// The compiler-coupled prelude primitives: #builtin declarations, the libc // escape hatch, and the types the compiler resolves by NAME program-wide // (`Context`, `Allocator`, `Into`, `Source_Location`, `string`). Consumers // never import this file directly — std.sx re-exports every name here. Vector :: ($N: int, $T: Type) -> Type #builtin; // The C library, declared HERE because core.sx owns the libc escape hatches // (`libc_write`/`libc_malloc`/`libc_free`/`memcpy`/`memset` below). `#library` // constants are program-global and dedup, so this is harmless when other std // modules (socket/fs/cli) also declare it — and it makes core.sx (hence // list.sx, which imports core for `Allocator`/`List`) self-contained, so they // can be imported without assembling the whole std prelude. libc :: #library "c"; // `out` writes a string straight to fd 1 via libc `write` — a plain sx function, // NOT a compiler builtin. At comptime it runs through the evaluator's host-FFI // escape (the VM's dlsym path / the interp's extern call); at runtime it's an // ordinary libc call. `libc_write` is the raw escape hatch (cf. libc_malloc/free). libc_write :: (fd: i32, buf: [*]u8, count: usize) -> isize extern libc "write"; out :: (str: string) -> void { libc_write(1, str.ptr, xx str.len); } // sqrt :: (x: $T) -> T #builtin; // sin :: (x: $T) -> T #builtin; // cos :: (x: $T) -> T #builtin; size_of :: ($T: Type) -> i64 #builtin; align_of :: ($T: Type) -> i64 #builtin; // Low-level libc bindings, used by allocator implementations to avoid // recursing through `context.allocator`. The bare `malloc`/`free` // spellings are NOT declared: the Allocator protocol + the std/mem.sx // helpers are the allocation surface (`free` is the typed slice helper // there). Raw libc escape hatch: `libc_malloc` / `libc_free`. libc_malloc :: (size: i64) -> *void extern libc "malloc"; libc_free :: (ptr: *void) -> void extern libc "free"; memcpy :: (dst: *void, src: *void, size: i64) -> *void extern libc "memcpy"; memset :: (dst: *void, val: i64, size: i64) -> void extern libc "memset"; type_of :: (val: $T) -> Type #builtin; type_name :: ($T: Type) -> string #builtin; field_count :: ($T: Type) -> i64 #builtin; field_name :: ($T: Type, idx: i64) -> string #builtin; // The target type of a pointer: `pointee(*X)` -> `X`. Comptime reflection, // folded at lower time like `field_type` (so it composes in any type-arg slot). // A non-pointer argument is a loud compile error, not a silent fallthrough. pointee :: ($P: Type) -> Type #builtin; field_value :: (s: $T, idx: i64) -> Any #builtin; is_flags :: ($T: Type) -> bool #builtin; type_is_unsigned :: ($T: Type) -> bool #builtin; field_value_int :: ($T: Type, idx: i64) -> i64 #builtin; field_index :: ($T: Type, val: T) -> i64 #builtin; error_tag_name :: (e: $T) -> string #builtin; // Comptime type metaprogramming (`declare` / `define` / `type_info` / // `field_type`) lives in the on-demand `modules/std/meta.sx`, NOT here — // declaring its data types in the always-loaded prelude would intern them into // every module's type table and shift every `.ir` snapshot. Import // `modules/std/meta.sx` to construct or reflect types at comptime. // Call-site location, synthesized by the `#caller_location` directive when it // is a parameter's default value (ERR E4.1b). `process.exit` / `assert` use it // to report where they were invoked. Source_Location :: struct { file: string; line: i32; col: i32; func: string; } string :: []u8 #builtin; // --- Allocator protocol (impls live in std/mem.sx) --- // Bytes-level primitives carry the `_bytes` suffix so the typed // helpers in std/mem.sx own the bare names (`alloc(T, n)`, `free(s)`). Allocator :: protocol #inline { alloc_bytes :: (self: *Self, size: i64) -> *void; dealloc_bytes :: (self: *Self, ptr: *void); } // --- Io capability protocol (impls live in std/io.sx) --- // // `Io` is threaded on `Context` exactly like `Allocator`: a `#inline` // protocol whose default impl (the stateless `CBlockingIo` in std/io.sx) // is installed in the process-wide `__sx_default_context`. Async runtime // is sx LIBRARY code — the compiler provides only the primitives (inline // asm, `abi(.naked)`, atomics) + fiber-safe codegen. The protocol is the // minimum the fiber scheduler [B1.3+] needs; everything ergonomic // (`async` / `await` / `cancel` / `timeout`) is a generic free-fn on top // (std/io.sx), the same way `alloc(T,n)` sits over `alloc_bytes`. // // spawn_raw — submit a task; opaque handle (B1.3 fiber bootstrap). // suspend_raw— suspend current fiber; `!