"pure" universally means side-effect-free (GCC __attribute__((pure)),
FP purity, D's pure) — the opposite of a register-clobbering context
switch. The concept is "naked": no compiler-generated prologue/epilogue,
body is raw asm that emits its own ret. That is the established term
everywhere (LLVM's naked function attribute — which we literally emit —
plus Zig callconv(.naked), Rust #[naked], GCC/Clang __attribute__
((naked))). Rename the keyword + everything keyed off it so concept,
surface, field, and the emitted LLVM attribute all agree.
- ast.zig: ABI enum variant pure -> naked (+ doc).
- parser: accept abi(.naked); error text updated.
- IR Function.is_pure -> is_naked; type_resolver/decl/generic/pack/
emit_llvm references updated; diagnostics say abi(.naked).
- examples 1800-1803 renamed *-pure-* -> *-naked-* (source + expected/
snapshots; .ir/.exit/.stdout/.stderr are byte-identical — the emitted
IR is unchanged, only the keyword spelling differs).
- docs (PLAN-FIBERS, CHECKPOINT-FIBERS, PLAN-POST-METATYPE, the design
roadmap, the compiler-API checkpoint/design) updated; the naming
rationale now records why .naked over .pure.
No semantic change — pure cosmetics. Suite green (725/0).
Flip the B1.0a emit bail to real emission. The emit_llvm declaration
pass now adds LLVM's naked + noinline + nounwind attributes for an
is_pure function and skips frame-pointer=all (incompatible with a
frameless function); Pass 2 emits the body normally, and the naked
attribute makes the backend emit it verbatim (the inline asm + its own
ret) with no prologue/epilogue.
IR shape verified:
; Function Attrs: naked noinline nounwind
define internal i64 @answer() #0 {
entry:
call void asm sideeffect "...ret...", ""()
unreachable
}
The caller invokes it as an ordinary () -> i64 call (.pure is
call_conv == .default).
- examples/1800-concurrency-pure-asm.sx: now green, aarch64-pinned
(.build macos) -> exit 42 + .ir snapshot.
- examples/1801-concurrency-pure-generic.sx (renamed from -bail): the
generic .pure now emits a correct naked answer__i64 (exit 42),
proving generic.zig produces a naked body, not a framed one.
- examples/1802-concurrency-pure-asm-x86.sx: x86_64 cross sibling
(.build x86_64-linux, ir-only here); .ir locks naked + movl $42,%eax.
- unit test in emit_llvm.test.zig asserts the naked attribute is present
and frame-pointer absent on an abi(.pure) function.
Suite green (724/0).
First implementation step of Stream B1 (fibers). Make the inert abi(.pure)
ABI carry an is_pure flag through lowering, with LLVM emission deliberately
bailing loudly until B1.0b — the lock half of the lock->green cadence.
- IR Function.is_pure, set from fd.abi == .pure at both declareFunction
decl sites.
- funcWantsImplicitCtx skips .pure (no synthetic __sx_ctx, mirroring the
.c skip): a pure fn reads args from ABI registers, an implicit ctx would
occupy a register slot the asm doesn't expect.
- both body-lowering paths bypass lowerValueBody for .pure: lower the asm
body as statements + cap with unreachable. A pure body has no sx return
(the asm rets itself), so the implicit-return diagnostic must not fire.
- emit_llvm Pass 2 bails loudly when func.is_pure (build-gating nonzero
exit) rather than emit a framed body, whose epilogue would corrupt a
context switch's deliberate SP-in != SP-out.
examples/1800-concurrency-pure-asm.sx: one host example (no .build pin --
the bail fires before instruction selection, so it is host-independent),
locked to the bail snapshot. B1.0b flips emit to LLVM's naked attribute +
asm-only body and pins the example per-arch.
The sx-facing name is "pure" throughout (field, diagnostic); LLVM's naked
attribute is only the B1.0b lowering mechanism. Suite green (722/0).
swap (atomicrmw xchg) and a standalone fence wired end-to-end except LLVM
emission (both bail loudly; A.3b makes them real).
- RmwKind += xchg; atomic_swap intrinsic + swap method reuse the atomic_rmw op.
- new atomic_fence op (+ AtomicFence) — ordering-only, void; fence($o)/atomic_fence
intrinsic; recognizer rejects .relaxed (LLVM has no monotonic fence).
- comptime_vm: xchg = store operand/return old; fence = no-op (single-thread).
- examples 1703 (swap) + 1704 (fence) locked to bails; 1187 (relaxed-fence reject).
- 1186 converted to a direct-intrinsic call → stable user-file diagnostic span
(the lib-forward-site span shifted when atomic.sx grew — fragile-snapshot fix).
Also fixes a latent A.2 comptime-CAS bug found while here: the success/null
has_value write was 'writeWord(addr, SIZE=0, val=1)' — a 0-byte no-op, correct
ONLY because allocBytes zero-inits (REJECTED-PATTERNS 'coincidentally correct').
Now writes the flag explicitly (size=1, val=0). Suite green (721/0).
compare_exchange/_weak wired end-to-end except LLVM emission (bails loudly;
A.2b makes it real). New IR op atomic_cmpxchg + AtomicCmpxchg{ptr, cmp, new,
val_ty, success_ordering, failure_ordering, weak}; result type = ?T (null =
SUCCESS, failure carries the actual value for retry). print arm; emit dispatch
-> emitAtomicCmpxchg (BAILS). comptime_vm arm does real single-thread CAS (read
actual / compare / store-on-equal / build ?T: success->none, failure->some;
weak == strong at comptime). Recognizer extended (atomic_cmpxchg/_weak, 6 args)
-- CAS restricted to INTEGER T (loud reject); BOTH orderings resolved via
atomicOrderingFromNode; dual-ordering validation (failure may not be
release/acq_rel nor stronger than success, via atomicOrderingRank). Methods
compare_exchange/_weak on Atomic($T) with comptime $success/$failure: Ordering.
examples/1702 locked to the bail; examples/1186 locks a rejected ordering pair.
Suite green (718/0).
fetch_add/sub/and/or/xor/min/max wired end-to-end except LLVM emission (bails
loudly; A.1b makes it real). New IR op atomic_rmw + RmwKind (no nand) +
AtomicRmw{ptr, operand, val_ty, ordering, kind}. print arm; comptime_vm arm
implements real single-thread RMW (load/compute/store/return-old, signed|unsigned
min/max from val_ty). Recognizer extended (rmwKindFromName) — RMW restricted to
integer T (float fadd / pointer RMW out of scope, rejected loudly); all orderings
valid for RMW. Methods fetch_* on Atomic($T) with comptime $o: Ordering.
examples/1701 locked to the bail. Suite green (716/0).
