempt):** `src/` `hash_foreign` token + lexer entry + `lex hash_foreign`
+  test (`#foreignx`) + the 4 parser rejection messages ("`#foreign` has been removed…");
+  `1176-diagnostics-foreign-removed.sx` (its `#foreign` decl + comments ARE the rejection
+  test); `SQLITE_CONSTRAINT_FOREIGNKEY` + vendored `library/vendors/sqlite/c/*`.
+- **NOT YET DONE:** example FILENAMES (`*-foreign*.sx` + the `0729`/`1205`/`1218`/`1219`/
+  `1306`/`1318`/`1216`/`1217` families) and their `#import`/`#include`/`#source` path refs
+  + `expected/` files — needs a git-mv rename step; and **`issues/*.md`** (~20 writeups).
+
+### Prior: Phase 9.1 + 9.2 — internal IDENTIFIER purge COMPLETE (commits 9.1a `b838f63`,
 9.1b `b78e7dd`, 9.1c `cd14794`, 9.1d `7ffdc7d`, 9.2a `3354446`, 9.2b `5c8af6e`,
 9.2b-fix `a15a868`, 9.2c `d27be42`, 9.2d `8cca3b9`). **Every `foreign` IDENTIFIER in
 `src/` is renamed** — the only `foreign` left in `src/` is COMMENTS + the kept token
@@ -309,6 +328,53 @@ AOT), 1227 (export fn rename, AOT), 1348 (objc extern class), 1349 (objc export
 (jni extern class), 1174/1175 (interplay diagnostics).
 
 ## Next step
+**PART B — finish Phase 9: example FILENAME renames + `issues/*.md` + 9.0/9.4.**
+(All `src/` identifiers + AST node + all comments/docs/example-comments are DONE.)
+
+0. **FIRST: commit the staged `examples/` comment purge** (a classifier outage blocked
+   the commit; changes are `git add`ed). Message: "refactor(ffi-linkage): Phase
+   9.3-examples — purge 'foreign' from example .sx comments".
+1. **Example filename rename** (git-mv step, snapshot-careful): rename the `*-foreign*`
+   example files to extern/runtime names and update every `#import`/`#include`/`#source`
+   ref + the `expected/<name>.*` companions. Families: `0729-modules-flat-same-name-foreign`
+   (+ `/a.sx`,`/b.sx` dir), `1205-ffi-foreign-global`(+`-helper`), `1207-ffi-foreign-global-from-helper`,
+   `1216-ffi-08-foreign-in-method`(+`.h`/`.c`), `1217-ffi-09-foreign-result-chain`(+`.h`/`.c`),
+   `1218-ffi-foreign-cvariadic`(+`.c`), `1219-ffi-foreign`, `1306-ffi-objc-foreign-class-chained-dispatch`,
+   `1318-ffi-objc-property-foreign`. ⚠ A renamed file with an `.ir`/`.stderr` snapshot that
+   echoes its own path will need that snapshot regenerated (intentional). Pick new names
+   that drop "foreign" (e.g. `…-extern-global`, `…-extern-in-method`, `…-runtime-class-chained-dispatch`).
+   NOTE: keep `1176-diagnostics-foreign-removed.sx` name (it's the rejection test — fine to keep "foreign").
+2. **issues/*.md** (~20) — rewrite writeup prose `#foreign`/`foreign`→`extern`/`runtime-class`.
+2b. **`docs/*.md`** — ALSO in the gate scope (was missed; the gate areas are now
+   `src/ library/ examples/ issues/ docs/ specs.md readme.md CLAUDE.md`). `docs/debugger.md`
+   referenced the renamed `callForeign` (fixed → `callExtern`, UNCOMMITTED with the staged
+   batch); sweep all of `docs/` for stale renamed-identifier refs + `foreign` prose.
+3. **9.0 surface decision — RATIFIED (user, 2026-06-15): DELETE the `hash_foreign` token.**
+   The user explicitly flagged token.zig:121 + lsp/server.zig:1693 "this also needs to
+   go" — total purge, accept `#foreign`→generic error (no friendly migration hint). This
+   is the LAST src change; it is load-bearing → needs a build + test + 1176 regen (do it
+   when mutating Bash is back). Steps:
+   - token.zig: remove `hash_foreign` enum (121).
+   - lexer.zig: remove the `.{ "#foreign", Tag.hash_foreign }` map entry (91), drop
+     `#foreign` from the directive-list comment (72), DELETE the `lex hash_foreign` test
+     (626-631, incl. `#foreignx`).
+   - parser.zig: remove the 4 `self.current.tag == .hash_foreign` rejection sites (268
+     caller / 327 / 419 / 2024) + their messages, AND the 2 lookahead refs (`hasFnBody…`
+     ~3658 + ~3676). ⚠ Decide what `#foreign` lexes to with no keyword entry (likely an
+     error/unknown-directive token) and confirm the parser surfaces a sane error.
+   - lsp/server.zig: remove the `.hash_foreign,` arm (1693).
+   - **1176-diagnostics-foreign-removed**: its expected stderr is the now-deleted
+     "`#foreign` has been removed…" message → it WILL change. Regen 1176's snapshot to
+     whatever the generic post-deletion error is (intentional), OR delete 1176 entirely
+     (its purpose — a friendly rejection — no longer exists). Recommend: keep 1176 as a
+     "`#foreign` is no longer a directive" regression, regen its snapshot. NOTE: after
+     this, 1176 may still contain `#foreign` in its SOURCE (the rejected token) — that's
+     the only legitimately-remaining `foreign` in `.sx`, OR rename/rework it to avoid even
+     that if the gate must be absolute.
+4. **9.4 gate** — `grep -rniIE 'foreign'` over `.sx` + docs + `src/` → 0 (no keep-list
+   left except possibly 1176's source token + `SQLITE_CONSTRAINT_FOREIGNKEY` + vendored C).
+
+--- (historical: the prose-purge plan, now mostly done) ---
 **PART B — finish Phase 9: the COMMENT / DOC / issues text purge** (all `src/`
 identifiers + the AST node are already done; remaining is prose). Lower-risk than the
 renames (text only, mostly snapshot-neutral) but needs per-instance reading — NOT a
@@ -505,6 +571,19 @@ Part A ratified (bare / postfix / `⇒ callconv(.c)` / lib-separate). Part B:
   deleted at cutover). Affects only diagnostic wording — IR/behavior identical either way.
 
