fix: reject direct assignment to a tagged-union variant member

A tagged union (enum-with-payload) is laid out { tag, payload }, but a
direct member write `s.rect = payload` lowered to a payload-only store
(union_gep into field 1) with no tag store — the discriminant went stale,
so a later match/== took the wrong arm with no diagnostic (issue 0136).
The read path already distinguishes tagged unions (enum_payload/enum_tag);
the write path treated them like plain unions.

A variant is set via construction (`s = .variant(payload)`, which writes
both tag and payload). A direct member write can't safely set the tag (the
active variant isn't known at the write site), so it is now rejected with a
diagnostic pointing to construction. A new diagTaggedUnionVariantWrite guard
— reusing the shared fieldLvalueResolve matcher, applied at both store sites
(lowerAssignment, lowerMultiAssign) — fires only for a whole-variant write
on a tagged union. Plain `union` writes and nested sub-field writes
(`s.rect.w = ...`) are unaffected.

Resolves issue 0136. Tests: examples/0185 (rejected), 0186 (nested write +
construction still work). specs.md / readme.md updated.
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// A direct write to a tagged-union (enum-with-payload) variant member is
// rejected: a tagged union is laid out `{ tag, payload }`, and a member write
// would set the payload but leave the tag stale. The variant is set via
// construction (`s = .rect(...)`), which writes both tag and payload.
//
// Regression (issue 0136): `s.rect = .{...}` used to silently store the payload
// only, desyncing the tag so a later `match` took the wrong arm. It now errors.
#import "modules/std.sx";
Shape :: enum {
circle: f32;
rect: struct { w, h: f32; };
}
main :: () {
s : Shape = .circle(1.0);
s.rect = .{ w = 4.0, h = 2.0 }; // rejected — use `s = .rect(.{...})` instead
print("unreachable: {}\n", s.rect.w);
}

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// A write to a sub-field of a tagged-union variant's payload (`s.rect.w = ...`)
// is NOT rejected: the immediate object is the payload struct, so it mutates a
// field of the already-active variant in place and leaves the tag alone. This
// pins the scope of issue 0136's guard — only a WHOLE-variant member write
// (`s.rect = ...`) is rejected; nested sub-field writes keep working.
#import "modules/std.sx";
Shape :: enum {
circle: f32;
rect: struct { w, h: f32; };
}
main :: () {
s : Shape = .rect(.{ w = 1.0, h = 2.0 });
s.rect.w = 9.0; // nested sub-field write — allowed
r := s.rect;
print("w={} h={}\n", r.w, r.h); // 9 2
s = .circle(3.5); // construction reassign — allowed
print("c={}\n", s.circle); // 3.5
}

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error: cannot assign to tagged-union variant 'rect' directly — a member write sets the payload but leaves the tag stale; construct the variant instead (e.g. `x = .rect(...)`)
--> examples/0185-types-tagged-union-member-assign-rejected.sx:18:5
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18 | s.rect = .{ w = 4.0, h = 2.0 }; // rejected — use `s = .rect(.{...})` instead
| ^^^^^^

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w=9.000000 h=2.000000
c=3.500000