Extract emit_array_data + emit_array_lit_bytes helpers (both stages,
mirrored) for module-level let/def with N_ARRLIT initializer or no-rhs
zero-init. Two-pass validate-then-emit: validate pass walks elements
and fails atomically on any non-foldable element (no partial-byte
emit on failure); emit pass writes element bytes after success.
Element-kind dispatch: integer via fold_int_literal byte-for-byte
preserved from pre-A.3 inline arm (bootstrap NEUTRAL — 6 live consumers
in lib/os/bufio/strings/encoding-utf8/strconv-stof_data), float via
inline bitcast + sign-XOR byte-loop (A.1 shape, no INT64_MIN — sibling
#144), struct via recursion into emit_struct_lit_bytes (A.2 helper).
Out-of-scope element kinds (ptr-elem, nested-array) rule-7 fatal.
emit_struct_lit_bytes gains TY_ARRAY field arm calling emit_array_lit_
bytes recursively — closes A.2 parked shape-15 (array-in-struct
`def D: dt = dt{tag=42, buf=[1u8,2u8,3u8,4u8]};`).
LOAD-side widened symmetric to A.2 precedent: cstage cgindex N_INDEX
direct-ident isglobal gate widened via new DefArray registry
(def_isarraydef populated in let_collect parallel to DefStruct);
wwstage cgindex N_INDEX falls through to defvartnode on letvartnode nil
(reads defent.dtnode field added in A.2). Both stages materialise
array-def via LEAQ name(SB) same as array-let.
Mid-impl rule-7 stop: refactor initially routed only rhs==N_ARRLIT
through emitarraydata, leaving nil-rhs zero-init arrays (e.g.
`let f64tos_buf: [64]u8;` in lib/strconv) silently SKIPPED → undef-ref
at link of wwstage-rebuilt selfhost binaries. Caught on first gate run
via bootstrap 994/995 RED. Fixed by adding nil-rhs branch to
emitarraydata (zero-fills arrt.size bytes) + widening wwstage caller
to route both N_ARRLIT and nil through helper. Same-class-lower-stratum
pattern (recurring across A.1 N_UN-peel, A.2 sz==8-short-circuit, A.3
nil-rhs-drop); banked as feedback memory.
Test 919 (11 rows: int-elem 1B/4B/8B + signed-N_UN-peel + float-elem
f64/f32 + def-int / def-float / struct-with-array-field shape-15 +
explicit-zero + single-elem-regression) registered. Make test:
182/182 incl. 990-997 byte-id + combined_ww_fresh.
Followups filed:
- #43 — wwstage emitletdataw str/slice-size arms lack !isarr guards;
hypothetical no-rhs [16/24]u8 triple-emits (NOT A.3-introduced;
no live consumer; 2-line parity fix)
Hojun-Cho
9e3bc4ea37