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sx/examples/1046-errors-value-slot-liveness.sx
agra 296c809d85 ERR/E1.8: path-sensitive value-slot liveness check
A `v, err := failable()` destructure now binds the value slot(s) "live
only where `err` is proven absent". Reading `v` where the compiler cannot
prove `err == null` is a compile error.

New diagnostic-only Pass 1e (`checkErrorFlow` in ir/lower.zig): a
structured, path-sensitive walk over each main-file function body. A
proven-null set is threaded across branches and joined by intersection
at each `if`'s merge. Proof shapes recognized:

  - `if !err { … v … }`           (proven inside the guard)
  - `if err { return/raise } … v` (proven on the fall-through)
  - `if err { … } else { … v … }` (proven in the else branch)
  - `!err and <reads v>`          (short-circuit refinement)

Error-set tag compares (`if err == error.X`) prove nothing about
absence — they narrow the tag only. Nested lambdas are analyzed as their
own boundaries. Library modules are trusted (skipped).

Migrated the canon value-failable examples (1011/1012/1018/1044) to read
their value slots under `if !err` guards — output unchanged. New
regressions: 1046 (every proof shape compiles + runs, exit 210) and 1047
(unproven reads rejected, exit 1).

Gates: zig build, zig build test, run_examples.sh -> 338 passed, 0 failed.
2026-06-01 23:14:24 +03:00

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// Path-sensitive value-slot liveness (ERR step E1.8). After `v, err := f()`, the
// value slot `v` is "live only where `err` is proven absent". Every read of `v`
// below sits on a path where the compiler can prove `err == null`:
//
// • `if !err { … v … }` — proven inside the guard
// • `if err { return } … v …` — proven on the fall-through
// • `if err { raise } … v …` — fall-through in a failable function
// • `if err { … } else { … v … }` — proven in the else branch
// • `!err and <reads v>` — short-circuit keeps the proof
//
// A bare tag-compare (`if err == error.X`) proves NOTHING about absence — see the
// rejection regression in 1047. (Regression for the E1.8 path-sensitive slice.)
#import "modules/std.sx";
E :: error { Bad, Empty }
parse :: (n: s32) -> (s32, !E) {
if n < 0 { raise error.Bad; }
if n == 0 { raise error.Empty; }
return n * 10;
}
// Early-return guard: the fall-through proves `err` absent.
guarded :: (n: s32) -> s32 {
v, err := parse(n);
if err { return -1; }
return v; // err proven absent here
}
// `if err { raise }` in a failable function: same fall-through proof.
relay :: (n: s32) -> (s32, !E) {
v, err := parse(n);
if err { raise err; }
return v + 1; // err proven absent here
}
main :: () -> s32 {
total : s32 = 0;
// (1) proven inside `if !err`
v1, e1 := parse(5);
if !e1 { total = total + v1; } // +50
// (2) proven in the else branch
v2, e2 := parse(7);
if e2 { total = total + 1; } else { total = total + v2; } // +70
// (3) short-circuit `&&` keeps the proof for the rhs
v3, e3 := parse(3);
if !e3 and v3 > 0 { total = total + v3; } // +30
// (4) early-return / raise helpers
total = total + guarded(4); // +40
total = total + guarded(-1); // -1
total = total + (relay(2) catch e 0); // parse(2)=20 → +1 = 21
print("liveness total: {}\n", total); // 50+70+30+40-1+21 = 210
return total;
}