packVariadicCallArgs stored the raw concrete arg into a [N x P] array when the
element type was a protocol, so an 8-byte struct landed in a 16-byte {ctx,
vtable} slot -> garbage vtable -> Bus error on dispatch. Now, when the slice
element type is a protocol, each arg is xx-erased to the protocol value via
buildProtocolErasure (same impl-driven machinery as the xx cast). This makes
..xs: []P the runtime, protocol-erased counterpart to the comptime
heterogeneous pack ..xs: P (which stays comptime-only): xs[runtime_i].method()
now works in an ordinary loop.
specs.md: full variadic/pack form-comparison table (concrete-vs-erased,
comptime-vs-runtime). Regression: examples/202. Issue 0052 (FIXED). 237 green.
2.4 KiB
FIXED. packVariadicCallArgs (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.
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
#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.
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.