The int-returning type-query builtins now fold to a compile-time constant in
const-required positions (`inline for` bound, array dimension), like a plain
`K :: 3` const — previously they evaluated only as runtime values, so
`[field_count(S)]T` and `inline for 0..field_count(S)` were rejected as "not a
compile-time integer". This is what lets a `($T) -> Type` builder loop
`inline for 0..field_count(T)` to assemble a member list from a type's fields
(the `race` result synthesis).
The shared comptime-int folder `evalConstIntExpr` (program_index.zig) gained a
`.call => ctx.evalConstCallInt(node)` arm. The body-lowering ctx (`Lowering`)
implements it — resolve the type arg via `resolveTypeArg`, return
`memberCount orelse 0` / `typeSizeBytes` / `typeAlignBytes`, matching the runtime
value path in lower/call.zig exactly. `SourceConstCtx` delegates to its wrapped
Lowering; the stateless ctxs (`ModuleConstCtx`, `StatelessInner`, test `DimCtx`)
stub null (they cannot resolve a type-expr arg). A non-type-query call / wrong
arg count / unresolved type arg folds to null (not a comptime integer).
Adversarially reviewed (SHIP): the fold matches the value path across every type
kind, ctx coverage is complete, recursion is AST-depth bounded, no speculative
spurious diagnostics, `orelse 0` is field_count's definitional value for
non-aggregates (not a silent default). Locked by
examples/comptime/0648-comptime-typequery-const-fold.sx. Suite green (820/0).
Project a pointer type to its target: `pointee(*X)` -> `X`. The one reflection
primitive missing for the `race` result synthesis (`*Task(A)` -> `A` via
`field_type(pointee(*Task(A)), 0)`) — reflection could read aggregate fields but
was blind to a pointer's target type.
Mirrors the `field_type` builtin: declared `#builtin` in std/core.sx, resolved as
a lower-time type-call fold in resolveTypeCallWithBindings (src/ir/lower/generic.zig)
so it composes in any type-arg slot. `.pointer` -> pointee, `.many_pointer` ->
element; a non-pointer arg is a loud diagnostic + `.unresolved` sentinel (no silent
fallback). Adversarially reviewed (SHIP). Locked by
examples/comptime/0647-comptime-pointee-reflection.sx. Suite green (819/0).
PLAN-RACE step 1 of 6.
`field_count` / `field_name` were broken on every non-struct/enum aggregate:
`field_count(Tuple(i64, bool))` silently returned 0 (a missing `.tuple` arm in
the count switches), and `field_name(tuple/array/vector, i)` SEGFAULTED — the
LLVM backend built a zero-length `[0 x string]` name array for those kinds while
sizing the runtime GEP at the (often non-zero) member count, so the indexed load
ran past the array.
Root cause was three+ parallel switches that each had to know how to count an
aggregate's members, and disagreed: `field_count` lowering and `memberCount` had
struct/union/tagged_union/enum/array/vector but no `.tuple`; the backend's
`field_name_get` build + GEP sizing had neither `.tuple` nor `.array`/`.vector`.
Fix:
- add the `.tuple` arm to `field_count` lowering (src/ir/lower/call.zig) and
`TypeTable.memberCount` (src/ir/types.zig; this also backs the COMPILER-API
`type_field_count` VM reader).
- unify the LLVM backend onto the single source of truth: both
`getOrBuildFieldNameArray` (reflection.zig) and `emitFieldNameGet`'s GEP sizing
(ops.zig) now derive from `memberCount` / `memberName`, so the name-array
length and the GEP array type can never diverge again — for any kind. A member
with no name (positional-tuple / array / vector element) reflects as "" (one
slot per member, always in-bounds); named-tuple elements recover their labels.
The array/vector clone was surfaced by adversarial review of the tuple-only fix.
Regression: examples/comptime/0646-comptime-field-reflect-tuple-array.sx exercises
field_count/field_name/field_type over struct, enum, positional + named tuple,
array, and vector. Full suite green (818/0). Unblocks the `race` synthesis, which
must reflect a named tuple's labels + element types.
The body-local #run fold in emitCall was effectively dead (gated on
args.len==0, but the __ct comptime wrapper always carries the implicit
*Context arg), so every body-local #run fell through to a RUNTIME call:
bridgeable shapes lucked into the right value; an unbridgeable shape
(e.g. [2][]i64) ran over --- storage -> garbage, exit 0, no diagnostic.
Fold any is_comptime callee (gated !enclosing.is_comptime so nested
metatype calls in a comptime wrapper's dead body aren't folded). On a
tryEval bail, distinguish a BRIDGE bail (result can't regToValue-
materialize -> error: comptime init of 'X' failed: <reason> +
comptime_failed, build fails, symmetric with the global #run path) from
an EXECUTION bail (VM can't run the body, e.g. NaN/extern -> runtime
fallthrough, preserving types/0150), via comptime_vm.last_bail_was_bridge
(reset at tryEval entry, set only at regToValue). The const name is
threaded onto the wrapper (comptime_display_name) so the diagnostic reads
the source name, not __ct_N.
Regressions: diagnostics/1204 (negative), comptime/0645 (positive).
Verified by 3 adversarial reviews, suite 801/0.
(C) regToValue (comptime_vm.zig) gained no array arm, so a #run returning
an aggregate containing an array bailed 'reg->value: aggregate shape not
bridged yet'. Add an .array arm: read N elements at stride
typeSizeBytes(elem) from the array address, bridge each recursively via
regToValue -> an .aggregate Value (serializeAggregateValue already emits
arrays). Composes with struct fields, nested arrays, array-of-structs,
and the ?Arr optional payload; unbridgeable elements bail loudly.
(E) A global failing #run proceeded into LLVM emission and panicked
'unresolved type reached LLVM emission' when the unresolved const was
used. Add 'if (self.comptime_failed) return;' in emit() after Pass 0 so
it aborts cleanly (exit 1, the comptime diagnostic) across run/ir/build.
Regression: examples/comptime/0644-comptime-run-array-aggregate.sx.
Verified by 3 adversarial reviews, suite 793/0. Filed separate bugs found
during review: 0181 (optional-chain ?. to array field + index panics),
0182 (body-local #run unbridged silently miscompiles).
Add an .optional arm to regToValue in comptime_vm.zig: read the
has_value flag at offset sizeof(child), bridge the payload recursively
into a { payload, i1=true } aggregate when set, yield .null_val (zero
{T,i1}) when clear or the bare null sentinel. Matching serialize arm in
serializeAggregateValue (emit_llvm.zig). Pointer/?Closure/?Protocol-child
optionals and array-payload aggregates bail loudly, not silently.
Regression: examples/comptime/0643-comptime-run-optional-aggregate.sx
(present ?T, present ?i64, null ?i64). Verified by 3 adversarial reviews.
Move examples/*.sx and their expected/ snapshots into per-category
subfolders (examples/<category>/...). Folder = leading filename token,
with ffi-objc/ffi-jni kept whole; filenames are unchanged. The corpus
runner and LSP sweep now discover each category's expected/ dir, while
issues/ stays flat. Example 1058's repo-root-relative companion import
is made file-relative. Path strings embedded in 164 snapshots were
regenerated (path-only changes). Test-layout docs in CLAUDE.md updated.