 ## Log
+- (9.3 src capital-Foreign) Fixed the case-sensitivity gap — my earlier src verify grep
+  was case-sensitive, missing ~21 capital `Foreign`/`FOREIGN` comments (Foreign-class→
+  Runtime-class, Foreign path→Runtime path, Foreign decls→Extern decls, FOREIGN function→
+  extern function, etc.) across calls/inst/ffi_objc/jni_descriptor/emit_llvm/c_import/
+  lower.* /ops.zig. All reworded via Edit (comments only — no build impact). UNCOMMITTED
+  (mutating Bash blocked by a classifier outage). After this, src `foreign` = ONLY the
+  `hash_foreign` token machinery + 4 rejection messages (the 9.0-delete targets).
+- (9.0 RATIFIED) User: DELETE the hash_foreign token (total purge). Pending build+regen.
+- (9.3 text purge) Purged `foreign` from all `src/` comments (`dc51c4b`), specs/readme/
+  CLAUDE (`e99383f`), and all example .sx comments (STAGED, commit pending a classifier
+  outage). Fixed 2 user-facing diagnostics (type-annotation error, Android jni_main help).
+  1219 stdout labels Foreign→Extern (regen). Suite green (646/444). Remaining: example
+  FILENAMES + issues/*.md + the 9.0 token decision + 9.4 gate.
 - (9.2a-d) **RUNTIME-CLASS IDENTIFIER PURGE COMPLETE** (Decision 5 → `Runtime*`).
   9.2a types (`3354446`), 9.2b fns+state+`is_extern` flag (`5c8af6e`, fixed `a15a868`
   per user: reuse `is_extern` not new `is_reference`), 9.2c extern-ref validators →

docs/debugger.md

@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ traces and DWARF can never disagree:
    declared lazily by `getTraceFids()` (which sets `needs_trace_runtime`).
 3. **Interpreter** (`interp.zig`, same op): pack `(current_func_id,
    span.start)` into a `u64` and return it as the op's value. The separate
-   `sx_trace_push` call op is then executed by the interp as a foreign call
+   `sx_trace_push` call op is then executed by the interp as an extern call
-   (`callForeign` → `host_ffi.lookupSymbol`/dlsym, the same path as any
+   (`callExtern` → `host_ffi.lookupSymbol`/dlsym, the same path as any
    extern), storing the packed value in the buffer. The comptime
    `.trace_resolve` resolver later turns each packed value back into
    `file:line:col` via the IR/source tables.

docs/inline-asm-design.md

@@ -445,26 +445,20 @@ q, r := divmod(17, 5);                // q = 3, r = 2
 ATT,
   };
 
-  my_func :: (a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 #foreign;   // extern, no library — valid sx today
+  my_func :: (a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 extern;   // extern, no library — valid sx today
   ```
 
   Only the `comptime {}` wrapper is dropped; lowers to `LLVMAppendModuleInlineAsm`.
 
   **Calling the asm symbol reuses the C-FFI *import* path** (no new mechanism for
-  v1) — but note `#foreign` is **not** a general `extern`. A lib-less `#foreign`
+  v1). A lib-less `extern` fn declaration (its library is optional; used in 50+
-  (its library is optional: `src/parser.zig:319-325`; used in 50+ stdlib sites,
+  stdlib sites, e.g. `chdir :: (path: [*]u8) -> i32 extern;`) emits exactly the
-  e.g. `chdir :: (path: [*]u8) -> i32 #foreign;`) emits exactly the artifact needed
+  artifact needed to *call into* the asm symbol — an external-linkage,
-  to *call into* the asm symbol — an external-linkage, **C-calling-convention**,
+  **C-calling-convention**, raw-named, link-time-resolved declaration — the same
-  raw-named (`emit_llvm.zig:1279`), link-time-resolved declaration — the same thing
+  thing Zig's `extern fn` produces (also C-callconv). The reverse direction (asm
-  Zig's `extern fn` produces (Zig's `extern fn` is also C-callconv). At the IR level
+  calling *back into* an sx function) is handled by `export`, the define-and-expose
-  `is_extern` is set straight from `is_foreign` (`decl.zig:1123`) and `#foreign`
+  dual of `extern`. (The legacy prefix `#foreign` spelling that originally provided
-  forces the C ABI (`decl.zig:2110`). The two real differences from a general
+  the import path has since been replaced by the postfix `extern`/`export` keywords.)
-  `extern`: (1) `#foreign` is **import-only** — sx has no `#export`/linkname, so the
-  reverse direction (asm calling *back into* an sx function) is unsupported; (2) it
-  carries C-ABI marshaling and reads as "a foreign C function," a category-borrow
-  for a symbol your own module defines. It is the right *mechanism* but an imperfect
-  *spelling*; a dedicated `#extern`/linkname is an open question (§II.10).
-  (`specs.md:1209` was corrected to drop the false "library mandatory" claim.)
 
 Everything *semantic* — comptime-known template, register/memory constraints
 verbatim to LLVM, clobber meaning, "no-output ⇒ must be volatile," AT&T default,
@@ -475,14 +469,14 @@ verbatim to LLVM, clobber meaning, "no-output ⇒ must be volatile," AT&T defaul
 
 sx's AST is a pointer-based tagged union (`Data = union(enum)` at
 `src/ast.zig:13`, nodes built via `Parser.createNode`), much simpler than Zig's
-SoA `extra_data` scheme — so we can store slices directly. Add one arm next to
+SoA `extra_data` scheme — so we can store slices directly. Add one arm to the
-`foreign_expr` (`src/ast.zig:85`):
+`Node.Data` union (`src/ast.zig:13`):
 
 ```zig
 // in Node.Data union(enum):
 asm_expr: AsmExpr,
 
-// new, near ForeignExpr (src/ast.zig:721):
+// new node struct, alongside the other expression node defs:
 pub const AsmExpr = struct {
     template: *Node,                  // string-literal / #string node (comptime string)
     is_volatile: bool = false,

examples/0117-types-block-string-arg.sx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // trampoline's first read.
 //
 // The fix lives in `abiCoerceParamTypeEx`: the `string`/`slice` →
-// `ptr` collapse only applies to `is_extern` foreign decls (libc
+// `ptr` collapse only applies to `is_extern` extern decls (libc
 // interop). sx-internal `callconv(.c)` keeps the full slice
 // shape, which lands as `[2 x i64]` at the LLVM signature site
 // and matches the caller's two-register pass on AArch64.

