@elaraai/east 0.0.1-beta.1 → 0.0.1-beta.11

package/dist/src/compile.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2025 Elara AI Pty Ltd
  * Dual-licensed under AGPL-3.0 and commercial license. See LICENSE for details.
  */
-import { Builtins } from "./builtins.js";
+import {} from "./builtins.js";
 import { printLocationValue } from "./ir.js";
 import { compareFor, equalFor, greaterEqualFor, greaterFor, isFor, lessEqualFor, lessFor, notEqualFor } from "./comparison.js";
 import { printFor, parseFor } from "./serialization/east.js";
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import { EastError } from "./error.js";
 import { SortedSet } from "./containers/sortedset.js";
 import { SortedMap } from "./containers/sortedmap.js";
 import { BufferWriter } from "./serialization/binary-utils.js";
-import { decodeBeast2For, decodeBeastFor, encodeBeast2For, encodeBeastFor, fromJSONFor, toJSONFor } from "./serialization/index.js";
+import { decodeBeast2For, decodeBeastFor, encodeBeast2For, encodeBeastFor, fromJSONFor, toJSONFor, decodeCsvFor, encodeCsvFor } from "./serialization/index.js";
 import { formatDateTime } from "./datetime_format/print.js";
 import { parseDateTimeFormatted } from "./datetime_format/parse.js";
-import { EastTypeValueType, isTypeValueEqual, isSubtypeValue, toEastTypeValue, expandTypeValue } from "./type_of_type.js";
+import { EastTypeValueType, isTypeValueEqual, expandTypeValue } from "./type_of_type.js";
 import { ref } from "./containers/ref.js";
 export { isTypeValueEqual };
 export const printTypeValue = printFor(EastTypeValueType);
@@ -64,25 +64,11 @@ class BreakException {
 * @internal
 */
 export function compile_internal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx = true, compilingNodes = new Set()) {
-    // Detect circular IR
-    if (compilingNodes.has(ir)) {
-        throw new Error(`Circular IR reference detected at ${printLocationValue(ir.value?.location || { file: "unknown", line: 0, column: 0 })}. `);
-    }
-    // Track this node (exception-safe with try-finally)
-    compilingNodes.add(ir);
-    try {
-        return compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, compilingNodes);
-    }
-    finally {
-        compilingNodes.delete(ir);
-    }
-}
-/** Internal helper that does the actual compilation work */
-function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, compilingNodes = new Set()) {
+    // The IR is checked prior to compilation, so we can assume it's valid here.
+    // The compiler needs to take care that Promises are properly awaited, so most IR nodes need both sync and async implementations.
+    // We assume unnecessary `async` functions degrade performance but unnecessary `await`s are not too bad, so while we could be more "specific" in our awaits we do not bother
+    // TODO if function calls accepted the call Location, we could probably simplify the call site code generation
     if (ir.type === "Value") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== ir.value.value.type) {
-            throw new Error(`Value node expected value of type .${ir.value.type.type} but got .${ir.value.value.type} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const v = ir.value.value.value;
         return (_ctx) => v;
     }
@@ -191,13 +177,6 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Variable") {
         const name = ir.value.name;
-        const ctx_type = ctx[name];
-        if (ctx_type === undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`Variable defined at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)} is not in scope at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (!isTypeValueEqual(ctx_type, ir.value.type)) {
-            throw new Error(`Variable defined at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)} has type ${printTypeValue(ctx_type)} but expected ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         if (ir.value.mutable && ir.value.captured) {
             return (ctx) => ctx[name].x;
         }
@@ -206,9 +185,6 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Let") {
-        if (!isSubtypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type, ir.value.variable.value.type)) {
-            throw new Error(`Cannot initialize a variable defined at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.variable.value.location)} of type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.variable.value.type)} to a value of type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const compiled_statement = compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         const name = ir.value.variable.value.name;
         ctx[name] = ir.value.variable.value.type;
@@ -243,15 +219,6 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Assign") {
         const name = ir.value.variable.value.name;
-        if (ctx[name] === undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`Attempting to reassign to a variable defined at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.variable.value.location)} which is not in scope at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (!isSubtypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type, ctx[name])) {
-            throw new Error(`Cannot reassign to a variable defined at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.variable.value.location)} of type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.variable.value.type)} to a value of type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (!ir.value.variable.value.mutable) {
-            throw new Error(`Cannot reassign const variable ${name} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const compiled_statement = compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         if (ir.value.variable.value.mutable && ir.value.variable.value.captured) {
             if (ir.value.isAsync) {
@@ -293,58 +260,30 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "As") {
-        if (!isSubtypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type, ir.value.type)) {
