@scriptc/compiler 0.3.6 → 0.4.0

package/dist/frontend/lowering/builtins/process.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { envSnapshotHelper, lowerProcessLoadEnvFile } from "./environment.js";
 import { dynUndefinedExpr, boolLit, numLit, strLit, varRef } from "../../../ir/build.js";
 import { timerStyleCallback } from "../lower-timers.js";
 import * as ts from "../../ts7/adapter.js";
+import { requestGeneralStreamSurface } from "../general-streams.js";
 import { own } from "../lowerer.js";
 import { isJsSourceFile, locOf } from "../../program.js";
 import { isSafeToDiscard } from "../expressions/evaluation-safety.js";
@@ -10,8 +11,150 @@ import { defaultAfterUndefined, lowerStaticallyUndefinedArgument } from "../opti
 import { voidizedCallback } from "../lower-server.js";
 import { BOOL, BYTES_U8, DYN, F64, PROCSTREAM_T, STRING, UNDEFINED_T, VOID, arrayOf, canBoxFuncIntoDyn, funcOf, } from "../../../ir/ir.js";
 import { lowerBuiltinLoaderValue } from "../lower-builtin-values.js";
+import { builtinFunctionValue } from "../lower-exprs.js";
+import { canonicalBuiltinModule } from "../../builtin-modules.js";
 import { lowerProcessIpcSend, ipcMessageListener, ipcDisconnectListener } from "./ipc.js";
 import { lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber, lowerTracingArguments } from "./async-context.js";
+/** Whether the process has an IPC channel, Node's test for defining
+ * process.send and process.disconnect: a channel this fork child opened
+ * (programs with fork targets only), or a non-empty NODE_CHANNEL_FD from a
+ * Node.js parent, the variable Node itself tests at startup. Built from the
+ * existing environment read, so the presence test links no runtime code. */
+export function processHasIpc(lowerer, loc) {
+    const envT = lowerer.envValueType();
+    const unionId = envT.unionId;
+    const stringTag = lowerer.armTag(unionId, STRING);
+    const value = lowerer.declareHiddenLocal("%channelFd", envT);
+    const fromNode = {
+        kind: "seqExpr",
+        stmts: [
+            {
+                kind: "varDecl",
+                localId: value.id,
+                init: {
+                    kind: "libCall",
+                    fn: "process.envGet",
+                    args: [strLit("NODE_CHANNEL_FD", loc)],
+                    type: envT,
+                    loc,
+                },
+                loc,
+            },
+        ],
+        result: {
+            kind: "logical",
+            op: "&&",
+            left: {
+                kind: "unionIsTag",
+                unionId,
+                tag: stringTag,
+                negated: false,
+                value: varRef(value.id, envT, loc),
+                type: BOOL,
+                loc,
+            },
+            right: {
+                kind: "toBool",
+                operand: {
+                    kind: "unionNarrow",
+                    unionId,
+                    tag: stringTag,
+                    value: varRef(value.id, envT, loc),
+                    type: STRING,
+                    loc,
+                },
+                type: BOOL,
+                loc,
+            },
+            type: BOOL,
+            loc,
+        },
+        type: BOOL,
+        loc,
+    };
+    if (lowerer.forkTargets.length === 0)
+        return fromNode;
+    return {
+        kind: "logical",
+        op: "||",
+        left: { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.ipcOpen", args: [], type: BOOL, loc },
+        right: fromNode,
+        type: BOOL,
+        loc,
+    };
+}
+/** True when the value of `node` is consumed only by ToBoolean: a
+ * condition, the operand of `!`, `Boolean(node)`, or an operand of `&&` /
+ * `||` whose own value is consumed that way (or discarded, for the left
+ * operand). */
+export function isTruthinessOnlyRead(lowerer, node) {
+    let child = node;
+    let parent = node.parent;
+    while (parent !== undefined && ts.isParenthesizedExpression(parent)) {
+        child = parent;
+        parent = parent.parent;
+    }
+    if (parent === undefined)
+        return false;
+    if (ts.isIfStatement(parent) || ts.isWhileStatement(parent) || ts.isDoStatement(parent))
+        return parent.expression === child;
+    if (ts.isForStatement(parent))
+        return parent.condition === child;
+    if (ts.isConditionalExpression(parent))
+        return parent.condition === child;
+    if (ts.isPrefixUnaryExpression(parent))
+        return parent.operator === ts.SyntaxKind.ExclamationToken;
+    if (ts.isCallExpression(parent)) {
+        return (!parent.questionDotToken &&
+            parent.arguments.nodes.length === 1 &&
+            parent.arguments.nodes[0] === child &&
+            lowerer.isStdlibGlobal(parent.expression, "Boolean"));
+    }
+    if (ts.isBinaryExpression(parent)) {
+        const op = parent.operatorToken.kind;
+        if (op !== ts.SyntaxKind.AmpersandAmpersandToken && op !== ts.SyntaxKind.BarBarToken)
+            return false;
+        if (isTruthinessOnlyRead(lowerer, parent))
+            return true;
+        let outer = parent.parent;
+        while (outer !== undefined && ts.isParenthesizedExpression(outer))
+            outer = outer.parent;
+        return parent.left === child && outer !== undefined && ts.isExpressionStatement(outer);
