docs(contributing): __restrict__ spelling and the VERIFY_NO_ALIAS placement rule - #199
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…cement rule Documents the macOS <sys/cdefs.h> trap that silently deletes __restrict in C++, and why the no-alias contract belongs in the body (VERIFY_NO_ALIAS / VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF) rather than on the signature: checked in debug, the same optimizer fact in release, and no API change. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md`:
- Around line 310-312: Update the documentation for VERIFY_NO_ALIAS in
CONTRIBUTING.md at lines 310-312 and .ripwire_notes at line 2 to remove the
incorrect __builtin_assume_separate_storage claim. Describe the macro as
checking address inequality through VERIFY_TEXT, with release builds assuming
only that predicate; clarify that __builtin_assume(&a != &b) does not provide
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| Three reasons, one each: it is checked in debug and is the same optimizer fact in release | ||
| (`__builtin_assume_separate_storage`); it does not change the API; `__builtin_assume( &a != &b )` | ||
| is NOT that fact — alias analysis never reads it. |
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Align both documentation sites with VERIFY_NO_ALIAS semantics.
VERIFY_NO_ALIAS(a, b) checks address inequality through VERIFY_TEXT. Release builds assume only that predicate; the macro does not provide __builtin_assume_separate_storage semantics. Update CONTRIBUTING.md and .ripwire_notes to remove the incorrect separate-storage claim.
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md` around lines 310 - 312, Update the documentation for
VERIFY_NO_ALIAS in CONTRIBUTING.md at lines 310-312 and .ripwire_notes at line 2
to remove the incorrect __builtin_assume_separate_storage claim. Describe the
macro as checking address inequality through VERIFY_TEXT, with release builds
assuming only that predicate; clarify that __builtin_assume(&a != &b) does not
provide separate-storage alias-analysis semantics.
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__restrict__is the only allowed spelling —<sys/cdefs.h>on macOS#defines bare__restrictto empty in C++ (__STDC_VERSION__is undefined there), so it is silently deleted after any libc/libc++ include.VERIFY_NO_ALIAS/VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUFin the function body over a__restrict__qualifier on the signature: checked in debug, the same optimizer fact in release (__builtin_assume_separate_storage), and no API change —__builtin_assume(&a != &b)is explicitly called out as NOT the fact alias analysis reads.LanguageExtensions.rst, and notes that locals are already known-distinct and that same-type is the population the macro targets (TBAA already separates different types)..ripwire_notesentry pointing atsrc/infra/Diagnostics.hwith the same placement caveat.Docs only — no
src/,test/, orCHANGELOG.mdchanges.docs/ARCHITECTURE.mdwas checked (grep -in 'restrict\|alias') and its two hits are both about import/symbol aliases, unrelated to pointer aliasing, so it was left untouched.Test plan
docs/ARCHITECTURE.mdhas no restrict/aliasing-relevant content to update..ripwire_noteschange produced byripwire --note-addand committed verbatim.🤖 Generated with Claude Code