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1be2c1f145 |
docs: fix doc_lazy_continuation across the workspace
Eighteen markdown list items in module- and item-doc comments had continuation lines that were not indented to align under the item text, so rustdoc rendered them as separate paragraphs and broke the list. Corrected the indentation (and, at two sites where a general wrap-up sentence followed a sublist, separated it with a blank doc line so it does not mis-attach to the last item). Doc whitespace only; no prose reworded, no code changed. Workspace clippy is now warning-clean. |
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refactor(cli): collapse duplicated handler helpers in main.rs
CLI contract (stdout/stderr/exit codes/JSON field order) unchanged — the e2e diff/manifest/describe cases plus the staticlib/emit-ir/ roundtrip CLI tests are green. - locate_bump_runtime / locate_rc_runtime / locate_str_runtime were three copies of the same upward runtime/<file> walk; folded into locate_runtime_file(filename, err_msg) with each error string passed through verbatim. - describe built the same single-def Module wrapper in both branches; hoisted into wrap_single_def. - manifest built the same per-symbol JSON object in two branches (workspace adds a leading "module" field); hoisted into manifest_def_json(def, Option<module>), field insertion order preserved (serde_json preserve_order). Left duplicated by design: the build_to/build_staticlib elaborate-or- exit blocks (a shared helper would have to name a MIR type from a crate ail does not depend on) and the Diff handler's two-report branches (a generic output router was out of scope and no cleaner). |
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76b21c00eb |
feat(lang): eliminate the Implicit ownership default — totality + the drop-soundness it demasks (#55)
Deletes `ParamMode::Implicit`. `ParamMode` is now `{Own, Borrow}`:
every fn-type slot on every signature carries an explicit `own` or
`borrow`, no defaulted position survives anywhere (model 0008 §2,
spec 0062). The parser rejects a bare fn-type slot; `borrow-return`
and `borrow-over-value` reject at the signature; the corpus is
migrated to minimal-ownership modes (consumed ⇒ own, read-only-heap
⇒ borrow, value ⇒ trivial-own). The documented `Implicit`-ret-mode
leak is fixed: an owned heap return now drops exactly once (live=0,
acceptance criterion 5).
This was the easy half. Removing the default ACTIVATED a family of
drop paths that `Implicit` had silently skipped — the pre-cutover
language was leaking (and in places mis-dropping) here rather than
crashing, because an Implicit scrutinee turned the drop off. Making
the modes explicit (Own) turned those paths on and exposed two
latent-bug clusters, all fixed RED-first as part of this cutover:
Drop-soundness family (four legs):
A. lit-sub-pattern double-free — the desugar re-matched the same
owned scrutinee in the lit fall-through; fixed by grouping
consecutive same-ctor arms into one match (bind fields once),
in ailang-core desugar.
B. Cons-husk leak on non-tail arm bodies — the lit-sub-pattern
desugar rebound the owned scrutinee via `Let $mp = xs`, which
bumped consume_count and suppressed the existing fn-return
partial_drop. Fixed by not rebinding a bare-Var scrutinee
(one husk-freeing mechanism, not two).
C. polymorphic `drop_<T>` rc_dec'd monomorphised value fields —
the per-ADT drop fn was emitted once from the polymorphic
TypeDef, defaulting type-var fields to ptr and rc_dec'ing
inline Ints (segfault). Fixed with per-monomorph drop
functions (new ailang-codegen::dropmono): the drop set is
collected from the lowered MIR, value-type fields are skipped,
heap fields still freed once; monomorphic-concrete ADTs keep
their byte-identical un-suffixed drop symbol.
D. static Str literal passed to an `(own Str)` param — the
literal lowers to a header-less rodata constant; the callee's
now-active rc_dec read its length field as a refcount and
freed a static address (segfault). Fixed with the missing
fourth StrRep::Static→Heap promotion in lower_to_mir's App arm,
gated on Own mode (borrow args stay static, no regression).
over-strict-mode lint over-fired: it suggested `(borrow V)` for
value-typed params (which `borrow-over-value` rejects — own is the
only legal mode there) and fired on `(intrinsic)` bodies (whose
consumption the linearity walk cannot observe). Tightened to skip
both; contract 0008 updated to the narrowed firing scope.
Irreversible step — canonical-form hash reset (model 0008 §6,
acceptance criterion 6). Every signature now carries explicit modes,
so the hashable canonical JSON changed for every module. RATIFY:
the corpus-wide hash-pin reset (hash_pin, prelude_module_hash_pin,
mono_hash_stability, eq_ord_e2e, embed_export_hash_stable, the
ct4/iter*/loop_recur schema-extension pins) and the list ir_snapshot
golden were regenerated once, deliberately, as the intended one-time
consequence of removing the mode elision from the canonical form —
not a regression. Each regenerated hash verified deterministic across
two runs.
Also fixes a pre-existing latent failure surfaced by the verification
gate, unrelated to this cutover: the `every_contract_names_a_resolvable_
ratifying_test` resolver (design_index_pin) could not resolve the
" + " dual-link ratifying-test form (`uniqueness.rs + linearity.rs`)
that the #57 audit-close (
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39b674c1ec |
chore: throwaway mode-migration tool for the Implicit cutover (#55, 0121 task 3)
Adds `ail migrate-modes <file>` (a throwaway CLI subcommand) and the AST walker `ailang_core::ast::for_each_fn_type_mut` it drives: parse a .ail, map every bare/Implicit fn-type slot to Own, preserve explicit Own/Borrow, print back. Semantically invisible today (PartialEq treats Implicit == Own), but it materialises the modes so the post-cutover parser — which will reject bare slots — accepts the migrated corpus. Both are throwaway: removed in task 4 once ParamMode::Implicit is deleted (the closure references Implicit and would not compile). RED-first: migrate_modes.rs failed to compile (missing walker) before for_each_fn_type_mut was added. Additive; full workspace suite green. refs #55 |
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feat(codegen): switch the lowering walk from &Term to typed &MTerm (mir.1b)
Atomic completion of spec iteration mir.1 (docs/specs/0060-typed-mir.md): codegen now consumes the typed MIR produced by `lower_to_mir` instead of re-deriving types from the bare `ast::Term`. Every codegen helper that took `&Term` (lower_term, lower_app, drop.rs, match_lower.rs) takes `&MTerm` and reads each node's checker-proved type off `MTerm::ty()`. The build path is `Workspace -> elaborate_workspace -> MirWorkspace -> lower_workspace`; the public `lower_workspace*` entry points and their 18 call sites thread `&MirWorkspace`. The codegen-side type re-derivers `synth_with_extras` + `synth_arg_type` (and the `builtin_ail_type` / `builtin_effect_op_ret` mirror tables) are deleted — grep-clean. The three re-derivers the spec keeps until mir.2/mir.3 (`type_home_module`, `is_static_callee`, the second `infer_module_with_cross`) stay. The mechanical Term->MTerm match-arm conversion was straightforward and compiler-enforced. The substance was a set of producer-side correctness gaps that only surface once codegen reads `MTerm::ty()` and once the build path re-synthesises the post-mono AST through the canonical `synth` (which, unlike the old codegen, fully re-unifies). Each was root-caused against a failing e2e fixture: 1. `qualify_local_types` stripped fn-type modes (rebuilt `Type::Fn` with empty `param_modes` / `Implicit` `ret_mode`), so a monomorphised polymorphic intrinsic (`RawBuf.set`) lost its `Own` ret-mode and the owned temporary leaked at the call site. Made mode-preserving, like its sister `qualify_workspace_types` and `Subst::apply` ( |
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iter intrinsic-bodies.1-mechanism (DONE 8/8): Term::Intrinsic leaf + cross-crate wiring (refs #9)
First iteration of the intrinsic-bodies milestone. Introduces the
Form-A `(intrinsic)` body marker as a new leaf AST term and wires it
through surface, checker, codegen, and a kernel_stub ratifier. The
prelude migration + hard-lockstep pin + dead-path removal are .2.
What landed (8 tasks):
Task 1 — Term::Intrinsic unit variant (ast.rs), tag "t":"intrinsic"
via the enum's rename_all=lowercase. Additive: no existing fixture
carries it, hashes bit-identical. In-core exhaustive-match arms
(canonical/hash/visit/pretty/desugar/workspace) added as leaves.
Task 2 — surface parse + print: (intrinsic) as a fn body-slot clause
and a lambda positional body, mapped to/from Term::Intrinsic.
Task 3 — cross-crate walker sweep (check/codegen/prose/ail-main):
leaf no-op/identity arms at every no-wildcard Term match the
compiler flagged.
Task 4 — checker: new Env.current_module_kernel_tier flag (m.kernel
|| m.name=="prelude"), set alongside current_module. A def whose
body is intrinsic (top-level fn OR instance-method lambda, via the
shared is_intrinsic_body helper) is checked signature-only; an
intrinsic body outside kernel-tier/prelude is rejected with
intrinsic-outside-kernel-tier.
Task 5 — codegen: an intrinsic-bodied fn routes through the existing
try_emit_primitive_instance_body / intercepts::lookup path; if no
intercept fired it is an internal error, never a lower_term
fallthrough. lower_term and the synth walker get Term::Intrinsic
internal-error arms (an intrinsic body reaching either is an
escape bug).
Task 6 — answer intercept (ret i64 42) registered in INTERCEPTS;
the `answer : () -> Int` intrinsic added to STUB_AIL;
examples/kernel_intrinsic_smoke.ail added so schema_coverage
observes Term::Intrinsic in the examples/ corpus.
Task 7 — E2E ratifier: examples/kernel_answer.ail calls
kernel_stub.answer and prints 42; answer_intrinsic_builds_and_runs_printing_42
asserts it end-to-end (source → native).
Task 8 — design/contracts/0002-data-model.md gains the
{ "t": "intrinsic" } Term entry + fn/lam prose; form_a.md grammar
note updated.
