blaise/tools
Graeme Geldenhuys 74f71023da feat(oop): support 'inherited Method()' in expression position
`inherited` previously parsed only as a statement, so calling an inherited
FUNCTION and using its result failed to parse:
    Result := inherited Value() + 100;   -> "Parse error: Expected expression"
This blocked the normal OOP pattern of an overriding function extending its
parent's result.

Adds the expression form alongside the existing statement form:
* uAST: new TInheritedCallExpr (sibling of TInheritedCallStmt) + CloneExpr case.
* uParser: tkInherited handled in ParseFactor (primary expression).
* uSemantic: AnalyseInheritedCallExpr resolves to the parent method (must be a
  non-void function) and sets ResolvedType to the return type.
* Codegen: static (non-virtual) call to the parent slot, result returned as a
  value. QBE EmitInheritedCallExpr; native EmitInheritedCallSeq (shared by the
  statement and expression forms) leaves the result in %rax/%xmm0.
* uUnitInterfaceIO: 'inhc' encode/decode so inherited-expr in an inline method
  body round-trips through the .bif unit-interface cache; bif-coverage.status
  marks the two fields serialise (bif-coverage OK).
* docs/grammar.ebnf + docs/language-rationale.adoc updated (same commit).

Found by the e2e test-hardening sweep of the inheritance feature cluster.
Regression: TE2EMiscTests.TestRun_InheritedFunctionCall_InExpression covers a
value-returning inherited call and an inherited call with an argument, run on
BOTH backends via AssertRunsOnAll.

All three fixpoints (FIXPOINT_OK, NATIVE_FIXPOINT_OK, NATIVE_INTERNAL_OK) and
the full suite (3222 tests) pass.
2026-06-16 10:01:26 +01:00
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bif-coverage feat(oop): support 'inherited Method()' in expression position 2026-06-16 10:01:26 +01:00
kanban fix(kanban): add missing () on SystemOffset call in kanban.data.pas 2026-06-06 21:30:07 +01:00
migration-analyser fix: we don't have any code for migration-analyser yet. Disable tests for it. 2026-05-08 00:52:44 +01:00
.gitkeep Initial project scaffold 2026-04-20 14:22:10 +01:00