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sx/src/ir/compiler_lib.zig
agra 18af8eb845 comptime-API: strip the byte-weld; pivot to a flat-memory comptime VM
The byte-weld (sx structs whose layout was validated to mirror the
compiler's Zig records) plus the serialization/marshaling bridge was the
wrong direction: it bolted a parallel layout regime and hand-built
byte-copies onto a comptime value model that fundamentally isn't bytes.

Strip the struct-weld machinery:
- compiler_lib.zig loses the type registry (weldStruct / bound_types /
  BoundType / FieldLayout / findType / SxField / LayoutMismatch /
  validateStructLayout); it is now just the intern/text_of function
  host-call bridge (kept as the Phase-3 compiler-call seed).
- nominal.zig loses validateWeldedStruct / weldedFieldOrderStr + the
  sd.abi == .zig validation call.
- Remove the struct-weld unit tests and examples 0625/0627 (welded
  structs) + 1183/1186 (weld-layout diagnostics).
- The #library / abi / extern syntax stays.

Record the new direction: a bytecode VM over flat, byte-addressable
memory so comptime values are native bytes (no weld/validation/marshal),
target-aware (preserves cross-compilation) and sandboxed. See
current/PLAN-COMPILER-VM.md (Phase 0 strip -> Phase 1 flat-memory value
model -> Phase 2 bytecode -> Phase 3 compiler-API on flat memory).
design/comptime-compiler-api.md gets a SUPERSEDED banner. Also drop the
"~500 lines / split the step" rule from CLAUDE.md.
2026-06-17 19:29:36 +03:00

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//! The comptime `compiler` library's function bridge — the curated set of the
//! compiler's own functions reachable from comptime sx via
//! `abi(.zig) extern compiler`. See `current/PLAN-COMPILER-VM.md`.
//!
//! **This registry IS the safety boundary.** Only the functions registered here
//! are bindable from user comptime code; a name not on the export list is
//! rejected at declaration (`weldedCompilerFn`), and the interpreter dispatches a
//! welded call to the matching Zig handler instead of dlsym.
//!
//! **Direction note (2026-06-17 pivot).** The byte-weld of TYPES (sx structs whose
//! layout was validated to mirror the compiler's Zig records) was stripped — it
//! bolted a parallel layout regime + hand-marshaling onto a comptime value model
//! that isn't bytes. The replacement is a flat-memory comptime VM where values are
//! native bytes, so the compiler-API needs no weld/validation/marshaling (Phase 3
//! of the plan re-homes the type/function exposure on that VM). `intern`/`text_of`
//! survive here as the first compiler-call seed: clean scalar host-calls (string in,
//! handle out), no weld involved.
const std = @import("std");
const types = @import("types.zig");
const interp_mod = @import("interp.zig");
const Value = interp_mod.Value;
const Interpreter = interp_mod.Interpreter;
const InterpError = interp_mod.InterpError;
const StringId = types.StringId;
/// The name of the only compiler library. A `fn abi(.zig) extern <lib>` with a
/// different `<lib>` is rejected — `compiler` is the sole comptime bind source.
pub const lib_name = "compiler";
// ── Functions (comptime-only, host-call bridged) ────────────────────────────
/// A welded `compiler` function: dispatched under the comptime interpreter to its
/// Zig handler (never dlsym'd). The handler receives the interpreter (for the
/// string pool / type table) and the already-evaluated argument `Value`s, and
/// returns the result `Value`.
pub const FnHandler = *const fn (interp: *Interpreter, args: []const Value) InterpError!Value;
pub const BoundFn = struct {
sx_name: []const u8,
handler: FnHandler,
};
/// The compiler-function export list. The `StringId` round-trip readers are the
/// seed; the type-table API (lookup / register) is re-homed onto the flat-memory
/// VM in Phase 3 of `PLAN-COMPILER-VM.md`.
pub const bound_fns = [_]BoundFn{
.{ .sx_name = "intern", .handler = handleIntern },
.{ .sx_name = "text_of", .handler = handleTextOf },
};
/// Look up a compiler function by its sx name. Returns null when the name is not
/// on the export list.
pub fn findFn(sx_name: []const u8) ?*const BoundFn {
for (&bound_fns) |*bf| {
if (std.mem.eql(u8, bf.sx_name, sx_name)) return bf;
}
return null;
}
/// The comptime type table to intern into: the host's mutable mint target when
/// set (the metatype-construction path), else the module's table reached through
/// a const-cast — the same access the interp's mint path uses (interp.zig). The
/// underlying table is genuinely mutable; the interp merely holds it `const`.
fn mintTable(interp: *Interpreter) *types.TypeTable {
return interp.mint orelse @constCast(&interp.module.types);
}
/// `intern(s: string) -> StringId` — intern `s` into the compiler's string pool
/// and return its handle. The inverse of `text_of`.
fn handleIntern(interp: *Interpreter, args: []const Value) InterpError!Value {
if (args.len != 1 or args[0] != .string) return error.TypeError;
const id = mintTable(interp).internString(args[0].string);
return Value{ .int = @intFromEnum(id) };
}
/// `text_of(id: StringId) -> string` — resolve a string handle back to its text.
/// The inverse of `intern`.
fn handleTextOf(interp: *Interpreter, args: []const Value) InterpError!Value {
if (args.len != 1 or args[0] != .int) return error.TypeError;
if (args[0].int < 0 or args[0].int > std.math.maxInt(u32)) return error.TypeError;
const id: StringId = @enumFromInt(@as(u32, @intCast(args[0].int)));
return Value{ .string = interp.module.types.getString(id) };
}