debug: RED-pin for instance-body unbound-var bug

ail check returns ok for a program that references an unbound
identifier inside an instance method's lambda body. The error
surfaces later at ail build as a degraded mono-pass diagnostic
(monomorphise_workspace: unknown identifier) without source
location, symbol kind, or "did you mean" candidates.

Cause: check_def at crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs:1593 early-
returns Ok(()) for Def::Instance without walking method bodies.
The arm's comment promises instance-body typechecking from iter
22b.2; that wiring was never implemented. Only the workspace-
load coherence checks (Orphan/Duplicate/MissingMethod) touch
instance defs, and they inspect schema only, not the method-
body identifier graph.

This commit lands RED only. GREEN follows via implement mini-
mode.

Fixture: examples/bug_unbound_in_instance_method.ail
RED test: crates/ail/tests/unbound_in_instance_method_pin.rs
  - check_fires_unbound_var_for_str_concat_in_instance_method_body
  - check_json_unbound_var_in_instance_method_body
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//! RED-pin for the instance-method-body unbound-var bug observed in
//! the 2026-05-13 fieldtest of milestone-24 (Form-A authoring).
//!
//! Property protected: `check_def` walks `Def::Instance` method bodies
//! through the same identifier-resolution path as `Def::Fn` bodies, so
//! an unbound identifier inside an instance-method lambda body fires
//! `[unbound-var]` at `ail check`, with exit code 1, BEFORE the
//! monomorphisation pass runs. Without this, an unbound identifier
//! inside an instance-method body slips past `ail check` (false-OK)
//! and surfaces later at `ail build` as a degraded internal-error
//! diagnostic ("monomorphise_workspace: unknown identifier: <name>"),
//! with no source location, no symbol kind, and no "did you mean ...?".
//!
//! Pre-fix observed behaviour (the bug):
//! - `ail check` exits 0 with `ok (23 symbols across 2 modules)`.
//! - `ail build` exits 1 with
//! `Error: monomorphise_workspace: unknown identifier: \`str_concat\``.
//!
//! Post-fix expected behaviour:
//! - `ail check` exits 1 with an `[unbound-var]` error naming
//! `str_concat`. The mono pass never runs because check fails first.
//!
//! Root cause (from debugger Phase 1-2):
//! `crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs::check_def` early-returns `Ok(())`
//! for `Def::Class | Def::Instance` (the comment claims body
//! typechecking landed in iter 22b.2, but the body-walk was never
//! wired). Only the workspace-load coherence checks
//! (Orphan/Duplicate/MissingMethod) in `workspace::build_registry`
//! touch instance defs, and those only inspect the schema, not the
//! method-body identifier graph.
//!
//! Fixture: `examples/bug_unbound_in_instance_method.ail`. The fixture
//! uses `str_concat` (NOT a builtin) inside an instance-method lambda;
//! `int_to_str` IS a builtin and is correctly resolved. The fixture
//! parses cleanly — the only error is the unbound `str_concat` in the
//! method body.
use std::path::Path;
use std::process::Command;
fn ail_bin() -> &'static str {
env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_ail")
}
/// RED today: `ail check` on `bug_unbound_in_instance_method.ail`
/// must exit non-zero and emit `[unbound-var]` naming `str_concat`,
/// matching the diagnostic shape produced at fn-body level.
///
/// Pre-fix, this test fails because `ail check` exits 0 and prints
/// `ok (23 symbols across 2 modules)`.
#[test]
fn check_fires_unbound_var_for_str_concat_in_instance_method_body() {
let manifest_dir = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
let workspace = Path::new(manifest_dir).parent().unwrap().parent().unwrap();
let src = workspace
.join("examples")
.join("bug_unbound_in_instance_method.ail");
assert!(
src.exists(),
"fixture missing: {} — RED test requires the .ail fixture in working tree",
src.display()
);
let output = Command::new(ail_bin())
.args(["check", src.to_str().unwrap()])
.output()
.expect("ail check failed to spawn");
let code = output.status.code().expect("process terminated by signal");
let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
let combined = format!("STDOUT:\n{stdout}\nSTDERR:\n{stderr}");
assert_ne!(
code, 0,
"ail check must exit non-zero for an unbound identifier inside \
an instance-method body; got exit 0. {combined}"
);
assert!(
combined.contains("unbound-var"),
"ail check must emit diagnostic code `unbound-var`; \
got: {combined}"
);
assert!(
combined.contains("str_concat"),
"diagnostic must name the unbound identifier `str_concat`; \
got: {combined}"
);
assert!(
!combined.contains("monomorphise_workspace"),
"the degraded mono-pass diagnostic must NOT surface — \
`ail check` should reject the program before mono runs; \
got: {combined}"
);
}
/// Companion RED: also assert the `--json` shape. The fn-body level
/// already emits `{"severity":"error","code":"unbound-var"}` via
/// `check_json_unbound_var` in `e2e.rs`; the instance-method-body
/// path must produce the same structured shape.
#[test]
fn check_json_unbound_var_in_instance_method_body() {
let manifest_dir = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
let workspace = Path::new(manifest_dir).parent().unwrap().parent().unwrap();
let src = workspace
.join("examples")
.join("bug_unbound_in_instance_method.ail");
let output = Command::new(ail_bin())
.args(["check", src.to_str().unwrap(), "--json"])
.output()
.expect("ail check --json failed to spawn");
let code = output.status.code().expect("process terminated by signal");
let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned();
let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).into_owned();
let combined = format!("STDOUT:\n{stdout}\nSTDERR:\n{stderr}");
assert_eq!(
code, 1,
"ail check --json must exit 1; got {code}. {combined}"
);
// Stdout must be a JSON array containing at least one
// unbound-var error diagnostic.
let diags: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(stdout.trim())
.unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("stdout must be JSON; parse error: {e}; got: {stdout}"));
let arr = diags.as_array().expect("diagnostics must be a JSON array");
assert!(
arr.iter().any(|d| {
d.get("severity").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) == Some("error")
&& d.get("code").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) == Some("unbound-var")
&& d.to_string().contains("str_concat")
}),
"expected an error diagnostic with code `unbound-var` naming \
`str_concat`; got: {stdout}"
);
}
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(module bug_unbound_in_instance_method
(class Describe
(param a)
(method describe
(type (fn-type (params (borrow a)) (ret (con Str))))))
(instance
(class Describe)
(type (con Int))
(method describe
(body
(lam
(params (typed n (con Int)))
(ret (con Str))
(body (app str_concat "n=" (app int_to_str n)))))))
(fn main
(type (fn-type (params) (ret (con Unit)) (effects IO)))
(params)
(body (do io/print_str (app describe 5)))))