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+/** Whether a program source reads process.exitCode. Such a program
+ * records its exit-code assignments (process.setExitCodeTracked), so a
+ * read can tell an unset code from 0; other programs keep the untracked
+ * write. Computed once per lowering pass. */
+export function programReadsExitCode(lowerer) {
+    if (lowerer.readsExitCode !== null)
+        return lowerer.readsExitCode;
+    let found = false;
+    const walk = (node) => {
+        if (found)
+            return;
+        if (ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(node) &&
+            node.name.text === "exitCode" &&
+            !(ts.isBinaryExpression(node.parent) &&
+                node.parent.left === node &&
+                node.parent.operatorToken.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.EqualsToken) &&
+            lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(node, "process") === "exitCode") {
+            found = true;
+            return;
+        }
+        ts.forEachChild(node, walk);
+    };
+    for (const sf of lowerer.program.getImplementationSourceFiles()) {
+        if (sf.isDeclarationFile)
+            continue;
+        walk(sf);
+        if (found)
+            break;
+    }
+    lowerer.readsExitCode = found;
+    return found;
+}
 /** The pinned Node release the runtime reports as process.versions.node
  * (packages/runtime/src/scr_lib.c SCR_NODE_COMPAT_VERSION, kept equal to
  * internal/compatibility/node-v24.json by test/node-pin.test.ts). */
@@ -31,40 +174,42 @@ export function lowerProcStreamMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
         return null;
     const name = access.name.text;
     const loc = locOf(call);
-    if (isJsSourceFile(call.getSourceFile())) {
+    if (isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(call))) {
         const receiver = lowerer.lowerExpr(access.expression);
         if (receiver.type.kind === "dyn") {
             return {
                 kind: "dynInvoke",
                 recv: receiver,
                 method: name,
-                calleeName: call.expression.getText(),
-                args: call.arguments.map((arg) => lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(arg, DYN)),
+                calleeName: ts.getTextOfNode(call.expression),
+                args: call.arguments.nodes.map((arg) => lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(arg, DYN)),
                 type: DYN,
                 loc,
             };
         }
     }
-    if (name === "getWindowSize" && call.arguments.length === 0) {
+    if (name === "getWindowSize" && call.arguments.nodes.length === 0) {
         const receiver = lowerer.coerceToExpected(lowerer.lowerExpr(access.expression), DYN);
         return lowerer.coerceInto(call, {
             kind: "dynInvoke",
             recv: receiver,
             method: name,
-            calleeName: call.expression.getText(),
+            calleeName: ts.getTextOfNode(call.expression),
             args: [],
             type: DYN,
             loc,
         }, lowerer.irTypeOf(call));
     }
-    if (name === "write" && call.arguments.length === 1) {
+    if (name === "write" && call.arguments.nodes.length === 1) {
         const receiver = lowerer.lowerExpr(access.expression);
-        const data = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[0]);
+        const data = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         if (data.type.kind !== "string") {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`write of '${lowerer.fmt(data.type)}' data on a stream value`, call.arguments[0], "one string is the supported form here — narrow unions first");
+            requestGeneralStreamSurface(lowerer, access.expression);
+            lowerer.noLowering(`write of '${lowerer.fmt(data.type)}' data on a stream value`, call.arguments.nodes[0], "one string is the supported form here — narrow unions first");
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "procStream.write", args: [receiver, data], type: BOOL, loc };
     }
+    requestGeneralStreamSurface(lowerer, access.expression);
     lowerer.noLowering(`WritableStream.${name}`, call, "write(data) with one string and getWindowSize() are the supported stream-value methods", lowerer.checker.getSymbolAtLocation(access.name));
 }
 /** Standard streams expose optional terminal properties: pipes have no
@@ -91,7 +236,7 @@ export function lowerProcessStreamProperty(lowerer, expr) {
     const direct = ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(expr.expression)
         ? lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(expr.expression, "process")
         : null;
-    if (isJsSourceFile(expr.getSourceFile()) &&
+    if (isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(expr)) &&
         (direct === "stdin" ||
             direct === "stdout" ||
             direct === "stderr" ||
@@ -106,6 +251,18 @@ export function lowerProcessStreamProperty(lowerer, expr) {
                 loc: locOf(expr),
             };
     }
+    // `if (process.stdin.setRawMode)`: Node's stdin has the method only
+    // when it is a TTY. The runtime's stream object answers the same
+    // presence (the method or undefined); calls keep their direct lowering.
