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Changes

  • reject union field and method access unless every arm shares one declaring interface
  • remove structural class-field joins and heterogeneous class-method unification
  • remove MIR class-tag dispatch for unified union members
  • preserve virtual reads, writes, and calls through explicit shared interfaces
  • add rejection, lowering, and native BAML runtime coverage

Testing

  • cargo test -p baml_compiler2_hir_ty --lib
  • cargo test -p baml_compiler2_mir --lib
  • cargo test -p baml_tests --lib
  • cargo clippy -p baml_compiler2_hir_ty -p baml_compiler2_mir -p baml_tests --lib -- -D warnings
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • targeted native BAML cases: 6 passed

The full native corpus reached 3,483/3,485 passing. The two failures were testing::unhandled_spawn_error mock-server disconnect races unrelated to this change.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Union fields and methods now resolve through shared interfaces, enabling consistent runtime dispatch.
    • Union field updates are supported when all members implement a common interface.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Union member access without a shared interface now reports a clear error instead of inferring an incompatible combined type.
    • Optional chaining and narrowed union access now correctly preserve shared interface information.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Union member resolution now requires a shared interface for fields and methods. MIR lowering derives shared interface views and uses virtual dispatch. Tests cover accepted interface-backed access, rejected concrete-only access, narrowing, field writes, and optional chaining.

Changes

Union interface dispatch

Layer / File(s) Summary
Require shared interfaces for union members
baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/infer.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/method_resolution.rs
HIR removes concrete field joining and heterogeneous inherent-method handling. Union members without a common declaring interface now produce NoCommonInterface.
Lower union access through interface views
baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_mir/src/lower.rs
MIR collects unique declaring interface views for fields and methods. Shared fields take precedence over methods, and union receivers use interface-based dispatch.
Update union resolution and lowering tests
baml_language/crates/baml_tests/baml_src/ns_interfaces/interfaces_3.baml, baml_language/crates/baml_tests/src/compiler2_mir/mod.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_tests/src/compiler2_tir/phase3a.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_tests/src/type_spec/fixtures/union_members_optional_chain.baml
Tests now cover shared-interface field writes, virtual union calls, narrowed field access, rejected field reads and writes, and interface-backed optional chaining.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to cf9d4

The PR narrows union member access to explicitly shared interfaces and removes the former heterogeneous dispatch path. The change is covered by the supplied compiler, runtime, lint, formatting, and targeted tests; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant UnionValue
  participant HIRResolution
  participant MIRLowering
  participant SharedInterface
  participant RuntimeDispatch
  UnionValue->>HIRResolution: resolve field or method member
  HIRResolution->>SharedInterface: identify interface shared by all union arms
  SharedInterface->>MIRLowering: provide declaring interface view
  MIRLowering->>RuntimeDispatch: emit virtual call with runtime ID
  RuntimeDispatch-->>UnionValue: perform field or method operation
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Suggested reviewers: 2kai2kai2, antoniosarosi, aaronvg

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A rabbit checks the union gate
Shared fields now decide their fate
Virtual calls hop through the view
Errors guard the paths that do not
Tests bloom where interfaces meet

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: removing union field and method unification in favor of shared-interface-based resolution.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 90.91% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 3 files. (4 skipped: 2 …
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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/infer.rs (1)

8993-9003: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Update the stale doc comment on union_member_access.

The doc comment says a union field access with no unique matching interface view "resolves nothing: absent, so MIR falls back, never a wrong view." After this change, a union receiver with no common declaring interface no longer silently falls back. It reports PendingDiag::UnionNoCommonInterface through the fallback path in field_access_resolved. Update the comment to describe the current reject-with-diagnostic behavior instead of the removed silent-fallback behavior.

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In `@baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/infer.rs` around lines 8993 -
9003, Update the doc comment for union_member_access to reflect that a union
receiver without a unique common declaring interface is rejected with
PendingDiag::UnionNoCommonInterface through field_access_resolved, rather than
resolving as absent and silently falling back; retain the documented behavior
for ambiguous declarers and Self-restricted methods.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/infer.rs`:
- Around line 8993-9003: Update the doc comment for union_member_access to
reflect that a union receiver without a unique common declaring interface is
rejected with PendingDiag::UnionNoCommonInterface through field_access_resolved,
rather than resolving as absent and silently falling back; retain the documented
behavior for ambiguous declarers and Self-restricted methods.

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📒 Files selected for processing (7)
  • baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/infer.rs
  • baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_hir_ty/src/method_resolution.rs
  • baml_language/crates/baml_compiler2_mir/src/lower.rs
  • baml_language/crates/baml_tests/baml_src/ns_interfaces/interfaces_3.baml
  • baml_language/crates/baml_tests/src/compiler2_mir/mod.rs
  • baml_language/crates/baml_tests/src/compiler2_tir/phase3a.rs
  • baml_language/crates/baml_tests/src/type_spec/fixtures/union_members_optional_chain.baml

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