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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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// `!` on an error binding is the truthiness complement of `if e` (issue
// 0129). Pre-fix, `!` lowered as a bitwise not, so a nonzero error tag
// stayed nonzero and `if !e` held even on a SET error — with the success
// value read as garbage. Integer operands get the same `!x ≡ x == 0`
// semantics.
#import "modules/std.sx";
E :: error { Boom }
f :: (fail: bool) -> (i64, !E) {
if fail { raise error.Boom; }
return 42;
}
main :: () -> i32 {
// set error: `if e` holds, `if !e` must NOT
v, e := f(true);
took_e := false;
if e { took_e = true; }
if !e { print("BUG: !e held on a set error (v={})\n", v); return 1; }
if !took_e { print("BUG: if e did not hold on a set error\n"); return 2; }
// success: `if !e` holds and the value is real
v2, e2 := f(false);
if e2 { print("BUG: e2 set on success\n"); return 3; }
if !e2 { print("ok: !e2 on success, v2={}\n", v2); }
// integers: `!n` is `n == 0`, not a bit flip
n := 7;
if !n { print("BUG: !7 held\n"); return 4; }
z := 0;
if !z { print("ok: !0 holds\n"); }
print("done\n");
return 0;
}