Stream A (atomics) foundation. Net-new atomic load/store codegen path, wired
end-to-end except LLVM emission, which deliberately bails loudly so the example
locks to a clean diagnostic (A.0b turns it green — cadence: no commit both adds a
test and makes it pass).
- library/modules/std/atomic.sx: Ordering enum, Atomic($T) transparent wrapper
(init/load/store, seq_cst-only for now), atomic_load/atomic_store #builtin
intrinsics. Opt-in import, NOT in the universal std facade (Ordering in the
prelude grows every program's type table + churns 37 .ir snapshots).
- IR: atomic_load/atomic_store ops + AtomicOrdering (all 5) + structs (inst.zig);
print arms; comptime_vm arms reuse load/store (single-thread correct);
recognizer tryLowerAtomicIntrinsic (const-ordering + scalar-size guards, both
loud); emit dispatch -> emitAtomicLoad/Store bail via comptime_failed.
- examples/1700-atomics-load-store.sx locked to the bail diagnostic.
Full ordering surface (a.load(.acquire)) blocked on comptime-constant ordering
propagation (comptime enum value params) — A.0.5, migrated not legacy.
The legacy tagged-Value Interpreter is gone. Relocate the Value result-DTO
+ decodeVariantElements into a new comptime_value.zig (the VM<->host
materialization boundary); repoint comptime_vm/emit_llvm/ir-barrel Value to
it and BuildConfig to compiler_hooks; delete the dead valueToReg bridge;
slim compiler_lib.zig to just the name registry (BoundFn{sx_name} + bound_fns
+ findFn — weldedCompilerFn only validates names); simplify printInterpBailDiag
to comptime_vm.last_bail_reason; drop the unused interp_mod import in lower.zig.
rm src/ir/interp.zig + interp.test.zig.
Value is relocated (not eliminated): it survives only as the slim result DTO
at the VM->valueToLLVMConst boundary; the execution-time marshaling the VM
pivot targeted is gone. Drop dead Value.asString/reflectTypeId.
706/0 corpus + 476/476 unit.
valueToLLVMConst / serializeAggregateValue took a *const Interpreter only to
resolve .heap_ptr data fields via interp.heapSlice — but the VM's regToValue
never produces .heap_ptr (it's interp-internal). Drop the param, remove the
dead interp_inst in emitGlobals, and drop the .heap_ptr fat-pointer data arm
(falls through to the loud bail). Remove the now-unused Interpreter alias.
500/500 unit + 706/0 corpus.
The compiler_call op + #compiler hook mechanism was fully superseded by
abi(.compiler) VM-native dispatch (P5.5) — no sx code emits it anymore.
Remove: the compiler_call op variant + CompilerCall struct (inst.zig); the
Builder.compilerCall emitter (module.zig); the two dead producer blocks in
lower/call.zig (compiler_expr-bodied free fns + methods); every consumer
switch arm (emit_llvm, ops.emitCompilerCall, print, interp dispatch); the
interp.hooks field + init/deinit. Strip compiler_hooks.zig down to the still-
live BuildConfig / BuildHooks / AssetDir (delete HookError/HookFn/Registry/
registerDefaults + all hookXxx, and the now-unused interp/Value imports).
Test refs that used compiler_call as a sample unported op now use vec_splat.
501/501 unit + 706/0 corpus.
Remove the comptime_flat/need_vm gate and the vm_result-orelse-legacy
fallback from emit_llvm.zig (runComptimeSideEffects + emitGlobals const-init)
and comptime.zig (runComptimeTypeFunc). The comptime VM now always runs;
a bail is always a build-gating diagnostic, never a fallback. Delete the
now-moot entryNeedsVm. runComptimeSideEffects drops the Interpreter entirely
(VM writes #run output direct to fd 1); emitGlobals keeps a fresh interp_inst
only as the valueToLLVMConst materialization context (the regToValue bridge,
removed with interp.zig in a later step).
#insert (evalComptimeString) still routes through the legacy interp — deferred
until interp.zig deletion.
Reconcile 1654: the comptime asm-global #run now reports the VM's clean dlsym
bail instead of the legacy CannotEvalComptime wrapper (exit still 1).
501/501 unit + 706/0 corpus.
`BuildOptions :: struct #compiler { ...35 methods... }` becomes
`BuildOptions :: struct { }` (an opaque null-sentinel handle) plus 35 free
`ufcs (self: BuildOptions, …) abi(.compiler)` decls in build.sx, each serviced
by a new `comptime_vm.callBuildOptionFn` arm (off `callCompilerFn`). No legacy
`compiler_lib` handler: the names are registered in `bound_fns` with a single
bailing stub only so `weldedCompilerFn` accepts them.
- String lifetime: setters dupe the arg into the persistent `Vm.gpa` (the
Compilation allocator, threaded into both `tryEval` and `runBuildCallback` —
not the per-eval VM arena) and write/append to the threaded `BuildConfig`.
Getters read the field/slice or compute the target predicate from the triple.
- Dispatch routing (Option B): a `#run`/const-init entry that directly calls a
compiler-domain/welded fn (`emit_llvm.entryNeedsVm`) runs on the VM with no
legacy fallback regardless of the `-Dcomptime-flat` gate, so gate-OFF stays
green without a legacy BuildOptions handler (P5.7 retires the legacy interp).
- Mark the 5 `platform/bundle.sx` getter-calling helpers `abi(.compiler)` (they
are comptime-only bundler code; otherwise their now-welded getter calls trip
the runtime-call gate).
- 37 `.ir` snapshots regenerated (std transitively imports build.sx → string-
pool/type-table indices shift); verified `.ir`-only, zero behavior-stream diffs.
BuildOptions `compiler_call` strict bails gone (1609/1614/1615 strict-clean);
1616 now bails on a separate, pre-existing unported bitwise/shift VM gap (`shr`),
to port first in P5.6. 703/0 both gates.
Also sweep the outdated "flat memory" terminology to "comptime/byte-addressable"
across comptime_vm + the plan/checkpoint/CLAUDE docs: the comptime VM is
arena-backed, byte-addressable memory where `Addr` is a real host pointer, not a
flat contiguous address space (flag names `-Dcomptime-flat`/`SX_COMPTIME_FLAT` kept).