+    if (direct === "stdin" && member === "setRawMode") {
+        return {
+            kind: "dynKeyGet",
+            value: lowerer.lowerExpr(expr.expression),
+            key: strLit(member, locOf(expr.name)),
+            type: DYN,
+            loc: locOf(expr),
+        };
+    }
     if (member !== "isTTY" && member !== "columns" && member !== "rows")
         return null;
     let recv = expr.expression;
@@ -183,6 +340,36 @@ export function lowerProcessStreamProperty(lowerer, expr) {
  * read in source order). Method members referenced without a call are
  * rejected specifically. Null for non-process receivers (the chain keeps
  * trying other property lowerings). */
+/** The value of a DATA member of the process global taken off by
+ * destructuring (`const { env, argv } = process` in JavaScript, the
+ * supports-color opening): the same values the spelled `process.env` /
+ * `process.argv` reads produce, typed by the binding. Null for members
+ * this does not cover (methods keep the destructuring fence). */
+export function processDataMemberValue(lowerer, member, binding, loc) {
+    switch (member) {
+        case "env": {
+            const mapped = lowerer.mapTypeOf(lowerer.typeOf(binding));
+            if (mapped?.kind !== "record")
+                return null;
+            const helper = envSnapshotHelper(lowerer, mapped.shapeId, loc);
+            return helper === null ? null : { kind: "call", callee: helper, args: [], type: mapped, loc };
+        }
+        case "argv":
+            return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.argv", args: [], type: arrayOf(STRING), loc };
+        case "platform":
+            return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.platform", args: [], type: STRING, loc };
+        case "arch":
+            return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.arch", args: [], type: STRING, loc };
+        case "pid":
+            return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.pid", args: [], type: F64, loc };
+        case "execPath":
+            return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.execPath", args: [], type: STRING, loc };
+        case "versions":
+            return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.versions", args: [], type: DYN, loc };
+        default:
+            return null;
+    }
+}
 export function lowerProcessProperty(lowerer, expr) {
     if (!expr.questionDotToken &&
         expr.name.text === "bigint" &&
@@ -261,9 +448,46 @@ export function lowerProcessProperty(lowerer, expr) {
     if (member === null)
         return null;
     const loc = locOf(expr);
+    // `if (process.send)`: Node defines process.send and process.disconnect
+    // only when the process has an IPC channel. A read whose value only
+    // feeds a truthiness test answers that presence; other value uses keep
+    // the member fence.
+    if ((member === "send" || member === "disconnect") &&
+        !expr.questionDotToken &&
+        isTruthinessOnlyRead(lowerer, expr)) {
+        return processHasIpc(lowerer, loc);
+    }
     if (member === "versions") {
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.versions", args: [], type: DYN, loc };
     }
+    // process.exitCode: undefined until something assigns it, then the
+    // assigned code. A read the checker narrowed to number follows an
+    // assignment, so the code is set.
+    if (member === "exitCode" && !expr.questionDotToken) {
+        const current = {
+            kind: "libCall",
+            fn: "process.currentExitCode",
+            args: [],
+            type: F64,
+            loc,
+        };
+        if (lowerer.mapTypeOf(lowerer.typeOf(expr))?.kind === "f64")
+            return current;
+        const type = { kind: "union", unionId: lowerer.unions.intern([F64, UNDEFINED_T]) };
+        return {
+            kind: "ternary",
+            cond: { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.hasExitCode", args: [], type: BOOL, loc },
+            then: lowerer.coerceToExpected(current, type),
+            else_: lowerer.coerceToExpected({ kind: "unitLit", unit: "undefined", type: UNDEFINED_T, loc }, type),
+            type,
+            loc,
+        };
+    }
+    // process.features as a value (`"sea" in process.features`): an object
+    // holding none of the flags, consistent with the member reads above.
+    if (member === "features") {
+        return { kind: "dynObjLit", type: DYN, loc };
+    }
     // process.noDeprecation / process.throwDeprecation: the values the
     // program assigned (undefined before that — no Node flags reach a
     // compiled binary).
@@ -285,6 +509,11 @@ export function lowerProcessProperty(lowerer, expr) {
     if (member === "hrtime") {
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.hrtimeValue", args: [], type: DYN, loc };
     }
+    // A stored process.nextTick in JavaScript (`cond ? setImmediate :
+    // process.nextTick`): the interned builtin function value.
+    if (member === "nextTick" && isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(expr))) {
+        return builtinFunctionValue("process.nextTick", loc);
+    }
     if (member === "getBuiltinModule") {
         // Keep the native loader's argument validation when the function is
         // stored. The declaration's string signature must not insert a checked
@@ -297,10 +526,10 @@ export function lowerProcessProperty(lowerer, expr) {
     if (member === "connected") {
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.connected", args: [], type: BOOL, loc };
     }
-    // process.execArgv: the extra CLI arguments Node itself consumed — a
-    // compiled binary consumed none, so the honest answer is a fresh [].
+    // process.execArgv: the Node runtime flags kept out of process.argv —
+    // a leading --test-update-snapshots in node:test programs, else [].
     if (member === "execArgv") {
-        return { kind: "arrayLit", elems: [], type: arrayOf(STRING), loc };
+        return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.execArgv", args: [], type: arrayOf(STRING), loc };
     }
     // process._exiting — the runtime's exit-sequence flag (true while
     // 'exit' listeners run), Node's own undocumented member.
@@ -360,7 +589,7 @@ export function lowerProcessProperty(lowerer, expr) {
     // (`process.stdout.isTTY`, `.write(...)`) never reach here — their
     // OUTER expressions dispatch first.