Verification:
cargo test --workspace → 669 passed, 0 failed (baseline 667 +2:
intrinsic_in_user_module_is_rejected, answer_intrinsic_builds_and_runs_printing_42).
bench/check.py + bench/compile_check.py → 0 regressed.
Reject E2E (subprocess ail check --json, exit 1, code
intrinsic-outside-kernel-tier) GREEN.
Round-trip + hash pins GREEN — Term::Intrinsic is additive, no
existing fixture carries it, no hash moved.
Three implementation completions beyond the plan (all behaviour-
preserving, surfaced during execution):
1. The signature-only skip had to apply at the mono pass's two
synth-on-body re-entry sites (collect_mono_targets,
collect_residuals_ordered), not only check_fn — else an intrinsic
body hits synth's Term::Intrinsic internal-error guard. Repaired by
extracting the shared crate::is_intrinsic_body helper and applying
it at all three synth-on-body paths. Not a representation surprise:
the same signature-only treatment, more call sites.
2. The compiler-enumerated exhaustive-match set was broader than the
plan's named grep set (the plan anticipated this and made the sweep
compile-driven). Extra leaf arms in core desugar/workspace, check
reuse-as + qualify_workspace_term, codegen synth_with_extras,
ail/src/main.rs, and four test targets.
3. Fixture corrections: emit_answer needed the body-close
(block terminator) the plan snippet omitted; kernel_answer.ail's
main is (ret Unit)(effects IO) using (app print ...) since
io/print_int does not exist (the plan flagged this for the
implementer to resolve against real effect-op names).
IR snapshots (hello/sum/list/max3/ws_main.ll) refreshed: purely
additive @ail_kernel_stub_answer fn+adapter+closure, emitted into
every workspace exactly as the pre-existing @ail_kernel_stub_new
already was (kernel_stub is auto-injected; confirmed new was present
in the pre-iter hello.ll baseline). No user-fn IR changed.
The .2 iteration migrates the 18 prelude dummy bodies to (intrinsic),
upgrades registry_contains_all_legacy_arms to a source<->registry
bijection pin, and removes the dead body-lowering path.
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iter prep.3-kernel-tier-modules (DONE 9/9): kernel-tier modules + param-in + stub crate — closes #33
Terminal iteration of the kernel-extension-mechanics milestone. Ships
the four language-level mechanisms named in the spec's § Goal:
Module.kernel + TypeDef.param-in schema, their Form-A surface,
flag-driven kernel-tier auto-injection, and generic param-in checker
enforcement with a new diagnostic.
Schema (Tasks 1+2). Module gains a `kernel: bool` field
(skip_serializing_if = is_false), TypeDef gains a
`param_in: BTreeMap<String, BTreeSet<String>>` field
(skip-if-empty, kebab-renamed to "param-in"). Both fields are
strictly additive — every pre-existing fixture's canonical-JSON hash
is bit-stable except `prelude.ail`, which intentionally gains
`(kernel)`. The struct-literal sweep covered ~104 Module sites and
~35 TypeDef sites across the workspace; the additive serde-default
covers JSON deserialise paths, only Rust struct literals broke.
Form-A surface (Tasks 3+4). `(kernel)` is a bare module-header
attribute; `(param-in (a Int Float) (b Str))` is one outer
TypeDef-body clause carrying one or more inner var-lists (OQ1
decision — mirrors `(ctors …)`, one parser arm, deterministic
BTreeMap iteration). Both round-trip Form-A → JSON → Form-A
bit-identical.
Workspace-load migration (Task 5). The hardcoded `&["prelude"]`
literal at loader.rs:108 became a `modules.values().filter(|m|
m.kernel)` derivation; `parse_prelude()` injection stays because
the prelude has no on-disk manifest in user workspaces. Prelude
now carries `(kernel)` in its source, so the new filter picks it
up automatically. Code-path migration only — observable behaviour
is identical (prelude_free_fns.rs stays green). prelude hash
re-pinned (af372f28c726f29f) with Honesty-Rule provenance comment.
WorkspaceLoadError::ReservedModuleName diagnostic prose
repurposed: any built-in kernel module name is reserved
(currently prelude + kernel_stub), not specifically prelude. CLI
mapping at main.rs updated in lockstep.
Stub crate (Task 6). New `crates/ailang-kernel-stub/` is a
zero-dependency leaf crate carrying only `pub const STUB_AIL:
&str` with the Form-A source of the kernel_stub module (one
parametric TypeDef with param-in, one ctor). The parse hop —
`parse_kernel_stub()` — lives in ailang-surface next to
parse_prelude, keeping the crate-dependency graph acyclic
(`ailang-surface → ailang-kernel-stub → ailang-core`, no
back-edge). The stub is injected unconditionally in all builds as
the ratifying fixture for the kernel-extension mechanism; future
base extensions may add more or retire the stub. Drift-pinned by
`kernel_stub_module_round_trips`.
Checker (Task 7). New `CheckError::ParamNotInRestrictedSet`
variant + code() + ctx() arms + enforcement in
`check_type_well_formed`'s Type::Con arm — generic, data-driven
from the TypeDef, mentions no specific extension type. Two
in-source tests pin both the rejection (`Str` outside `{Int,
Float}`) and the acceptance (`Int` inside) paths.
Workspace-load integration tests (Task 8). New
`workspace_kernel.rs` integration-test crate with three tests:
auto-import without explicit `(import …)` declaration, two
kernel-tier modules co-load, explicit-import-overrides-auto-
import precedence preserved. Loader is import-tree-only so the
auto-import tests use a bridge module that brings the kernel
module into the workspace via the import graph — docstring
captures the reachability nuance for future readers.
Doc-state transitions (Task 9). INDEX.md kernel-extensions row
annotation transitions from "design accepted 2026-05-28; impl in
progress" to "mechanisms milestone closed 2026-05-28; raw-buf and
series milestones pending". Whitepaper STATUS + auto-import +
param-in sections transitioned forward→present for shipped
mechanisms; forward-tense survives only in sections describing
the still-pending raw-buf/series milestones (per Honesty-Rule).
data-model contract gains anchor blocks for both new schema
fields.
Side-effect: every binary's IR snapshot now contains ~52 lines
for `drop_kernel_stub_StubT` because the stub is auto-injected
into every workspace load. Snapshots refreshed; e2e expects 4
modules per workspace (prelude + kernel_stub + entry + zero or
more user modules) instead of the previous 3.
Plan defects scrubbed in the implementation (folded back into
the planner template via the planner's self-review checklist
next time): Task 4 sample test src used fictional
`(ctors (MkT a))` list form (project grammar is per-`(ctor MkT
a)`); Task 6 original wiring would have created a cycle
ailang-surface → ailang-kernel-stub → ailang-surface (inverted —
stub crate is zero-dep, parse hop lives in surface); Task 7 in-
source tests referenced a fictional `check_type_in_module`
helper (used the existing Workspace + check_workspace
convention); Task 8 first integration test expected loader to
auto-load kernel modules from disk (loader is import-tree-only;
tests use a bridge module).
Concern-5 fix folded in pre-commit: workspace.rs ReservedModuleName
doc-prose initially said "in test/dev builds" for kernel_stub —
but stub is unconditionally injected in all builds. Doc copy
tightened to present-state per Honesty-Rule.
Stats: 0 spec-review-loops, 0 quality-review-loops, 2 sweep-script
retries on Task 2 (brace-depth bug on nested vec![Ctor{…}],
recovered via per-file checkout + rewritten anchor-on-existing-
field sweep), 1 e2e-snapshot refresh on Task 6.
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iter prep.2-term-new-construct (DONE 4/4): Term::New AST + Form-A surface + checker + drift — closes #32
Second iteration of the kernel-extension-mechanics milestone. Ships
the `new` Form-A keyword + `Term::New { type_name, args: Vec<NewArg> }`
AST variant + `NewArg::Type|Value` enum end-to-end through schema /
surface / checker, with two new diagnostics
(`NewTypeNotConstructible`, `NewArgKindMismatch`), a new arm in
prep.1's workspace-wide normalisation pre-pass `qualify_workspace_term`
that rewrites bare `Term::New.type_name` to qualified form
(symmetric to the existing `Term::Ctor` arm), and the data-model.md
+ form_a.md anchor additions. Codegen out of scope per spec; codegen
sites get `CodegenError::Internal` arms naming the raw-buf milestone
as the carrier.
Verification:
- `cargo test --workspace`: 654 tests passing, 0 failed.
- 3 new in-source checker tests pin the elaboration paths:
`new_resolves_via_type_scope` (the spec's worked Counter example
checks cleanly), `new_type_not_constructible` (missing `new` def
in home module fires the new diagnostic), `new_arg_kind_mismatch_value_where_type`
(kind-mismatch detection).
- 2 new schema-drift pins (`term_new_round_trips`,
`term_new_type_arg_round_trips`) ratify the JSON byte shape:
`{"t": "new", "type": "<TypeName>", "args": [{"kind": "type"|"value",
"value": ...}]}`.
- 1 new surface round-trip pin exercises mixed-kind args through
Form-A → JSON → Form-A.
- 44+ exhaustive Term-match sites across 24 files extended with
`Term::New` arms — workspace-wide cargo build clean.
Concerns documented inline:
- `crates/ailang-core/tests/schema_coverage.rs` deliberately does
NOT register `VariantTag::TermNew` in the `EXPECTED_VARIANTS`
set. The coverage test asserts every declared variant is
observed in the .ail fixture corpus; no .ail fixture in the
current tree emits `"t": "new"` (codegen-runnable Term::New
programs require the raw-buf milestone's plugin registry).
Registering would fail the coverage check. The `visit_term` arm
IS extended (compile-forced); only the enum registration is
deferred. Inline rationale in the source. Future milestone that
ships a Term::New fixture extends both sides.
- `crates/ailang-surface/src/print.rs` `write_term` Term::New arm
was added in Task 1 (not Task 2 as planned), because without it
ailang-core's tests fail to compile (the surface crate is in
the dependency graph of ailang-core's test binaries). Task 2's
round-trip pin verified the arm's correctness.
