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Brummel 72d2d9c806 test: prune duplicate tests, re-sight two blind coverage guards
Follow-up to a fan-out audit of the whole test suite (742 tests, 21
read-only assessors + synthesis). Two clusters of the audit were
actioned here; the #66 hashing-removal cohort it surfaced is left for
the #66 scope, and the RED-first doc-rot sweep is deferred.

§2 — true duplicates removed (each kept test is a strict superset or
identical fixture+assertions of the deleted one):
- ailang-check param_in_reject_message_names_allowed_set (kept the
  _renders_allowed_set_in_ailang_syntax superset)
- ailang-check cross_module_pat_ctor_typedriven_resolves (kept ct2_;
  shared cross_module_ws helper retained, 2 other callers)
- ailang-core mq1_qualified_instancedef_class_accepted (kept ct1_)
- ail e2e bool_to_str_emits_true_branch (kept the rc-stats superset)
- ail loop_recur_str adt-leg guard (the standalone heap pin owns it;
  dropped the dangling header reference too)
- ailang-check over_strict_mode_silent_when_param_is_borrow (its
  assertion is subsumed by explicit_fn_with_no_uses_is_clean; its own
  doc claimed a "borrowing body" the Lit body never provided)

§4 — meta-guards that had gone partially blind re-sighted:
- spec_drift::spec_mentions_every_def_kind now pushes Class/Instance
  exemplars and asserts their `(class `/`(instance` anchors; the
  "wait for 22b.4" exclusion was stale (anchors shipped in e809f45).
- schema_coverage now tracks Term::New (VariantTag + EXPECTED +
  visitor insert); the new_*/raw_buf_* fixtures already exercise it,
  so the "no fixture emits new" exclusion was stale.
- prose doc_wrap_widow_control_skips_when_combined_too_long was
  tautological: its 32/32/42-char words gave combined=75<=80, so
  widow control actually fired. Rebuilt the fixture (short head + two
  40-char words → combined=81>80) so it hits the real skip branch,
  and added the missing "last line stays 1 word" assertion. The
  obvious 2-word fixture does NOT work — it skips via the
  prev_words<2 branch, not the combined-over-budget branch.

ailang-check 124->121, ailang-core 55->54, e2e 102->101,
loop_recur_str 4->3; spec_drift 8 green, schema_coverage green,
prose lib 63 green.
2026-06-02 16:59:43 +02:00
Brummel e5534d1532 refactor: clear clippy code lints across the workspace
Machine-applicable clippy fixes plus three by-hand cleanups; all
semantics-preserving (full workspace test suite green).

Auto-applied (cargo clippy --fix):
- dropped `.clone()` on the Copy type ParamMode (ret_mode/param_mode)
- map_or(false, p) -> is_some_and(p)
- removed redundant closures and an explicit .into_iter()
- useless format!, a needless deref, an as_bytes-after-slice

By hand:
- ailang-codegen: named the loop-frame tuple types (LoopFrame /
  LoopBinderSlot) instead of the bare nested
  Vec<(String, Vec<(String, String, String, Type)>)>, clearing the
  type-complexity lint and documenting what each slot holds.
- ailang-check: collapsed the two identical pass-through arms of the
  Type-Con qualifier (already-dotted / primitive) into one `||` guard.
- ailang-core: converted a stale `///` block (it described a test that
  was relocated, documenting nothing) back to a plain `//` comment.

Remaining clippy output is 16 markdown list-indentation nits in prose
doc comments — doc formatting, not code, left for a docs pass.
2026-06-02 02:14:15 +02:00
Brummel ac9171ebf0 refactor: collapse duplicated helpers and drop dead code across check/core/codegen
Pure simplification pass, no behaviour change — hashes, canonical
forms, diagnostic codes, and emitted IR are byte-identical (hash-pin
and IR-pin tests unchanged and green).

ailang-check:
- strip_forall and collect_pattern_binders were triplicated verbatim
  across linearity.rs / reuse_shape.rs / uniqueness.rs; hoisted each to
  a single pub(crate) fn in lib.rs.
- mono.rs::pattern_binders was a fourth copy of collect_pattern_binders
  (iterative style, same result for every Pattern shape); deleted, now
  calls the shared fn.
- maybe_instantiate and expect_eq were single-call wrappers; inlined
  at their sole call sites and removed.

ailang-core:
- collect_used_in_pattern was a verbatim duplicate of pattern_binds;
  deleted, call site repointed. pattern_binds made private (no external
  callers; the doc-comment's lift_letrecs claim was stale).
- is_false serde helper replaced by std::ops::Not::not at the four
  skip_serializing_if sites (all plain-bool fields); helper removed.
- test-only any_nested_ctor / any_let_rec folded into one generic
  any_term(t, &pred) walker.
- removed dead test helpers tmp_dir / examples_dir, orphaned when their
  tests relocated to tests/workspace_pin.rs.

ailang-codegen:
- removed the write-only Emitter::types field, its populating loop, and
  the now-unused CtorInfo struct it fed.
- adt_drop_symbol / adt_partial_drop_symbol differed only in a prefix
  literal; folded into one adt_symbol(prefix, ...). Symbol strings
  unchanged.

Net -180 LOC.
2026-06-02 01:39:35 +02:00
Brummel 19757480b7 audit(0064/cutover): record shipped drop machinery + retire dead desugar arm
Cycle-close tidy for the #55 cutover (its audit drift-resolution).
Architect drift review found the design ledger out of step with the
codegen that the cutover shipped, plus two debt items; regression green
(733 passed / 0 failed across the workspace).

design/contracts/0008-memory-model.md — the Codegen contract described
the drop-emission *gates* but not the drop machinery the cutover landed.
Added three subsections recording the present state (honesty rule):
- Per-monomorph drop fns for polymorphic ADTs (crates/ailang-codegen/
  src/dropmono.rs: collect_drop_monos / DropAdtMeta, the suffix scheme,
  value-field-skip on the substituted field type). Ratified by
  alloc_rc_value_type_field_is_not_rc_dec_dropped.
- String-literal rep promotion at owned drop sites (StrRep::Static→Heap
  on a Str literal flowing into an Own slot the callee drops; gated
  strictly on Own). Ratified by own_str_literal_arg_is_dropped_exactly_once.
- Same-constructor arm grouping in match desugar (build_chain /
  build_ctor_group bind ctor fields once). Ratified by
  lit_pat_ctor_tail_drop_single_drop + lit_pat_nil_scrutinee_single_drop.

crates/ailang-core/src/desugar.rs — build_chain routes every Ctor-head
arm (including a length-1 run) through build_ctor_group, so
desugar_one_arm's Pattern::Ctor arm was unreachable dead code
duplicating the bind-once lowering. Replaced it with unreachable! naming
the invariant, and corrected two stale doc comments (the module-header
step 4 and the desugar_one_arm doc still described it as handling ctor
arms, and mislabeled the Lit lowering as Term::Match — it is Term::If).
Full workspace stayed green, confirming the arm was dead.

crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs — renamed test implicit_fn_is_exempt
→ own_param_consumed_once_is_clean. Post-0062 there is no Implicit and no
exemption; the test pins the ordinary single-Own-consume clean path.

