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agra d680b320f4 fix(ir): serialize null pointer fields in global aggregates (issue 0081)
A module-global aggregate initializer rejected a `null` literal in a
pointer (or optional-pointer) field as "must be initialized by a
compile-time constant". `Lowering.constExprValue` had no `.null_literal`
arm, so the null leaf returned no constant and the whole aggregate looked
non-constant — even though `null` is the compile-time zero pointer (a
top-level scalar `p : *s64 = null;` already serialized fine).

Add `.null_literal => .null_val` to constExprValue. While here, make the
two LLVM constant emitters exhaustive: emitConstAggregate and the
top-level init_val switch in emit_llvm.zig previously ended in a silent
`else => LLVMConstNull(...)` catch-all (the silent-arm class CLAUDE.md
mandates rooting out). They now handle every ConstantValue tag explicitly
(.null_val/.zeroinit -> all-zero constant, .undef -> LLVMGetUndef,
.func_ref resolved, nested .vtable is a hard @panic tripwire). The
reject-loud path for genuinely non-constant fields is preserved.

Regression: examples/0138 (array-of-struct null ptr fields, array of
all-null pointers, nested struct-in-struct null ptr) and the negative
examples/1126 (null ptr field beside a non-const field still errors).
Fail-before/pass-after verified.
2026-06-04 04:22:43 +03:00

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// A module-global aggregate initializer may carry `null` in a pointer field:
// `null` is a compile-time constant (the zero pointer), so the field reads back
// as null with NO prior store, and its non-pointer neighbors keep their declared
// values. Covered shapes: an array-of-struct with a null pointer field, a global
// array of all-null pointers, and a nested struct-in-struct with a null pointer.
// Regression (issue 0081): the constant-aggregate serializer had no
// `.null_literal` arm, so a `null` in a pointer field made the whole aggregate
// look non-constant and the global was rejected with "must be initialized by a
// compile-time constant". The fix serializes a null literal to a constant zero
// pointer (the same way a top-level pointer global `p : *s64 = null;` does)
// while still rejecting genuinely non-constant fields (see diagnostics 1126).
#import "modules/std.sx";
Box :: struct { p: *s64; marker: s64; }
Inner :: struct { q: *s64; tag: s64; }
Outer :: struct { inner: Inner; label: s64; }
// array-of-struct with null pointer fields + scalar neighbors
boxes : [2]Box = .[ .{ p = null, marker = 11 }, .{ p = null, marker = 22 } ];
// global array of all-null pointers
ptrs : [3]*s64 = .[ null, null, null ];
// nested: struct containing a struct with a null pointer field
nested : [2]Outer = .[
.{ inner = .{ q = null, tag = 1 }, label = 100 },
.{ inner = .{ q = null, tag = 2 }, label = 200 },
];
main :: () {
print("boxes ptrs={},{} markers={},{}\n",
boxes[0].p == null, boxes[1].p == null, boxes[0].marker, boxes[1].marker);
print("ptr arr nulls={},{},{}\n", ptrs[0] == null, ptrs[1] == null, ptrs[2] == null);
print("nested q nulls={},{} tags={},{} labels={},{}\n",
nested[0].inner.q == null, nested[1].inner.q == null,
nested[0].inner.tag, nested[1].inner.tag,
nested[0].label, nested[1].label);
if boxes[0].p == null and boxes[1].p == null
and boxes[0].marker == 11 and boxes[1].marker == 22
and ptrs[0] == null and ptrs[1] == null and ptrs[2] == null
and nested[0].inner.q == null and nested[1].inner.q == null
and nested[0].inner.tag == 1 and nested[1].inner.tag == 2
and nested[0].label == 100 and nested[1].label == 200 {
print("PASS\n");
} else {
print("FAIL: global aggregate null pointer field mis-serialized\n");
}
}