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Chandler Carruth 8be274cf60 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
2026-07-11 01:22:44 +00:00

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// 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
#include "toolchain/parse/context.h"
#include "toolchain/parse/handle.h"
namespace Carbon::Parse {
auto HandlePattern(Context& context) -> void {
auto state = context.PopState();
switch (context.PositionKind()) {
case Lex::TokenKind::OpenParen:
context.PushStateForPattern(StateKind::PatternListAsTuple,
state.in_var_pattern, state.in_unused_pattern,
state.binding_context,
state.ambient_precedence);
break;
case Lex::TokenKind::Var:
context.PushStateForPattern(StateKind::VariablePattern,
state.in_var_pattern, state.in_unused_pattern,
state.binding_context,
state.ambient_precedence);
break;
case Lex::TokenKind::Unused:
context.PushStateForPattern(StateKind::UnusedPattern,
state.in_var_pattern, state.in_unused_pattern,
state.binding_context,
state.ambient_precedence);
break;
case Lex::TokenKind::Template:
case Lex::TokenKind::Generic:
case Lex::TokenKind::Runtime:
case Lex::TokenKind::Ref:
// `self` is always a binding, even when its type is omitted (and so is not
// followed by a `:`).
case Lex::TokenKind::SelfValueIdentifier:
context.PushStateForPattern(StateKind::BindingPattern,
state.in_var_pattern, state.in_unused_pattern,
state.binding_context,
state.ambient_precedence);
break;
default:
if (context.PositionKind().is_word() &&
context.PositionKind(Lookahead::NextToken)
.is_binding_pattern_operator()) {
context.PushStateForPattern(
StateKind::BindingPattern, state.in_var_pattern,
state.in_unused_pattern, state.binding_context,
state.ambient_precedence);
break;
}
context.PushState(StateKind::ExprPattern);
context.PushStateForExpr(state.ambient_precedence);
break;
}
}
auto HandleExprPattern(Context& context) -> void {
auto state = context.PopState();
// If we parsed an expression followed by a binding operator, we most likely
// have a malformed attempt to introduce a binding pattern that we interpreted
// as an expression pattern, so diagnose that here rather than diagnosing a
// missing `;` at an outer level.
if (context.PositionKind().is_binding_pattern_operator()) {
if (!state.has_error) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(ExpectedBindingName, Error,
"unexpected expression before {0} in binding pattern",
Lex::TokenKind);
// TODO: Underline the parsed expression.
context.emitter().Emit(*context.position(), ExpectedBindingName,
context.PositionKind());
state.has_error = true;
}
context.Consume();
// It'd be nice to skip the type expression here too, but we can't determine
// the end of it.
}
if (state.has_error) {
context.ReturnErrorOnState();
}
}
} // namespace Carbon::Parse