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Summary

Fix private-field read/modify/write lowering so compound and logical assignments read the guarded class-qualified field slot, and keep private fields out of public class shapes and reflection.

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  • Lower private assignment-target reads through the same brand guard and storage key as ordinary private reads.
  • Exclude private fields from packed public class keys, allocation counts, and typed-layout masks, including inherited/imported layouts.
  • Treat the transient #<perry:private-member:...> routing spelling as ordinary user data when no private-access hint is pending.
  • Add a pinned-Node differential regression covering compound/logical assignments, fresh prefix/postfix updates, static updates, reflection, collision keys, and inherited mixed public/private layouts.

Related issue

Fixes #8969

Test plan

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo check -p perry-hir -p perry-codegen -p perry-runtime
  • cargo test -p perry-hir (all pass)
  • cargo test -p perry-codegen --lib (1,341 passed, 1 ignored)
  • Pinned Node 26.5.1 parity: ./run_parity_tests.sh --filter test_gap_8969_private_field_compound_update (1/1)
  • Existing private parity sweep: ./run_parity_tests.sh --filter private (5/5)
  • cargo build --release clean
  • Full workspace test suite passes
  • Added a user-facing regression under test-files/

The broader cargo test -p perry-codegen run reaches one existing failure in temp_root_operand_temporaries::string_literal_concat_operand_is_re_derived_below_the_allocating_sibling; the same emitted IR and assertion failure reproduce on clean origin/main at f4e820632.

Screenshots / output

Before, the issue repro produced compound: NaN, exposed #n, and dropped the routing-prefix collision key. The regression now matches Node byte-for-byte: the compound value is 2, private own-key lists are empty, and the ordinary collision key remains readable, enumerable, and owned.

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  • I have NOT bumped the workspace version or edited CLAUDE.md / CHANGELOG.md
  • My commits follow the repository's fix: convention
  • I've read CONTRIBUTING.md and agree to the Code of Conduct

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed compound, logical, and increment assignments on private fields so values are preserved correctly.
    • Ensured private fields remain excluded from object keys, enumeration, spreading, and JSON serialization.
    • Preserved ordinary properties whose names resemble internal private-member routing keys.
    • Prevented private fields from affecting public class shape and inherited property layouts.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for instance and static private-field updates, reflection behavior, inheritance, and serialization.

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Private field update lowering now preserves reads for compound and logical assignments. Class allocation and typed layouts exclude private fields from public shape keys and slots. Enumeration keeps matching transient routing-key strings as ordinary properties. A regression test covers updates, reflection, inheritance, and static fields.

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Private field handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Private compound-read lowering
crates/perry-hir/src/lower_patterns.rs
Private compound-assignment reads now use the member source offset with guarded, class-qualified private storage access.
Public shape and storage packing
crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/new_alloc.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/typed_shape.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/enumeration.rs
Private fields are excluded from packed keys, inline-slot counts, parent-chain counts, and typed-shape masks. Transient routing-key strings remain ordinary enumerable properties.
Private field regression coverage
test-files/test_gap_8969_private_field_compound_update.ts, changelog.d/8984-private-field-updates.md
Tests cover assignment forms, static fields, reflection, serialization, inheritance shapes, and ordinary routing-key properties. The changelog records the changes.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to fbb20

The PR fixes the primary private-field update and reflection cases, but it is not merge-ready until side-effecting private receivers are evaluated exactly once and imported layouts stop exposing private metadata or shifting public field indices.

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The changes address issue #8969 by fixing guarded private-field reads in compound and logical assignments, preserving update results, hiding private fields from reflection, and retaining routing-prefix collision keys as ordinary data.

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Merged, rebased onto current main.

It conflicted with #8982, which landed minutes earlier and fixed the same private-read lowering in lower_patterns.rs. The two sides were semantically identical — same wrap_private_guard(…, PRIV_OP_READ), same private_storage_property — differing only in import qualification and comment. I kept main's call form (its imports are already in place) and this PR's comment, because yours names the observed symptom:

Reading #n as a public property returns undefined, which made this.#n += 1 store NaN in the real slot.

That is worth keeping. "Use the same storage key" explains the change; "otherwise += 1 writes NaN" explains why anyone should care, and is what a future reader needs when deciding whether a refactor here is safe.

