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Keep builtin Array#concat before a reopening, and honor each operand’s conversion.

This follows #10660 and addresses the remaining cases from matz’s list of gaps. The semantics follow CRuby 4.0.7’s Array#concat.

The synthetic repros below run with empty ARGV. Each output table gives the complete stdout, line by line; CRuby 4.0.7 and Spinel are shown next to each other.

A call made before the program defines its own Array#concat uses the builtin; a call after the definition uses the replacement.

def add(a)
  a.concat([2])
end
a = [1]
p add(a)
class Array
  def concat(other)
    :replacement
  end
end
p add(a)

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	[1, 2]	[1, 2]
2	:replacement	:replacement

A receiver held as a mixed value calls the operand’s to_ary. Changes that conversion makes to the receiver are kept, including when the underlying Array contains only Integers.

def boxed(a)
  ARGV.empty? ? a : 0
end
class Src
  def to_ary
    [2]
  end
end
a = boxed([1, :x])
p a.concat(Src.new, [3])
class Mutator
  def initialize(a)
    @a = a
  end
  def to_ary
    @a << 9
    [2]
  end
end
a = boxed([1])
p a.concat(Mutator.new(a), [3])

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	[1, :x, 2, 3]	[1, :x, 2, 3]
2	[1, 9, 2, 3]	[1, 9, 2, 3]

An operand uses its subclass override of to_ary.

class Parent
  def to_ary
    [7]
  end
end
class Child < Parent
  def to_ary
    [2]
  end
end
p [1].concat(Child.new, [3])

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	[1, 2, 3]	[1, 2, 3]

concat calls to_ary and raises TypeError if it returns nil.

class Src
  def to_ary
    puts "convert"
    nil
  end
end
begin
  [1].concat(Src.new, [3])
rescue => e
  puts e.class
end

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	convert	convert
2	TypeError	TypeError

The result is also TypeError when to_ary may return either nil or an Array.

class Src
  def to_ary
    puts "convert"
    ARGV.empty? ? nil : [2]
  end
end
begin
  [1].concat(Src.new, [3])
rescue => e
  puts e.class
end

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	convert	convert
2	TypeError	TypeError

Arguments are evaluated first. A frozen receiver raises before to_ary is called.

class Src
  def to_ary
    puts "convert"
    [2]
  end
end
a = [1].freeze
begin
  a.concat((puts "argument"; Src.new), [3])
rescue => e
  puts e.class
end

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	argument	argument
2	FrozenError	FrozenError

A later conversion can change an earlier operand, while concat keeps the elements already taken from it.

class Src
  def initialize(a)
    @a = a
  end
  def to_ary
    @a[0] = 9
    [3]
  end
end
first = [2]
p [1].concat(first, Src.new(first))
p first

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	[1, 2, 3]	[1, 2, 3]
2	[9]	[9]

Each object operand converts through its own method, in operand order, retaining matz’s 1a62f0f behavior in both integer modes.

class First
  def to_ary
    puts "first"
    [2]
  end
end
class Second
  def to_ary
    puts "second"
    [3]
  end
end
p [1].concat(First.new, Second.new)

Line	CRuby 4.0.7	Spinel
1	first	first
2	second	second
3	[1, 2, 3]	[1, 2, 3]

The recent concat fixes by st0012 are retained. CodeRabbit’s review identified the call-before-reopening case. Thanks to matz for 1a62f0f55, the list of gaps, and merging #10675.

Compile-scale measurements compare master 0ed86ea with branch f2f4c97. Programs with no possible concat definition avoid an extra compile-time walk. On synthetic conditional definitions without concat, the deterministic work counts are:

Definitions	Master	Before the guard	With the guard
200	117606512	117658635	117610915
400	244510695	244614818	244519498
800	524077009	524285132	524094613
3200	2980063866	2980895989	2980134270

The remaining increase is at most 0.003744%, below the 1% limit, and is fully accounted for by the call's version checks and one or two comparisons in the name lookup.