-            throw new Error(`Cannot cast value of type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type)} to type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         // in dynamically typed runtimes like Javascript, this is a no-op
         // (for statically typed runtimes this assists in unifying types in branches)
         return compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, compilingNodes);
     }
     else if (ir.type === "UnwrapRecursive") {
-        // TODO there seems to be cases of Wrap / Unwrap that could be optimized away during compilation
-        if (!isTypeValueEqual(ir.value.value.value.type, ir.value.type)) {
-            throw new Error(`Cannot unwrap recursive value of type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type)} to type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         // in dynamically typed runtimes like Javascript, this is a no-op
         // (for statically typed runtimes this assists in e.g. typing a reference or pointer)
         return compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, compilingNodes);
     }
     else if (ir.type === "WrapRecursive") {
-        // TODO there seems to be cases of Wrap / Unwrap that could be optimized away during compilation
-        if (!isSubtypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type, ir.value.type)) {
-            throw new Error(`Cannot wrap value of type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type)} to recursive type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         // in dynamically typed runtimes like Javascript, this is a no-op
         // (for statically typed runtimes this assists in e.g. typing a heap allocation)
         return compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Function") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Function") {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Function type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const ctx2 = {};
         for (const variable of ir.value.captures) {
-            const ctx_type = ctx[variable.value.name];
-            if (ctx_type === undefined) {
-                throw new Error(`Captured variable defined at ${printLocationValue(variable.value.location)} is not in scope at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
-            if (!isTypeValueEqual(ctx_type, variable.value.type)) {
-                throw new Error(`Captured variable defined at ${printLocationValue(variable.value.location)} has type ${printTypeValue(ctx_type)} but expected ${printTypeValue(variable.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
             ctx2[variable.value.name] = variable.value.type;
         }
         for (const parameter of ir.value.parameters) {
             const parameter_name = parameter.value.name;
             ctx2[parameter_name] = parameter.value.type;
         }
-        // Function return values are covariant
-        // TODO what is the semantics here in a static language? Should we use `As` here?
-        // Note: this requires unreachability analysis to be correct, since early terminating programs might have a final statement that produces never
-        if (!isSubtypeValue(ir.value.body.value.type, ir.value.type.value.output)) {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Function to return type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type.value.output)}, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.body.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const compiled_body = compile_internal(ir.value.body, ctx2, platform, asyncPlatformFns, true, compilingNodes);
-        const bodyIsAsync = ir.value.type.value.platforms.some(p => asyncPlatformFns.has(p));
         const capture_names = ir.value.captures.map(v => v.value.name);
         const parameter_names = ir.value.parameters.map(v => v.value.name);
         return (ctx) => {
@@ -352,47 +291,50 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
             for (const name of capture_names) {
                 ctx2[name] = ctx[name];
             }
-            // If body is async, create an async function that awaits internally
-            if (bodyIsAsync) {
-                return async (...args) => {
-                    const ctx3 = { ...ctx2 };
-                    parameter_names.forEach((name, i) => ctx3[name] = args[i]);
-                    return await compiled_body(ctx3);
-                };
-            }
-            else {
-                return (...args) => {
-                    const ctx3 = { ...ctx2 };
-                    parameter_names.forEach((name, i) => ctx3[name] = args[i]);
-                    return compiled_body(ctx3);
-                };
-            }
+            return (...args) => {
+                const ctx3 = { ...ctx2 };
+                parameter_names.forEach((name, i) => ctx3[name] = args[i]);
+                return compiled_body(ctx3);
+            };
         };
     }
-    else if (ir.type === "Call") {
-        if (ir.value.function.value.type.type !== "Function") {
-            throw new Error(`Call expected Function, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.function.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
+    else if (ir.type === "AsyncFunction") {
+        const ctx2 = {};
+        for (const variable of ir.value.captures) {
+            ctx2[variable.value.name] = variable.value.type;
         }
-        if (ir.value.function.value.type.value.inputs.length !== ir.value.arguments.length) {
-            throw new Error(`Function expected ${ir.value.function.value.type.value.inputs.length} arguments, got ${ir.value.arguments.length} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
+        for (const parameter of ir.value.parameters) {
+            const parameter_name = parameter.value.name;
+            ctx2[parameter_name] = parameter.value.type;
         }
-        for (const [i, t] of ir.value.function.value.type.value.inputs.entries()) {
-            // TODO what is the semantics here in a static language? Should we use `As` here?
