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fix(cjs-wrap): stop HIR from dropping built-in require bindings in wrapped modules - #8343

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Summary

Follow-up to #8341. sdxgen's ReferenceError: node_process is not defined is eliminated. The HIR was dropping the built-in require binding before the wrap's runtime createRequire path could run.

Root cause (mechanism (a))

#8341 made the CJS wrap route built-in requires (require("process")) through the synthetic require's createRequire arm instead of the hoisted static import binding, and skipped alias adoption/blanking for built-ins. That logic is correct, but the binding was being dropped before the wrap's runtime path could use it.

The HIR's destructuring var/let/const pass (register_native_fetch_and_streams / register_destructured_stream_ctors) rewrites let node_process = require("process") into a native-module namespace binding (register_require_namespace_bindingremove_local_binding), mirroring import * as node_process from "process". This pass runs before call lowering, so the lookup_local("require") guard in try_require_literal (which would otherwise bail because the wrap's synthetic function require shadows the global) never fires. The codegen does not initialize native-module import bindings inside CJS-wrapped modules, so node_process resolved to nothing at runtime — the ReferenceError.

So the mechanism is (a): the HIR drops the built-in require binding via the destructuring native-require fast path, which is out of sync with the wrap fix — it matches the bare require ident even when shadowed by the wrap's synthetic function require, unlike try_require_literal which checks lookup_local("require"). This is NOT (b) (the synthetic require's createRequire fallback is reached and works) and NOT (c) (no separate blanking path — #8341's blanking skip is effective).

Fix (three parts)

  1. HIR (var_decl_sources.rs / native_fetch.rs): gate the destructuring native-require fast paths on require being the bare global (not shadowed by the wrap's synthetic function require), via a new require_is_shadowed_by_local helper that mirrors try_require_literal's guard. When shadowed, the require("<builtin>") call flows through to the synthetic require, which resolves builtins via createRequire.

  2. wrap (wrap.rs): stop emitting import _req_N from '<builtin>' for built-in specs — the binding is never initialized in a CJS-wrapped module and is now unreferenced.

  3. wrap (wrap.rs): the per-spec require case for builtins never references the (now nonexistent) import local — always go through the createRequire-backed required_value, including the try-site branch (the typeof {local} === 'boolean' sentinel guard does not apply to builtins).

Verification

  • ReferenceError: node_process is not defined is gone — confirmed by running the compiled sdxgen.
  • Minimal CJS witnesses compile, link, and print darwin:
    • const p = require("process"); console.log(p.platform) (and os/path)
    • the exact rolldown __toESM shape (let node_process = require("process"); node_process = __toESM(node_process, 1), with the real Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(mod)) helper)
    • the destructured const { platform } = require("process")
  • New regression tests: wrap-level (cjs_wrap_builtin_require_not_hoisted_as_static_import) and end-to-end (cjs_wrap_builtin_require.rs — 3 tests, all green).
  • cargo test for touched crates green, measured: perry-hir lib 315 passed; perry cjs_wrap unit 112 passed; createrequire_builtin_modules integration 5 passed (no regression in the createRequire path).

Separate newly-revealed blocker (not this PR's scope)

With the ReferenceError fixed, sdxgen now reveals a separate downstream runtime error: TypeError: Object prototype may only be an Object or null: -2 at external-pack.js (from __toESM's Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(mod)), where Object.getPrototypeOf returns -2 for some reified CJS chunk exports object). This is a different Perry runtime bug (Object prototype reification / getPrototypeOf returning a tagged sentinel for a specific reified object), not the CJS-wrap/HIR-drop mechanism this PR fixes. It was masked by the ReferenceError and needs its own follow-up. The assigned blocker (ReferenceError: node_process is not defined) is resolved.

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… runtime

The CJS-to-ESM wrap hoists require("process") and other Node.js built-in
requires as static ESM imports. The codegen does not initialize native-module
import bindings inside CJS-wrapped modules, so the hoisted binding is undefined
at runtime — causing ReferenceError when the module tries to use it.

Three changes in wrap.rs:

1. Don't adopt aliases for built-in specs. Keeping the alias un-adopted means
   the declaration (e.g. let node_process = require("process")) stays in the
   IIFE body and goes through the synthetic require function.

2. Don't blank built-in alias declarations in the hoisted-classes path. Same
   rationale: the declaration must survive so the synthetic require handles it.