     if (member === "stdin" ||
-        ((member === "stdout" || member === "stderr") && isJsSourceFile(expr.getSourceFile()))) {
+        ((member === "stdout" || member === "stderr") && isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(expr)))) {
         return {
             kind: "libCall",
             fn: "process.stdio",
@@ -385,17 +614,18 @@ export function lowerProcessProperty(lowerer, expr) {
 export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     if (call.questionDotToken)
         return null;
-    if (isJsSourceFile(call.getSourceFile()) && ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(access.expression)) {
+    if (isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(call)) &&
+        ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(access.expression)) {
         const stream = lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(access.expression, "process");
         if (stream === "stdin" || stream === "stdout" || stream === "stderr") {
-            if (call.arguments.some(ts.isSpreadElement))
+            if (call.arguments.nodes.some(ts.isSpreadElement))
                 lowerer.noLowering("process stream spread arguments", call);
             return {
                 kind: "dynInvoke",
                 recv: lowerer.lowerExpr(access.expression),
                 method: access.name.text,
-                calleeName: access.getText(),
-                args: call.arguments.map((arg) => lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(arg, DYN)),
+                calleeName: ts.getTextOfNode(access),
+                args: call.arguments.nodes.map((arg) => lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(arg, DYN)),
                 type: DYN,
                 loc: locOf(call),
             };
@@ -405,31 +635,31 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     if (directProcessMember === "loadEnvFile")
         return lowerProcessLoadEnvFile(lowerer, call);
     if (directProcessMember === "hrtime") {
-        if (call.arguments.some(ts.isSpreadElement))
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.some(ts.isSpreadElement))
             lowerer.noLowering("process.hrtime with spread arguments", call);
         const loc = locOf(call);
         return {
             kind: "dynCall",
             callee: { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.hrtimeValue", args: [], type: DYN, loc },
-            args: call.arguments.map((arg) => lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(arg, DYN)),
+            args: call.arguments.nodes.map((arg) => lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(arg, DYN)),
             calleeName: "process.hrtime",
             type: DYN,
             loc,
         };
     }
     if (directProcessMember === "getBuiltinModule") {
-        if (call.arguments.some(ts.isSpreadElement))
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.some(ts.isSpreadElement))
             lowerer.noLowering("process.getBuiltinModule with spread arguments", call);
         const loc = locOf(call);
-        const id = call.arguments[0]
-            ? lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(call.arguments[0], DYN)
+        const id = call.arguments.nodes[0]
+            ? lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(call.arguments.nodes[0], DYN)
             : dynUndefinedExpr(loc);
         const binding = lowerer.declareHiddenLocal("%builtinId", DYN);
         return {
             kind: "seqExpr",
             stmts: [
                 { kind: "varDecl", localId: binding.id, init: id, loc },
-                ...call.arguments.slice(1).map((arg) => ({
+                ...call.arguments.nodes.slice(1).map((arg) => ({
                     kind: "exprStmt",
                     expr: lowerer.lowerExpr(arg),
                     loc: locOf(arg),
@@ -449,8 +679,8 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     if (directProcessMember === "send")
         return lowerProcessIpcSend(lowerer, call);
     if (directProcessMember === "disconnect") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.disconnect with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.disconnect with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
         if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
             lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "using the result of process.disconnect() (call it as its own statement)");
@@ -470,7 +700,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     if (access.name.text === "destroy" &&
         ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(access.expression) &&
         lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(access.expression, "process") === "stdin") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
             lowerer.noLowering("stdin.destroy with arguments", call);
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.stdinDestroy", args: [], type: VOID, loc: locOf(call) };
@@ -490,15 +720,77 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
         if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent) && !ts.isArrowFunction(call.parent)) {
             lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "using the result of stdin.setRawMode(...) (the ReadStream chain — call it as its own statement)");
         }
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 1) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.setRawMode with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call, "the supported form is setRawMode(mode) with one boolean");
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 1) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.setRawMode with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call, "the supported form is setRawMode(mode) with one boolean");
         }
-        const mode = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[0]);
+        const mode = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         if (mode.type.kind !== "bool") {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.setRawMode of '${lowerer.fmt(mode.type)}' modes`, call.arguments[0], "the mode is a boolean here — narrow unions first");
+            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.setRawMode of '${lowerer.fmt(mode.type)}' modes`, call.arguments.nodes[0], "the mode is a boolean here — narrow unions first");
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.stdinSetRawMode", args: [mode], type: VOID, loc };
     }
+    // process.stdout.on("resize", cb) (and once/off/removeListener/
+    // addListener, stderr too): the terminal resize event, registered on the
+    // runtime's process stream object (a SIGWINCH listener that emits when a
+    // TTY's size changed; it never keeps the loop alive). Statement position:
+    // Node returns the stream.
