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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

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//! AST nodes for the AILang language.
//!
//! **The canonical schema lives in `design/contracts/data-model.md`**;
//! this module is the Rust-side projection of it. When the two drift,
//! `crates/ailang-core/tests/design_schema_drift.rs` fires.
//!
//! The serde attributes carry the schema: field renames (`as`, `type`,
//! `fn`, `paramTypes`, `retType`), enum tags (`kind`, `t`, `k`, `p`),
//! and `skip_serializing_if` predicates that keep the canonical-JSON
//! representation backwards compatible across schema extensions.
//!
//! The entry type is [`Module`]. The two helpers [`def_name`] and
//! [`def_kind`] are intended for tools (`ail diff`, `ail manifest`) that
//! consume a [`Def`] without going through method calls.
//!
//! This module does **not** typecheck, evaluate, or hash anything — see
//! [`crate::canonical`] for canonical bytes, [`crate::hash`] for content
//! hashes, and the `ailang-check` crate for typechecking.
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
/// A complete AILang translation unit.
///
/// Carries the schema tag (always [`crate::SCHEMA`] for this version),
/// a module name, the list of imports, and the list of top-level
/// definitions. A module is the smallest unit that can be loaded,
/// hashed, and emitted as LLVM IR.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Module {
/// Schema identifier; must equal [`crate::SCHEMA`] at load time.
pub schema: String,
/// Module name. By convention matches the file stem
/// (`<name>.ail.json`); the [`crate::workspace`] loader enforces
/// this on import.
pub name: String,
/// Imports of other modules. Resolved by the workspace loader as
/// `<root_dir>/<module>.ail.json`.
#[serde(default)]
pub imports: Vec<Import>,
/// Top-level definitions in declaration order.
pub defs: Vec<Def>,
}
/// An import statement.
///
/// `module` is the bare module name (no path, no extension). `alias`
/// renames it for use in the body; absent means the module is referred
/// to under its own name.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Import {
/// Imported module name, resolved relative to the entry file's
/// directory.
pub module: String,
/// Optional rename (`import foo as bar`). Serialized as `as` in
/// JSON; omitted when absent.
#[serde(rename = "as", default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub alias: Option<String>,
}
/// A top-level definition — the unit that gets a content hash.
///
/// Discriminated by the JSON `kind` tag: `"fn"`, `"const"`, `"type"`,
/// `"class"`, or `"instance"`. Use [`def_name`] / [`def_kind`] (or the
/// [`Def::name`] method) to inspect generically without matching every
/// variant.
///
/// `Class` and `Instance` are additive — fixtures that predate
/// the typeclass layer never produce these tags, so their
/// canonical-JSON bytes (and therefore their content hashes) are
/// unchanged. The `Def`-level match exhaustiveness in downstream
/// crates is the only caller that has to acknowledge the variants.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "lowercase")]
pub enum Def {
/// Function definition; see [`FnDef`].
Fn(FnDef),
/// Constant definition; see [`ConstDef`].
Const(ConstDef),
/// Type (ADT) definition; see [`TypeDef`].
Type(TypeDef),
/// Typeclass declaration; see [`ClassDef`].
Class(ClassDef),
/// Instance declaration; see [`InstanceDef`].
Instance(InstanceDef),
}
impl Def {
/// Source-level name of the definition, regardless of kind.
///
/// For `Def::Instance` the "name" is the class being instantiated;
/// instances are not separately named at the source level. The
/// workspace registry keys instances by `(class, type-hash)`, so
/// the class name alone is the closest analogue of a "name".
pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
match self {
Def::Fn(f) => &f.name,
Def::Const(c) => &c.name,
Def::Type(t) => &t.name,
Def::Class(c) => &c.name,
Def::Instance(i) => &i.class,
}
}
}
/// External helper: name of a definition.
///
/// Equivalent to [`Def::name`], exposed as a free function so tools
/// like `ail diff` that hold a [`Def`] node can read its name without
/// importing the inherent-method namespace.
pub fn def_name(def: &Def) -> &str {
def.name()
}
/// External helper: discriminator tag of a definition (`"fn"`,
/// `"const"`, `"type"`, `"class"`, `"instance"`).