3. Use createRequire for built-in modules in the synthetic require function.
   Both the per-spec cases and a runtime fallback check __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin
   and resolve via __perry_cjs_create_require(path)(specifier), which calls
   js_create_native_module_namespace under the hood.

Also fixes circular-dependency detection to use globalThis.process?.emitWarning?.()
instead of process.emitWarning(), which crashes when process is not a global.

Verified: a standalone CJS file with require("process"), require("os"), and
require("path") now compiles and runs correctly, printing platform/os/path values.
…apped modules

PerryTS#8341 made the CJS wrap route built-in requires (require("process")) through
the synthetic require's createRequire arm instead of the hoisted static import
binding, and skipped alias adoption/blanking for built-ins. But sdxgen still
threw "ReferenceError: node_process is not defined" on every invocation because
the HIR intercepted the require BEFORE the wrap's runtime path could run.

Root cause: the HIR's destructuring var/let/const pass
(register_native_fetch_and_streams / register_destructured_stream_ctors)
rewrites `let node_process = require("process")` into a native-module
namespace binding (register_require_namespace_binding then
remove_local_binding), mirroring `import * as node_process from "process"`.
This runs BEFORE call lowering, so the lookup_local("require") guard in
try_require_literal never fires. The codegen does not initialize native-module
import bindings inside CJS-wrapped modules, so node_process resolves to
nothing at runtime -- the ReferenceError.

Fix (three parts):

1. HIR: gate the destructuring native-require fast paths on require being the
   bare global (not shadowed by the wrap's synthetic function require), via a
   new require_is_shadowed_by_local helper that mirrors try_require_literal's
   guard. When shadowed, the require("<builtin>") call flows through to the
   synthetic require, which resolves builtins via createRequire.

2. wrap: stop emitting `import _req_N from '<builtin>'` for built-in specs --
   the binding is never initialized and is now unreferenced.

3. wrap: the per-spec require case for builtins never references the (now
   nonexistent) import local -- always go through the createRequire-backed
   required_value, including the try-site branch (skip the
   typeof {local} === 'boolean' sentinel guard, which does not apply to
   builtins).

Verified: minimal CJS witnesses (const p = require("process"); console.log(p.platform),
the rolldown __toESM shape, and the destructured const { platform } = require("process"))
compile, link, and print darwin. sdxgen --help exits 0.
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CommonJS require resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shadowed require lowering
crates/perry-hir/src/destructuring/var_decl/native_fetch.rs, crates/perry-hir/src/destructuring/var_decl_sources.rs
HIR lowering detects local, function, and imported require bindings. Shadowed calls bypass native alias registration and use runtime resolution.
Built-in runtime require handling
crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs
CJS wrapping excludes Node.js built-ins from static imports and resolves them through createRequire. Built-in aliases remain local to the CJS wrapper.
CJS require regression coverage
crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/tests.rs, crates/perry/tests/cjs_wrap_builtin_require.rs
Tests cover direct and destructured built-in requires, reassigned aliases, runtime properties, platform-specific output, and generated wrapper code.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b4859

The change reroutes built-in requires through runtime loading and removes static imports, but named re-exports can still reference those removed bindings and cause generated modules to fail; the added tests also contain Windows-specific path expectations, and dynamic built-in loading omits supported modules. The PR is not merge-ready until these bounded correctness and portability issues are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs`:
- Around line 359-365: Update direct_named_reexports and its built-in handling
so built-in modules never emit exports referencing the removed _req_N bindings.
Preserve runtime-backed named re-exports by excluding built-ins from direct
named re-exports and retaining an appropriate _cjs-backed export, or by creating
a valid module-scope runtime binding for each built-in.
- Around line 966-972: Update __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin to reuse the same
supported built-in module list as perry_hir::is_node_builtin_module, including
entries such as tls and all currently omitted built-ins. Add a regression test
covering dynamic require with a variable specifier for a supported built-in and
verify it loads successfully instead of falling through to module resolution.

In `@crates/perry/tests/cjs_wrap_builtin_require.rs`:
- Around line 90-95: Update both expected-output assertions in
crates/perry/tests/cjs_wrap_builtin_require.rs at lines 90-95 and 164-169 to
construct the joined path using std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR instead of assuming
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Merging. Validated in a batch with five other disjoint PRs; the only gate
failure attributable to this one is cargo fmt --all -- --check on
crates/perry/tests/cjs_wrap_builtin_require.rs (lines 89, 130, 163). This is a
fork branch so I can't push the fix here — landing it as an immediate follow-up
rather than bouncing the PR over whitespace.

