fix(decorators): instance-member decorators receive Class.prototype; C.constructor === Function (#9467) - #9496
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…C.constructor === Function (PerryTS#9467) Two divergences that cancelled, found while fixing PerryTS#9404 (PerryTS#9465/PerryTS#9472): 1. A legacy decorator on an INSTANCE member (property, method, method parameter) received the class itself as `target`; tsc's `__decorate([...], C.prototype, key, desc)` hands it `Class.prototype`. Static members correctly keep the constructor. 2. `C.constructor === C`; node says `Function`. The decl-prototype carries `constructor` as an ordinary data field and the constructor-side chain walk (`resolve_proto_chain_field`) returned it before the class-ref arm's existing `constructor -> Function` tail fallback was reached. NestJS-style `Reflect.defineMetadata(k, v, target.constructor)` only landed on `C` because both were wrong. Both halves fixed together: - perry-hir `lower/decorators.rs`: `member_decorator_target` hands instance members `PropertyGet(ClassRef, "prototype")` (the reflective decl-proto object), statics `ClassRef`; `design:type` / `design:paramtypes` ride the same target. The metadata store's prototype->class fold keeps the historical `getMetadata(..., Class, prop)` reads resolving. - perry-runtime `prototype_objects.rs`: the constructor-side walk also skips the `constructor` key, so `C.constructor` falls through to `Function`; `C.prototype.constructor` and instance reads are untouched. Fixture `test_decorators_target_prototype_9467` (expected output from tsc --experimentalDecorators --emitDecoratorMetadata + reflect-metadata under node) pins: target identity per member kind, `C.constructor === Function`, `p.constructor === C`, and `Reflect.getMetadata` round-trips through both `target` and `target.constructor`, including inheritance. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MmDfS97fv8TRgyDnj6bgsL
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughLegacy member decorators now receive ChangesDecorator target and constructor parity
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participant TypeScriptClass
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TypeScriptClass->>LegacyDecoratorLowering: lower decorated members
LegacyDecoratorLowering->>RuntimeObjectModel: use Class.prototype or class target
RuntimeObjectModel->>ReflectMetadata: resolve target.constructor and metadata
ReflectMetadata-->>TypeScriptClass: return decorator and inheritance metadata
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In `@CLAUDE.md`:
- Line 11: Restore the maintainer-owned release metadata to the previous
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In `@docs/src/language/decorators.md`:
- Around line 41-43: Clarify the NestJS metadata statement to explicitly scope
it to instance-member decorators, since static decorators receive the class as
target and target.constructor resolves to Function rather than the decorated
class. Preserve the existing explanation of instance-member behavior and the
Class.constructor relationship.
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Scope the metadata statement to instance members.
For a static decorator, target is Class, so target.constructor is Function, not Class. Qualify the NestJS metadata statement as applying to instance-member decorators.
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| the constructor for a static one, so, for an instance member, the NestJS idiom | |
| `Reflect.defineMetadata(key, value, target.constructor)` lands on the | |
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In `@docs/src/language/decorators.md` around lines 41 - 43, Clarify the NestJS
metadata statement to explicitly scope it to instance-member decorators, since
static decorators receive the class as target and target.constructor resolves to
Function rather than the decorated class. Preserve the existing explanation of
instance-member behavior and the Class.constructor relationship.
* style: rustfmt after the #9496/#9497/#9498/#9504 batch * refactor: split four files back under the 2000-line cap #9505 took child_process/reactor.rs to 2283 and fs/stream.rs to 2140, #9507 took dynamic_dispatch.rs to 2029, #9508 took date.rs to 2067. Each split follows its file's existing sibling convention: date/tests.rs, property_get/dispatch_receiver_class.rs, fs/stream/options_init.rs, and reactor/{kill,stdin_drain}.rs as child modules reaching parent privates. cp_live_kill keeps pub(crate) for emitter.rs's cross-module call. --------- Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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Fixes #9467.