Lands the full VM/compiler-API arc on branch reify (701/0 both gates):
- abi(.compiler) ABI replaces abi(.zig) extern compiler + the fake
#library "compiler"; bodiless decl = compiler-API surface, bodied =
user compiler-domain fn (lowered for VM eval, emit-skipped).
- out is a plain sx fn (libc write) — the out builtin deleted; the VM
handles it via host-FFI. trace_resolve + interp_print_frames ported.
- 4B VM-native diagnostics: 1179/1180 render proper comptime type
construction failed: under strict.
- S5a: build_options/set_post_link_callback on abi(.compiler) with
BuildConfig threaded into the VM (green intermediate).
- 0522 fixed (describe(args: []Type)); regression 0638.
Strict deletion-gate down to 4 compiler_call bails (1609/1614/1615/1616)
+ 1654 (legitimate unresolvable-symbol diagnostic).
Add -Dcomptime-flat-strict / env SX_COMPTIME_FLAT_STRICT (implies comptime_flat):
at all three comptime sites (type-fn in lower/comptime.zig, const-init + #run in
emit_llvm.zig) a VM bail becomes a build-gating error naming the reason INSTEAD of
falling back to legacy. Forces every comptime eval onto the VM so the complete gap
set is enumerable in one sweep; when the corpus is green under strict mode AND every
example matches legacy, interp.zig can be deleted.
Default behaviour unchanged (699/0 both default gates). Fixed a wiring bug: the
type-fn site's local comptime_flat didn't include the strict flag (every type-fn
falsely reported <unknown>); strict now implies flat there too.
Swept the gap list (19 strict bails): switch_br (5, + unmasks a []Type-across-call
silent-wrong in 0114), compiler_call (6, = the BuildOptions->abi(.zig) extern
compiler migration), out (2), type_name (1), global_addr (1), interp_print_frames
(1), 2 negative-test diagnostics (1179/1180), 1 dlsym (1654). Recorded as the
deletion checklist in CHECKPOINT-COMPILER-API.md.
Phase 1.final of the flat-memory comptime VM — wire the host through it,
reach corpus parity, and gate it behind a build flag — plus the first
Phase 3 (compiler-API) step. Default OFF; legacy interpreter unchanged.
Host wiring + hardening:
- Machine accessors return error.OutOfBounds (no debug panic) on bad
addresses; Frame.get/set bounds-check and bail (no panic) on a malformed
operand ref (e.g. a ret Ref.none from an unresolved name).
- tryEval routed at both comptime call sites in emit_llvm — the const-init
fold and the #run side-effect path — with per-eval legacy fallback;
yields .void_val for void/noreturn entries. Both sites sx_trace_clear()
before the legacy fallback so a partial VM run that pushed trace frames
doesn't double-push on re-run.
VM coverage (all corpus const-inits except the inline-asm global):
- Implicit context materialized from the __sx_default_context global; the
full allocator protocol runs on the VM (context.allocator.alloc ->
call_indirect -> CAllocator thunk -> libc_malloc -> native flat malloc).
- Native libc memory builtins (malloc/calloc/free/memcpy/memmove/memset)
on flat memory; f32 stored/loaded as the 4-byte single; signed sub-64-bit
loads sign-extended; global_get (lazy + memoized); func_ref/call_indirect
(func-ref encoded fid+1, 0 reserved for null); string/slice fat-pointer
field access; is_comptime; the failable/error cluster (error_set tuples,
trace_frame + native sx_trace_push/clear -> raise/catch/or + return traces).
Build flag + Phase 3 seed:
- -Dcomptime-flat (build_opts module) OR SX_COMPTIME_FLAT env enables the VM;
zig build test -Dcomptime-flat runs the full corpus on the VM (688/0).
- intern/text_of serviced natively on flat memory via Vm.callCompilerFn
(compiler_welded boundary) — the seed the rest of the compiler-API grows on.
Parity 688/688 gate ON and OFF. Unit tests added throughout. The
lowering-time #insert wiring was explored and reverted (lowering-time IR can
be malformed; full malformed-IR hardening is a prerequisite, deferred).
Introduce the welded comptime `compiler` library (`#library "compiler"` +
`abi(.zig) extern compiler`), per design/comptime-compiler-api.md, and unify
`callconv(...)` into the new `abi(...)` annotation.
abi(...) replaces callconv(...):
- New ABI enum { default, c, zig, pure }; `abi(.c|.zig|.pure)` parses in the
postfix slot before extern/export (and standalone). `kw_callconv` -> `kw_abi`.
- Migrated 52 sx files, the call-convention-mismatch diagnostic, and docs
(readme/specs) from `callconv(.c)` to `abi(.c)`.
Phase 1 — welded compiler library (parse -> registry -> validation -> bridge):
- `abi(.zig) extern compiler` parses on fn decls (carries abi/extern_lib) and
struct decls (StructDecl.abi/extern_lib).
- `#library "compiler"` is the comptime-only internal surface — never dlopen'd.
- src/ir/compiler_lib.zig: the binding registry (the safety boundary). `Field`
welded to StructInfo.Field with layout baked from the real Zig type
(@offsetOf/@sizeOf); `findType`/`findFn`. Welded structs are layout-validated
at registration (field set + total size) as a header checked against the impl.
- Host-call bridge: a `fn abi(.zig) extern compiler` dispatches under the
comptime interp to its registered Zig handler (intern/text_of round-trip),
never dlsym. IR Function.compiler_welded; validated in declareFunction.
- Comptime-only enforcement: a runtime call to a welded fn is a clean
build-gating error (emitCall), not an undefined-symbol link failure.
Phase 2.1 — byte-layout weld foundation:
- Decision: full byte-layout weld (sx struct laid out byte-identically to the
bound Zig type). Registered StructInfo (first non-natural / Zig-reordered
layout). `computeWeldPlan` — pure offset-ordered element plan + padding +
sx-field->LLVM-element remap; unit-tested. Emit/interp wiring is the next
sub-step (2.2+, see current/CHECKPOINT-COMPILER-API.md).
Examples: 0625/0626 (welded struct + fn round-trip), 1183/1184/1185
(layout-mismatch, unexported-fn, runtime-call diagnostics).
Drive a bundled `zig` as `zig cc` for the AOT link step, supplying lld + CRT
+ libc (musl/glibc/mingw) so `sx build` produces native binaries with no host
toolchain. Default Linux output is static musl (portable-anywhere).
- src/zig_backend.zig: discover zig ($SX_ZIG / bundled-next-to-exe / PATH);
bundled-vs-PATH provenance gates auto-activation.