///
/// Identical to the `kind` field in the JSON representation. Useful
/// for tools that group or filter definitions by kind.
pub fn def_kind(def: &Def) -> &'static str {
match def {
Def::Fn(_) => "fn",
Def::Const(_) => "const",
Def::Type(_) => "type",
Def::Class(_) => "class",
Def::Instance(_) => "instance",
}
}
/// An algebraic data type definition.
///
/// A `TypeDef` introduces a named type with one or more constructors.
/// Monomorphic types (`vars` empty) and parameterised types (`vars`
/// non-empty) share the same node — see the field docs for the
/// schema-compatibility note.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct TypeDef {
/// Type name (capitalised by convention).
pub name: String,
/// Type parameters for parameterised ADTs. A monomorphic ADT has
/// `vars` empty and the field is **omitted** when empty,
/// preserving the canonical-JSON hash of every existing module on
/// disk. See the regression test
/// `iter13a_schema_extension_preserves_pre_13a_hashes` in
/// [`crate::hash`].
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
pub vars: Vec<String>,
/// Constructors in declaration order. Pattern-match arms in
/// `ailang-check` are validated against this list.
pub ctors: Vec<Ctor>,
/// Optional source-level documentation string.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub doc: Option<String>,
/// Opt-in `(drop-iterative)` annotation. When `true`,
/// codegen emits `drop_<m>_<T>` with an iterative worklist body
/// instead of the recursive cascade — chosen by the LLM-author when
/// the type is expected to form long chains (millions of cells)
/// that would overflow the C stack on free.
///
/// Serialised as `"drop-iterative": true` (kebab-case) when set;
/// the field is omitted when `false` so canonical-JSON hashes of
/// every fixture that does not opt in remain bit-stable. See the
/// regression test `iter18e_drop_iterative_default_preserves_hashes`
/// in [`crate::hash`].
#[serde(
default,
rename = "drop-iterative",
skip_serializing_if = "is_false"
)]
pub drop_iterative: bool,
}
/// A single constructor of a [`TypeDef`].
///
/// `fields` is the constructor's positional argument list as types;
/// nullary constructors have an empty list.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Ctor {
/// Constructor name (capitalised by convention; unique within its
/// `TypeDef`).
pub name: String,
/// Positional field types. Empty for nullary constructors.
#[serde(default)]
pub fields: Vec<Type>,
}
/// A function definition.
///
/// `ty` is the full function type (including effect set and any
/// `Forall` quantifier for top-level polymorphism). `params` are the
/// names bound in `body`, in order.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct FnDef {
/// Function name.
pub name: String,
/// Declared function type. Top-level polymorphism is opt-in via
/// [`Type::Forall`].
#[serde(rename = "type")]
pub ty: Type,
/// Parameter names, in the order they appear in `ty.params`.
pub params: Vec<String>,
/// Function body.
pub body: Term,
/// Optional source-level documentation string.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub doc: Option<String>,
/// Iter embedding-abi-m1: when `Some(sym)`, this fn is the
/// embedding boundary. Codegen's `Target::StaticLib` mode
/// additionally emits an externally-visible C entrypoint
/// `@<sym>` (signature frozen as of M3 —
/// design/contracts/embedding-abi.md) forwarding
/// to `@ail_<module>_<fn>`. The symbol is author-chosen and
/// decoupled from the `ail_<module>_<def>` mangling so the
/// M3-frozen ABI survives module/fn refactors.
///
/// Serialised `skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"` so every
/// pre-M1 fixture's canonical-JSON hash stays bit-identical —
/// the same additive-schema pattern as [`FnDef::doc`].
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub export: Option<String>,
/// Structured-diagnostic suppressions opted into for this
/// fn. Each entry names a diagnostic code and an author-asserted
/// reason. The only current consumer is `over-strict-mode`, but
/// the mechanism is generic across codes. `because` must be
/// non-empty — the typechecker emits `empty-suppress-reason`
/// (Error) otherwise.
///
/// Serialised with `skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty"` so
/// every pre-suppress fixture's canonical-JSON hash stays
/// bit-identical. The same additive-schema pattern is used by
/// [`TypeDef::vars`] and [`Type::Con::args`].
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
pub suppress: Vec<Suppress>,
}
/// One entry in [`FnDef::suppress`]. Marks a structured diagnostic
/// the author has consciously decided to allow on this def, with a
/// mandatory reason.