Five paired rounds compare CPU time at 3200 against 800 definitions. Each round uses the best of three compiles at each size, and the median uses all five rounds. The limit is 9.0:

Round	Master ratio	Branch ratio
1	6.480905	7.233085
2	7.694121	7.456624
3	7.233344	6.935207
4	6.236301	6.017344
5	7.754263	6.296418
Median	7.233344	6.935207

Both medians pass. The host had 18 CPUs; its one-minute load min/median/max was 5.58/12.18/21.98 during the run. These are compile-scaling measurements.

On this exact branch, all 126 focused cases pass in default and --int-overflow=promote modes, including the 19-case oracle subset, collection stress, reopening and boxed-receiver probes. Each of the five added fixtures fails on the tested master and passes on the branch. The Integer operand block-copy route is retained.

On branch f2f4c97, based on master 0ed86ea, the x86_64 Linux default full gate passes: 9529 native cases, all 5506 retained RubySpec examples in 22 groups, and the complete plan audit. The earlier timeout and unnamed RubySpec aggregate findings do not reproduce on the paired controls or the completed default gate.

The promote full gate also completes: all 9547 native cases and all 5506 retained examples in all 22 groups pass. Its sole failure is the plan check, which reports 149 unrecorded rows. Every one is included in the 152 rows across 91 fixtures already matched exactly with the tested master. The complete promote audit includes three further rows from two programs outside the native corpus and matches all 152 diagnostics, with no strict-program failure. No new failure is observed. The native corpus uses -O0 in both modes.

The branch merges cleanly with master ef0b659, checked after validation. The tested source remains pinned to 0ed86ea.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved Array#concat handling for boxed arrays and objects that convert to arrays, including overridden conversion methods.
  • Added type errors when conversion methods return nil or another non-array value.
  • Preserved frozen-array checks and ensured concatenation uses the appropriate behavior when Array#concat is redefined.

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Guard only nullable pointer operands before toary dispatch.

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Array#concat now has a marked builtin version for programs that define concat. Code generation handles boxed receivers and object operands, including to_ary dispatch and conversion results. Tests cover load order, boxed receivers, nil conversion results, and overridden to_ary methods.

Changes: Array#concat builtin dispatch

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Synthesize and select the builtin concat version src/analyze.c, src/analyze_desugar.c, src/analyze_internal.h, src/call_plan.c, src/codegen_call.c, test/array_concat_method_before_reopen.rb, test/array_concat_method_before_reopen.rb.expected	The analyzer inserts a marked forwarding definition when the program defines concat. Call planning and code generation recognize that version. The test checks values created before and after reopening Array.
Convert operands and append to boxed receivers src/codegen_call_array.c, test/array_concat_boxed_object_operand.rb, test/array_concat_boxed_object_operand.rb.expected, test/array_concat_to_ary_maybe_nil.rb, test/array_concat_to_ary_maybe_nil.rb.expected, test/array_concat_to_ary_nil.rb, test/array_concat_to_ary_nil.rb.expected, test/array_concat_to_ary_override.rb, test/array_concat_to_ary_override.rb.expected	Concat code generation handles boxed receivers and dispatches object to_ary methods. It checks boxed conversion results and appends converted elements. Tests cover boxed receivers, nil results, overridden methods, and receiver mutation.
Route splatted and poly-face concat calls src/codegen_call_recv.c	The splat mutator handles builtin concat on boxed receivers, checks frozen state before operand conversion, and appends gathered values through array runtime helpers. Poly-face concat calls use the original receiver and the specialized concat emitter.

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Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Program
  participant Analyzer
  participant CallPlanner
  participant Codegen
  participant ArrayRuntime
  Program->>Analyzer: Define concat
  Analyzer->>CallPlanner: Insert and mark builtin concat version
  CallPlanner->>Codegen: Select marked version
  Codegen->>ArrayRuntime: Convert operands and append elements

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Possibly related issues

• matz/spinel#10719 — This change addresses the Array#concat load-order case. The issue also concerns load-point-sensitive dispatch for iterator methods and block calls, which are outside this change.