+    if (["on", "once", "off", "removeListener", "addListener"].includes(access.name.text) &&
+        ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(access.expression) &&
+        call.arguments.nodes.length === 2 &&
+        !call.arguments.nodes.some(ts.isSpreadElement) &&
+        ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
+        const stream = lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(access.expression, "process");
+        const evT = lowerer.typeOf(call.arguments.nodes[0]);
+        if ((stream === "stdout" || stream === "stderr") &&
+            evT.isStringLiteralType() &&
+            evT.value === "resize") {
+            const loc = locOf(call);
+            const receiverLocal = lowerer.declareHiddenLocal("%stdioReceiver", DYN);
+            const receiver = varRef(receiverLocal.id, DYN, loc);
+            const method = access.name.text === "off"
+                ? "removeListener"
+                : access.name.text === "addListener"
+                    ? "on"
+                    : access.name.text;
+            return {
+                kind: "seqExpr",
+                stmts: [
+                    {
+                        kind: "varDecl",
+                        localId: receiverLocal.id,
+                        init: {
+                            kind: "libCall",
+                            fn: "process.stdio",
+                            args: [numLit(stream === "stdout" ? 1 : 2, loc)],
+                            type: DYN,
+                            loc,
+                        },
+                        loc,
+                    },
+                ],
+                result: {
+                    kind: "dynCall",
+                    callee: {
+                        kind: "dynKeyGet",
+                        value: receiver,
+                        key: strLit(method, locOf(access.name)),
+                        type: DYN,
+                        loc,
+                    },
+                    receiver,
+                    calleeName: ts.getTextOfNode(access),
+                    args: [
+                        lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(call.arguments.nodes[0], DYN),
+                        lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(call.arguments.nodes[1], DYN),
+                    ],
+                    type: DYN,
+                    loc,
+                },
+                type: DYN,
+                loc,
+            };
+        }
+    }
     // process.stdin.on/once("data" | "end" | "error", cb): the piped-stdin
     // event slice. A 'data' listener keeps the event loop alive until EOF
     // (Node's flowing stdin); 'end'/'error' listeners alone do not. `once`
@@ -509,43 +801,48 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
         lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(access.expression, "process") === "stdin") {
         const loc = locOf(call);
         const once = access.name.text === "once";
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 2) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.${access.name.text} with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 2) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.${access.name.text} with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
-        const evT = lowerer.typeOf(call.arguments[0]);
+        const evT = lowerer.typeOf(call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         const event = evT.isStringLiteralType() ? evT.value : null;
         if (event !== "data" && event !== "end" && event !== "error" && event !== "keypress") {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.${access.name.text}(${event === null ? "non-literal event" : `"${event}"`}, ...)`, call.arguments[0], '"data", "end", "error", and "keypress" are the supported stdin events (as literals)');
+            lowerer.noLowering(`stdin.${access.name.text}(${event === null ? "non-literal event" : `"${event}"`}, ...)`, call.arguments.nodes[0], '"data", "end", "error", and "keypress" are the supported stdin events (as literals)');
         }
         if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
             lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "chaining stdin listener registration (the result is void here — register each listener as its own statement)");
         }
         if (event === "keypress") {
             // readline.emitKeypressEvents' (str, key) events
-            const listener = stdinKeypressListener(lowerer, call.arguments[1]);
+            const listener = stdinKeypressListener(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes[1]);
             const onceKp = { kind: "boolLit", value: once, type: BOOL, loc };
             return { kind: "libCall", fn: "stdin.onKeypress", args: [listener, onceKp], type: VOID, loc };
         }
-        const cb = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[1]);
+        const cb = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[1]);
         if (cb.type.kind !== "func" || cb.type.ret.kind !== "void" || cb.type.params.length > 1) {
-            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments[1], "stdin listeners with more than one parameter or a return value");
+            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments.nodes[1], "stdin listeners with more than one parameter or a return value");
         }
         const param = cb.type.params[0];
         const onceArg = { kind: "boolLit", value: once, type: BOOL, loc };
         if (event === "data") {
-            if (param !== undefined && !(param.kind === "bytes" && param.elem === "u8")) {
-                lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments[1], `data listeners whose parameter is not 'Uint8Array' (got '${lowerer.fmt(param)}')`);
+            // A string parameter receives the chunks process.stdin.setEncoding
+            // decodes (pi-tui's terminal input); the runtime refuses a delivery
+            // while no encoding is set, where Node would pass a Buffer.
+            if (param !== undefined &&
+                !(param.kind === "bytes" && param.elem === "u8") &&
+                param.kind !== "string") {
+                lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments.nodes[1], `data listeners whose parameter is not 'Uint8Array' or 'string' (got '${lowerer.fmt(param)}')`);
             }
             return { kind: "libCall", fn: "stdin.onData", args: [cb, onceArg], type: VOID, loc };
         }
         if (event === "end") {
             if (param !== undefined) {
-                lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments[1], "end listeners with parameters (use ())");
+                lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments.nodes[1], "end listeners with parameters (use ())");
             }
             return { kind: "libCall", fn: "stdin.onEnd", args: [cb, onceArg], type: VOID, loc };
         }
         if (param !== undefined && !(param.kind === "object" && param.className === "%Error")) {
-            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments[1], `error listeners whose parameter is not 'Error' (got '${lowerer.fmt(param)}')`);
+            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments.nodes[1], `error listeners whose parameter is not 'Error' (got '${lowerer.fmt(param)}')`);
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "stdin.onError", args: [cb, onceArg], type: VOID, loc };
     }
@@ -553,7 +850,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
         const stream = lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(access.expression, "process");
         if (stream === "stdout" || stream === "stderr") {
             const loc = locOf(call);
-            const args = call.arguments;
+            const args = call.arguments.nodes;
             if (args.length < 1 || args.length > 3 || args.some(ts.isSpreadElement)) {
                 lowerer.noLowering(`process.${stream}.write with ${args.length} arguments`, call, "the supported forms are write(data[, encoding][, callback]) with a static BufferEncoding and completion callback");
             }
@@ -635,7 +932,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             // `writeOut: (str) => process.stdout.write(str)` — str untyped):
             // a runtime string writes; anything else throws the dynCheck's
             // honest TypeError at the call.