///
/// `because` is non-empty by schema rule — the typechecker emits
/// `empty-suppress-reason` (Error severity) when it is empty or
/// whitespace-only, and a wrong/unknown `code` simply matches no
/// diagnostic and therefore suppresses nothing (the original
/// diagnostic still fires unmasked).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Suppress {
/// The diagnostic code being suppressed (e.g.
/// `"over-strict-mode"`). Matched against
/// [`crate::SCHEMA`]-side codes; an unknown code suppresses
/// nothing but is not itself an error (the diagnostic registry
/// is open-set).
pub code: String,
/// The author's stated reason. Must be non-empty — the
/// typechecker emits `empty-suppress-reason` (Error) otherwise.
pub because: String,
}
/// A typeclass declaration (narrative in
/// `design/contracts/typeclasses.md`).
///
/// Single-parameter, multi-method, optional-default, optional-superclass
/// typeclass. The `param` is a single string — multi-param classes are
/// rejected by the typeclass design (concrete-types-only, kind `*`),
/// and the schema enforces it by shape (`param: String`, not
/// `Vec<String>`).
///
/// `superclass`, when present, MUST have its `type` field equal to
/// `param`. The check is enforced via the `InvalidSuperclassParam`
/// diagnostic; the schema does not encode it.
///
/// All optional fields are omitted from canonical JSON when absent /
/// empty, so future schema evolution can land here without disturbing
/// existing hashes.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct ClassDef {
/// Class name (capitalised by convention). Bare — symmetric to
/// `TypeDef.name`, the field is the defining-site context, not
/// a reference. Cross-module class references live in
/// `InstanceDef.class`, `Constraint.class`, and
/// `SuperclassRef.class`; those fields carry the canonical form
/// (bare for same-module, `<module>.<Class>` for cross-module).
pub name: String,
/// Single type-parameter name.
pub param: String,
/// Optional single-superclass relation.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub superclass: Option<SuperclassRef>,
/// Methods of the class, in declaration order.
pub methods: Vec<ClassMethod>,
/// Optional source-level documentation string.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub doc: Option<String>,
}
/// Reference to a superclass relation in [`ClassDef`].
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct SuperclassRef {
/// Superclass name in canonical form: bare for a same-module
/// class, `<module>.<Class>` for a cross-module class.
/// Symmetric to `Type::Con.name`'s canonical-form rule.
pub class: String,
/// Type the superclass is applied to. MUST equal the parent
/// `ClassDef.param` (validated by typecheck — schema does not
/// enforce).
#[serde(rename = "type")]
pub type_: String,
}
/// One method declared in a [`ClassDef`].
///
/// `default` is `None` when the method is abstract-required (every
/// instance must specify it); `Some(body)` when the method has a
/// default body (instances may inherit or override).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct ClassMethod {
/// Method name.
pub name: String,
/// Full method signature including any mode annotations. The
/// class parameter appears as a [`Type::Var`] inside this signature.
#[serde(rename = "type")]
pub ty: Type,
/// Default body. `None` ⇒ abstract-required; `Some(body)` ⇒
/// default-with-fallback.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub default: Option<Term>,
}
/// An instance declaration (narrative in
/// `design/contracts/typeclasses.md`).
///
/// `class` is the name of the class being instantiated. `type_` is the
/// concrete type expression the class is applied to — never the class
/// param. `methods` contains bodies for the required methods plus any
/// overrides of default-bearing methods.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct InstanceDef {
/// Class being instantiated, in canonical form: bare for a
/// same-module class, `<module>.<Class>` for a cross-module
/// class. Symmetric to `Type::Con.name`'s canonical-form rule.
pub class: String,
/// Concrete type the class is applied to.
#[serde(rename = "type")]
pub type_: Type,
/// Method bodies in declaration order.
pub methods: Vec<InstanceMethod>,
/// Optional source-level documentation string.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub doc: Option<String>,
}
/// One method body in an [`InstanceDef`].
