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sx/examples/102-foreign-global-from-helper.sx
agra 0bb7b8cc27 issue-0037 fixed: ptr↔int conversion in coerceToType / bitcast emit
109/109 regression tests pass; chess Android + iOS-sim still
build clean.

Root cause: sx's `xx <ptr>` cast targeting an integer type
(common pattern: `xx u64 = xx @some_global`) lowered to a no-op
because `coerceToType` had branches for int↔float and same-kind
widen/narrow, but nothing for pointer↔integer. The cast left the
value as a pointer Ref, and `emitInst`'s `.ret` arm tried to
coerce a `ptr` value to an `i64` slot — coerceArg had no
ptr↔int branch either, fell through to undef.

Why it worked in main but failed in helpers: an
`alloca u64`+`store ptr @g, alloca`+`load i64, alloca` sequence
preserves the address bits as raw memory, so the
"store-then-load through an alloca" workaround happened to do
the right thing without a real cast. A `ret i64 <ptr>` has no
such intermediate slot and triggers an LLVM type mismatch.

Fix layered into two existing IR opcodes:

  lower.zig (coerceToType):
    new branch — when src and dst types are ptr↔int, emit a
    `bitcast` IR opcode with the right from/to. Mirrors how
    int↔float emits `.int_to_float` / `.float_to_int`.

  emit_llvm.zig (.bitcast arm):
    dispatch ptr→int to `LLVMBuildPtrToInt` (+ trunc/zext if the
    target int width != 64), int→ptr to `LLVMBuildIntToPtr`. The
    "real bitcast" path stays for same-kind type punning.
    Modern LLVM's BuildBitCast rejects ptr↔int directly, hence
    the dispatch.

The fix also closes a quiet behavior gap that affected non-`#foreign`
globals (any `xx @<global>` from a helper fn). Surfaced while
investigating issue-0037; verified independently with a
non-`#foreign` sx-side global of type `s64`.

File mechanics: issue-0037 promoted to a focused feature example
per CLAUDE.md's resolution flow:
  examples/issue-0037.sx        -> examples/102-foreign-global-from-helper.sx
  tests/expected/issue-0037.{txt,exit} -> tests/expected/102-foreign-global-from-helper.{txt,exit}

ffi-objc-call-03 + ffi-objc-call-06 IR snapshots updated to
reflect the ptr→int store-via-ptrtoint shape that's now correct
at the LLVM-IR level (same bits in memory, but properly typed).
2026-05-19 19:18:31 +03:00

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// `xx @<foreign_global>` round-trips through a non-main helper
// function: the helper's `xx @__stdinp` cast lowers to a `bitcast`
// IR opcode that emit_llvm.zig dispatches to `LLVMBuildPtrToInt`
// (BitCast doesn't accept ptr↔int on modern LLVM with opaque
// pointers), and a `u64`-returning function correctly returns
// the address.
//
// Was issue-0037 — the helper used to emit `ret i64 undef` because
// `coerceToType` had no pointer↔integer case, so the explicit
// `xx ptr` cast produced an unchanged pointer value handed to a
// `ret i64` slot.
#import "modules/std.sx";
__stdinp : *void #foreign;
stdinp_addr_via_helper :: () -> u64 {
xx @__stdinp;
}
main :: () -> s32 {
direct : u64 = xx @__stdinp;
via_helper := stdinp_addr_via_helper();
print("direct non-null = {}\n", direct != 0);
print("helper non-null = {}\n", via_helper != 0);
print("eq = {}\n", direct == via_helper);
0;
}