- src/target.zig: selectZigLinker + emitZigLinkArgv + zigTargetTriple, dispatched
before the per-OS branches; macOS/Linux/Windows in scope.
- src/ir/emit_llvm.zig: LLVMNormalizeTargetTriple so vendor-less zig triples
(e.g. x86_64-windows-gnu) parse to the correct OS/object format (COFF not ELF).
- src/main.zig: --self-contained / --no-self-contained; linux-musl, linux-musl-arm,
windows-gnu shorthands; de-vendor linux/linux-arm to match the corpus runner.
- examples/1660: Windows Win32 print-42 + exit(0) via kernel32 (ir-only off-Windows).
Auto-activates only for a bundled zig; a PATH-only zig engages under
--self-contained, so native dev/CI builds are never silently rerouted.
Docs: readme Cross-Compilation, design/bundled-zig-link-backend-design.md, current/PLAN-DIST.md.
A top-level `asm { "tmpl", };` block (template only) lowers to LLVM `module asm`;
a lib-less `extern` declaration calls into the symbols it defines (the import
direction reuses the existing C-FFI extern path — no new surface).
- ast.zig: asm_global node (AsmGlobal { template }).
- parser.zig: parseAsmGlobal, dispatched from parseTopLevel on kw_asm — rejects
`volatile` and any operands/clobbers (template only). The in-function asm
expression form stays in parsePrimary.
- module.zig: Module.global_asm list; lower/decl.zig captures each template in
lowerMainAndComptime (the real top-level pass — lowerDecls is dead for
top-level); emit_llvm.zig emit() appends each via LLVMAppendModuleInlineAsm in
source order.
- the new node forced asm_global arms in sema.zig (analyzeNode +
findNodeAtOffset) and semantic_diagnostics.zig (checkBindingNames).
Verified end-to-end: an aarch64 `_my_add` global routine, called via `extern`,
returns 42 — AOT only (the ORC JIT doesn't link module-asm symbols; global-asm
symbols live in the final linked binary). Locked with 1648-platform-asm-global
({ "aot": true, "target": "macos" } → AOT build+run on aarch64, ir-only else).
zig build test green (656 corpus, 446 unit).
lowerAsmExpr stops bailing and builds the inline_asm op: resolves each operand's
effective name (§II.5 — explicit [name] else the {reg} pin), interns
template/constraints/clobbers, lowers input Refs, derives the result TypeId
(0→void, 1→T). Adds the last deferred validation (every %[name] must name an
operand). Multi-output (N>1) bails with a named "Phase E" diagnostic.
emitInlineAsm (backend/llvm/ops.zig) ports Zig's airAssembly: assembles the LLVM
constraint string (outputs → inputs → ~{clobber}, ',' → '|'), rewrites the
template (%[name]→${N}, %%→%, $→$$, %=→${:uid}), then LLVMGetInlineAsm +
LLVMBuildCall2 (AT&T dialect). Dispatch wired in emit_llvm.zig (replacing the C.0
@panic tripwire).
inferType gains an .asm_expr arm (expr_typer.zig) so a bare `x := asm {…-> T}`
binding types correctly — without it the binding inferred .unresolved and
silently produced 0.
llvm_shim.c: LLVMInitializeNativeAsmParser() — the JIT must assemble inline asm
at run time.
Verified end-to-end on the aarch64 host: `mov`/`add` with register-class inputs
and a value output run (exit 42/99), `nop volatile` runs (exit 0). IR is
textbook: `call i64 asm "add ${0},${1},${2}", "=r,r,r"(…)`.
Locked with 1645 (aarch64 add, runs; ir-only on non-aarch64) + 1646 (:= binding).
Updated 1640 (now Phase-E bail) + 1642 (now runs).
zig build test green (654 corpus, 446 unit).
Adds the `inline_asm: InlineAsm` opcode to the IR Op union (inst.zig): interned
template + operand list (role/name/constraint/operand) + interned clobber names
+ has_side_effects; the result rides on Inst.ty (void / scalar / tuple).
The new variant forces coverage in the exhaustive Op switches:
- interp.zig: loud bailDetail — inline asm is never comptime-evaluable.
- print.zig: an IR-dump arm.
- emit_llvm.zig: a @panic TRIPWIRE — emit lands in Phase D, and until then
lowerAsmExpr still bails, so no inline_asm op is ever created. Reaching emit
would mean lowering switched over before emit was ready; crash loudly rather
than miscompile.
No behavior change: lowering still bails, the op is constructed only in the new
`inline_asm op shape` unit test (inst.test.zig).
zig build test green (652 corpus, 446 unit).
Reword every 'foreign' comment to the extern/runtime-class vocabulary matching the
renamed identifiers (foreign call→extern call, foreign class→runtime class, foreign
path→runtime path, the #foreign-literal comment mentions → extern, etc.). Also fixes
two USER-FACING issues: the 'expected … #foreign … after type annotation' parse error
no longer advertises the removed keyword, and the Android 'no #jni_main' help
diagnostic now shows '#jni_class(…) extern' instead of the rejected '#foreign
#jni_class'. Removed the now-dead prefix-#foreign-vs-postfix conflict branch in
parseRuntimeClassDecl (the caller rejects #foreign before it runs).
src/ now contains 'foreign' ONLY in the hash_foreign token machinery + its 4
rejection messages — the deprecation mechanism (kept per the 9.0 recommendation; the
message MUST name #foreign to guide migration). Snapshot-neutral; suite green
(646 corpus / 444 unit, 0 failed).
Mechanical src/ rename of the linkage-family identifiers whose extern_* target is
collision-free: callForeign→callExtern, marshalForeignArg→marshalExternArg,
dedupeForeignSymbol→dedupeExternSymbol, foreign_name_map→extern_name_map,
is_foreign_c_api→is_extern_c_api. Snapshot-neutral (internal only); suite green
(646 corpus / 444 unit, 0 failed).
Deferred (need per-site analysis — target name already exists): is_foreign↔is_extern
(38 existing), foreign_lib/foreign_name↔extern_lib/extern_name (15/16 existing),
foreign_expr (still built by c_import.zig auto-synthesis). Runtime-class family
(ForeignClassDecl etc. → Runtime*, Decision 5) is Phase 9.2.
`zig build test` now runs the full examples/ + issues/ regression corpus
alongside the Zig unit tests, driven by a pure-Zig test
(src/corpus_run.test.zig) — no shell script in the build path. It spawns
the installed `sx` per example (subprocess-isolated, per-run timeout),
diffs stdout/stderr/exit and optional `sx ir` snapshots, and fails the
build on any mismatch. The file list is enumerated at runtime, so new
examples are covered with no test edit.