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct InstanceMethod {
/// Method name (must match a method in the corresponding class).
pub name: String,
/// Method body. The class's declared method type with the class
/// param substituted to the instance type is the body's expected
/// type.
pub body: Term,
}
/// A class constraint on a polymorphic function (narrative in
/// `design/contracts/typeclasses.md`). `(class, type)` pair where
/// `class` is a class name and `type` is a `Type` expression —
/// typically a single `Type::Var` (e.g. `(Eq, a)` for
/// `Eq a => ...`). Concrete-type constraints are legal schema-wise
/// but fired as `no-instance` at typecheck time if no matching
/// registry entry exists.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Constraint {
/// Class name in canonical form: bare for a same-module class,
/// `<module>.<Class>` for a cross-module class. Symmetric to
/// `Type::Con.name`'s canonical-form rule.
pub class: String,
/// Type the class is applied to.
#[serde(rename = "type")]
pub type_: Type,
}
/// A constant (top-level binding to a value).
///
/// Differs from a zero-arg [`FnDef`] in that it is evaluated once and
/// has no parameter list; the codegen emits it as a global.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct ConstDef {
/// Constant name.
pub name: String,
/// Declared type of the value.
#[serde(rename = "type")]
pub ty: Type,
/// The value expression. Must be pure (no effects).
pub value: Term,
/// Optional source-level documentation string.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub doc: Option<String>,
}
/// An expression node ("Term" = computation that produces a value).
///
/// The JSON discriminator is the `t` field. Each variant's doc
/// describes its concrete-syntax intent; the typing rules live in
/// `ailang-check`.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(tag = "t", rename_all = "lowercase")]
pub enum Term {
/// Literal value (see [`Literal`]).
Lit { lit: Literal },
/// Variable reference (parameter, local, top-level def, or
/// imported alias).
Var { name: String },
/// Function application. `callee` is evaluated to a function value;
/// `args` are evaluated left-to-right.
///
/// `tail` marks this call as occurring in tail position (see
/// `design/contracts/tail-calls.md`). When set, codegen lowers
/// the call as `musttail call`. The flag defaults to `false` and
/// is omitted during canonical-JSON serialisation when unset, so
/// pre-tail-flag fixtures keep bit-identical hashes.
App {
#[serde(rename = "fn")]
callee: Box<Term>,
args: Vec<Term>,
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "is_false")]
tail: bool,
},
/// Let-binding: `value` is evaluated and bound to `name` in `body`.
Let {
name: String,
value: Box<Term>,
body: Box<Term>,
},
/// Local recursive let-binding. Always fn-shaped:
/// the bound name `name` is recursively visible inside `body`.
/// Eliminated by `crate::desugar` before typecheck — lifted to a
/// synthetic top-level fn when `body` does not capture any name
/// from the enclosing lexical scope. The on-disk schema gains the
/// `"t": "letrec"` tag; pre-existing fixtures hash bit-identically
/// because the variant is additive.
LetRec {
name: String,
#[serde(rename = "type")]
ty: Type,
params: Vec<String>,
body: Box<Term>,
#[serde(rename = "in")]
in_term: Box<Term>,
},
/// If-expression. Both branches must have the same type.
If {
cond: Box<Term>,
then: Box<Term>,
#[serde(rename = "else")]
else_: Box<Term>,
},
/// Effect operation invocation (e.g. `do io/print_str "hi"`). The
/// `op` is resolved at typecheck against `Env::effect_ops` (an
/// `IndexMap<String, EffectOpSig>`) and lowered by a literal
/// `match` in codegen (`lower_effect_op`); there is no
/// effect-handler table and no link-time resolution.
///
/// See [`Term::App`] for the `tail` field semantics.
Do {
op: String,
args: Vec<Term>,
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "is_false")]
tail: bool,
},
/// Constructor application. `type_name` binds the ADT, `ctor` the
/// variant. Example: `Some(42)` ->
/// `{ "t": "ctor", "type": "Option", "ctor": "Some",
/// "args": [{"t":"lit","lit":{"kind":"int","value":42}}] }`.
Ctor {
#[serde(rename = "type")]
type_name: String,
ctor: String,
#[serde(default)]
args: Vec<Term>,
},
/// Pattern matching over a value. Arms are tried top-to-bottom;
/// exhaustiveness is checked by `ailang-check`.
Match {
scrutinee: Box<Term>,
arms: Vec<Arm>,
},
/// Anonymous function. Captures any free variables of
/// `body` from the enclosing scope. Param/return types are
/// declared inline so the typechecker stays HM-monomorphic on
/// the inferred shape.