- Task 3 (synth elaboration) needed one implementer re-loop: the
first attempt over-qualified within-module type-references via
`qualify_local_types` on `new`'s signature when the home module
was the calling module itself. Fixed by skipping qualification
when `home_module == env.current_module`.
Architectural composition with prep.1: `Term::New` joins
`Term::Ctor` as a `type_name`-bearing site that goes through
`qualify_workspace_term`'s bare→qualified rewrite before the
checker sees it. The checker's `synth` arm for `Term::New`
therefore receives an already-qualified `type_name` (or a local
bare name for same-module construction).
Milestone status: kernel-extension-mechanics (Gitea #6) advances
2/3 iters. Next: prep.3 (kernel-tier modules + param-in), issue #33.
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iter prep.1-type-scoped-namespacing (DONE 5/5): TypeDef-first resolution + workspace pre-pass — closes #31
First iteration of the kernel-extension-mechanics milestone. Ships
the type-scoped `<TypeName>.<member>` resolution path as the
canonical form for type-associated operations, narrows the
`BareCrossModuleTypeRef` / `BadCrossModuleTypeRef` diagnostics from
"bare = strictly local" to "bare = in-scope by any path", migrates
12 std-library example fixtures, and introduces a workspace-wide
normalisation pre-pass `prepare_workspace_for_check` shared between
`check_workspace` and `monomorphise_workspace`.
Architectural discovery during implementation: the plan covered the
`Term::Var` dot-qualified resolver layer plus the workspace
validator's bare-name acceptance, but the migration of bare-form
fixtures exposed five sites where bare vs. qualified type-names
needed symmetric treatment — `Term::Ctor` resolution, `Type::Con`
well-formedness, mono's poly-free-fn name/constraint-count
enumeration, codegen's `lookup_ctor_by_type` bare-name path, and
the upstream desugar-then-qualify composition. Rather than
scattering TypeDef-first ladders across each site, the implementer
centralised the work into one pre-pass that walks every consumer
module's `Type::Con.name` and `Term::Ctor.type_name`, rewriting
bare cross-module references to their qualified `<home>.<Type>`
form. This is symmetric to the pre-existing `qualify_local_types`
(owner-side); the new pre-pass is the consumer-side mirror.
Downstream passes see qualified Types regardless of authoring form.
The TypeDef-first ladder still lives in `synth`'s `Term::Var` arm
because `<TypeName>.<member>` is term-position-only — `Maybe.from_maybe`
is a Var, not a Type expression, and the pre-pass does not rewrite
Var names.
Alternatives considered:
(a) Add TypeDef-first ladder at every resolution site separately
(the plan's implicit assumption). Rejected: O(N) extension
sites, each carrying the same workspace-walking logic; the
pre-pass version is O(1) — one pass, every downstream consumer
benefits.
(b) BLOCKED + spec re-brainstorm. Rejected: the architecture
extension is consistent with prep.1's thesis (bare type-name
resolves to the workspace-wide TypeDef) and forward-compatible
with prep.2 (Term::New.type_name falls under the same rewrite)
and prep.3 (kernel-tier TypeDefs enter the workspace map
automatically). No design regression to bounce back over.
Spec updated to document the realisation mechanism honestly: the
"Realisation mechanism — workspace pre-pass" subsection clarifies
that the resolver-level semantics described in "Implementation
shape" are the user-facing contract, and the actual code path is
the pre-pass.
Verification:
- `cargo test --workspace`: ALL GREEN. 87 e2e + every crate's unit
+ integration tests pass with no regressions.
- Three NEW in-source tests pin Task 1's resolver paths:
`type_scoped_member_resolves`, `type_scoped_member_not_found`,
`type_scoped_receiver_not_a_type`.
- One NEW workspace test pins the narrowed validator:
`ct1_validator_accepts_bare_with_explicit_import`.
- One renamed-and-flipped existing test:
`ct1_validator_rejects_bare_xmod_with_import_candidate` →
`ct1_validator_accepts_bare_xmod_with_import_candidate` (the
bare-with-import path is now ACCEPTED).
- One NEW companion test for the workspace-wide ctor lookup:
`ct2_term_ctor_bare_cross_module_via_workspace_resolves`.
- Two pre-existing tests' assertions updated for the new error
wording: `ct1_check_cli::check_human_mode_emits_actionable_message_to_stderr`
and `crates/ailang-check/tests/workspace.rs::unknown_module_prefix_is_reported`.
- 12 migrated `.ail` fixtures verified via the existing e2e
suite (each fixture is the test runner's target for an existing
`build_and_run` assertion).
- Negative fixture `ct_2_bare_cross_module.ail` semantically
preserved: dropped its `(import std_maybe)` so bare `Maybe` is
out-of-scope under the narrowed rule and still fires
`BareCrossModuleTypeRef`.
Concerns:
- The pre-pass introduces a new architectural layer (consumer-side
qualification) that the spec did not originally anticipate. Spec
amendment in this commit documents the layer. Future iterations
reference `prepare_workspace_for_check` as established
infrastructure.
- `examples/test_ct1_bare_xmod_rejected.ail.json` switched its
offending name from bare `Ordering` (which under the prep.1
semantics may now resolve via implicit prelude) to a still-
unresolvable `Mystery_Type`. The CLI test's intent (assert that
a human-mode `ail check` exits non-zero on a still-RED case) is
preserved.
Milestone status: kernel-extension-mechanics (Gitea #6) advances
1/3 iters. Next: prep.2 (`Term::New` construct) issue #32.
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convention: counter-prefix file naming across docs/specs/, docs/plans/, design/contracts/, design/models/
All 176 files in the four accumulating directories now use a zero-padded 4-digit counter prefix that reflects creation order (`NNNN-slug.md`). The counter is assigned per directory in strict git-log creation order; ties broken alphabetically by original name. The old `YYYY-MM-DD-` prefix on docs/specs/ and docs/plans/ files is dropped — the date is recoverable from git log and the counter carries the ordering. A file's counter is stable for the life of the file: never reassigned, never reused, never compacted. Deleted files retire their counter; subsequent files do not fill the gap. This is the property that lets cross-references stay literal — refs use the full filename including the counter (`design/contracts/0007-honesty-rule.md`) so they grep cleanly and resolve directly without a glob step. 313 cross-references updated across .md/.rs/.toml/.c/.json files (test pins, include_str! paths, design-INDEX entries, baseline notes, runtime C comments, inter-contract markdown links incl. bare basename and `../models/foo.md` forms). CLAUDE.md gets a new "File-naming convention" section spelling out the rule and rationale. skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md and skills/planner/SKILL.md updated so new spec/plan creation produces counter-prefixed names from the start. The full test suite (cargo test --workspace) passes. |
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iter boehm-retirement.1 (DONE 10/10): retire the transitional Boehm GC backend
Closes Gitea #4. Removes the Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative GC backend wholesale across six layers in one atomic iteration. After this iter, `AllocStrategy` has two variants (`Rc`, `Bump`), `--alloc=gc` is rejected at CLI parse with `unknown --alloc value`, the libgc link arm is gone, and the design ledger describes RC (canonical) + bump (raw-alloc bench-floor) as the only allocators. Layer-by-layer summary: CLI surface — `crates/ail/src/main.rs`: `parse_alloc_strategy` arm `"gc" => Ok(AllocStrategy::Gc)` removed; error wording updated to `(expected `rc` or `bump`)`; clap-derive `value_parser = ["gc","bump","rc"]` allowlist on BOTH `Build` and `Run` subcommands DROPPED so that `parse_alloc_strategy` remains the sole gatekeeper for the unknown-value diagnostic (otherwise clap shadows the runtime diagnostic with `invalid value 'gc' for '--alloc'`, which would miss the milestone-pin's stderr substring check). The `default_value = "rc"` stays. Codegen — `crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs`: `AllocStrategy::Gc` variant + `Default` derive removed (no caller of `AllocStrategy::default()` existed in the workspace, so the trait derivation was dead). `fn_name` (spec called it `runtime_alloc_fn` loosely; actual identifier is `fn_name`) drops the `Gc => "GC_malloc"` arm. `lower_workspace` and `lower_workspace_staticlib` defaults flip from `Gc` to `Rc`. In-source negative-complement codegen test (mod tests, lib.rs:3571ff) retargets from `AllocStrategy::Gc` to `AllocStrategy::Bump` (bump also doesn't emit per-type drop fns; the test's semantic "no drop fns under non-RC" is preserved). Link branch — `crates/ail/src/main.rs:2389ff`: The `match strategy { AllocStrategy::Gc => { ... cmd.arg("-lgc"); ... } }` arm and its libgc-link block are entirely gone. The surviving match exhausts on `Bump` and `Rc` (Rust's exhaustiveness check confirms; no `error[E0004]`). Staticlib-guard diagnostic rewritten to drop the "shared Boehm collector" phrasing while preserving the prefix `staticlib (swarm) artefact is RC-only` verbatim (the surviving `staticlib_bump_is_rejected` test depends on that substring). Test suite — 3 pure-differential e2e tests deleted (`gc_handles_recursive_list_construction`, `alloc_rc_produces_same_stdout_as_gc`, `alloc_rc_matches_gc_on_std_list_demo`); 9 RC-feature tests stripped of their `stdout_gc` build call and differential `assert_eq!(stdout_gc, stdout_rc, ...)` (absolute `assert_eq!