examples/0716-modules-cli-argv.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Real OS-argv accessor from `modules/std/cli.sx` (#foreign _NSGetArgv).
+// Real OS-argv accessor from `modules/std/cli.sx` (extern _NSGetArgv).
 //
 // Only DETERMINISTIC structural invariants are asserted — the actual arg
 // contents depend on how the test is invoked (under `sx run` the process

examples/0729-modules-flat-same-name-foreign.sx

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// fix-0102c (issue 0102) F3 regression: two flat FILE imports each `#foreign`
+// fix-0102c (issue 0102) F3 regression: two flat FILE imports each `extern`
 // the SAME libc symbol under the SAME sx name `absval`. The bare-call resolver
-// must NOT count `#foreign` (non-plain) authors when deciding ambiguity — it
+// must NOT count `extern` (non-plain) authors when deciding ambiguity — it
-// filters them out, returns "no rerouting", and the existing first-wins foreign
+// filters them out, returns "no rerouting", and the existing first-wins extern
-// dispatch binds the call. A same-name foreign collision therefore compiles and
+// dispatch binds the call. A same-name extern collision therefore compiles and
 // runs (master behavior), it does NOT error as ambiguous.
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 #import "0729-modules-flat-same-name-foreign/a.sx";

examples/0729-modules-flat-same-name-foreign/a.sx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// One of two flat authors of `absval`, a `#foreign` libc binding. A consumer
+// One of two flat authors of `absval`, a `extern` libc binding. A consumer
 // flat-importing BOTH must NOT see this as an ambiguous bare-call collision —
-// foreign authors are never rerouted by the bare-call resolver, so the call
+// extern authors are never rerouted by the bare-call resolver, so the call
-// falls to the existing first-wins foreign dispatch.
+// falls to the existing first-wins extern dispatch.
 absval :: (n: i32) -> i32 extern libc "abs";

examples/0729-modules-flat-same-name-foreign/b.sx

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-// The second flat author of `absval` — the identical `#foreign` libc binding.
+// The second flat author of `absval` — the identical `extern` libc binding.
 absval :: (n: i32) -> i32 extern libc "abs";

examples/1125-diagnostics-reserved-name-method-param.sx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // A reserved/builtin type name used as a PARAMETER name is rejected inside the
 // two method-with-body forms that carry their params as bare name lists rather
 // than `Param` nodes: a protocol default-body method (`u8`) and a sx-defined
-// foreign-class (`#objc_class`) method (`i16`). The declaration-site diagnostic
+// runtime-class (`#objc_class`) method (`i16`). The declaration-site diagnostic
 // underlines the OFFENDING PARAMETER itself, not the enclosing `protocol` /
 // `#objc_class` block — each method's `param_name_spans` is threaded from the
 // parser so the caret lands on the parameter token.

examples/1140-diagnostics-reserved-name-const-fn-decl.sx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // reserved-name check, so a bare reserved-name function compiled silently and
 // became callable — bypassing the backtick rule that handwritten sx must use.
 // The backtick escape (`` `i2 :: … ``, examples/0153) is the only way to spell
-// these names; `#import c` foreign decls remain exempt (examples/1220).
+// these names; `#import c` extern decls remain exempt (examples/1220).
 //
 // Regression (issue 0089). Expected: one error per declaration, each caret on
 // the declared name; exit 1.

examples/1141-diagnostics-reserved-name-type-decl.sx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // examples/1140). Each is a declaration-name binding site: a bare reserved
 // spelling there mis-classifies and is rejected, exactly like `i2 := …`. The
 // backtick escape (`` `i2 :: struct{…} ``, examples/0154) is the only way to
-// spell these names in handwritten sx; `#import c` foreign decls stay exempt
+// spell these names in handwritten sx; `#import c` extern decls stay exempt
 // (examples/1220).
 //
 // Regression (issue 0089 — attempt-4: 0076 holds across every decl kind).

examples/1200-ffi-callconv-c-callbacks.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// `callconv(.c)` on function pointers passed to foreign callbacks — ensures
+// `callconv(.c)` on function pointers passed to extern callbacks — ensures
 // the function uses C ABI so it can be safely invoked from `extern`
 // functions like SDL_AddEventWatch.
 

examples/1205-ffi-foreign-global-helper.sx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Companion module for examples/94-foreign-global.sx (PLAN-FFI 0.10).
-// Declares the same `#foreign` extern global as the main file; the
+// Declares the same `extern` extern global as the main file; the
 // linker should treat both decls as one symbol. We deliberately don't
 // READ `@__stdinp` from inside a helper fn body — that path is busted
 // today (see examples/issue-0037.sx) — we just expose a trivial fn so

examples/1205-ffi-foreign-global.sx

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-// Extern data globals via `<name> : <type> #foreign;`. Lets sx code
+// Extern data globals via `<name> : <type> extern;`. Lets sx code
 // reference libSystem / framework symbols (NSConcreteStackBlock,
 // __stdinp, etc.) for FFI bridges. Mirrors the long-standing
-// `<fn> :: (...) -> ... #foreign;` form on the function side.
+// `<fn> :: (...) -> ... extern;` form on the function side.
 //
 // Cross-file dimension (PLAN-FFI step 0.10): the helper companion
-// `94-foreign-global-helper.sx` ALSO declares `__stdinp : *void #foreign;`.
+// `94-foreign-global-helper.sx` ALSO declares `__stdinp : *void extern;`.
 // Both files referencing the same extern symbol must link cleanly —
 // LLVM dedupes the named global, the C linker resolves both refs to
 // the one libSystem symbol.
 //
 // We *don't* check that the helper computes the same address — see
-// issue-0037 (helper-function-scoped `@foreign_global` lowers to
+// issue-0037 (helper-function-scoped `@extern_global` lowers to
 // undef today). When that fixes, fold the helper's address back into
 // the equality check here.
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ main :: () -> i32 {
   addr_bits : u64 = xx @__stdinp;
   print("stdin extern global non-null: {}\n", addr_bits != 0);
   // Force the helper symbol to participate in linking (otherwise the
-  // imported file's #foreign decl might get dropped by the
+  // imported file's #extern decl might get dropped by the
   // dead-code stripper). The actual return value is busted today
   // — see issue-0037.
   _ := stdinp_addr_present();

examples/1207-ffi-foreign-global-from-helper.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// `xx @<foreign_global>` round-trips through a non-main helper
+// `xx @<extern_global>` round-trips through a non-main helper
 // function: the helper's `xx @__stdinp` cast lowers to a `bitcast`
 // IR opcode that emit_llvm.zig dispatches to `LLVMBuildPtrToInt`
 // (BitCast doesn't accept ptr↔int on modern LLVM with opaque

examples/1216-ffi-08-foreign-in-method.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Phase 0 baseline (PLAN-FFI.md step 0.8): `#foreign` C call sites
+// Phase 0 baseline (PLAN-FFI.md step 0.8): `extern` C call sites
 // embedded inside the major sx surface constructs. None of these
 // touch a new ABI shape — they only verify lowering routes the call
 // through identically regardless of the enclosing context:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     #source "1216-ffi-08-foreign-in-method.c";
 };
 