- `sx ir` / `ir-dump` now write to stdout (fd 1) instead of stderr, so
the dumps can be piped/redirected.
- `zig build test -Dupdate-goldens` regenerates snapshots in-build,
byte-identical to the legacy `run_examples.sh --update`; on mismatch
the runner prints how to regenerate.
- run_examples.sh kept (still used by tools/verify-step.sh) and made
portable to a bare macOS: timeout/gtimeout fallback, bash 3.2-safe
empty-array handling.
- CLAUDE.md: document the new workflow.
Two genuine defects behind the 0128 filing (whose original repros were
both poisoned by binding getenv, which std already declares -> *u8):
1. Re-declaring a C symbol was silent first-wins: every call through
the later declaration was typed by the older signature. Foreign
registration now dedupes — equal signatures share one FuncId,
conflicting ones are diagnosed.
2. Foreign -> string / -> ?string returns read garbage: C returns one
char*, but the LLVM signature declared the fat {ptr,i64} (len =
register garbage), and ?string was mis-declared SRET (the hidden
out-pointer landed in the callee's first arg register). cstrRetKind
now classifies such returns, declares them as plain ptr (never
sret), and the call site synthesizes {ptr, strlen} via a
branch-guarded strlen (NULL -> {null,0} / optional null), wrapping
{string, i1} for ?string.
?[:0]u8 itself resolves fine (it is ?string); the spelling works in
return, param, local, and alias positions.
Regression: examples/1221 (plain + optional non-null + NULL paths) and
examples/1172 (conflict diagnostic); both FAIL pre-fix. The extern
dedupe collapses duplicate libc decls, so affected .ir snapshots were
regenerated. zig build test 426/426; run_examples 602/602;
distribution suite 21/21.
Surface rename of the signed integer family: s1..s64 become i1..i64
(u1..u64, usize, isize unchanged). 'string' keeps the s-prefix arm in
name classification; width parsing moves to the i-prefix arm next to
isize.
Internal TypeId tags follow the surface (.s8/.s16/.s32/.s64 ->
.i8/.i16/.i32/.i64), as do mono-key mangle fragments (ptr_i64,
tu_i64_bool) and all display/diagnostic formatting (i{d}).
Migrated in the same sweep: stdlib + examples + issue repros + FFI C
companions (shared symbol names like ffi_id_i64), expected
stdout/stderr/ir snapshots, specs.md, readme.md, CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md,
implementation_plan.md, docs/, issue writeups. Vendored stb_image and
historical flow state left untouched.
zig build test: 426/426; examples suite: 595/595.
K : [4]s64 : .[...] and the untyped A :: .[1, 2, 3] register as
is_const globals: one storage, reads GEP it, dead-global elimination
drops unused ones, source-aware reads come free via selectGlobalAuthor.
- registerConstArrayGlobal (scanDecls pass 2): typed via the annotation
(array-ness + dimension/count checked), untyped via element-type
unification — all ints s64; ANY float promotes the element type to
f64 with ints converting exactly; bool/string homogeneous; a
non-numeric mix or non-inferable element asks for an annotation.
- constExprValue converts int elements into float destinations exactly
(the int+float promotion rule, element-wise).
- emitGlobals marks is_const globals LLVMSetGlobalConstant — also flips
the comptime-backed #run globals and __sx_default_context to
'constant' (37 pinned IR snapshots regenerated; runtime unchanged).
- Element shapes: nested arrays, struct elements, strings, bools.
Non-constant elements / dim mismatch / mixed types diagnose loudly.
Examples: 0177 (feature matrix incl. @K reads through *[4]s64 — needs
the 0117 fix), 1159/1160/1161 (diagnostics), 0837 repointed to values.
With 0115's own-wins globals landed, the remaining tail modules join
std.sx: every '#import "modules/std.sx"' now carries mem/xml/log/fs/
process/socket/json/cli/hash/test as namespaces (trace stays a direct
import).
Enablers in the same change:
- emit: dead-global elimination — a plain-data global no instruction
references is not emitted, so tail modules' data (hash's 64-entry K
table, OS/ARCH/POINTER_SIZE) stays out of binaries that don't use it.
Comptime-backed globals keep their #run evaluation. 37 pinned IR
snapshots regenerated (dead globals dropped + string renumbering from
the larger module).
- 1055/1056 stop pinning the global error-tag ordinal (it shifts with
program composition); they assert nonzero + tag identity + name.
- specs/readme/CLAUDE.md tail docs updated.
try foo() catch (e) { } // legal
try foo() catch e { } // parse error with a migration hint
Same capture style as the for-loop. All four catch shapes keep working
with the parenthesized binding — block, bare-expression body, and the
== match sugar — and the no-binding forms are unchanged. onfail follows
the same rule (onfail (e) { }); its expression-cleanup form is
disambiguated by the paren-group-before-brace lookahead, so
onfail (f()); stays an expression cleanup.
AST unchanged; the printer renders the parens; the #run escape help
text updated. Corpus migrated (57 catch + 3 onfail bindings, in-source
parser test strings, specs incl. grammar rules, readme untouched —
no catch examples there).
Regression: examples/1157-diagnostics-catch-binding-needs-parens.sx;
re-captured stderr for 1010/1013/1037/1123 (migrated source echoed in
carets + help text).
An alloca built at its use site re-executes on every pass through that
block, and LLVM reclaims allocas only at ret — so loop-body locals,
nested-loop index slots, and emitter spill temps (ig.tmp, sret slots, ABI
coercion temps, byval materialization) grew the stack per iteration and
long loops segfaulted on stack exhaustion.
New LLVMEmitter.buildEntryAlloca inserts after existing entry-block
allocas and restores the builder position; every LLVMBuildAlloca site
reachable during instruction emission now routes through it.
Initialization stores stay at the use site (per-iteration re-init is
unchanged), and entry slots become mem2reg-promotable. The 35 .ir
snapshot diffs are pure alloca position moves (type multisets verified
identical per file).
Regression: examples/0047-basic-loop-local-stack-reuse.sx (segfaulted
pre-fix on both the 1M-iteration body-local loop and the 3M-iteration
nested loop).
