`ww test <file> <pattern>` runs only the @test fns whose names match the
fnmatch glob; no pattern runs all (byte-for-byte the pre-filter path);
zero matches prints "No tests run" and exits 0 (Hare ground truth
ref/hare/test/+test.ha:114-117). A pattern in directory mode is rejected
"ww test: pattern needs a single test file" (rc 2), identical wording in
both twins (cmd/ww/main.c do_test + selfhost/cmd/ww/main.ww dotest).
Mechanism (a): rt/start.s stashes argc/argv into rt_argc/rt_argv getters
(rt_envp twin shape, -T synth untouched so 990-997 byte-id holds);
lib/os.args() rebuilds the []str view, build-once-cached; lib/test/run.ww
imports fnmatch and filters av[1..] (argv[0] is the binary path). The
driver forwards the 2nd positional as argv[1] via fork/execv (cstage) /
procrun (wwstage) so glob metachars aren't shell-expanded.
os.args() is the first `alloc`-caller in the base os module, so os.ww now
imports rt — the `alloc` builtin's malloc lowers to rt_malloc only when
the rt binding is bundled (mirror lib/strings/strings.ww:30); without it a
plain `ww build` of any os-importing program links bare libc `malloc`
(undefined). os is bundled by ~every program, so this is load-bearing.
The lib/test floor rises os-only -> os+fnmatch+ascii+strings in every -T
build; the bundled `ascii` module vs a `@test fn ascii` collision that
exposed is closed by the preceding #30 promote commit. 989_test_filter
pins the full matrix on both twins byte-identically; 949 gains the
dir-mode reject row. (#17)
Hare's canonical runtime allocator is rt::malloc with linker symbol
rt.malloc (ref/hare/rt/malloc.ha:27,78). ww kept the dot→underscore
Plan 9 convention (CLAUDE.md rule 4) so the linker symbol becomes
rt_malloc; the lib/rt exported function name becomes malloc; ww
callers say rt.malloc(...).
The language builtin keyword stays `alloc(T)!` — unchanged from Hare
(ref/hare/hare/lex/token.ha:21 ltok::ALLOC, parse/expr.ha:398
builtin()). The rename only touches the lowered linker symbol and the
exported function name behind it; the user-facing syntax for
heap-allocation is identical to Hare.
Surface:
- rt/alloc.s: TEXT rt_alloc → TEXT rt_malloc, labels updated
- lib/rt/malloc.ww: @symbol("rt_malloc") fn malloc(...) (was rt_alloc/alloc)
- rt/ensure.ww: local FFI decl + call site updated to malloc; `!` dropped
on the direct FFI call (rt_malloc returns *void, not a tagged union)
- 18 .ww callers: rt.alloc(...) → rt.malloc(...)
- cstage cmd/wcc/check.c + wwstage selfhost/cmd/wcc/check.ww
alloc-builtin suppression gate routes through ffi_resolve("malloc")
for the lowering; the user-shadow check still keys on the BUILTIN
KEYWORD "alloc" since that is what `alloc(...)` parses as. Adding
"malloc" to the user-shadow check was unnecessary and was reverted
during pre-commit review.
- cstage cmd/w6c/cgen.c: 2× ffi_resolve("alloc") → ffi_resolve("malloc")
- wwstage cgenexpr/cgenstmt: 2× ffiresolve(c, "alloc") → ffiresolve(c, "malloc")
- Test fixtures (700_e2e, 758_cgalloc_str_field, 990_selfhost, 992_w6l_ww,
selfhost/test/tagged_ptr_ret.ww): updated inline ww sources to the new
decl + call form
This is commit 2 of 3 in the lib/rt extraction (#38). Commit 3 closes
the OOM contract — return type becomes nullable *void and the builtin
lowering null-checks + propagates nomem.
Verified 132/132 + 995_self_rebuild byte-identity (5 wwstage tools
round-trip identical) + make clean cold rebuild.
Capture envp from the kernel-supplied stack into a DATAW slot during
_start's prologue (before CALL main), and expose it via a `rt_envp`
TEXT getter. lib/os.getenv binds the getter as `@symbol("rt_envp")
fn rtenvp() **u8` — the getter-fn pattern works around @symbol-on-let
not being supported by the compiler yet (silent miscompile otherwise).
`os.getenv(name: str) (str | void)` matches Hare's os::getenv surface:
walks the NUL-terminated envp table, "name=" prefix-matches with an
explicit `=` boundary check so prefixes don't false-match longer
names, returns the value as a borrowed str view. Empty value (env
"FOO=") returns len=0 str, not void — void is reserved for "name
not present at all".
Cohort coverage in lib/os/ostest.ww + test/wcc/974_getenv_run.c:
set / empty / unset / prefix-no-match (4 @test fns).