Lam {
params: Vec<String>,
#[serde(rename = "paramTypes")]
param_tys: Vec<Type>,
#[serde(rename = "retType")]
ret_ty: Box<Type>,
#[serde(default)]
effects: Vec<String>,
body: Box<Term>,
},
/// Sequencing. `lhs` is evaluated for its effects and its
/// result discarded; `rhs` is the value of the whole expression.
/// Equivalent to `let _ = lhs in rhs`, but with a dedicated node so
/// pretty-print and diagnostics read cleanly.
Seq {
lhs: Box<Term>,
rhs: Box<Term>,
},
/// Explicit RC clone. Codegen emits
/// `call void @ailang_rc_inc(ptr %v)` before returning `%v` under
/// `--alloc=rc`. The variant is additive: `(clone X)` round-trips
/// through every fixture that does not use the tag without its
/// hash changing.
Clone {
value: Box<Term>,
},
/// Explicit reuse-as hint. Wraps an allocating `body` (typically
/// `Term::Ctor`, also `Term::Lam`) and names a `source` term
/// whose memory slot the body's allocation should reuse.
/// Conventionally `source` is a `Term::Var { name }` — the
/// linearity check rejects anything else with
/// `reuse-as-source-not-bare-var`. The body must be allocating;
/// non-allocating bodies are rejected at typecheck with
/// `reuse-as-non-allocating-body`. Codegen lowers as in-place
/// rewrite under `--alloc=rc`. The variant is additive —
/// fixtures that do not use the tag keep their canonical-JSON
/// hash.
#[serde(rename = "reuse-as")]
ReuseAs {
source: Box<Term>,
body: Box<Term>,
},
/// loop-recur iter 1: a strict iteration block. `binders`
/// declares one or more loop parameters (name, type, init),
/// evaluated in order on loop entry; `body` is evaluated with
/// all binders in scope. The loop's value is `body`'s value on
/// the iteration that exits via a non-`recur` branch. Strictly
/// additive: pre-existing fixtures hash bit-identically because
/// none carry the `"t":"loop"` tag. `binders` has no
/// `skip_serializing_if` — the field is part of the shape.
/// Typecheck (loop-recur.2): `synth`
/// types each binder init, the loop's type is the body's type;
/// `recur` arity/type is checked positionally via `loop_stack`
/// and `verify_loop_body` enforces `recur`-in-tail-position; a
/// lambda capturing a binder is rejected
/// (`loop-binder-captured-by-lambda`, loop-recur.tidy). Codegen
/// (loop-recur.3): binders lower to entry-block allocas reached
/// from a `loop.header` block; `recur` stores + back-edges; the
/// loop-carried SSA / phi form is produced by `clang -O2`
/// mem2reg (NOT hand-emitted phi). No totality claim — an
/// infinite loop is legal. See
/// `docs/specs/2026-05-17-loop-recur.md`.
Loop {
binders: Vec<LoopBinder>,
body: Box<Term>,
},
/// loop-recur iter 1: re-enter the lexically innermost enclosing
/// `Term::Loop`, rebinding its binders positionally to `args`.
/// Transfers control (no fall-through); valid only in tail
/// position of its enclosing loop — enforced at typecheck in
/// iter 2 (`RecurNotInTailPosition`). Additive `"t":"recur"`
/// tag; pre-existing fixtures hash bit-identically.
Recur {
args: Vec<Term>,
},
}
/// One arm of a [`Term::Match`].
///
/// `pat` is the pattern; `body` is evaluated when the pattern matches,
/// with any pattern-bound variables in scope.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Arm {
/// Pattern to match the scrutinee against.
pub pat: Pattern,
/// Body to evaluate on a successful match.
pub body: Term,
}
/// loop-recur iter 1: one binder of a [`Term::Loop`]. The
/// `(name, type, init)` triple is the Form-A surface vocabulary
/// `(NAME TYPE INIT)`; it is a nested field of `Term::Loop`, not a
/// first-class `Term` (loop binders cannot escape the enclosing
/// loop). `recur` rebinds these positionally per iteration. The
/// `ty` JSON field is `"type"`, matching the spec schema.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct LoopBinder {
/// The binder's lexical name. Within the enclosing `Term::Loop`,
/// a `Term::Var { name }` resolves to this binding.
pub name: String,
/// The binder's declared type.
