From e4ce7f658741a7428597da4872435a1b0bae944c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 20:51:22 +0200
Subject: Rework generics for parameters to be plain types

---
 testsuite/compilable/generic_alias.elna           | 10 +++++-----
 testsuite/compilable/generic_arguments.elna       | 18 +++++++++---------
 testsuite/compilable/generic_base_chain.elna      | 14 +++++++-------
 testsuite/compilable/generic_const_inference.elna |  4 ++--
 testsuite/compilable/generic_inference.elna       | 10 +++++-----
 testsuite/compilable/generic_pointee.elna         | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 testsuite/compilable/generic_pointee.elna

(limited to 'testsuite/compilable')

diff --git a/testsuite/compilable/generic_alias.elna b/testsuite/compilable/generic_alias.elna
index 47ac638..da9501a 100644
--- a/testsuite/compilable/generic_alias.elna
+++ b/testsuite/compilable/generic_alias.elna
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ type
 
   Node#[T] = record
     next: ^Node#[T];
-    value: T
+    value: ^T
   end
 
   Ref#[T] = ^T
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ type
   end
 
 var
-  chain: Node#[^File]
-  aliased: Ref#[^File]
-  raw: ^^File
-  boxed: Boxed#[^File]
+  chain: Node#[File]
+  aliased: Ref#[File]
+  raw: ^File
+  boxed: Boxed#[File]
 
 begin
   chain.next := nil;
diff --git a/testsuite/compilable/generic_arguments.elna b/testsuite/compilable/generic_arguments.elna
index 4d33db5..1cda57f 100644
--- a/testsuite/compilable/generic_arguments.elna
+++ b/testsuite/compilable/generic_arguments.elna
@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@ type
   end
 
   Pair#[K, V] = record
-    key: K;
-    value: V
+    key: ^K;
+    value: ^V
   end
 
 var
-  entry: Pair#[^File, ^Word8]
+  entry: Pair#[File, Word8]
 
-proc allocate#[T](size: Word) -> T
+proc allocate#[T](size: Word) -> ^T
 extern
 
-proc first#[K, V](entry_ptr: ^Pair#[K, V]) -> K
+proc first#[K, V](entry_ptr: ^Pair#[K, V]) -> ^K
 return entry_ptr^.key
 
 begin
-  entry.key := allocate#[^File](#size(File));
-  assert(#size(Pair#[^File, ^Word8]) = #size(Pointer) * 2u);
-  assert(#offset(Pair#[^File, ^Word8], value) = #size(Pointer));
-  assert(first#[^File, ^Word8](@entry) = entry.key)
+  entry.key := allocate#[File](#size(File));
+  assert(#size(Pair#[File, Word8]) = #size(Pointer) * 2u);
+  assert(#offset(Pair#[File, Word8], value) = #size(Pointer));
+  assert(first#[File, Word8](@entry) = entry.key)
 end.
diff --git a/testsuite/compilable/generic_base_chain.elna b/testsuite/compilable/generic_base_chain.elna
index c303e6d..1abe199 100644
--- a/testsuite/compilable/generic_base_chain.elna
+++ b/testsuite/compilable/generic_base_chain.elna
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ type
   end
 
   Map#[K, V] = record
-    key: K;
-    value: V
+    key: ^K;
+    value: ^V
   end
 
-  Cache#[K, V] = record(Map#[^Word8, V])
-    newest: K
+  Cache#[K, V] = record(Map#[Word8, V])
+    newest: ^K
   end
 
 var
-  store: Cache#[^Int, ^File]
+  store: Cache#[Int, File]
   byte_key: ^Word8
-  upcast: ^Map#[^Word8, ^File]
+  upcast: ^Map#[Word8, File]
 
-proc put#[K2, V2](target: ^Map#[K2, V2]; key: K2)
+proc put#[K2, V2](target: ^Map#[K2, V2]; key: ^K2)
 begin
   target^.key := key
 return
diff --git a/testsuite/compilable/generic_const_inference.elna b/testsuite/compilable/generic_const_inference.elna
index a9fc41f..7ce197f 100644
--- a/testsuite/compilable/generic_const_inference.elna
+++ b/testsuite/compilable/generic_const_inference.elna
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ var
   nested: NestedConst := nil
   direct_const: const ^Word8 := nil
 
-proc write#[T](fd: Int; buf: T; count: Int) -> Int
+proc write#[T](fd: Int; buf: ^T; count: Int) -> Int
 return 0
 
-proc write_const#[T](fd: Int; buf: const T; count: Int) -> Int
+proc write_const#[T](fd: Int; buf: ^const T; count: Int) -> Int
 return 0
 
 begin
diff --git a/testsuite/compilable/generic_inference.elna b/testsuite/compilable/generic_inference.elna
index 860eab1..9d7fed6 100644
--- a/testsuite/compilable/generic_inference.elna
+++ b/testsuite/compilable/generic_inference.elna
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ type
   end
 
   Cell#[T] = record
-    held: T
+    held: ^T
   end
 
 var
-  files: Cell#[^File]
-  bytes: Cell#[^Word8]
+  files: Cell#[File]
+  bytes: Cell#[Word8]
   f: File
   b: Word8
 
-proc store#[T](target: ^Cell#[T]; value: T)
+proc store#[T](target: ^Cell#[T]; value: ^T)
   target^.held := value
 return
 
-proc relay#[T](target: ^Cell#[T]; value: T)
+proc relay#[T](target: ^Cell#[T]; value: ^T)
   store(target, value)
 return
 
diff --git a/testsuite/compilable/generic_pointee.elna b/testsuite/compilable/generic_pointee.elna
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ecaedf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/compilable/generic_pointee.elna
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+program()
+
+type
+  File = record
+    fd: Int
+  end
+
+proc allocate#[T](size: Word) -> ^T
+extern
+
+var
+  f: ^File
+
+begin
+  f := allocate#[File](#size(File));
+  assert(f = nil)
+end.
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