Did the desugar + linearity edits inline rather than via an agent: I had
already loaded build_chain/build_ctor_group/desugar_one_arm to prove the
arm dead, and a sub-agent would have redone the same reading.
2026-06-02 00:45:06 +02:00
Brummel b129af1363 fix(check): inherit borrow on heap sub-binders of a borrowed scrutinee (#58)
The strict linearity check accepted consuming a heap-typed pattern
sub-binder extracted from a `(borrow)`-mode match scrutinee. The
sub-binder aliases the caller-owned interior, so moving it into an
`(own)` slot double-frees at runtime (SIGSEGV) — `ail check` returned
exit 0, `ail build`+run crashed. A pre-existing hole the corpus never
exercised; the #55 cutover's universal activation of the strict check
exposed it (sibling to the #57 / spec 0064 class-2 let-alias-of-borrow
hardening — this is the pattern-sub-binder analog).

Root: `walk_arm` seeded every pattern sub-binder with
`borrow_count = 0` (freely consumable), bypassing the `Borrow`-param
seeding in `check_fn` that starts a borrowed param at `borrow_count = 1`.
The whole-param consume was caught (cut55_2d, correctly rejected); the
moved-out heap sub-binder was not.

Fix: in `Term::Match`, resolve the scrutinee through `resolve_alias`
and record whether it is a borrowed binder; thread that into `walk_arm`,
which now seeds a heap-typed (`!is_value`) sub-binder of a borrowed
scrutinee with `borrow_count = 1`. Value-typed sub-binders (e.g. the
`Int` head) stay at `0` — copied out, no heap alias. Nested matches fall
out for free: the inner match re-derives borrowed status from the
borrow-carrying sub-binder.

Rejected alternative: forcing fieldtest fixture cut55_2b to also reject.
2b is a clean borrow-traversal — `bump`'s recursive param is `(borrow)`,
so the tail `t` is only borrowed, never consumed into an `(own)` slot.
Distorting the fix to reject it would be unsound (false positive on
legitimate borrow-rebuild). The fixture's own comment misdescribed its
recursive param as `(own)`; the code says `(borrow)`.

Verification:
- RED test linearity::tests::consume_heap_sub_binder_of_borrow_scrutinee_is_rejected:
  was left:0 right:1 (check returned []), now green.
- Full workspace: 732 passed / 0 failed (was 731; +1 the new test). No
  committed corpus newly rejected by the sharper check.
- fieldtest repro cut55_2c: exit 0 (wrongly accepted) -> exit 1
  (consume-while-borrowed on `t`).

closes #58
2026-06-02 00:32:58 +02:00
Brummel 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 (dfdc65f) introduced — it shipped red on that
commit. Resolver taught the dual-link form, mirroring its sibling.

Verification: cargo test --workspace = 731 passed, 0 failed (twice,
stable); e2e 102 passed, no binary exits non-zero (corpus crash-free);
grep-clean for Implicit/fn_implicit/mode_eq across crates; every drop
fix confirmed via emitted IR + AILANG_RC_STATS balance on the head==K,
head!=K, and Nil paths. Three BLOCKEDs en route (the unsound first
husk-dec attempt, the over-strict derivation premise, the leg-B fix
direction) were each treated as a real design/spec gap and rediagnosed,
not patched over.

Supersedes #54 (return-position-only leak patch). Precondition #57
(linearity hardening) was already met. Spec docs/specs/0062, plan
docs/plans/0121.

closes #55
2026-06-02 00:03:46 +02:00
Brummel be259f9d46 feat(check): let-alias borrow propagation via alias-redirect (#57, 0064 iter 3)
Third iteration of spec 0064 (the #55-cutover hardening, #57). Closes
false-positive class 2: Term::Let walked its value in Position::Consume,
so (let a t (match a …)) over a borrow-mode t consumed t at the binding
and tripped consume-while-borrowed -- a let-alias of a borrowed value
read in a borrow position is not a consume.

Fix: the Checker gains a scoped aliases: HashMap<String,String>. A
(let a t body) whose value is a bare Var resolving to a tracked binder
records a -> root(t) for the body scope and skips the consume walk of
the value. A new resolve_alias helper maps a name to its root,
preferring a real binder at each chain step -- so an inner binder named
`a` (nested let, pattern binder, lam param) automatically shadows the
alias with NO change to with_binder/walk_arm/Lam (the shadowing is
resolved centrally in the resolver, not at three scattered introduction
sites). Every binder-state lookup keyed by name resolves through the
map first: use_var, the App borrow bump + decrement (pushing the
resolved root to `lent` so the decrement matches), callee_arg_modes,
and the reuse-as source.

Design calls (orchestrator):
- Alias REDIRECT, not state clone (spec scope decision 3): consuming
  the alias marks the single root consumed, so a real double-consume
  through an alias is still caught. A clone would track two independent
  binders and miss it (unsound). Pinned by the new
  let_alias_of_owned_double_consume_still_errors unit test:
  (let a p0 (seq a p0)) over an own heap p0 still fires
  use-after-consume.
- resolve_alias prefers binders -> shadowing needs no edits to the
  binder-introduction sites. Lower-risk than clearing aliases at each.
- reuse-as source (linearity.rs:663) is resolved through aliases too:
  it is the 4th binder-state-reading site; the spec's Fix 3 named three
  illustratively. Without it, (reuse-as <alias> …) would mis-fire
  reuse-as-source-not-bare-var on what IS a Var. Faithful completion of
  Fix 3.

The diagnostic now reports the resolved root name (the actual consumed
resource), not the surface alias.

Closes the design/contracts/0008-memory-model.md let-alias carve-out
(was "has not shipped yet") and extends its Ratified-by trailer to name
linearity.rs, where the propagation now lives -- a contract change
riding with the feature that forces it.

RED-first: examples/c2_let_alias.ail added to
harden_ownership_false_positives_are_clean (RED: consume-while-borrowed
on count's t); GREEN after. Verified: c2 RED->GREEN; 120 linearity unit
tests green; the soundness test fires; harden false-positive + heap
double-consume guards green; cargo test --workspace green;
bench/check.py 34/34, compile_check.py 24/24 stable. Diagnostic-only;
no schema/type/codegen change.

Class 4 (partition_eithers body rewrite) remains for the final
iteration of spec 0064.

refs #57
2026-06-01 18:12:25 +02:00
Brummel cc5991eeb3 feat(check): resolve local function-typed binder modes (#57, 0064 iter 2)
Second iteration of spec 0064 (the #55-cutover hardening, #57). Closes
false-positive class 1: applying a local function-typed binder -- a HOF
predicate param like std_list.filter's `p` -- treated its arguments as
Consume because callee_arg_modes resolved only the global symbol table
(locals returned an empty mode vec). So `(app p h)` with `p` a local
(borrow ...) predicate consumed the heap element `h`, and reusing `h`
in the kept Cons false-fired use-after-consume.