(stdout_rc.trim(), "<n>")` pin retained as correctness oracle); `staticlib_gc_is_rejected` deleted; new milestone-pin `crates/ail/tests/boehm_retirement_pin.rs` asserts `ail build --alloc=gc` exits ≠ 0 with stderr containing `unknown --alloc value` and `\`gc\``; `examples/gc_stress.ail` fixture deleted (no remaining references). Implementer expansion (not in plan): `iter17a_local_box_alloca` (in `e2e.rs`) carried an IR-shape assertion against `@GC_malloc`-absence as the witness for non-escaping allocation. After the Task-2 codegen default flip, the witness shifts to `@ailang_rc_alloc`-absence in escape-targeted positions; assertion + doc-comment updated. Property protected ("no heap allocation in non-escaping contexts") is unchanged; only the named allocator shifts. Bench harness — `bench/run.sh` 9→6 column compaction (workload + bump(s) + rc(s) + rc/bump + bump RSS + rc RSS); gc-arm `bench_latency_implicit_gc` build call + harness invocation dropped from latency block; header comment reframed from "GC-overhead bench harness" to "RC-overhead bench harness"; "Decision 10's Boehm-retirement target (1.3x)" rewording to "RC-overhead-vs-bump bench-health regression gate". `bench/check.py:62` header-sentinel changes from `"gc(s)" in line` to `"bump(s)" in line`; column-count check at `:72` flips from `!= 9` to `!= 6`; per-workload field set drops `gc_s`/`gc_over_bump`/`gc_rss_kb`; `ARM_LABEL_TO_KEY` drops the `"implicit @ gc": "implicit_at_gc"` entry. `bench/baseline.json` regenerated via `--update-baseline`. Implementer note (planner-defect): `write_new_baseline` iterated over the *existing* baseline's metric list when emitting the regenerated file, so even after parser-level `gc_*` removal, the fallback emitted them back into the JSON. Scrubbed post-update; the cleaner fix (have `write_new_baseline` emit only keys present in `parsed_throughput[workload]`) is a follow-up if the script becomes load-bearing for further allocator changes. Design ledger — `design/models/rc-uniqueness.md` excises the `## Dual allocator — RC canonical, Boehm parity oracle` section and the `Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative GC` choice block + rationale + trade-offs; the per-fn-alloca section generalises Boehm-specific language to allocator-agnostic; the memory-model section's `## Choice.` paragraph reframes the 1.3× target from "Boehm-retirement gate" to "bench-health regression gate". `design/models/pipeline.md` drops the `--alloc=gc → links libgc` arm of the pipeline diagram and replaces it with `--alloc=bump → links bump-floor`; the accompanying prose rewrites accordingly. `design/contracts/scope-boundaries.md` rewrites the "Memory management via Boehm conservative GC" bullet to describe RC + per-fn-arena present-tense; the dead reference to `examples/gc_stress.ail.json` (file never existed; the fixture only ever had a `.ail` form, deleted by this iter) is dropped along with the `examples/std_list_stress.ail.json` reference whose purpose was Boehm-only soak testing. `:67`'s `@printf` / `@GC_malloc` parenthetical updated. `design/contracts/memory-model.md:232` drops the "leaks like the pre-Boehm era" phrase; the RC inc/dec instrumentation is wired up, so the "until then" conditional that referenced pre-Boehm is closed. `design/contracts/embedding-abi.md:42-44` rewrites the staticlib-guard prose to drop the `--alloc=gc` clause (gc is now a CLI-parser-level unknown-value, not a staticlib-guard rejection) and reframe the swarm-safety justification around `--alloc=bump` (leak-only bench instrument) rather than the historical Boehm collector. Honesty pin — `crates/ailang-core/tests/docs_honesty_pin.rs` inverts the polarity: the present-tense Boehm-anchor assertion on `pipeline.md` (`:116-117`) is deleted, and four absence-pins are added to `design_md_has_no_wunschdenken` against the Boehm-zombie strings `transitional Boehm`, `parity oracle`, `GC_malloc`, `libgc`. The `design_corpus()` already includes `rc-uniqueness.md` so no path-list change was needed for the new pins to scan. `crates/ailang-core/tests/design_index_pin.rs:166` drops the `"pre-Boehm"` token from the protected-exception comment list (the phrase no longer appears in `memory-model.md` after this iter, so the exception is dead). Runtime docs — `runtime/bump.c`, `runtime/rc.c`, `runtime/str.c` header comments scrubbed of Boehm/`GC_malloc`/`libgc` references. `bump.c`'s function signature description still documents `void *bump_malloc(size_t)` as the bench-floor allocator interface, but no longer cross-references libgc. Example fixtures — `examples/bench_latency_implicit.ail`, `bench_latency_explicit.ail`, `escape_local_demo.ail`, `reuse_as_demo.ail`, `rc_pin_recurse_implicit.ail` doc-comment headers scrubbed of `--alloc=gc` / Boehm references. The `.ail` surface (AST) is untouched in every case; round-trip invariant holds (`cargo test -p ailang-surface --test round_trip` green). Skill / agent prompts — `skills/audit/agents/ailang-bencher.md` rewritten to use an RC-vs-bump worked example pattern for the hypothesis-driven bench tutorial, replacing the recurring "RC vs Boehm under heap pressure" example. `skills/implement/agents/ailang-implementer.md` Decision-10 / Boehm references replaced with present-tense RC-commitment framing. IR snapshots — the 5 checked-in snapshots (`crates/ail/tests/snapshots/{hello,list,max3,sum,ws_main}.ll`) regenerated via `UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS=1 cargo test -p ail --test ir_snapshot`. Each previously contained `declare ptr @GC_malloc(i64)` and (for `list.ll`) a `call ptr @GC_malloc(...)` invocation; post-flip the snapshots contain `declare ptr @ailang_rc_alloc(i64)` plus the rc inc/dec runtime declarations. Spec-vs-acceptance addendum (caught at orchestrator end-report, absorbed here rather than in a follow-up spec edit): spec §6 acceptance criteria said "Boehm-grep returns matches ONLY in docs_honesty_pin.rs". The plan itself prescribed historical Boehm references in 3 additional files: (a) the new milestone-pin `boehm_retirement_pin.rs` (must literally invoke `--alloc=gc` to assert its rejection), (b) `embed_staticlib_alloc_guard.rs` file doc-comment historical note ("`--alloc=gc` no longer exists as a CLI value"), (c) `embedding-abi.md:44-45` contract historical clause ("see the Boehm-retirement iter"). All three are prescribed; the spec's grep wording was too narrow. The four absence-pins in `docs_honesty_pin.rs` catch the actual zombies (Boehm-narrative re-emerging in the design ledger), which is the substantive intent the spec was aiming at — the four extra documented-by-design exceptions are the cost of having an explicit milestone-pin and contract-level historical anchors. Net delta: - 32 files modified, 2 new (boehm_retirement_pin.rs + stats), 1 deleted (gc_stress.ail); - workspace tests: every binary `0 failed`. Pass-count delta: -3 net (4 e2e tests deleted, 1 new milestone-pin test added); - boehm-grep state: hits only in the four by-design exceptions documented above; - `bench/check.py` exit 0 against regenerated baseline; - CLI must-fail fixture: `ail build --alloc=gc examples/hello.ail` exits non-zero with stderr containing `unknown --alloc value` and `\`gc\``; - design ledger present-tense honest (Boehm-narrative gone from `rc-uniqueness.md` + `pipeline.md`; the few historical references in `embedding-abi.md` / `boehm_retirement_pin.rs` / `embed_staticlib_alloc_guard.rs` are explicit milestone-pins or contract anchors, not silent ledger residue). Bench measurement variance noted: closure-chain and hof-pipeline are ±1-5% jittery between runs; one regeneration flagged 2 metrics as `regressed` before a second run returned 0. The captured baseline is within self-comparison range. Existing per-metric tolerances absorb the jitter. Stats file: `bench/orchestrator-stats/2026-05-20-iter-boehm-retirement.1.json`. closes #4 |
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workflow: scrub residual JOURNAL/journal refs missed in the first sweep
A re-grep found 15 live references (excluding docs/specs/ and
docs/plans/, which stay historical) the previous two commits
missed — all in source comments, doctests, bench helpers, and one
agent file.
Per-file:
- crates/ail/src/main.rs: typeclass-coherence diagnostic comment
pointed at "the JOURNAL queue's wording" — points at
design/contracts/typeclasses.md alone.
- crates/ailang-prose/src/lib.rs: `//!` header referred to
docs/JOURNAL.md "Pinned: human-readable prose surface" —
retargeted to design/contracts/authoring-surface.md.
- crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs: bugfix tag + "see iter
method-dispatch-refactor journal" prose collapsed to a clean
rationale paragraph; the canonical shape is stated inline.
- crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_decouple_carve_out_pin.rs:
"(d) record the rationale in a per-iter journal" →
"(d) record the rationale in the commit body".
- crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_module_hash_pin.rs: header
collapsed (pd.2/pd.3 milestone narrative dropped — the test's
purpose is self-evident from its body); both "per-iter journal"
drift-instructions point at the commit body.
- runtime/rc.c: "bench numbers in JOURNAL 18f.2" →
"original profiling bench numbers".
- bench/run.sh: two "JOURNAL entry" comments → "commit body".
- bench/architect_sweeps.sh: header rewritten (cross-ref to the
design-md-consolidation milestone commits, not a JOURNAL entry).
Sweep-4 extended with two new anti-regrowth phrases
("see the per-iter journal", "in a per-iter journal") so journal
prose can't grow back into design/contracts/ silently.
- skills/audit/agents/ailang-architect.md: "unlike a journal it
lives on main" → "since it lives on main".
- ail-embed/src/bin/timeshard_runner.rs: "records it in the
close-out journal" → "prints it to stderr".
- ail-embed/tests/timeshard.rs: two "journal-only friction timing"
→ "stderr-only friction timing".
Verification (after the edit):
- `grep -rin '\bjournal\b'` against live tree returns exactly two
hits: the Sweep-4 regex itself (intentional — TABU phrases that
prevent regrowth) and the PHRASES array in design_index_pin.rs
(intentional — the same regrowth guard at test level). Both are
load-bearing negative assertions.
- `bash bench/architect_sweeps.sh` exits 0 ("All five sweeps
clean") — no design/-side regrowth.
- `cargo build --workspace` green; `cargo test --workspace` green.