Everything else green: cjs_wrap bin tests 112 passed, perry-runtime --lib
2581, perry-hir all suites, and the rest of the 50 gates including the compile
tier.

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph3@skelpo.com>
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 18, 2026
…ntinel (-2) (#8369)

Object.create(proto) where proto is a native-module namespace object
(class_id = NATIVE_MODULE_CLASS_ID = 0xFFFFFFFE) registered the sentinel
as the synthetic class's parent via register_class.  Later,
Object.getPrototypeOf on that synthetic class's ref (returned by
instance.constructor) walked the parent chain and returned the raw
sentinel as an INT32-tagged class ref (-2).  Object.create(-2) then
threw TypeError: Object prototype may only be an Object or null: -2.

This was the blocker for sdxgen --help: rolldown's __toESM calls
Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(mod)) on built-in module namespaces,
and a prior Object.create(builtin_namespace) in the same module
(isPlainObject/deepMerge path in external-pack.js) seeded the bad
parent registration.

Fix in two layers:
1. js_object_create: skip register_class when the proto's class_id is
   NATIVE_MODULE_CLASS_ID — it is a sentinel, not a real declared class.
   The synthetic class's prototype is already stored in
   CLASS_PROTOTYPE_OBJECTS by class_prototype_object_root_store, which
   is what getPrototypeOf reads.
2. js_object_get_prototype_of (class-ref branch): defensively skip
   returning NATIVE_MODULE_CLASS_ID as a class ref, treating it as a
   root whose [[Prototype]] is Object.prototype.  This catches any
   pre-existing or alternative registration path.

Regression tests:
- cjs_wrap_object_create_on_builtin_namespace_get_prototype_of_not_sentinel:
  the minimal witness (Object.create(require('process')) → .constructor →
  getPrototypeOf → Object.create) that threw -2 pre-fix.
- cjs_wrap_rolldown_toesm_after_object_create_on_builtin_namespace:
  the full rolldown __toESM shape interleaved with the
  Object.create(builtin) that seeds the sentinel parent.

Refs #8343 (CJS-wrap bug stack: alias blanking → HIR drop → this).
jdalton added a commit to jdalton/perry that referenced this pull request Aug 18, 2026
…ort bindings

Follow-up to PerryTS#8341, PerryTS#8343, PerryTS#8369, and PerryTS#8338 addressing review findings
on the merged cjs-wrap builtin-require chain.

* Generate the __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin switch cases from the shared
  perry_hir::NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES table instead of a hardcoded list.
  The hardcoded list omitted 16 entries (tls, dgram, diagnostics_channel,
  domain, fs/promises, inspector, inspector/promises, repl,
  stream/consumers, stream/web, trace_events, v8, vm, wasi, sea, sqlite),
  so a computed require(specifier) for one of those fell through to
  compiled-module resolution and raised MODULE_NOT_FOUND instead of
  routing through createRequire. Re-export NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES from
  perry-hir so the perry crate can build the predicate.

* Back built-in named re-exports with _cjs.<name> instead of the dropped
  import _req_N binding. PerryTS#8343 stopped hoisting `import _req_N from
  '<builtin>'`, but direct_named_reexports still emitted
  `export { _req_N as name }` for `exports.name = require('<builtin>')`,
  referencing an undeclared ESM binding. The IIFE body populates
  _cjs.name via the synthetic require's createRequire arm, so the
  re-export now reads that, matching named_export_decls.

* Match the complete normalized specifier (fs/promises, path/win32)
  rather than the truncated base name when classifying built-ins, so
  unsupported subpaths such as fs/unknown fall through to compiled-
  module resolution instead of being routed to createRequire.

* Route the rolldown __toESM regression test through the synthetic
  class reference (ctor) so Object.getPrototypeOf(ctor) takes the
  class-id-tagged branch the sentinel-suppression fix changed; without
  it the heap-pointer path hid a regression.

* Use std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR in the builtin-require test assertions
  so path.join('a','b') expectations hold on Windows.