Fix: BinderState gains fn_param_modes: Option<Vec<ParamMode>>, seeded
at all three function-typed binder introduction sites via a new
fn_modes_of helper (strip_forall + Type::Fn { param_modes }, None for
non-fn / empty-modes so the caller falls through to globals): params
and lam-params from their signature type (param_tys), let-binders from
the LetBinderTypes table built in iter 1. callee_arg_modes reads a
local Var callee's fn_param_modes before the global lookup (a local
binder shadows a global -- correct lexical scope); the existing App
arg-walk maps a Borrow mode to a borrow walk unchanged, so the fix is
confined to the seeding + the one local-precedence read.

Scope call (orchestrator): all three seeding sites, not just the param
path that unblocks filter -- the point of this hardening cycle is to
leave no latent class (the #57-from-0063-deferral lesson), and the
extraction is uniform with the table already built.

RED-first: examples/c1_local_hof.ail added to
harden_ownership_false_positives_are_clean (RED: use-after-consume on
filter_box's h) before the fix; GREEN after. Two in-source unit tests
pin both seeding paths (param via signature, let via a hand-built
table). Verified: c1 RED->GREEN; 119 linearity unit tests green;
harden_ownership_false_positives_are_clean green (now c1 + c3); the
heap-double-consume must-stay-RED guard still fires; cargo test
--workspace green; bench/check.py 34/34, compile_check.py 24/24 stable.
Diagnostic-only; no schema/type/codegen change.

The stale `// Locals never carry fn-types in 18c.2` comment in
callee_arg_modes (and the fn's doc header) is rewritten to the accurate
local-precedence behaviour -- it sat in the replaced lines and directly
contradicted the new path.

Classes 2 (let-alias redirect) and 4 (partition_eithers rewrite) remain
for later iterations of spec 0064.

refs #57
2026-06-01 17:57:40 +02:00
Brummel 47964abf7c feat(check): tee let-binder types, exempt value-typed let-binders (#57, 0064 iter 1)
First iteration of spec 0064 (the #55-cutover hardening, #57). Closes
false-positive class 3: a value-typed `let`-binder (e.g. a `Float`
result bound and read more than once) tripped `use-after-consume`
because the linearity walk installed every `let`-binder as a default
heap-tracked BinderState. Spec 0063 deferred exactly this class
("value-typed let-binders ... deferred until a corpus shape demands
it"); eqord_3_newton_sqrt.iterate's `(let xnew (app / …) …)` is that
shape.

Mechanism (the design call, user-delegated): the let-binder's type is
ALREADY computed at synth's Let arm and discarded. Stop discarding it.
synth gains a (def,binder)->Type out-param (LetBinderTypes, defined in
linearity.rs); the Let arm records `subst.apply(&v)`. The table is
allocated per-module in check_workspace, threaded through
check_in_workspace -> check_def -> check_fn/check_const/check_instance
-> synth, and passed (immutable) into check_module_with_visible ->
Checker. linearity's Term::Let seeds BinderState.is_value from the
table via the existing type_is_value predicate -- the same per-binder
flag #56 seeds at param/pattern/lam sites, now extended to the let
site. No schema change, no hash shift, no codegen change; the check
stays diagnostic-only.

Not a re-run of inference in the walk (ruled out by aaa70d4 / 0063):
the type is teed from the one pass that already knows it.

RED-first: examples/c3_value_let.ail added to
harden_ownership_false_positives_are_clean (RED: use-after-consume on
xnew) before the fix; GREEN after. Two in-source unit tests pin the
seeding (value-typed let clean via a hand-built Float table) and its
type-gating (heap-typed let still errors). Full ailang-check suite
green (117 linearity + 14 workspace); cargo test --workspace green;
the heap-double-consume must-stay-RED guard still fires.

Implementation notes (verified against the diff):
- The live call graph routes check_in_workspace through check_def, not
  directly to check_fn (the plan's fixed line numbers predated that);
  the table is threaded through check_def's three arms. Required to
  reach every synth, not an extra.
- Step-10 compiler enumeration surfaced 26 synth call sites: 22
  recursive (the plan's "~22") plus 4 post-typecheck re-synth
  re-entries (lift.rs, lower_to_mir.rs, mono.rs x2). The four are
  write-only re-synth callers that discard their side-channels and
  never query the table, so each got a throwaway table -- the typed-MIR
  re-synth path (it re-enters canonical synth), consistent with the
  plan's const-def/test-caller pattern.

Fixes 1 (local fn-param modes), 2 (let-alias redirect), 4
(partition_eithers rewrite) are later iterations of spec 0064.

refs #57
2026-06-01 17:44:40 +02:00
Brummel aaa70d4c35 feat(check): harden the ownership analysis for universal activation (0063)
The strict linearity check (use-after-consume / consume-while-borrowed,
linearity.rs) runs today only on the ~45 of 258 all-explicit-mode fns;
its activation gate skips any fn with a bare/Implicit param. Deleting
ParamMode::Implicit (#55) would turn it on universally and surface ~21%
false positives in two classes. This closes both, making the core
ownership analysis sharp across the whole codebase for the first time —
the precondition for #55. Diagnostic-only: no schema, no hash, no
codegen change; the two existing diagnostic codes simply fire on a
smaller, more correct set.

Fix 1 — value-type exemption. A new is_value_type predicate
(ailang-core::primitives) names the unboxed set {Int,Bool,Float,Unit};
BinderState gains an is_value flag seeded from the binder's locally
available type (param signatures, ctor field types for pattern binders,
lam typed-params), and use_var short-circuits the Consume arm for it. A
value type has no refcount and is never consumed, so multi-read is
always legal.

  Str is deliberately NOT in the value set, though is_primitive_name
  includes it: drop.rs:490-492 lowers only Int/Bool/Float/Unit to
  non-ptr; Str is a ptr, RC-dec'd, so a multi-consume of Str without
  clone is a real use-after-free. is_value_type is the Str-excluding
  subset of is_primitive_name, pinned by a unit test. is_heap_type and
  the over-strict-mode lint are left untouched (separate concern).

Fix 2 — application is a borrow. Term::App walks its callee in
Position::Borrow (was Consume). Applying a function value reads it; it
stays live for further applications. Global fn-refs are untracked
(no-op); a tracked function-typed binder (a HOF param) is no longer
consumed by application. This fixes both the own-f-param
use-after-consume and the borrow-f-param consume-while-borrowed in the
recursion-passing HOF shape (map_int f t). Passing a function value as
an arg is unchanged — it follows the callee param_modes.

Scope decision: value-typed let-binders stay conservatively tracked as
heap (their type is inferred, not annotated, and the linearity walk
does not re-run inference). This is soundness-safe — over-strict, never
unsound — and not a measured corpus shape; lifting it would need a full
binder->type table out of the type-checker.

