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Add display.rs and the alloc half: all of base16ct now goes through afb2a6e · on afb2a6e152356d5a78d536ad75f005bb1fc7ed63 · nandithebull · 6h ago
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//! Rust AST -> Nim source.
//!
//! The governing rule is in DESIGN.md and it shapes every function here:
//! anything whose Rust semantics cannot be reproduced exactly in Nim returns
//! `Err` with a reason. Nothing is emitted on a guess. Where a construct maps
//! one-to-one (signed `shr`, unsigned wrapping, truncating `div`/`mod`) the
//! mapping is direct and there is a comment saying why that is safe.

use crate::fmt;
use crate::ty::{self, Nim};
use std::collections::HashMap;
use syn::{
    BinOp, Expr, FnArg, GenericArgument, Item, Lit, Local, Pat, ReturnType, Stmt, UnOp,
};

// --------------------------------------------------------------- vocabulary

/// Nim keywords. Rust code may legally use any of these as an identifier.
const NIM_KEYWORDS: &[&str] = &[
    "addr", "and", "as", "asm", "bind", "block", "break", "case", "cast",
    "concept", "const", "continue", "converter", "defer", "discard", "distinct",
    "div", "do", "elif", "else", "end", "enum", "except", "export", "finally",
    "for", "from", "func", "if", "import", "in", "include", "interface", "is",
    "isnot", "iterator", "let", "macro", "method", "mixin", "mod", "nil", "not",
    "notin", "object", "of", "or", "out", "proc", "ptr", "raise", "ref",
    "return", "shl", "shr", "static", "template", "try", "tuple", "type",
    "using", "var", "when", "while", "xor", "result", "echo",
];

fn ident(name: &str) -> String {
    if NIM_KEYWORDS.contains(&name) {
        return format!("{name}_r");
    }
    // Nim identifiers may not begin with an underscore, and may not contain
    // two in a row. Rust uses both freely (`_unused`, `__private`).
    let mut out = String::new();
    let mut last_us = false;
    for (i, c) in name.chars().enumerate() {
        if c == '_' {
            if i == 0 {
                out.push('u');
                out.push('_');
                last_us = true;
                continue;
            }
            if last_us {
                continue;
            }
            last_us = true;
            out.push('_');
        } else {
            last_us = false;
            out.push(c);
        }
    }
    if out.ends_with('_') {
        out.push('x');
    }
    out
}

/// A `for`-loop source, resolved from a chain of iterator adaptors.
///
/// Rust's slice iterators are lazy and compose; Nim's `for` is over one
/// sequence. So a chain is resolved into this shape and then emitted as a
/// single index loop, with each binding becoming an *lvalue* into the original
/// container. That is what makes `*dst = v` through `iter_mut()` write back to
/// the caller's slice rather than to a copy.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
enum Iter {
    /// `a..b` / `a..=b`.
    Range { lo: String, hi: String, closed: bool, ty: Option<Nim> },
    /// `for x in a`, `a.iter()`, `a.iter_mut()`. `off`/`len` let the same
    /// shape cover a subslice view. `mutable` only affects whether the binding
    /// may be assigned through.
    Elems { code: String, off: String, len: String, elem: Option<Nim>, mutable: bool },
    /// `a.chunks_exact(k)` / `chunks_exact_mut(k)`: the binding is a window of
    /// `k` elements starting at `k * i`.
    Chunks { code: String, base: String, len: String, k: String, elem: Option<Nim>, mutable: bool },
    /// `a.windows(k)`: like `Chunks` but advancing one element at a time.
    Windows { code: String, base: String, len: String, k: String, elem: Option<Nim> },
    /// `.enumerate()` — the index is the first half of the pair.
    Enumerate(Box<Iter>),
    /// `.zip(other)` — stops at the shorter, as Rust's does.
    Zip(Box<Iter>, Box<Iter>),
}

impl Iter {
    /// The number of iterations, as a Nim expression in terms of the loop's
    /// own containers.
    fn len(&self) -> String {
        match self {
            Iter::Range { lo, hi, closed, .. } => {
                let n = format!("(int({hi}) - int({lo}))");
                if *closed { format!("({n} + 1)") } else { n }
            }
            Iter::Elems { len, .. } => len.clone(),
            Iter::Chunks { k, len, .. } => format!("({} div int({}))", len, k),
            Iter::Windows { len, k, .. } => format!("(max(0, {} - int({}) + 1))", len, k),
            Iter::Enumerate(i) => i.len(),
            Iter::Zip(a, b) => format!("min({}, {})", a.len(), b.len()),
        }
    }
}

/// How a `for`-loop pattern name refers back into the container it came from.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
enum Alias {
    /// The name stands for this Nim lvalue expression.
    Value { code: String, ty: Option<Nim> },
    /// The name stands for a window: `code[off .. off + len - 1]`.
    Window { code: String, off: String, len: String, elem: Option<Nim> },
}

/// A lowered expression: its Nim text, and its type where we know it.
///
/// The type is not decoration. Nim needs it to pick `div` over `/`, to size a
/// `cast`, and to annotate every binding so that Nim's own type checker
/// catches a mistake in this file rather than letting it through as output
/// that runs and is wrong.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
struct Val {
    code: String,
    ty: Option<Nim>,
    /// Set when the value *is* a slice view rather than a Nim value: binding
    /// it introduces an alias, not a copy.
    window: Option<Alias>,
    /// For `get`/`get_mut`: the condition under which the `Option` is `Some`,
    /// carried until an `ok_or`/`?` or an `unwrap` consumes it. Nim's view
    /// types cannot live inside an object, so an `Option` of a view has no
    /// runtime representation -- it is tracked here instead.
    guard: Option<String>,
    /// The error an `ok_or` attached to that guard.
    guard_err: Option<String>,
}

impl Val {
    fn new(code: impl Into<String>, ty: Option<Nim>) -> Self {
        Val { code: code.into(), ty, window: None, guard: None, guard_err: None }
    }
    fn untyped(code: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
        Val::new(code, None)
    }
}

struct Sig {
    params: Vec<Nim>,
    ret: Nim,
}

/// One variant of a Rust enum.
#[derive(Clone)]
struct Variant {
    name: String,
    /// `(nim field name, type)`. Empty for a unit variant. Tuple variants get
    /// `f0`, `f1`, ...; every field is prefixed with the variant name because
    /// Nim requires the branches of a variant object to have distinct fields.
    fields: Vec<(String, Nim)>,
}

#[derive(Clone)]
struct EnumDef {
    name: String,
    /// True when every variant is a unit variant, which Nim represents as a
    /// plain `enum` rather than an object variant.
    simple: bool,
    variants: Vec<Variant>,
}

impl EnumDef {
    fn kind_ident(&self, v: &str) -> String {
        format!("k{}{}", self.name, v)
    }
    fn ctor_ident(&self, v: &str) -> String {
        format!("{}{}", self.name, v)
    }
    fn get(&self, v: &str) -> Option<&Variant> {
        self.variants.iter().find(|x| x.name == v)
    }
}

pub struct Lowerer {
    out: String,
    indent: usize,
    scopes: Vec<HashMap<String, Nim>>,
    /// Names introduced by a `for` pattern that stand for an lvalue or a
    /// window into a container, rather than for a variable of their own.
    alias_scopes: Vec<HashMap<String, Alias>>,
    /// `(module, name) -> signature`. Rust keeps `lower::decode` and
    /// `mixed::decode` apart by module; flattening into one Nim module would
    /// merge them, so the module is part of the key and of the emitted name.
    fns: HashMap<(String, String), Sig>,
    /// Module being lowered: the file stem, or empty for the crate root.
    cur_mod: String,
    /// `use` brings a name into scope from another module. Flattening loses
    /// the module structure, so the mapping is recorded and consulted when a
    /// bare call is resolved.
    use_map: HashMap<String, String>,
    /// struct name -> (field, type)
    structs: HashMap<String, Vec<(String, Nim)>>,
    enums: HashMap<String, EnumDef>,
    /// variant name -> enums declaring it. A variant named by more than one
    /// enum must be written qualified, or it is rejected as ambiguous.
    variant_owner: HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
    /// `(receiver type, method) -> signature`. Keyed by type because two
    /// types may define the same method name, and Nim tells them apart by
    /// overload resolution on the first parameter.
    methods: HashMap<(String, String), Sig>,
    /// The formatting traits implemented for each type, so `{}`/`{:?}`/`{:x}`
    /// on a user type can be checked rather than assumed.
    fmt_impls: HashMap<(String, String), ()>,
    /// `(from, to)` conversions declared by `impl From<A> for B`.
    from_impls: HashMap<(String, String), String>,
    /// Forward declarations, emitted between the type definitions and the
    /// bodies. Rust has no declaration-before-use rule and Nim does, so every
    /// proc is declared up front rather than the input being reordered --
    /// which would not work for mutual recursion anyway.
    forwards: Vec<String>,
    /// Element type a `vec![..]` should build, from the binding's annotation.
    vec_expect: Option<Nim>,
    /// While lowering a formatting impl: the `Formatter` parameter's name.
    /// Writes through it produce the proc's string result.
    fmt_param: Option<String>,
    /// `type X<T> = ...`, expanded before any type is mapped.
    aliases: HashMap<String, (Vec<String>, syn::Type)>,
    /// Module names supplied as separate input files. A `mod x;` naming one
    /// of these is satisfied by that file having been passed in.
    pub modules: Vec<String>,
    /// Cargo features that are on, as `--cfg feature=<name>`. `#[cfg]` is
    /// evaluated against these exactly as rustc would, so an item that is
    /// dropped here is genuinely not part of the program being compiled.
    pub features: Vec<String>,
    dropped_by_cfg: usize,
    /// Return type of the proc being lowered, so `return e` and a trailing
    /// expression can type their literals the way Rust's inference would.
    ret: Option<Nim>,
    /// `(name, type)` that the arms of the `if`/`match` being lowered as a
    /// statement must assign their value to.
    target: Option<(String, Option<Nim>)>,
    /// Set while lowering a `while` condition, which Nim re-evaluates each
    /// iteration and so cannot have statements hoisted out of it.
    in_loop_cond: bool,
    tmp: usize,
}

impl Lowerer {
    pub fn new() -> Self {
        Lowerer {
            out: String::new(),
            indent: 0,
            scopes: vec![HashMap::new()],
            alias_scopes: vec![HashMap::new()],
            fns: HashMap::new(),
            cur_mod: String::new(),
            use_map: HashMap::new(),
            structs: HashMap::new(),
            enums: HashMap::new(),
            variant_owner: HashMap::new(),
            methods: HashMap::new(),
            fmt_impls: HashMap::new(),
            from_impls: HashMap::new(),
            fmt_param: None,
            vec_expect: None,
            forwards: Vec::new(),
            aliases: HashMap::new(),
            modules: Vec::new(),
            features: Vec::new(),
            dropped_by_cfg: 0,
            ret: None,
            target: None,
            in_loop_cond: false,
            tmp: 0,
        }
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------ emission

    fn line(&mut self, s: &str) {
        for _ in 0..self.indent {
            self.out.push_str("  ");
        }
        self.out.push_str(s);
        self.out.push('\n');
    }

    fn blank(&mut self) {
        self.out.push('\n');
    }

    fn fresh(&mut self, hint: &str) -> String {
        self.tmp += 1;
        format!("rsTmp{}{}", hint, self.tmp)
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------- scope

    fn push_scope(&mut self) {
        self.scopes.push(HashMap::new());
        self.alias_scopes.push(HashMap::new());
    }
    fn pop_scope(&mut self) {
        self.scopes.pop();
        self.alias_scopes.pop();
    }
    fn bind_alias(&mut self, name: &str, a: Alias) {
        self.alias_scopes
            .last_mut()
            .unwrap()
            .insert(name.to_string(), a);
    }
    fn lookup_alias(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Alias> {
        self.alias_scopes
            .iter()
            .rev()
            .find_map(|s| s.get(name).cloned())
    }
    fn bind(&mut self, name: &str, t: Nim) {
        self.scopes.last_mut().unwrap().insert(name.to_string(), t);
    }
    fn lookup(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Nim> {
        self.scopes.iter().rev().find_map(|s| s.get(name).cloned())
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------- file

    pub fn lower_file(&mut self, files: &[(String, syn::File)]) -> Result<String, String> {
        self.out.push_str(include_str!("prelude.nim"));
        self.blank();