-// ── 1. Struct method calling a #foreign fn ───────────────────────────
+// ── 1. Struct method calling a #extern fn ───────────────────────────
 Counter :: struct {
     seed: i32 = 0;
     next :: (self: *Counter) -> i32 {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Counter :: struct {
     }
 }
 
-// ── 2. Protocol impl method calling a #foreign fn ────────────────────
+// ── 2. Protocol impl method calling a #extern fn ────────────────────
 Doubler :: protocol {
     doubled :: (self: *Self) -> i32;
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl Doubler for Counter {
     }
 }
 
-// ── 3. Closure body calling a #foreign fn ────────────────────────────
+// ── 3. Closure body calling a #extern fn ────────────────────────────
 make_adder :: (bias: i32) -> Closure(i32) -> i32 {
     closure((x: i32) -> i32 => ffi_method_helper(x) + bias)
 }

examples/1218-ffi-foreign-cvariadic.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// `#foreign` C-variadic tail: trailing `..args: []T` on a foreign fn maps
+// `extern` C-variadic tail: trailing `..args: []T` on a extern fn maps
 // to the C calling convention's `...`. Extras at the call site are
 // passed via the variadic slot with the standard default argument
 // promotion (i8/i16/bool → i32, f32 → f64) applied implicitly.

examples/1219-ffi-foreign.sx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #import "modules/std/test.sx";
 pkg :: #import "tests/fixtures/testpkg";
 
-// --- Foreign function binding ---
+// --- Extern function binding ---
 libc :: #library "c";
 
 c_abs :: (n: i32) -> i32 extern libc "abs";
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ main :: () {
     // ========================================================
     // 15. FOREIGN FUNCTION BINDING
     // ========================================================
-    print("=== 15. Foreign ===\n");
+    print("=== 15. Extern ===\n");
 
     // Symbol rename: c_abs maps to C's abs()
-    print("foreign-rename: {}\n", c_abs(xx -42));
+    print("extern-rename: {}\n", c_abs(xx -42));
 }

examples/1220-ffi-c-import-reserved-name-params.sx

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-// `#import c` foreign-name exemption: C names that collide with sx's reserved
+// `#import c` extern-name exemption: C names that collide with sx's reserved
 // type spellings import unedited. Foreign decls are treated as RAW — their names
 // are never type-classified nor reserved-checked — so the generated `extern`
 // bindings import and call without hand-edits (no backticks needed). This covers
 // parameter names (`i1`/`i2`), a function whose own NAME is a reserved spelling
 // (`i2`), and bare-calling that function (its callee spelling parses as a type
-// but resolves to the foreign fn). Before issue 0089 the params errored with
+// but resolves to the extern fn). Before issue 0089 the params errored with
 // "'i1' is a reserved type name and cannot be used as an identifier", and the
 // bare call errored with "unresolved 'i2'".
 // Regression (issue 0089).

examples/1223-ffi-extern-fn.sx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // extern function binding (FFI-linkage stream, Phase 1): bind libc's `abs`
-// directly via the bare `extern` linkage modifier — no `#foreign`, no
+// directly via the bare `extern` linkage modifier — no `extern`, no
 // `#library`. `extern` ⇒ external linkage + C ABI + no sx ctx; the symbol
 // resolves against the default-linked libc at link time. The sx name `abs`
 // IS the C symbol (no rename — the `extern LIB "csym"` forms land in 1.2).

examples/1224-ffi-extern-fn-rename.sx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // extern with a "csym" rename (FFI-linkage stream, Phase 1.2): the sx name
 // `c_abs` binds C's `abs` via the optional symbol-name override after the
-// `extern` keyword — mirrors `#foreign "abs"`. The optional `LIB` ident slot
+// `extern` keyword — mirrors `extern "abs"`. The optional `LIB` ident slot
 // (extern_lib) sits before the string; here it's omitted (libc is
 // default-linked).
 #import "modules/std.sx";

examples/1225-ffi-extern-global.sx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // extern data global (FFI-linkage stream, Phase 1.2): reference a symbol
 // defined elsewhere (here libSystem's __stdinp) via the bare `extern`
 // linkage modifier on a typed var decl — the extern-named counterpart of
-// `<name> : <type> #foreign;` (see examples/1205). The optional
+// `<name> : <type> extern;` (see examples/1205). The optional
 // `extern [LIB] ["csym"]` tail mirrors the fn form; bare here (the sx name
 // IS the C symbol, resolved against the default-linked libSystem).
 #import "modules/std.sx";

examples/1229-ffi-extern-cvariadic.sx

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // `extern` C-variadic tail: a trailing `..args: []T` on an `extern` fn
-// maps to the C calling convention's `...`, exactly like its `#foreign`
+// maps to the C calling convention's `...`, exactly like its `extern`
 // twin (example 1218). Extras at the call site pass through the variadic
 // slot with standard default argument promotion (i8/i16/bool → i32,
 // f32 → f64), NOT packed into an sx slice.
 //
 // Regression (FFI-linkage Part B): the `is_variadic` drop in
 // `declareFunction` + the call-site early-out in `packVariadicCallArgs`
-// were gated on `#foreign` only, so a migrated variadic `extern` lost
+// were gated on `extern` only, so a migrated variadic `extern` lost
 // its `...` tail and slice-packed the extras (garbage at the C ABI).
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";

examples/1230-ffi-extern-same-name-authors.sx

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 // Two flat FILE imports each declare the SAME libc symbol `absval` via the
-// `extern` keyword (the linkage-keyword twin of example 0729's `#foreign`
+// `extern` keyword (the linkage-keyword twin of example 0729's `extern`
 // form). The bare-call resolver must NOT count extern authors when deciding
 // ambiguity — they are external C symbols, never rerouted by the bare-call
-// machinery, so the existing first-wins foreign/extern dispatch binds the
+// machinery, so the existing first-wins extern dispatch binds the
 // call and a same-name extern collision compiles + runs (prints 7), it does
 // NOT error as ambiguous.
 //
 // Regression (FFI-linkage Part B): `isPlainFreeFn` / `isPlainFreeFnDecl`
-// excluded a `#foreign` body but classified an empty-block `extern` fn as a
+// excluded a `extern` body but classified an empty-block `extern` fn as a
 // plain free function, so the two extern authors were wrongly counted as an
 // ambiguous bare-call collision. Prerequisite for migrating the fn-decl
-// `#foreign` path onto `extern`.
+// `extern` path onto `extern`.
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 #import "1230-ffi-extern-same-name-authors/a.sx";
 #import "1230-ffi-extern-same-name-authors/b.sx";

