/* AILang Str runtime primitives. * * Provides ABI-stable string operations against the existing * constant-Str layout (NUL-terminated byte buffer, passed as * `ptr` in LLVM IR). Lives separately from runtime/rc.c so that * a future heap-Str ABI milestone can swap the implementations * without touching the RC runtime. * * Linked unconditionally by `ail build` (Gc, Bump, Rc) so that * any program that monomorphises `eq__Str` (auto-loaded from * the prelude) finds the symbol. Programs that never call * `eq` on Str leave @ail_str_eq as a dead-stripped no-op at * link time under clang -O2. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include /* Defined in runtime/rc.c — exposed with default external linkage. * Returns a zero-initialised payload whose `rc_header` sits at * `payload - 8` and is initialised to refcount 1. str.c's heap-Str * helpers call this regardless of the program's --alloc strategy, * because heap-Str values are always refcounted (the global * `--alloc` flag governs ADT allocation, not Str allocation). * * Declared `__attribute__((weak))` in hs.3 so the publicly-visible * `ailang_int_to_str` / `ailang_float_to_str` symbols can link into * binaries that do not pull in `runtime/rc.c` (i.e. `--alloc=bump` * bench builds, where `rc.c` is not linked). Under * such targets the reference resolves to NULL; the heap-Str helpers * are not yet called from any IR site (hs.4 wires the lowering), so * the NULL is never dereferenced at runtime. Under `--alloc=rc` the * strong definition in `rc.c` wins as usual. Once hs.4 lands the * unconditional `rc.c` link the `weak` attribute becomes a no-op * (strong definitions always satisfy weak references); the attribute * is intentionally retained so str.c remains link-safe in isolation. */ extern void *ailang_rc_alloc(size_t size) __attribute__((weak)); /* Byte-equality on NUL-terminated strings. Mirrors strcmp(...) == 0 * but exposed under a stable AILang-namespaced ABI so the codegen * caller does not assume libc's strcmp shape. Heap-Str ABI milestone * will replace the body with length-prefixed comparison without * changing the signature. */ bool ail_str_eq(const char *a, const char *b) { return strcmp(a, b) == 0; } /* Three-way comparison of NUL-terminated strings. Normalises libc * strcmp's signed-int output to exactly -1 / 0 / +1 so the codegen * caller can branch on `icmp slt i32 result, 0` and * `icmp eq i32 result, 0` against constants directly without * worrying about strcmp implementations that return values outside * {-1, 0, +1}. Heap-Str ABI milestone will replace the body with * length-prefixed comparison without changing the signature. */ int ail_str_compare(const char *a, const char *b) { int r = strcmp(a, b); if (r < 0) return -1; if (r > 0) return 1; return 0; } /* Heap-Str slab allocator. Lays out: * * [ rc_header (8B) | len (8B) | bytes... | NUL ] * ^ ^ * payload-8 payload (returned) * * Calls `ailang_rc_alloc(8 + len + 1)`. The +8 is the len field; * the +1 is the trailing NUL byte that keeps `@strcmp` and `@fputs` * happy under the shared consumer ABI. Writes `len` into the first * 8 bytes of the payload and returns the payload pointer; the * caller is responsible for filling bytes [8 .. 8 + len) and the * `NUL` byte at offset `8 + len`. * * Private (static linkage) — callers within this TU only. */ static char *str_alloc(uint64_t len) { char *payload = (char *)ailang_rc_alloc(8 + len + 1); *(uint64_t *)payload = len; return payload; } /* Convert an i64 into a heap-allocated Str. Format `"%lld"`. The * worst-case width is 20 chars (i64::MIN = "-9223372036854775808"); * a 64-byte stack buffer is comfortably oversized. `snprintf`'s * return tells us how many bytes *would* have been written; if that * exceeds the buffer we abort() defensively — this should be * unreachable for any valid i64 input but survives format-string * widening if a future change ever swaps `%lld` for something more * verbose without re-sizing the buffer. * * Returns the payload pointer of a fresh heap-Str slab. Caller owns * the refcount (init to 1 by `ailang_rc_alloc`); standard RC * discipline (`ailang_rc_inc` / `ailang_rc_dec`) applies. */ char *ailang_int_to_str(int64_t n) { char buf[64]; int written = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%lld", (long long)n); if (written < 0 || (size_t)written >= sizeof(buf)) { fprintf(stderr, "ailang_int_to_str: snprintf truncation/error " "(written=%d, buffer=%zu) — should be unreachable for any valid i64; aborting\n", written, sizeof(buf)); abort(); } uint64_t len = (uint64_t)written; char *payload = str_alloc(len); memcpy(payload + 8, buf, len); payload[8 + len] = '\0'; return payload; } /* Convert a double into a heap-allocated Str. Format `"%g"` — * the same libc rendering used throughout the runtime for Float * text output (post-iter-rpe.1 polymorphic `print` for Float * routes here via `Show Float.show`). * NaN renders as libc-default (`nan`/`-nan`/etc.); ±Inf as `inf` * /`-inf`. Worst-case width for `%g` on a `double` is bounded by * the libc default precision (`%.6g` ⇒ at most ~13 chars including * sign and exponent); the 64-byte stack buffer is comfortably * oversized. Defensive `abort()` on truncation, same shape as * `ailang_int_to_str`. * * `.0`-fallback (Gitea #7): if `x` is finite and `%g`'s output * contains neither `.