diag(hir): PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG — report every native-instance tag at the two entry points that create them - #9850
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`PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG=1` prints one line per native-instance registration:
[nativeinst] REGISTER push_module name="O" -> child_process::Instance
`register_native_instance` and `push_module_native_instance` are the only two
entry points through which a native-instance tag can come into existence, so a
diagnostic on them cannot miss a tag. That placement is the point of the
change: an earlier attempt at the same question instrumented four plausible
construction sites out of the 165 that build `Expr::NativeMethodCall`, printed
zero, and the zero was uninterpretable.
What it is for (PerryTS#9847). The tag table is keyed by identifier TEXT with
module-wide scope. On a minified bundle that compiles as one module the same
short name is routinely claimed by several unrelated native classes, and every
method call on any local with that name is then lowered as a native-instance
call of whichever class won. On claude-code's `cli_2.1.112.js` this report
prints 795 registrations whose most-registered identifiers are Y(71), z(65),
K(65), _(65), A(54), O(52), w(37), q(35) — every one a single letter — with `O`
registered as `stream::Instance`, `child_process::Instance`,
`transform_stream::TransformStream` and `readable_stream::ReadableStream` at
once. Reading that took one 30-second compile; deriving it from source took a
day of hypotheses, four of which were wrong.
`PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG` is excluded from the build-level cache for the same
reason `PERRY_OPT_REPORT` is: a cached build reuses the finished binary and
never lowers HIR, so the report would come up empty — and empty is
indistinguishable from "no tag was ever registered", which is precisely the
reading this diagnostic exists to make impossible.
Off, the cost is one relaxed atomic load per registration and nothing else.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds ChangesNative-instance diagnostics
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to This change adds opt-in native-instance diagnostics and bypasses cached builds when diagnostics are enabled. Disabled values may unnecessarily force full builds, rejected registrations can be reported as successful registrations, and the changelog currently has a lint issue; these should be corrected before release. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Full details: Description checkExplanation The description explains the diagnostic behavior, rationale, findings, cache exclusion, and cost. However, it does not use the required template sections and omits the explicit test plan, related-issue declaration, checklist, and verification results.
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In `@changelog.d/9847-nativeinst-registry-diag.md`:
- Line 8: Update the fenced diagnostic example in the changelog entry to specify
the text language tag, changing the opening fence to ```text while preserving
the example contents.
In `@crates/perry-hir/src/lower/context.rs`:
- Line 1464: Move the native instance registration diagnostic in the surrounding
registration flow to after the is_compile_package_override guard, so
nativeinst_registry_diag reports only registrations actually accepted by
register_native_instance; preserve the existing rejection behavior for
compile-package overrides.
In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/build_cache.rs`:
- Around line 849-850: Update the PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG cache-gating check near
nativeinst_registry_diag to use the same predicate: enable diagnostics only when
the environment value is non-empty and not "0". Preserve cache reuse for unset,
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| — which is why it is placed there. One line per registration: | ||
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Add a language tag to the fenced example.
markdownlint-cli2 reports MD040 for this fence. Use text for the diagnostic output.
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In `@changelog.d/9847-nativeinst-registry-diag.md` at line 8, Update the fenced
diagnostic example in the changelog entry to specify the text language tag,
changing the opening fence to ```text while preserving the example contents.
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| module_name: String, | ||
| class_name: String, | ||
| ) -> bool { | ||
| nativeinst_registry_diag("register", &local_name, &module_name, &class_name); |
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Align the diagnostic with the registration result.
When is_compile_package_override(&module_name) is true, register_native_instance returns false without inserting into native_instances, but the diagnostic runs first. It therefore reports a rejected attempt as a registration. Emit it after the override guard, or document that rejected attempts are intentional diagnostic events.
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minimal, and validate.
In `@crates/perry-hir/src/lower/context.rs` at line 1464, Move the native instance
registration diagnostic in the surrounding registration flow to after the
is_compile_package_override guard, so nativeinst_registry_diag reports only
registrations actually accepted by register_native_instance; preserve the
existing rejection behavior for compile-package overrides.