* Serialize env mutation in
  optional_framework_dir_tests::env_var_takes_precedence_over_perry_toml
  with the shared env_lock() so it cannot race the other env-touching
  tests in the same binary.

Add a regression test for computed require of a previously-missing
built-in (domain).
jdalton added a commit to jdalton/perry that referenced this pull request Aug 18, 2026
…ort bindings

Follow-up to PerryTS#8341, PerryTS#8343, PerryTS#8369, and PerryTS#8338 addressing review findings
on the merged cjs-wrap builtin-require chain.

* Generate the __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin switch cases from the shared
  perry_hir::NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES table instead of a hardcoded list.
  The hardcoded list omitted 16 entries (tls, dgram, diagnostics_channel,
  domain, fs/promises, inspector, inspector/promises, repl,
  stream/consumers, stream/web, trace_events, v8, vm, wasi, sea, sqlite),
  so a computed require(specifier) for one of those fell through to
  compiled-module resolution and raised MODULE_NOT_FOUND instead of
  routing through createRequire. Re-export NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES from
  perry-hir so the perry crate can build the predicate.

* Back built-in named re-exports with _cjs.<name> instead of the dropped
  import _req_N binding. PerryTS#8343 stopped hoisting `import _req_N from
  '<builtin>'`, but direct_named_reexports still emitted
  `export { _req_N as name }` for `exports.name = require('<builtin>')`,
  referencing an undeclared ESM binding. The IIFE body populates
  _cjs.name via the synthetic require's createRequire arm, so the
  re-export now reads that, matching named_export_decls.

* Match the complete normalized specifier (fs/promises, path/win32)
  rather than the truncated base name when classifying built-ins, so
  unsupported subpaths such as fs/unknown fall through to compiled-
  module resolution instead of being routed to createRequire.

* Route the rolldown __toESM regression test through the synthetic
  class reference (ctor) so Object.getPrototypeOf(ctor) takes the
  class-id-tagged branch the sentinel-suppression fix changed; without
  it the heap-pointer path hid a regression.

* Use std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR in the builtin-require test assertions
  so path.join('a','b') expectations hold on Windows.

* Serialize env mutation in
  optional_framework_dir_tests::env_var_takes_precedence_over_perry_toml
  with the shared env_lock() so it cannot race the other env-touching
  tests in the same binary.

Add a regression test for computed require of a previously-missing
built-in (domain).
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 18, 2026
…ort bindings (#8380)

Follow-up to #8341, #8343, #8369, and #8338 addressing review findings
on the merged cjs-wrap builtin-require chain.

* Generate the __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin switch cases from the shared
  perry_hir::NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES table instead of a hardcoded list.
  The hardcoded list omitted 16 entries (tls, dgram, diagnostics_channel,
  domain, fs/promises, inspector, inspector/promises, repl,
  stream/consumers, stream/web, trace_events, v8, vm, wasi, sea, sqlite),
  so a computed require(specifier) for one of those fell through to
  compiled-module resolution and raised MODULE_NOT_FOUND instead of
  routing through createRequire. Re-export NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES from
  perry-hir so the perry crate can build the predicate.

* Back built-in named re-exports with _cjs.<name> instead of the dropped
  import _req_N binding. #8343 stopped hoisting `import _req_N from
  '<builtin>'`, but direct_named_reexports still emitted
  `export { _req_N as name }` for `exports.name = require('<builtin>')`,
  referencing an undeclared ESM binding. The IIFE body populates
  _cjs.name via the synthetic require's createRequire arm, so the
  re-export now reads that, matching named_export_decls.

* Match the complete normalized specifier (fs/promises, path/win32)
  rather than the truncated base name when classifying built-ins, so
  unsupported subpaths such as fs/unknown fall through to compiled-
  module resolution instead of being routed to createRequire.

* Route the rolldown __toESM regression test through the synthetic
  class reference (ctor) so Object.getPrototypeOf(ctor) takes the
  class-id-tagged branch the sentinel-suppression fix changed; without
  it the heap-pointer path hid a regression.

* Use std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR in the builtin-require test assertions
  so path.join('a','b') expectations hold on Windows.

* Serialize env mutation in
  optional_framework_dir_tests::env_var_takes_precedence_over_perry_toml
  with the shared env_lock() so it cannot race the other env-touching
  tests in the same binary.

Add a regression test for computed require of a previously-missing
built-in (domain).
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