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agra 6b0ebdd92b lang: require explicit receiver in protocol method declarations
Protocol method declarations now declare their receiver explicitly as the first
parameter — 'self: *Self' (or 'self: Self') — matching the impl method signature,
instead of the old implicit-receiver form where the listed params were only the
extra args. That asymmetry repeatedly caused confusion over whether the first
param was the receiver or an argument.

The parser validates the first param is 'self' typed Self/*Self, then strips it,
so all downstream lowering and the dispatch ABI are unchanged (impl blocks and
call sites are unaffected). A protocol method missing the receiver is now a parse
error.

Migrated all 129 protocol method signatures across library + examples (+ one
inline-sx test in sema.zig) to the explicit form. Updated specs.md + readme.md.

New: examples/0418-protocols-explicit-receiver.sx (feature),
examples/1190-diagnostics-protocol-missing-receiver.sx (negative/diagnostic).
2026-06-21 11:02:16 +03:00

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// Variadic heterogeneous type packs — step 3: type-reflection
// intrinsics.
//
// Three comptime helpers used by pack-fn bodies to branch on
// type identity / protocol membership:
//
// type_name(T) -> string // display name of T
// type_eq(T1, T2) -> bool // structural TypeId equality
// has_impl(P, T) -> bool // T has a reachable impl for P
//
// All three fold to compile-time constants and are accepted by
// `tryConstBoolCondition`, so `inline if type_eq(...)` /
// `inline if has_impl(...)` collapse to a single branch at lower
// time — no runtime cost.
//
// `has_impl`'s protocol arg accepts both shapes:
// - plain protocol name: `has_impl(Allocator, CAllocator)`.
// - parameterised call: `has_impl(Wrap(i64), i32)` — the args
// match the impl's protocol type-args exactly.
#import "modules/std.sx";
#import "modules/std/mem.sx";
// User-defined parameterised protocol + an impl, so has_impl can
// confirm parameterised matching works with a known-true case.
Wrap :: protocol(Target: Type) {
wrap :: (self: *Self) -> Target;
}
impl Wrap(i64) for i32 {
wrap :: (self: i32) -> i64 => xx self;
}
main :: () -> i32 {
// type_name — display names.
print("{} {} {}\n", type_name(i64), type_name(string), type_name(bool));
// type_eq — structural equality on TypeIds.
print("{} {} {} {}\n",
type_eq(i64, i64),
type_eq(i64, string),
type_eq(*i64, *i64),
type_eq(*i64, *i32));
// inline-if folds type_eq at lower time.
inline if type_eq(i64, i64) {
print("inline-if folded: same\n");
} else {
print("inline-if folded: different\n");
}
// has_impl — plain protocol (Allocator is unary).
print("Allocator/CAllocator: {}\n", has_impl(Allocator, CAllocator));
print("Allocator/i64: {}\n", has_impl(Allocator, i64));
// has_impl — parameterised protocol (Wrap takes a Target type arg).
print("Wrap(i64)/i32: {}\n", has_impl(Wrap(i64), i32));
print("Wrap(i64)/bool: {}\n", has_impl(Wrap(i64), bool));
print("Wrap(bool)/i32: {}\n", has_impl(Wrap(bool), i32));
return 0;
}