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| if std::env::var("PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG").is_ok() { | ||
| return Err("nativeinst-diag".to_string()); |
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Match cache gating to the diagnostic-enabled predicate.
nativeinst_registry_diag enables output only for non-empty values other than "0". This is_ok() check also rejects cache reuse for PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG=0 and PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG= even though those values emit no diagnostics. Reuse the same predicate, or share one helper, to avoid unnecessary full builds.
Proposed fix
- if std::env::var("PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG").is_ok() {
+ if matches!(
+ std::env::var("PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG"),
+ Ok(value) if !value.is_empty() && value != "0"
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| if std::env::var("PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG").is_ok() { | |
| return Err("nativeinst-diag".to_string()); | |
| if matches!( | |
| std::env::var("PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG"), | |
| Ok(value) if !value.is_empty() && value != "0" | |
| ) { | |
| return Err("nativeinst-diag".to_string()); |
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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/build_cache.rs` around lines 849 - 850,
Update the PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG cache-gating check near
nativeinst_registry_diag to use the same predicate: enable diagnostics only when
the environment value is non-empty and not "0". Preserve cache reuse for unset,
empty, and "0" values, preferably by reusing a shared helper if one already
exists.
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Two
eprintlns and a cache exclusion. The whole diff is 43 lines.What it prints
One line per native-instance registration, under
PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAG=1.Why these two functions specifically
register_native_instanceandpush_module_native_instanceare the only twoentry points through which a native-instance tag can come into existence, so
a diagnostic on them cannot miss a tag.
That placement is the point of the change, and it was learned the hard way. An
earlier attempt at the same question instrumented four plausible construction
sites — out of the 165 places in
perry-hirthat buildExpr::NativeMethodCall, across 47 files — printed zero, and the zero wasuninterpretable: it could equally have meant "nothing tags this" or "you
instrumented a dead path". It was the latter. A diagnostic sited where the data
must pass does not have that failure mode.
What it found — #9847
The tag table is keyed by identifier text with module-wide scope. On a
minified bundle that compiles as one module, the same short name is routinely
claimed by several mutually exclusive native classes, and every method call on
any local with that name lowers as a native-instance call of whichever won.
On claude-code's
cli_2.1.112.js, 795 registrations. Most-registeredidentifiers:
Every one a single letter.
Oalone is registered asstream::Instance,child_process::Instance,transform_stream::TransformStreamandreadable_stream::ReadableStream.child_process::Instanceby itself coversO,w,z,Y,_,K.Reading that took one 30-second compile. Deriving it from source took a day of
hypotheses, four of which were wrong.
The cache exclusion is not optional
PERRY_NATIVEINST_DIAGis excluded from the build-level cache for the samereason
PERRY_OPT_REPORTis: a cached build reuses the finished binary andnever lowers HIR, so the report would come up empty — and empty is
indistinguishable from "no tag was ever registered", which is exactly the
reading this diagnostic exists to make impossible.
One caveat a reader should not have to reconstruct
In the run that produced the histogram above, the accompanying control
printed 0 — it used a CJS
require()in a.jsfile, a form that (as #9847documents) never creates a tag at all, so the control was void. That does not
undermine the numbers only because the bundle printed 795 lines: the
instrument demonstrably fires, so there is no zero to interpret. Had the bundle
also printed 0, the run would have proven nothing. Stating it because a reader
will see the control's 0 and should not have to work out why it is harmless
here.
Also uninvestigated: some
registerlines carry an emptymodule::class(probably the
shadow_native_instancetombstone path). The 104push_modulelines and the class-bearing lines are the unambiguous part; the histogram above
is drawn from those.
Cost
Off, one relaxed atomic load per registration. No emitted byte changes.
Diagnostic only — it fixes nothing. The defect it documents is #9847.
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