Sweep all src/**.zig comments that cite resolved issues (issue NNNN /
fix-NNNN / KB-N): the invariant or mechanism each comment states is
kept; the historical citation is dropped, per the no-conclusion-comments
rule. Pure-history parentheticals are removed outright. References to
the 16 still-open issues (0030, 0041-0056) are untouched, as are test
NAMES carrying regression provenance (matching the sanctioned
"Regression (issue NNNN)" example-header convention).
Also removes the issues/0019-import-non-transitive-c-scope/ fixture dir
— the issue is superseded and its behavior is covered by
examples/0706-modules-import-non-transitive.sx (the .md writeup stays).
issues/0030's repro .sx stays: that issue is an open feature request.
Gate: zig build OK; zig build test 426/426; run_examples 541/0; zero
expected/ snapshot churn.
`any_to_string` runs `type := type_of(val)`; for an `.any` operand
`type_of` lowers to `struct_get(val, 0)` to read the Any's tag. At
runtime a first-class Type value is the aggregate `{ tag=.any, value=tid }`
so the read succeeds, but the comptime interpreter stores a Type as a bare
`.type_tag(tid)` and the comptime `struct_get` arm had no case for it — it
raised `CannotEvalComptime`, which `runComptimeSideEffects` swallowed into
`void_val`, truncating the `#run` while still building with exit 0.
- interp.zig: comptime `struct_get` handles a `.type_tag(tid)` base by
mirroring the runtime Any-Type layout (field 0 -> `.any` tag, field 1 ->
the type id), so `type_of` of an Any-held Type evaluates as it does at
runtime and execution continues.
- emit_llvm.zig: `runComptimeSideEffects` no longer swallows a side-effect
bail; it prints a loud diagnostic and sets `comptime_failed`
(-> error.ComptimeError, non-zero exit), matching the const-init path.
A truncated `#run` can no longer ship a successful build.
Regression: examples/0613-comptime-print-any-type.sx (all five lines print,
exit 0). Resolves issue 0096.
Resolves issue 0090. The `{}` integer formatter mis-rendered both ends of
the 64-bit range:
- `int_to_string` computed the magnitude as `0 - n`, which overflows for
`s64::MIN` (its magnitude is unrepresentable as a positive s64) — the
value stayed negative, the digit loop ran zero times, so only `-`
printed. It now extracts digits straight from `n` (per-digit
`|n % 10|`, `n` truncating toward zero), never negating MIN.
- `any_to_string`'s `case int:` formatted every integer as s64, so a u64
all-ones value printed as `-1`. There was no `uint` type-category to
distinguish signedness. Added an additive `type_is_unsigned(T)`
reflection builtin (static fold + dynamic interp/LLVM paths, mirroring
`type_name`), backed by the new `TypeTable.isUnsignedInt` predicate, and
a `uint_to_string` formatter (unsigned decimal via long-division over
four 16-bit limbs). `case int:` routes through `type_is_unsigned(type)`.
The 16-bit-limb split is factored into a shared `decompose_u16x4`, now
reused by `int_to_hex_string` (no second unsigned-math routine).
Regression: examples/0046-basic-int-formatter-extremes pins both extremes
plus a width spread; unit tests cover `isUnsignedInt`. Docs (specs.md
representation note, readme std API) updated for unsigned/extreme `{}`
behavior. IR snapshots refreshed for the two new std functions.
The global-init constant serializers in emit_llvm.zig printed a diagnostic
on an unserializable value and then RETURNED an undef/null placeholder and
CONTINUED emitting. For a comptime `#run` global that yields a function
reference (`fp :: #run pick();` where pick returns a function), the build
fell through to the JIT and segfaulted calling through the undef pointer
(exit 134) — a silent miscompile dressed up as a printed error.
Route every genuine bail in the serialization family through a new
`failGlobalInit` helper: it sets `comptime_failed` (so core.generateCode
aborts with a non-zero exit after emit()) and returns an undef placeholder
that never ships, because the halt fires before object emission / JIT. This
covers the comptime func_ref leaf, the require_resolved aggregate func_ref
leaf, the top-level + vtable func_ref globals, the comptime-init catch, and
the remaining heap-walk / aggregate-shape bails. Unresolved-function
diagnostics now name the function instead of its (stdlib-unstable) IR index.
The require_resolved=false Pass-0 placeholder is unchanged (func_map is
empty until Pass 1; the aggregate is re-emitted with require_resolved=true).
Regression: examples/1128-diagnostics-comptime-global-funcref-rejected.sx —
a `#run` global returning a function ref now exits 1 with the diagnostic
(was: exit 134 segfault). Fail-before/pass-after verified.
A module-global initialized with an enum literal silently zero-initialized
to the first tag (`chosen : Color = .green` read back as `.red`), and an
enum tag inside a global array/struct was rejected as non-constant. The
constant serializer had no enum-literal arm.
Add `Lowering.constEnumLiteral`: serialize an enum literal to a
`ConstantValue.int` holding the variant's tag value, resolved against the
destination enum type and respecting explicit variant values; the global's
type drives the backing width at emit time. Wired into `globalInitValue`
(scalar global) and `constExprValue` (array element / struct field / nested
aggregate). A non-enum destination or unknown variant is diagnosed loudly,
never silently zero-initialized. The compiler-injected OS/ARCH globals now
serialize to their real `.unknown` tag (6 / 4); runtime reads are unchanged
(they resolve through comptime_constants), so only the static initializer in
the pinned .ir snapshots changes.
Remove the silent `func_ref => orelse LLVMConstNull` fallbacks in the LLVM
constant emitters: aggregate func_ref leaves carry a `require_resolved` flag
(transient null in Pass 0, loud diagnostic if still unresolved in the
Pass-1.5 re-emit), a top-level func_ref global is resolved in
initVtableGlobals, and the comptime (#run) path bails loudly instead of
emitting a null function pointer.
Regression: examples/0139-types-global-enum-literal-init.sx (scalar, array,
struct field, explicit-value enum u16 stride, struct-array with enum field);
negative: examples/1127-diagnostics-global-enum-literal-bad-variant.sx.
Mark issue 0082 RESOLVED.
A module-global aggregate initializer rejected a `null` literal in a
pointer (or optional-pointer) field as "must be initialized by a
compile-time constant". `Lowering.constExprValue` had no `.null_literal`
arm, so the null leaf returned no constant and the whole aggregate looked
non-constant — even though `null` is the compile-time zero pointer (a
top-level scalar `p : *s64 = null;` already serialized fine).