Suggested reviewers: matz

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to f2f4c

A frozen concat call can cause conversion side effects before failing, and a nil operand on the nullable-object path can crash instead of raising TypeError. Fix both paths before merging.

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Minor · Keep concat conversion behind the frozen check. · analyze_desugar.c:3250

src/analyze_desugar.c:3250
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Keep concat conversion behind the frozen check.

For a frozen typed array and one object whose to_ary returns an array, this pass rewrites the argument to obj.to_ary. That call runs before emit_builtin_array_concat checks the receiver, so conversion side effects occur before FrozenError. Leave concat conversion to the emitter. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @src/analyze_desugar.c at line 3250:
Update the concat handling in the cplan_user_fresh dispatch check so this pass
does not rewrite concat arguments through to_ary; leave concat conversion to
emit_builtin_array_concat, after it checks whether the receiver is frozen.

---

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Review comments at @src/codegen_call_array.c:
- Around line 1936-1941: In the `to_ary` dispatch setup, preserve the original
operand representation separately from the conversion result, then add a nil
check only for unboxed operands whose representation is `RK_PTR` and `may_nil`
is true; do not apply pointer checks to `RK_VOBJ` operands. Keep the existing
receiver construction and `emit_to_ary_dispatch` behavior unchanged.

---

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- Line 3250: Update the concat handling in the cplan_user_fresh dispatch check
so this pass does not rewrite concat arguments through to_ary; leave concat
conversion to emit_builtin_array_concat, after it checks whether the receiver is
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Guard only nullable pointer operands before to_ary dispatch.

The unboxed dispatch receiver can be a nullable ordinary object (RK_PTR), but a value object (RK_VOBJ) is held by value and cannot use a pointer null check. Preserve the operand representation separately from the conversion result, then check only RK_PTR operands with may_nil.

Suggested fix

 typedef struct {
   Repr repr;
+  Repr obj_repr;
   int boxed, snapshot;
@@
       out[i].conv_mi = mi;
       out[i].obj_ty = r.as_ty;
+      out[i].obj_repr = r;
       out[i].obj_boxed = r.kind == RK_BOXED;
@@
       if (op[i].obj_boxed)
         snprintf(self, sizeof self, "((sp_%s *)_t%d.v.p)", c->classes[ty_object_class(op[i].obj_ty)].c_name, tv);
       else snprintf(self, sizeof self, "_t%d", tv);
+      if (!op[i].obj_boxed && op[i].obj_repr.kind == RK_PTR && op[i].obj_repr.may_nil)
+        buf_printf(b, " if (SP_UNLIKELY(!_t%d)) sp_raise_cls(\"TypeError\", \"no implicit conversion of nil into Array\");", tv);
       emit_to_ary_dispatch(c, id, ty_object_class(op[i].obj_ty), self, &call);

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Review comment at @src/codegen_call_array.c around lines 1936 - 1941:
In the `to_ary` dispatch setup, preserve the original operand representation
separately from the conversion result, then add a nil check only for unboxed
operands whose representation is `RK_PTR` and `may_nil` is true; do not apply
pointer checks to `RK_VOBJ` operands. Keep the existing receiver construction
and `emit_to_ary_dispatch` behavior unchanged.

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Merged to master in the cycle that pushed 78e4bc6 (merge commit 1d56e82), with a follow-up commit, 78e4bc6, for CodeRabbit's finding. An operand typed as a program object that may be nil

x = ARGV.empty? ? nil : Src.new
[1].concat(x, [3])

ran to_ary through the NULL pointer and appended its answer ([1, 2, 3]); master gave the same answer. The dispatch is now preceded by a nil check when the operand is held as a pointer that may be NULL (RK_PTR with may_nil), raising CRuby's TypeError (no implicit conversion of nil into Array) ahead of any append, as the other conversions do. Boxed and by-value operands are unchanged. Test: test/array_concat_nullable_object_operand.rb.