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Brummel b49f57d9c6 spec: raw-buf — re-carve drop ratification to raw-buf.5, retirement to .6 (refs #7)
raw-buf.4 (RawBuf payload + Term::New desugar) implemented and about to
land, but it surfaced that the drop ratification was mis-scoped: the
flat drop FUNCTION is emittable in .4, but the drop CALL needs a codegen
resolution mechanism the .4 plan did not scope. An owned RawBuf binder's
value is a cross-module type-scoped intrinsic call ((app RawBuf.set ..) :
own (RawBuf a)); codegen's is_rc_heap_allocated only marks an App binder
drop-trackable when synth_callee_ret_mode resolves the callee's Own mode,
but codegen synth_arg_type has no TypeDef-first / cross-module-mono
resolution ladder (unlike the checker's lib.rs:3465), so the binder is
non-trackable and no drop call is inserted. A second site
(uniqueness::infer_module's per-module globals) misses the cross-module
borrow mode too.

Re-carve (six iterations; .1-.4 done, .5/.6 remain):
  raw-buf.4 — RawBuf payload + Term::New desugar + flat drop FUNCTION
              (DONE). Worked program prints 60; Float/Bool/reject ship.
  raw-buf.5 — owned cross-module type-scoped drop-call resolution: a
              TypeDef-first + cross-module-mono arm in codegen
              synth_arg_type feeding is_rc_heap_allocated /
              synth_callee_ret_mode / drop_symbol_for_binder, plus
              cross-module op visibility in uniqueness::infer_module.
              Ratified by raw_buf_no_leak (live == 0).
  raw-buf.6 — kernel_stub retirement (was .5).

Also documents the raw-buf.4 diagnostic-behaviour change: because the
Term::New desugar now runs before check, (new T ..) with a missing
new-op surfaces type-scoped-member-not-found (more precise) rather than
the prep.2 new-type-not-constructible it supersedes; new-arg-kind-mismatch
is obsoleted (the desugar drops the type-arg). Same rejection conditions,
preserved. And corrects the @ailang_rc_release spec slip to the real
symbol @ailang_rc_dec.

The drop-call resolution is its own iteration for the same reason
raw-buf.3 became a mechanism prep: it is a codegen-resolution mechanism
(parity with the checker's type-scoped/cross-module ladder), separable
from the RawBuf payload, and isolating it keeps the resolution change
off the .4 payload diff.
2026-05-30 00:49:28 +02:00
Brummel d2885c7ae6 spec: raw-buf — re-carve .3/.4/.5, type-scoped polymorphic intrinsic prep (refs #7)
Second re-carve. Planning raw-buf.3 (via plan-recon) surfaced that
RawBuf's ops are a THIRD intrinsic shape the intrinsic-bodies mechanism
never handled: type-scoped polymorphic top-level intrinsics (forall a,
param-in {Int,Float,Bool}, called as RawBuf.get). The existing bijection
+ symbol story covers only monomorphic top-level intrinsics (answer,
float_*) and per-type class-method instances (eq__Int).

The gap (both confirmed in source by recon + grounding-check):
- mono_symbol_n mints <base>__<T> from the bare fn name, so RawBuf.get
  @ Int → get__Int — the RawBuf scope never enters the symbol;
  new/get/set/size @ Int would collide with any other poly free fn of
  those (very common) names.
- the bijection collector's Def::Fn arm records the bare name "get" as
  one marker, matching neither the per-type entries nor their symbols;
  one polymorphic marker must map to N per-element entries, which the
  1-marker-to-1-entry bijection cannot express.

So raw-buf.3 is no longer "add 12 table rows" — it is a new language
mechanism. Re-carve (3 remaining iterations):
  raw-buf.3 — type-scoped polymorphic intrinsic mechanism: scope-
              qualified mono symbols (RawBuf_get__Int) + bijection-
              collector expansion over param-in. Built and ratified
              standalone on the stub (a StubT.peek op + its 2 scoped
              entries + mono/bijection unit tests), the prep pattern
              prep.1/.2/.3 used. No RawBuf, no Term::New dependency.
  raw-buf.4 — RawBuf payload (module + 12 scoped entries + drop) +
              Term::New desugar ((new RawBuf ...) sugar, removes both
              deferral arms). Pure consumer of .3. Worked program → 60.
  raw-buf.5 — kernel_stub retirement (peek + answer + stub leave;
              RawBuf carries all roles).

Decided design (Option A): scope-qualified symbols, not bare. Rationale
is semantic — the type-scoped call convention RawBuf.get should carry
through to a collision-free, IR-legible symbol; bare get__Int is a
latent collision landmine on the most-reused op names. Removing that
collision class is itself feature-acceptance criterion-3 evidence.

The raw_buf module Form-A in § Concrete code shapes is gate-verified
(ail check → ok, 35 symbols / 3 modules). Grounding-check PASS: all 10
current-behaviour assumptions ratified by named green tests; the
Term::New codegen-deferral (lib.rs ~2096 + ~3298) is the same
about-to-be-deleted prep.2 transient, reported-not-blocked (consistent
with the override logged on 3ec406e).
2026-05-29 19:10:19 +02:00
Brummel 3ec406e687 spec: raw-buf — re-carve .2/.3/.4 post intrinsic-bodies (refs #7)
raw-buf.1 (intercept registry) shipped (140a0c0). The intrinsic-bodies
milestone (#9) then landed and pulled the foundation out from under the
original raw-buf.2/.3 split, so this revises the spec.

Two foundation changes from intrinsic-bodies:

1. The placeholder-body convention the original spec leaned on
   ((body x) round-trip stubs) is gone. prelude.ail now uses
   (intrinsic) markers, and check_fn (lib.rs:2173) typechecks every
   non-intrinsic body including kernel-tier ones. RawBuf.get with a
   placeholder body (declared (ret a), body constructs a RawBuf) is now
   a hard type error — get/new/set/size MUST be (intrinsic).