        // Pass 0: type aliases. A signature in one file may use an alias
        // declared in another, and inputs are given in whatever order suits
        // the caller, so aliases are registered before anything is mapped.
        for (m, f) in files {
            self.cur_mod = m.clone();
            for item in &f.items {
                self.collect_aliases(item)?;
            }
        }

        // Pass 1: signatures and struct shapes, so that a call can be typed
        // regardless of declaration order (Rust has no forward declarations).
        for (m, f) in files {
            self.cur_mod = m.clone();
            for item in &f.items {
                self.collect(item)?;
            }
        }
        // Pass 2: type definitions, which every signature may mention.
        for (m, f) in files {
            self.cur_mod = m.clone();
            for item in &f.items {
                self.item_types(item)?;
            }
        }

        // Pass 3: forward declarations. Rust imposes no declaration order and
        // Nim does, so everything is declared before any body is emitted;
        // reordering the input would not handle mutual recursion anyway.
        if !self.forwards.is_empty() {
            for f in self.forwards.clone() {
                self.line(&f);
            }
            self.blank();
        }

        // Pass 4: bodies.
        for (m, f) in files {
            self.cur_mod = m.clone();
            for item in &f.items {
                self.item(item)?;
            }
        }

        if self.fns.contains_key(&(String::new(), "main".to_string())) {
            self.blank();
            self.line("when isMainModule:");
            self.indent += 1;
            self.line("try:");
            self.line("  main()");
            // Rust's panic exits 101 with a message on stderr. Nim's Defects
            // exit 1. Mapping them here is what keeps the differential runner's
            // exit-status comparison meaningful for panicking programs.
            self.line("except RustPanic as e:");
            self.line("  stderr.writeLine(\"thread 'main' panicked: \" & e.msg)");
            self.line("  quit(101)");
            self.line("except Defect as e:");
            self.line("  stderr.writeLine(\"thread 'main' panicked: \" & e.msg)");
            self.line("  quit(101)");
            self.indent -= 1;
        }
        Ok(std::mem::take(&mut self.out))
    }

    fn collect_aliases(&mut self, item: &Item) -> Result<(), String> {
        if !self.cfg_keeps(item_attrs(item))? {
            return Ok(());
        }
        match item {
            Item::Use(u) => self.collect_use(&u.tree, &[]),
            Item::Type(t) => {
                let params: Vec<String> = t
                    .generics
                    .params
                    .iter()
                    .filter_map(|g| match g {
                        syn::GenericParam::Type(t) => Some(t.ident.to_string()),
                        _ => None,
                    })
                    .collect();
                self.aliases
                    .insert(t.ident.to_string(), (params, (*t.ty).clone()));
            }
            Item::Mod(m) if m.content.is_some() => {
                let items = m.content.as_ref().map(|(_, i)| i.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
                for i in &items {
                    self.collect_aliases(i)?;
                }
            }
            _ => {}
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Record what a `use` brings into scope, as `name -> module`.
    fn collect_use(&mut self, t: &syn::UseTree, prefix: &[String]) {
        use syn::UseTree;
        match t {
            UseTree::Path(p) => {
                let mut pre = prefix.to_vec();
                pre.push(p.ident.to_string());
                self.collect_use(&p.tree, &pre);
            }
            UseTree::Group(g) => {
                for t in &g.items {
                    self.collect_use(t, prefix);
                }
            }
            UseTree::Name(n) => {
                let m = module_of(prefix);
                self.use_map.insert(n.ident.to_string(), m);
            }
            UseTree::Rename(r) => {
                let m = module_of(prefix);
                self.use_map.insert(r.rename.to_string(), m);
            }
            // A glob brings in an unknown set of names; resolution falls back
            // to the current module and the root, as it would without it.
            UseTree::Glob(_) => {}
        }
    }

    fn collect(&mut self, item: &Item) -> Result<(), String> {
        // A `#[cfg(..)]` item exists only under some feature set. Dropping it
        // silently would change what the program does; picking a feature set
        // on the user's behalf would be a guess. So it is reported, except on
        // items that carry no runtime meaning here anyway.
        if !self.cfg_keeps(item_attrs(item))? {
            self.dropped_by_cfg += 1;
            return Ok(());
        }
        match item {
            Item::Fn(f) => {
                let (params, ret) = self.signature(&f.sig)?;
                let name = f.sig.ident.to_string();
                let nim = self.fn_name(&self.cur_mod, &name);
                self.forwards.push(self.head_of(&nim, &f.sig, None)?);
                self.fns
                    .insert((self.cur_mod.clone(), name), Sig { params, ret });
            }
            Item::Struct(s) => {
                let mut fields = Vec::new();
                for (i, f) in s.fields.iter().enumerate() {
                    let name = match &f.ident {
                        Some(id) => id.to_string(),
                        None => format!("f{i}"), // tuple struct
                    };
                    // A field of `&[T]` / `&str` type is a borrow, and Nim's
                    // view types allow it as an object field, so it stays a
                    // view rather than being copied into a `seq`.
                    let t = self.map_ty(&f.ty)?;
                    let t = if returns_borrow(&f.ty) { t.unvar() } else { t.owned() };
                    fields.push((name, t));
                }
                self.structs.insert(s.ident.to_string(), fields);
            }
            Item::Mod(m) if m.content.is_some() => {
                let items = m.content.as_ref().map(|(_, i)| i.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
                for i in &items {
                    self.collect(i)?;
                }
            }
            Item::Type(t) => {
                let params: Vec<String> = t
                    .generics
                    .params
                    .iter()
                    .filter_map(|g| match g {
                        syn::GenericParam::Type(t) => Some(t.ident.to_string()),
                        _ => None,
                    })
                    .collect();
                self.aliases
                    .insert(t.ident.to_string(), (params, (*t.ty).clone()));
            }
            Item::Enum(e) => {
                let name = e.ident.to_string();
                if e.generics.params.iter().any(|p| !matches!(p, syn::GenericParam::Lifetime(_))) {
                    return Err(format!("`enum {name}` is generic: not implemented yet"));
                }
                let mut variants = Vec::new();
                for v in &e.variants {
                    let vname = v.ident.to_string();
                    if v.discriminant.is_some() {
                        return Err(format!(
                            "`{name}::{vname}` has an explicit discriminant; Rust's \
                             `as` on such an enum has a value this lowering does not \
                             yet preserve"
                        ));
                    }
                    let mut fields = Vec::new();
                    for (i, f) in v.fields.iter().enumerate() {
                        // Nim requires the branches of a variant object to have
                        // distinct field names, so each is prefixed.
                        let fname = match &f.ident {
                            Some(id) => format!("{vname}_{id}"),
                            None => format!("{vname}_f{i}"),
                        };
                        let t = self.map_ty(&f.ty)?;
                        let t = if returns_borrow(&f.ty) { t.unvar() } else { t.owned() };
                        fields.push((fname, t));
                    }
                    variants.push(Variant { name: vname, fields });
                }
                let simple = variants.iter().all(|v| v.fields.is_empty());
                for v in &variants {
                    self.variant_owner
                        .entry(v.name.clone())
                        .or_default()
                        .push(name.clone());
                }
                self.enums.insert(
                    name.clone(),
                    EnumDef { name, simple, variants },
                );
            }
            Item::Impl(im) => {
                let self_ty = self.map_ty(&im.self_ty)?;
                let tyname = type_name(&self_ty);
                if let Some((path, _)) = &im.trait_ {
                    let tr = path_name(path);
                    if im.items.is_empty() {
                        // A marker trait with no items. We do not model trait
                        // resolution at all, so it generates nothing; any use
                        // that actually needed the trait (a `dyn`, a bound) is
                        // rejected where it appears.
                        return Ok(());
                    }
                    if is_fmt_trait(&tr) {
                        self.forwards.push(format!(
                            "proc {}*(self: {}): string",
                            fmt_proc(&tr),
                            self_ty.render()
                        ));
                        self.fmt_impls.insert((tyname, tr), ());
                        return Ok(());
                    }
                    if tr == "From" {
                        let syn::ImplItem::Fn(m) = &im.items[0] else {
                            return Err("`impl From` must contain `fn from`".into());
                        };
                        let (params, _) = self.signature(&m.sig)?;
                        let src = params
                            .first()
                            .ok_or("`fn from` takes one argument")?
                            .clone();
                        let name = format!("rsFrom{}{}", tyname, type_name(&src));
                        self.forwards.push(self.head_of(&name, &m.sig, None)?);
                        self.from_impls
                            .insert((type_name(&src), tyname), name);
                        return Ok(());
                    }
                    return Err(format!(
                        "`impl {tr} for {tyname}`: only formatting traits \
                         (Display, Debug, LowerHex, UpperHex, Binary, Octal), \
                         `From`, and marker traits with no items are implemented"
                    ));
                }
                for it in &im.items {
                    if let syn::ImplItem::Fn(m) = it {
                        let (mut params, ret) = self.signature(&m.sig)?;
                        if takes_self(&m.sig) {
                            params.insert(0, self_ty.clone());
                        }
                        let recv = if takes_self(&m.sig) { Some(self_ty.clone()) } else { None };
                        let head = self.head_of(&m.sig.ident.to_string(), &m.sig, recv.as_ref())?;
                        self.forwards.push(head);
                        self.methods
                            .insert((tyname.clone(), m.sig.ident.to_string()), Sig { params, ret });
                    }
                }
            }
            _ => {}
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Whether `#[cfg(..)]` keeps this item, given the enabled features.
    ///
    /// This is evaluation, not approximation: rustc does the same thing, and
    /// an item whose predicate is false is not part of the compiled program.
    /// A predicate that cannot be evaluated is reported rather than assumed.
    fn cfg_keeps(&self, attrs: &[syn::Attribute]) -> Result<bool, String> {
        for a in attrs {
            if a.path().is_ident("cfg") {
                let pred: syn::Meta = a
                    .parse_args()
                    .map_err(|e| format!("cannot parse `#[cfg(..)]`: {e}"))?;
                if !self.cfg_eval(&pred)? {
                    return Ok(false);
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(true)
    }

    fn cfg_eval(&self, m: &syn::Meta) -> Result<bool, String> {
        match m {
            syn::Meta::NameValue(nv) if nv.path.is_ident("feature") => {
                let syn::Expr::Lit(syn::ExprLit { lit: Lit::Str(s), .. }) = &nv.value else {
                    return Err("`feature = ..` expects a string".into());
                };
                Ok(self.features.iter().any(|f| *f == s.value()))
            }
            syn::Meta::List(l) if l.path.is_ident("not") => {
                let inner: syn::Meta = l.parse_args().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
                Ok(!self.cfg_eval(&inner)?)
            }
            syn::Meta::List(l) if l.path.is_ident("all") || l.path.is_ident("any") => {
                let items: syn::punctuated::Punctuated<syn::Meta, syn::Token![,]> = l
                    .parse_args_with(syn::punctuated::Punctuated::parse_terminated)
                    .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
                let all = l.path.is_ident("all");
                let mut acc = all;
                for i in &items {
                    let v = self.cfg_eval(i)?;
                    acc = if all { acc && v } else { acc || v };
                }
                Ok(acc)
            }
            other => Err(format!(
                "`#[cfg({})]` is not a predicate rustnim can evaluate; only \
                 `feature = \"..\"`, `not`, `all` and `any` are implemented",
                quote_meta(other)
            )),
        }
    }

