# 0075 — silent `getRefIRType(...) orelse TypeId.s64` fallback in reflection builtins ## Symptom **One-line:** The `type_name` and `type_eq` reflection builtins resolve their Type argument's IR type via `getRefIRType(...) orelse TypeId.s64` — the forbidden silent-type-lookup fallback (`.s64` is the exact issue-0042 sentinel the project rules name) — so a failed must-succeed lookup silently decides "not boxed (`!= .any`)" and mis-handles the value with no diagnostic. **Observed (primary — must fix):** `self.e.getRefIRType(...) orelse TypeId.s64` at: - `src/backend/llvm/ops.zig:1023` (`.type_name` builtin — `arg_ir_ty`, gates the `== .any` boxed-extract vs bare-i64 decision) - `src/backend/llvm/ops.zig:1049` (`.type_eq` builtin — first operand) - `src/backend/llvm/ops.zig:1055` (`.type_eq` builtin — second operand) `getRefIRType` (`src/ir/emit_llvm.zig:2229`, `?TypeId`) returns `null` only when a ref is neither a function param nor a block instruction result — a must-not-happen case for a real builtin argument. On `null` the code defaults to `.s64`, then tests `arg_ir_ty == .any`; the `.s64` default silently means "treat as a bare TypeId index, not a boxed `Any`", so a genuinely-boxed arg whose lookup failed would skip the `ExtractValue` and use the wrong value — silent miscompile, no diagnostic. **Expected:** per `CLAUDE.md` REJECTED PATTERNS, a failed must-succeed type lookup surfaces a diagnostic / hard tripwire (e.g. the `.unresolved` sentinel introduced for issue 0074), never a real-type default. ## Secondary (confirm — borderline) - `src/ir/lower.zig:2527` — `.null_literal => constNull(self.target_type orelse .void)` - `src/ir/lower.zig:2528` — `.undef_literal => constUndef(self.target_type orelse .void)` `target_type` is a context hint that may be legitimately absent for a bare `null`/`undef` with no expected type — this may be an INTENTIONAL default rather than a lookup-swallow. The fix session should confirm: if a `null`/`undef` literal reaching here without a `target_type` is actually a must-not-happen case, make it loud; if a typeless null/undef is legitimate, leave it and add a one-line comment stating the invariant. ## Audited — intentional language defaults (NO action; documented so they aren't re-flagged) - `src/ir/lower.zig:4855` — `int_literal => constInt(lit.value, info.ty orelse .s64)`: an untyped integer literal defaulting to `s64` is standard language semantics, not a lookup failure. - `src/ir/lower.zig:4856` — `float_literal => constFloat(..., info.ty orelse .f64)`: untyped float literal defaults to `f64` — language semantics. - `src/ir/type_bridge.zig:334` — `.tag_type = tag_type orelse .s64`: documented ("enum unions are always tagged (default i64)") — an intentional default tag type, not a swallowed lookup. ## Provenance / scope Pre-existing, NOT introduced by the arch-refactor. Discovered during the **issue-0074 fix** (the fix worker surfaced the reflection `.s64` fallbacks as a separate pattern outside 0074's FFI-arg scope) and confirmed by a manager sweep (`rg "orelse \.(s64|void|...)" src`). Filed per the IMPASSIBLE RULE (existing default-returns that swallow a lookup failure → file, don't fix in place). ## Reproduction Latent / static (same nature as 0074): well-formed IR always gives a builtin arg a resolvable type, so the `.s64` default can't be driven at runtime today — which is why it's dangerous (a future IR change would silently miscompile `type_name`/`type_eq`). Exercised by the comptime/reflection examples; the fix must keep the suite at 361/0. ## Investigation prompt (ready to paste into a fresh session) > In `/Users/agra/projects/sx`, the `.type_name` and `.type_eq` reflection builtins in > `src/backend/llvm/ops.zig` (lines 1023, 1049, 1055) resolve a Type argument's IR type > with the forbidden silent fallback `getRefIRType(...) orelse TypeId.s64`, used to gate > a `== .any` boxed-vs-bare decision. Issue 0074 already added the shared resolver > `LLVMEmitter.argIRTypeOrFail` (`src/ir/emit_llvm.zig`) returning the dedicated > `.unresolved` sentinel on a failed lookup. Route these three sites through that helper > (or a sibling) so a failed lookup yields `.unresolved` — never `.s64`; then `==.any` > is false for `.unresolved` AND you must make the unresolved case loud (diagnostic via > `self.diagnostics.addFmt(.err, span, ...)` or a hard tripwire), not silently "bare > i64". Also resolve the borderline `lower.zig:2527/2528` `target_type orelse .void` > (confirm intentional vs make-loud; comment the invariant either way). Leave the > audited intentional defaults (`lower.zig:4855/4856`, `type_bridge.zig:334`) untouched. > Verify: `/Users/agra/.zvm/bin/zig build && /Users/agra/.zvm/bin/zig build test && > bash tests/run_examples.sh` stays 361/0; add a `*.test.zig` regression test asserting > the loud `.unresolved` path for a `type_name`/`type_eq` arg with an unresolvable ref > (fail-before/pass-after). Expected new behavior: an unresolved reflection-builtin arg > type surfaces loudly, never silently defaults to `.s64`.