#[serde(rename = "type")]
pub ty: Type,
/// Initial value, evaluated once on loop entry in scope of the
/// outer environment plus already-declared binders of the same
/// `Term::Loop` (declaration order).
pub init: Term,
}
/// A match pattern.
///
/// The JSON discriminator is the `p` field. Patterns are linear: each
/// pattern variable may appear at most once.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(tag = "p", rename_all = "lowercase")]
pub enum Pattern {
/// `_` — binds nothing, matches everything.
Wild,
/// `x` — binds the value to a name.
Var { name: String },
/// Match on a literal.
Lit { lit: Literal },
/// Match on a constructor with sub-patterns for its fields.
Ctor {
ctor: String,
#[serde(default)]
fields: Vec<Pattern>,
},
}
/// Private serde helper: emits a `u64` as a 16-character lowercase
/// hex JSON string and parses the same shape back. The
/// 16-character invariant covers the full `u64` range zero-padded
/// (`format!("{:016x}", 0u64) == "0000000000000000"`,
/// `format!("{:016x}", u64::MAX) == "ffffffffffffffff"`). Used by
/// [`Literal::Float`] so float bit patterns flow through the
/// canonical-JSON *string* path — guaranteeing bit stability across
/// `serde_json` versions and surfacing NaN / ±Inf, which JSON
/// numbers cannot represent.
mod hex_u64 {
use serde::{de::Error as DeError, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
pub fn serialize<S: Serializer>(value: &u64, s: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
s.serialize_str(&format!("{:016x}", value))
}
pub fn deserialize<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(d: D) -> Result<u64, D::Error> {
let s = <&str>::deserialize(d)?;
if s.len() != 16 {
return Err(D::Error::custom(format!(
"Float bits: expected 16 hex chars, got {}",
s.len()
)));
}
u64::from_str_radix(s, 16).map_err(D::Error::custom)
}
}
/// A literal value.
///
/// The JSON discriminator is the `kind` field. `Unit` carries no
/// payload and serializes as `{"kind":"unit"}`. `Float` carries a
/// `u64` IEEE-754 binary64 bit pattern, serialized via a private
/// `hex_u64` helper as a 16-character lowercase hex string —
/// canonical-JSON bytes therefore stay bit-stable for hashing and
/// can represent NaN / ±Inf (which JSON numbers cannot).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "lowercase")]
pub enum Literal {
/// Signed 64-bit integer.
Int { value: i64 },
/// Boolean.
Bool { value: bool },
/// UTF-8 string.
Str { value: String },
/// The unit value `()`.
Unit,
/// IEEE-754 binary64 (LLVM `double`) carried as its bit pattern.
/// The private `hex_u64` helper module above documents why the
/// field is routed through the JSON string path.
Float {
#[serde(with = "hex_u64")]
bits: u64,
},
}
/// A type expression.
///
/// The JSON discriminator is the `k` field. The four variants are
/// type constructor application ([`Type::Con`]), function type
/// ([`Type::Fn`]), type variable ([`Type::Var`]), and universal
/// quantifier ([`Type::Forall`] — only valid at the top level of an
/// [`FnDef`] / [`ConstDef`] type).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(tag = "k", rename_all = "lowercase")]
pub enum Type {
/// Type-constructor application: `Int`, `Bool`, user ADT names,
/// and parameterised forms like `List<Int>`.
Con {
name: String,
/// Type arguments. For non-parameterised uses (`Int`, `Bool`,
/// non-parameterised user ADTs) this stays empty and is
/// **omitted** during serialization, so the canonical-JSON
/// hash of every pre-existing module remains bit-identical.
/// See the regression test in [`crate::hash`].
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
args: Vec<Type>,
},
/// Function type with optional effect annotation. `effects` is a
/// set; equality compares it modulo order (see the [`PartialEq`]
/// impl below).
///
/// `param_modes` and `ret_mode` carry the `(borrow T)` /
/// `(own T)` wrappers from the surface form. They are metadata
/// on `Type::Fn`, not new `Type` variants — so unification,
/// occurs, apply, and every other `Type` match-arm keeps working
/// unchanged. `param_modes` is omitted from canonical JSON when
/// every entry is `Implicit`; `ret_mode` is omitted when it is
/// `Implicit`, so pre-mode-annotation fixtures hash
/// bit-identically. Full contract in
/// `design/contracts/memory-model.md`.