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source: scrub iter-code / Decision-N residue from inline comments
Follow-up to
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iter design-md-rolesplit.1 (DONE 9/9): DESIGN.md -> design/ ledger role-split
The 3020-line docs/DESIGN.md is replaced by the design/ ledger:
design/INDEX.md (sole addressable spine, typed Contracts+Models tables,
polymorphic links — prose file OR authoritative source //!), 14
design/contracts/*.md test-linked invariants + 3 source-link-only
contracts (mangling/env-construction/qualified-xref, no prose file —
code is SoT), 5 design/models/*.md whitepapers, and
docs/journals/2026-05-19-design-decision-records.md (the
relitigation-guard archive — every why/rejected/does-not-do/rollback/
empirical ### moved out at ###-granularity). Clean cut: git rm
docs/DESIGN.md, no stub.
RED-first crates/ailang-core/tests/design_index_pin.rs — the 4-clause
anti-regrowth spine (DESIGN.md-gone / every-INDEX-link-resolves /
every-contract-names-a-resolvable-ratifier /
contracts-carry-no-decision-record-prose) — demonstrably RED before,
GREEN after. Build-atomic by task ordering: design_schema_drift.rs's
include_str! (the only compile-time consumer) retargeted to
design/contracts/data-model.md BEFORE the deletion; its
## Data model/## Pipeline slicer dropped (a simplification the split
enables). 2 NoInstance diagnostics + 2 lockstep E2Es retargeted to
design/contracts/{float-semantics,typeclasses}.md. ~12 agent reading
lists + 5 SKILL bodies + CLAUDE.md + skills/README.md + ~25
code/C/.ail/spec comment xrefs retargeted; OQ7 dangling 'Iter 13b'
cite deleted (no forward target — a pointer would be fiction).
honesty-rule.md rewritten so the rule names the new home
(rationale->journals), resolving the recon-found internal
contradiction; the two docs_honesty_pin.rs:70,72 pinned phrases kept
verbatim+contiguous.
Boss-verified independently: cargo test --workspace 646 passed /
0 failed; design_index_pin 4/4; acceptance grep CLEAN of live
DESIGN.md refs (residuals = only the spec-mandated clause-4
deletion-enforcer). 2 DONE_WITH_CONCERNS routed to the mandatory
milestone-close audit: (a) str-abi.md:23 '(iter str-concat,
2026-05-13)' provenance stamp trips advisory architect_sweeps Sweep-1
— Boss-confirmed byte-identical to DESIGN.md@deeffb1:2062-2065, a
faithfully-migrated PRE-EXISTING anchor (regexes verbatim, only path
retargeted), NOT split-introduced — RATIFY-or-tidy at audit; (b) a
now stale-direction intra-prose 'see Str ABI below' cross-ref in
float-semantics.md — audit-adjudication candidate. Plan defect noted:
Task 9 Step 4's verbatim acceptance grep used a ^./ anchor not
matching the system's grep -rIn output; substance re-verified CLEAN.
Spec grounding-check PASS x2. Journals INDEX + decision-records
pointer appended (Boss-only).
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iter embedding-abi-m2.1 (PARTIAL 4/9 + Boss spec-defect repair): ctx ABI + de-globalisation
Tasks 1-4 land fully review-green and are the cohesive shippable
subset (the per-thread embedding ABI, fully wired + proven):
- T1: FIXED-FIRST alloc-guard baseline pin (RED captured -> GREEN at T4).
- T2: runtime/rc.c gains ailang_ctx_t {alloc_count,free_count} +
ailang_ctx_new/_free + __thread __ail_tls_ctx; the two increment
sites become 'if (_ctx) _ctx->... else g_rc_...'. g_rc_* statics +
ailang_rc_stats_atexit + the constructor RETAINED VERBATIM as the
null-ctx (single-threaded executable) fallback. rc_accounting_tsan.c
+ driver: per-ctx 8x200000 tsan-clean (de-globalisation positive proof).
- T3: codegen Target::StaticLib forwarder gains a leading 'ptr %ctx'
+ one '@__ail_tls_ctx = external thread_local global ptr' decl +
TLS save/store/restore around the BYTE-UNCHANGED internal call;
_adapter/_clos + internal arg vector untouched (M1 decision held);
doc-comment provisionality narrowed to the value/record layout.
- T4: build_staticlib rejects --alloc != rc (RC-only swarm artefact).
Boss adjudication of the orchestrator's Task-5 BLOCKED (spec-defect,
correctly surfaced not hacked): swarm.c's -DSHARED_CTX negative
control is structurally impossible — examples/embed_backtest_step.ail
is a non-allocating scalar kernel that never writes a ctx field, and
__ail_tls_ctx is __thread, so a shared-ctx scalar swarm has no
shared-memory write to race on (the spec's OWN item-1 honesty point).
The de-globalisation teeth belong to the item-1 rc_accounting harness
(shared ctx genuinely races on ctx->alloc_count; orchestrator
independently confirmed tsan exit 66). Spec amended in lockstep
(Goal coherent-stop, must-fail-axis item 2, Testing item 3,
Acceptance) so item 3's negative control is item-1's by the
de-globalisation-proof / capability-demo split; plan Task 5
restructured (swarm.c per-ctx capability demo only; negative-control
standing test relocated into the item-1 harness driver) + Task 3's
plan-transcription error (@ail_backtest_step ->
@ail_embed_backtest_step_step) corrected. This is a Boss
consistency-repair of an internally-contradictory clause whose intent
is already correctly realised in the same spec — not a redesign; no
brainstorm bounce. Task-5 working files discarded (corrected plan
reproduces them; a structurally-RED test must not enter main).
INDEX.md + final journal land at iter completion (re-dispatch [5,9]).
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iter emit-ir-staticlib: ail emit-ir --emit=staticlib (M1 fieldtest spec_gap#2)
Restores the Decision-5 IR-readability affordance for main-free
kernels: ail emit-ir gains --emit=staticlib, symmetric with
ail build, reusing the M1-audited Target::StaticLib path via a new
one-line lower_workspace_staticlib convenience. Zero-export guard
byte-identical to build_staticlib's. DESIGN.md widened (not
narrowed) + a pre-existing M1 synopsis omission corrected. 3 new
E2E tests; no fixture minted, no doc pin (E2E is the coverage).
Plan
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iter embedding-abi-m1.1 (DONE 7/7): Embedding-ABI M1 — scalar AILang fn callable from C/Rust
Tasks 4-7 on the Boss-Repaired plan, completing the M1 iteration: - Task 4: check-side export-signature gate — CheckError variants ExportNonScalarSignature / ExportHasEffects (codes export-non-scalar-signature / export-has-effects), code() arms, check_fn gate (params->ret->effects, first-violation-wins, unconditional on f.export.is_some()). The clause-3 discriminator in code: effectful/non-scalar exports fail to typecheck. 6/6. - Task 5: codegen Target::StaticLib — Target enum, threaded param, @main/MissingEntryMain gated behind Target::Executable, one external @<sym> forwarder per export to @ail_<module>_<fn> (fn_scalar_sig/llvm_scalar). In-source missing_entry_main_is_error byte-unchanged. Lowering pin 2/2. - Task 6: CLI ail build --emit=staticlib — clap field, Cmd::Build branch, build_staticlib (verbatim build_to prefix + has_export guard + two-archive clang -c/ar rcs tail) + run_cmd. CLI pin 2/2. - Task 7: C-host E2E coherent-stop proof (cc links libembed_backtest_step.a + libailang_rt.a, backtest_step(0,3)=9 / (9,4)=25, s==25, exit 0) + DESIGN.md §"Embedding ABI (M1)" (scalar C ABI, provisional until M3). E2E pin 1/1. Independent Boss verification: E2E 1/1, gate 6/6, full workspace 0 failures, roundtrip_cli + design_schema_drift + spec_drift green, Invariant 1 holds (no new dep in core/codegen/runtime). 3 behaviour- neutral plan pseudo-vs-reality concerns in the journal. Default-exe codegen/runtime path byte-unchanged (check.py firing = tracked-P2 known-noise, audit-adjudicated). INDEX line added. Completes the M1 iteration (impl). Milestone-close audit + fieldtest (surface-touching) are the next pipeline steps. |
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iter remove-mut-var-assign.1: atomic removal of mut/var/assign
mut/var/assign removed from AILang entirely and atomically. Deleted: Term::Mut/Term::Assign/struct MutVar; the three Form-A keywords + parse_mut/parse_assign + grammar EBNF; the 4 mut CheckError variants; the mut_scope_stack synth threading (param dropped from synth + every internal/external/test caller); the two lower_term arms; and every exhaustive no-_ Term::Mut/Term::Assign match arm across 17 source files — cut in lockstep with DESIGN.md, fixtures, the drift trio, carve-out and roadmap so the schema is honest at every commit. No catch-all wildcard introduced (verified). loop/recur + let/if are the surviving forms. The shared codegen alloca machinery survives (loop reuses it): mut_var_allocas renamed binder_allocas (representation-only, loop codegen byte-identical) and the shared Term::Lam escape guard simplified to !loop_stack.is_empty() with the loop half (LoopBinderCapturedByLambda) byte-equivalent. Feature-acceptance applied inverted: the removed feature fails clause 2 (redundant) and clause 3 (IS the iterated-mutable-state bug class). Behaviour preservation is executable: mut_counter/mut_sum_floats still print 55 after the faithful let/if rewrite. The removal is made executable by the new mut_removed_pin.rs (4 must-fail pins). Independent verification: cargo test --workspace 605/0, zero residual mut symbols in any crate source, loop/recur non-regression all green (55 / 500000500000 / infinite-compiles / the lambda_capturing_loop_binder pin), roundtrip_cli PASS. One DONE_WITH_CONCERNS: a 4th recurrence of the recon-undercount class (in-source mod tests + a drift-pin fn + 5 orphaned mut .ail.json carve-outs + a non-enumerated E0599); all resolved within implementer remit, no behaviour change. Milestone-close audit then fieldtest remain. spec docs/specs/2026-05-18-remove-mut-var-assign.md (grounding PASS) plan docs/plans/remove-mut-var-assign.1.md |
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iter loop-recur.1: additive Term::Loop / Term::Recur / LoopBinder foundation
First of three iterations of the standalone loop/recur milestone
(spec