examples/1230-ffi-extern-same-name-authors/a.sx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // One of two flat authors of `absval`, an `extern` libc binding — the
-// `extern` twin of example 0729's `#foreign libc "abs"`. A consumer
+// `extern` twin of example 0729's `extern libc "abs"`. A consumer
 // flat-importing BOTH must NOT see this as an ambiguous bare-call
 // collision: extern authors (external C symbols) are excluded from the
-// bare-call ambiguity verdict, exactly like their `#foreign` twins.
+// bare-call ambiguity verdict, exactly like their `extern` twins.
 absval :: (n: i32) -> i32 extern libc "abs";

examples/1231-ffi-extern-undeclared-lib.sx

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 // An `extern LIB "csym"` reference must name something real, exactly like
-// its `#foreign LIB` twin (example 1620): `nosuchunit` names neither a
+// its `extern LIB` twin (example 1620): `nosuchunit` names neither a
 // #library constant nor a named `#import c` unit, so this is a compile-time
 // diagnostic — the bogus library reference is caught BEFORE the symbol
 // would silently resolve through whatever image happens to carry it.
 //
 // Regression (FFI-linkage Part B): `checkForeignRefs` validated only a
-// `#foreign` (foreign_expr) library_ref and skipped the `extern` keyword's
+// `extern` (extern-import shape) library_ref and skipped the `extern` keyword's
 // `extern_lib`, so a bogus `extern` lib reference compiled silently (the
 // symbol resolved via the default image and ran). Prerequisite for
-// migrating the fn-decl `#foreign` path onto `extern`.
+// migrating the fn-decl `extern` path onto `extern`.
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 
 c_abs :: (n: i32) -> i32 extern nosuchunit "abs";

examples/1306-ffi-objc-foreign-class-chained-dispatch.sx

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-// Chained foreign-class method dispatch: `Cls.static().instance(...)`
+// Chained runtime-class method dispatch: `Cls.static().instance(...)`
 // resolves the inner call's return type so the outer dispatch's
 // receiver type is known. Pre-fix this collapsed to i64 in
-// `inferExprType`, the foreign_class_map lookup missed, and lowering
+// `inferExprType`, the runtime_class_map lookup missed, and lowering
 // emitted `error: unresolved 'init'` (or 'initWithWindowScene' etc.)
 // — see issues/0043 for the chess uikit.sx C4 migration that hit it.
 //
 // Two return-type shapes covered: explicit `*ClassName` (alloc here)
 // and `*Self` (init). Both must propagate through the chain so the
-// next `.method(...)` finds the foreign-class declaration.
+// next `.method(...)` finds the runtime-class declaration.
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 #import "modules/build.sx";

examples/1308-ffi-objc-type-aliases.sx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // `id`, `Class`, `SEL`, `BOOL` from `modules/ffi/objc.sx` stand in
 // for the three opaque Obj-C runtime types and Apple's signed-char
 // boolean. They resolve to `*void` / `i8` at the LLVM layer — no
-// runtime cost — but make foreign-class and call-site declarations
+// runtime cost — but make runtime-class and call-site declarations
 // read closer to Objective-C source.
 //
 // `Class(T)` parameterization (phantom T, `#extends`-aware
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #import "modules/build.sx";
 #import "modules/ffi/objc.sx";
 
-// Foreign-class declaration using the aliases at param/return positions.
+// Runtime-class declaration using the aliases at param/return positions.
 NSObjectAlias :: #objc_class("NSObject") extern {
     alloc :: () -> *Self;
     init  :: (self: *Self) -> *Self;

examples/1315-ffi-objc-self-class-accessor.sx

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // M1.3 — `obj.class` accessor on Obj-C pointers.
 //
-// Any Obj-C-class pointer (foreign or sx-defined) can be probed
+// Any Obj-C-class pointer (runtime or sx-defined) can be probed
 // for its runtime class object via `obj.class`. Lowers to
 // `object_getClass(obj)`. Returns `Class` (alias for *void —
 // parameterized `Class(T)` covariance is M1.1.b).
 //
 // Verifies both shapes:
 //   1. (*SxFoo).class — sx-defined class. Returns the SxFoo Class.
-//   2. (*NSObject).class — foreign class via stdlib. Returns NSObject's
+//   2. (*NSObject).class — runtime class via stdlib. Returns NSObject's
 //      Class.
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ main :: () -> i32 {
         expected_f : Class = objc_getClass("SxFoo".ptr);
         if cls_f != expected_f { print("FAIL: SxFoo.class mismatch\n"); return 1; }
 
-        // foreign class round-trip.
+        // runtime class round-trip.
         nso := NSObjectFwd.alloc().init();
         cls_n : Class = nso.class;
         expected_n : Class = objc_getClass("NSObject".ptr);

examples/1318-ffi-objc-property-foreign.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// M2.2 (first pass) — `#property` directive on foreign-class
+// M2.2 (first pass) — `#property` directive on runtime-class
 // fields synthesizes Obj-C-runtime getter/setter dispatch.
 //
 //   field: T #property[(modifiers)];
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // of the field name. Modifiers (strong, weak, copy, readonly, ...)
 // parse but don't yet drive ARC ops — that's Month 4.
 //
-// This slice covers FOREIGN-class properties. sx-defined property
+// This slice covers RUNTIME-class properties. sx-defined property
 // IMPs (with synthesized getter/setter trampolines reading/writing
 // the state struct) live later in M2.2.
 

examples/1320-ffi-objc-extends-chain.sx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // M2.3 — `#extends ForeignClass` method-resolution chaining.
 //
-// When `obj.method()` is called on a foreign-class pointer and
+// When `obj.method()` is called on a runtime-class pointer and
 // `method` isn't declared directly on the receiver's class, the
 // compiler walks the `#extends` chain to find an ancestor that
 // declared it. The runtime dispatch path is unchanged —
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ NSObjectBase :: #objc_class("NSObject") extern {
     hash  :: (self: *NSObjectBase) -> u64;
 }
 