    /// Map a Rust type, expanding any `type` alias first. Every type in the
    /// lowering goes through here rather than calling `ty::map` directly, so
    /// an alias cannot be missed in one position and honoured in another.
    fn map_ty(&self, t: &syn::Type) -> Result<Nim, String> {
        ty::map(&self.expand(t, 0)?)
    }

    fn expand(&self, t: &syn::Type, depth: usize) -> Result<syn::Type, String> {
        if depth > 16 {
            return Err("type alias expansion did not terminate; is it cyclic?".into());
        }
        let syn::Type::Path(p) = t else { return Ok(t.clone()) };
        // Only an unqualified name can be one of this file's aliases.
        // `fmt::Result` and `core::result::Result` are different types that
        // merely end in the same segment.
        if p.path.segments.len() != 1 {
            return Ok(t.clone());
        }
        let Some(seg) = p.path.segments.last() else { return Ok(t.clone()) };
        let Some((params, target)) = self.aliases.get(&seg.ident.to_string()) else {
            return Ok(t.clone());
        };
        let args: Vec<syn::Type> = match &seg.arguments {
            syn::PathArguments::AngleBracketed(a) => a
                .args
                .iter()
                .filter_map(|g| match g {
                    GenericArgument::Type(t) => Some(t.clone()),
                    _ => None,
                })
                .collect(),
            _ => vec![],
        };
        if args.len() != params.len() {
            // Flattening several files into one module can bring a crate's own
            // alias (`type Result<T> = Result<T, Error>`) into scope at a site
            // that meant the builtin (`Result<T, E>`). Rust kept them apart by
            // module; here they are told apart by arity, and a use that fits
            // neither is left for `ty::map` to report.
            return Ok(t.clone());
        }
        self.expand(&substitute(target, params, &args), depth + 1)
    }

    /// The Nim name for a function, qualified by its module.
    fn fn_name(&self, module: &str, name: &str) -> String {
        if module.is_empty() {
            ident(name)
        } else {
            format!("{}_{}", module, ident(name))
        }
    }

    /// Resolve a call path to the module and name it refers to: an explicit
    /// `mixed::decode`, then the current module, then the crate root.
    fn resolve_fn(&self, path: &syn::Path) -> Option<(String, String)> {
        let segs: Vec<String> = path.segments.iter().map(|s| s.ident.to_string()).collect();
        let last = segs.last()?.clone();
        if segs.len() >= 2 {
            let q = &segs[segs.len() - 2];
            if self.fns.contains_key(&(q.clone(), last.clone())) {
                return Some((q.clone(), last));
            }
        }
        let imported = self.use_map.get(&last).cloned();
        for m in [Some(self.cur_mod.clone()), imported, Some(String::new())]
            .into_iter()
            .flatten()
        {
            if self.fns.contains_key(&(m.clone(), last.clone())) {
                return Some((m, last));
            }
        }
        None
    }

    /// The Nim `proc` head for a Rust signature, used both for the forward
    /// declaration and for the definition, so the two cannot drift apart.
    fn head_of(
        &self,
        name: &str,
        sig: &syn::Signature,
        recv: Option<&Nim>,
    ) -> Result<String, String> {
        let (ptys, ret) = self.signature(sig)?;
        let mut parts = Vec::new();
        if let Some(self_ty) = recv {
            let mutable = matches!(
                sig.inputs.first(),
                Some(FnArg::Receiver(r))
                    if matches!(&r.kind, syn::ReceiverKind::Reference(_, _, m) if m.is_some())
            );
            let t = if mutable { Nim::Var(Box::new(self_ty.clone())) } else { self_ty.clone() };
            parts.push(format!("self: {}", t.render()));
        }
        let typed: Vec<&syn::PatType> = sig
            .inputs
            .iter()
            .filter_map(|a| match a {
                FnArg::Typed(t) => Some(t),
                _ => None,
            })
            .collect();
        for (i, (p, t)) in typed.iter().zip(ptys.iter()).enumerate() {
            let pname = match &*p.pat {
                Pat::Ident(id) => id.ident.to_string(),
                Pat::Wild(_) => format!("unused{}", parts.len()),
                _ => return Err("only plain identifier parameters are supported".into()),
            };
            let _ = i;
            parts.push(format!("{}: {}", ident(&pname), t.render()));
        }
        Ok(if ret == Nim::Unit {
            format!("proc {}*({})", ident(name), parts.join(", "))
        } else {
            format!("proc {}*({}): {}", ident(name), parts.join(", "), ret.render())
        })
    }

    fn signature(&self, sig: &syn::Signature) -> Result<(Vec<Nim>, Nim), String> {
        // `unsafe fn` marks a contract for callers; it does not change what
        // the body means, so it lowers like any other proc.
        if sig.asyncness.is_some() {
            return Err(format!("`async fn {}`: Nim has no equivalent", sig.ident));
        }
        // Lifetime parameters carry no runtime meaning and Nim is GC'd, so
        // `fn encode<'a>(..)` is not generic for our purposes. Type and const
        // parameters genuinely are, and are rejected.
        if let Some(p) = sig.generics.params.iter().find(|p| !matches!(p, syn::GenericParam::Lifetime(_))) {
            let what = match p {
                syn::GenericParam::Const(_) => "const",
                _ => "type",
            };
            return Err(format!(
                "`fn {}` has a {what} parameter: generics are not implemented yet",
                sig.ident
            ));
        }
        let mut params = Vec::new();
        for a in &sig.inputs {
            if let FnArg::Typed(t) = a {
                params.push(self.map_ty(&t.ty)?);
            }
        }
        let ret = match &sig.output {
            ReturnType::Default => Nim::Unit,
            // A returned `&[T]` is a borrow of the caller's buffer, so it
            // stays an `openArray` view. Only an owned type (`Vec<T>`) becomes
            // a `seq`, which `owned()` would do to both.
            ReturnType::Type(_, t) => {
                let n = self.map_ty(t)?;
                if returns_borrow(t) { n } else { n.owned() }
            }
        };
        Ok((params, ret))
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------- items

    /// Emit the type definitions only: they must precede every signature.
    fn item_types(&mut self, item: &Item) -> Result<(), String> {
        if !self.cfg_keeps(item_attrs(item))? {
            return Ok(());
        }
        match item {
            Item::Struct(_) | Item::Enum(_) | Item::Const(_) => self.item_inner(item),
            Item::Mod(m) if m.content.is_some() => {
                let items = m.content.as_ref().map(|(_, i)| i.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
                for i in &items {
                    self.item_types(i)?;
                }
                Ok(())
            }
            _ => Ok(()),
        }
    }

    fn item(&mut self, item: &Item) -> Result<(), String> {
        if !self.cfg_keeps(item_attrs(item))? {
            return Ok(());
        }
        // Types were emitted in their own pass.
        if matches!(item, Item::Struct(_) | Item::Enum(_) | Item::Const(_)) {
            return Ok(());
        }
        self.item_inner(item)
    }

    fn item_inner(&mut self, item: &Item) -> Result<(), String> {
        match item {
            Item::Fn(f) => {
                let nim = self.fn_name(&self.cur_mod, &f.sig.ident.to_string());
                self.func_named(&nim, &f.sig, &f.block, None)
            }
            Item::Struct(s) => {
                let name = s.ident.to_string();
                let fields = self.structs[&name].clone();
                self.line(&format!("type {}* = object", ident(&name)));
                self.indent += 1;
                if fields.is_empty() {
                    self.line("discard");
                }
                for (fname, fty) in &fields {
                    self.line(&format!("{}*: {}", ident(fname), fty.render()));
                }
                self.indent -= 1;
                self.blank();
                Ok(())
            }
            Item::Type(_) => Ok(()), // expanded at every use site
            Item::Enum(e) => {
                let def = self.enums[&e.ident.to_string()].clone();
                self.emit_enum(&def);
                Ok(())
            }
            Item::Const(c) => {
                let t = self.map_ty(&c.ty)?.owned();
                let v = self.expr(&c.expr)?;
                self.bind(&c.ident.to_string(), t.clone());
                let line = format!("const {}*: {} = {}", ident(&c.ident.to_string()), t.render(), v.code);
                self.line(&line);
                self.blank();
                Ok(())
            }
            Item::Impl(im) => {
                let self_ty = self.map_ty(&im.self_ty)?;
                if let Some((path, _)) = &im.trait_ {
                    let tr = path_name(path);
                    if im.items.is_empty() {
                        return Ok(());
                    }
                    let syn::ImplItem::Fn(m) = &im.items[0] else {
                        return Err(format!("unsupported item in `impl {tr}`"));
                    };
                    if is_fmt_trait(&tr) {
                        return self.fmt_impl(&tr, &self_ty, &m.sig, &m.block);
                    }
                    if tr == "From" {
                        let name = {
                            let (params, _) = self.signature(&m.sig)?;
                            let src = params.first().cloned().ok_or("`fn from` takes one argument")?;
                            self.from_impls[&(type_name(&src), type_name(&self_ty))].clone()
                        };
                        return self.func_named(&name, &m.sig, &m.block, None);
                    }
                    return Err(format!("`impl {tr}` is not implemented"));
                }
                for it in &im.items {
                    match it {
                        syn::ImplItem::Fn(m) => {
                            let recv = if takes_self(&m.sig) { Some(self_ty.clone()) } else { None };
                            self.func(&m.sig, &m.block, recv)?;
                        }
                        _ => return Err("only `fn` items are supported inside `impl`".into()),
                    }
                }
                Ok(())
            }
            // `use` and `extern crate` are resolution directives with no Nim
            // analogue once everything is one module.
            Item::Use(_) | Item::ExternCrate(_) => Ok(()),
            Item::Mod(m) if m.content.is_some() => {
                // An inline `mod` is flattened; Nim has no nested modules in a
                // single file.
                let items = m.content.as_ref().map(|(_, i)| i.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
                for i in &items {
                    self.item(i)?;
                }
                Ok(())
            }
            Item::Mod(m) => {
                // Satisfied if that file was passed in too; everything is one
                // Nim module, so the declaration itself emits nothing.
                if self.modules.iter().any(|x| *x == m.ident.to_string()) {
                    return Ok(());
                }
                Err(format!(
                    "`mod {};` refers to another file that was not passed to \
                     rustnim; add it to the input list",
                    m.ident
                ))
            }
            other => Err(format!("unsupported item: {}", item_kind(other))),
        }
    }

    /// `None` carries no type of its own, so Nim needs the `Option[T]` named.
    fn none_of(&self, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> String {
        match expect {
            Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) if n == "Option" && a.len() == 1 => {
                format!("rsNone[{}]()", a[0].render())
            }
            _ => "rsNone()".to_string(),
        }
    }

    fn emit_enum(&mut self, def: &EnumDef) {
        let name = ident(&def.name);
        if def.simple {
            // Every variant is a unit variant, so a plain Nim enum is an exact
            // fit: it compares, orders and `case`-checks like Rust's.
            self.line(&format!("type {name}* = enum"));
            self.indent += 1;
            for v in &def.variants {
                self.line(&format!("{}", ident(&v.name)));
            }
            self.indent -= 1;
            self.blank();
            self.line(&format!("proc rsDebug*(x: {name}): string ="));
            self.indent += 1;
            self.line("case x");
            for v in &def.variants {
                self.line(&format!("of {}.{}: \"{}\"", name, ident(&v.name), v.name));
            }
            self.indent -= 1;
            self.blank();
            return;
        }

        // A data-carrying enum is a Nim object variant: one discriminant enum
        // plus a branch per variant. This is the same shape the prelude uses
        // for `Option` and `Result`.
        self.line("type");
        self.indent += 1;
        self.line(&format!("{}Kind* = enum", name));
        self.indent += 1;
        for v in &def.variants {
            self.line(&def.kind_ident(&v.name));
        }
        self.indent -= 1;
        self.blank();
        self.line(&format!("{}* = object", name));
        self.indent += 1;
        self.line(&format!("case kind*: {}Kind", name));
        for v in &def.variants {
            if v.fields.is_empty() {
                self.line(&format!("of {}: discard", def.kind_ident(&v.name)));
            } else {
                self.line(&format!("of {}:", def.kind_ident(&v.name)));
                self.indent += 1;
                for (f, t) in &v.fields {
                    self.line(&format!("{}*: {}", ident(f), t.render()));
                }
                self.indent -= 1;
            }
        }
        self.indent -= 2;
        self.blank();

        for v in &def.variants {
            let args: Vec<String> = v
                .fields
                .iter()
                .enumerate()
                .map(|(i, (_, t))| format!("a{}: {}", i, t.render()))
                .collect();
            let inits: Vec<String> = v
                .fields
                .iter()
                .enumerate()
                .map(|(i, (f, _))| format!("{}: a{}", ident(f), i))
                .collect();
            let mut all = vec![format!("kind: {}", def.kind_ident(&v.name))];
            all.extend(inits);
            self.line(&format!(
                "proc {}*({}): {} = {}({})",
                def.ctor_ident(&v.name),
                args.join(", "),
                name,
                name,
                all.join(", ")
            ));
        }
        self.blank();

        self.line(&format!("proc rsDebug*(x: {name}): string ="));
        self.indent += 1;
        self.line("case x.kind");
        for v in &def.variants {
            if v.fields.is_empty() {
                self.line(&format!("of {}: \"{}\"", def.kind_ident(&v.name), v.name));
            } else {
                let parts: Vec<String> = v
                    .fields
                    .iter()
                    .map(|(f, _)| format!("rsDebug(x.{})", ident(f)))
                    .collect();
                self.line(&format!(
                    "of {}: \"{}(\" & {} & \")\"",
                    def.kind_ident(&v.name),
                    v.name,
                    parts.join(" & \", \" & ")
                ));
            }
        }
        self.indent -= 1;
        self.blank();
    }