Verification: all three false-positive classes reproduced today against
explicit-mode fns and shipped as RED->GREEN fixtures
(examples/fp_{value,hof,map}.ail); examples/real_consume.ail stays RED
(heap double-consume still fires) to prove the exemption is type-gated.
715 workspace tests green; bench/check.py 0/34 and bench/compile_check.py
0/24 regressed. merge_states carries is_value so the flag survives
branch merges. RED-first verified per task.

closes #56
2026-06-01 15:38:32 +02:00
Brummel 744ad41e47 fix(check): resolve type-scoped borrow-receiver ops in linearity (closes #46)
A function whose parameter is `borrow (RawBuf a)` and which calls
RawBuf.get or RawBuf.size on that parameter even once was rejected at
`ail check` with [consume-while-borrowed] — the exact borrow-receiver
use the ledger advertises for get/size. The diagnostic also misnamed the
cause: the receiver is read, not consumed.

Root cause: the linearity walk's callee_arg_modes looked up the callee
under its spelled name. A type-scoped polymorphic op is spelled
`RawBuf.get` at the call site, but check_module_with_visible registers
the kernel raw_buf ops under their bare def names (get/size). The lookup
missed, the receiver arg defaulted to Consume, and consuming a binder
whose borrow_count==1 (the Borrow param) fired the false positive. The
kernel signatures themselves are correct (receiver slot is `borrow`); the
only defect was the name-resolution gap in the linearity globals lookup.

Fix: on a direct-lookup miss, fall back to the bare method name via the
existing parse_method_qualifier + qualifier_is_class_shape resolvers,
gated on a class/type-shaped qualifier so lowercase cross-module-fn
qualifiers (std_list.length) are excluded. This is how the rest of the
checker already treats type-scoped polymorphic ops; the fix is general,
not RawBuf-specific.

This unblocks the natural borrow-helper decomposition (a shared
read-only buffer behind a helper fn) — the shape the downstream series
milestone's Series.at / Series.total_count need.

Surfaced by the raw-buf fieldtest (finding B1, docs/specs/0058).
RED-first: rawbuf_borrow_receiver_read_is_linearity_clean.
2026-05-30 17:13:56 +02:00
Brummel 52ff8738b8 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.
2026-05-29 17:21:32 +02:00
Brummel 9339279181 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.
2026-05-28 18:43:42 +02:00
Brummel 078c39a76a 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.
2026-05-28 15:31:13 +02:00
Brummel ac4d545570 source: scrub iter-code / Decision-N residue from inline comments
Follow-up to bcd4181: the remaining ~530 inline `//` and `///`
comments still carrying opaque shorthand are now reformulated to
their content phrases. The only surviving `iter-<code>` reference
in source is the literal filename
`docs/journals/2026-05-13-iter-mq.3.md` (a real journal file).

Sweep covered:
  - `// Iter X.Y: <text>` prefixes (Iter 13a / 14a / 14e / 15g-aux /
    16b.x / 16d / 16e / 18b / 18c.x / 18d.x / 18e / 18g.x / 19a /
    19a.1 / 19b / 20a / 20f / 22-floats.x / 22b.x / 22c / 23.x /
    24.1 / cli-diag-human / hs.x / str-concat / etc.) — fully
    removed; the descriptive text that followed each prefix stays.
  - `// (Decision N)` and `per Decision N` and `Decision N axis 3` —
    replaced with the content phrase plus the relevant contract
    file (`design/contracts/tail-calls.md` for Decision 8,
    `design/contracts/memory-model.md` for Decision 10,
    `design/contracts/typeclasses.md` and `design/models/typeclasses.md`
    for Decision 11, `design/contracts/authoring-surface.md` for
    Decision 6, "the transitional dual-allocator" for Decision 9,
    "Effect prose" for Decision 3).
  - `// mq.X / mq.X (Task N) / mq.X journal / mq.X invariant` ->
    "the canonical-class-form rule / Class-class repurpose /
    method-dispatch-refactor journal / canonical-class-form
    invariant".
  - `// ct.X / ct.X (canonical-type-names) / ct.1.5a + ctt.2 /
    ct.2 Task N` -> "the canonical-form rule for type references /
    the canonical-form normalisation step / canonical-type-lookup
    refactor".
  - `// eob.X` -> "heap-Str-ABI" / "the Str carve-out".
  - `// rpe.X` -> "the per-type-print-op retirement".
  - `// post-mq.X / Pre-ct.X / pre-mq.X` -> "post-canonical-class-form" /
    "Pre-canonical-type-form" etc.
  - `/// Iter X regression: / /// Iter X.Y: / /// Iter A arm-close /
    /// Iter ct.4 (...): / /// Iter rpe.1 ...` -> descriptive
    phrases.

The journal filename in `crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs:573`
stays verbatim because it points at an actual file under
`docs/journals/`.

Tests: full `cargo test --workspace` green (80/80 test-result blocks
clean, no FAILED line). design_index_pin 5/5 + docs_honesty_pin 5/5
gating tests pass.
2026-05-20 09:58:04 +02:00
Brummel bcd41810f4 design/ + source rustdoc: replace opaque shorthand with content phrases + links
Reader-facing prose and rustdoc carried opaque shorthand like
"Decision 10", "clause-5", "mq.1", "ct.1", "eob.1", "rpe.1",
"post-mq.3", and "Iter 22b.1:" with no in-repo definition the reader
could follow. This commit replaces every such occurrence in the
durable tier the reader is most likely to land on (design/ ledger +
source //! module headers + the central /// public-item rustdoc) with
an inline content phrase plus, where applicable, a Markdown link to
the file that defines the referenced concept.

design/ ledger — 16 files:
  Definition-site headings demoted from "Decision N: <title>" to
  "<title>": authoring-surface, tail-calls, memory-model section in
  rc-uniqueness.md, dual-allocator section, typeclass design,
  effects "pure core + algebraic effects".
  Cross-reference sites: "Decision 1" -> canonical-schema principle
  (data-model); "Decision 3/4" -> effects + scope-boundaries; "Decision
  6" -> authoring-surface; "Decision 8" -> tail-calls; "Decision 9" ->
  rc-uniqueness (dual-allocator); "Decision 10" -> memory-model;
  "Decision 11" -> typeclasses (model). "clause-5" -> body-link
  durability gate. "clause-3" (in language-constraints) ->
  bug-class-reintroduction discriminator. "mq.1/2/3", "ct.1/4",
  "eob.1", "rpe.1" -> the canonical-form rule / the type-driven
  dispatch / the Str carve-out / etc. "post-mq.3" -> "type-driven".

design/contracts/feature-acceptance.md: file-local "clauses 1/2/3"
-> "criteria 1/2/3" (sprachliche Kohärenz mit der File-Überschrift
"Feature-acceptance criterion"); "the clause-3 mechanism" -> "the
bug-class-reintroduction discriminator".