-            if (data.type.kind === "dyn" && isJsSourceFile(call.getSourceFile())) {
+            if (data.type.kind === "dyn" && isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(call))) {
                 data = { kind: "dynCheck", value: data, type: STRING, loc };
             }
             const isBytes = data.type.kind === "bytes" && data.type.elem === "u8";
@@ -645,7 +942,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             let callback;
             if (callbackNode) {
                 callback = lowerer.lowerExpr(callbackNode);
-                if (callback.type.kind === "dyn" && isJsSourceFile(call.getSourceFile())) {
+                if (callback.type.kind === "dyn" && isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(call))) {
                     callback = {
                         kind: "dynCheck",
                         value: callback,
@@ -740,8 +1037,8 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
         !access.questionDotToken &&
         ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(access.expression) &&
         lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(access.expression, "process") === "memoryUsage") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.memoryUsage.rss with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.memoryUsage.rss with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.rss", args: [], type: F64, loc: locOf(call) };
     }
@@ -760,18 +1057,18 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // `removeListener` IS `off` — Node aliases them.
     const isOff = member === "off" || member === "removeListener";
     if (member === "on" || member === "once" || isOff) {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 2) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 2) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
-        const evT = lowerer.typeOf(call.arguments[0]);
+        const evT = lowerer.typeOf(call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         const event = evT.isStringLiteralType() ? evT.value : null;
         if ((event === "message" || event === "disconnect") && !isOff) {
             if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
                 lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "chaining process IPC listener registration (register each listener as its own statement)");
             }
             const callback = event === "message"
-                ? ipcMessageListener(lowerer, call.arguments[1])
-                : ipcDisconnectListener(lowerer, call.arguments[1]);
+                ? ipcMessageListener(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes[1])
+                : ipcDisconnectListener(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes[1]);
             return {
                 kind: "libCall",
                 fn: event === "message" ? "process.onMessage" : "process.onDisconnect",
@@ -784,7 +1081,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
                 lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "chaining process exception listener registration");
             }
-            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments[1]);
+            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes[1]);
             const monitor = boolLit(event === "uncaughtExceptionMonitor", loc);
             return {
                 kind: "libCall",
@@ -806,7 +1103,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
                 lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "chaining process listener registration (the result is void here — register each listener as its own statement)");
             }
-            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments[1]);
+            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes[1]);
             const onceArg = { kind: "boolLit", value: member === "once", type: BOOL, loc };
             const fn = event === "unhandledRejection"
                 ? isOff
@@ -824,7 +1121,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
                 lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "chaining process listener registration (the result is void here — register each listener as its own statement)");
             }
-            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments[1]);
+            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes[1]);
             return {
                 kind: "libCall",
                 fn: isOff ? "process.offWarning" : "process.onWarning",
@@ -837,14 +1134,14 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
                 lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "chaining process signal listener registration");
             }
-            const name = lowerer.coerceToExpected(lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[0]), STRING);
+            const name = lowerer.coerceToExpected(lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[0]), STRING);
             if (name.type.kind !== "string" && name.type.kind !== "dyn") {
-                lowerer.noLowering("process signal event name that is not a string", call.arguments[0]);
+                lowerer.noLowering("process signal event name that is not a string", call.arguments.nodes[0]);
             }
             const signal = name.type.kind === "string"
                 ? name
                 : { kind: "dynCheck", value: name, type: STRING, loc };
-            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments[1]);
+            const cb = lowerDiagnosticsSubscriber(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes[1]);
             return {
                 kind: "libCall",
                 fn: isOff ? "process.offSignal" : "process.onSignal",
@@ -854,12 +1151,12 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             };
         }
         if (event !== "exit") {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member}("${event}", ...)`, call.arguments[0]);
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member}("${event}", ...)`, call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         }
         if (!ts.isExpressionStatement(call.parent)) {
             lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call, "chaining process listener registration (the result is void here — register each listener as its own statement)");
         }
-        let cb = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[1]);
+        let cb = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[1]);
         // The checked-dynamic listener (test/common's `process.on('exit',
         // runCallChecks)` — an implicit-any JS function, func(dyn)=>dyn, or
         // a dyn VALUE that rode an untyped binding): adapt through the dyn
@@ -890,12 +1187,12 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             }
         }
         if (cb.type.kind !== "func" || cb.type.ret.kind !== "void" || cb.type.params.length > 1) {
-            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments[1], "process listeners with more than one parameter or a return value");
+            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments.nodes[1], "process listeners with more than one parameter or a return value");
         }
         const param = cb.type.params[0];
         const onceArg = { kind: "boolLit", value: member === "once", type: BOOL, loc };
         if (param !== undefined && param.kind !== "f64") {
-            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments[1], `exit listeners whose parameter is not 'number' (got '${lowerer.fmt(param)}')`);
+            lowerer.unsupported("SC1090", call.arguments.nodes[1], `exit listeners whose parameter is not 'number' (got '${lowerer.fmt(param)}')`);
         }
         if (isOff) {
             return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.offExit", args: [cb], type: VOID, loc };
@@ -910,17 +1207,17 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // shape: `.forEach((args) => process.emitWarning(...args))`).
     if (member === "emitWarning") {
         let argsArr = null;
-        if (call.arguments.length === 1 && ts.isSpreadElement(call.arguments[0])) {
-            const spread = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[0].expression);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length === 1 && ts.isSpreadElement(call.arguments.nodes[0])) {
+            const spread = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[0].expression);
             if (spread.type.kind === "dyn") {
                 argsArr = spread;
             }
             else {
-                lowerer.noLowering("process.emitWarning with a typed spread argument", call.arguments[0], "spread an untyped (checked-dynamic) array, or write the arguments positionally");
+                lowerer.noLowering("process.emitWarning with a typed spread argument", call.arguments.nodes[0], "spread an untyped (checked-dynamic) array, or write the arguments positionally");
             }
         }
         else {
-            argsArr = lowerTracingArguments(lowerer, call.arguments, loc);
+            argsArr = lowerTracingArguments(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes, loc);
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.emitWarning", args: [argsArr], type: VOID, loc };
     }
@@ -935,17 +1232,17 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // through, boxable parameterized shapes ride the checked-dynamic
     // boundary, trailing call arguments ride the interned dyn thunk.