Fn {
params: Vec<Type>,
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "all_implicit")]
param_modes: Vec<ParamMode>,
ret: Box<Type>,
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "ParamMode::is_implicit")]
ret_mode: ParamMode,
#[serde(default)]
effects: Vec<String>,
},
/// Type variable. During checking, names with the prefix `$m`
/// denote checker-internal metavariables; source-level names
/// cannot collide because identifiers may not start with `$`.
Var {
name: String,
},
/// Universal quantifier (top-level polymorphism only). `body`
/// is the quantified type; `vars` are the bound type-variable
/// names, instantiated fresh at each use site.
Forall {
vars: Vec<String>,
/// Class constraints quantified together with `vars`. Empty
/// for unconstrained polymorphic types; serialised with
/// `skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty"` so existing
/// canonical-JSON bytes stay bit-identical.
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
constraints: Vec<Constraint>,
body: Box<Type>,
},
}
impl Type {
/// Convenience constructor for `Int` (no args).
pub fn int() -> Type {
Type::Con { name: "Int".into(), args: vec![] }
}
/// Convenience constructor for `Bool` (no args).
pub fn bool_() -> Type {
Type::Con { name: "Bool".into(), args: vec![] }
}
/// Convenience constructor for `Unit` (no args).
pub fn unit() -> Type {
Type::Con { name: "Unit".into(), args: vec![] }
}
/// Convenience constructor for `Str` (no args).
pub fn str_() -> Type {
Type::Con { name: "Str".into(), args: vec![] }
}
/// Convenience constructor for `Float` (no args). IEEE-754
/// binary64. Parallel to [`Type::int`] / [`Type::bool_`].
pub fn float() -> Type {
Type::Con { name: "Float".into(), args: vec![] }
}
/// Build a `Type::Fn` with all parameter modes set to
/// `ParamMode::Implicit` and `ret_mode` set to `Implicit`. This
/// is the form every typechecker / desugar / codegen site that
/// synthesises a fn-type should use, so that newly inferred
/// fn-types retain pre-mode-annotation canonical-JSON bytes.
pub fn fn_implicit(params: Vec<Type>, ret: Type, effects: Vec<String>) -> Type {
let n = params.len();
Type::Fn {
params,
param_modes: vec![ParamMode::Implicit; n],
ret: Box::new(ret),
ret_mode: ParamMode::Implicit,
effects,
}
}
}
/// Per-parameter / return mode marker on a [`Type::Fn`]. Full
/// contract lives in `design/contracts/memory-model.md`.
///
/// `Implicit` is the legacy state for fn-types that were constructed
/// before the borrow/own surface annotations existed. Semantically,
/// `Implicit ≡ Own`; the distinction exists only so pre-annotation
/// JSON fixtures continue to serialize without a `"mode"` wrapper
/// and therefore keep their canonical-JSON hash.
///
/// `Own` and `Borrow` are author-asserted: the surface form
/// `(own T)` / `(borrow T)` round-trips through this enum.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
pub enum ParamMode {
/// Unannotated / back-compat. Treated as `Own` by the typechecker.
#[default]
Implicit,
/// `(own T)` — caller transfers ownership; callee consumes.
Own,
/// `(borrow T)` — caller retains ownership; callee may not consume.
Borrow,
}
impl ParamMode {
/// Used by the `skip_serializing_if` predicate on
/// [`Type::Fn::ret_mode`].
pub fn is_implicit(&self) -> bool {
matches!(self, ParamMode::Implicit)
}
}
/// Serde helper for [`Type::Fn::param_modes`]. Returns `true` when
/// every entry is [`ParamMode::Implicit`] (or when the list is
/// empty), so canonical JSON omits the field for any fn-type without
/// explicit `(borrow)` / `(own)` annotations and pre-annotation
/// fixtures keep bit-identical hashes.
fn all_implicit(modes: &[ParamMode]) -> bool {
modes.iter().all(|m| m.is_implicit())
}
/// Equality of [`ParamMode`] for the purposes of `Type` equality.
/// `Implicit` and `Own` are treated as the same mode; `Borrow` is
/// distinct. This keeps pre-annotation fixtures (whose fn-types
/// serialize `Implicit`) compatible with newly-written fixtures
/// that mark the same fn-type explicitly with `(own T)`.
fn mode_eq(a: &ParamMode, b: &ParamMode) -> bool {
match (a, b) {
(ParamMode::Borrow, ParamMode::Borrow) => true,
(ParamMode::Borrow, _) | (_, ParamMode::Borrow) => false,
// Implicit and Own are interchangeable.