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(t, ir.value.arguments[i].value.type)) {
-                throw new Error(`Function expected argument ${i + 1} of type ${printTypeValue(t)}, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.arguments[i].value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
+        const compiled_body = compile_internal(ir.value.body, ctx2, platform, asyncPlatformFns, true, compilingNodes);
+        const capture_names = ir.value.captures.map(v => v.value.name);
+        const parameter_names = ir.value.parameters.map(v => v.value.name);
+        return (ctx) => {
+            const ctx2 = {};
+            for (const name of capture_names) {
+                ctx2[name] = ctx[name];
             }
-        }
+            return (...args) => {
+                const ctx3 = { ...ctx2 };
+                parameter_names.forEach((name, i) => ctx3[name] = args[i]);
+                return compiled_body(ctx3); // Promise can pass through in tail position
+            };
+        };
+    }
+    else if (ir.type === "Call") {
         const compiled_f = compile_internal(ir.value.function, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         const compiled_args = ir.value.arguments.map(argument => compile_internal(argument, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes));
         const location = ir.value.location;
-        if (ir.value.function.value.type.value.isAsync) {
+        if (ir.value.isAsync) {
+            // need to await the arguments
             return async (ctx) => {
                 try {
                     const args = [];
                     for (const compiled_arg of compiled_args) {
                         args.push(await compiled_arg(ctx));
                     }
-                    return (await compiled_f(ctx))(...args);
+                    return compiled_f(ctx)(...args);
                 }
                 catch (e) {
                     if (e instanceof ReturnException) {
@@ -440,9 +382,45 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
             };
         }
     }
+    else if (ir.type === "CallAsync") {
+        const compiled_f = compile_internal(ir.value.function, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
+        const compiled_args = ir.value.arguments.map(argument => compile_internal(argument, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes));
+        const location = ir.value.location;
+        return async (ctx) => {
+            try {
+                const args = [];
+                for (const compiled_arg of compiled_args) {
+                    args.push(await compiled_arg(ctx));
+                }
+                return await compiled_f(ctx)(...args);
+            }
+            catch (e) {
+                if (e instanceof ReturnException) {
+                    return e.value;
+                }
+                else if (e instanceof EastError) {
+                    e.location.push(location); // The fact that we need to push the call location not the definition location means we need to handle this here
+                    throw (e);
+                }
+                else if (e instanceof ContinueException) {
+                    throw new Error(`continue failed to find label ${e.label} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
+                }
+                else if (e instanceof BreakException) {
+                    throw new Error(`break failed to find label ${e.label} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
+                }
+                else {
+                    throw (e);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
     else if (ir.type === "IfElse") {
         const ifs = [];
+        let asyncPredicate = false;
         for (const { predicate, body } of ir.value.ifs) {
+            if (predicate.value.isAsync) {
+                asyncPredicate = true;
+            }
             ifs.push({
                 predicate: compile_internal(predicate, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes),
                 body: compile_internal(body, Object.create(ctx), platform, asyncPlatformFns, true, compilingNodes),
@@ -450,14 +428,26 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
         const else_body = compile_internal(ir.value.else_body, Object.create(ctx), platform, asyncPlatformFns, true, compilingNodes);
         if (ir.value.isAsync) {
-            return async (ctx) => {
-                for (const { predicate, body } of ifs) {
-                    if (await predicate(ctx)) {
-                        return body(Object.create(ctx));
+            if (asyncPredicate) {
+                return async (ctx) => {
+                    for (const { predicate, body } of ifs) {
+                        if (await predicate(ctx)) {
+                            return await body(Object.create(ctx));
+                        }
                     }
-                }
-                return else_body(Object.create(ctx));
-            };
+                    return await else_body(Object.create(ctx));
+                };
+            }
+            else {
+                return async (ctx) => {
+                    for (const { predicate, body } of ifs) {
+                        if (predicate(ctx)) {
+                            return await body(Object.create(ctx));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return await else_body(Object.create(ctx));
+                };
+            }
         }
         else {
             return (ctx) => {
@@ -482,12 +472,22 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
             compiled_cases[k] = compile_internal(body, ctx2, platform, asyncPlatformFns, true, compilingNodes);
         }
         if (ir.value.isAsync) {
-            return async (ctx) => {
-                const v = await compiled_variant(ctx);
-                const ctx2 = Object.create(ctx);
-                ctx2[data_names[v.type]] = v.value;
-                return compiled_cases[v.type](ctx2);
-            };
+            if (ir.value.variant.value.isAsync) {
+                return async (ctx) => {
+                    const v = await compiled_variant(ctx);
+                    const ctx2 = Object.create(ctx);
