From ac5e17e5410e971f9a1bd21921b0991400efddb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brummel <mould@mycelium.de>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 15:54:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] floats iter 4.1: codegen primitive registration + Float
 literal hex-double lowering

---
 crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs   | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 crates/ailang-codegen/src/synth.rs |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs b/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs
index e62843b..0e46f1e 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ impl<'a> Emitter<'a> {
                 let g = self.intern_string("str", value);
                 ("ptr".to_string(), format!("@{g}"))
             }
-            Literal::Float { .. } => unimplemented!("Floats milestone iter 4: codegen"),
+            Literal::Float { bits } => ("double".to_string(), format!("0x{:016X}", bits)),
         };
         if val_ty != lty {
             return Err(CodegenError::Internal(format!(
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ impl<'a> Emitter<'a> {
                     (format!("@{g}"), "ptr".into())
                 }
                 Literal::Unit => ("0".into(), "i8".into()),
-                Literal::Float { .. } => unimplemented!("Floats milestone iter 4: codegen"),
+                Literal::Float { bits } => (format!("0x{:016X}", bits), "double".into()),
             }),
             Term::Var { name } => {
                 // Iter 16d: `__unreachable__` is a polymorphic bottom
@@ -2877,4 +2877,45 @@ mod tests {
             "gc IR should not declare/define any per-type drop fn. IR was:\n{ir_gc}"
         );
     }
+
+    /// Floats iter 4.1 RED: a `Literal::Float { bits: 0x3ff8_0000_0000_0000 }`
+    /// (= `1.5_f64`) lowers in a `Const` definition as an LLVM hex-float
+    /// `double` SSA constant. The exact IR snippet pinned: `@ail_t_k =
+    /// constant double 0x3FF8000000000000`.
+    #[test]
+    fn lowers_float_const_to_hex_double() {
+        use ailang_core::ast::*;
+        let m = Module {
+            schema: ailang_core::SCHEMA.to_string(),
+            name: "t".into(),
+            imports: vec![],
+            defs: vec![
+                Def::Const(ConstDef {
+                    name: "k".into(),
+                    ty: Type::float(),
+                    value: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Float { bits: 0x3ff8_0000_0000_0000u64 } },
+                    doc: None,
+                }),
+                Def::Fn(FnDef {
+                    name: "main".into(),
+                    ty: Type::Fn {
+                        params: vec![],
+                        ret: Box::new(Type::unit()),
+                        effects: vec![],
+                        param_modes: vec![],
+                        ret_mode: ParamMode::Implicit,
+                    },
+                    params: vec![],
+                    body: Term::Lit { lit: Literal::Unit },
+                    suppress: vec![],
+                    doc: None,
+                }),
+            ],
+        };
+        let ir = emit_ir(&m).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            ir.contains("@ail_t_k = constant double 0x3FF8000000000000"),
+            "ir missing the Float literal lowering: {ir}"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ailang-codegen/src/synth.rs b/crates/ailang-codegen/src/synth.rs
index 2ef9618..cf82811 100644
--- a/crates/ailang-codegen/src/synth.rs
+++ b/crates/ailang-codegen/src/synth.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub(crate) fn llvm_type(t: &Type) -> Result<String> {
             "Bool" => Ok("i1".into()),
             "Unit" => Ok("i8".into()),
             "Str" => Ok("ptr".into()),
+            "Float" => Ok("double".into()),
             // All other type names are treated as ADT (boxed).
             // If the typechecker didn't reject this earlier, it's
             // intentional — otherwise `ptr` would mask a wrong value.
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ pub(crate) fn type_descriptor(t: &Type) -> String {
                 "Bool" => "B".into(),
                 "Unit" => "U".into(),
                 "Str" => "S".into(),
+                "Float" => "Fl".into(),
                 other => format!("F{other}"),
             };
             if args.is_empty() {