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Phase 7b: null literal + x == null (retire ptr_null/ptr_is_null)

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`null` is now a real pointer literal and null-tests are comparisons, instead of
`ptr_null()` and `ptr_is_null(x)`:

  ptr_null()          -> null
  ptr_is_null(x)      -> (x == null)
  not ptr_is_null(x)  -> (x != null)

Mechanics: a new E_NULL primary (`null`, like true/false) lowers to the `null`
pointer; emit_bin's comparison path now picks `ptr` vs `i32` from operand type
(via llty), so `==`/`!=` work on any pointer/record/slice. The two intrinsics are
deleted.

Two reseeds: (A) add the literal + ptr comparison keeping the intrinsics; (B)
migrate all 182 call sites (compiler + runtime, via a balanced-paren script that
skips string-literal args and rewrites `not ptr_is_null` to `!= null`) and delete
the intrinsics. Node/Val/Buf/Tok field defaults now read `ptr = null`.

Vocabulary drops the two from LUDIC_INTRINSICS; `null` joins true/false as a
language constant (grammar + ludic_syntax.h). LANGUAGE.md notes the literal.
Reseeded (21664 lines); C-free fixpoint holds; goldens identical; 17/17; vocab +
doc-fences clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Orkun ÇAKILKAYA 2026-08-28 00:50:21 +03:00
parent ddb1af3008
commit 70ab79a4e9
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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fn emit_sizeof(llt: ptr) -> ptr {
fn emit_new_struct(name: ptr) -> Val {
let s = layout_node(name) # a struct or a property — same shape
if ptr_is_null(s) { perr("unknown record type in new") }
if (s == null) { perr("unknown record type in new") }
let lty = layout_ty(name)
let sz = emit_sizeof(lty)
let obj = emit_bind(sconcat("call ptr @malloc(i64 ", sconcat(sz, ")")))
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn emit_new_struct(name: ptr) -> Val {
let lt = llty(fd.ty)
var v = "0"
if streq(lt, "ptr") { v = "null" }
if not ptr_is_null(fd.a) { let dv = emit_expr(fd.a); v = dv.code }
if (fd.a != null) { let dv = emit_expr(fd.a); v = dv.code }
emit(" store "); emit(lt); emit(" "); emit(v); emit(", ptr "); emit(addr); emit("\n")
f = f + 1
}