feat: pass type-valued arrays across compile-time procedure boundaries

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@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ field/index assignments also update initialized, materializable aggregate locals
 
 type-producing bodies also iterate materializable fixed arrays and strings with immutable by-value element captures and optional `usize` indices: `for counts |count, index| { length = length + count + index }` can compute generated storage. nested loops, aggregate captures, empty collections, break/continue and early returns share the type-control execution bound. array places retain their entry-time indices and observe later element updates; temporary arrays and strings are evaluated once. ordinary constant-input procedures additionally support slice and pointer captures through checked IR, provided only materializable results escape. type-producing loop bodies still reject storage-bearing captures rather than retaining temporary interpreter addresses; `inline for` remains open.
 
-initialized fixed arrays of `type` also live entirely inside type-producing execution, including nested arrays, explicit/inferred annotations, `.len`, checked `usize` indexing and collection captures. for example, `types [2]mut type := [i8, bool]`, then `types[1] = i16` and `return [types.len]types[1]`, generates `[2]i16` without runtime type metadata. whole-array and nested indexed assignments preserve shape and mutability at every level; copies and loop captures retain earlier values while borrowed array places observe later updates. selected types work in nested producers, signatures, constructors and field defaults through interpreter/native execution, with imported diagnostics and repeatable compilation. uninitialized arrays, type-valued record storage and type-array procedure parameters/results remain open.
+initialized fixed arrays of `type` live entirely inside compile-time execution, including nested arrays, explicit/inferred annotations, `.len`, checked `usize` indexing and collection captures. for example, `types [2]mut type := [i8, bool]`, then `types[1] = i16` and `return [types.len]types[1]`, generates `[2]i16` without runtime type metadata. whole-array and nested indexed assignments preserve shape and mutability at every level; copies and loop captures retain earlier values while borrowed array places observe later updates.
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+procedures returning fixed arrays of `type`, such as `types proc() [2]type { return [i16, bool] }`, also execute entirely at compile time. every argument is explicitly supplied, constant, cached and erased; nested/aliased results, empty shapes and dependent `$N` lengths retain exact shape and mutability. type-producing procedures accept ordinary type-array inputs, and runtime generic procedures accept erased `$types [N]type` parameters. direct projections such as `types()[0]` generate signatures, constructors, storage and defaults; explicit `$()` calls inside producers retain owned array values. cache identity uses canonical type leaves without merging distinct nominal types, and copies cannot mutate cached inputs/results. imported diagnostics, shared type-control execution limits and repeatable compilation work through interpreter/native execution. ordinary parameters remain excluded from dependent signatures; use `$N` for lengths. runtime type-array storage, uninitialized arrays, type-valued record storage and reflection remain open.
 
 optional `if`/`while` captures also execute in type-producing bodies: `if count |length| { return [length]i16 }` generates storage from an optional `usize`. ordinary checked IR validates each executed guard; present payloads become immutable owned constants with exact scalar/aggregate types and strings, and absent optionals skip the body. while guards observe updated locals on each iteration; captures stay body-local across break/continue and early return. generated lengths/defaults, imported producers, cache identity and repeated compilation preserve these values. null data/function pointers materialize as null, but nonnull pointer/slice/callback-bearing payloads retain the constant-materialization escape boundary.