fix(hir): an ambient declare const/let/var binds nothing (#10363) - #10374
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…0363) `declare const x: T` describes a binding the host supplies. TypeScript erases it, but perry lowered it as a real binding initialized to `undefined`. That shadowed the global it describes: reads never reached a globalThis data property or accessor, `typeof` said "undefined", and a `declare var` was reflected as a non-configurable global property, so a later `Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "x", ...)` threw. Every pass that models bindings now asks one predicate, `lower::ambient::declarator_binds_nothing`: source-position lowering (module, namespace, function body), `export declare const` (erased like `export declare function`), the module forward pre-registration and Script-var reflection, function/closure `var` hoisting and forward-capture boxing, block TDZ names, the Annex B forbidden set, and the `new Function` constant-argument scan (which recorded `declare var src` as a never-written `var` and folded `new Function(src)` to `new Function("undefined")`). Ambient names also suppress the unknown-identifier warning, like platform globals. `declare const __platform__` / `__plugins__` keep their binding: they are the documented compile-time constants the backends fold from a `Stmt::Let` with no initializer. PerryTS#6871 gave every uninitialized lexical binding an explicit `undefined`, which hid them from that fold, so `__platform__` read `undefined` on every target. The ambient path restores the `init: None` shape. An `export declare const` inside a namespace is left as it was: TypeScript reads it as `N.x`, not as the global.
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In `@crates/perry-hir/src/lower/ambient.rs`:
- Around line 32-39: Update declarator_is_compile_time_constant to require
var.kind == ast::VarDeclKind::Const in addition to var.declare and the existing
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| pub(crate) fn declarator_is_compile_time_constant( | ||
| var: &ast::VarDecl, | ||
| decl: &ast::VarDeclarator, | ||
| ) -> bool { | ||
| var.declare | ||
| && matches!(&decl.name, ast::Pat::Ident(ident) | ||
| if is_compile_time_constant(ident.id.sym.as_ref())) | ||
| } |
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Restrict the compile-time exception to declare const. TypeScript accepts declare let and declare var. The predicate checks only var.declare and the identifier name, so __platform__ and __plugins__ match for all three declaration kinds.
The lowering caller keeps these declarations as Stmt::Let and the codegen path treats them as compile-time constants. They therefore retain a compiler/runtime binding instead of being erased and resolved through the host global.
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| pub(crate) fn declarator_is_compile_time_constant( | |
| var: &ast::VarDecl, | |
| decl: &ast::VarDeclarator, | |
| ) -> bool { | |
| var.declare | |
| && matches!(&decl.name, ast::Pat::Ident(ident) | |
| if is_compile_time_constant(ident.id.sym.as_ref())) | |
| } | |
| var.declare | |
| && var.kind == ast::VarDeclKind::Const | |
| && matches!(&decl.name, ast::Pat::Ident(ident) | |
| if is_compile_time_constant(ident.id.sym.as_ref())) |
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In `@crates/perry-hir/src/lower/ambient.rs` around lines 32 - 39, Update
declarator_is_compile_time_constant to require var.kind ==
ast::VarDeclKind::Const in addition to var.declare and the existing identifier
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Fixes #10363.
Root cause
declare const x: T(anddeclare let/declare var) describes a binding the host supplies. TypeScript erases it, but perry lowered it as a real binding:Let { name: "x", init: Some(Undefined) }. Nothing checkedVarDecl::declare, neither the source-position arm nor any of the passes that model bindings ahead of it. The forward pre-registration pass,varhoisting, closure forward-capture boxing, block TDZ names, the Annex B forbidden set, and thenew Functionconstant-argument scan all treated the name as a local. So:undefinedand never reached the globalThis data property or accessor;declareline already had the local baked in (the issue's decl4);declare varin a Script entry was reflected as a non-configurable global property before user code ran, soObject.defineProperty(globalThis, "x", …)threw;declare var src: string; new Function(src)constant-folded tonew Function("undefined").The fix
One predicate,
lower::ambient::declarator_binds_nothing(var, decl), is checked by every pass that models bindings:lower/stmt.rs,lower_decl/body_stmt.rsexport declare const x: no binding and no export, likeexport declare functionlower/module_decl.rslower/lower_module_fn.rslower/module_decl/namespace.rsvarhoisting in function/module blockslower_decl/block/var_names.rslower_decl/block/var_names.rslet/constandvar)lower_decl/block.rstypeoflower_decl/block.rsvarhoisting andlet/constforward declslower/expr_function.rsnew Functionenv: never-writtenvar+ nested-function shadowinglower/fn_ctor_env.rsAmbient names also join
