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sx/examples/241-error-trace-buffer.sx
agra bb20339691 ERR/E3.3: trace formatting (library/modules/trace.sx) + catch-clear timing fix
The trace formatter, unblocked now that 0057 is fixed.

- library/modules/trace.sx: to_string() walks the trace buffer (sx_trace_len /
  frame_at / truncated) and renders "error return trace ..." with one line per
  frame; print_current() writes it to stderr (libc write(2, ...)). Frame
  locations are "<location pending DWARF>" until E3.0 resolves PCs; count +
  ordering + the overflow note are already meaningful.

- Catch-clear timing fix (lowerCatch): move the absorption clear from
  runCatchBody ENTRY to the handler's non-diverging EXIT (both the pure and
  value-carrying paths). This reconciles the two PLAN-ERR statements that
  conflicted — §clear-points "buffer cleared before the catch body" vs
  §catch-over-or "frames still in the buffer when the body runs". Exit-clear
  satisfies both: the handler can inspect the trace (trace.print_current()
  shows the chain), and the buffer is empty once the handler completes. A
  diverging body (raise/return) keeps/discards on its own path.

- examples/243-trace-format.sx: catch handler prints the tag + the 2-frame
  trace, then shows the buffer is empty after. examples/241 updated: the
  handler now observes len=2 (was 0 under the buggy entry-clear).

Gates: zig build, zig build test, bash tests/run_examples.sh (280 passed; lone
failure is the user's uncommitted 213-canonical-map pack WIP).
2026-06-01 08:58:57 +03:00

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// Error return-trace buffer push/clear wiring (ERR step E3.2). A `raise` and a
// propagating `try` each push a frame; an absorbing site (`catch`, `or value`,
// a destructure that binds the error) clears the buffer. In debug builds
// (`sx run` defaults to -O0) these calls are emitted; in release they're
// skipped entirely (zero overhead). Until E3.3 ships `trace.print_current`,
// this example observes the buffer directly via the runtime's `sx_trace_len`
// (linked in for the JIT) — a white-box probe, not the eventual public API.
#import "modules/std.sx";
// Internal runtime symbol (library/vendors/sx_trace_runtime/sx_trace.c).
sx_trace_len :: () -> u32 #foreign;
E :: error { Bad }
fail :: (n: s32) -> !E {
if n < 0 { raise error.Bad; } // pushes a frame
return;
}
propagate :: (n: s32) -> !E {
try fail(n); // on failure: pushes a frame, propagates
return;
}
main :: () -> s32 {
// `catch` lets the handler INSPECT the trace, then absorbs: the buffer is
// cleared when the handler completes (a non-diverging exit), not on entry.
// So inside the handler the frames are still visible (here: the `raise` in
// `fail` + the `try fail` propagation in `propagate` = 2 frames)...
propagate(-1) catch e {
print("in catch: len={}\n", sx_trace_len()); // 2 (handler sees the chain)
};
print("after catch: len={}\n", sx_trace_len()); // 0 (absorbed at handler exit)
// A success leaves the buffer empty (nothing pushed).
propagate(1) catch e { };
print("after success: len={}\n", sx_trace_len()); // 0
return 0;
}