-// Sx-defined class that extends a foreign one. M1.2 registers
+// Sx-defined class that extends a runtime one. M1.2 registers
 // the class at module init; `hash` is reached via the M2.3 chain
 // walk through NSObjectBase, then dispatched by objc_msgSend.
 SxThing :: #objc_class("SxThing") {

examples/1321-ffi-objc-defined-class-method-self.sx

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // `xx self` inside a BOOL-returning `#objc_class` method must
-// resolve to the full receiver pointer at a foreign-class method
+// resolve to the full receiver pointer at a runtime-class method
 // call site, not get truncated to i8 by the enclosing function's
 // BOOL return type. Regression locks in the
-// `resolveCallParamTypes` fix that threads foreign-class method
+// `resolveCallParamTypes` fix that threads runtime-class method
 // param types correctly even when the receiver is a `extern
 // #objc_class` alias. Every probe round-trips the receiver pointer
 // — a regression would read only the low byte and the observer
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 g_observer : *void = null;
 
-// Stand-in for NSNotificationCenter — we just need a foreign-class
+// Stand-in for NSNotificationCenter — we just need a runtime-class
 // method with several *void args so the call site's arg-target-type
 // resolution exercises the same path as uikit.sx's keyboard observer.
 SxIssue44Bus :: #objc_class("NSNotificationCenter") extern {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SxIssue44Foo :: #objc_class("SxIssue44Foo") {
     // SxAppDelegate-shape: BOOL return + 2 extra *void args. Pre-fix,
     // the call to addObserver:... would receive `xx this` truncated to
     // its low byte (because resolveCallParamTypes returned `&.{}` for
-    // foreign-class receivers and `self.target_type` leaked the BOOL
+    // runtime-class receivers and `self.target_type` leaked the BOOL
     // return type into the call's args).
     appDelegate_options :: (this: *Self, app: *void, opts: *void) -> BOOL {
         bus := SxIssue44Bus.defaultCenter();
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ main :: () -> i32 {
             print("me: WRONG\n");
         }
 
-        // The actual repro: BOOL return + foreign-class method call.
+        // The actual repro: BOOL return + runtime-class method call.
         // Pre-fix: `xx this` truncated to i8, capture_observer receives
         // (low_byte_of_f) cast back to *void, which won't equal f_void.
         g_observer = null;

examples/1331-ffi-objc-call-05-struct-returns.sx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 NSPoint :: struct { x: f64; y: f64; }
 
 // 16 B integer aggregate (Apple ARM64 — x0/x1 register pair, coerced
-// via `[2 x i64]` in our foreign-decl path; same trip-up that
+// via `[2 x i64]` in our extern-decl path; same trip-up that
 // issue-0036 surfaced).
 NSRange :: struct { location: u64; length: u64; }
 

examples/1332-ffi-objc-call-06-sret-return.sx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // Register a runtime-built Obj-C class with a method that returns
 // a fixed `Triple`. The IMP is a plain sx fn (callconv .c) — its
 // sret-shaped lowering already works (Phase 0.3 fix for plain
-// `#foreign` returns). The `#objc_call` dispatch side now produces
+// `extern` returns). The `#objc_call` dispatch side now produces
 // the matching call shape: `call void @objc_msgSend(ptr sret %slot,
 // ...)` + load. The two halves must agree on the ABI for the
 // round-trip to return the right bytes.

examples/1345-ffi-objc-dsl-05-static.sx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 // Mirrors JNI's static-dispatch surface (`Alias.new(...)` etc.); the
 // lowering disambiguates static vs instance by looking at
-// `method.is_static` on the foreign-class member.
+// `method.is_static` on the runtime-class member.
 //
 // Uses NSObject because the cached class slot is populated by a
 // constructor at module-load — runtime-created test classes wouldn't

examples/1348-ffi-objc-extern-class.sx

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Phase 3.0 (FFI-linkage) — postfix `extern` on an aggregate (`#objc_class`)
-// is the new spelling of the legacy prefix `#foreign #objc_class` import.
+// is the new spelling of the legacy prefix `#objc_class(…) extern` import.
-// Mirrors 1306's foreign-class chained dispatch with the new syntax:
+// Mirrors 1306's runtime-class chained dispatch with the new syntax:
-//   Name :: #objc_class("X") extern { … }   ==   Name :: #foreign #objc_class("X") { … }
+//   Name :: #objc_class("X") extern { … }   ==   Name :: #objc_class(…) extern("X") { … }
 //
 // Red until 3.1 wires the postfix-extern aggregate path through the parser
-// + lowering (maps `extern` → reference, same as `#foreign`).
+// + lowering (maps `extern` → reference, same as `extern`).
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 #import "modules/build.sx";

examples/1349-ffi-objc-export-class.sx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Phase 3 (FFI-linkage) — postfix `export` on an `#objc_class` aggregate, the
 // explicit spelling for an sx-DEFINED runtime class (define + register). It is
-// the same lowering as a bare `#objc_class("X") { … }` with no `#foreign`;
+// the same lowering as a bare `#objc_class("X") { … }` with no `extern`;
 // `export` just makes the "I define this class" intent explicit (the dual of
 // `extern` for "I reference an existing class"). Mirrors 1339's defined class.
 

examples/1412-ffi-jni-class-02-method.sx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // method body item inside a `#jni_class` declaration.
 //
 // `name :: (self: *Self, args...) -> Ret;` is the shape — semicolon
-// terminated (foreign declaration, no body). The 2.1 parser only
+// terminated (extern declaration, no body). The 2.1 parser only
 // accepts an empty body; step 2.2 extends `parseJniClassDecl` to
 // loop over body items and collect method declarations.
 

examples/1414-ffi-jni-class-04-extends.sx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // and `#implements` body items inside a `#jni_class` declaration.
 //
 // `#extends Alias;` declares a single-inheritance superclass reference
-// using the sx-side alias name (not the foreign Java path — that lives
+// using the sx-side alias name (not the runtime Java path — that lives
 // in the alias's own `#jni_class(...)` directive arg). `#implements
 // Alias;` is repeatable and records interface conformance.
 //

examples/1417-ffi-jni-class-07-all-runtimes.sx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 //   #swift_struct   — Swift @frozen value-type binding
 //   #swift_protocol — Swift @objc-bridgeable protocol binding
 //
-// Internally the AST collapses into one `foreign_class_decl` node
+// Internally the AST collapses into one `runtime_class_decl` node
 // carrying a `runtime` discriminator. Today the parser rejects each
 // of these because the lexer doesn't recognise the directive name.
 

