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Malte UblandClaude Opus 5.5 54cd19e52a Walk a for..of over an iterable beside never[]
`for (const name of registry.get(key) ?? [])` (mcp's server-tool registry)
types the head `Set<string> | never[]` and had no lowering: the iterable
union rule knows Iterable/generator unions and the indexed numeric arms, so
the loop fell through to the generic SC2001 fence on the union type.

`never[]` is the empty array literal's own type: its only value is the empty
array, which yields no iterations. `T[] | never[]` reduces in the checker
(never is assignable to T), so the reachable shape is exactly one inhabited
non-array iterable beside `never[]`. That loop is the existing container walk
on the arm the runtime tag selects:

    if (unionIsTag(head, setArm)) { <lowerForOfSet on unionNarrow(head)> }

for Set, Map and string — no new representation, and the empty-array arm is
an empty `else`. A union of two inhabited iterables
(`Set<string> | string[]`) still fences: both arms hold values and their
walks yield different element kinds through different protocols.

Corpus 8416-iterable-never-array-arm pins Set/Map/string registries with
present and missing keys, a live set mutated between loops, and an explicit
`Set<string> | never[]` annotation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-28 13:17:18 -07:00
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