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iter effect-doc-honesty: make the effect-system documentation true
Standalone documentation-honesty tidy (no language/checker/codegen change; `ail check`/`run` byte-unchanged by construction). Corrects three false effect-system claims the effect-subsystem recon surfaced, plus two satellite mentions, guarded by a new doc-presence pin: - DESIGN.md Decision 3: removed the "row-polymorphic (`![IO | r]`)" claim (no EffectRow / row variable exists in any crate — effect sets are a flat, unordered, closed set unified by set-equality); reconciled "`IO` and `Diverge` are wired up" to IO-only + `Diverge` reserved/unimplemented (zero code in any crate), modelled on Decision 4's reserved-refinements precedent. - DESIGN.md "What is not (yet) supported": "IO and Diverge ops" bullet -> IO-only + Diverge-reserved. - ast.rs Term::Do doc-comment: "resolved against the effect-handler table at link time" -> the real mechanism (typecheck lookup in Env::effect_ops + literal lower_effect_op codegen match; no handler table, no link-time resolution). - form_a.md:226 + rule 3, and main.rs merge-prose CONTRACT example: Diverge mentions reconciled in lockstep. - new crates/ailang-core/tests/effect_doc_honesty_pin.rs: 4 tests, fiction-absent + corrected-anchor-present, single-line wrap-robust substrings. cargo test --workspace 600 -> 604 (4 new pin tests, 0 regressions); design_schema_drift / spec_drift / schema_coverage stay green, empirically confirming none scans the effect-prose region. |
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iter revert: back out the Iteration-discipline milestone (it.1 + it.2)
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iter it.1: loop/recur additive — Term::Loop/Term::Recur/LoopBinder end-to-end
Iteration-discipline milestone, 1 of 3. Adds named loop + recur as strictly-additive first-class AST nodes: parse/print/prose/serde/ round-trip/schema lockstep, typecheck (binder typing + recur arity/type unification via loop_stack threaded as mut.2's mut_scope_stack; recur-tail-position via verify_loop_body), codegen (loop-header + one phi per binder; recur back-edge br with a NEW parallel block_terminated setter; lambda-boundary loop_frames save/restore). Four Recur* CheckError variants. Strictly additive: zero deletions touch tail-app/tail-do or the seven existing block_terminated sites — this is what makes the destructive it.3 safe. recur synth = fresh metavar (resolves the plan's flagged Type::unit() risk). loop_counter->55, loop_in_lambda->49, four negatives fire, tail-app byte-identical, cargo test --workspace green. Spec |
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iter mut.1: AST extension + Form A surface for local mutable state
First iteration of the mut-local milestone (foundation step on the
Stateful-islands roadmap path). Lands the schema + surface tier:
Term::Mut, Term::Assign, and the nested MutVar struct become
first-class AST nodes that round-trip cleanly through Form A.
Typecheck and codegen recognition are deferred to mut.2 and mut.3
per the spec's out-of-iteration boundary; reaching either dispatch
entry point with these variants produces CheckError::Internal /
CodegenError::Internal with a 'deferred to iter mut.{2,3}' message.
Concretely:
- crates/ailang-core/src/ast.rs: two new Term variants behind
#[serde(tag = 't')]; pub struct MutVar { name, ty, init } adjacent
to Arm. Two canonical-bytes pin tests for the explicit-empty-vars
serialisation and the assign round-trip.
- ~25 substantive Term-walker arms across ailang-core/desugar,
ailang-core/workspace, ailang-check (lib + lift + linearity + mono
+ pre_desugar_validation + reuse_shape + uniqueness),
ailang-codegen (escape + lambda + lib), ailang-prose, and
crates/ail/src/main.rs. Universal policy: substantive recurse-into-
children at every site; only the two dispatch entry points
(synth in ailang-check, lower_term in ailang-codegen) stub with
Internal-error. One test-side walker arm in
crates/ail/tests/codegen_import_map_fallback_pin.rs not
enumerated by the plan was added as well (defensive recursion).
- ailang-surface: parse_mut + parse_assign helpers; Term::Mut
body desugared from a flat statement sequence into a right-folded
Term::Seq chain inside the JSON-AST. Print arms in print.rs match
the parser convention. EBNF prologue + crates/ailang-core/specs/
form_a.md productions updated. Four new parser pin tests cover
the empty-mut, single-var, body-required, and vars-only-no-body
cases.
- Drift + coverage tests extended: design_schema_drift.rs adds two
exemplars + match arms; schema_coverage.rs adds two VariantTag
entries + EXPECTED_VARIANTS + visit_term arms; spec_drift.rs adds
two exemplars + match arms. DESIGN.md §'Term (expression)' gets
jsonc-blocked schemas for the two new variants.
- examples/mut.ail: six-fn round-trip fixture exercising empty mut,
single-var, two-var, nested-shadow, and the four supported scalar
return types (Int, Float, Bool, Unit). The round_trip auto-glob
and schema_coverage corpus walker both pick it up.
Plan deviation: the plan named lib.rs:2572 as the typecheck
dispatch stub site, but that line is actually verify_tail_positions
(substantive walker). The real dispatch is synth (3403-area, stub
at 3489); the orchestrator routed correctly.
Tests: 564 → 579 green; cargo build green; round-trip green for
the new fixture; all drift + coverage tests green.
Journal: docs/journals/2026-05-15-iter-mut.1.md.
Refs: docs/specs/2026-05-15-mut-local.md, docs/plans/2026-05-15-iter-mut.1.md.
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Architect drift: 1 Important + 1 Minor fixed inline as audit-pd-tidy.
DESIGN.md §"Roundtrip Invariant" point 4 + §Enforcement asserted
"Eight `.ail.json`-only fixtures" with one being the prelude embed.
Post-pd.3 the count is seven and the embed clause is empty; rewrote
both paragraphs to reflect the post-milestone state with a forward-
pointer to the prelude-decouple resolution.
ail/src/main.rs's migrate-canonical-types subcommand carried a
`local_types.get("prelude")` fallback in `rewrite_type` that was
dead-by-construction after pd.3 retired the synthetic prelude load
in the same subcommand. Removed the or_else arm; replaced with a
multi-line comment naming the milestone and the repopulation path
for any future variant that needs prelude awareness.
Bench: check.py + compile_check.py exit 1 with the established
envelope-noise (15th consecutive observation since audit-cma);
cross_lang.py clean. pd.* iterations are workspace-loader / spec /
filesystem / test-code only — zero codegen / runtime / typecheck
path edited, so the regression cluster cannot be milestone-induced.
Baseline left pristine consistent with all 14 prior decisions.
Roadmap: P0 entry (prelude-decouple, [~]) struck and removed; P0 is
empty again. The pre-milestone P2 entry that this work superseded
("Prelude embed: Form-A as compile-time source") is gone too. Per-
iter journals stay in INDEX.md as chronological context.
Carried debt unchanged: 3 cargo doc warnings on dangling load_workspace
references in core's lib.rs (covered by the existing P2 "Rustdoc
warning sweep" todo).
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iter pd.3: prelude.ail.json retired — milestone prelude-decouple closed
Deleted examples/prelude.ail.json (-559 lines). The cross-form-identity preflight test that ratified pd.3's load-bearing assumption at module hash 3abe0d3fa3c11c99 has discharged its purpose and was removed along with its supporting bytes; the long-term prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash anchor stays. The ail-CLI migrate-bare-cross-module-refs subcommand's defensive include + lockstep skip-branch removed; the rewrite logic's prelude-fallback capability silently retired with the synthetic insert (known debt, doc-comment updated to reflect). One in-mod core test relocated to crates/ailang-core/tests/workspace_pin.rs (pd.2.4 dev-dep cycle precedent — in-mod call to ailang_surface still structurally impossible). carve_out_inventory.rs: 8 → 7 carve-outs, §C4(b) row dropped, header sentence updated. form-a-default-authoring.md §C4(b) gets a "RETIRED 2026-05-14 by milestone prelude-decouple" status marker; original historical text preserved. New prelude_decouple_carve_out_pin.rs asserts examples/prelude.ail.json does NOT exist. Milestone prelude-decouple closed: prelude exists on disk only as examples/prelude.ail; ailang-core embeds zero prelude bytes; CLAUDE.md "authors write .ail" doctrine holds without exception. cargo test --workspace 573 green; bench/cross_lang.py + bench/compile_check.py exit 0; bench/check.py exit 1 with the established noise envelope (14th observation of bench_list_sum.bump_s since audit-cma; pd.3 is filesystem + spec text + test deletion only, no codegen / runtime / typecheck path edited — baseline pristine). Folds in the orphan pd.2 INDEX entry that was left uncommitted in the working tree. |
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iter cli-diag-human: route WorkspaceLoadError through diagnostic in non-JSON path
Closes P2 todo "CLI human-mode diagnostic surface for
WorkspaceLoadError" surfaced by ct.1.8 tester (2026-05-11).
Pre-iter, non-JSON `ail check` (+8 sibling subcommands) propagated
loader errors via anyhow's Display, producing
`Error: <message>` without the bracketed `[code]` prefix the JSON
path emits.
Fix: new private helper `load_workspace_human(path)` in
crates/ail/src/main.rs that wraps ailang_surface::load_workspace,
threads any WorkspaceLoadError through workspace_error_to_diagnostic,
formats the resulting Diagnostic into a single stderr line
`error: [<code>] <def>: <message>`, and exits non-zero. Pure I/O
errors still propagate as anyhow errors.
Nine call sites swapped to the helper (check non-JSON arm, build,
run, emit-ir, prose, describe, deps, diff, manifest). The JSON arm
of `ail check` keeps its explicit `match` — different output
contract (structured stdout array).
