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sx/examples/errors/1012-errors-value-failable-consume.sx
agra 213cedf0b5 refactor: canonical failable syntax (T, !) — remove the bare -> T ! sugar
The trailing-`!`-after-the-value-type spelling (`-> T !`, `-> Tuple(A,B) !`) was a
redundant second way to write a failable return that the parser folded into the
same AST as the parenthesized `(T, !)` / `(A, B, !)` result list. Remove it so
there is ONE canonical spelling: the error channel always rides as the last slot
of the parenthesized list.

- parser: `parseFnReturnType` no longer folds a trailing `!` after a value type —
  it rejects it with a located diagnostic ("a failable return is written `(T, !)`
  … not `T !`"). This one chokepoint covers fn declarations, lambdas, fn-pointer
  types `(A) -> R`, and closure types `Closure(A) -> R`. The error-ONLY `-> !` /
  `-> !ErrSet` form is unaffected (parsed by parseTypeExpr as an error_type_expr).
- migrated every usage to canonical form across library/ + examples/ + issues/ +
  tests/: `-> T !E` → `-> (T, !E)`; the value-carrying `-> Tuple(A, B) !` (which
  FLATTENED to a multi-value failable) → `-> (A, B, !)`, preserving behavior. A
  genuine single-tuple-value failable stays `-> (Tuple(A,B), !)`.
- parser unit tests: the "bare form folds" tests become "bare form is rejected";
  canonical-form parse tests retained.
- docs: specs.md §12 + scattered refs and readme.md updated to the `(T, !)` form.

Behavior-preserving (the bare form was sugar for the same AST). Adversarial review
confirmed: rejection complete across all positions, every canonical form works on
both success/error paths, error-only `-> !` intact, no crashes. Full suite green
(unit tests + 850 corpus examples).
2026-06-27 18:11:20 +03:00

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// Consuming value-carrying failables with `try` and `catch` (ERR step E2.1b —
// the consumer side of the error-channel tuple ABI). `try f()` on a
// `-> (T, !E)` callee binds the value slot on success and propagates the error
// on failure (a pure-failable caller returns the tag; a value-carrying caller
// returns `{undef, tag}`). `f() catch (e) BODY` yields the value slot on success
// or the handler body's value on failure, merged through a block parameter.
// The producer side is `examples/228-value-failable.sx`.
#import "modules/std.sx";
E :: error { Bad, Empty }
parse :: (n: i32) -> (i32, !E) {
if n < 0 { raise error.Bad; }
if n == 0 { raise error.Empty; }
return n * 2;
}
// value-carrying `try` in a value-carrying caller — propagates {undef, tag}.
inc :: (n: i32) -> (i32, !E) {
v := try parse(n);
return v + 1;
}
// value-carrying `try` in a pure-failable caller — propagates the tag.
relay :: (n: i32) -> !E {
v := try parse(n);
if v < 0 { raise error.Bad; }
return;
}
// value-carrying `catch`, bare-expression fallback.
safe :: (n: i32) -> i32 {
return parse(n) catch (e) 0;
}
// value-carrying `catch`, match-body value.
classify :: (n: i32) -> i32 {
return parse(n) catch (e) == {
case .Bad: 1;
case .Empty: 2;
else: 3
};
}
main :: () -> i32 {
r : i32 = 0;
a, ea := inc(5); // parse(5)=10 → v=10 → 11
if !ea { r = r + a; } // success → +11 (value live only when proven ok)
b, eb := inc(-1); // parse(-1)=Bad → propagate {undef, Bad}
if eb == error.Bad { r = r + 4; } // true → +4
er := relay(3); // parse(3)=6 ok → relay ok
if er == error.Bad { r = r + 50; } // false
r = r + safe(7); // parse(7)=14 → +14
r = r + safe(-1); // Bad → catch → 0
r = r + classify(-1); // Bad → 1
r = r + classify(0); // Empty → 2
print("consume result: {}\n", r); // 11+4+14+0+1+2 = 32
return r;
}