+                    ctx2[data_names[v.type]] = v.value;
+                    return await compiled_cases[v.type](ctx2);
+                };
+            }
+            else {
+                return async (ctx) => {
+                    const v = compiled_variant(ctx);
+                    const ctx2 = Object.create(ctx);
+                    ctx2[data_names[v.type]] = v.value;
+                    return await compiled_cases[v.type](ctx2);
+                };
+            }
         }
         else {
             return (ctx) => {
@@ -768,15 +768,10 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         // The pattern of creating a new context (e.g. a function) and then immediately invoking a block (e.g. as the function body) is very common.
         // Here we avoid creating a second context when possible, as an optimization.
         if (fresh_ctx) {
-            let last_type = variant("Null", null);
             const compiled_statements = [];
             for (const statement of ir.value.statements) {
                 const compiled_statement = compile_internal(statement, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, true, compilingNodes);
                 compiled_statements.push(compiled_statement);
-                last_type = statement.value.type;
-            }
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(last_type, ir.value.type)) {
-                throw new Error(`Block evaluates to type ${printTypeValue(last_type)} but expected ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
             }
             if (ir.value.isAsync) {
                 return async (ctx) => {
@@ -799,15 +794,10 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
         else {
             const ctx2 = Object.create(ctx);
-            let last_type = variant("Null", null);
             const compiled_statements = [];
             for (const statement of ir.value.statements) {
                 const compiled_statement = compile_internal(statement, ctx2, platform, asyncPlatformFns, true, compilingNodes);
                 compiled_statements.push(compiled_statement);
-                last_type = statement.value.type;
-            }
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(last_type, ir.value.type)) {
-                throw new Error(`Block evaluates to type ${printTypeValue(last_type)} but expected ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
             }
             if (ir.value.isAsync) {
                 return async (ctx) => {
@@ -832,16 +822,6 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "GetField") {
-        if (ir.value.struct.value.type.type !== "Struct") {
-            throw new Error(`GetField expected Struct, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.struct.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        const struct_field = expandTypeValue(ir.value.struct.value.type).value.find(f => f.name === ir.value.field);
-        if (!struct_field) {
-            throw new Error(`GetField field ${ir.value.field} not found in struct ${printTypeValue(ir.value.struct.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (!isTypeValueEqual(struct_field.type, ir.value.type)) {
-            throw new Error(`GetField expected to have type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)}, got ${printTypeValue(struct_field.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const struct = compile_internal(ir.value.struct, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         const field = ir.value.field;
         if (ir.value.isAsync) {
@@ -852,17 +832,7 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Struct") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Struct") {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Struct output type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        const fields = ir.value.fields.map((f, i) => {
-            const struct_field = expandTypeValue(ir.value.type).value[i];
-            if (!struct_field || struct_field.name !== f.name) {
-                throw new Error(`Struct field ${f.name} not found at position ${i} in struct type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(f.value.value.type, struct_field.type)) {
-                throw new Error(`Struct field ${f.name} expected to have type ${printTypeValue(struct_field.type)}, got ${printTypeValue(f.value.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
+        const fields = ir.value.fields.map(f => {
             return compile_internal(f.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         });
         const keys = ir.value.fields.map(f => f.name);
@@ -880,17 +850,7 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Variant") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Variant") {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Variant output type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const k = ir.value.case;
-        const variant_case = expandTypeValue(ir.value.type).value.find(c => c.name === k);
-        if (!variant_case) {
-            throw new Error(`Variant case ${k} not found in variant type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (!isSubtypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type, variant_case.type)) {
-            throw new Error(`Variant case ${k} expected to have type ${printTypeValue(variant_case.type)}, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const v = compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         if (ir.value.isAsync) {
             return async (ctx) => variant(k, await v(ctx));
@@ -900,12 +860,6 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "NewRef") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Ref") {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Ref output type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (!isSubtypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type, expandTypeValue(ir.value.type).value)) {
-            throw new Error(`NewRef value expected to have type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type.value)}, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.value.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const value = compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         if (ir.value.isAsync) {
