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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@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
// TIP: To dump output, run:
// TIP: bazel run //toolchain/testing:file_test -- --dump_output --file_tests=toolchain/parse/testdata/operators/precedence_where.carbon
fn PostfixStar(T:! I* where .A* == .B*);
fn PostfixStar(generic T: I* where .A* == .B*);
fn Ampersand(U:! J & K where C & D impls E & F);
fn Ampersand(generic U: J & K where C & D impls E & F);
fn BinaryPlus(V:! L + M where G & H impls N & O);
fn BinaryPlus(generic V: L + M where G & H impls N & O);
fn UnaryMinus(W:! -P where -Q impls -R);
fn UnaryMinus(generic W: -P where -Q impls -R);
// CHECK:STDOUT: - filename: precedence_where.carbon
// CHECK:STDOUT: parse_tree: [
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fn UnaryMinus(W:! -P where -Q impls -R);
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameMaybeBeforeSignature', text: 'PostfixStar'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamListStart', text: '('},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'T'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':!', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'I'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'PostfixOperatorStar', text: '*', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'WhereOperand', text: 'where', subtree_size: 3},
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ fn UnaryMinus(W:! -P where -Q impls -R);
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'PostfixOperatorStar', text: '*', subtree_size: 3},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'RequirementEqualEqual', text: '==', subtree_size: 7},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'WhereExpr', text: 'where', subtree_size: 11},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':!', subtree_size: 14},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 14},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', subtree_size: 16},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 19},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionIntroducer', text: 'fn'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameMaybeBeforeSignature', text: 'Ampersand'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamListStart', text: '('},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'U'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':!', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'J'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'K'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'InfixOperatorAmp', text: '&', subtree_size: 3},
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ fn UnaryMinus(W:! -P where -Q impls -R);
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'InfixOperatorAmp', text: '&', subtree_size: 3},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'RequirementImpls', text: 'impls', subtree_size: 7},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'WhereExpr', text: 'where', subtree_size: 12},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':!', subtree_size: 15},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 15},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', subtree_size: 17},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 20},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionIntroducer', text: 'fn'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameMaybeBeforeSignature', text: 'BinaryPlus'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamListStart', text: '('},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'V'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':!', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'L'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'M'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'InfixOperatorPlus', text: '+', subtree_size: 3},
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ fn UnaryMinus(W:! -P where -Q impls -R);
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'InfixOperatorAmp', text: '&', subtree_size: 3},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'RequirementImpls', text: 'impls', subtree_size: 7},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'WhereExpr', text: 'where', subtree_size: 12},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':!', subtree_size: 15},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 15},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', subtree_size: 17},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 20},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionIntroducer', text: 'fn'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameMaybeBeforeSignature', text: 'UnaryMinus'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamListStart', text: '('},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameNotBeforeSignature', text: 'W'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':!', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPatternStart', text: ':', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'IdentifierNameExpr', text: 'P'},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'PrefixOperatorMinus', text: '-', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'WhereOperand', text: 'where', subtree_size: 3},
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fn UnaryMinus(W:! -P where -Q impls -R);
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'PrefixOperatorMinus', text: '-', subtree_size: 2},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'RequirementImpls', text: 'impls', subtree_size: 5},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'WhereExpr', text: 'where', subtree_size: 9},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':!', subtree_size: 12},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'CompileTimeBindingPattern', text: ':', subtree_size: 12},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'ExplicitParamList', text: ')', subtree_size: 14},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FunctionDecl', text: ';', subtree_size: 17},
// CHECK:STDOUT: {kind: 'FileEnd', text: ''},