    /// Resolve a Rust path like `Error::InvalidLength` or a bare `InvalidLength`
    /// to the enum that declares it.
    fn resolve_variant(&self, path: &syn::Path) -> Option<(EnumDef, String)> {
        let segs: Vec<String> = path.segments.iter().map(|s| s.ident.to_string()).collect();
        let last = segs.last()?.clone();
        if segs.len() >= 2 {
            if let Some(def) = self.enums.get(&segs[segs.len() - 2]) {
                if def.get(&last).is_some() {
                    return Some((def.clone(), last));
                }
            }
        }
        // Unqualified: only unambiguous if exactly one enum declares it.
        match self.variant_owner.get(&last) {
            Some(owners) if owners.len() == 1 => {
                let def = self.enums.get(&owners[0])?;
                Some((def.clone(), last))
            }
            _ => None,
        }
    }

    /// Lower `impl Display for T`'s `fn fmt` into a proc returning a string.
    ///
    /// Rust's `Formatter` is a sink that a `fmt` method writes into; the
    /// observable result of `{}` is exactly the bytes written. So the method
    /// becomes `proc rsDisplay(self: T): string` and every write through the
    /// formatter produces that string. A `fmt` body that does anything else
    /// with the formatter -- padding, precision, `debug_struct` -- is rejected,
    /// because those affect the output and this model does not carry them.
    /// The window an expression names, if it names one.
    fn window_of(&self, e: &Expr) -> Option<Alias> {
        match e {
            Expr::Path(p) => match self.lookup_alias(&path_name(&p.path)) {
                Some(a @ Alias::Window { .. }) => Some(a),
                _ => None,
            },
            Expr::Reference(r) => self.window_of(&r.expr),
            Expr::Paren(p) => self.window_of(&p.expr),
            Expr::Unary(u) if matches!(u.op, UnOp::Deref(_)) => self.window_of(&u.expr),
            _ => None,
        }
    }

    /// Whether an expression is the `Formatter` parameter of the formatting
    /// impl currently being lowered.
    fn is_fmt_param(&self, e: &Expr) -> bool {
        let Some(f) = &self.fmt_param else { return false };
        match e {
            Expr::Path(p) => path_name(&p.path) == *f,
            Expr::Reference(r) => self.is_fmt_param(&r.expr),
            Expr::Paren(p) => self.is_fmt_param(&p.expr),
            _ => false,
        }
    }

    fn fmt_impl(
        &mut self,
        tr: &str,
        self_ty: &Nim,
        sig: &syn::Signature,
        body: &syn::Block,
    ) -> Result<(), String> {
        let proc_name = fmt_proc(tr);
        // The formatter is the parameter after `self`.
        let f = sig
            .inputs
            .iter()
            .filter_map(|a| match a {
                FnArg::Typed(t) => match &*t.pat {
                    Pat::Ident(i) => Some(i.ident.to_string()),
                    _ => None,
                },
                _ => None,
            })
            .next()
            .ok_or("`fn fmt` needs a `Formatter` parameter")?;

        self.push_scope();
        self.bind("self", self_ty.clone());
        let saved = self.fmt_param.replace(f);
        let outer_ret = self.ret.replace(Nim::Prim("string".into()));
        // No assignment target: a formatter write *appends*, because a `fmt`
        // body may write repeatedly -- `UpperHex` writes once per byte in a
        // loop -- and assigning would keep only the last one.
        let outer_target = self.target.take();

        self.line(&format!(
            "proc {}*(self: {}): string =",
            proc_name,
            self_ty.render()
        ));
        self.indent += 1;
        let before = self.out.len();
        let tail = self.block_body(body)?;
        self.emit_tail(tail);
        if self.out.len() == before {
            self.line("discard");
        }
        self.indent -= 1;

        self.target = outer_target;
        self.ret = outer_ret;
        self.fmt_param = saved;
        self.pop_scope();
        self.blank();
        Ok(())
    }

    fn func(
        &mut self,
        sig: &syn::Signature,
        body: &syn::Block,
        recv: Option<Nim>,
    ) -> Result<(), String> {
        let name = sig.ident.to_string();
        self.func_named(&name.clone(), sig, body, recv)
    }

    fn func_named(
        &mut self,
        name: &str,
        sig: &syn::Signature,
        body: &syn::Block,
        recv: Option<Nim>,
    ) -> Result<(), String> {
        let (ptys, ret) = self.signature(sig)?;

        self.push_scope();
        let mut rendered: Vec<String> = Vec::new();

        if let Some(self_ty) = recv {
            // `&mut self` and `mut self` both mean the body may mutate the
            // receiver; only the former is observable by the caller, and a Nim
            // `var` parameter is the faithful spelling of that.
            let mutable = matches!(
                sig.inputs.first(),
                Some(FnArg::Receiver(r))
                    if matches!(&r.kind, syn::ReceiverKind::Reference(_, _, m) if m.is_some())
            );
            let t = if mutable { Nim::Var(Box::new(self_ty.clone())) } else { self_ty.clone() };
            rendered.push(format!("self: {}", t.render()));
            self.bind("self", self_ty);
        }

        let typed: Vec<&syn::PatType> = sig
            .inputs
            .iter()
            .filter_map(|a| match a {
                FnArg::Typed(t) => Some(t),
                _ => None,
            })
            .collect();
        for (p, t) in typed.iter().zip(ptys.iter()) {
            let pname = match &*p.pat {
                Pat::Ident(i) => i.ident.to_string(),
                // `fn from(_: Error) -> ..` — the parameter is unused, but Nim
                // still needs a name for it.
                Pat::Wild(_) => format!("unused{}", rendered.len()),
                _ => return Err("only plain identifier parameters are supported".into()),
            };
            rendered.push(format!("{}: {}", ident(&pname), t.render()));
            // Inside the body a `var T` parameter is used exactly like a `T`.
            self.bind(&pname, t.clone().owned());
        }

        let head = if ret == Nim::Unit {
            format!("proc {}*({}) =", ident(name), rendered.join(", "))
        } else {
            format!("proc {}*({}): {} =", ident(name), rendered.join(", "), ret.render())
        };
        self.line(&head);
        self.indent += 1;
        let outer_ret = self.ret.replace(ret.clone());

        // A Rust fn's trailing expression is its return value. Naming Nim's
        // implicit `result` as the target makes that true whether the tail is
        // a plain expression or an `if`/`match` with statement arms.
        let outer_target = if ret == Nim::Unit {
            self.target.take()
        } else {
            self.target.replace(("result".to_string(), Some(ret.clone())))
        };
        let before = self.out.len();
        let tail = self.block_body_at(body, Some(&ret))?;
        self.target = outer_target;
        match tail {
            Some(v) if ret != Nim::Unit => {
                let code = v.code.clone();
                self.line(&format!("result = {code}"));
            }
            Some(v) => {
                // A trailing expression in a `()`-returning fn is evaluated for
                // its effect; Nim requires an explicit discard.
                let needs_discard = v.ty.as_ref().is_none_or(|t| *t != Nim::Unit);
                if needs_discard && !v.code.is_empty() {
                    let code = v.code.clone();
                    self.line(&format!("discard {code}"));
                }
            }
            None => {}
        }
        if self.out.len() == before {
            self.line("discard");
        }

        self.indent -= 1;
        self.ret = outer_ret;
        self.pop_scope();
        self.blank();
        Ok(())
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------- statements

    /// Lower a block's statements. Returns the block's trailing expression,
    /// if it has one, *without* emitting it — the caller decides whether that
    /// value is a return value, a binding, or discarded.
    fn block_body(&mut self, b: &syn::Block) -> Result<Option<Val>, String> {
        self.block_body_at(b, None)
    }

    fn block_body_at(
        &mut self,
        b: &syn::Block,
        expect: Option<&Nim>,
    ) -> Result<Option<Val>, String> {
        // An assignment target belongs to *this* block's trailing expression
        // only. A non-final `if` is a statement and must not assign anything.
        let target = self.target.take();
        let n = b.stmts.len();
        let mut tail = None;
        for (i, st) in b.stmts.iter().enumerate() {
            let last = i + 1 == n;
            match st {
                Stmt::Expr(e, None) if last && expressible(e) => {
                    tail = Some(self.expr_at(e, expect)?)
                }
                Stmt::Expr(e, None) if last => {
                    // A trailing `if`/`match` with statement arms, or a loop.
                    // Lower it as statements; if this block's value is wanted,
                    // each arm assigns it.
                    match &target {
                        Some((t, ty)) => {
                            let (t, ty) = (t.clone(), ty.clone());
                            self.assign_from(e, &t, ty.as_ref())?;
                        }
                        None => self.stmt(st)?,
                    }
                }
                _ => self.stmt(st)?,
            }
        }
        self.target = target;
        Ok(tail)
    }

    /// Lower a block in statement position (loop bodies, `if` arms).
    fn nested_block(&mut self, b: &syn::Block) -> Result<(), String> {
        self.push_scope();
        self.indent += 1;
        let before = self.out.len();
        let want = self.target.clone().and_then(|(_, t)| t);
        let tail = self.block_body_at(b, want.as_ref())?;
        self.emit_tail(tail);
        if self.out.len() == before {
            self.line("discard");
        }
        self.indent -= 1;
        self.pop_scope();
        Ok(())
    }

    fn stmt(&mut self, s: &Stmt) -> Result<(), String> {
        match s {
            Stmt::Local(l) => self.local(l),
            Stmt::Expr(e, _) => {
                let v = self.expr_stmt(e)?;
                if let Some(v) = v {
                    // A bare expression with a value must be discarded in Nim.
                    let needs = v.ty.as_ref().is_none_or(|t| *t != Nim::Unit);
                    let code = v.code.clone();
                    if needs {
                        self.line(&format!("discard {code}"));
                    } else if !code.is_empty() {
                        self.line(&code);
                    }
                }
                Ok(())
            }
            Stmt::Item(i) => self.item(i),
            Stmt::Macro(m) => {
                let line = self.macro_call(&m.mac)?;
                self.line(&line);
                Ok(())
            }
        }
    }

    fn local(&mut self, l: &Local) -> Result<(), String> {
        let (name, mutable, ann): (String, bool, Option<Nim>) = match &l.pat {
            Pat::Ident(i) => (i.ident.to_string(), i.mutability.is_some(), None),
            Pat::Type(t) => match &*t.pat {
                Pat::Ident(i) => (i.ident.to_string(), i.mutability.is_some(), Some(self.map_ty(&t.ty)?)),
                _ => return Err("only `let <ident>` bindings are supported".into()),
            },
            Pat::Wild(_) => ("_".into(), false, None),
            _ => return Err("destructuring `let` is not implemented yet".into()),
        };

        let Some(init) = &l.init else {
            // `let x: T;` — Nim's `var x: T` zero-initialises, which Rust does
            // not. Rust's own rules make reading it before assignment illegal,
            // so the two agree on every program rustc accepts.
            let t = ann.ok_or("`let` without an initialiser needs a type annotation")?;
            let t = t.owned();
            self.line(&format!("var {}: {}", ident(&name), t.render()));
            self.bind(&name, t);
            return Ok(());
        };
        if init.diverge.is_some() {
            return Err("`let ... else` is not implemented yet".into());
        }