` nor `e`/`E`, append `.0` so a whole-valued * Float renders with a Float-shaped suffix instead of Int-shaped * text. Mirrors the surface printer's `write_float_lit` fallback * at `crates/ailang-surface/src/print.rs` lines 624-637, keeping * the surface/runtime round-trip-on-lex symmetry intact. The * `isfinite(x)` fence skips the fallback for `nan`/`inf`/`-inf`, * which would otherwise match the no-`.`-no-`e` predicate and * render as `nan.0`/`inf.0`. * * Returns the payload pointer of a fresh heap-Str slab. */ char *ailang_float_to_str(double x) { char buf[64]; int written = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%g", x); if (written < 0 || (size_t)written >= sizeof(buf)) { fprintf(stderr, "ailang_float_to_str: snprintf truncation/error " "(written=%d, buffer=%zu) — should be unreachable for any finite double; aborting\n", written, sizeof(buf)); abort(); } uint64_t len = (uint64_t)written; /* `.0`-fallback — see block comment above and the surface * counterpart at crates/ailang-surface/src/print.rs lines * 624-637. `%g` output is ASCII, so plain `memchr` suffices. */ if (isfinite(x) && memchr(buf, '.', len) == NULL && memchr(buf, 'e', len) == NULL && memchr(buf, 'E', len) == NULL) { if (len + 2 >= sizeof(buf)) { fprintf(stderr, "ailang_float_to_str: .0-fallback would overflow buffer " "(len=%llu, buffer=%zu) — should be unreachable for any finite double; aborting\n", (unsigned long long)len, sizeof(buf)); abort(); } buf[len] = '.'; buf[len + 1] = '0'; len += 2; } char *payload = str_alloc(len); memcpy(payload + 8, buf, len); payload[8 + len] = '\0'; return payload; } /* Convert a bool into a heap-allocated Str — "true" (4 bytes) or * "false" (5 bytes). Heap-allocates every call; the static-Str * literal alternative (used by a hypothetical `\x -> if x then "true" * else "false"` schema body) would require phi-of-static-Str * through the drop-elision pipeline which is not load-bearing- * ratified today (see parent spec §"Out of scope" / `bool_to_str` as * schema-if). * * Returns the payload pointer of a fresh heap-Str slab. */ char *ailang_bool_to_str(bool b) { const char *lit = b ? "true" : "false"; uint64_t len = b ? 4 : 5; char *payload = str_alloc(len); memcpy(payload + 8, lit, len); payload[8 + len] = '\0'; return payload; } /* Clone a Str into a fresh heap-Str slab. Reads `len` from the * first 8 bytes of the source payload, allocates a new slab of the * same length via `str_alloc`, and memcpy's the payload bytes plus * the trailing NUL. Works uniformly on static-Str and heap-Str * inputs because the consumer ABI (i64 len at offset 0, bytes * starting at offset 8, NUL at offset 8 + len) is identical * between realisations (see design/contracts/0011-str-abi.md); the rc_header at * offset -8 — present only on heap-Str — is never consulted. * * Used by `show__Str` (parent spec milestone 24): converts a * borrowed Str input into an Owned heap-Str output, preserving * the uniform `show : forall a. Show a => (a borrow) -> Str Own` * signature. * * Returns the payload pointer of a fresh heap-Str slab. */ char *ailang_str_clone(const char *src) { uint64_t len = *(const uint64_t *)src; char *payload = str_alloc(len); memcpy(payload + 8, src + 8, len); payload[8 + len] = '\0'; return payload; } /* * `ailang_str_concat(a, b)` — heap-Str concatenation primitive * shipped in iter str-concat (2026-05-13). Reads `len` headers from * both source Str payloads (offset 0 of each), allocates a fresh * heap-Str slab sized for the combined bytes via `str_alloc`, * memcpys both payloads in order, NUL-terminates, returns the new * payload pointer. Like `str_clone`, this works uniformly on static- * Str and heap-Str inputs because the consumer ABI is identical * between realisations (see design/contracts/0011-str-abi.md). * * Used by Show bodies that want labelled output (e.g. * `"Item " ++ int_to_str n`) and by any caller that needs to * combine two existing Str values into a new owned Str. * * Returns the payload pointer of a fresh heap-Str slab. The rc * header is initialised to 1 by `str_alloc`. */ char *ailang_str_concat(const char *a, const char *b) { uint64_t la = *(const uint64_t *)a; uint64_t lb = *(const uint64_t *)b; char *payload = str_alloc(la + lb); memcpy(payload + 8, a + 8, la); memcpy(payload + 8 + la, b + 8, lb); payload[8 + la + lb] = '\0'; return payload; }