platform_globals, so they don't print the unknown-identifier warning. They use the same by-name runtime lookup as any other global.Two deliberate exceptions:
declare const __platform__/__plugins__keep their binding. They are the documented compile-time constants, and the LLVM, JS, WASM and ArkTS backends fold them from aStmt::Letwith no initializer. codegen: uninitializedletin a loop body is not reset per iteration when assigned from a nested loop #6871 gave every uninitialized lexical binding an explicitundefined, which hid them from that fold, so__platform__has readundefinedon every target since then (v0.5.1579:platform undefined plugins undefined). The ambient path gives them theirinit: Noneshape back. Fixed build on Linux:platform 4 plugins 0, and the=== 4branch is taken.export declare const xinside a namespace is unchanged. TypeScript reads that asN.x, not the global, so erasing it to a global lookup would be wrong in a different way.Behavior change to note: an ambient name that nothing defines now throws
ReferenceError: x is not defined, like Node, instead of silently readingundefined.typeof xstill says"undefined".Side finding: three GC regression tests never collected
Perry installs a global
gc.test-files/test_gap_7544_anon_shape_numeric_fields.ts,test_issue_1830_gc_in_catch_after_deep_throw.tsandtest_gap_9552_cross_thread_promise_survives_gc.tseach start withdeclare const gc: …and call it behindtypeof gc === "function". On main thattypeofread the shadowing local, so none of them ever forced a collection. With this PR they do, and all three still pass and match Node (#9552: 5/5 runs).Verification (perrybuilder, Linux x86_64, base = main
33690c5635)The issue's repros, plus extended cases, with
node --experimental-strip-typesas the oracle:declare constover a data property5undefined5declare letlet-valueundefinedlet-valuedeclare vardescriptor /definePropertynone/ok, read: 1{"configurable":false…}/TypeErrornone/ok, read: 1typeoffrom an earlier functionstringundefinedstringdeclare constfrom-getter string 2undefined undefined 0from-getter string 2undefined/ReferenceErrorundefined/undefinedundefined/ReferenceErrordeclare(outer binding + global)1 body-globalundefined undefined1 body-globalexport declare constread across modules42undefined42hostApi.hello(),new HostCtor()hi 7TypeErrorhi 7declare var src; new Function(src)7undefined7declare let tick; tick += iin a looptick 3 3tick undefined 0tick 3 3declare global { var gv }(unchanged path)333--defineprogram fromissue_10101_defines_resolveUnknown-identifier warnings:
hostApi/HostCtorprint 0 on fix; the undeclared control prints 2 on both arms.Tests: 12 new unit tests (10 in
lower/tests/ambient_declare.rs, 2 infn_ctor_env). Each pairs the ambient name with an ordinary binding of the same shape as a control.declarator_binds_nothingcalls withfalse, and separately disabling theinit: Nonerestore, turns at least one test red for every site. Three checks I first added turned nothing red and were removed rather than shipped untested: anexport declare varsharing a name with a function, a top-level-closure reassignment scan, andfor-head lexical names, wheredeclarecannot parse.cargo test -p perry-hir: 50 binaries, 690 passed, 0 failed.cargo fmt --all -- --check,RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo check -p perry --binsand-p perry-hir --all-targets,check_file_size.sh,check_test_registration.py,global_sink_isolation.py: all clean.No performance tradeoff
Generated code is unchanged for code without ambient declarations. Measured, not argued: I compiled all 1645
test-files/*.tswith the base and fixed compilers and compared each module'sstable_hash::hash_module(the object cache's fingerprint of exactly the post-transform HIR that codegen consumes, viaPERRY_DEV_VERBOSE=1). A third base run confirmed the hash is deterministic.declare const/let/var. 5 match Node on both arms;#9552is covered above.test_ramda_user_import) needsramdainstalled and fails identically on both arms.Identical HIR in, identical code out, so zero runtime cost. For those 6 files the change is the fix itself: a global read where there used to be a wrong
undefined, and__platform__becomes a folded constant again.Compile time (
perf stat -e instructions:u,perry check, which is parse + lowering with no LLVM; both compilers built by the same cargo command in the same clone, 7 alternating runs, medians):test-filesBoth deltas are within the base's own run-to-run spread. The added work is one
booltest per declarator in the passes above; there's no AST clone and no new walk.Not in this PR
declare classanddeclare enumhave the same shadowing bug. Nothing checksClassDecl::declare/TsEnumDecl::declare. On this branch,globalThis.HostK = class { v = 3 }; declare class HostK {…}; new HostK().vprintsundefined(Node:3), anddeclare enum HostE { A }overglobalThis.HostE = { A: 7 }prints0(Node:7). They're separate declaration kinds with their own class/enum registration, so they're left for a follow-up.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
declare const,declare let, anddeclare var) so they no longer create runtime bindings or incorrectly shadow global values.typeof, closures, exports, namespaces, and function construction now follow TypeScript erasure behavior.__platform__and__plugins__.Tests