        if !expressible(&init.expr) && name != "_" {
            // The initialiser is an `if`/`match` whose arms are statements.
            // Declare first, then let each arm assign into the binding.
            let t = ann
                .clone()
                .ok_or_else(|| {
                    format!(
                        "`let {name} = match/if ...` needs a type annotation: \
                         its arms are statements, so the binding must be \
                         declared before they run"
                    )
                })?
                .owned();
            self.line(&format!("var {}: {}", ident(&name), t.render()));
            self.bind(&name, t.clone());
            let target = ident(&name);
            return self.assign_from(&init.expr, &target, Some(&t));
        }

        let v = self.expr_at(&init.expr, ann.as_ref())?;
        if let Some(w) = v.window.clone() {
            // `let dst = dst.get_mut(..n).ok_or(..)?;` -- the binding names a
            // view into the caller's buffer. Copying it into a `seq` would
            // still print the right bytes but would stop writes reaching the
            // caller, so it is bound as an alias.
            if v.guard.is_some() && v.guard_err.is_some() {
                return Err(format!(
                    "`let {name} = ...get(..)` keeps an `Option` of a slice view, \
                     which Nim cannot represent; apply `?` or `unwrap()` to it \
                     in the same expression"
                ));
            }
            self.bind_alias(&name, w);
            return Ok(());
        }
        // A `let` binding a borrow keeps the view: `let res = encode(..)?`
        // names the caller's buffer, and copying it into a `seq` would still
        // print the right bytes while silently breaking the aliasing.
        let t = match (ann, &v.ty) {
            (Some(a), _) => a.unvar(),
            (None, Some(t)) => t.clone().unvar(),
            (None, None) => {
                return Err(format!(
                    "cannot infer the type of `let {name}`; annotate it — \
                     guessing here would change integer width, and with it the \
                     meaning of any arithmetic on `{name}`"
                ))
            }
        };

        if name == "_" {
            let code = v.code.clone();
            self.line(&format!("discard {code}"));
            return Ok(());
        }
        // Rust's immutable `let` is Nim's `let`; `let mut` is `var`. Shadowing
        // works in both, so a re-`let` of the same name needs no rename.
        let kw = if mutable { "var" } else { "let" };
        let line = format!("{} {}: {} = {}", kw, ident(&name), t.render(), v.code);
        self.line(&line);
        self.bind(&name, t);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Expressions that are statements in Rust and statements in Nim too
    /// (control flow). Returns `None` when it emitted lines itself.
    fn expr_stmt(&mut self, e: &Expr) -> Result<Option<Val>, String> {
        match e {
            Expr::If(_) => {
                self.if_stmt(e)?;
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::While(w) => {
                if w.label.is_some() {
                    return Err("loop labels are not implemented yet".into());
                }
                self.in_loop_cond = true;
                let c = self.expr(&w.cond);
                self.in_loop_cond = false;
                let c = c?;
                self.line(&format!("while {}:", c.code));
                let saved = self.target.take();
                self.nested_block(&w.body)?;
                self.target = saved;
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Loop(l) => {
                if l.label.is_some() {
                    return Err("loop labels are not implemented yet".into());
                }
                self.line("while true:");
                let saved = self.target.take();
                self.nested_block(&l.body)?;
                self.target = saved;
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::ForLoop(f) => {
                self.for_loop(f)?;
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Block(b) => {
                if b.label.is_some() {
                    return Err("block labels are not implemented yet".into());
                }
                self.line("block:");
                self.nested_block(&b.block)?;
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Unsafe(u) => {
                // Transparent in statement position too, for the same reason.
                self.nested_block_flat(&u.block)?;
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Match(_) => {
                self.match_stmt(e)?;
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Return(r) => {
                match &r.expr {
                    Some(e) => {
                        let want = self.ret.clone();
                        let v = self.expr_at(e, want.as_ref())?;
                        self.line(&format!("return {}", v.code));
                    }
                    None => self.line("return"),
                }
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Break(b) => {
                if b.expr.is_some() || b.label.is_some() {
                    return Err("`break` with a value or a label is not implemented yet".into());
                }
                self.line("break");
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Continue(c) => {
                if c.label.is_some() {
                    return Err("labelled `continue` is not implemented yet".into());
                }
                self.line("continue");
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Assign(a) => {
                let lhs = self.expr(&a.left)?;
                if !expressible(&a.right) {
                    let target = lhs.code.clone();
                    return self.assign_from(&a.right, &target, lhs.ty.as_ref()).map(|_| None);
                }
                let rhs = self.expr_at(&a.right, lhs.ty.as_ref())?;
                self.line(&format!("{} = {}", lhs.code, rhs.code));
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Binary(b) if is_compound(&b.op) => {
                let lhs = self.expr(&b.left)?;
                // `i += 1` must widen the literal to `i`'s type, not to the
                // i32 an unconstrained Rust literal would default to.
                let rhs = self.expr_at(&b.right, lhs.ty.as_ref())?;
                let op = self.bin_op(&b.op, &lhs, &rhs)?;
                // Nim has no `shl=` etc., and `+=` on a `let` is illegal in
                // both languages, so the expanded form is always correct.
                self.line(&format!("{} = {} {} {}", lhs.code, lhs.code, op, rhs.code));
                Ok(None)
            }
            Expr::Macro(m) => {
                let line = self.macro_call(&m.mac)?;
                self.line(&line);
                Ok(None)
            }
            _ => Ok(Some(self.expr(e)?)),
        }
    }

    /// Lower `e` in statement position, assigning each arm's value to
    /// `target`. This is how Rust's expression-oriented `if`/`match` survive
    /// the trip when their arms are too big for a Nim `if`-expression.
    fn assign_from(
        &mut self,
        e: &Expr,
        target: &str,
        expect: Option<&Nim>,
    ) -> Result<(), String> {
        let saved = self.target.replace((target.to_string(), expect.cloned()));
        let r = match e {
            Expr::If(_) => self.if_stmt(e),
            Expr::Match(_) => self.match_stmt(e),
            other => {
                let v = self.expr_at(other, expect)?;
                self.line(&format!("{} = {}", target, v.code));
                Ok(())
            }
        };
        self.target = saved;
        r
    }

    /// Emit a block's value into the active assignment target, if there is
    /// one, or discard it if there is not.
    fn emit_tail(&mut self, v: Option<Val>) {
        let Some(v) = v else { return };
        match self.target.clone() {
            Some((t, _)) => {
                let code = v.code.clone();
                self.line(&format!("{t} = {code}"));
            }
            None => {
                let needs = v.ty.as_ref().is_none_or(|t| *t != Nim::Unit);
                let code = v.code.clone();
                if needs {
                    self.line(&format!("discard {code}"));
                } else if !code.is_empty() {
                    self.line(&code);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    fn if_stmt(&mut self, e: &Expr) -> Result<(), String> {
        let Expr::If(i) = e else { unreachable!() };
        if let Expr::Let(_) = &*i.cond {
            return Err("`if let` is not implemented yet".into());
        }
        let c = self.expr(&i.cond)?;
        self.line(&format!("if {}:", c.code));
        self.nested_block(&i.then_branch)?;
        match &i.else_branch {
            None => {}
            Some((_, els)) => match &**els {
                Expr::If(_) => {
                    // Nim needs `elif`; splice the nested `if` in as one.
                    let mark = self.out.len();
                    self.if_stmt(els)?;
                    let tail = self.out.split_off(mark);
                    let indent = "  ".repeat(self.indent);
                    self.out.push_str(&tail.replacen(&format!("{indent}if "), &format!("{indent}elif "), 1));
                }
                Expr::Block(b) => {
                    self.line("else:");
                    self.nested_block(&b.block)?;
                }
                _ => return Err("unsupported `else` form".into()),
            },
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn for_loop(&mut self, f: &syn::ExprForLoop) -> Result<(), String> {
        if f.label.is_some() {
            return Err("loop labels are not implemented yet".into());
        }
        let it = self.resolve_iter(&f.expr)?;

        // One index loop drives the whole chain. Rust's adaptors are lazy and
        // compose; resolving them to an index and binding each name to an
        // lvalue reproduces that without materialising anything.
        let i = self.fresh("Idx");
        self.line(&format!("for {} in 0 ..< int({}):", i, it.len()));
        self.indent += 1;
        self.push_scope();
        let before = self.out.len();

        self.bind_pattern(&f.pat, &it, &i)?;

        let saved = self.target.take();
        if let Some(v) = self.block_body(&f.body)? {
            let code = v.code.clone();
            self.line(&format!("discard {code}"));
        }
        self.target = saved;
        if self.out.len() == before {
            self.line("discard");
        }
        self.pop_scope();
        self.indent -= 1;
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Resolve a chain of iterator adaptors into a single `Iter`.
    ///
    /// Only adaptors with an exact index-loop equivalent are accepted. `map`,
    /// `filter`, `take_while` and friends are rejected rather than partially
    /// honoured: silently dropping an adaptor would change which elements the
    /// loop visits.
    fn resolve_iter(&mut self, e: &Expr) -> Result<Iter, String> {
        match e {
            Expr::Reference(r) => self.resolve_iter(&r.expr),
            Expr::Paren(p) => self.resolve_iter(&p.expr),
            Expr::Range(r) => {
                let lo = match &r.start {
                    Some(e) => self.expr(e)?,
                    None => return Err("a `for` over `..n` needs a start bound".into()),
                };
                let hi = match &r.end {
                    Some(e) => self.expr(e)?,
                    None => {
                        return Err("a `for` over an unbounded range would not terminate".into())
                    }
                };
                let ty = lo.ty.clone().or(hi.ty.clone());
                Ok(Iter::Range {
                    lo: lo.code,
                    hi: hi.code,
                    closed: matches!(r.limits, syn::RangeLimits::Closed(_)),
                    ty,
                })
            }
            Expr::MethodCall(m) => {
                let name = m.method.to_string();
                match name.as_str() {
                    "iter" | "into_iter" | "iter_mut" if m.args.is_empty() => {
                        let mut it = self.resolve_iter(&m.receiver)?;
                        if name == "iter_mut" {
                            if let Iter::Elems { mutable, .. } = &mut it {
                                *mutable = true;
                            }
                        }
                        Ok(it)
                    }
                    "enumerate" if m.args.is_empty() => {
                        Ok(Iter::Enumerate(Box::new(self.resolve_iter(&m.receiver)?)))
                    }
                    "zip" if m.args.len() == 1 => {
                        let a = self.resolve_iter(&m.receiver)?;
                        let b = self.resolve_iter(&m.args[0])?;
                        Ok(Iter::Zip(Box::new(a), Box::new(b)))
                    }
                    "chunks_exact" | "chunks_exact_mut" if m.args.len() == 1 => {
                        let (code, base, len, elem) = self.slice_parts(&m.receiver)?;
                        let k = self.expr(&m.args[0])?;
                        Ok(Iter::Chunks {
                            code,
                            base,
                            len,
                            k: k.code,
                            elem,
                            mutable: name.ends_with("_mut"),
                        })
                    }
                    "windows" if m.args.len() == 1 => {
                        let (code, base, len, elem) = self.slice_parts(&m.receiver)?;
                        let k = self.expr(&m.args[0])?;
                        Ok(Iter::Windows { code, base, len, k: k.code, elem })
                    }
                    other => Err(format!(
                        "iterator adaptor `.{other}()` is not implemented; it has \
                         no index-loop equivalent here, and dropping it would \
                         change which elements the loop visits"
                    )),
                }
            }
            other => {
                // A `for` binding that is itself a window iterates that window,
                // not the whole container it points into.
                if let Some(Alias::Window { code, off, len, elem }) = self.window_of(other) {
                    return Ok(Iter::Elems { code, off, len, elem, mutable: false });
                }
                let v = self.expr(other)?;
                Ok(Iter::Elems {
                    len: format!("{}.len", v.code),
                    elem: elem_of(&v.ty),
                    code: v.code,
                    off: "0".into(),
                    mutable: false,
                })
            }
        }
    }

