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Closes #10741: loop regions admit real loop bodies over arrays.

Instructions per step (qb6)

Row main this PR node ratio
stepA number[] 995 74 45 1.64×
stepF Float64Array 661 95 55 1.73×

Why main refused these loops.

So all 16 element accesses per step ran their full guarded path, and +, < and unary - went to dynamic fallbacks.

What changed (in the existing region code; no new tier)

  • Counter index: the counter of for (...; i < B; i++) is a proven index, but only when nothing in the body, condition or update writes i (besides i++) or B. Body-local copies of the counter or the array count too.
  • Dense array guard: an array the loop stores into, or reads by the counter in arithmetic or a comparison, is guarded once as an all-numbers array. The guard checks bounds against both length and capacity (new Array(n) above 1M is still quadratic when the array is a module-level binding #9784). Unless the array is declared number[], it also accepts a Float64Array, whose reads normalise NaN.
  • Fast-path stores: an unchecked store needs the value proven a number, and that proof doesn't rely on the loop's entry checks on locals.
  • Math.*: pure calls no longer end the fast path.
  • Calls that can run JS: they no longer refuse the loop. A dirty flag set after the call routes the rest of that iteration through the checked path, and the next iteration re-checks.

Tests

  • 5 IR tests (expr/region_array_loop_tests.rs).
  • A 19-case gap test (test_gap_region_counter_loops.ts) that matches node. It covers calls that shrink, poison, freeze, grow or punch holes in the array mid-loop, a throw mid-loop, counter/bound writes in the body/update/condition, odd starts, holes, NaN through Float64Array, other typed-array kinds, and a moving-GC churn loop.
  • Five sabotages each turn exactly one IR test red.

Verification (head 97b97aff5)

Limits, kept to keep tsc/Zod flat

  • The re-check after a call is enabled only for loops with array receivers.
  • A counter-indexed read that isn't used as a number doesn't put the array in a region.
  • A number[]-declared receiver that is actually given a Float64Array takes the old loop.

Overlaps #11788 in stmt/loops.rs.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Optimized eligible multi-statement array loops with guarded numeric reads and writes, including loops using Float64Array.
    • Supported proven loop-counter aliases and selected Math operations while preserving existing behavior for unsupported cases.
    • Rechecked array assumptions after calls or other statements that may change them, including before later loop iterations.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Added checks for valid indices, array bounds, storage layout, and numeric values.
    • Covered edge cases including holes, non-integer or out-of-range indices, mutations, and modified loop counters or bounds.

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The code generator now admits eligible multi-statement array loops with counter-indexed reads and stores. It adds guarded dense-array and Float64Array access paths, direct stores for proven numeric values, and dirty-fact tracking that triggers guarded access after invalidating statements.

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Counter-indexed array loop regions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Loop eligibility and array-use planning
crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/arrays.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/plan.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/stable_packed_loop.rs, changelog.d/11790-loop-admission.md
Loop analysis identifies eligible counters, bounds, and body-local aliases. The planner classifies array reads and stores and recognizes numeric expressions, including supported Math.* calls.
Guarded array access lowering
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/index_get/guarded_array.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/arrays.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/index_get.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/index_set.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/proxy_reflect.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/region_array_loop_tests.rs, test-files/test_gap_region_counter_loops.ts
Entry guards check array layout and bounds, with an additional typed-array path. Eligible reads use raw doubles or canonicalized Float64Array values. Proven canonical-double stores use direct element writes. Tests cover these access paths and their boundaries.
Dirty facts and loop rechecks
crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/plan.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/bare.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/region_loop/numeric_expression.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/region_array_loop_tests.rs, test-files/test_gap_region_counter_loops.ts
The planner records statements that invalidate array facts. Statement lowering sets the region’s dirty flag after those statements. Tests check guarded accesses and rechecks after calls.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant LoopRegion as Loop region lowering
  participant ArrayGuard as Array guard emission
  participant FastBody as Fast loop body
  participant StatementLowering as Statement lowering
  LoopRegion->>ArrayGuard: Emit entry checks and capture element base
  ArrayGuard-->>FastBody: Return guard result and element base
  FastBody->>StatementLowering: Lower loop statements
  StatementLowering->>FastBody: Set dirty flag after planned invalidating statement
  FastBody->>ArrayGuard: Recheck before guarded array access
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b6623

Conditional numeric stores may miss the intended loop speedup, and the admission tests may not detect an unreachable fast path. Resolve or explicitly accept these risks before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b6623