     if (member === "nextTick") {
-        if (call.arguments.length === 0) {
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length === 0) {
             lowerer.noLowering("process.nextTick with 0 arguments", call, "the supported form is process.nextTick(callback, ...args)");
         }
-        const cb = timerStyleCallback(lowerer, call.arguments, "process.nextTick", loc);
+        const cb = timerStyleCallback(lowerer, call.arguments.nodes, "process.nextTick", loc);
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.nextTick", args: [cb], type: VOID, loc };
     }
     // The process introspection statics — plain reads of the process's
     // own clocks and counters, Node's shapes exactly.
     if (member === "uptime" || member === "availableMemory" || member === "constrainedMemory") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
         const fn = member === "uptime"
             ? "process.uptime"
@@ -977,7 +1274,7 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
             type: F64,
             loc,
         });
-        if (call.arguments.length === 0) {
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length === 0) {
             return {
                 kind: "recordLit",
                 fields: shape.fields.map((f) => ({ name: f.name, value: sampleField(f.name) })),
@@ -985,15 +1282,15 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
                 loc,
             };
         }
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 1) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 1) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
-        const prev = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[0]);
+        const prev = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         const prevShape = prev.type.kind === "record" ? lowerer.shapes.get(prev.type.shapeId) : undefined;
         const prevOk = prevShape !== undefined &&
             ["user", "system"].every((n) => prevShape.fields.some((f) => f.name === n && f.type.kind === "f64"));
         if (prev.type.kind !== "record" || !prevOk) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} of a '${lowerer.fmt(prev.type)}' previous value`, call.arguments[0], "the previous value is the record a prior call answered ({ user, system } numbers) — Node's ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE shapes have no lowering");
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} of a '${lowerer.fmt(prev.type)}' previous value`, call.arguments.nodes[0], "the previous value is the record a prior call answered ({ user, system } numbers) — Node's ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE shapes have no lowering");
         }
         const prevT = prev.type;
         const key = `${prefix}usage.diff:${prevT.shapeId}:${t.shapeId}`;
@@ -1059,8 +1356,8 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // storage lives in the same heap). One sample per call: the interned
     // helper takes it, then the record reads it field by field.
     if (member === "memoryUsage") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.memoryUsage with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.memoryUsage with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
         const t = lowerer.mapTypeOf(lowerer.typeOf(call));
         if (t?.kind !== "record")
@@ -1114,8 +1411,8 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // process.resourceUsage() — getrusage's 16 fields in Node's names and
     // units (CPU times in microseconds, maxRSS in kilobytes).
     if (member === "resourceUsage") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.resourceUsage with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.resourceUsage with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
         const t = lowerer.mapTypeOf(lowerer.typeOf(call));
         if (t?.kind !== "record")
@@ -1165,8 +1462,8 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // DIVERGENCE (SEMANTICS.md): resources this runtime does not model
     // as loop handles (TCP wraps, FS requests) are absent from the answer.
     if (member === "getActiveResourcesInfo") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.getActiveResourcesInfo with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.getActiveResourcesInfo with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.activeResources", args: [], type: arrayOf(STRING), loc };
     }
@@ -1174,25 +1471,25 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // completes it to the -1 read sentinel); umask(mask) sets and answers
     // the previous mask, Node's shape either way.
     if (member === "umask") {
-        if (call.arguments.length > 1) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.umask with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length > 1) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.umask with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
-        const mask = call.arguments.length === 1
-            ? lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[0])
+        const mask = call.arguments.nodes.length === 1
+            ? lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[0])
             : { kind: "numLit", value: -1, type: F64, loc };
         if (mask.type.kind !== "f64") {
-            lowerer.noLowering("process.umask of non-number masks", call.arguments[0]);
+            lowerer.noLowering("process.umask of non-number masks", call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.umask", args: [mask], type: F64, loc };
     }
     // chdir(2) — throws Node's fs-shaped error on failure.
     if (member === "chdir") {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 1) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.chdir with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 1) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.chdir with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
-        const dir = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments[0]);
+        const dir = lowerer.lowerExpr(call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         if (dir.type.kind !== "string") {
-            lowerer.noLowering("process.chdir of non-string paths", call.arguments[0]);
+            lowerer.noLowering("process.chdir of non-string paths", call.arguments.nodes[0]);
         }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.chdir", args: [dir], type: VOID, loc };
     }
@@ -1201,8 +1498,8 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // the member optional (that optionality covers Windows). The `?.()`
     // spelling routes here through lowerProcessOptionalMethodCall.
     if (PROCESS_CREDENTIAL_FNS.has(member)) {
-        if (call.arguments.length !== 0) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
         return processCredentialCall(member, loc);
     }
@@ -1214,11 +1511,11 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
     // Node's `kill ESRCH`/`kill EPERM` Error. The result is Node's
     // constant true.
