Replace :! binding syntax with phase keywords and contextual defaults (#7479)

Implement the toolchain side of proposal #7254, removing the `:!`
binding
syntax for generic and template parameters in favor of the keywords
`generic`,
`template`, and `runtime` plus contextual defaults for phase.

For valid programs this is semantics-preserving: each binding resolves
to the
same phase, and produces the same SemIR, as it did under `:!`/`:`. The
parser
derives a binding's phase from its syntactic context plus any explicit
phase
keyword; new diagnostics and error recovery for misused keywords are
described
below.

Implementation details for each component:

- Lexer: remove the `:!` (`ColonExclaim`) token, move its virtual
parse-node
  budget onto `:`, and add the `generic` and `runtime` keywords.
- Parser: thread a `BindingContext` (`ExplicitParam`, `DeducedParam`, or
`CompileTimeEntityParam`) from declaration introducers down through
parameter
lists to each binding pattern, using a one-token lookahead to
distinguish a
name-qualifier parameter list from a declaration's own final list.
Parameters
of a compile-time entity (`class`, `interface`, `constraint`, `choice`,
`alias`, `export`, `namespace`) and deduced `[]` parameters default to
checked
generic; explicit function parameters and local bindings default to
runtime.
`HandleBindingPattern` resolves the phase from that context plus the
keyword: a
`generic` keyword needs no node of its own (the phase is carried by the
  binding's node kind), while a `runtime` keyword is preserved as a
`RuntimeBindingName` node so `check` can name it in a diagnostic. A
phase
keyword that is merely redundant with the contextual default is
diagnosed
  here, without invalidating the parse tree.
- Check: a phase keyword that is invalid for its context (for example
`runtime`
on a checked-generic parameter) is diagnosed here, and recovers by
building an
error binding that still introduces the name so that later uses of it do
not
  produce cascading errors.

The removed `:!` syntax is now rejected as an ordinary parse error.

The `form`/`:?`/`->?` ("extended types") portion of proposal #7254 is
left for a
separate change.

Assisted-by: Claude Code
This commit is contained in:
Chandler Carruth
2026-07-11 01:22:44 +00:00
committed by GitHub
parent bf106c3b4b
commit 8be274cf60
482 changed files with 16917 additions and 16226 deletions
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@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fn ComplexFormParam(x:? X.Y(Z));
// --- fail_ref_on_form_parameter.carbon
// CHECK:STDERR: fail_ref_on_form_parameter.carbon:[[@LINE+4]]:6: error: expected `:` binding after `ref` [ExpectedRuntimeBindingPatternAfterRef]
// CHECK:STDERR: fail_ref_on_form_parameter.carbon:[[@LINE+4]]:6: error: `ref` is only allowed on a runtime binding [ExpectedRuntimeBindingPatternAfterRef]
// CHECK:STDERR: fn F(ref x:? Form);
// CHECK:STDERR: ^~~
// CHECK:STDERR:
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ fn F(ref x:? Form);
// --- fail_form_within_var.carbon
// CHECK:STDERR: fail_form_within_var.carbon:[[@LINE+4]]:26: error: found `:?` pattern inside `var` pattern [NonRegularBindingInVarDecl]
// CHECK:STDERR: fail_form_within_var.carbon:[[@LINE+4]]:26: error: found `:?` binding inside `var` pattern [NonRegularBindingInVarDecl]
// CHECK:STDERR: fn FormInVar(var x:? Form);
// CHECK:STDERR: ^
// CHECK:STDERR:
@@ -226,17 +226,19 @@ fn ComplexReturnForm() ->? X.Y(Z);
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionIntroducer', text: 'fn'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameMaybeBeforeSignature', text: 'foo'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ImplicitParamListStart', text: '['},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'a'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'a'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IntTypeLiteral', text: 'i32'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'LetBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 3},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 4},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'PatternListComma', text: ','},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'b'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'b'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IntTypeLiteral', text: 'i32'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'LetBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 3},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ImplicitParamList', text: ']', subtree_size: 9},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 4},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ImplicitParamList', text: ']', subtree_size: 11},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamListStart', text: '('},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 14},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 16},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FileEnd', text: ''},
// CHECK:STDOUT: ]
// CHECK:STDOUT: - filename: no_params.carbon
@@ -473,12 +475,11 @@ fn ComplexReturnForm() ->? X.Y(Z);
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionIntroducer', text: 'fn'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameMaybeBeforeSignature', text: 'F'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamListStart', text: '('},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'x'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'RefBindingName', text: 'ref', has_error: yes, subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'x'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'Form'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FormBindingPattern', text: ':?', has_error: yes, subtree_size: 4},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', has_error: yes, subtree_size: 6},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 9},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FormBindingPattern', text: ':?', has_error: yes, subtree_size: 3},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', has_error: yes, subtree_size: 5},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 8},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FileEnd', text: ''},
// CHECK:STDOUT: ]
// CHECK:STDOUT: - filename: fail_form_within_var.carbon
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
// Part of the Carbon Language project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM
// Exceptions. See /LICENSE for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
// AUTOUPDATE
// TIP: To test this file alone, run:
// TIP: bazel test //toolchain/testing:file_test --test_arg=--file_tests=toolchain/parse/testdata/function/fail_template_form_param.carbon
// TIP: To dump output, run:
// TIP: bazel run //toolchain/testing:file_test -- --dump_output --file_tests=toolchain/parse/testdata/function/fail_template_form_param.carbon
// `template` cannot be combined with a `:?` form binding.
// CHECK:STDERR: fail_template_form_param.carbon:[[@LINE+4]]:6: error: `template` is only allowed on a generic binding [ExpectedGenericBindingPatternAfterTemplate]
// CHECK:STDERR: fn F(template x:? Form);
// CHECK:STDERR: ^~~~~~~~
// CHECK:STDERR:
fn F(template x:? Form);
// CHECK:STDOUT: - filename: fail_template_form_param.carbon
// CHECK:STDOUT: parse_tree: [
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FileStart', text: ''},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionIntroducer', text: 'fn'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameMaybeBeforeSignature', text: 'F'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamListStart', text: '('},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'x'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'Form'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FormBindingPattern', text: ':?', has_error: yes, subtree_size: 3},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', has_error: yes, subtree_size: 5},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 8},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FileEnd', text: ''},
// CHECK:STDOUT: ]