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Brummel 92f4b4f8c7 Iter 15b: std_list ships, three more compiler gaps closed
Second stdlib module. Tester wrote std_list.ailx (10 combinators,
164 LOC) and a consumer demo. std_list typechecked standalone;
demo did not, surfacing three compiler bugs:

1. Check-side: Iter 14h's qualify_local_types was applied to
   Term::Var cross-module lookup but not to ctor-field types in
   Term::Ctor synth or Pattern::Ctor resolution. First recursive
   cross-module ADT (List has Cons a (List a) — recursive Con
   self-ref) triggers the bug. std_maybe slipped through because
   Maybe's ctors have no recursive Con field.
2. Codegen-side: same gap mirrored across 4 sites in codegen
   (Term::Ctor synth, lower_ctor, lower_match) plus a tweak to
   unify_for_subst (recurse on re-bind instead of strict equality
   so sibling-derived List<Int> accepts nullary-ctor's List<$u>
   wildcard).
3. Const codegen: emit_const rejected non-literal const bodies.
   The demo's xs : List<Int> = Cons 1 (...) requires it. Fix:
   per-module const table, Term::Var resolution loads literal
   consts from global, inlines non-literal bodies. Bare and
   qualified refs both supported.

All three fixes carry an "Iter 15b" code comment at their site.
~349/25 LOC across ailang-check, ailang-codegen, e2e.rs.

Tests 85 -> 87. New e2e std_list_demo asserts 11-line stdout:
length 5, is_empty false/true, head via from_maybe, tail length,
append length, reverse head, map double head, filter is_even
length, fold_left sum, fold_right sum. New ailang-check unit
test cross_module_recursive_adt_term_and_pat_ctor covers both
the original bug and the symmetric pat-ctor latent twin.

Hash invariance: all pre-15b fixtures + std_maybe defs
bit-identical. 14a / 14e / 14h regressions all green.

Cumulative state: 2 stdlib modules (std_maybe, std_list), 14
combinators, cross-module recursive ADT working end-to-end.
Three compiler bugs surfaced + fixed in dogfood since 14a (each
dogfood iter has surfaced ≥1).

Authoring observation: form (A) at 10 combinators is fine; main
friction is paren-counting in nested seq chains, not the form
itself. n-ary seq would help but is sugar.

Plan 15c: 1000-element list stress test for fold_left (tail-call-
marked) vs fold_right (constructor-blocked).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-07 18:34:49 +02:00

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