The optimization broadens direct memory access, making bounds checks and mutation revalidation security-critical. Inspected controls remain in place, and no introduced vulnerability was established. Coverage is incomplete, so this is not a comprehensive safety assurance.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The relevant security boundary is between program-controlled array expressions and generated native memory operations. A failed proof could affect memory in the executing program because stores calculate an address and write directly. The evidence does not establish deployment-specific tenant, service, or credential exposure.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Program-controlled receivers and indexes do not independently authorize direct stores. Admission requires a proven index and fresh receiver facts, followed by runtime guards. Ordinary-array store guards include integrity controls for frozen, sealed, and non-extensible arrays; failed bare-store eligibility returns to existing checked dispatch.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Array verification independently examines emitted control-flow paths. It rejects direct accesses reachable after a potentially collecting instruction and, for dirty-recheck loops, rejects collecting exits without dirty marking. This provides a second check on cached-base lifetime beyond planner assumptions.
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 61.05% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 95 functions across 14 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #10741 asks for multi-statement array loops with stores and a safe path for calls that can invalidate loop facts. The reviewed changes add counter-indexed dense-array guards, guarded fast-path s…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewed changes to region planning, array guards and lowering, and their tests support the loop-admission work in #10741. The changelog documents that work. The inspected whole-PR summary shows n…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: loop regions now admit realistic array loop bodies.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the change, links issue #10741, lists key implementation details and limits, and reports tests and verification results. It does not include the template’s Checklist section o…
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Review comments at @crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/region_array_loop_tests.rs:
- Around line 193-198: Update the admission test’s `work` collection so it
includes `rloop.fast*` blocks only when they are reachable from the loop’s entry
decision; do not treat blocks emitted by `lower_split` but routed exclusively to
`rloop.slow` as evidence of fast-body admission.

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- Around line 251-255: Make conditional numeric-store planning consistent with
lowering: update Planner::num and the conditional check used by
try_lower_bare_index_set so both accept a conditional only when both branches
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Comment on lines +193 to +198
let mut seen: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
let mut work: Vec<String> = blocks
.iter()
.filter(|(l, _)| l.starts_with("rloop.fast"))
.map(|(l, _)| l.clone())
.collect();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check that the fast body is reachable.

f_body starts from every rloop.fast* block, even if verification routes the loop exclusively to rloop.slow. lower_split emits the fast body before it makes that routing decision. The admission tests can therefore find bare loads and stores in an unreachable body. Check reachability from the loop’s entry decision before treating a fast block as evidence of admission.

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Update the admission test’s `work` collection so it includes `rloop.fast*`
blocks only when they are reachable from the loop’s entry decision; do not treat
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Comment on lines +251 to +255
Expr::Conditional {
then_expr,
else_expr,
..
} => self.num(then_expr) && self.num(else_expr),

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Make conditional store proofs agree with lowering.

For a[i] = flag ? 1 : 2, Planner::num accepts the conditional and plans a bare store. try_lower_bare_index_set then rejects it because expr_produces_canonical_raw_f64 has no Conditional arm. The store takes the guarded path instead, losing the planned fast store and potentially causing verification to reject later bare accesses. Extend the lowering predicate to prove both conditional branches, or do not plan this store as bare.

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lines 251 - 255:
Make conditional numeric-store planning consistent with lowering: update
Planner::num and the conditional check used by try_lower_bare_index_set so both
accept a conditional only when both branches produce canonical raw f64 values.
Alternatively, prevent Planner::num from planning such stores as bare; preserve
the guarded-store path when either branch fails the proof.

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Ralph Küpper added 2 commits October 3, 2026 12:13
The loop tiers admitted only single-statement, call-free bodies, so a
multi-statement, branching loop over arrays ran every element access through
its full guarded tier: the issue's particle step cost 995 instructions per
step over number[] and 661 over Float64Array.

Loop regions (#11680) now take these loops:

- An index is proven when it is the loop counter of `for (...; i < B; i++)`
  with every write of i and B accounted for (body, condition and update), or
  a body-local copy of it (the compound-assignment spill makes two). The
  guard checks the entry value of i and B <= min(length, capacity) once.
- An array the region stores into, or reads by the counter in a Number
  context, is guarded as a dense raw-f64 array (or, unless declared a plain
  Array, an owning Float64Array). A bare read is one load typed as a Number
  (a typed slot's NaN is canonicalised); a store of a value proven a
  canonical double is one store.
- Pure Math.* over primitives no longer stales the facts.
- A statement that may run JS sets the dirty flag right after it: the
  accesses after it take the guarded tier and the next iteration re-checks,
  instead of the loop being refused.

stepA 995 -> 74 instr/step (node 45), stepF 661 -> 95 (node 55); tsc and
Zod flat.
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