An identifier used in a type position that resolved to nothing fell through
to `type_bridge.resolveTypeName`'s empty-struct-stub fallback, silently
interning a 0-field struct named after the identifier. A value parameter
mistakenly used as a type (`(T: Type, ...) -> T`, missing the `$`) or a
typo'd type name therefore compiled and ran, rendering as `T{}`.
New post-scan diagnostic pass `checkUnknownTypeNames` (lower.zig Pass 1f)
walks every main-file function signature and non-generic struct field type
and rejects any leaf name that is not a primitive, an in-scope generic param
(`$T` / `type_params`), a declared type, or a real (non-stub) registered
type. The load-bearing empty-struct stub is left intact — forward references
and foreign-class opaque types still depend on it during the scan — and the
pass runs before body lowering, so `hasErrors()` halts the build before any
stub reaches codegen.
A value param used as a type gets a tailored hint to write `$T: Type`; a
genuine unknown gets "unknown type 'X'". Imported concrete types are
recognized via the type table, and inline compound spellings (`[:0]u8`),
arbitrary-width ints (`u1`/`u2`), and `$`-introduced generics (`-> $R`) are
exempted to avoid false positives.
Regressions: examples/1111 (tailored hint) + 1112 (typo'd field type).
Generic value-carrying failable composition works with the documented
$T: Type generic form (catch / destructure / failure-propagation / a
second monomorphization at a different T). Issue 0062 was an invalid-repro
report — it used the non-generic T: type form, which is a plain Type-valued
param, not a generic type parameter. Marked 0062 resolved (not a bug).
The only real residual: a non-$ T: Type function param used as a type
silently resolves to an empty {} (renders T{}) instead of erroring. Filed
as 0064 (deferred, orthogonal to ERR — the $T idiom works).
Regression: 1044-errors-generic-failable-composition.sx.