The rest of the PR does not overlap and is the more valuable half — excluding private fields from packed public class keys, allocation counts and typed-layout masks (including inherited/imported layouts), and treating the transient #<perry:private-member:…> routing spelling as ordinary user data when no private-access hint is pending. That last one is the sort of thing that only shows up when a user legitimately has a #-prefixed key.

Validation — hir 355/0, codegen 1341/0, runtime 2780/0 (RUST_TEST_THREADS=1); scripts/run_lint_gates.sh 57 of 58 with the compile tier green — the exception is the pre-existing Actions-expression artifact (#8929).

The fragment was correctly PR-keyed, which after eight naming fixes today I noticed and appreciated.

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1356-1414: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve private-field metadata for imported layouts.

imported_class_from_hir includes private fields in field_names, and the imported stub marks every field as is_private: false. The changed layout code then includes private fields in public shape keys, which can expose private names through reflection and shift public field indices. Filter private fields when populating field_names, or transport privacy metadata.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/mod.rs` around lines 1356 - 1414, Update
imported-class layout metadata so private fields are excluded from field_names
or retain their is_private status when constructing imported stubs. Ensure the
packed-key generation around imported_class_from_hir includes only non-private
fields, preserving public field names and indices without exposing private
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/mod.rs`:
- Around line 1356-1414: Update imported-class layout metadata so private fields
are excluded from field_names or retain their is_private status when
constructing imported stubs. Ensure the packed-key generation around
imported_class_from_hir includes only non-private fields, preserving public
field names and indices without exposing private metadata.

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proggeramlug added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 28, 2026
… subclass's own elements store (−9.5% / −11.4%) (#8985)

* runtime: lean append and tail pop for the Array-subclass elements store

The store is ours — reached through the meta slot, never a proxy, never a
forwarding stub, its header one read away — but every push went through
`js_array_push_f64`'s full entry for an arbitrary caller pointer, wrapped
in a `RuntimeHandleScope` that rooted the owner and the value even when
the append could not allocate. A fresh profile of the wolf-ecs twins put
`elements_push` at 3.8% + `RuntimeHandleScope::push` at 1.5%, with
`js_array_pop_f64` at 5.1% re-entering the runtime a second time for the
store.

An in-capacity append now stores directly (header read, flag test,
`store_array_slot_resolved`, length bump) and a non-hole tail pop is a
load and a length decrement. Growth still takes the complete entry with
the owner rooted across it and publishes the re-allocated head; holes, an
empty store, and frozen/sealed/no-extend/descriptor-bearing stores keep
the runtime path unchanged.

Test: 64 appends across several capacity classes (asserting the head is
republished on growth), ordered tail pops, a hole popping through the
runtime, an empty-store pop, and a pointer element round-tripping.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ

* codegen: the inline pop tier resolves an elements-backed subclass payload

`sub.pop()` reached the inline tier's header gate, failed the
`GC_TYPE_ARRAY` test (the receiver is the object) and called
`js_array_pop_f64`, which then re-derived the store and popped from it —
5.1% of the wolf-ecs entity cycle in a call that only exists to follow one
pointer.

The gate now has a second arm: a `GC_TYPE_OBJECT` receiver loads its meta
record and `ObjectMeta.elements` (word 12), validates that store exactly as
a plain Array receiver is validated (type, not forwarded, none of
FROZEN|SEALED|NO_EXTEND|ARRAY_DESCRIPTORS), and the existing
length/read/take blocks run on it through a payload phi. Everything else —
a null meta, no store, a hole, an empty array, an exotic flag — keeps the
runtime entry.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ

* codegen: one derivation of the ObjectHeader meta-slot offset

Five inline tiers each recomputed `object_header_size_bytes(target) -
pointer_size` to reach `ObjectHeader::meta` (the elements store, the spill
buffer, the prototype override). `object_meta_slot_offset_bytes` derives
it once, and the audited object-header-size callsite census drops from 46
to 42.

Also switches the new elements store header read to the sanctioned
`addr_class::try_read_gc_header` accessor instead of a hand-rolled
`GcHeader` cast, which the address-classification ratchet forbids.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ

* fix: preserve private field update and reflection semantics (#8984)

* fix: preserve private field update semantics

* chore: add private field fix changelog

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>

* chore(changelog): name the fragment for its PR

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
Co-authored-by: x <x@x>
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Private class field: this.#n += 1 and this.#n++ produce NaN (compound/update lowering drops the read)

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