Source //! module headers — 24 files:
  Stripped "Iter X.Y:" prefixes and "(Decision N)" / "(mq.X)" tags
  from spec_drift, uniqueness, reuse_shape, migrate_canonical_types,
  typeclass_22b{2,3,c}, suppress_filter, lift, mono, linearity,
  diagnostic, method_dispatch_pin, method_collision_pin,
  no_per_type_print_ops, mq3_multi_class_e2e, print_mono_body_shape,
  print_no_leak_pin, cli_diag_human_workspace_load_error,
  ct1_check_cli, prose snapshot, unbound_in_instance_method_pin,
  mono_xmod_ctor_pattern, desugar.

Central /// public-item rustdoc:
  ast.rs (full sweep — every "Iter X" + "Decision N" prefix
  reformulated; mode/Type::Fn rustdoc now points at memory-model.md;
  Constraint / SuperclassRef / InstanceDef / ClassDef rustdoc points
  at typeclasses contract).
  diagnostic.rs (all "(Iter X)" / "(mq.X)" tags on diagnostic codes
  removed).
  lib.rs (FORM_A_SPEC rustdoc points at authoring-surface.md
  instead of "Decision 6").
  canonical.rs (type_hash + Float-literal rustdoc).

Still outstanding (for a follow-up commit): ~500 inline `//`
code-body comments with `Iter X.Y` markers across the workspace, and
a handful of `///` rustdoc items in hash_pin / workspace_pin / lift /
mono / suppress_filter test-pin and internal-function bodies. Code
identifiers (test filenames like `mq3_multi_class_e2e.rs`, function
names like `iter18e_drop_iterative_default_preserves_hashes`) stay
verbatim per the user's "code identifiers stay verbatim" rule.

Tests: design_index_pin 5/5 + docs_honesty_pin 5/5; workspace builds
clean; full `cargo test --workspace` previously green (every
`test result: ok` line, no FAILED line).
2026-05-20 09:47:33 +02:00
Brummel 208d7095bc fix(check): GREEN — over-strict-mode recognises ctor-rebuild-from-primitive-fields as a consume
Drives the RED test from a11cb7c to GREEN. Bug-fix iter
bugfix-over-strict-mode-ctor-rebuild-consume (debug -> implement
mini). Check-only lint-precision fix; zero codegen / runtime / ABI /
schema / DESIGN.md change.

The [over-strict-mode] lint's consume-detection
(any_sub_binder_consumed_for / pattern_has_consumed_heap_binder,
crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs) only recognised a consume of an
(own (con T)) param when a heap-typed pattern-binder was moved out of
`match p`. When p was destructured into purely primitive fields fed
into a Term::Ctor rebuilding p's own ctor, that genuine
dismantle+rebuild consume was invisible, so the lint spuriously
advised "(borrow ...) would suffice". An LLM author "fixing" that by
flipping an export own->borrow would silently invert the ABI
ownership contract — why a low-severity advisory FP got a real
RED-first fix.

Fix: a second recognition path in any_sub_binder_consumed_for — a
`match p` arm destructuring binders out of p's ctor that references
any of them (primitive or not) inside a Term::Ctor's args in the arm
body genuinely consumes p. Two pure helpers: ctor_uses_any_binder
(finds a fresh-allocation Term::Ctor reachable in the arm body) +
term_mentions_any_binder (deep free-var scan, so binder flow through
an intervening expr like (+ acc px) is recognised, not only a bare
Var arg). Conservative toward NOT suppressing: a ctor ignoring p's
payload still warns (negative-control verified). Over-strict-only —
by-name-shadowing imprecision is extra-silence, never under-strict
(Known debt in the journal + the fn doc). The two stale doc comments
that mis-attributed this FP to a nested `match` corrected for
doc-honesty (debugger concern #2 — same code region, in-scope).

Boss-verified independently: RED test now GREEN; full
cargo test -p ailang-check 108/0 lib + every binary 0-failed with NO
existing test modified; ail check examples/embed_backtest_step_tick.ail
no longer warns over-strict on st/tick (exit 0);
embed_backtest_step_tick_borrow.ail + M3 embed_backtest_step_record.ail
still clean; embed_tick_e2e + bench posture untouched.

+166/-20 in crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs only. Journal +
stats + INDEX line in this commit.
2026-05-18 23:50:13 +02:00
Brummel a11cb7cc9f test(check): RED — over-strict-mode false-positive on ctor-rebuild consume
RED-first audit trail (debug skill; fix follows as a separate GREEN
commit). Test-only, +97 lines in the linearity in-source test module,
no production change.

Bug: the [over-strict-mode] lint emits a conservative false-positive.
The consume-detection (any_sub_binder_consumed_for /
pattern_has_consumed_heap_binder, crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs
:853,942) only recognises a consume of an (own (con T)) param when a
heap-typed pattern-binder is moved out of `match p`. When p is
destructured into purely primitive fields (e.g. Float/Int) that are
fed into a Term::Ctor rebuilding p's own ctor, that rebuild's
re-consumption of the dismantled allocation is invisible, so the lint
wrongly tells the author `(borrow ...)` would suffice. It is
over-strict, never under-strict (exit 0; codegen/ABI unaffected) — but
an LLM author "fixing" the spurious warning by flipping an export's
declared mode own->borrow would silently invert the ABI ownership
contract, which is why a low-severity advisory FP gets a real
RED-first fix.

The carrier's initial hypothesis (nested inner `match` is the
discriminator) was disproved during diagnosis: the M3
embed_backtest_step_record.ail is silent only because its
implicit-mode scalar Float param disables the lint via the activation
gate (linearity.rs:327), not because it handles the rebuild; the
defect reproduces with a single param and no nesting. The RED unit is
therefore the general synthetic shape — an (own (con T)) param
consumed by a term-ctor rebuild of its own ctor — not the embed
fixtures.

RED test (fails now, goes GREEN when consume-detection sees the
ctor-rebuild re-consumption):
crates/ailang-check/src/linearity.rs ::
  linearity::tests::over_strict_mode_silent_when_ctor_rebuilt_from_primitive_fields
2026-05-18 23:39:31 +02:00
Brummel 818177d835 iter embedding-abi-m1.1 (PARTIAL 3/7): schema + surface + baseline prerequisites; plan Repair
Tasks 1-3 of docs/plans/embedding-abi-m1.1.md, a verified known-good
subset (cargo build --workspace exit 0; full workspace green; the
roundtrip_cli all-examples gate green):

- Task 1: CLI build-path MissingEntryMain baseline pin
  (examples/embed_noentry_baseline.ail + embed_missing_main_baseline.rs;
  triple-assertion, layered on the green codegen-unit pin lib.rs:3314).
- Task 2: additive FnDef.export: Option<String> (serde default +
  skip_serializing_if, modelled on FnDef.doc); compile-driven thread
  of export: None across ~85 FnDef/AstFnDef literals / 18 files incl.
  all in-source #[cfg(test)] mod tests + drift/hash/spec-drift
  literals + the codegen lib.rs:3320 in-source pin; hash-stability
  golden pin; DESIGN.md fn-JSON "export" line. DONE_WITH_CONCERNS
  (plan symbol content_hash_fn -> def_hash per hash_pin.rs, plan-
  pseudo-vs-reality class, plan corrected).
- Task 3: Form-A (export "<sym>") modifier — parse_export +
  parse_fn thread + write_fn_def emission + form_a.md grammar;
  byte-identical round-trip.