examples/1418-ffi-jni-class-08-call.sx

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ g_should_call : bool = false;
 unused_jni :: (env: *void, act: *Activity) {
     #jni_env(env) {
         // Today: this fails — sema doesn't know `Activity` as a type, or
-        // the method dispatch doesn't recognize foreign-class members.
+        // the method dispatch doesn't recognize runtime-class members.
         win := act.getWindow();
     }
 }

examples/1419-ffi-jni-class-09-multi-float-args.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Regression: `obj.method()` foreign-class dispatch with a `float`
+// Regression: `obj.method()` runtime-class dispatch with a `float`
 // return type used to silently emit `LLVMGetUndef` because the
 // `Call<T>Method` switch in `emit_llvm.zig` didn't cover `.f32`.
 // Combined with multiple such calls inlined as args to a single
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // `sx_android_push_touch`).
 //
 // This test exercises BOTH the `.f32` jdispatch slot AND the
-// "multiple foreign-class method calls as args to one outer call"
+// "multiple runtime-class method calls as args to one outer call"
 // pattern. The bodies are gated behind a runtime-false flag so the
 // JNI lookups never execute (no JVM in the test runtime), but the
 // codegen path still has to emit the calls correctly.

examples/1426-ffi-jni-extern-class.sx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Phase 3 (FFI-linkage) — postfix `extern` on a `#jni_class` aggregate, the
-// new spelling of the legacy prefix `#foreign #jni_class` import. Parse-only
+// new spelling of the legacy prefix `#jni_class(…) extern` import. Parse-only
-// on macOS (no JVM at runtime), mirroring 1412's foreign-class reference.
+// on macOS (no JVM at runtime), mirroring 1412's runtime-class reference.
-//   View :: #jni_class("…") extern { … }   ==   View :: #foreign #jni_class("…") { … }
+//   View :: #jni_class("…") extern { … }   ==   View :: #jni_class(…) extern("…") { … }
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 

examples/1617-modules-library-nested-namespace/c.sx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Innermost module: owns the #library and its foreign fn.
+// Innermost module: owns the #library and its extern fn.
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 
 pcaplib :: #library "pcap";

examples/expected/1219-ffi-foreign.stdout

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-=== 15. Foreign ===
+=== 15. Extern ===
-foreign-rename: 42
+extern-rename: 42

src/backend/llvm/ops.zig

@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ pub const Ops = struct {
         };
         const callee_needs_c_abi = callee_func.is_extern or callee_func.call_conv == .c;
         const callee_raw_ret = self.e.toLLVMType(callee_func.ret);
-        // Foreign string/?string returns receive one `char *` — never sret
+        // Extern string/?string returns receive one `char *` — never sret
         // (must mirror declareFunction's signature classification).
         const cstr_ret = self.e.cstrRetKind(callee_func);
         const callee_uses_sret = callee_needs_c_abi and cstr_ret == .none and self.e.needsByval(callee_func.ret, callee_raw_ret);

src/c_import.zig

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ pub fn processCImport(
                     .name = pname,
                     .name_span = .{ .start = 0, .end = 0 },
                     .type_expr = ptype_node,
-                    // Foreign C param names (`i1`, `i2`, …) are RAW — exempt from
+                    // Extern C param names (`i1`, `i2`, …) are RAW — exempt from
                     // the reserved-type-name binding check; generated bindings
                     // must import without hand-edits.
                     .is_raw = true,

src/ir/calls.zig

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub const CallPlan = struct {
         selected: Lowering.SelectedFunc,
         /// Protocol method, by index in the protocol's method table.
         protocol_method: u32,
-        /// Foreign-class method (Obj-C / JNI), with its static-ness.
+        /// Runtime-class method (Obj-C / JNI), with its static-ness.
         runtime_method: struct { name: []const u8, is_static: bool },
         /// Enum / tagged-union type under construction.
         constructed: TypeId,
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ pub const CallResolver = struct {
                     };
                 }
             }
-            // Foreign-class instance method: look up the method's declared
+            // Runtime-class instance method: look up the method's declared
             // return type so chained calls (e.g.
             // `UIWindow.alloc().initWithWindowScene(scene)`) resolve.
             {
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ pub const CallResolver = struct {
                 else => null,
             };
             if (type_name) |tn| {
-                // Foreign-class static method: `Alias.static_method(args)`.
+                // Runtime-class static method: `Alias.static_method(args)`.
                 if (self.l.program_index.runtime_class_map.get(tn)) |fcd| {
                     for (fcd.members) |m| switch (m) {
                         .method => |md| if (md.is_static and std.mem.eql(u8, md.name, cfa.field)) {

src/ir/emit_llvm.zig

@@ -2250,7 +2250,7 @@ pub const LLVMEmitter = struct {
 
     /// Coerce a call argument to match the expected parameter type.
     /// Handles int width mismatches (trunc/ext), float width, and int↔float.
-    /// How a FOREIGN function's declared sx return maps onto a C `char *`:
+    /// How an EXTERN function's declared sx return maps onto a C `char *`:
     /// `-> string` (.plain) and `-> ?string` (.optional) both receive one
     /// pointer from C; everything else is `.none`. Keep `declareFunction`'s
     /// signature building and `emitCall`'s result synthesis keyed on the

src/ir/ffi_objc.zig

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub const ObjcLowering = struct {
     ///   C=u8    S=u16   I=u32      Q=u64  f=f32  d=f64
     ///   @=id    #=Class :=SEL      *=C string  ^v=void* / generic ptr
     ///
-    /// Foreign-class pointers (`*UIView` etc.) encode as `@` (object
+    /// Runtime-class pointers (`*UIView` etc.) encode as `@` (object
     /// pointer). Other pointers fall to `^v` — the encoding is metadata,
     /// not ABI, so being conservative here is safe. Pass-by-value
     /// structs encode as `{Name=field0field1...}`; nested structs
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ pub const ObjcLowering = struct {
     /// `self.field` access work in A.2/A.3. Field-by-name resolution
     /// stays correct across the future repositioning.
     ///
-    /// Foreign-class members other than `.field` are ignored here —
+    /// Runtime-class members other than `.field` are ignored here —
     /// methods / `#extends` / `#implements` don't contribute to the
     /// state layout.
     pub fn objcDefinedStateStructType(self: ObjcLowering, fcd: *const ast.RuntimeClassDecl) TypeId {

