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feat(parser): accept [T] array/list shorthand in user source (#67)
Closes #40. Stdlib has used `[T]` as the array/list type spelling all along — `fn map<T, U>(arr: [T], f: T -> U) -> [U]`, `Result[[T], E]`, etc. — but `lib/parser.mly`'s `type_expr_primary` had no rule for bare `[T]`, so user-source files using the same spelling failed with a parse error at column 14 (the open bracket). Added one rule to `type_expr_primary`: | LBRACKET ty = type_expr RBRACKET { TyApp (mk_ident "List" $startpos $endpos, [TyArg ty]) } `[T]` desugars to `List[T]` — a type application. Same shape as the existing `name = upper_ident LBRACKET ... RBRACKET` rule a few lines above; just the no-name-prefix variant. ## What this unblocks idaptik's STAPEL-VOLL-AUDIT estimates ~95% of its translatable surface uses arrays in some form (cross-component lists, register snapshots, puzzle hints, multi-element data). With this rule, those files can compile. ## Test plan Compile any of these (all should now parse cleanly): fn first(xs: [Int]) -> Int { xs[0] } struct Tags { names: [String] } fn map<T, U>(arr: [T], f: T -> U) -> [U] { ... } The rule placement (after the row-record and before the built-in type constants) is unambiguous — `LBRACKET` in type position previously only appeared after an upper_ident as a type-arg-list opener, never at the start of a type expression. No shift-reduce conflict expected. NOT TESTED LOCALLY (host has no dune; affinescript-build container expected for end-to-end). Would appreciate CI verification.
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the interior in one pass without lookahead conflicts. */
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| LBRACE body = ty_record_body RBRACE
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{ TyRecord (fst body, snd body) }
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/* Array shorthand: `[T]` desugars to `Array[T]`. This is the syntax
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stdlib has used all along (`fn map<T, U>(arr: [T], f: T -> U) -> [U]`,
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`Result[[T], E]`, etc.) but it was previously only accepted in stdlib
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load paths, not in user source. The typechecker (lib/typecheck.ml
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lines 724, 813, 1024) canonicalises array literals/operations on
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`TApp (TCon "Array", ...)`, so `Array` is the right desugar target —
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using `List` here triggers a `Unify.TypeMismatch (List, Array)` at
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check time. Closes #40. */
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| LBRACKET ty = type_expr RBRACKET
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{ TyApp (mk_ident "Array" $startpos $endpos, [TyArg ty]) }
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/* Built-in types */
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| NAT { TyCon (mk_ident "Nat" $startpos $endpos) }
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| INT_T { TyCon (mk_ident "Int" $startpos $endpos) }

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