**FIXED.** `packVariadicCallArgs` ([src/ir/lower.zig](../src/ir/lower.zig)) now detects a protocol element type and `xx`-erases each arg into the `[N]P` array via `buildProtocolErasure`, instead of storing the raw concrete value. Regression: [examples/202-slice-of-protocol-variadic.sx](../examples/202-slice-of-protocol-variadic.sx). # Symptom A slice-of-protocol variadic `..xs: []P` (P a protocol) compiles but **crashes at runtime** (Bus error) the moment an element is used: ``` Bus error at address 0x3fff ``` # Reproduction ```sx #import "modules/std.sx"; Show :: protocol { show :: () -> string; } A :: struct { x: s64; } impl Show for A { show :: (self: *A) -> string => "A"; } each :: (..xs: []Show) -> void { i := 0; while i < xs.len { print("{}\n", xs[i].show()); i = i + 1; } } main :: () -> s32 { each(A.{ x = 1 }, A.{ x = 2 }); 0; } ``` # Root cause `packVariadicCallArgs` packs trailing args into a `[N x elem_ty]` stack array. It special-cased `is_any = (elem_ty == .any)` (box each arg to `Any`), but for any other non-builtin `elem_ty` it stored the **raw lowered arg** into the array slot. When `elem_ty` is a protocol struct (16 bytes `{ctx, vtable}`), an 8-byte concrete `A` value was written into a protocol-sized slot — a size/type mismatch producing a garbage `{ctx, vtable}`. Indexing it and calling `.show()` then jumped through a bad vtable → Bus error. # Fix Mirror the `xx` cast: when the slice element type is a protocol, erase each arg to the protocol value before storing. ```zig const elem_is_protocol = blk: { if (elem_ty.isBuiltin()) break :blk false; const ei = self.module.types.get(elem_ty); break :blk ei == .@"struct" and ei.@"struct".is_protocol; }; // ... per arg, in the non-`is_any` path: } else if (elem_is_protocol) { var source_ty = self.inferExprType(arg_node); if (source_ty == .unresolved) source_ty = self.builder.getRefType(val); if (source_ty != elem_ty) val = self.buildProtocolErasure(val, arg_node, source_ty, elem_ty); } ``` This makes `..xs: []P` the runtime, protocol-erased counterpart to the comptime heterogeneous pack `..xs: P` (which stays comptime-only per Decision 1). See specs.md §"Variadic Heterogeneous Type Packs" for the full form-comparison table. # Verification `examples/202-slice-of-protocol-variadic.sx` prints `[0]=A [1]=B [2]=A` and the empty call is a no-op. `zig build test` + `bash tests/run_examples.sh` (237) green.