The Optional->Concrete unwrap classify rule treated ?i64 -> bool as
unwrap+narrow (both builtin), silently yielding false for every optional
(present or null). specs.md defines no implicit optional->bool
conversion. Reject it: conversions.zig adds an optional_to_bool_reject
plan (dst == bool, child != bool); coerce.zig emits a located diagnostic
suggesting '!= null'. Covers arg/field-init/return via the shared
coerceMode. The if-opt presence test (issue 0164) is a separate path,
untouched.
Regression: examples/diagnostics/1199-diagnostics-optional-to-bool.sx +
conversions.test.zig unit test. Verified by 3 adversarial reviews, suite
789/0. Filed adjacent issue 0179 (whole implicit ?T->concrete unwrap
family silently miscompiles a null optional; design-touching).
lowerIfExpr emitted optional_has_value only for the binding form; a bare
'if opt' passed the raw {T,i1} aggregate to condBr, where emitCondBr's
catch-all struct arm silently folded it to 'i1 true' (structs always
truthy) — a silent miscompile that took the present-branch for null
optionals. while / and / or shared the same defect.
Reduce bindingless optional conditions to optional_has_value in
lowerIfExpr/lowerWhile and via a new lowerBoolCondition helper for and/or
operands. Replace the silent-true emitCondBr arm with a lowering-time
diagnostic (checkConditionType/isValidConditionType) rejecting conditions
whose type isn't bool/integer/pointer/optional; the backend @panic is now
an unreachable tripwire.
Regressions: examples/optionals/0908..0910 + diagnostics/1194 (negative).
Verified by 3+3 adversarial reviews.
Filed adjacent bugs found during review: 0168 (array-of-optionals element
load), 0169 (optional->bool coercion), 0170 (closure-optional layout).