_ => true,
}
}
/// Equality of two `param_modes` slices, robust to the
/// "elided when all-implicit" representation used by typechecker /
/// desugar / codegen sites that construct fn-types with
/// `param_modes: vec![]`. Both slices are normalised to "implicit
/// padding to match the longer one"; equality then proceeds
/// element-wise via [`mode_eq`].
fn mode_slices_eq(a: &[ParamMode], b: &[ParamMode]) -> bool {
let n = a.len().max(b.len());
for i in 0..n {
let x = a.get(i).copied().unwrap_or(ParamMode::Implicit);
let y = b.get(i).copied().unwrap_or(ParamMode::Implicit);
if !mode_eq(&x, &y) {
return false;
}
}
true
}
impl PartialEq for Type {
fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
match (self, other) {
(
Type::Con { name: a, args: aa },
Type::Con { name: b, args: ba },
) => a == b && aa == ba,
(
Type::Fn {
params: ap,
param_modes: apm,
ret: ar,
ret_mode: arm,
effects: ae,
},
Type::Fn {
params: bp,
param_modes: bpm,
ret: br,
ret_mode: brm,
effects: be,
},
) => {
ap == bp
&& ar == br
&& mode_slices_eq(apm, bpm)
&& mode_eq(arm, brm)
&& {
let mut a = ae.clone();
let mut b = be.clone();
a.sort();
b.sort();
a == b
}
}
(Type::Var { name: a }, Type::Var { name: b }) => a == b,
(
Type::Forall { vars: a, constraints: _, body: ab },
Type::Forall { vars: b, constraints: _, body: bb },
) => a == b && ab == bb,
_ => false,
}
}
}
impl Eq for Type {}
/// Serde helper for `#[serde(skip_serializing_if = "is_false")]`.
///
/// Used by [`Term::App::tail`] and [`Term::Do::tail`] so the `tail`
/// flag is omitted from the canonical JSON whenever it is false,
/// preserving bit-identical hashes for every fixture that does not
/// carry the flag.
#[allow(clippy::trivially_copy_pass_by_ref)]
fn is_false(b: &bool) -> bool {
!*b
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
/// loop-recur iter 1: pin the canonical-bytes shape of a
/// `Term::Loop` with one binder: `binders` stays present in
/// canonical JSON (no `skip_serializing_if`).
#[test]
fn term_loop_one_binder_serialises_with_explicit_binders_field() {
let t = Term::Loop {
binders: vec![LoopBinder {
name: "i".into(),
ty: Type::int(),
init: Term::Lit {
lit: Literal::Int { value: 0 },
},
}],
body: Box::new(Term::Var { name: "i".into() }),
};
let bytes = serde_json::to_string(&t).expect("serialise");
assert_eq!(
bytes,
r#"{"t":"loop","binders":[{"name":"i","type":{"k":"con","name":"Int"},"init":{"t":"lit","lit":{"kind":"int","value":0}}}],"body":{"t":"var","name":"i"}}"#,
);
let back: Term = serde_json::from_str(&bytes).expect("deserialise");
match back {
Term::Loop { binders, body } => {
assert_eq!(binders.len(), 1);
assert_eq!(binders[0].name, "i");
match *body {
Term::Var { name } => assert_eq!(name, "i"),
other => panic!("body mismatch: {other:?}"),
}
}
other => panic!("variant mismatch: {other:?}"),
}
}
/// loop-recur iter 1: round-trip a `Term::Recur` through JSON.
/// Pins `{ "t": "recur", "args": [...] }`.
#[test]
fn term_recur_round_trips_through_json() {
let t = Term::Recur {
args: vec![Term::Lit {
lit: Literal::Int { value: 1 },
}],
};
let bytes = serde_json::to_string(&t).expect("serialise");
assert_eq!(
bytes,
r#"{"t":"recur","args":[{"t":"lit","lit":{"kind":"int","value":1}}]}"#,
);
let back: Term = serde_json::from_str(&bytes).expect("deserialise");
match back {
Term::Recur { args } => assert_eq!(args.len(), 1),
other => panic!("variant mismatch: {other:?}"),
}
}
}