src/ir/inst.zig

@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ pub const JniMsgSend = struct {
     /// NewObject(env, clazz, mid, args...)`. Returns a fresh jobject.
     /// Mutually exclusive with the other dispatch flags.
     is_constructor: bool = false,
-    /// Foreign path of the parent class (e.g. `android/app/Activity`) when
+    /// Runtime path of the parent class (e.g. `android/app/Activity`) when
     /// `is_nonvirtual` is true, OR of the class being constructed when
     /// `is_constructor` is true. emit_llvm uses `FindClass` to materialise
     /// the jclass at the call site (per-call; caching is follow-up).
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ pub const Function = struct {
     /// True if `params[0]` is the synthetic `__sx_ctx: *Context`
     /// parameter that every default-conv sx function receives. Callers
     /// read this flag to decide whether to prepend their current
-    /// `__sx_ctx` value to the args of a call. Foreign decls and
+    /// `__sx_ctx` value to the args of a call. Extern decls and
     /// `callconv(.c)` functions have it false.
     has_implicit_ctx: bool = false,
 

src/ir/jni_descriptor.zig

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub const DeriveError = error{
 pub const ClassRegistry = std.StringHashMap([]const u8);
 
 pub const Context = struct {
-    /// Foreign path of the enclosing #jni_class — used to resolve `*Self`.
+    /// Runtime path of the enclosing #jni_class — used to resolve `*Self`.
     /// e.g. "android/view/View".
     enclosing_path: []const u8,
     /// Lookup for sibling/forward-declared `#jni_class` aliases. When null,

src/ir/lower.test.zig

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ test "lower: objcTypeEncodingFromSignature unwraps optional to wire type" {
     defer module.deinit();
     var lowering = Lowering.init(&module);
 
-    // Foreign `*NSString` so the encoder recognises it as `@`.
+    // Runtime-class `*NSString` so the encoder recognises it as `@`.
     const ns_name = module.types.internString("NSString");
     const ns_struct = module.types.intern(.{ .@"struct" = .{ .name = ns_name, .fields = &.{} } });
     const ns_ptr = module.types.ptrTo(ns_struct);

src/ir/lower/call.zig

@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ pub fn lowerCall(self: *Lowering, c_in: *const ast.Call) Ref {
                     switch (self.namespaceAliasVerdict(oname)) {
                         .target => |target| {
                             const fd = Lowering.namespaceFnMember(&target, fa.field) orelse break :gate;
-                            // Foreign / builtin / #compiler bodies keep their
+                            // Extern / builtin / #compiler bodies keep their
                             // literal global symbol — the existing bare-name
                             // machinery below resolves them.
                             switch (fd.body.data) {
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ pub fn lowerCall(self: *Lowering, c_in: *const ast.Call) Ref {
                 method_args.append(self.alloc, a) catch unreachable;
             }
 
-            // Foreign-class DSL: `inst.method(args)` where `inst`'s
+            // Runtime-class DSL: `inst.method(args)` where `inst`'s
             // type is an alias declared by `#jni_class("...") { ... }`
             // (or its parallel forms). Routes to the JNI dispatch
             // shape, descriptor derived from the sx signature.
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ pub fn resolveCallParamTypes(self: *Lowering, c: *const ast.Call, sel_author: ?*
             }
         }
         if (self.getStructTypeName(obj_ty)) |sname| {
-            // Foreign-class receiver (`#objc_class` / `#jni_class` / etc.):
+            // Runtime-class receiver (`#objc_class` / `#jni_class` / etc.):
             // resolve the method from `runtime_class_map` walking `#extends`.
             // Without this path, `target_type` for each arg falls back to
             // whatever `self.target_type` was on entry — typically the

src/ir/lower/decl.zig

@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ pub fn registerTopLevelGlobal(self: *Lowering, vd: *const ast.VarDecl) void {
             d.addFmt(.err, null, "top-level var '{s}' has no type annotation and no initializer to infer from", .{vd.name});
         break :blk .void;
     };
-    // Foreign / extern globals reference a symbol defined in libSystem etc.
+    // Extern globals reference a symbol defined in libSystem etc.
     // (`_NSConcreteStackBlock : *void extern;` or `… : *void extern;`). The C
     // symbol name is the optional override (`extern_name`) or the sx name itself.
     const sym_name = vd.extern_name orelse vd.name;
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ pub fn declareFunction(self: *Lowering, fd: *const ast.FnDecl, name: []const u8)
         }
     }
 
-    // Foreign declarations with a trailing variadic param map to the C
+    // Extern declarations with a trailing variadic param map to the C
     // calling convention's `...` tail. Drop the variadic param from the
     // IR signature (it has no C-level slot) and set is_variadic.
     // Bare `extern` import: an external C symbol declared via the `extern`
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ pub fn registerQualifiedFn(self: *Lowering, ns_name: []const u8, fd: *const ast.
     // collision assert; registering a qualified alias for them
     // would divert that machinery and strand a per-call type binding.
     if (fd.type_params.len > 0 or hasComptimeParams(fd) or isPackFn(fd)) return;
-    // Foreign / builtin / #compiler bodies keep their literal name; a
+    // Extern / builtin / #compiler bodies keep their literal name; a
     // qualified alias has no distinct symbol to resolve to.
     switch (fd.body.data) {
         .builtin_expr, .compiler_expr => return,
@@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ pub fn lazyLowerFunction(self: *Lowering, name: []const u8) void {
     }
     // No AST? (builtins, extern functions, or imported functions not in this file)
     const fd = self.program_index.fn_ast_map.get(name) orelse return;
-    // Foreign declarations stay as extern stubs but need to be REGISTERED
+    // Extern declarations stay as extern stubs but need to be REGISTERED
     // in the current module so callers get a real FuncId. Without this,
     // a comptime-lowered function (e.g. `concat` from std.sx pulled into
     // a fresh ct_module via `evalComptimeString`) emits `.call` against a

src/ir/lower/ffi.zig

@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ pub fn lowerSuperCall(
     } }, ret_ty);
 }
 
-// ── Foreign-class registration ──────────────────────────────────
+// ── Runtime-class registration ──────────────────────────────────
 
 /// Register a runtime-class declaration. The alias goes into
 /// `runtime_class_map` for method-dispatch lookup. The underlying

src/ir/lower/objc_class.zig

@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ pub fn lookupObjcDefinedStateFieldOnPointer(self: *Lowering, obj_expr: *const as
     if (pointee_info != .@"struct") return null;
     const struct_name = self.module.types.getString(pointee_info.@"struct".name);
     const fcd = self.program_index.runtime_class_map.get(struct_name) orelse return null;
-    // Only sx-defined Obj-C classes have a state struct. Foreign
+    // Only sx-defined Obj-C classes have a state struct. Extern (referenced)
-    // classes' fields are purely declaration metadata (no state).
+    // runtime classes' fields are purely declaration metadata (no state).
     if (fcd.is_extern or fcd.runtime != .objc_class) return null;
     // Skip property fields — those dispatch via the M2.2 getter/setter
     // path. Plain instance fields take the ivar+gep path.