     if (member === "kill") {
-        if (call.arguments.length < 1 || call.arguments.length > 2) {
-            lowerer.noLowering(`process.kill with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`, call);
+        if (call.arguments.nodes.length < 1 || call.arguments.nodes.length > 2) {
+            lowerer.noLowering(`process.kill with ${call.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, call);
         }
-        const pid = lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(call.arguments[0], F64);
-        const sigNode = call.arguments[1];
+        const pid = lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(call.arguments.nodes[0], F64);
+        const sigNode = call.arguments.nodes[1];
         if (!sigNode) {
             const dflt = { kind: "strLit", value: "SIGTERM", type: STRING, loc };
             return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.kill", args: [pid, dflt], type: BOOL, loc };
@@ -1233,10 +1530,36 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
         lowerer.noLowering(`process.kill with a '${lowerer.fmt(sig.type)}' signal`, sigNode, "pass a signal name string or number (narrow unions first)");
     }
     if (member === "exit") {
-        const arg = call.arguments[0];
-        const code = arg !== undefined
+        const arg = call.arguments.nodes[0];
+        let code = arg !== undefined
             ? lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(arg, F64)
             : { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.currentExitCode", args: [], type: F64, loc };
+        // process.exit(code) assigns process.exitCode before the 'exit'
+        // listeners run. Only a program that reads the property can observe
+        // that, so only such a program records the assignment.
+        if (arg !== undefined && programReadsExitCode(lowerer)) {
+            const binding = lowerer.declareHiddenLocal("%exitCode", F64);
+            code = {
+                kind: "seqExpr",
+                stmts: [
+                    { kind: "varDecl", localId: binding.id, init: code, loc },
+                    {
+                        kind: "exprStmt",
+                        expr: {
+                            kind: "libCall",
+                            fn: "process.setExitCodeTracked",
+                            args: [varRef(binding.id, F64, loc)],
+                            type: VOID,
+                            loc,
+                        },
+                        loc,
+                    },
+                ],
+                result: varRef(binding.id, F64, loc),
+                type: F64,
+                loc,
+            };
+        }
         return { kind: "libCall", fn: "process.exit", args: [code], type: VOID, loc };
     }
     return null; // process.argv(...) etc. are tsc errors before lowering
@@ -1248,6 +1571,14 @@ export function lowerProcessMethodCall(lowerer, call, access) {
  * BEFORE the optional-chain machinery: `process.getuid` has no value
  * lowering for the chain to guard. Null when this isn't that shape. */
 export function lowerProcessOptionalMethodCall(lowerer, expr) {
+    // `process.send!(message)`: the asserted direct call of the optional
+    // member (the @types/node spelling under strict null checks).
+    if (!expr.questionDotToken &&
+        ts.isNonNullExpression(expr.expression) &&
+        ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(expr.expression.expression) &&
+        !expr.expression.expression.questionDotToken &&
+        lowerer.stdlibGlobalMember(expr.expression.expression, "process") === "send")
+        return lowerProcessIpcSend(lowerer, expr);
     if (!expr.questionDotToken)
         return null;
     if (!ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(expr.expression))
@@ -1257,8 +1588,8 @@ export function lowerProcessOptionalMethodCall(lowerer, expr) {
         return lowerProcessIpcSend(lowerer, expr);
     if (member === null || !PROCESS_CREDENTIAL_FNS.has(member))
         return null;
-    if (expr.arguments.length !== 0) {
-        lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${expr.arguments.length} arguments`, expr);
+    if (expr.arguments.nodes.length !== 0) {
+        lowerer.noLowering(`process.${member} with ${expr.arguments.nodes.length} arguments`, expr);
     }
     return processCredentialCall(member, locOf(expr));
 }
@@ -1284,4 +1615,35 @@ function processCredentialCall(member, loc) {
         loc,
     };
 }
+/** `process.getBuiltinModule("node:os")`: a string-literal id naming a
+ * supported builtin whose call the checker types as that module's
+ * namespace (@types/node's BuiltInModule map) answers the namespace value
+ * `import * as ns` binds, so its members key the builtin tables at their
+ * use sites. The receiver may be cast (`(process as P)`) and the call
+ * optional: Node 24's process always has the member, and the cast changes
+ * no runtime value. Other ids keep the dynamic loader (undefined for
+ * unknown ids, Node's argument errors). */
+export function lowerProcessBuiltinModuleNamespace(lowerer, call) {
+    const callee = call.expression;
+    if (!ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(callee) || callee.name.text !== "getBuiltinModule")
+        return null;
+    const id = call.arguments.nodes[0];
+    if (call.arguments.nodes.length !== 1 || !id || !ts.isStringLiteralLike(id))
+        return null;
+    let receiver = callee.expression;
+    while (ts.isParenthesizedExpression(receiver) ||
+        ts.isAsExpression(receiver) ||
+        ts.isSatisfiesExpression(receiver) ||
+        ts.isNonNullExpression(receiver))
+        receiver = receiver.expression;
+    if (!lowerer.isStdlibGlobal(receiver, "process"))
+        return null;
+    const module = canonicalBuiltinModule(id.text);
+    if (module === null)
+        return null;
+    const type = lowerer.mapTypeOf(lowerer.checker.getNonNullableType(lowerer.typeOf(call)));
+    if (type?.kind !== "moduleNs" || type.moduleId !== `builtin:${module}`)
+        return null;
+    return { kind: "moduleNsRef", moduleId: type.moduleId, type, loc: locOf(call) };
+}
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