    /// Bind a `for` pattern against a resolved iterator at index `i`.
    fn bind_pattern(&mut self, p: &Pat, it: &Iter, i: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
        match (p, it) {
            (Pat::Tuple(t), Iter::Zip(a, b)) if t.elems.len() == 2 => {
                self.bind_pattern(&t.elems[0], a, i)?;
                self.bind_pattern(&t.elems[1], b, i)
            }
            (Pat::Tuple(t), Iter::Enumerate(inner)) if t.elems.len() == 2 => {
                if let Pat::Ident(id) = &t.elems[0] {
                    let n = id.ident.to_string();
                    // Rust's `enumerate` counts in `usize`.
                    self.line(&format!("let {}: uint = uint({})", ident(&n), i));
                    self.bind(&n, Nim::Prim("uint".into()));
                }
                self.bind_pattern(&t.elems[1], inner, i)
            }
            (_, Iter::Zip(..) | Iter::Enumerate(..)) => Err(
                "a `zip`/`enumerate` loop needs a two-element tuple pattern".into(),
            ),
            (Pat::Wild(_), _) => Ok(()),
            // `for &byte in xs` — the `&` destructures the reference, which in
            // Nim is already the value.
            (Pat::Reference(r), _) => self.bind_pattern(&r.pat, it, i),
            (Pat::Paren(p), _) => self.bind_pattern(&p.pat, it, i),
            (Pat::Ident(id), _) => {
                let name = id.ident.to_string();
                match it {
                    Iter::Range { lo, ty, .. } => {
                        let t = ty.clone().unwrap_or(Nim::Prim("int".into()));
                        // The loop counts from zero; the range's own start is
                        // added back so the binding has Rust's value and type.
                        self.line(&format!(
                            "let {}: {} = {}({}) + {}",
                            ident(&name),
                            t.render(),
                            t.render(),
                            i,
                            lo
                        ));
                        self.bind(&name, t);
                        Ok(())
                    }
                    Iter::Elems { code, off, elem, mutable, .. } => {
                        let access = if off == "0" {
                            format!("{}[{}]", code, i)
                        } else {
                            format!("{}[{} + {}]", code, off, i)
                        };
                        if *mutable {
                            // An alias, not a copy: assigning through the
                            // binding must reach the original element.
                            self.bind_alias(
                                &name,
                                Alias::Value { code: access, ty: elem.clone() },
                            );
                        } else {
                            let t = elem
                                .clone()
                                .ok_or("cannot infer the element type of this `for`")?;
                            self.line(&format!(
                                "let {}: {} = {}",
                                ident(&name),
                                t.render(),
                                access
                            ));
                            self.bind(&name, t);
                        }
                        Ok(())
                    }
                    Iter::Chunks { code, base, k, elem, .. } => {
                        self.bind_alias(
                            &name,
                            Alias::Window {
                                code: code.clone(),
                                off: format!("({} + {} * int({}))", base, i, k),
                                len: format!("int({})", k),
                                elem: elem.clone(),
                            },
                        );
                        Ok(())
                    }
                    Iter::Windows { code, base, k, elem, .. } => {
                        self.bind_alias(
                            &name,
                            Alias::Window {
                                code: code.clone(),
                                off: format!("({} + {})", base, i),
                                len: format!("int({})", k),
                                elem: elem.clone(),
                            },
                        );
                        Ok(())
                    }
                    // Handled above: a zip or enumerate needs a tuple pattern,
                    // and binding one name to the pair is not supported.
                    Iter::Zip(..) | Iter::Enumerate(..) => unreachable!(),
                }
            }
            _ => Err("unsupported `for` pattern".into()),
        }
    }

    fn match_stmt(&mut self, e: &Expr) -> Result<(), String> {
        let Expr::Match(m) = e else { unreachable!() };
        let scrut = self.expr(&m.expr)?;
        let t = scrut
            .ty
            .clone()
            .ok_or("cannot infer the type of a `match` scrutinee")?;
        let name = self.fresh("Match");
        self.line(&format!("let {}: {} = {}", name, t.render(), scrut.code));

        // A `match` whose arms neither bind nor guard is a Nim `case`, which
        // is exhaustiveness-checked the way Rust's is. Anything richer becomes
        // an if/elif chain, because Nim's `case` cannot destructure.
        let plain = m.arms.iter().all(|a| {
            !matches!(a.pat, Pat::Guard(_)) && !binds(&a.pat) && !destructures(&a.pat)
        });
        if plain {
            self.match_case(m, &name, &t)
        } else {
            self.match_chain(m, &name, &t)
        }
    }

    fn match_case(
        &mut self,
        m: &syn::ExprMatch,
        name: &str,
        t: &Nim,
    ) -> Result<(), String> {
        // A variant object is discriminated by its `kind` field.
        let on_kind = matches!(t, Nim::Named(n, _) if self.enums.get(n).is_some_and(|d| !d.simple));
        self.line(&format!("case {}{}", name, if on_kind { ".kind" } else { "" }));

        let mut saw_wild = false;
        for arm in &m.arms {
            match &arm.pat {
                Pat::Wild(_) => {
                    saw_wild = true;
                    self.line("else:");
                }
                p => {
                    let labels = self.pat_labels(p, Some(t))?;
                    self.line(&format!("of {}:", labels.join(", ")));
                }
            }
            self.arm_body(&arm.body)?;
        }
        if !saw_wild && !self.case_is_total(t, m) {
            // Rust checked exhaustiveness already, but Nim cannot always see
            // it -- an integer `case` needs every value covered -- so make the
            // unreachable arm explicit rather than leave a compile error.
            self.line("else:");
            self.line("  rsPanic(\"unreachable match arm\")");
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Whether a Nim `case` over this type is already total, in which case
    /// adding an `else` would be a compile error rather than a safety net.
    fn case_is_total(&self, t: &Nim, m: &syn::ExprMatch) -> bool {
        let Nim::Named(n, _) = t else { return false };
        let Some(def) = self.enums.get(n) else { return false };
        def.variants.len() == m.arms.len()
    }

    /// The if/elif form, for arms that bind or destructure.
    fn match_chain(
        &mut self,
        m: &syn::ExprMatch,
        name: &str,
        t: &Nim,
    ) -> Result<(), String> {
        let mut first = true;
        let mut closed = false;
        for arm in &m.arms {
            let (pat, guard) = match &arm.pat {
                Pat::Guard(g) => (&*g.pat, Some(&*g.guard)),
                p => (p, None),
            };
            if guard.is_some() && binds(pat) {
                return Err("a `match` guard on a binding pattern is not \
                            implemented yet"
                    .into());
            }
            let test = self.pat_test(pat, name, t)?;
            let test = match (test, guard) {
                (Some(t), Some(g)) => {
                    let g = self.expr(g)?;
                    Some(format!("({}) and ({})", t, g.code))
                }
                (None, Some(g)) => Some(self.expr(g)?.code),
                (t, None) => t,
            };
            match test {
                Some(test) => {
                    self.line(&format!(
                        "{} {}:",
                        if first { "if" } else { "elif" },
                        test
                    ));
                    first = false;
                }
                None => {
                    // An irrefutable pattern: everything left falls here.
                    if first {
                        self.line("block:");
                    } else {
                        self.line("else:");
                    }
                    closed = true;
                }
            }
            self.indent += 1;
            self.push_scope();
            let before = self.out.len();
            self.pat_bind(pat, name, t)?;
            self.indent -= 1;
            self.arm_body_at(&arm.body, before)?;
            self.pop_scope();
            if closed {
                break;
            }
        }
        if !closed {
            // Rust proved this unreachable; Nim cannot see that, and leaving
            // the chain open would silently fall through instead.
            self.line("else:");
            self.line("  rsPanic(\"unreachable match arm\")");
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// The condition that selects this arm, or `None` if it always matches.
    fn pat_test(&mut self, p: &Pat, name: &str, t: &Nim) -> Result<Option<String>, String> {
        Ok(match p {
            Pat::Wild(_) => None,
            Pat::Ident(i) if i.subpat.is_none() => None,
            Pat::Or(o) => {
                let mut parts = Vec::new();
                for c in &o.cases {
                    match self.pat_test(c, name, t)? {
                        Some(x) => parts.push(x),
                        None => return Ok(None),
                    }
                }
                Some(format!("({})", parts.join(" or ")))
            }
            Pat::Lit(_) | Pat::Range(_) => {
                let labels = self.pat_labels(p, Some(t))?;
                Some(match p {
                    Pat::Range(_) => format!("({} in {})", name, labels[0]),
                    _ => format!("({} == {})", name, labels[0]),
                })
            }
            Pat::Path(pp) => Some(self.variant_test(&pp.path, name, t)?),
            Pat::TupleStruct(ts) => Some(self.variant_test(&ts.path, name, t)?),
            Pat::Struct(st) => Some(self.variant_test(&st.path, name, t)?),
            Pat::Paren(pp) => return self.pat_test(&pp.pat, name, t),
            Pat::Reference(r) => return self.pat_test(&r.pat, name, t),
            _ => return Err("unsupported `match` pattern".into()),
        })
    }

    /// The discriminant test for `Ok`/`Err`/`Some`/`None` or an enum variant.
    fn variant_test(&self, path: &syn::Path, name: &str, t: &Nim) -> Result<String, String> {
        let last = path_name(path);
        match last.as_str() {
            "Ok" => return Ok(format!("{name}.ok")),
            "Err" => return Ok(format!("(not {name}.ok)")),
            "Some" => return Ok(format!("{name}.has")),
            "None" => return Ok(format!("(not {name}.has)")),
            _ => {}
        }
        let Some((def, v)) = self.resolve_variant(path) else {
            return Err(format!(
                "`{last}` in a pattern is not a known enum variant; if it names \
                 an enum declared in another module, that is not implemented yet"
            ));
        };
        if let Nim::Named(n, _) = t {
            if *n != def.name {
                return Err(format!(
                    "pattern `{}::{}` does not match the scrutinee type `{}`",
                    def.name, v, n
                ));
            }
        }
        Ok(if def.simple {
            format!("({} == {}.{})", name, ident(&def.name), ident(&v))
        } else {
            format!("({}.kind == {})", name, def.kind_ident(&v))
        })
    }

    /// Emit the `let`s that a pattern's bindings introduce.
    fn pat_bind(&mut self, p: &Pat, name: &str, t: &Nim) -> Result<(), String> {
        match p {
            Pat::Wild(_) | Pat::Lit(_) | Pat::Range(_) | Pat::Path(_) | Pat::Or(_) => Ok(()),
            Pat::Paren(pp) => self.pat_bind(&pp.pat, name, t),
            Pat::Reference(r) => self.pat_bind(&r.pat, name, t),
            Pat::Ident(i) if i.subpat.is_none() => {
                let b = i.ident.to_string();
                self.line(&format!("let {}: {} = {}", ident(&b), t.render(), name));
                self.bind(&b, t.clone());
                Ok(())
            }
            Pat::TupleStruct(ts) => {
                let fields = self.variant_fields(&ts.path, t)?;
                for (i, sub) in ts.elems.iter().enumerate() {
                    let Some((fname, fty)) = fields.get(i) else {
                        return Err(format!(
                            "pattern binds {} field(s) but the variant has {}",
                            ts.elems.len(),
                            fields.len()
                        ));
                    };
                    let access = format!("{}.{}", name, ident(fname));
                    self.pat_bind(sub, &access, fty)?;
                }
                Ok(())
            }
            Pat::Struct(st) => {
                let fields = self.variant_fields(&st.path, t)?;
                for f in &st.fields {
                    let syn::Member::Named(m) = &f.member else {
                        return Err("unsupported struct pattern field".into());
                    };
                    let m = m.to_string();
                    let Some((fname, fty)) = fields.iter().find(|(f, _)| f.ends_with(&m)) else {
                        return Err(format!("unknown field `{m}` in pattern"));
                    };
                    let access = format!("{}.{}", name, ident(fname));
                    self.pat_bind(&f.pat, &access, fty)?;
                }
                Ok(())
            }
            _ => Err("unsupported `match` pattern".into()),
        }
    }

