self-referential c record imports

compiler/cimport/libclang.odin

@@ -415,6 +415,11 @@ populate_record :: proc(ctx: ^Context, index: u32, declaration: CXCursor) {
 	ctx.result.records[index].kind = .Union if ctx.api.get_cursor_kind(definition) == CXCursor_UnionDecl else .Struct
 	ctx.result.records[index].size = u64(size)
 	ctx.result.records[index].alignment = u32(alignment)
+	// Mark in-progress before visiting fields: a self-referential field (e.g. the
+	// `struct __sFILE *` inside FILE) re-enters populate_record for this same record;
+	// the top guard now short-circuits instead of recursing forever. The final line
+	// recomputes the real value from `reason`.
+	ctx.result.records[index].complete = true
 	field_ctx := Record_Field_Context{ctx=ctx, record=index}
 	_ = ctx.api.visit_children(definition, visit_record_field, &field_ctx)
 	ctx.result.records[index].complete = len(ctx.result.records[index].reason) == 0

compiler/types/types.odin

@@ -640,9 +640,23 @@ is_c_signature_type :: proc(value: Type, store: ^Store, allow_void := false) ->
 	       (is_c_struct(value, store) && is_runtime_value(value, store))
 }
 
-contains_distinct :: proc(value: Type, store: ^Store, depth := 0) -> bool {
+// contains_distinct reports whether a `distinct` type is reachable from `value`
-	if depth > 256 {
+// (by value, behind a pointer, through fields/params/children). A pointer to a
-		return true
+// distinct type still counts — distinct types do not cross the C ABI even behind
+// indirection. The `seen` set makes the graph walk terminate on self-referential
+// records (e.g. `?*mut Node` inside `Node`), which previously recursed until the
+// depth cap and wrongly reported `true`.
+contains_distinct :: proc(value: Type, store: ^Store) -> bool {
+	seen: [dynamic]Type
+	defer delete(seen)
+	return contains_distinct_seen(value, store, &seen)
+}
+
+contains_distinct_seen :: proc(value: Type, store: ^Store, seen: ^[dynamic]Type) -> bool {
+	for visited in seen {
+		if visited == value {
+			return false
+		}
 	}
 	item, ok := node(store, value)
 	if !ok {
@@ -651,21 +665,22 @@ contains_distinct :: proc(value: Type, store: ^Store, depth := 0) -> bool {
 	if item.kind == .Distinct {
 		return true
 	}
+	append(seen, value)
 	if item.kind == .Struct || item.kind == .Union {
 		for field in fields_for(store, value) {
-			if contains_distinct(field.type, store, depth+1) {
+			if contains_distinct_seen(field.type, store, seen) {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	if item.kind == .Function {
 		for param in params_for(store, value) {
-			if contains_distinct(param.type, store, depth+1) {
+			if contains_distinct_seen(param.type, store, seen) {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return is_valid(item.child) && contains_distinct(item.child, store, depth+1)
+	return is_valid(item.child) && contains_distinct_seen(item.child, store, seen)
 }
 
 is_c_integer_promotion_candidate :: proc(value: Type) -> bool {

compiler_tests.odin

@@ -1972,6 +1972,20 @@ by_value_c_records_and_unions_compile_and_link :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
 	testing.expect_value(t, state.exit_code, 1)
 }
 
+@(test)
+self_referential_c_records_import_and_compile :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	// `struct Node { struct Node *next; int value; }`: the importer must not recurse
+	// forever populating the self-referential record, and the checker must accept the
+	// self-referential `?*mut Node` field as C-layout-compatible.
+	output := "/tmp/brolang-test-recursive"
+	defer _ = os.remove(output)
+	c_options := cimport.Options{include_paths=[]string{"examples/interop/recursive/include"}}
+	status := compiler_core.compile_package("examples/interop/recursive/app", output, nil, target.DEFAULT, c_options)
+	testing.expect_value(t, status, 0)
+	state := run_executable(output)
+	testing.expect_value(t, state.exit_code, 0)
+}
+
 @(test)
 unsupported_c_header_members_diagnose_only_when_referenced :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
 	output := "/tmp/brolang-test-header-unsupported"

examples/interop/recursive/app/main.bro

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+native :: import "../include/native.h"
+
+# Exercises a self-referential imported C record (`struct Node { struct Node *next; int value; }`):
+# the importer must not recurse forever populating it, and the checker must accept the
+# self-referential `?*mut Node` field as C-layout-compatible.
+
+main :: func() i32 {
+	node native.Node = native.Node { next = none, value = 7 }
+	if node.next |_| {
+		return 1
+	}
+	if node.value == 7 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return 2
+}

examples/interop/recursive/include/native.h

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+typedef struct Node {
+	struct Node *next;
+	int value;
+} Node;

testbed/cstdio.bro

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# generated by brolang translate-c from testbed/cstdio.h
+
+printf :: c_func(arg0 ?*c_char, ...) c_int
+

testbed/cstdio.h

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+int printf(const char *format, ...);

testbed/main.bro

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-printf :: c_func(format *c_char, ...) c_int
-
 PlayerID :: distinct u32
 
 Tier :: enum(u8) {