fix(ir): diagnose non-constant global initializers loudly (issue 0072)
globalInitValue's issue-0071 .identifier arm closed the bare-identifier hole, but .field_access (and every other non-literal expression shape) still fell through to `else => null`, so a global like `g : s32 = K.x;` was emitted with no payload and silently zero-initialized (g=0). Make the `else` emit a diagnostic — "global '<name>' must be initialized by a compile-time constant" — instead of a null payload, so no unsupported shape can silently zero. Two arms added alongside: - `.null_literal => .null_val`: a `*void = null` global was previously a no-payload zero-init; this preserves the exact LLVMConstNull emission (fixes 3 ffi examples that regressed on the first cut). - explicit `.enum_literal => null` carve-out: the stdlib's `OS : OperatingSystem = .unknown;` zero-init is load-bearing for compile-time `inline if OS == .X`; documented, not folded into a silent fallthrough. Field-access constant *evaluation* (materializing K.x -> 9) is intentionally not implemented: a typed struct const like K is not registered in module_const_map, so it would require new plumbing whose writes are read at runtime — out of scope. The diagnostic is the issue-sanctioned outcome. Regression: examples/1118-diagnostics-global-non-const-initializer-rejected.sx (exit 1). Gate: zig build, zig build test, run_examples.sh -> 356/0.
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# 0072 — global field-access constant initializer silently zero-initializes
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> **RESOLVED.** Root cause: `Lowering.globalInitValue`'s issue-0071 `.identifier`
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> arm closed the bare-identifier hole, but `.field_access` (and every other
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> non-literal expression shape) still fell through to `else => null`, so the
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> global was emitted with no payload and silently zero-initialized (`g=0`).
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> Fix: the `else` now emits a diagnostic — "global '<name>' must be initialized
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> by a compile-time constant" — instead of returning a null payload, so an
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> unsupported initializer shape can never silently zero. Two arms were added
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> alongside it: `.null_literal => .null_val` (a `*void = null` global was
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> previously a no-payload zero-init; this preserves that exact emission —
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> `LLVMConstNull`), and an explicit `.enum_literal => null` carve-out (the
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> stdlib's `OS : OperatingSystem = .unknown;` zero-init is load-bearing for
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> compile-time `inline if OS == .X`; documented, not folded into a silent
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> fallthrough). Field-access constant *evaluation* (materializing `K.x` → 9) was
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> intentionally not implemented: a typed struct const like `K` is not registered
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> in `module_const_map`, so it would require new plumbing whose `module_const_map`
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> writes are read at runtime — out of scope; the diagnostic is the chosen,
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> issue-sanctioned outcome. Regression
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> `examples/1118-diagnostics-global-non-const-initializer-rejected.sx` (exit 1).
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## Symptom
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A top-level global initialized from a field access on a module constant compiles
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but is zero-initialized.
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Observed: `g=0`
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Expected: `g` should be initialized to `9`, or the compiler should reject the
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initializer loudly if field-access global constants are not supported yet.
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## Reproduction
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```sx
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#import "modules/std.sx";
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Point :: struct {
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x: s32;
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y: s32;
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}
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K : Point : Point.{ x = 9, y = 4 };
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g : s32 = K.x;
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main :: () -> s32 {
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print("g={}\n", g);
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return g;
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}
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```
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Run:
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```sh
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./zig-out/bin/sx run .sx-tmp/review-0071-field-access-const.sx
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```
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The repro is standalone; the inline source above is sufficient to recreate the
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scratch file under `.sx-tmp/`.
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## Investigation prompt
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Fix issue 0072: a top-level global initialized from a field access on a module
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constant must not silently become zero.
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Context:
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- This surfaced during Codex re-review of commit `ad7200c`, the issue-0071 fix.
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- `ad7200c` correctly handles identifier initializers that name module constants
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(`K : A : 42; g : A = K;`) and diagnoses identifiers that are not usable
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constants.
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- A remaining non-identifier expression shape still falls through silently:
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`K : Point : Point.{ x = 9, y = 4 }; g : s32 = K.x;` emits a null global
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initializer payload and runs as `g=0`.
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Suspected area:
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- `src/ir/lower.zig`, `Lowering.globalInitValue`.
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- The `.identifier` arm now diagnoses unusable identifier initializers, but the
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generic `else => null` still covers `.field_access` and other expression
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forms.
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- `constExprValue` currently handles literals, negative numeric literals, and
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array literals; it does not evaluate field access or struct-literal module
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constants. `constStructLiteral` can serialize direct struct literals when
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called with the destination type, but that machinery is not used for `K.x`.
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Likely fix:
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- Add a loud diagnostic for unsupported top-level global initializer expression
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shapes, or implement field-access constant evaluation in the same step.
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- If implementing it, resolve the base identifier through
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`ProgramIndex.module_const_map`, materialize the base constant with its
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recorded type, then extract the named field using the IR struct layout.
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- Do not replace the current bug with a real-type sentinel such as `.void`; an
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unsupported initializer should either produce a concrete `ConstantValue` or a
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user-visible diagnostic.
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- Preserve the issue-0071 behavior:
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`K : A : 42; g : A = K;` must still emit `g=42`.
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- Preserve the issue-0070/0068 regressions:
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`examples/0133-types-forward-alias-global.sx` and
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`examples/1117-diagnostics-value-const-as-type-rejected.sx` must stay green.
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- Scope-check enum-literal globals separately. `OS : OperatingSystem = .unknown`
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currently relies on compile-time constant injection and pre-existing zero-init
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behavior; decide explicitly whether that stays carved out or gets its own
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separate issue.
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Verification:
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- Repro above should either print `g=9` and exit `9`, or fail with a clear
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"global initializer must be a compile-time constant" diagnostic. It must not
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print `g=0`.
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- Run:
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```sh
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zig build
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zig build test
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bash tests/run_examples.sh
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```
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