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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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// A closure VALUE (a pre-bound variable) cannot be passed into a bare
// function-pointer slot `(...) -> ...` (ERR E5.1). The bare ABI calls
// `fn_ptr(ctx, args)` with no env channel, so a closure's environment can't be
// carried — passing one is unsound (drops env / shifts args / segfaults on a
// capturing closure). Only a closure LITERAL crosses this boundary (lowerLambda
// emits a static adapter); a variable is rejected with a pointer to the idiom.
//
// The fix for these is either to pass the literal directly, or to type the
// parameter `Closure(...)` so the environment is carried (the idiomatic form).
#import "modules/std.sx";
E :: error { Z }
bare :: (cb: (i64) -> i64, n: i64) -> i64 { return cb(n); }
baref :: (cb: (i64) -> (i64, !E), n: i64) -> i64 { return cb(n) catch (e) -1; }
main :: () -> i32 {
inc := closure((x: i64) -> i64 => x + 1); // capture-free closure var
base := 100;
add := closure((x: i64) -> i64 => x + base); // CAPTURING closure var
_ := bare(inc, 9); // reject: closure value → bare slot
_ := baref(inc, 9); // reject: also the ∅-widening crossing
_ := bare(add, 9); // reject: capturing closure → bare slot
return 0;
}