lang 2.4: lock protocol-pack access semantics (interface-only)
Design decision: a protocol-constrained pack element is viewed THROUGH the constraint protocol — only the protocol's interface (its methods, and the projections xs.T / xs.value) is accessible, not arbitrary concrete members, exactly like a constrained generic `T: Show`. So `xs[i].v` (a field on the concrete IntBox, not declared on Show) is an error; the constraint is enforced and bounds the body regardless of the concrete arg types at a call site. The previous example 191 demonstrated `xs[i].v` — which only compiled because the constraint is not yet enforced. Trimmed it to the protocol-agnostic part that's correct today (per-shape binding + comptime `xs.len` across arities / heterogeneous shapes); protocol-interface access + projection are the remaining 2.4 work. specs.md records the access rule.
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below; using the pack name where a runtime value is required is an error (see
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"Pack as value").
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**Element access is through the protocol, not the concrete type.** Although the
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pack monomorphizes per call shape and each element has a known concrete type,
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`xs[i]` is viewed **through the constraint protocol**: only the protocol's own
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interface (its methods, and the projections `xs.T` / `xs.value`) is accessible.
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Reaching a concrete member that isn't part of the protocol — e.g. `xs[i].v`
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where `v` is a field of the concrete `IntBox` but not declared on `Show` — is an
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error, exactly as it would be for a constrained generic `T: Show`. The protocol
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constraint is enforced (each trailing arg must conform) and bounds what the body
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may do, regardless of the concrete arg types at any particular call site.
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#### Pack operations
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