Two divergences that cancelled, found while fixing #9404 (#9465 → #9472):
target. tsc's emit is__decorate([...], C.prototype, key, desc)for instance members and__decorate([...], C, key, desc)for static ones;design:type/design:paramtypesride the same target. Perry handed every member decorator (property, method, method parameter) theClassRef.C.constructor === C; node saysFunction. The reflective decl-prototype carriesconstructoras an ordinary data field, and the constructor-side chain walk (resolve_proto_chain_field) returned it before the class-ref arm's existingconstructor → Functiontail fallback inget_field_by_name.rswas ever reached.NestJS-style
Reflect.defineMetadata(k, v, target.constructor)only landed onCbecause both were wrong; fixing either alone broketest_decorators_nest_common_canary/test_decorators_legacy_property_metadata(the #9465 story). Both halves land in one change, as the issue's fix shape asks.Change
perry-hir/src/lower/decorators.rs—member_decorator_target(class, is_static): instance members getPropertyGet(ClassRef, "prototype"), which the class-ref arm ofjs_object_get_field_by_namematerializes as the decl-prototype object — the same objectC.prototypeanswers with everywhere else, sotarget === C.prototypeandtarget.constructor === Cboth hold. Statics keepClassRef. A method decorator, its parameter decorators and theirdesign:paramtypesshare one target (one__decoratecall in tsc's emit). The metadata store's prototype→class fold (normalize_target_bits) is untouched, so the historicalgetMetadata(..., Class, prop)reads pinned bytest_decorators_legacy_property_metadatakeep resolving. No codegen change: both consumers of the target (collectors/refs.rs,expr/proxy_reflect.rs) walk it generically.perry-runtime/src/object/class_registry/prototype_objects.rs— the constructor-side walk skips theconstructorkey alongsideclass_instance_has_member, soC.constructorfalls through toFunction.C.prototype.constructorand instance reads are untouched. The cancellation note fix: static this is the constructor; class name/toString/inspect report source identity (from #9465) #9472 left at this gate is replaced by the resolved state.perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/has_property.rs—"constructor" in Cis now true, soinagrees with[[Get]]on the key this PR makes inherited.call/apply/bind in Cremain the documented<key> in <ClassRef>reports false for static data props andprototype#6149 gap; not widened here.docs/src/language/decorators.md.Fixture
test_decorators_target_prototype_9467— expected output produced by running the fixture throughtsc --experimentalDecorators --emitDecoratorMetadata+reflect-metadataunder node (the strip-types oracle cannot run decorators, so the harness uses the stored expected file). Pins, per member kind, the target identity andtarget.constructor === C;C.constructor === Function/typeof/.namefor a class and a subclass;C.prototype.constructor === C;p.constructor === Cfor instances and subclass instances;"constructor" in CandhasOwnProperty; andReflect.getMetadataround-trips throughtarget,target.constructor, and inheritance (Sub,Sub.prototype), plus a negative (nothing landed onFunction). Decorator application order across member kinds is deliberately not under test (records are sorted before printing), and everydesign:*type in it is a user class — see the follow-up below.Verification (perrymaster, Linux x86-64, release build of the harness's package set)
Service.constructor === Service,Sub.constructor === Functionfalse,'constructor' in Servicefalserun_parity_tests.sh --filter test_decorators--filtertest_class,test_constructor,test_instance,test_get_prototype,test_gap_generic_specialization,test_static,test_issue_5893,test_gap_5952,test_inherit,test_super,mixincargo test --release -p perry-hircargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib -- --test-threads=1(metadata / prototype / class_registry / has_property / constructor subsets)cargo test --release -p perry-codegenFollow-up found on the way (not in this PR)
#9501 —
design:type/design:paramtypesfor builtin types (number,string,boolean) evaluate to the number0andobjecttoundefined, where node hands the constructor.type_metadata_expremitsClassRef("Number")etc., which is not the global constructor value. Every existing canary only compares user classes, which is why it was invisible; the fixture here avoids builtin types for the same reason.Summary by CodeRabbit
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Class.prototype, while static members receive the class.inoperator behavior with JavaScript and TypeScript expectations.target.constructor.Documentation
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