Add `.null_literal => .null_val` to constExprValue. While here, make the
two LLVM constant emitters exhaustive: emitConstAggregate and the
top-level init_val switch in emit_llvm.zig previously ended in a silent
`else => LLVMConstNull(...)` catch-all (the silent-arm class CLAUDE.md
mandates rooting out). They now handle every ConstantValue tag explicitly
(.null_val/.zeroinit -> all-zero constant, .undef -> LLVMGetUndef,
.func_ref resolved, nested .vtable is a hard @panic tripwire). The
reject-loud path for genuinely non-constant fields is preserved.
Regression: examples/0138 (array-of-struct null ptr fields, array of
all-null pointers, nested struct-in-struct null ptr) and the negative
examples/1126 (null ptr field beside a non-const field still errors).
Fail-before/pass-after verified.
A string `==`/`!=` used as an operand of a short-circuit `and`/`or` emitted
invalid LLVM (`PHI node entries do not match predecessors!`). String compares
expand into their own memcmp sub-CFG during LLVM emission, so the operand
finishes in a later basic block (`str.merge`) than the one the IR block
started in. `fixupPhiNodes` wired the short-circuit merge PHI's incoming edge
to `block_map[ir_block]` (the block the IR block started as), recording a
stale predecessor (`%entry`/`%and.rhs.0`).
Fix: record the builder's actual insertion block after emitting each IR
block's instructions (`term_block_map`, via `LLVMGetInsertBlock`) and use it
as the PHI predecessor. General — corrects the incoming block for any operand
that emitted intermediate basic blocks (string `==`, value `match`, …), not
just string `==`.
Regression: examples/0045-basic-string-eq-short-circuit.sx (string `==` on
both sides of `and` and of `or`, plus a match-value + enum-payload `==` shape).
Fails (LLVM abort) pre-fix, passes after.
The `type_name` / `type_eq` reflection builtins resolved their Type arg's IR
type via `getRefIRType(...) orelse TypeId.s64`, then gated `== .any`. A failed
must-succeed lookup silently became `.s64` (`!= .any`), classifying a boxed
`Any` arg as bare i64 and reading the wrong value with no diagnostic.
Add the sibling classifier `LLVMEmitter.reflectArgRepr`, which routes the
lookup through `argIRTypeOrFail` (the issue-0074 `.unresolved` resolver) and
returns `{ boxed, bare, unresolved }`. The three emit sites in ops.zig
(`type_name` + `type_eq` x2) now switch on it: `.boxed` extracts the Any value
field, `.bare` uses the value directly, `.unresolved` hits a hard `@panic`
tripwire — never silently treated as bare. Real args always resolve, so the
happy path is byte-identical (suite stays 361/0, zero snapshot churn).
Secondary `lower.zig` `null_literal`/`undef_literal => target_type orelse .void`
confirmed intentional (typeless-literal default deliberately handled by
emitConstNull/emitConstUndef as null-ptr / undef-i64) — left with an invariant
comment, not the `.unresolved` tripwire.
Regression test in emit_llvm.test.zig asserts the loud path: fail-before with
`orelse .s64` yields `.bare`; pass-after yields `.unresolved`.
Four FFI call-arg lowering sites resolved an argument's IR type via
`getRefIRType(arg_ref) orelse .void` — a silent fallback to the load-bearing
real type `.void`. A failed lookup there is a codegen invariant violation, but
`.void` is treated by downstream `toLLVMType` → `abiCoerceParamType` →
`coerceArg` as a legitimate void-typed foreign argument, corrupting the call
ABI with no diagnostic.
Add one shared resolver `LLVMEmitter.argIRTypeOrFail` that returns the
dedicated `.unresolved` sentinel on a failed lookup — never `.void`/`.s64` — so
the failure cannot masquerade as a real type and trips `toLLVMType`'s existing
hard `@panic` tripwire at the call site. Route all four sites through it:
- src/ir/emit_llvm.zig JNI constructor (NewObject) arg loop
- src/backend/llvm/ops.zig objc_msgSend arg loop
- src/backend/llvm/ops.zig JNI non-virtual call arg loop
- src/backend/llvm/ops.zig JNI Call<Type>Method arg loop
Happy path is byte-identical (every real arg already has a resolved type); FFI
examples stay green with zero snapshot churn.
Regression test (fail-before/pass-after) in src/ir/emit_llvm.test.zig asserts an
unresolvable FFI arg ref now yields `.unresolved`, not the old silent `.void`.
Move the final inline emitInst handler groups (terminators, box/unbox-Any,
reflection, switch-branch, closure-creation, vector, block-param, misc) into
the Ops facade in src/backend/llvm/ops.zig. emitInst is now pure dispatch:
every arm delegates to self.ops().*, leaving only setInstDebugLocation plus
one-line delegations.
Widen the shared infra the moved bodies reach (emitFailableMainRet, getBlock,
anyTag, isSignedTypeEx, coerceToI64/coerceToI64Signed/coerceFromI64,
emitFieldValueGet) to pub on LLVMEmitter; helper and ref-tracking sections
stay put. Pure relocation: emitted LLVM IR byte-identical, zero snapshot churn.
Relocate the struct, enum, union, array/slice, tuple, and optional
opcode handler bodies out of emitInst into the existing Ops facade.
Each moved arm now delegates via self.ops().emit<Op>(...); shared infra
stays on LLVMEmitter, with resolveAggregate/resolveGepStructType widened
to pub as the GEP handlers require. Pure relocation, behavior-preserving:
zero snapshot churn (361/0).
Relocate the Calls (objc_msg_send / jni_msg_send / call / call_indirect)
and Call-extensions (call_builtin / compiler_call / call_closure) emitInst
handler groups out of emit_llvm.zig into the existing Ops facade. Each
emitInst arm now delegates via self.ops().emit<Op>(...). Behavior-preserving
pure relocation; emitted LLVM IR is byte-identical (361/0 examples, no
snapshot churn).
Shared call infra stays on LLVMEmitter, widened pub only as the moved
bodies require: extractSlicePtr, loadJniFn, getObjcMsgSendValue, the math
F32/F64 declarators + types, getOrDeclareWrite/getWriteType, ffiCtors,
materializeByvalArg, emitCStringGlobal, emitJniConstructor, and the Jni
slot-offset constants. emitJniConstructor remains in emit_llvm.zig (A7.3
decision); the moved jni arm calls it via self.e.emitJniConstructor(...).
Relocate the `// ── Memory ──`, `// ── Globals ──`, `// ── Conversions ──`,
and `// ── Pointer ops ──` opcode handler bodies out of `emitInst` in
src/ir/emit_llvm.zig into the existing `Ops` facade in
src/backend/llvm/ops.zig. Each `emitInst` arm now delegates via
`self.ops().emit<Op>(...)`. Widen `emitConversion`, `coerceArg`, and
`getRefIRType` to `pub` (the only helpers the moved bodies call).
