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fix(resolve): nine more C++ edge cases in the Rust resolver - #498

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Nine C++ cases the Rust resolver got wrong now link correctly; each was reproduced by a test that fails without its fix. They are the review findings on #497 that were left unchanged, plus restricting object creation to the caller's include closure.

Case Before Now
using Ptr = Widget*; Ptr p(0); counted as constructing a Widget no construction edge
class nested in a function-local class visible from other functions local to its function
class in an included .cc file not the includer's the includer's
two headers declaring one class creation could take either takes the one in its include closure
using Base<T>::foo; in a nested class counted as the outer class's outer class's foo() goes to the free function
NULL as an overload argument treated as nullptr an integer zero
a header's unnamed namespace every file's its includers' only; a comment before a #define no longer hides a span
const int FOO_BAR = 1; FOO_BAR blanked as an annotation left alone
n * FOO_BAR::VALUE FOO_BAR blanked left alone

Extraction's TypeScript passes already left the last two alone; only the Rust port was wrong.

Checked, not changed. A string literal passed to a const void* overload ahead of a std::string one already picks the const void*: the test passes with my candidate fix disabled, so I dropped the fix and kept the test as a pin. The aggregate-binding finding is a feature request, not a defect.

Proof. __tests__/cpp-resolver-edge-cases.test.ts (10 tests) plus Rust unit tests in cpp_annotations.rs and cpp_translation_unit.rs. Mutation checks (fix disabled, kernel rebuilt) failed the header-namespace test; the other repros failed on the base commit. On this head: full suite 720 files / 9060 tests pass, cargo clippy --release --lib -- -D warnings, cargo test --release --lib (77 passed), tsc --noEmit, check:agent-docs and check:kernel-rules clean. Precision: json 11/11 absent and 7/7 present held; jq has no assertions (0/0). Kernel goldens unchanged.

README. Checked the "About this fork" rows and the 110/120/122/153-157 rows; row 157 (object creation and includes) gained one sentence. No number the README quotes moved.

Not covered: reporting any of this upstream.


Summary by cubic

Fixes C++ edge cases in the Rust resolver so links land on the right target; each is reproduced by a test that fails without its fix, and they complete the review findings from #497.

  • using Ptr = Widget*; Ptr p(0); no longer counts as constructing a Widget, including through a chain of aliases (using Ptr2 = Ptr;) and a global-qualified one (using Ptr3 = ::Ptr;); an alias's text is read with comments masked.
  • A class nested in a function-local class is local to that function, and an unnamed namespace in a header belongs only to that header's includers.
  • A class declared in an included .cc file is the includer's, and of two headers declaring one class, creation takes the one in its include closure.
  • A using Base<T>::foo; in a nested class no longer counts as the outer class's, including when the class's first line also opens a namespace.
  • NULL is treated as an integer zero when choosing an overload.
  • Annotation blanking leaves const int FOO_BAR = 1; and n * FOO_BAR::VALUE alone, but still blanks a macro after a name that follows a const-qualified type (int const value_ GUARDED_BY(mu_);); the Rust port and extraction now agree.

Not a defect: a string literal already converts to const void* ahead of a std::string overload, so its test pins behavior but ships no fix.

Written for commit d56b22a. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved C++ object creation and name resolution for included source files, duplicate class declarations, function-local nested classes, inherited using declarations, pointer and reference aliases, and unnamed namespaces.
    • Corrected overload selection for NULL and string literals.
    • Improved annotation handling for pointer and declarator expressions, including const- and volatile-qualified types.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified how included source files and duplicate declarations across headers affect C++ object creation.

A pointer alias (`using Ptr = Widget*; Ptr p(0);`) constructs nothing. A class
nested in a function-local class is local to that function. A class an
included .cc file declares is the includer's, and of two headers declaring one
class an object creation takes the one it includes. A `using Base<T>::foo;` in
a nested class is not the outer class's. `NULL` is an integer zero when an
overload is chosen. A header's unnamed namespace belongs to its includers, and
the span check compares positions, not lines, so a comment before a directive
no longer hides it. `const int FOO_BAR = 1;` and `n * FOO_BAR::VALUE` are left
alone by annotation blanking, as extraction leaves them.
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The C++ resolver now handles additional construction visibility, alias, nested-scope, overload-selection, unnamed-namespace, and annotation-extraction cases. Tests and documentation cover these changes.

Changes: C++ Resolver

Layer / File(s) Summary
Construction visibility and alias resolution
codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/cpp_aliases.rs, codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/cpp_types.rs, codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/cpp_construction.rs, __tests__/cpp-resolver-edge-cases.test.ts, README.md, CHANGELOG.md
Construction resolution considers source files visible through the namespace include graph and selects declarations in the current file or include closure. It limits function-local nested-class visibility and excludes pointer or reference aliases as construction targets. Tests and documentation cover these cases.
Scope and translation-unit resolution
codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/cpp_translation_unit.rs, codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/mod.rs, codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/cpp_implicit_this.rs, codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/cpp_overloads.rs, __tests__/cpp-resolver-edge-cases.test.ts
Unnamed-namespace spans use line and UTF-16 column positions, and source-file visibility uses include reachability. Using-declaration lookup examines only the class’s own scope. NULL maps to integer zero; nullptr remains null. Tests cover namespace visibility, using-declarations, and overload selection.
Declarator annotation extraction
codegraph-kernel/src/resolve/cpp_annotations.rs, src/extraction/languages/c-cpp.ts, __tests__/cpp-resolver-edge-cases.test.ts
Annotation detection uses a shared predicate to identify declared names. Pointer scanning avoids treating a spaced product operand as an annotation. Tests cover capitalized constants, qualified names, and declarators with qualified types.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d56b2

C++ code using pointer-alias chains longer than eight can receive an incorrect object-instantiation edge. This is a narrow resolver-accuracy issue; the PR is otherwise mergeable with a focused alias-traversal fix.

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…sing on a shared line, accept const after a type

A chain of pointer aliases (using Ptr2 = Ptr) constructs nothing. An alias's
text is read with comments masked. A class's own using-declaration is found
when its first line also opens a namespace. A macro after a name that follows a
const-qualified type (int const value_ GUARDED_BY(mu_);) is blanked, in the
Rust port and in extraction.

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using Ptr3 = ::Ptr; was rejected before lookup, so the chain of pointer aliases
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🟡 Minor · Increase the alias-chain limit. · cpp_types.rs:194-221

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Increase the alias-chain limit.

For A1 -> A2 -> ... -> A9 -> Foo*, cpp_alias_indirect stops after A8 and returns false. The fallback cannot resolve the chain within its depth limit, so the resolver keeps A1 and returns an instantiation candidate for the alias instead of emitting no construction. Raising the limit to 32 detects Foo* and returns Lookup::NoClass.

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+        for _ in 0..32 {
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Increase the iteration limit in cpp_alias_indirect from 8 to 32 so it can detect
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Review: #498 (review)
Head: d56b22a
Reason: Not changed. The cap is real: a pointer alias behind more than 8 aliases (A1 -> ... -> A9 -> Foo*) is not followed, and the lookup falls back to the behavior before this PR (the alias expands to Foo). Nothing regresses, and alias chains that deep do not occur in the corpora checked (json, jq) or in the code this resolver reads; cpp_expand_owner has its own depth limit of the same kind. Raising the number would cost another full CI cycle for a case no one writes, so I left it.

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