             return async (ctx) => ref(await value(ctx));
@@ -915,13 +869,7 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "NewArray") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Array") {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Array output type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const values = ir.value.values.map(a => {
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(a.value.type, expandTypeValue(ir.value.type).value)) {
-                throw new Error(`NewArray element expected to have type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type.value)}, got ${printTypeValue(a.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
             return compile_internal(a, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         });
         if (ir.value.isAsync) {
@@ -938,13 +886,7 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "NewSet") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Set") {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Set output type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const values = ir.value.values.map(a => {
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(a.value.type, expandTypeValue(ir.value.type).value)) {
-                throw new Error(`NewSet element expected to have type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type.value)}, got ${printTypeValue(a.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
             return compile_internal(a, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         });
         const keyComparer = compareFor(ir.value.type.value);
@@ -962,16 +904,7 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "NewDict") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Dict") {
-            throw new Error(`Expected Dict output type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const values = ir.value.values.map(({ key, value }) => {
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(key.value.type, expandTypeValue(ir.value.type).value.key)) {
-                throw new Error(`NewDict key expected to have type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type.value.key)}, got ${printTypeValue(key.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
-            if (!isSubtypeValue(value.value.type, expandTypeValue(ir.value.type).value.value)) {
-                throw new Error(`NewDict value expected to have type ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type.value.value)}, got ${printTypeValue(value.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-            }
             return [compile_internal(key, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes), compile_internal(value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes)];
         });
         const keyComparer = compareFor(ir.value.type.value.key);
@@ -989,10 +922,6 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Return") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Never") {
-            throw new Error(`Return must have Never type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        // TODO pipe through return type context so we can check it here
         const compiled_value = compile_internal(ir.value.value, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         if (ir.value.isAsync) {
             return async (ctx) => {
@@ -1006,61 +935,25 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Continue") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Never") {
-            throw new Error(`Continue must have Never type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const label = ir.value.label;
-        // TODO pipe through local label context so we can check it here
         return (_ctx) => {
             throw new ContinueException(label.name);
         };
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Break") {
-        if (ir.value.type.type !== "Never") {
-            throw new Error(`Break must have Never type, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         const label = ir.value.label;
-        // TODO pipe through local label context so we can check it here
         return (_ctx) => {
             throw new BreakException(label.name);
         };
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Builtin") {
-        // TODO - I haven't dealt with builtins implementations yet
-        // check types match
-        let b = Builtins[ir.value.builtin];
-        if (b === undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`Builtin ${JSON.stringify(ir.value.builtin)} not found at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (b.type_parameters.length !== ir.value.type_parameters.length) {
-            throw new Error(`Builtin ${JSON.stringify(ir.value.builtin)} expected ${b.type_parameters.length} type parameters, got ${ir.value.type_parameters.length} type parameters at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        if (b.inputs.length !== ir.value.arguments.length) {
-            throw new Error(`Builtin ${JSON.stringify(ir.value.builtin)} expected ${b.inputs.length} arguments, got ${ir.value.arguments.length} arguments at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
-        const type_params = new Map(b.type_parameters.map((T, i) => [T, ir.value.type_parameters[i]]));
         let argsAsync = false;
         const args = ir.value.arguments.map((a, _i) => {
-            // TODO these checks seem to fail for some builtins - particularly comparisons with recursive types
-            // The issue appears to be that the type parameters in ir.value.type_parameters have been expanded too much
-            // The Expr machinery and UnionType are possibly places to investigate why the identity of types is getting lost (or else we might need a more structural, not identity-based, approach to toEastTypeValue)
-            // The failures here do not cause faults, but it might make life harder for a static compiler
-            // const builtin_arg_type = b.inputs[i]!;
-            // const expected_type = applyTypeParameters(toEastTypeValue(builtin_arg_type), type_params);
-            // TODO what is the semantics here in a static language? Should we use `As` here?