Task 4 BLOCKED (Boss plan-defect: fixtures declared module != file
stem; AILang's loader hard-enforces module==stem at workspace.rs:438,
so ail check panicked on load before the gate). Boss resolution
(Option 2, overriding the orchestrator's Option 1, rationale in the
journal + plan Design-decision 6): keep descriptive embed_* filenames,
rename fixture MODULES to their stems — the C symbol backtest_step
stays via (export ...), demonstrating spec Decision 2's mangling-
decoupling rather than violating it; archive becomes
libembed_backtest_step.a, internal symbol @ail_embed_backtest_step_step,
host.c unchanged. Plan fixed (Design-decision 6 + Task-4 module==stem
+ Task-5/6/7 dependent strings + the no-*. Float-head + content_hash_fn
concerns folded). Headline fixture corrected; blocked-Task-4 WIP
discarded (recreated by the [4,7] re-dispatch from the fixed plan).

PARTIAL commit (not the iter's final commit): the implement Repair
path mandates committing the known-good subset so the [4,7]
re-dispatch starts from a clean tree that includes Tasks 1-3 (Tasks
4-7 structurally depend on the schema field + surface). INDEX line
added when the full iter lands post-re-dispatch.
2026-05-18 14:32:39 +02:00
Brummel 07f080256c 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
2026-05-18 11:06:17 +02:00
Brummel a179ec30a0 iter loop-recur.1: additive Term::Loop / Term::Recur / LoopBinder foundation
First of three iterations of the standalone loop/recur milestone
(spec 97c1ed1). loop/recur become real parseable / printable /
round-trippable / hash-stable strictly-additive AST nodes across
every no-wildcard exhaustive Term match in all six crates, plus
parse/print, prose arms, DESIGN.md + form_a.md schema blocks,
drift/coverage/hash anchors, and the spec's worked sum_to program
as a green round-trip fixture. NO typecheck semantics and NO real
codegen this iter by design: synth and lower_term are stubbed
CheckError::Internal / CodegenError::Internal exactly as mut.1
(real typecheck = iter 2, real loop-header/phi/back-edge = iter 3).

Two binding Boss design calls recorded in the plan header and the
journal: (1) verify_tail_positions "byte-unchanged" = its tail-app
verification role is unchanged, not its source — it is an
exhaustive no-wildcard match so two descent-only arms are
mandatory; acceptance evidence is the tail-app non-regression test.
(2) codegen is in iter-1 scope as stubs/pass-throughs because the
workspace must compile for cargo test --workspace.

Three plan-pseudo-vs-reality substitutions (serde Type::Con
literal, bare Int -> (con Int), unqualified LoopBinder) and one
recon-undercount integration-test site, all intent-preserving and
journalled. Boss forward-fix folded in: the committed specs
themselves wrote bare Int in the loop-binder snippets (parses as
Type::Var) — corrected the three headline snippets to (con Int) for
doc-honesty (no design/schema change).

cargo test --workspace 600 -> 608 / 0 red (Boss-reran
independently); iter13a + new loop_recur hash pins green.
2026-05-17 23:00:15 +02:00
Brummel 37ac704bf3 iter revert: back out the Iteration-discipline milestone (it.1 + it.2)
One forward iteration; main never rewound. 1ff7e81 (the pre-9973546
commit) is the per-region byte oracle — every reverted source/test
file is byte-identical to it; crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs fully so.

Root cause being corrected: the Iteration-discipline milestone was an
over-escalation of fieldtest finding F1 (a [friction] item whose own
minimal recommendation was a DESIGN.md note). Its totality dichotomy
made the maximally-LLM-natural build(d:Int)=Node(1,build(d-1),
build(d-1)) inexpressible (it.3 BLOCKED); the only in-thesis escape
(A1/it.2b) conceded the language's first documented-unenforced
totality precondition — a purity-pillar dilution the user rejected in
favour of a full revert + rebuild.

Removed: Term::Loop/Term::Recur/LoopBinder; the verify_structural_
recursion guardedness pass + term_contains_loop + Diverge-injection +
the transitively-it.2 module_fns plumbing; the five Recur*/
NonStructuralRecursion CheckError variants (+ code() + the 3 dedicated
ctx() arms); the it.1 codegen loop-header/phi/back-edge + parallel
block_terminated setter; all Loop/Recur walker arms; 16 it.1/it.2
fixtures; 2 pin files; bench/it3-oracle/. Restored: 2 RC fixtures to
1ff7e81 content.

Surgically kept (not in 1ff7e81, landed with the milestone but
independently sound): feature-acceptance clause 3 in DESIGN.md and
skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md, with its worked example de-claimed from
"shipped" to hypothetical-illustration form; the F3 P2 todo.
bench/orchestrator-stats/2026-05-15-iter-it.{1,2,3}.json kept as
historical record (like journals/plans).

Sole net addition: an honest F1/F4 documented-idiom note in DESIGN.md
(the tail-recursive accumulator fallback; examples/mut_counter.ail),
guarded by a doc-presence test — "a documentation note is not a
reshape", asserts nothing at the typecheck level.

Roadmap: the Iteration-discipline block + blocking-fork section
removed; the genuine total-Int-recursion ambition preserved as a
deferred P2 milestone sequenced behind a future Nat/refinement-types
milestone (not abandoned — correctly sequenced after the type
machinery it needs). 2026-05-15-iteration-discipline.md carries a
superseded header; it.1/it.2/it.3 journals + plans stay as history.

Correctness gate PRISTINE: 164 surviving 1ff7e81-era fixtures
ail check/ail run byte-identical to pre-milestone behaviour (verified
against a 1ff7e81 worktree reference compiler, zero drift);
cargo test --workspace 600/0; zero residual it.1/it.2 production
surface.

Spec docs/specs/2026-05-16-iteration-discipline-revert.md (b3853bf),
plan docs/plans/2026-05-16-iter-revert.md (abf0013).
2026-05-16 01:28:47 +02:00
Brummel 96db54d15d 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 fda9b78, plan 7381a42.
2026-05-15 14:38:55 +02:00
Brummel 7b92719244 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.
2026-05-15 01:10:56 +02:00
Brummel abcdd05991 iter clippy-sweep: clear all 61 cargo clippy warnings
Hygiene sweep across the workspace under `cargo clippy --workspace
--all-targets`. Before: 61 warnings. After: zero. Tests stay 563
green, `cargo doc` stays at zero warnings, and all three bench
scripts exit 0 against existing baselines.

