N_IDENT for a slice local now loads (AX=ptr, BX=len, CX=cap), matching
the existing global-slice load.
cgexpr learns N_SLICE: `base[lo:hi]` leaves the same triple in
registers, so callers (return, arg push, reassignment) all share
one shape. The let-init's pre-existing N_SLICE direct-store path
stays as a specialisation; the new generic slice let-init catches
fn-returning-slice and slice-ident initialisers.
N_ASSIGN gains a TY_SLICE branch parallel to TY_STR: store all
three halves to the local slot or, for globals, stash CX into DI
before LEAQ-ing the address (CX is both the new cap and the
address scratch).
Field write extends the existing TY_TAGGED branch with an is_global
arm: LEAQ name(SB),CX after cgexpr (no AX/BX clobber), then MOVQ
into slot+foff+0 (tag) and slot+foff+8 (value, plus +16 for str-
typed variants).
Field read now treats tagged fields specially — load AX=tag,
DX=val0, CX=val1 (when union >16B), mirroring the tagged-return
ABI that let-init and match dispatch already expect. Previously
the scalar-load path read 8B into AX and left DX/CX with junk,
which silently broke local tagged-field reads too.
f32 → 4B slot, f64 → 8B. C cgen bakes the FLOATLIT bit pattern into
DATAW directly; selfhost emits zero-init only (its parser doesn't
lex N_FLOATLIT yet). Read/write goes LEAQ name(SB),CX + MOVSS/MOVSD
since w6a has no D_EXTERN operand form for SSE moves.
Use the new DATAR mechanism so str-literal init on a top-level
mutable `let` lands in .data and links cleanly.
emit_lets, when it sees `let s: str = "lit"` (non-empty strlit),
emits:
DATAW s(SB),"<8 zero placeholder><8 LE bytes of len>"
DATAR s+0(SB),<strlit_label>(SB)
The linker patches the placeholder with the strlit's runtime VA at
program load time, so `s.ptr` reads as the real pointer and `s.len`
as the literal length. A new let_pre_intern pass scans top-level
lets ahead of emit_data so the strlit gets a DATA row in the same
.s file; running emit_lets after emit_data instead would have
flipped the (DATA strlits, DATAW lets) section order in the .s and
broken byte-identity with the wwstage cgen.
The wwstage cgen still emits the zero-init shape for str lets,
which only matters if the wwstage is asked to compile source that
uses str-literal init. None of the selfhost combined sources do
that today, so test 994 / 990 stay green. The selfhost mirror for
DATAR + DATAW + this w6c branch is a follow-up.
630_let_global gains two fixtures: a length-readback and a first-
byte readback through the patched ptr.
Extend top-level mutable `let` to cover structs. Same approach as
str / slice: take the field-access base through &name(SB) instead
of off(BP).
- emit_lets / emitletdataw: emit `sizeof(T)` zero bytes for any
struct global without a baked-in initialiser. Struct-literal
init is skipped → undefined symbol at link if used;
- cgdot read path: when the IDENT base's local lookup misses and
the name is a struct let, LEAQ name(SB), CX and load the field
at fi.foff(CX) with the width-aware op (MOVQ / MOVL /
MOVZBQ / MOVSXD; MOVQ pair for str fields);
- cgassign write path: parallel handling for plain `=` (incl. str
fields) and the compound ops (+=, -=) via load → push → eval
rhs → combine → store with a re-LEAQ between cgexpr clobbers.
Tagged-union fields on struct globals are unsupported in v1 — the
local path's tagged branch isn't generalised yet. Whole-struct
by-value flow through expressions remains NYI (matches the local
status). 630_let_global gains 3 fixtures (read/write, compound +=,
narrow u8 field); selfhost mirror keeps test 990 / 994 / 995 byte
identical; bootstrap fixed point holds.
Extend top-level mutable `let` to cover slices. Same shape as the
str work, with one more 8-byte field and the address holder CX
overwritten by the cap as the last load step:
- emit_lets / emitletdataw: 24-byte zero DATAW for `let v: []u8;`
(and the trivial `nil` init); no slice-literal syntax exists
so the no-init path is the only supported shape;
- cgident: LEAQ name(SB), CX → MOVQ (CX), AX → MOVQ 8(CX), BX →
MOVQ 16(CX), CX, so the slice ABI triple lands in (AX, BX, CX);
- cgdot: .cap delta 16 wired alongside .ptr / .len through the
same &name(SB) base.
Slice reassignment (`v = some_slice;`) is still unsupported — slice
values don't yet flow as a full (AX, BX, CX) triple through general
expressions even for locals — so reads/`&` are the supported surface
today. Manual fill through `(&v): *u64` continues to work.
Tests 630 (10/10), 990, 994, 995 stay green; bootstrap fixed point
holds.
Extend top-level mutable `let` to cover str. The cgen now:
- emits a 16-byte zero DATAW for `let s: str;` (and the trivial
`nil` / `""` inits); a non-empty strlit init is skipped because
a compile-time .data → .text reloc isn't supported yet, so the
user gets a clean undefined-symbol error at link;
- loads `s` as `(LEAQ s(SB), CX; MOVQ (CX), AX; MOVQ 8(CX), BX)`
so the (AX=ptr, BX=len) pair convention is preserved;
- stores via the same `&s` indirection for `s = expr;` and routes
the `.ptr` / `.len` pseudo-field N_DOT branch through it; and
- tracks the declared type on each LetVar so cgident / cgdot /
cgassign pick the right load/store shape.
Selfhost cgen mirrors all four paths byte-for-byte; test 990
(cgen-match on err.ww) and tests 994/995 (self-rebuild) stay
green. 630_let_global gains two new fixtures (`let msg: str;` +
runtime assign, plus reassign from a helper).
Slice and struct globals still NYI — same scope deferred.
Third step toward writable globals. The C cgen and its selfhost
mirror now:
- emit DATAW <name>(SB),"<8 LE bytes>" for every top-level `let`
whose type lands in the scalar set (i8..i64/u8..u64/bool/rune/
int/uint/uintptr/ptr; floats and multi-word types deferred);
- drop the "no writable .data" silent-drop guard at the N_IDENT
store path, replacing it with a RIP-relative MOVQ for `=` and
a load→combine→store sequence for the compound ops; and
- route `&name` through LEAQ name(SB) instead of dropping it.
Type aliases resolve via aliaslookup so `type counter = i32; let c:
counter = 0;` still emits a DATAW slot. Non-literal initialisers
silently skip, which surfaces as a clean undefined-symbol error if
the binding is ever referenced.
The selfhost mirror lands in the same commit because test 990
diffs the C cgen against wwdump_ww -c on err.ww (which has
top-level `let nerrors: i32 = 0; ... nerrors += 1;`). Any drift
between the two cgens makes 990 fail. Bootstrap stays at a fixed
point: ww2 == ww3 == ww4 byte-identical.