Pure relocation: zero snapshot churn.
Move the Constants/Arithmetic/Bitwise/Comparisons/Logical opcode handler
bodies out of emitInst into a new Ops facade in src/backend/llvm/ops.zig.
emitInst's scalar arms now delegate via self.ops().*; the shared infra they
call (mapRef/resolveRef/matchBinOpTypes/emitCmp/emitCmpOrdered/emitStrCmp/
emitStringConstant/reflection + isFloatOrVecFloat/isSignedType) stays on
LLVMEmitter, widened to pub as needed. Pure relocation: zero snapshot churn.
Move getOrCreateJniSlots (the cls/methodid slot-cache builder) out of
emit_llvm.zig into the FfiCtors backend *LLVMEmitter facade. Behavior-preserving
— self.* -> self.e.* only.
- FfiCtors gains getOrCreateJniSlots (pub). The jni_slots cache + mangleJniKey
stay on LLVMEmitter; mangleJniKey is widened to pub (the facade calls it back,
like lazyDeclareCRuntime/emitPrivateCString), and JniSlotPair is widened to pub
(the facade returns it; the call site consumes it). 1 call site routed via
ffiCtors().
- emitJniConstructor intentionally NOT moved in this slice: it is emission-heavy
(resolveRef/mapRef/coerceArg/getRefIRType/extractSlicePtr/loadJniFn/
emitCStringGlobal — 100+ internal callers for the first two), so relocating it
would pub-expose the emitter's core value-emission machinery. Consistent with
A7.2 keeping emitFieldValueGet in emit_llvm.zig. Pending an explicit decision.
Gate: zig build, zig build test, bash tests/run_examples.sh -> 361/0
(JNI anchors 1402/1408/1418/1425 green, no churn).
Move the DWARF debug-info emission out of emit_llvm.zig into a DebugInfo backend
*LLVMEmitter facade (field `e`). Behavior-preserving relocation — self.* ->
self.e.* only.
- src/backend/llvm/debug.zig (DebugInfo): debugEnabled + diFileFor (private) +
initDebugInfo / beginFunctionDebug / endFunctionDebug / setInstDebugLocation /
finalizeDebugInfo (pub). The mutable DI state (di_builder/di_cu/di_files/
di_scope/current_func_file) + the shared source map (import_sources/main_file)
stay on LLVMEmitter; the facade reads/writes them via self.e.*.
- Routed the 5 pass-order call sites in LLVMEmitter.emit (init/finalize/
begin/end/setInstDebugLocation) through a new debugInfo() accessor.
- setDebugContext stays on LLVMEmitter (shared-state setter; callers in main.zig/
core.zig/test). sourceForFile stays on LLVMEmitter and is widened to pub — it is
shared with reflection's trace-frame emission (emitTraceFrame), not debug-only.
- No DI logic / module-flag / DWARF-version / scope-line change.
Gate: zig build, zig build test, bash tests/run_examples.sh -> 361/0 (no churn).
Move the LLVM type-mapping and C-ABI coercion helpers out of emit_llvm.zig into
the first src/backend/llvm/ modules. Behavior-preserving relocation — the only
rewrites are module plumbing and self.* -> self.e.* facade access.
- src/backend/llvm/types.zig (TypeLowering): toLLVMType + toLLVMTypeInfo.
- src/backend/llvm/abi.zig (AbiLowering): abiCoerceParamType / abiCoerceParamTypeEx
/ needsByval / materializeByvalArg.
- Both are backend *LLVMEmitter facades (field `e`) — the backend analogue of the
IR-side *Lowering facades, NOT a *Lowering facade. They reach the cached LLVM
handles, IR type table, module data layout, builder, and the memoizing
composite-type getters via self.e.*.
- LLVMEmitter stays the facade: toLLVMType (~97 callers) + abiCoerceParamType /
abiCoerceParamTypeEx / needsByval / materializeByvalArg kept as thin wrappers
delegating through new typeLowering()/abiLowering() accessors. Zero caller
churn. toLLVMTypeInfo deleted (sole caller moved).
- Widened getStringStructType / getAnyStructType / getClosureStructType to pub
(the moved toLLVMTypeInfo calls them back; their memoization stays on
LLVMEmitter). verifySizes stays in emit_llvm.zig (size-assertion pass, not type/
ABI lowering). No ABI/type logic, branch order, diagnostic text, or snapshot
changed. Circular import (emit_llvm <-> backend/llvm) resolves via the pointer
facade.
Gate: zig build, zig build test, bash tests/run_examples.sh -> 361/0
(1202 .ir + the 2 ABI unit tests unchanged, no churn).
Test-first scaffolding for LLVM backend modularization (Phase A7.1) before the
type/ABI helpers move into src/backend/llvm/{types,abi}.zig. Visibility-only
change to the targets — no behavior change. Closes the ARCH-SAFETY "no generic
ABI snapshot" gap.
- 2 new emit_llvm.test.zig tests:
- abiCoerceParamType across every C-ABI size bucket: <=8 -> i64, 9-16 ->
[2 x i64], >16 -> ptr, HFA (all-float/all-double, <=4 fields) -> unchanged,
string -> ptr, slice -> ptr, scalar -> unchanged. Built via a local
internStruct helper (field slice in the module arena -> no testing-allocator
leak); asserts against emitter.cached_* + LLVMArrayType2.
- needsByval: true only for >16-byte non-HFA struct; false for <=16 / HFA /
string / slice / non-struct.
- 1 new .ir snapshot: 1202-ffi-cc-c-large-aggregate (the canonical callconv(.c)
>16-byte byval example that directly documents abiCoerceParamType) — pins the
byval param path end-to-end (5 byval + entry reload + 2 sret from Arena.init).
Path-free + idempotent (verified across two captures). Suite count unchanged
(snapshot added to an existing example).
- Widened abiCoerceParamType + needsByval to pub (visibility only;
abiCoerceParamTypeEx/materializeByvalArg/verifySizes stay private — move with
callers in sub-step 2). No logic touched.
- Recorded the A7.1 coverage inventory + residual gaps (wasm32 usize->i32 branch,
fn-ptr large-aggregate 1203/1204) in ARCH-SAFETY.md.
Gate: zig build, zig build test, bash tests/run_examples.sh -> 361/0 (no churn
beyond the new 1202 .ir).
