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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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// Value-carrying failable functions (`-> (T, !E)`) whose body ends in a trailing
// success EXPRESSION (no explicit `return`) must set the success error slot to
// 0 — the caller's `catch` must NOT fire and the success value must be intact.
// Regression (issue 0190): `lowerValueBody` used to `coerceToType`+`ret` the
// bare success value to the full failable tuple, leaving the error-tag slot
// uninitialized → phantom catch on success (and dropped value for string /
// multi-value returns).
#import "modules/std.sx";
E :: error { Bad }
// Single-value trailing-expression success.
val :: () -> (i64, !E) { 99 }
// String trailing-expression success.
sval :: () -> (string, !E) { "hi" }
// Multi-value (tuple) trailing-expression success.
mval :: () -> (i64, i64, !E) { .(1, 2) }
// A real error still propagates through the value-failable channel.
fval :: (n: i64) -> (i64, !E) {
if n < 0 { raise error.Bad; }
n + 1
}
main :: () -> i32 {
x := val() catch (e) { print("PHANTOM val\n"); return 1; };
print("x={}\n", x);
s := sval() catch (e) { print("PHANTOM sval\n"); return 1; };
print("s={}\n", s);
t := mval() catch (e) { print("PHANTOM mval\n"); return 1; };
print("t=({},{})\n", t.0, t.1);
ok := fval(10) catch (e) { print("PHANTOM fval-ok\n"); return 1; };
print("ok={}\n", ok);
fval(-1) catch (e) { print("real error caught\n"); return 0; };
print("UNEXPECTED no error\n");
return 1;
}