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Malte UblandClaude Opus 5.5 89bca68cbe Compute with NaN-boxed jsval values in the dynamic tier
Stage S3 of the two-tier design: dynamic-tier functions compute with
jsval, a new IR type holding a 64-bit NaN-boxed word whose numbers,
booleans, undefined and null are immediates, so a number between two
dynamic operators is no longer a heap node.

- IR: the jsval type and js.* builtins (operators and the boundary
  conversions fromDyn/toDyn/fromF64/fromBool/fromStr/fromBigInt/toF64).
  The jsval pass rewrites dynamic-tier functions after tier assignment:
  operator chains, comparisons, number checks and truthiness of operator
  results run on jsvals; dyn locals become jsval locals when that saves
  boxing; dynamic functions called only from dynamic functions return a
  jsval. IR version 17 serializes each function's tier.
- Runtime: scr_js.h and scr_js_value.c behind the dynTier feature
  (invariant I3); static runtime units never include scr_js.h.
- Backend: number cases inline (immediate doubles and NUM cells), always
  inlined jsval retain/release; 32-bit targets keep boxed cells.
- Interprocedural analyses see jsval conversions as the dyn forms they
  replace, so no fact about a static function changes.

Static functions are untouched: typed programs and the self-hosted
compiler's static functions compile to byte-identical LLVM.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-18 15:11:32 -07:00
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