    /// The payload fields a variant pattern destructures.
    fn variant_fields(
        &self,
        path: &syn::Path,
        t: &Nim,
    ) -> Result<Vec<(String, Nim)>, String> {
        let last = path_name(path);
        // `Ok`/`Err`/`Some` read the prelude's own field names.
        if let Nim::Named(n, a) = t {
            match (n.as_str(), last.as_str()) {
                ("Result", "Ok") if a.len() == 2 => return Ok(vec![("val".into(), a[0].clone())]),
                ("Result", "Err") if a.len() == 2 => return Ok(vec![("err".into(), a[1].clone())]),
                ("Option", "Some") if a.len() == 1 => return Ok(vec![("val".into(), a[0].clone())]),
                _ => {}
            }
        }
        let Some((def, v)) = self.resolve_variant(path) else {
            return Err(format!("`{last}` is not a known enum variant"));
        };
        Ok(def.get(&v).map(|v| v.fields.clone()).unwrap_or_default())
    }

    fn arm_body(&mut self, body: &Expr) -> Result<(), String> {
        self.indent += 1;
        let before = self.out.len();
        self.indent -= 1;
        self.arm_body_at(body, before)
    }

    fn arm_body_at(&mut self, body: &Expr, before: usize) -> Result<(), String> {
        match body {
            Expr::Block(b) => self.nested_block(&b.block)?,
            other => {
                self.indent += 1;
                // An arm's value is the `match`'s value, so it is typed by
                // whatever the `match` is being assigned to -- without which
                // an `Ok(..)` arm has no way to know its `Result<T, E>`.
                let want = self.target.clone().and_then(|(_, t)| t);
                let v = match (want, expressible(other)) {
                    (Some(t), true) => Some(self.expr_at(other, Some(&t))?),
                    _ => self.expr_stmt(other)?,
                };
                self.emit_tail(v);
                self.indent -= 1;
            }
        }
        if self.out.len() == before {
            self.indent += 1;
            self.line("discard");
            self.indent -= 1;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn pat_labels(&mut self, p: &Pat, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Vec<String>, String> {
        match p {
            Pat::Lit(l) => Ok(vec![self.lit_at(&l.lit, expect)?.code]),
            Pat::Or(o) => {
                let mut out = Vec::new();
                for p in &o.cases {
                    out.extend(self.pat_labels(p, expect)?);
                }
                Ok(out)
            }
            Pat::Range(r) => {
                let lo = r.start.as_ref().ok_or("open-ended range pattern")?;
                let hi = r.end.as_ref().ok_or("open-ended range pattern")?;
                let (lo, hi) = (self.expr_at(lo, expect)?, self.expr_at(hi, expect)?);
                let op = match r.limits {
                    syn::RangeLimits::HalfOpen(_) => "..<",
                    syn::RangeLimits::Closed(_) => "..",
                };
                Ok(vec![format!("{} {} {}", lo.code, op, hi.code)])
            }
            Pat::Path(pp) => {
                if let Some((def, v)) = self.resolve_variant(&pp.path) {
                    return Ok(vec![if def.simple {
                        format!("{}.{}", ident(&def.name), ident(&v))
                    } else {
                        def.kind_ident(&v)
                    }]);
                }
                Ok(vec![ident(&path_name(&pp.path))])
            }
            _ => Err("unsupported `match` pattern; only literals, ranges, `|` \
                      alternatives, enum variants and `_` are implemented"
                .into()),
        }
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------- expressions

    fn expr(&mut self, e: &Expr) -> Result<Val, String> {
        self.expr_at(e, None)
    }

    /// Lower `e`, with the type the surrounding code expects of it.
    ///
    /// Rust infers an unsuffixed integer literal's type from its context and
    /// falls back to `i32`; Nim falls back to 64-bit `int`. Carrying the
    /// expected type down to the literal is what makes `let x: u8 = 255` and
    /// `x.wrapping_add(100)` mean the same thing on both sides. Without it the
    /// widths silently diverge, which is exactly the class of bug this
    /// project refuses to ship.
    fn expr_at(&mut self, e: &Expr, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        match e {
            Expr::Lit(l) => self.lit_at(&l.lit, expect),
            Expr::Path(p) => {
                let name = path_name(&p.path);
                if name == "None" {
                    return Ok(Val::new(self.none_of(expect), expect.cloned()));
                }
                // A unit struct used as a value: `fmt::Error`, or a `struct S;`
                // declared here. In Nim that is a constructor call.
                if p.path.segments.len() > 1 {
                    let ty = syn::Type::Path(syn::TypePath { attrs: Vec::new(), qself: None, path: p.path.clone() });
                    if let Ok(Nim::Prim(n)) = ty::map(&ty) {
                        if n == "FmtError" {
                            return Ok(Val::new("FmtError()", Some(Nim::Prim(n))));
                        }
                    }
                }
                if self.structs.get(&name).is_some_and(|f| f.is_empty()) {
                    return Ok(Val::new(
                        format!("{}()", ident(&name)),
                        Some(Nim::Named(name.clone(), vec![])),
                    ));
                }
                // A unit enum variant used as a value: `Error::InvalidLength`.
                if let Some((def, v)) = self.resolve_variant(&p.path) {
                    let ty = Some(Nim::Named(def.name.clone(), vec![]));
                    return Ok(if def.simple {
                        Val::new(format!("{}.{}", ident(&def.name), ident(&v)), ty)
                    } else {
                        Val::new(format!("{}()", def.ctor_ident(&v)), ty)
                    });
                }
                // A `for` binding that stands for an element of the container
                // it came from: using it must read (and assigning through it
                // must write) that element, not a copy.
                if let Some(a) = self.lookup_alias(&name) {
                    return Ok(match a {
                        Alias::Value { code, ty } => Val::new(code, ty),
                        // A window *is* a slice; as a value it is the view it
                        // denotes, which is what Rust's `&[T]` means too.
                        Alias::Window { code, off, len, elem } => Val::new(
                            format!("{}.toOpenArray({}, {} + {} - 1)", code, off, off, len),
                            elem.map(|e| Nim::OpenArray(Box::new(e))),
                        ),
                    });
                }
                if let Some(t) = self.lookup(&name) {
                    return Ok(Val::new(ident(&name), Some(t)));
                }
                // A top-level function used as a value, e.g. passed to a
                // parameter of `impl Fn(..)` type.
                if let Some(k) = self.resolve_fn(&p.path) {
                    let sig = &self.fns[&k];
                    let t = Nim::Proc(sig.params.clone(), Box::new(sig.ret.clone()));
                    return Ok(Val::new(self.fn_name(&k.0, &k.1), Some(t)));
                }
                Ok(Val::new(ident(&name), None))
            }
            Expr::Paren(p) => {
                let v = self.expr_at(&p.expr, expect)?;
                Ok(Val::new(format!("({})", v.code), v.ty))
            }
            Expr::Group(g) => self.expr_at(&g.expr, expect),
            // `&x` is a value in Nim; `&mut x` in an argument position binds to
            // a `var` parameter, which is also just `x` at the call site.
            Expr::Reference(r) => self.expr_at(&r.expr, expect),
            Expr::Unary(u) => self.unary(u, expect),
            Expr::Binary(b) => self.binary(b, expect),
            Expr::Cast(c) => self.cast(c),
            Expr::Index(i) if matches!(&*i.index, Expr::Range(_)) => {
                let Expr::Range(r) = &*i.index else { unreachable!() };
                let base = self.expr(&i.expr)?;
                let lo = match &r.start {
                    Some(e) => format!("int({})", self.expr(e)?.code),
                    None => "0".into(),
                };
                // Nim's `toOpenArray` takes an inclusive upper bound.
                let hi = match (&r.end, r.limits) {
                    (Some(e), syn::RangeLimits::HalfOpen(_)) => {
                        format!("int({}) - 1", self.expr(e)?.code)
                    }
                    (Some(e), syn::RangeLimits::Closed(_)) => {
                        format!("int({})", self.expr(e)?.code)
                    }
                    (None, _) => format!("{}.len - 1", base.code),
                };
                let elem = elem_of(&base.ty)
                    .ok_or("cannot infer the element type of this slice")?;
                Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("{}.toOpenArray({}, {})", base.code, lo, hi),
                    Some(Nim::OpenArray(Box::new(elem))),
                ))
            }
            Expr::Index(i) => {
                if let Some(Alias::Window { code, off, elem, .. }) = self.window_of(&i.expr) {
                    let idx = self.expr(&i.index)?;
                    return Ok(Val::new(
                        format!("{}[{} + int({})]", code, off, idx.code),
                        elem,
                    ));
                }
                let base = self.expr(&i.expr)?;
                let idx = self.expr(&i.index)?;
                // Rust indexes with usize; Nim wants an `int`, and a `uint`
                // index is a type error there rather than a silent conversion.
                let idx_code = match &idx.ty {
                    Some(t) if t.is_unsigned() => format!("int({})", idx.code),
                    _ => idx.code.clone(),
                };
                let elem = match base.ty.clone() {
                    Some(Nim::Seq(t)) | Some(Nim::OpenArray(t)) | Some(Nim::Array(_, t)) => Some(*t),
                    Some(Nim::Prim(p)) if p == "string" => Some(Nim::Prim("char".into())),
                    _ => None,
                };
                Ok(Val::new(format!("{}[{}]", base.code, idx_code), elem))
            }
            Expr::Field(f) => {
                let base = self.expr(&f.base)?;
                let name = match &f.member {
                    syn::Member::Named(n) => n.to_string(),
                    syn::Member::Unnamed(i) => format!("f{}", i.index),
                };
                let t = match &base.ty {
                    Some(Nim::Named(s, _)) => self
                        .structs
                        .get(s)
                        .and_then(|fs| fs.iter().find(|(f, _)| *f == name))
                        .map(|(_, t)| t.clone()),
                    _ => None,
                };
                Ok(Val::new(format!("{}.{}", base.code, ident(&name)), t))
            }
            // `unsafe` is a permission marker, not a semantic change: it does
            // not alter what the enclosed operations mean. So the block is
            // transparent here, and each operation inside still goes through
            // the ordinary lowering -- and is still rejected if it has no
            // faithful mapping.
            Expr::Unsafe(u) => match single_expr(&u.block) {
                Some(e) => self.expr_at(e, expect),
                None => Err("an `unsafe` block used as a value must be a single \
                             expression"
                    .into()),
            },
            Expr::Closure(c) => self.closure(c, expect),
            Expr::Try(t) => self.try_op(t),
            Expr::Call(c) => self.call(c, expect),
            Expr::MethodCall(m) => self.method(m, expect),
            Expr::Macro(m) if path_name(&m.mac.path) == "vec" => {
                // `vec![..]`'s elements take their type from the annotation on
                // the binding, exactly as Rust's would.
                let want = match expect {
                    Some(Nim::Seq(e)) | Some(Nim::OpenArray(e)) => Some((**e).clone()),
                    _ => None,
                };
                let saved = std::mem::replace(&mut self.vec_expect, want.clone());
                let code = self.macro_call(&m.mac);
                self.vec_expect = saved;
                let code = code?;
                let ty = match want {
                    Some(e) => Some(Nim::Seq(Box::new(e))),
                    None => self.vec_elem(&m.mac)?.map(|e| Nim::Seq(Box::new(e))),
                };
                Ok(Val::new(code, ty))
            }
            Expr::Macro(m) => {
                let is_write = matches!(path_name(&m.mac.path).as_str(), "write" | "writeln");
                let code = self.macro_call(&m.mac)?;
                // A formatter write is a statement that appends, not a value.
                let ty = if is_write { Some(Nim::Unit) } else { None };
                Ok(Val::new(code, ty))
            }
            Expr::Struct(s) => {
                if s.rest.is_some() {
                    return Err("struct update syntax `..rest` is not implemented yet".into());
                }
                // `Shape::Rect { w: 3, h: 5 }` is a struct-shaped *enum variant*,
                // which is constructed positionally in Nim.
                if let Some((def, v)) = self.resolve_variant(&s.path) {
                    let fields = def.get(&v).map(|v| v.fields.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
                    let mut args = vec![String::new(); fields.len()];
                    for f in &s.fields {
                        let syn::Member::Named(m) = &f.member else {
                            return Err("unsupported enum variant field".into());
                        };
                        let want = format!("{}_{}", v, m);
                        let i = fields
                            .iter()
                            .position(|(n, _)| *n == want)
                            .ok_or_else(|| format!("`{}::{}` has no field `{m}`", def.name, v))?;
                        args[i] = self.expr_at(&f.expr, Some(&fields[i].1))?.code;
                    }
                    if let Some(i) = args.iter().position(|a| a.is_empty()) {
                        return Err(format!(
                            "`{}::{}` is missing field `{}`",
                            def.name, v, fields[i].0
                        ));
                    }
                    return Ok(Val::new(
                        format!("{}({})", def.ctor_ident(&v), args.join(", ")),
                        Some(Nim::Named(def.name.clone(), vec![])),
                    ));
                }
                let name = path_name(&s.path);
                let mut parts = Vec::new();
                for f in &s.fields {
                    let fname = match &f.member {
                        syn::Member::Named(n) => n.to_string(),
                        syn::Member::Unnamed(i) => format!("f{}", i.index),
                    };
                    let want = self
                        .structs
                        .get(&name)
                        .and_then(|fs| fs.iter().find(|(n, _)| *n == fname))
                        .map(|(_, t)| t.clone());
                    let v = self.expr_at(&f.expr, want.as_ref())?;
                    parts.push(format!("{}: {}", ident(&fname), v.code));
                }
                Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("{}({})", ident(&name), parts.join(", ")),
                    Some(Nim::Named(name, vec![])),
                ))
            }
            Expr::Array(a) => {
                let mut parts = Vec::new();
                let mut elem = match expect {
                    Some(Nim::Array(_, t)) | Some(Nim::Seq(t)) | Some(Nim::OpenArray(t)) => {
                        Some((**t).clone())
                    }
                    _ => None,
                };
                for e in &a.elems {
                    let want = elem.clone();
                    let v = self.expr_at(e, want.as_ref())?;
                    elem = elem.or(v.ty.clone());
                    parts.push(v.code);
                }
                let t = elem.map(|t| Nim::Array(a.elems.len(), Box::new(t)));
                Ok(Val::new(format!("[{}]", parts.join(", ")), t))
            }
            Expr::Repeat(r) => {
                let v = self.expr(&r.expr)?;
                let n = self.expr(&r.len)?;
                let t = v.ty.clone().map(|t| Nim::Seq(Box::new(t)));
                Ok(Val::new(format!("newSeqWith(int({}), {})", n.code, v.code), t))
            }
            Expr::Tuple(t) if t.elems.is_empty() => Ok(Val::new("", Some(Nim::Unit))),
            Expr::Tuple(t) => {
                let mut parts = Vec::new();
                let mut tys = Vec::new();
                for e in &t.elems {
                    let v = self.expr(e)?;
                    tys.push(v.ty.clone());
                    parts.push(v.code);
                }
                let ty = tys
                    .iter()
                    .cloned()
                    .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()
                    .map(Nim::Tuple);
                Ok(Val::new(format!("({})", parts.join(", ")), ty))
            }
            // `if` and `match` are expressions in both languages, but only
            // when every arm is itself a single expression.
            Expr::If(i) => self.if_expr(i, expect),
            Expr::Block(b) if b.block.stmts.len() == 1 => {
                if let Some(Stmt::Expr(e, None)) = b.block.stmts.first() {
                    self.expr_at(e, expect)
                } else {
                    Err("block expression with statements in value position is not implemented yet".into())
                }
            }
            other => Err(format!(
                "unsupported expression in value position: {}",
                expr_kind(other)
            )),
        }
    }

