// any_to_string didn't handle optionals. A struct field of type `?T` // printed as `` (any_to_string's "no case matched" default) // because there was no `case optional:` arm, and no dispatch table // entry mapping `?T` TypeIds to the optional category. // // The variadic auto-unwrap path (packVariadicCallArgs) papered over // this for direct `print("{}\n", opt)` calls — it stringified // optionals to either the inner value's repr or `"null"` BEFORE // boxing as Any. But anywhere else that boxes an optional and reads // it back through any_to_string (struct field printing, // `xx opt : Any`, future user code) hit the `` floor. // // Locks in the fix: each ?T variant routes through `case optional:` // → `optional_to_string(cast(type) val)` → either the inner value's // `any_to_string` representation or the literal `"null"`. #import "modules/std.sx"; S :: struct { a: ?i64; b: ?string; c: ?bool; } main :: () { filled := S.{ a = 42, b = "hi", c = true }; print("{}\n", filled); empty := S.{ a = null, b = null, c = null }; print("{}\n", empty); 0; }