Five tests in crates/ail/tests/ct1_check_cli.rs, each pinning one named property:
- check_json_emits_bare_cross_module_type_ref: --json mode surfaces
`bare-cross-module-type-ref` with non-zero exit on the
test_ct1_bare_xmod_rejected fixture.
- check_json_emits_bad_cross_module_type_ref: same for
`bad-cross-module-type-ref`.
- check_json_emits_qualified_class_name: same for `qualified-class-name`.
- check_human_mode_emits_actionable_message_to_stderr: human (non-JSON)
mode prints both the offending type name and the migration-command
hint to stderr — this path goes through the anyhow/thiserror Display
impl, not workspace_error_to_diagnostic, so it needs its own pin.
- check_ordering_match_post_migration_is_clean: post-migration
ordering_match.ail.json typechecks via the CLI with zero diagnostics,
guarding against revert of the ct.1.5 migration or a regression in
Registry::normalize_type_for_lookup that would reject the canonical form.
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.
`monomorphise_workspace` re-runs `synth` on every fn body to recover
residual class constraints; the env it uses is built by
`mono::build_workspace_env`, which delegates to `build_check_env` and
produces a workspace-flat `ctor_index` (every Def::Type ctor across
every module, keyed by bare ctor name → bare type name).
`check_in_workspace` (lib.rs:1247-1258) explicitly clears that flat
index after `build_check_env` and rebuilds it per-module so that
`Pattern::Ctor`'s local-first / imports-fallback resolution at
lib.rs:2486-2521 keeps the qualified-type-name comparison at
lib.rs:2526 intact: imports-fallback yields a qualified
`resolved_type_name` (`Mod.Type`), local-hit yields a bare one.
The mono pass never does the per-module overlay, so when a body in
module B pattern-matches a ctor `C` whose Def::Type lives in imported
module A, the workspace-flat index resolves `C` locally and yields the
bare type name. The scrutinee, however, was typed against the
qualified name, and the comparison fails with
`PatternTypeMismatch { ctor: "Cons", ty: "A.Type<...>" }`.
Surfaced by iter 23.2 Task 3, which adds `class Eq a` + Eq Int/Bool/Str
instances to the prelude. Pre-Task-3 the prelude is class-free, so
`workspace_has_typeclasses(ws) == false` and the mono pass early-outs
at `mono.rs:73`. Task 3 flips the gate; every workspace now traverses
bodies, which brings the latent bug to the surface for the
pre-existing `nested_ctor_pattern_first_two_sum` and
`std_either_list_demo` E2E tests.
Sibling regressions in the same family: `mono_xmod_qualified_ref.rs`
(env.imports not seeded), commit 13b36cc (env.globals not seeded for
self-recursive fns), commit 5c5180f (env.types / env.ctor_index not
seeded for user ADTs — the original "flat ctor_index" decision that
this bug now exposes as wrong-by-construction for cross-module ctor
pattern resolution).
The minimal fixture is two modules with five defs total:
test_mono_ctor_listmod (data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a)) and
test_mono_ctor_main (class Trivial a + instance Trivial Int + a fn
that pattern-matches Cons against the imported List<Int> + a main).
The test pins the inner cause: matches against the specific
`CheckError::PatternTypeMismatch` variant with the qualified
scrutinee type and bare ctor name, so it stays RED regardless of the
prelude's typeclass content.
Adds three end-to-end tests for the 22b.3 mono pass, each with a
matching one-property fixture under examples/. Defends mono-pass
invariants 3, 4, and 6 from docs/specs/2026-05-09-22-typeclasses.md
at the binary level (stdout-asserting, not AST-asserting):
- coherence_two_instances_pick_correct_body_at_runtime — class R
with instances at Int and Bool, both reachable from one main.
Stdout `11\n22` proves both mono fns are synthesised AND each
call site picks the matching body (no collapse).
- class_default_method_runs_and_prints_default_value — empty
instance body + class-level `default` clause must lower, link,
and print the default value (`99`). Promotes the existing
synthesise_mono_fn unit test to a binary-level guarantee.
- cross_module_class_method_runs_and_prints_correct_value —
class+instance in module A, called from module B's main. The
qualified-name rewrite + cross-module synth-def placement was
AST-tested in 22b.3.6; this pins down the emit-and-link path.
All 18 typeclass_22b3 tests pass; full workspace green; 3 bench
gates 0/0/0.
