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sx/examples/types/0195-types-many-pointer-slice.sx
agra b9311e7de4 fix: slicing a many-pointer yields a correct slice (issue 0159)
emitSubslice handled a struct (slice/string) base and an array base, but a
many-pointer [*]T base is an LLVM pointer kind — it fell through to the else arm
that mapped the result to LLVMGetUndef(slice_ty), so a slice of a many-pointer
(mp[lo..hi]) had a garbage .len/.ptr and iterating it segfaulted.

Add a LLVMPointerTypeKind branch: the base value IS the data pointer, so GEP by
lo and len = hi - lo (the caller supplies the bound; no length is read from the
unbounded pointer). An open-ended mp[lo..] has no resolvable upper bound (a [*]T
carries no length), so lowerSliceExpr now diagnoses it instead of emitting a
.length op that yields garbage.

A List (whose items is [*]T) is now iterable with for items[0..len] (e);
applied in Scheduler.deinit. Regressions: examples/types/0195 (valid slice +
List for-each) + examples/diagnostics/1192 (open-ended rejection).
2026-06-22 10:15:18 +03:00

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// Slicing a many-pointer `mp[lo..hi]` builds a correct `{ ptr = mp + lo,
// len = hi - lo }` slice — the caller supplies the bounds (a `[*]T` carries no
// length of its own). This makes a `List` (whose `items` is `[*]T`) iterable
// with a `for`-each over `items[0..len]`.
//
// Regression (issue 0159): a many-pointer base previously fell through the
// subslice emitter's `else` arm to an undefined slice (`LLVMGetUndef`), so the
// resulting `.len` was garbage and iterating it segfaulted.
#import "modules/std.sx";
main :: () -> i64 {
a : [4]i64 = .[5, 6, 7, 8];
// Slice a many-pointer with explicit bounds.
mp : [*]i64 = xx @a[0];
s := mp[1..4]; // { &a[1], len 3 }
print("mp[1..4]: len={} [{} {} {}]\n", s.len, s[0], s[1], s[2]); // 3 [6 7 8]
// The payoff: iterate a List with a for-each over items[0..len].
xs : List(i64) = .{};
xs.append(10); xs.append(20); xs.append(30);
sum := 0;
for xs.items[0..xs.len] (e) { sum = sum + e; }
print("List for-each sum={}\n", sum); // 60
return 0;
}