2. An (intrinsic) marker now requires a matching INTERCEPTS entry as a
   lockstep pair (intercepts_bijection_with_intrinsic_markers). The
   "manifest visible / codegen deferred" intermediate state the original
   raw-buf.2 was designed to ship is forbidden by that invariant — the
   marker and its codegen entry must land in the same iteration.

Re-carve (3 remaining iterations, retirement isolated):
  raw-buf.2 — kernel family-crate rename ailang-kernel-stub →
              ailang-kernel. Pure refactor, zero behavioural change.
  raw-buf.3 — RawBuf end-to-end: raw_buf module ((intrinsic) markers)
              + 12 INTERCEPTS entries + Term::New desugar + drop +
              ailang-surface wiring + E2E. Manifest+codegen land
              together. Workspace count 4 → 5.
  raw-buf.4 — kernel_stub retirement: RawBuf subsumes every
              ratification role (Term::New, param-in, kernel-tier
              auto-import, intrinsic); answer entry + stub removed,
              count 5 → 4.

Preserved unchanged: Goal, slab layout, feature-acceptance argument.

The raw_buf module Form-A source in § Concrete code shapes is
gate-verified: ail check → ok (35 symbols across 3 modules); the four
(intrinsic) markers are legal because the module is (kernel).

Grounding-check: 8/9 load-bearing current-behaviour assumptions
ratified by named green tests. The single override is the Term::New
codegen-deferral arm (lib.rs:2094 + sibling at lib.rs:3296, the latter
surfaced by the grounding agent) — a transient prep.2 marker that
raw-buf.3 deletes, not a relied-upon invariant; forward-ratified by
raw-buf.3's build-and-run E2E. Override logged, not a discard.
2026-05-29 18:26:59 +02:00
Brummel 4ad003d21f spec: raw-buf — 3-iter base-extension milestone (refs #7)
First new milestone after kernel-extension-mechanics close.
RawBuf is the canonical kernel-tier *base* extension: mutable,
indexed, bounded-size flat buffer of primitive elements
({Int, Float, Bool}, restricted via prep.3's param-in). It
unblocks two downstream needs already in the backlog:

- series milestone #8 — library-tier ring buffer wrapping RawBuf.
- Embedding-ABI batch-FFI (subsumes closed #2) — the M5
  friction-harvest measured per-tick FFI at ~206 ns/tick on
  real EURUSD volume; RawBuf is the contiguous-slice primitive
  that amortises that per-tick cost.

The milestone also fulfils the whitepaper § "Plugin contract"
commitment: the migration of the hardcoded
try_emit_primitive_instance_body into a registry is triggered
by the first real base extension shipping.

Decomposition (R — registry-first refactor, 3 iters):

  raw-buf.1 — Intercept registry refactor. Lift the existing
  hard-coded match (eq__Str, compare__Int|Bool|Str, float_*) into
  a registry table. Zero behavioural change; ratified by the
  existing E2E suite (eq_primitives_smoke / compare_primitives_smoke
  in e2e.rs, float_compare_smoke, eq_ord_polymorphic). Pure
  refactor — the cleanest possible bisection target.

  raw-buf.2 — RawBuf kernel-tier manifest + checker side. Rename
  crates/ailang-kernel-stub/ → crates/ailang-kernel/ and reshape
  as a family-crate (src/{kernel_stub,raw_buf}/{mod.rs,source.ail});
  public surface preserved via re-exports. Consumer code with
  (con RawBuf (con Int)) passes ail check; ail build fails with
  intercept-not-registered — that diagnostic IS the ratification.

  raw-buf.3 — RawBuf codegen intercepts + Term::New desugar +
  stub retirement. Register 12 element-type-specialised entries
  (4 ops × {Int,Float,Bool}); lower via @ailang_rc_alloc +
  getelementptr + load/store. Desugar (new T args) →
  (app T.new args) so Term::New is eliminated before codegen
  (completes the prep.2 deferral). Retire the kernel_stub
  submodule + the round-trip test at design_schema_drift.rs:743;
  ailang-kernel crate stays as the family-crate for future
  series/matrix/… modules.

Ordering rationale: raw-buf.1 ships zero behavioural change so
its failure mode is "existing tests break" — cleanest bisection.
raw-buf.2 ships the checker-visible surface on an unchanged
codegen substrate, so its failure mode is checker-isolated.
raw-buf.3 lands codegen on a registry that has already absorbed
every legacy intercept, so the RawBuf entries do not co-mingle
with a registry move.

Kernel-tier crate organisation: rejected pro-modul-crate
(crates/ailang-series/, crates/ailang-matrix/, ...) for sublinear
scaling and onboarding locality; rejected sub-Cargo-crates under
crates/ailang-kernel/ (C1) for Cargo-boilerplate overhead with no
real consumer benefit at AILang's scale. C2 (one family-crate,
sub-folders per module, lib.rs re-exports) keeps Cargo dep
surface flat (ailang-surface needs one dep, not N) and stub
retirement is a submodule delete + re-export drop.

Out of scope: bounds checks (caller checks via RawBuf.size per
whitepaper — UB-on-overflow is the contract), RawBuf.fill /
.copy / .iter (deferred until series or Embedding-ABI concretely
asks), record element types (SoA — Forward Axis).

Grounding-check PASS on 10 load-bearing assumptions about
current code state (intercept dispatch site, existing E2E
ratifiers, ailang-kernel-stub crate layout, parse_kernel_stub
location).

Brainstorm → planner handoff: first iteration scope is raw-buf.1
(§ Architecture point 1, § Components row 1).
2026-05-29 10:44:28 +02:00