Twelve lint classes, three fix shapes:

- Documentation hygiene (~32 hits): `doc_lazy_continuation` resolved
  by adding blank lines before continuation paragraphs or rephrasing
  the offending line; plus four `empty_line_after_doc_comments` hits
  in workspace.rs where eight `///` blocks left orphan by form-a.1
  T5 test relocation were converted to plain `//`.
- Idiomatic refactors (~16 hits): `.err().expect()` → `.expect_err()`,
  redundant `.into_iter()` and `.into()` removed, `|f| g(f)` →
  `g`, `.trim().split_whitespace()` → `.split_whitespace()`,
  `push_str("x")` → `push('x')`, two manual `impl Default` flipped
  to `#[derive(Default)]` + `#[default]`, two nested `if let Some(_)
  = …` collapsed.
- Block extraction (1 hit): a 13-line block inside an `else if`
  condition in synth's Var-arm extracted to a new helper
  `is_class_method_dispatch(name, env)` next to
  `qualifier_is_class_shape`.

Three `#[allow]`s with inline rationale where clippy's suggestion
would lose meaning: `only_used_in_recursion` on walk_pattern (the
parameter preserves the five-fn walker-framework signature
uniformity), 2× `if_same_then_else` on qualify_local_types shapes
(two branches encode semantically distinct disqualification
reasons), `too_many_arguments` on `Emitter::new` (8 workspace-flat
tables; bundling would just rename boilerplate).
2026-05-14 00:48:17 +02:00
Brummel f38bad8c2b iter 24.1: bool_to_str + str_clone runtime + codegen wiring
First iter of milestone 24 (Show + print rewire). Wires two new
heap-Str-producing primitives parallel to hs.4's int_to_str /
float_to_str:

- runtime/str.c gains ailang_bool_to_str(bool) → heap-Str "true" /
  "false" and ailang_str_clone(const char *) → memcpy'd heap-Str
  copy. Both use the existing str_alloc slab helper.
- builtins.rs + synth.rs install the two signatures lockstep with
  ret_mode: Own; str_clone carries param_modes: [Borrow].
- IR-header preamble gains two unconditional `declare ptr @...`
  lines; Emitter::lower_app gets two new arms; is_static_callee
  whitelist extends with the two names.
- Five IR snapshots regenerate for the two new declares.
- Pre-existing-drift fix: int_to_str row added to builtins.rs::list()
  (hs.4 installed env.globals entry but missed the list() row).

Substantive deviation flagged by orchestrator (DONE_WITH_CONCERNS):
builtin signatures registered in uniqueness.rs::infer_module and
linearity.rs::check_module_with_visible (8 LOC × 2 files), symmetric
to iter 23.4-prep's class-method registration in the same globals
maps. Without this fix str_clone's param_modes: [Borrow] is invisible
to the App-arg walker, src_heap walks as Position::Consume, the
scope-close ailang_rc_dec is gated off, and the
str_clone_cross_realisation_uniform_abi test's plan-literal
`frees == 3` assertion does not hold. The fix is the substantively
correct repair, not a design departure.

9 new tests: 2 builtins-install unit, 2 IR-shape unit pins, 5 E2E
(2 RC-stats, 2 stdout-smoke for both Bool branches, 1 cross-
realisation). 4 new .ail.json fixtures.

Full cargo test --workspace: 513 passed, 0 failed.
bench/compile_check.py: 24/24 stable. bench/cross_lang.py: 25/25
stable.
2026-05-12 23:47:13 +02:00
Brummel 78e8338a8d iter eob.1: effect-op args walk as Borrow; heap-Str RC discipline closes
Language rule: Term::Do.args[*] are walked in Position::Borrow by
the uniqueness + linearity passes, symmetric to Term::Ctor.args[*]
being walked in Position::Consume. The kind itself carries the
ownership default — no per-op field on EffectOpSig. Three
analyser sites flip in lockstep: uniqueness.rs:289, linearity.rs:506,
and the shared doc-comment at linearity.rs:42.

Heap-Str-specific consequences (closing hs.4's leak):
- int_to_str / float_to_str ret_mode: Implicit → Own at four lockstep
  sites (builtins.rs:200,210 + synth.rs:172,179). The codegen
  trackability gate (drop.rs:464-475, iter 18g.2) now fires on these
  callees, so the let-binder receives a scope-close drop.
- drop_symbol_for_binder's App arm gets a Type::Con{name:"Str"} →
  "ailang_rc_dec" carve-out, symmetric to field_drop_call's existing
  Str arm. Without it, the new Own-trackable App binder would emit
  drop_<m>_Str (undefined).

Tests: the two pre-existing RED tests at e2e.rs (commit 592d87b)
flip to GREEN unchanged with predicted numbers (allocs=1,frees=1,
live=0 and allocs=2,frees=2,live=0). Two new positive tests pin
the rule's coverage: primitive-Int arg through io/print_int produces
zero RC traffic; heap-Str through 2× io/print_str in sequence
typechecks (no use-after-consume) and balances allocs=1,frees=1,
live=0.

DESIGN.md §Decision 10 gets the arg-position-policy table for both
AST node kinds (Ctor=Consume, Do=Borrow) plus a linking paragraph
explaining how Do=Borrow cooperates with ret_mode==Own.

heap-str-abi milestone closes here: WhatsNew entry shipped (Strings
produced at runtime now release cleanly), roadmap P1 entry checked
off, Post-22-Prelude depends-on line removed.

Workspace cargo test + cross_lang.py + compile_check.py all green.
check.py noisy latency cluster + bench_list_sum.bump_s ±12% — same
precedent as the previous two audits, not coupled to this milestone.
2026-05-12 21:29:05 +02:00
Brummel 92e830e6c2 iter 23.5: prelude free fns + E2E — Eq/Ord milestone close
Five polymorphic prelude free fns (ne/lt/le/gt/ge) plus three E2E
fixtures: positive composition over Int/Bool/Str, user-ADT with
user-written Eq/Ord on IntBox, and Float-NoInstance with a
Float-aware diagnostic addendum cross-referencing DESIGN.md §"Float
semantics".

Two checker-side fixes were needed alongside the prelude additions,
both symmetric to the iter 23.4-prep visibility fix:
- linearity::check_module_with_visible — workspace-aware callee-mode
  resolution so a Borrow-mode user fn forwarding into a prelude poly
  fn (e.g. `at_most x y = not (gt x y)`) doesn't false-fire
  consume-while-borrowed.
- mono::collect_mono_targets — distinguish rigid forall vars from
  unbound metavars; rigid-bearing free-fn targets skip (they get
  re-collected with concrete subst when the enclosing fn itself
  monomorphises). Without this, a polymorphic body calling another
  polymorphic free fn produced a spurious __Unit specialisation
  whose body referenced compare at Unit.

Roadmap split: shipped Eq/Ord half checked, Show + print-rewire half
remains pending behind the heap-Str ABI prerequisite. DESIGN.md
§"Prelude classes" amended.

One pre-existing fixture (test_22b1_missing_method) renamed its
class method ne → tne to avoid collision with the new prelude `ne`.

