From 4f77ad5d019618893c59a0f8d5bfa6b98e50a3be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:31:47 +0200
Subject: Make Int and Word aliases to fixed-size types

---
 boot/symbol.cc | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'boot/symbol.cc')

diff --git a/boot/symbol.cc b/boot/symbol.cc
index 9854acc..05eea31 100644
--- a/boot/symbol.cc
+++ b/boot/symbol.cc
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ namespace elna::boot
 
     static void builtin_integers(const std::shared_ptr<symbol_table>& symbols,
             const std::array<type_properties, target_integer_count>& properties,
-            const std::string& integer_name)
+            const std::string& integer_name,
+            std::vector<std::shared_ptr<alias_type>>& alias_owners)
     {
         for (std::size_t i = 1; i < properties.size(); ++i)
         {
@@ -293,6 +294,16 @@ namespace elna::boot
             const type variant_type = type(std::make_shared<primitive_type>(type_name, properties[i]));
 
             symbols->enter(type_name, std::make_shared<type_info>(variant_type));
+
+            // The unsuffixed integer type is an alias of the fixed-size type
+            // matching the machine word.
+            if (bit_size == properties.front().size * CHAR_BIT)
+            {
+                auto alias = std::make_shared<alias_type>(integer_name, variant_type);
+
+                alias_owners.push_back(alias);
+                symbols->enter(integer_name, std::make_shared<type_info>(type(alias)));
+            }
         }
         if (!symbols->contains(integer_name))
         {
@@ -302,12 +313,13 @@ namespace elna::boot
         }
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<symbol_table> builtin_symbol_table(const target_info& target)
+    std::shared_ptr<symbol_table> builtin_symbol_table(const target_info& target,
+            std::vector<std::shared_ptr<alias_type>>& alias_owners)
     {
         auto result = std::make_shared<symbol_table>();
 
-        builtin_integers(result, target.int_properties, "Int");
-        builtin_integers(result, target.word_properties, "Word");
+        builtin_integers(result, target.int_properties, "Int", alias_owners);
+        builtin_integers(result, target.word_properties, "Word", alias_owners);
 
         result->enter("Char",
                 std::make_shared<type_info>(type(std::make_shared<primitive_type>("Char", target.char_properties))));
@@ -494,7 +506,7 @@ namespace elna::boot
         {
             if (auto base = resolve_aliases(slice->base).get<constant_type>())
             {
-                return is_primitive_type(resolve_aliases(base->unqualified), "Char");
+                return is_primitive_type(resolve_aliases(base->unqualified), "Word8");
             }
         }
         return false;
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