Four new E2E tests in typeclass_22b2.rs covering invariants the
per-task fixtures (all single-module, single-fn) did not exercise:
- cross_module_class_method_resolves_and_fires_no_instance:
module B's call to `show` (declared in module A) reaches the
no-instance arm, proving Env.class_methods is merged workspace-
wide and not restricted to the local module.
- cross_module_polymorphic_fn_without_constraint_fires_missing_constraint:
same merge guarantees the missing-constraint arm sees the residual
produced by a call to A's class method from inside B.
- cross_module_instance_satisfies_concrete_call: the workspace
registry built at load time over all modules must populate keys
visible from B; a concrete call resolves clean cross-module.
- two_fns_each_missing_constraint_produce_two_diagnostics: pins
check_in_workspace's per-def aggregation — two ill-formed fns
produce two diagnostics (one per fn), not one.
Six new fixtures (xmod_* trio + two_fns_*).
Adds the missing positive counterpart to the no-instance test:
`show 42` with `instance Show Int` PRESENT must typecheck green.
This guards against registry-keying or threading bugs that would
otherwise sneak past the negative-only test (an empty registry at
typecheck time, or a key shape mismatch, would silently fire
no-instance even when the instance exists).
Also drops the dead `let _ = ws;` and its stale comment in
`check_in_workspace` — the line above already consumes
`ws.registry`, so the explicit drop is redundant. The remaining
comment is folded into the registry-threading comment so the
"registry is the only thing threaded" rationale is preserved.
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).
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).
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.
Closes a design hole shipped in 20d: the merge-prose prompt instructed
the LLM to emit JSON-AST and gave a 12-line schema-essentials reminder.
JSON-AST is the canonical hashable artefact, not a writing surface; the
reminder was not a language spec. Foreign LLMs had no realistic shot.
20f makes two coupled changes:
1) The LLM now emits Form-A (the canonical authoring surface fixed by
Decision 6). merge-prose loads the original via ailang_core::load_module
and re-renders via ailang_surface::print before embedding (round-trip
is a gating contract on the surface crate, so this is lossless). The
user runs `ail parse foo.new.ailx` to recover JSON, then `ail check`.
2) crates/ailang-core/specs/form_a.md is the complete LLM-targeted
Form-A specification — grammar, every term/pattern/type/def keyword,
schema invariants, pitfall catalogue, four few-shot modules from
examples/*.ailx. Exported as ailang_core::FORM_A_SPEC via include_str!
and embedded verbatim in every merge-prose prompt.
Drift detection in crates/ailang-core/tests/spec_drift.rs: every variant
of Term, Pattern, Type, Def, Literal is reached via exhaustive `match`.
The arms are not the assertion — adding a new variant without updating
the match is a compile error before the test runs. Once matched, an
anchor string is asserted to appear in FORM_A_SPEC. 8 tests, all green.
The hand-written + mechanical-drift-test combo addresses the user's
"distance to code is too big" concern about a docs-only spec. Generator
overkill rejected: structural drift is mechanically caught, but prose
explanation, schema-invariant catalogue, pitfall list, and few-shot
corpus cannot be emitted from AST shape alone.
Tests:
- ailang-core: +8 spec_drift tests; existing 12 unchanged
- ail unit (3): rewritten in lockstep — assert (own T)/(effects IO)
landmarks, FORM-A SPECIFICATION header, FORM_A_SPEC body verbatim
- ail e2e merge_prose_prints_framed_prompt: rewritten — assert
`(module foo` + `FORM-A SPECIFICATION` instead of `ailang/v0`
- Workspace: all green
Richer integration paths (LLM tool-use, MCP server, LSP) were named
in the design discussion and deferred per "kiss". All three layer
additively on the static-prompt path; static prompt remains the
lowest-common-denominator fallback.
Closes family 20: prose-edit cycle is end-to-end. ail merge-prose
<original.ail.json> <edited.prose.txt> composes a shaped LLM prompt
to stdout. User pipes to their LLM (Claude/etc.), gets new .ail.json,
runs ail check, saves.
No built-in API client — AILang stays a compiler + tooling, the LLM
mediator is supplied externally. PROSE_ROUNDTRIP.md documents the
6-step cycle, the prompt contract (preserve modes/effects/tail
flags from original), failure modes, and the design choice to omit
an API client.
Family 20 now closes: 20a renderer + 20b polish + 20d mediator
shipped; 20c rolled into 20a. Three deferred polishes (let-inlining,
print sugar, doc-wrap widow control) wait for corpus signal.
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.
Brummel