-            // if (!isSubtypeValue(a.value.type, expected_type)) {
-            //   throw new Error(`Argument ${i+1} to builtin ${JSON.stringify(ir.value.builtin)} with type parameters [${ir.value.type_parameters.map(t => printTypeValue(t)).join(", ")}] expected to have type ${printTypeValue(expected_type)}, got ${printTypeValue(a.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(a.value.location)}`)
-            // }
             if (a.value.isAsync) {
                 argsAsync = true;
             }
             return compile_internal(a, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, false, compilingNodes);
         });
-        const expected_output_type = applyTypeParameters(typeof b.output === "string" ? b.output : toEastTypeValue(b.output), type_params);
-        // TODO what is the semantics here in a static language? Should we use `As` here? What about variance?
-        if (!isTypeValueEqual(ir.value.type, expected_output_type)) {
-            throw new Error(`Builtin ${JSON.stringify(ir.value.builtin)} output type expected to have type ${printTypeValue(expected_output_type)}, got ${printTypeValue(ir.value.type)} at ${printLocationValue(ir.value.location)}`);
-        }
         // Special optimization for regex builtins with literal pattern/flags
         if ((ir.value.builtin === "RegexContains" || ir.value.builtin === "RegexIndexOf" || ir.value.builtin === "RegexReplace") &&
             ir.value.arguments[1]?.type === "Value" &&
@@ -1249,7 +1142,6 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
         }
     }
     else if (ir.type === "Platform") {
-        // TODO check types match (would require having the platform's expected types here)
         let argsAsync = false;
         const args = ir.value.arguments.map(a => {
             if (a.value.isAsync) {
@@ -1267,11 +1159,11 @@ function compileNodeInternal(ir, ctx, platform, asyncPlatformFns, fresh_ctx, com
                 for (const a of args) {
                     args_resolved.push(await a(ctx));
                 }
-                return evaluator(...args_resolved);
+                return evaluator(...args_resolved); // evaluator can return Promise unconditionally in tail position if the platform function is async
             };
         }
         else {
-            return (ctx) => evaluator(...args.map(a => a(ctx)));
+            return (ctx) => evaluator(...args.map(a => a(ctx))); // evaluator can return Promise unconditionally in tail position if the platform function is async
         }
     }
     else {
@@ -1697,6 +1589,28 @@ const builtin_evaluators = {
             }
         };
     },
+    BlobDecodeCsv: (location, structType, _configType) => {
+        return (data, config) => {
+            try {
+                const decoder = decodeCsvFor(structType, config);
+                return decoder(data);
+            }
+            catch (e) {
+                throw new EastError(`Failed to decode CSV data: ${e.message}`, { location });
+            }
+        };
+    },
+    ArrayEncodeCsv: (location, structType, _configType) => {
+        return (data, config) => {
+            try {
+                const encoder = encodeCsvFor(structType, config);
+                return encoder(data);
+            }
+            catch (e) {
+                throw new EastError(`Failed to encode CSV data: ${e.message}`, { location });
+            }
+        };
+    },
     RefGet: (_location, _T) => (ref) => {
         return ref.value;
     },
@@ -3250,8 +3164,10 @@ export function applyTypeParameters(t, params) {
         return t;
     }
     else if (t.type === "Function") {
-        // TODO platforms?
-        return variant("Function", { inputs: t.value.inputs.map(i => applyTypeParameters(i, params)), output: applyTypeParameters(t.value.output, params), platforms: [] });
+        return variant("Function", { inputs: t.value.inputs.map(i => applyTypeParameters(i, params)), output: applyTypeParameters(t.value.output, params) });
+    }
+    else if (t.type === "AsyncFunction") {
+        return variant("AsyncFunction", { inputs: t.value.inputs.map(i => applyTypeParameters(i, params)), output: applyTypeParameters(t.value.output, params) });
     }
     else {
         throw new Error(`Unhandled type ${t.type}`);