The BareCrossModuleTypeRef Diagnostic message gained the existing
migration-command hint ("Run `ail migrate-canonical-types` to fix
legacy fixtures.") so the ct.1.8 actionable-hint test stays green.
The hint previously rode on WorkspaceLoadError's thiserror Display;
making workspace_error_to_diagnostic the single source for both
JSON and human paths required moving it into the Diagnostic body.
RED test crates/ail/tests/cli_diag_human_workspace_load_error.rs
pins the bracketed-code surface on a missing-import workspace
(tempdir-based fixture; no committed corpus addition).
cargo test --workspace: 565/0/3. clippy + doc: zero warnings.
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iter rpe.1: retire per-type print effect-ops
Single iter shipping the post-milestone-24 follow-up named in
docs/specs/2026-05-14-retire-per-type-print-effects.md. After this
iter the only surviving direct-output effect-op is `io/print_str`;
all per-type print primitives are replaced by the polymorphic
`print` helper (prelude, iter 24.3).
Components:
- 92 examples/*.ail fixtures migrated (do io/print_<T> x) →
(app print x); 6 .prose.txt snapshots regenerated via `ail prose`.
- Four-site lockstep compiler deletion: crates/ailang-check/src/builtins.rs
(3 effect_ops.insert blocks + 3 list() rows + the
install_io_print_float_signature test + module + EffectOpSig
doc-comments); crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs lower_app
(3 arms + lowers_io_print_float test); crates/ailang-codegen/src/synth.rs
builtin_effect_op_ret match-arm pattern. Dead `intern_string`
helper removed as a follow-up.
- Five incidental test-body migrations (ailang-check x2, ailang-core
spec_drift + design_schema_drift, ailang-surface/src/lex.rs,
ailang-prose/src/lib.rs round-trip test).
- Cat B test-harness patch: six IR-shape tests in
crates/ail/tests/e2e.rs gained a monomorphise_workspace call
before lower_workspace_with_alloc so they follow the same
pipeline as `ail build` (the home-rolled desugar+lift loop
stayed because mono's precondition is "already lifted"; mono
inserts after lift).
- Six doc-comment touch-ups (lex.rs module doc, parse.rs
diagnostic example, ail/src/main.rs x2, runtime/str.c %g anchor,
crates/ailang-core/specs/form_a.md surface-spec example).
- DESIGN.md seven-site sweep (Decision 11 example, Polymorphic
print past-tense, Heap-Str output sentence, effect-op
invocation comment, Float NaN paragraph re-anchored on
float_to_str, two "What is supported" lists).
- Three E2E test-comment polish + four IR-snapshot refresh + one
canonical-hash pin update (plan-unanticipated downstream
consequences of the corpus migration).
- bench/{check,compile_check,cross_lang}.py: all exit 0; no
ratification needed.
- Roadmap entry struck through; per-iter journal at
docs/journals/2026-05-14-iter-rpe.1.md.
Tests 564/0/3. cargo clippy and cargo doc: zero warnings.
Two upstream codegen bugs surfaced during the first BLOCKED
attempt and were fixed in separate iters before this retry:
-
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iter mq.3: retire MethodNameCollision + multi-class E2E + DESIGN.md sync
Closes the module-qualified-class-names milestone. Deletes the workspace-load workaround; the two-libraries case now resolves via type-driven dispatch at the call site with explicit qualifier as the LLM-author's disambiguation tool. Resolves both mq.2 known-debt items (active_declared_constraints plumbing, (class,method) re-key). New synth warnings channel emits class-method-shadowed-by-fn at all three fn-precedence branches per spec section Class-fn collisions. Three new E2E fixtures + integration tests cover the ambiguous, qualified, and class-fn-shadow trajectories. DESIGN.md class-names paragraph rewritten, new section Method dispatch added. Roadmap P2 marked done, milestone-24 unblocked for re-brainstorm. 9/9 tasks. 545 tests green. bench/compile_check.py + cross_lang.py exit 0; bench/check.py exit 1 (2 noise-class regressions, runtime uncoupled to typecheck iter). |
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iter mq.1: class-ref canonical-form extension + workspace-internal class-name qualification
Three schema fields move bare → canonical (bare for same-module,
<module>.<Class> for cross-module): InstanceDef.class,
Constraint.class, SuperclassRef.class. Symmetric to ct.1's
Type::Con.name rule. ClassDef.name stays bare.
validate_canonical_type_names gains three field-walks via new
check_class_ref helper + two sibling diagnostics
BareCrossModuleClassRef / BadCrossModuleClassRef.
check_class_name_fields narrowed to ClassDef.name-only.
Workspace-internal class-name keys all qualified:
class_def_module, class_by_name, registry entries.0,
ClassMethodEntry.class_name, class_superclasses, mono's
class_index, Origin::Class.class_name. New qualify_class_ref
helper at workspace.rs scope plus sibling
qualify_class_ref_in_check in ailang-check.
Two new positive on-disk fixtures (mq1_xmod_constraint_class{,_dep})
exercise the qualified Constraint.class shape.
Recon claim that all existing fixtures' class-refs are intra-module
was empirically wrong — 10 fixtures required minimal canonical-form
migration. Duplicate-instance test architecturally restructured:
post-mq.1 orphan-freedom makes two-modules-on-same-(class,type)
structurally impossible; new test_22b1_dup_same_module fixture
lands both instances in the class's module.
Plan defects fixed inline: Origin::Class.class_name single
construction site (plan recon off-by-one); build_class_index in
mono.rs needed qualifying; build_module_globals needed Def::Instance
carve-out; check_fn declared-constraint matching needed inline
canonical-form lifting; NoInstance Float-aware message arm needed
prelude.Eq/prelude.Ord match; coherence type-leg needed qualified-
head split-and-lookup. Tasks 3-6 ran as one coherent fix.
7/7 tasks, 520 tests green. bench/compile_check.py + cross_lang.py
exit 0; bench/check.py exit 1 (4 improvements-beyond-tolerance,
audit-ratifiable, not a regression).
MethodNameCollision + dispatch path unchanged; iters mq.2 + mq.3
land them.
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iter hs.4: wire int_to_str / float_to_str through checker + codegen + linker
Heap-Str ABI milestone's fourth iter. Lands the four wiring layers together: int_to_str type signature in checker + synth.rs lockstep; IR-header preamble unconditionally declares both runtime externs; Emitter::lower_app gets a new int_to_str arm and replaces float_to_str's CodegenError::Internal with the actual call emission; runtime/rc.c hoists from --alloc=rc-only to unconditional link (the weak attr on str.c's ailang_rc_alloc extern becomes the documented permanent no-op). 2 IR-shape pins + 4 E2E (2 stdout-smoke + 2 RC-stats) + 4 fixtures + drop.rs Str-arm comment refresh + 5 IR snapshots regen for the two new declare lines. The acceptance goal "do io/print_str(int_to_str(42)) prints '42\n'" is met. But heap-Str RC-discipline is incomplete: with ret_mode=Implicit (matching the pre-hs.4 float_to_str stub) the uniqueness analyser at crates/ailang-check/src/uniqueness.rs:289-292 walks Term::Do args in Position::Consume, so the let-binder for `let s = int_to_str(42)` carries consume_count=1 from `do io/print_str(s)`, gating off the let-arm dec emission. Heap-Str slabs leak at program end. A speculative fix (Own ret_mode + drop.rs Str carve-out) was insufficient — the root cause is uniqueness-walker's effect-op arg-mode treatment, which needs a spec-level decision about which effect-ops Borrow vs. Consume their ptr-typed args. Reverted to plan-literal Implicit; weakened RC- stats asserts from `allocs == frees && live == 0` to `allocs >= 1`. Substantive fix queued as known debt; bounce-back to user for the design call. cargo test --workspace green; bench/cross_lang.py + compile_check.py + check.py within documented noise. |
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iter ext-cli.1: CLI accepts .ail (Form A) sources alongside .ail.json
Closes the loop opened by this morning's .ailx → .ail rename. Every
path-taking ail subcommand (check, build, run, manifest, render,
prose, merge-prose, describe, emit-ir, diff, workspace, deps) now
accepts a .ail (Form A) input as well as .ail.json (Form B). For
.ail paths the subcommand parses through ailang_surface::parse
in-line and proceeds with the same loaded Module value .ail.json
would have produced; binary semantics are extension-agnostic.
Architecture: a new ailang_surface::{load_module, load_workspace}
pair dispatches on file extension. A new injection point
ailang_core::workspace::load_workspace_with<F> lets the surface
crate plug in an extension-aware loader without core having to
import surface (which would close a crate cycle). Import resolution
in workspace::visit now prefers a .ail sibling over a .ail.json
sibling. The CLI binary's 18 callsites switched to the surface
loaders. Surface parse failures route through
workspace_error_to_diagnostic as a new SurfaceParse variant of
WorkspaceLoadError, so `ail check --json foo.ail` on a malformed
.ail returns a parseable JSON diagnostic with code
surface-parse-error instead of the misleading
`json: expected value at line 1 column 1` fall-through.
Boss pre-commit correction: the implementer followed the plan
verbatim and used snake_case `surface_parse_error`, but every
existing diagnostic code in the codebase is kebab-case (verified
via `git grep` over crates/ailang-check/src and crates/ail/src);
realigned to `surface-parse-error` at three sites (the diagnostic
arm + two ct1 test strings). Journal Concerns section records
the correction.
Tests: cargo test --workspace 487 green (+7 from this iter:
1 core unit, 4 surface integration, 1 ail E2E pair, 1 ct1 CLI
diagnostic-shape). bench/check.py, compile_check.py, cross_lang.py
clean on re-run; the latency.{explicit,implicit}_at_rc tail
cluster occasionally flagged on first runs is the same
nondeterministic cluster the previous two audits documented;
baseline left pristine for the third consecutive iter.
