In type position, parentheses now mirror value position: (T) (a single
unnamed element, no trailing comma) is a GROUPING that resolves to the
inner type; (T,) is a 1-tuple; (A, B) a 2-tuple; named (x: T) and spread
(..Ts) stay tuples; (...) -> R stays a function type. This lets a
closure/optional/function type be parenthesized for readability without
silently becoming a 1-tuple:
[1](Closure(i64,i64) -> i64) // array of closures (issue 0177) -> 7
?(?i64) // genuine nested optional (issue 0165 intent)
Parser: src/parser.zig returns the inner node for a single unnamed
non-spread no-trailing-comma parenthesized type. formatTypeName (both
generic.zig diagnostics + types.zig reflection) now render a 1-tuple as
(T,) so the spelling is unambiguous and diagnostics are self-consistent.
The 0165 coerce/stmt note reworded accordingly.
specs.md §Type Syntax updated; basic/0036 wrap return -> (i64,); obsolete
diagnostic 1195 removed (?(?i64) now compiles); regression
examples/types/0201-types-parenthesized-type-grouping.sx added; 0414 .ir
golden regenerated for the (T,) rendering. Resolves 0177; updates
0165/0170. Verified by 3 adversarial reviews; suite 792/0.
items is now a []T slice whose .len IS the live element count (cap = allocated
capacity), so a List iterates directly: `for xs.items (e) { ... }`. A
`len :: (self) -> i64 #get => items.len` accessor keeps `xs.len` reads working;
`.len` WRITES become `.items.len`. List stays 24 bytes (`[]T`=16 + cap=8).
- list.sx: append/ensure_capacity/deinit rewritten for the slice backing. deinit
guards the free on `cap > 0` (true ownership) and resets via explicit
ptr=null/len=0 (a `.{}` slice assignment yields a garbage len; `.[]` is the
empty-slice literal but can't be assigned to a generic []T — both worked around).
- Compiler coupling updated: comptime_vm makeStringList/readStringList write/read
items as a {ptr,len} fat pointer at field 0 + cap at field 1; control_flow
listView views an `items: []T` slice (keeps the legacy {[*]T,len} shape too).
- Migrated List `.len` writes to `.items.len` in sched.sx + ui/{render,pipeline,
glyph_cache} + platform/{sdl3,android,uikit}.
- Snapshots: List's type-table layout changed → ~40 .ir + memory/0800 (items now
prints as a slice) regenerated; diagnostics/1183 retargeted to a genuine
many-pointer (xs.items is a slice now). Example memory/0840 locks for-each.
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.
