// A module-global aggregate initializer may carry `null` in a pointer field: // `null` is a compile-time constant (the zero pointer), so the field reads back // as null with NO prior store, and its non-pointer neighbors keep their declared // values. Covered shapes: an array-of-struct with a null pointer field, a global // array of all-null pointers, and a nested struct-in-struct with a null pointer. // Regression (issue 0081): the constant-aggregate serializer had no // `.null_literal` arm, so a `null` in a pointer field made the whole aggregate // look non-constant and the global was rejected with "must be initialized by a // compile-time constant". The fix serializes a null literal to a constant zero // pointer (the same way a top-level pointer global `p : *i64 = null;` does) // while still rejecting genuinely non-constant fields (see diagnostics 1126). #import "modules/std.sx"; Box :: struct { p: *i64; marker: i64; } Inner :: struct { q: *i64; tag: i64; } Outer :: struct { inner: Inner; label: i64; } // array-of-struct with null pointer fields + scalar neighbors boxes : [2]Box = .[ .{ p = null, marker = 11 }, .{ p = null, marker = 22 } ]; // global array of all-null pointers ptrs : [3]*i64 = .[ null, null, null ]; // nested: struct containing a struct with a null pointer field nested : [2]Outer = .[ .{ inner = .{ q = null, tag = 1 }, label = 100 }, .{ inner = .{ q = null, tag = 2 }, label = 200 }, ]; main :: () { print("boxes ptrs={},{} markers={},{}\n", boxes[0].p == null, boxes[1].p == null, boxes[0].marker, boxes[1].marker); print("ptr arr nulls={},{},{}\n", ptrs[0] == null, ptrs[1] == null, ptrs[2] == null); print("nested q nulls={},{} tags={},{} labels={},{}\n", nested[0].inner.q == null, nested[1].inner.q == null, nested[0].inner.tag, nested[1].inner.tag, nested[0].label, nested[1].label); if boxes[0].p == null and boxes[1].p == null and boxes[0].marker == 11 and boxes[1].marker == 22 and ptrs[0] == null and ptrs[1] == null and ptrs[2] == null and nested[0].inner.q == null and nested[1].inner.q == null and nested[0].inner.tag == 1 and nested[1].inner.tag == 2 and nested[0].label == 100 and nested[1].label == 200 { print("PASS\n"); } else { print("FAIL: global aggregate null pointer field mis-serialized\n"); } }