` so cancel can raise out. // ready — wake a parked fiber (B1.4/B1.5). // poll — drive one step; blocking impl returns 0. // now_ms — clock hook (a PROTOCOL method so the deterministic-sim // Io [B1.4] can return a fake clock — the B1.4 keystone). // arm_timer — register a timer; backs `timeout` (B1.4). // // `ParkToken` is an opaque per-suspension token (unused by the blocking // impl). `SpawnOpts.pin` is inert in the M:1 model. (`PinTarget.on` — // pin to a specific `Thread` — is deferred with the M:N model; the // `on_thread` variant is a placeholder until a `Thread` type exists.) PinTarget :: enum { any; main; on_thread; } SpawnOpts :: struct { pin: PinTarget = .any; // Cancellation back-ref (Phase 3 — true cancellation). A pointer to the // spawned task's cancel flag (the `Future.canceled` `Atomic(bool)`, erased to // `*void` so this foundation type stays free of the atomic dependency). A // suspending impl stashes it on the spawned execution context so its // `suspend_raw` can consult it and raise `IoErr.Canceled` on resume. `null` // (the default) means "no cancellation channel" — the blocking impl and any // uncancellable spawn leave it unset. cancel_flag: *void = null; } ParkToken :: struct { handle: *void = null; } Io :: protocol #inline { spawn_raw :: (self: *Self, entry: *void, arg: *void, opts: SpawnOpts) -> *void; // `park` is IN/OUT: a suspending impl records the parked execution context // (e.g. the awaiter's fiber) into `park.handle` before parking, so a later // `ready(park)` — called from a DIFFERENT context (the worker that completes // the awaited task) — knows which context to resume. Passed by pointer for // exactly that write-back. `ready`/`arm_timer` read the recorded handle. suspend_raw :: (self: *Self, park: *ParkToken) -> !; ready :: (self: *Self, park: ParkToken); poll :: (self: *Self, deadline_ms: i64) -> i64; now_ms :: (self: *Self) -> i64; arm_timer :: (self: *Self, deadline_ms: i64, park: ParkToken) -> *void; // `current_park()` — a `ParkToken` identifying the CURRENTLY-running execution // context, so a fan-in waiter (`race`) can register the SAME awaiter across // several futures' `park` slots before parking once. A suspending impl // returns `{ handle = }`; the blocking impl has no fiber and // returns `{ handle = null }` (race never parks there — its futures are born // `.ready`). Unlike `suspend_raw`, this captures the awaiter WITHOUT parking. current_park :: (self: *Self) -> ParkToken; } // --- Context --- // // `allocator` MUST stay at field index 0 (the heap-alloc lowering path // hardcodes it — src/ir/lower/call.zig). `io` is appended LAST so `data` // keeps its existing index 1 (minimizes the comptime-VM fallback churn). // Both Zig materializers of `__sx_default_context` (protocol.zig // `emitDefaultContextGlobal` + comptime_vm.zig `materializeDefaultContext`) // install the inline `CBlockingIo → Io` vtable at the new field. Context :: struct { allocator: Allocator; data: *void; io: Io; } // User-space `xx` extension. `xx val : T` where the built-in conversion // ladder makes no progress falls through to an `impl Into(T) for Source` // lookup; the compiler monomorphises `convert` for the (Source, T) pair // and emits a direct call. Compile-time only — no vtable, no runtime // dispatch. Into :: protocol(Target: Type) { convert :: (self: *Self) -> Target; } // --- Raw ABI views of the language's fat-pointer types ----------------------- // // sx's closures and slices/strings are two-word "fat" values. These structs name // that underlying layout in ONE place so it is discoverable and documented, and so // owning code can reinterpret a fat value (`raw : ClosureRaw = xx c`) to reach a // field the ergonomic accessors do not expose for a use case — e.g. freeing a // stored closure's heap `env`. Field order/types mirror the compiler ABI // (`types.zig`: closure / slice size = 2 words); if that ABI ever changes these // move with it. // // The ergonomic accessors are the normal way in: a closure value answers // `.fn_ptr` (the code pointer) and `.env` (the captured environment — heap, // allocated at the literal via the then-current `context.allocator`; `null` for a // capture-free closure), and a slice/string answers `.ptr` / `.len`. The `*Raw` // structs are the explicit type-erased layout behind those accessors. // A closure value: `{ fn_ptr, env }`. Reinterpret with `xx` to reach `env` for // ownership/lifetime work (the owner of a stored closure frees `env` when the // closure is dead). Equivalent to the `c.fn_ptr` / `c.env` field accessors. ClosureRaw :: struct { fn_ptr: *void; env: *void; } // A slice or string value: `{ ptr, len }` (the element type is erased to bytes // here). Equivalent to the `s.ptr` / `s.len` accessors. `len` is the element // count (an `i64`, matching the ABI), not a byte count. SliceRaw :: struct { ptr: [*]u8; len: i64; }