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# 0065 — block-expression body does not parse a destructure decl (`v, e := f();`)
> **RESOLVED.** Two fixes landed:
> - The braced `defer { … }` body now parses via `parseBlock` (src/parser.zig,
> the `kw_defer` arm) instead of `parseExpr`, mirroring `onfail`. Regression:
> `examples/1050-errors-defer-block-body.sx` (commit `634cf9b`).
> - The general *value-producing block in binding position* fell out of the
> trailing-`;` block-value rework: value-position `{ … }` now routes through
> the same statement parser as every other block, so a destructure decl (and
> any statement form) parses, and the trailing expression is the block's
> value. Regression: `examples/0042-basic-block-value-destructure.sx`.
## Symptom
A destructure declaration (`v, e := f();`) inside a **block used in
expression position** fails to parse with `expected ';'`. Two surfaced
forms:
- `defer { v, e := f(); ... }` — a `defer` body is parsed via `parseExpr`
(so its `{ ... }` is a block-EXPRESSION), and the block-expression
statement loop doesn't recognize the `name, name :=` destructure form.
- `y := { v, e := f(); v };` — a value-producing block bound to a name.
Observed: `error: expected ';'` pointing at the statement *after* the
destructure (the parser bails at the `:=` and resyncs). Expected: the
destructure parses exactly as it does in a normal statement block (an
`if` body, a plain `{ }` statement block, or an `onfail { }` body — all of
which use `parseBlock` and handle it fine).
This is the same family as the pre-existing "value-producing block body
in binding position doesn't parse" note in `current/CHECKPOINT-ERR.md`
(E2.4b log). `onfail { }` is unaffected because it parses its body with
`parseBlock` (src/parser.zig ~2063); `defer` is affected because it uses
`parseExpr` (~2029).
## Reproduction
```sx
#import "modules/std.sx";
E :: error { Bad }
val :: () -> (i32, !E) { return 5; }
f :: () -> !E {
defer {
v, e := val(); // ← error: expected ';'
print("v={}\n", v);
}
return;
}
main :: () -> i32 { return 0; }
```
Also reproduces with no `defer`, as a plain value block:
```sx
y := {
v, e := val(); // ← error: expected ';'
v
};
```
## Investigation prompt
The block-expression statement loop (the parser path reached from
`parseExpr` when it hits `{` — see `src/parser.zig`, the block-as-value
parsing around the `parsePrimary`/`parseBlockExpr` path, distinct from
`parseBlock` at ~1931) parses each inner statement but does not run the
destructure-decl detection that `parseStmt` does. Find where
`parseStmt`/`parseBlock` recognizes the `ident (, ident)+ :=` lookahead
and make the block-expression statement loop use the same statement
parser (ideally route block-expression bodies through `parseStmt` so
every statement form — destructure, var/const decl, etc. — is handled
uniformly).
For `defer` specifically: the simplest aligned fix is to parse a
braced `defer` body with `parseBlock` (like `onfail` does) while keeping
the bare-expression form (`defer expr;`) on `parseExpr`. That removes the
defer-body manifestation even if the general block-expression path is
handled separately.
Verification: run the repro above — expect it to compile and run
(`exit 0`), with the destructure-bound value usable under an `if !e { … }`
guard (ERR E1.8). Add a regression example under `examples/` once fixed.
## Status
OPEN. Orthogonal to ERR E1.7/E1.8 — the spec'd cleanup-body absorbers are
`catch` / `or <value>` (both parse fine in a `defer` body), so this does
not block the error-handling work. Filed while implementing E1.7.