Bench: check.py + cross_lang.py exit 0; compile_check.py exits 1
with one sub-ms check_ms.local_rec_capture at +26% (tolerance 25%) —
prelude-growth-related noise-band fluctuation, ratifiable per spec
§248-249 and journal Concerns.
2026-05-12 00:38:52 +02:00
Brummel 0caaced7e8 iter 23.4-prep.1: linearity — register Def::Class method types in globals 2026-05-11 22:01:52 +02:00
Brummel 5fd95e4e9f iter 22-tidy.4: route 4 matches! sites through is_primitive_name 2026-05-10 04:15:47 +02:00
Brummel f25d7b6cd6 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).
2026-05-09 12:31:23 +02:00
Brummel 50b68267fe check: mode-strict-because suppression (iter 19b)
Closes the 19a/19a.1/19b arc. Corpus signal from 19a.1 (5/65
fixtures fire over-strict-mode, all deliberate RC codegen-test
fixtures) justified shipping the suppress mechanism end-to-end.

Schema: Suppress { code, because } on FnDef. Pre-19b hashes
bit-identical via skip_serializing_if. Typechecker drops matching
diagnostics; empty 'because' is Error severity; wrong codes are
silent no-ops (open-set registry).

Form-A: (suppress (code "...") (because "...")) clause, parser
+ printer round-trip clean. Form-B: '// @suppress <code>: <reason>'
above the doc string, lossless contract metadata.

5 RC fixtures migrated (.ail.json + .ailx + .prose.txt). Corpus
signal: 5/65 -> 0/65. Lint still fires on any future fn that's
accidentally over-strict without an authored reason.

Test counts: ailang-check 55->61, ailang-core 26->28, ailang-surface
21->26, ailang-prose 49->52, e2e 70 unchanged.

Known debt: .ailx comment headers lost on regen (ail render's
contract excludes comments); parse_suppress_attr accepts
duplicate code/because attrs without diagnose (bounded by canonical
print order).
2026-05-08 19:36:04 +02:00
Brummel 9f3f10ce6e check: precise sub-binder analysis for over-strict-mode (iter 19a.1)
Corpus-signal upgrade: orchestrator ran 19a's lint across 65
fixtures, zero warnings fired. The conservative match-scrutinee
carve-out filtered every (own T) fixture because every such body
destructures the param via match. Real-corpus signal warranted
the precise variant.

Precise rule: for an Own param with consume_count == 0, walk each
match arm whose scrutinee is the param; if any HEAP-TYPED
pattern-binder has consume_count > 0, stay silent (sub-consume
forces ownership). Otherwise fire.

Heap-type filter is the implementer's design call (not in the
brief): reading a primitive (h: Int) is load-by-value, no RC, no
heap-data move; reading heap-typed t: IntList IS a pointer move
requiring outer-cell ownership. Documented in module-doc.

Corpus signal after upgrade: 5/65 fixtures fire — all RC
codegen-test fixtures with deliberate over-strictness for the
codegen path. Justifies 19b (mode-strict-because suppression).

ailang-check test count: 53 → 55. e2e + everything else green.
Known debt: deeply-nested-match-on-sub-binder (no fixture hits).
2026-05-08 19:19:31 +02:00
Brummel 41804a39fb check: over-strict-mode lint (iter 19a)
When a fn-param is annotated (own T) but the body never consumes
it (consume_count == 0) and never destructures it via match, the
linearity pass now emits a Severity::Warning diagnostic with a
form-A-rendered (borrow T) rewrite as suggested_rewrite. Pure
advisory, Decision 10 unchanged.

First Warning-severity diagnostic the typechecker emits; three
CLI exit paths gated on Error-only.

JOURNAL: design entry + iter 19a shipping entry.
2026-05-08 17:56:58 +02:00
Brummel 74379b29e5 Iter 18d.1: Term::ReuseAs schema + linearity check
Schema floor for explicit reuse hints. Adds Term::ReuseAs
{ source: Box<Term>, body: Box<Term> } with serde tag "reuse-as",
form-A (reuse-as <source> <body>). Schema choice (wrapper, not
modifier-on-Ctor) and rationale recorded in DESIGN.md.

Codegen is identity under all --alloc strategies — lower body,
drop source on the floor. Iter 18d.2 will lower this as the
in-place rewrite under --alloc=rc.

User-facing diagnostics:
- typecheck reuse-as-non-allocating-body: body must be a
  Term::Ctor or Term::Lam, the two AST shapes that allocate.
  Other shapes (literal, var, app, ...) emit this with a
  suggested_rewrite that drops the wrapper.
- linearity reuse-as-source-not-bare-var: source must be a
  Term::Var referring to an in-scope binder. Anything else
  (literal, nested expression) is rejected here. Suggested
  rewrite drops the wrapper.
- linearity use-after-consume at a reuse-as site: source must
  not have been consumed earlier in the body. Suggested rewrite
  drops the wrapper.
- Visiting reuse-as marks source consumed for the rest of the
  body, so a subsequent use of the same binder flags
  use-after-consume against it.

Uniqueness inference treats source as Consume — the consume
shows up in the side table for the codegen consumer.

Tests:
- 4 surface parse-tests (round-trip, no-args, one-arg, full
  parse_term/term_to_form_a round-trip).
- 1 typecheck unit test (non-allocating body).
- 2 linearity unit tests (non-var source, after-consume).
- 1 integration test (happy-path map_inc in all-explicit mode
  is linearity-clean).
- 1 E2E test running the canonical map_inc-via-reuse-as fixture
  under --alloc=gc, asserting stdout 9.
- New fixture examples/reuse_as_demo.{ailx,ail.json}.

Test deltas: E2E 55 -> 56, ailang-check unit 43 -> 46,
ailang-check workspace 8 -> 9, surface 14 -> 18. cargo test
--workspace green. No existing fixture's canonical JSON changed.
2026-05-08 10:55:31 +02:00
Brummel 09fb5bb113 Iter 18c.2: linearity check + suggested_rewrites
Adds a per-fn linearity check that runs on every fn whose
param_modes are all explicit (Borrow or Own, no Implicit), tracks
each binder's consume/borrow state through the AST, and emits
two diagnostics with form-A `suggested_rewrites`:

- `use-after-consume` — a binder is referenced after it has
  already been consumed.
- `consume-while-borrowed` — a binder is consumed while a borrow
  of it is still live (sibling arg slot, or an enclosing-fn
  Borrow param).

Fns with any Implicit param skip the check entirely; that's the
back-compat lane that keeps every existing fixture green. Pure
diagnostic addition: no IR change, no codegen change, no runtime
change.

Each diagnostic carries a non-empty `suggested_rewrites` whose
`replacement` is form-A AILang text (typically `(clone <name>)`).
Adds two new public entrypoints to ailang-surface — `parse_term`
and `term_to_form_a` — so the round-trip
`parse_term(term_to_form_a(t)) ≡ t` is the contract every
emitted replacement must satisfy. Tests assert the contract.

Linearity pass runs only on modules that typechecked clean (any
upstream typecheck error suppresses it for that module — running
on partly-defined IR would produce noise).

Tests: 3 unit tests in `linearity::tests`, 3 integration tests
in `ailang-check/tests/workspace.rs`, 1 serialisation test in
`diagnostic.rs`. `cargo test --workspace` green.
2026-05-08 10:06:14 +02:00