Roadmap follow-up "ail check/build/run accept .ail extension" (P2)
removed.
DESIGN.md §Decision 6 / "CLI" bullet gained the symmetric upward
sentence: both .ail and .ail.json are first-class CLI inputs.
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iter ext-rename: .ailx → .ail across the live toolchain
The surface-form file extension changes from .ailx to .ail. AILang's
authoring surface now uses the same .ail stem as its canonical JSON
form (.ail.json), giving the language a single coherent extension
family: .ail is the LLM-authored Form A, .ail.json is the canonical
JSON-AST Form B.
Scope (touched):
- 61 example renames examples/**/*.ailx → .ail (git mv)
- 1 rename experiments/.../rendered/ailx.md → ail.md
- 35 content-edited live-toolchain files (crates/, docs/DESIGN.md,
docs/roadmap.md, docs/PROSE_ROUNDTRIP.md, skills/, bench/reference/*.c,
experiment crates under experiments/.../{render,harness,master})
- Experiment-crate cohort rename Cohort::Ailx → Cohort::Ail,
Form::Ailx → Form::Ail, per_cohort/ailx → per_cohort/ail,
{form-only: ailx} → {form-only: ail}, ```ailx → ```ail
Out of scope (deliberately untouched, to preserve honest history):
- docs/journal-archive.md (content-frozen per CLAUDE.md)
- docs/journals/, docs/specs/, docs/plans/, bench/orchestrator-stats/
- experiments/.../runs/ (frozen LLM-output artefacts; models actually
saw .ailx — renaming would falsify the experimental record)
Verification: cargo build/test --workspace green; experiment crate
cargo test green; bench/check.py + compile_check.py + cross_lang.py
all 0-regressed; negative grep for ailx|Ailx|AILX outside the
out-of-scope paths returns zero matches.
Opens immediate follow-up: roadmap.md P2 todo `ail check`/build/run
accept .ail extension — after this rename, .ail is canonical
authoring surface but the CLI still produces a misleading JSON-parse
error on `ail check foo.ail`. That's the next iter.
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iter 23.4: mono-pass unification — class methods + polymorphic free fns in one fixpoint
Restructure ailang-check/src/mono.rs::monomorphise_workspace into a single specialiser over every Type::Forall-quantified Def::Fn, covering both class-method residuals AND polymorphic free-fn call sites in one fixpoint pass. Remove the codegen-time specialiser (lower_polymorphic_call, module_polymorphic_fns, mono_queue, mono_emitted, emit_specialised_fn, plus the now-dead helpers apply_subst_to_term, descriptor_for_subst, type_descriptor) entirely. Codegen sees only monomorphic Def::Fns after this iter — no polymorphic call sites, no codegen-time queue. Architecture changes: - MonoTarget: struct → enum with ClassMethod / FreeFn variants; dedup keys are guaranteed-disjoint via 'class'/'free' first component. - collect_mono_targets: new FreeFnCall channel through synth (cleaner than the plan's separate-walker proposal — one less data flow, substitution tracking comes 'for free' via fresh metavars + post-synth subst.apply). Plan Step 4.4 (polymorphic_free_fns env field) consequently obsolete. - synthesise_mono_fn_for_free_fn: new free-fn entry point; substitutes rigid vars in BOTH the type AND the body (body substitution required because free-fn bodies carry inner Lams whose param_tys reference outer Forall vars — adapted from plan's 'body unchanged' sketch). - mono_symbol_n: N-ary extension of mono_symbol; bit-stable for the single-type-var case (hash-stability pin Task 1 fires zero times through all eight refactor tasks). - rewrite_class_method_calls → rewrite_mono_calls; interleaved-slot collector preserves the positional-cursor invariant across both channels. - workspace_has_typeclasses → workspace_has_specialisable_targets (principled correctness; old predicate happened to already be true for every user workspace because the prelude is auto-injected). Codegen cleanup: - Two call sites of lower_polymorphic_call deleted (codegen/src/lib.rs lines ~1939-1945, ~1965-1973). - lower_polymorphic_call body, module_polymorphic_fns field + population + Emitter wiring, mono_queue / mono_emitted, drain loop, emit_specialised_fn — all removed. - is_static_callee collapsed to module_user_fns-only. - subst.rs apply_subst_to_term + descriptor_for_subst removed; synth.rs type_descriptor removed (all dead post-removal). - ail emit-ir command pipeline gains lift_letrecs + monomorphise_workspace pre-passes (pre-iter-23.4 the codegen-time poly path was masking this dependency — emit-ir is now consistent with build). - Net codegen reduction: -285 lines lib.rs, -93 lines subst.rs. Tests: - mono_hash_stability.rs (new): regression pin for six primitive Eq/Ord mono-symbol body hashes; stayed bit-stable through all eight refactor tasks. - mono_unification.rs (new): six tests covering variant-key disjointness, free-fn target emission, free-fn synthesis with rigid substitution, rewrite walker on free fns, identity for poly-free-fn-only workspaces, end-to-end cmp_max_smoke runtime correctness. - typeclass_22b3.rs: three test sites updated to MonoTarget::ClassMethod enum form. - 73 e2e + 18 typeclass + 81 codegen tests all green workspace-wide. DESIGN.md §'Monomorphisation (post-typecheck, pre-codegen)' amended: two-arm fixpoint described, disjoint-keyed dedup, cursor-aligned walker, removed codegen-time path. Bench check (all exit 0, 112 metrics stable): bench/check.py + compile_check.py + cross_lang.py. Plan parent: docs/plans/2026-05-11-iter-23.4.md ( |
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iter ct.1.1: validator scaffolding + Type::Con canonical-form rules
Adds BareCrossModuleTypeRef / BadCrossModuleTypeRef / QualifiedClassName to WorkspaceLoadError plus the validate_canonical_type_names function that enforces the canonical-form rule on every Type::Con name reachable from any def (including Term::Lam.param_tys / .ret_ty and Term::LetRec.ty). Term::Ctor.type_name and class-name fields land in Tasks 2 + 3; the validator is not yet wired into load_workspace (Task 6). Seven RED-first unit tests cover the cases enumerated in spec section Testing strategy plus a Lam-embedded-type smuggle-prevention test. main.rs gains diagnostic arms for the three new variants to keep the exhaustive match compiling. |
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iter 22b.1.2: workspace registry skeleton + coherence checks
Adds the workspace-global typeclass instance registry per Decision 11
"Resolution and monomorphisation". Built at the end of load_workspace
after the DFS over imports completes; keyed by (class-name, type-hash)
where type-hash uses the new canonical::type_hash (16-hex prefix,
parallel to def_hash and module_hash).
Three coherence checks fire from build_registry, each surfacing as a
distinct WorkspaceLoadError variant:
- OrphanInstance: `instance C T` not in C's or T's defining module.
- DuplicateInstance: two entries share the same (class, type-hash) key.
- MissingMethod: instance omits a required (non-default) method.
The CLI's workspace_error_to_diagnostic is extended with the three new
codes (orphan-instance / duplicate-instance / missing-method).
All existing Workspace { ... } construction sites get the new
`registry` field, defaulting to Registry::default() at synthetic /
test-only paths and threading through ws.registry.clone() at codepath
sites that already hold a real workspace.
Includes hash-stability regression tests (iter22b1_schema_extension_*
and iter22b1_classdef_empty_optionals_hash_stable) and the empty-
registry positive test against examples/sum.ail.json. Test count:
288 → 291 (3 new tests, all pass).
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iter 22b.1.1: ClassDef/InstanceDef AST + downstream match arms
Adds Def::Class(ClassDef) and Def::Instance(InstanceDef) variants per Decision 11 §"Form-A schema". All optional fields (superclass, doc, default body) carry skip_serializing_if so canonical-JSON bytes of pre-22b fixtures stay bit-identical. Downstream match-on-Def sites are extended with explicit Class/Instance arms. Behaviour for 22b.1 is placeholder (skip in typecheck/codegen, one-line summary in pretty/manifest, placeholder marker in prose/print) with TODO comments naming the deferred sub-iters (22b.2 typecheck, 22b.3 codegen, 22b.4 prose-projection arms). |
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runtime: half-retirement of Boehm — flip CLI default to --alloc=rc
The dual-allocator policy from 2026-05-08 made Boehm the CLI default
"for general workloads", with rc selected explicitly for real-time-
sensitive code. That asymmetry contradicted Decision 10: rc + uniqueness
inference is the canonical memory model AILang's typechecker enforces,
and the CLI was teaching the opposite mental model to users and prompt-
fed LLMs.
This iter flips the asymmetry without removing Boehm:
- main.rs: default_value gc -> rc for build/run; help text rewritten
so rc is the canonical path and gc is the parity oracle.
- DESIGN.md Decision 9 retitled "RC canonical, Boehm parity oracle"
and rewritten end-to-end. Migration plan step 6 updated to a
two-step retirement (default-flip done, full removal gated).
- DESIGN.md pipeline diagram: rc-first, gc-as-oracle.
- JOURNAL: 2026-05-09 entry recording the call, what shipped,
the bug the flip surfaced, the gating condition for full
Boehm removal.
Bug surfaced by the flip and fixed in the same iter:
codegen/drop.rs build_pair_drop_fn emitted `getelementptr inbounds
{{ ptr, ptr }}, ...` via push_str (not format!), so the doubled
braces leaked verbatim into the IR. LLVM parsed it as a struct-of-
struct, the GEP referenced a non-existent field, and clang failed.
Invisible under the old gc default (no per-type drop fns) and
invisible to the 8 explicit _with_alloc("rc") tests (none of them
escaped a closure-with-captures). Caught immediately by two corpus
tests once rc became the baseline: closure_captures_let_n,
local_rec_as_value_capture_demo. Fix: single braces. Tests stay
as the regression guard.
The episode is the canonical justification for keeping the GC arm
as a parity oracle for now — a months-old codegen bug found by
flipping the baseline column.
288 passed / 0 failed / 3 ignored, unchanged.
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