    fn if_expr(&mut self, i: &syn::ExprIf, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        let (Some(then), Some((_, els))) = (single_expr(&i.then_branch), &i.else_branch) else {
            return Err(
                "an `if` used as a value must have an `else` and single-expression arms".into(),
            );
        };
        let c = self.expr(&i.cond)?;
        let t = self.expr_at(then, expect)?;
        let want = expect.cloned().or_else(|| t.ty.clone());
        let e = match &**els {
            Expr::Block(b) => match single_expr(&b.block) {
                Some(x) => self.expr_at(x, want.as_ref())?,
                None => return Err("an `if` used as a value must have single-expression arms".into()),
            },
            other => self.expr_at(other, want.as_ref())?,
        };
        let ty = t.ty.clone().or(e.ty.clone());
        Ok(Val::new(
            format!("(if {}: {} else: {})", c.code, t.code, e.code),
            ty,
        ))
    }

    fn lit_at(&mut self, l: &Lit, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        match l {
            Lit::Int(i) => {
                let suffix = i.suffix();
                if let Some(why) = ty::rejected(suffix) {
                    return Err(format!("integer literal `{}`: {}", i, why));
                }
                let digits = i.base10_digits().to_string();
                // Rust's default for an unconstrained integer literal is i32.
                // Nim's is `int` (64-bit). Making the width explicit is what
                // keeps overflow behaviour the same on both sides.
                let t = if suffix.is_empty() {
                    match expect {
                        Some(t) if t.is_integer() => t.clone(),
                        // Rust's fallback for an otherwise-unconstrained
                        // integer literal.
                        _ => Nim::Prim("int32".into()),
                    }
                } else {
                    ty::prim(suffix).ok_or_else(|| format!("unknown literal suffix `{suffix}`"))?
                };
                Ok(Val::new(format!("{}'{}", digits, nim_suffix(&t)?), Some(t)))
            }
            Lit::Float(f) => {
                let t = match f.suffix() {
                    "" => match expect {
                        Some(Nim::Prim(p)) if p == "float32" => Nim::Prim("float32".into()),
                        _ => Nim::Prim("float64".into()),
                    },
                    "f64" => Nim::Prim("float64".into()),
                    "f32" => Nim::Prim("float32".into()),
                    s => return Err(format!("unknown float suffix `{s}`")),
                };
                let d = f.base10_digits();
                let d = if d.contains('.') || d.contains('e') { d.to_string() } else { format!("{d}.0") };
                Ok(Val::new(d, Some(t)))
            }
            Lit::Bool(b) => Ok(Val::new(b.value.to_string(), Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into())))),
            Lit::Str(s) => Ok(Val::new(
                fmt::nim_str(&s.value()),
                Some(Nim::Prim("string".into())),
            )),
            Lit::Char(c) => Ok(Val::new(
                format!("Rune({})", c.value() as u32),
                Some(Nim::Prim("Rune".into())),
            )),
            Lit::Byte(b) => Ok(Val::new(
                format!("{}'u8", b.value()),
                Some(Nim::Prim("uint8".into())),
            )),
            Lit::ByteStr(b) => {
                let bytes: Vec<String> = b.value().iter().map(|x| format!("{x}'u8")).collect();
                Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("@[{}]", bytes.join(", ")),
                    Some(Nim::Seq(Box::new(Nim::Prim("uint8".into())))),
                ))
            }
            other => Err(format!("unsupported literal: {other:?}")),
        }
    }

    fn unary(&mut self, u: &syn::ExprUnary, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        // `-128i8` is a literal in Rust, but `-(128'i8)` in Nim would overflow
        // the positive half of the range before the negation runs. Folding the
        // sign into the literal keeps `i8::MIN` and friends expressible.
        if let (UnOp::Neg(_), Expr::Lit(l)) = (&u.op, &*u.expr) {
            if matches!(l.lit, Lit::Int(_) | Lit::Float(_)) {
                let v = self.lit_at(&l.lit, expect)?;
                return Ok(Val::new(format!("-{}", v.code), v.ty));
            }
        }
        let v = self.expr_at(&u.expr, expect)?;
        match u.op {
            UnOp::Neg(_) => Ok(Val::new(format!("(-{})", v.code), v.ty)),
            // Rust's `!` is logical on bool and bitwise-complement on integers.
            // Nim spells those `not` and `not` as well, so one mapping covers
            // both — but only because Nim overloads `not` the same way.
            UnOp::Not(_) => Ok(Val::new(format!("(not {})", v.code), v.ty)),
            UnOp::Deref(_) => Ok(v),
            _ => Err("unsupported unary operator".into()),
        }
    }

    fn binary(&mut self, b: &syn::ExprBinary, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        // A comparison's operands are unrelated to the `bool` it produces, so
        // the outer expectation is not passed through to them.
        let down = match b.op {
            BinOp::Eq(_) | BinOp::Ne(_) | BinOp::Lt(_) | BinOp::Le(_) | BinOp::Gt(_)
            | BinOp::Ge(_) | BinOp::And(_) | BinOp::Or(_) => None,
            _ => expect,
        };
        let mut l = self.expr_at(&b.left, down)?;
        // Rust unifies the two operand types; propagating whichever side is
        // known to the other reproduces that, and disagreement then surfaces
        // as a Nim type error rather than as a silent width change.
        let mut r = self.expr_at(&b.right, l.ty.as_ref().or(down))?;
        if l.ty.is_none() && r.ty.is_some() {
            l = self.expr_at(&b.left, r.ty.as_ref())?;
        }
        let r = std::mem::replace(&mut r, Val::untyped(""));
        let op = self.bin_op(&b.op, &l, &r)?;
        let ty = match b.op {
            BinOp::Eq(_) | BinOp::Ne(_) | BinOp::Lt(_) | BinOp::Le(_) | BinOp::Gt(_)
            | BinOp::Ge(_) | BinOp::And(_) | BinOp::Or(_) => Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into())),
            // Rust's shift takes its result type from the *left* operand, and
            // the right may be a different width entirely.
            BinOp::Shl(_) | BinOp::Shr(_) => l.ty.clone(),
            _ => l.ty.clone().or(r.ty.clone()),
        };
        Ok(Val::new(format!("({} {} {})", l.code, op, r.code), ty))
    }

    fn bin_op(&mut self, op: &BinOp, l: &Val, r: &Val) -> Result<&'static str, String> {
        Ok(match op {
            BinOp::Add(_) | BinOp::AddAssign(_) => "+",
            BinOp::Sub(_) | BinOp::SubAssign(_) => "-",
            BinOp::Mul(_) | BinOp::MulAssign(_) => "*",
            BinOp::Div(_) | BinOp::DivAssign(_) => {
                // Nim spells integer division `div`. Both languages truncate
                // toward zero, so once the right operator is chosen the
                // semantics match, including for negative operands.
                let t = l.ty.clone().or(r.ty.clone()).ok_or(
                    "cannot tell integer from float division here; annotate the operands",
                )?;
                if t.is_integer() { "div" } else { "/" }
            }
            BinOp::Rem(_) | BinOp::RemAssign(_) => {
                let t = l.ty.clone().or(r.ty.clone()).ok_or(
                    "cannot tell integer from float remainder here; annotate the operands",
                )?;
                if t.is_integer() { "mod" } else { return Err("float `%` is not implemented yet".into()) }
            }
            BinOp::And(_) => "and",
            BinOp::Or(_) => "or",
            // Nim's `and`/`or`/`xor` are bitwise on integers and logical on
            // bools, exactly as Rust's `&`/`|`/`^` are.
            BinOp::BitAnd(_) | BinOp::BitAndAssign(_) => "and",
            BinOp::BitOr(_) | BinOp::BitOrAssign(_) => "or",
            BinOp::BitXor(_) | BinOp::BitXorAssign(_) => "xor",
            // Settled empirically: Nim's `shr` on a signed integer is
            // arithmetic, matching Rust. See DESIGN.md.
            BinOp::Shl(_) | BinOp::ShlAssign(_) => "shl",
            BinOp::Shr(_) | BinOp::ShrAssign(_) => "shr",
            BinOp::Eq(_) => "==",
            BinOp::Ne(_) => "!=",
            BinOp::Lt(_) => "<",
            BinOp::Le(_) => "<=",
            BinOp::Gt(_) => ">",
            BinOp::Ge(_) => ">=",
            other => return Err(format!("unsupported binary operator {other:?}")),
        })
    }

    fn cast(&mut self, c: &syn::ExprCast) -> Result<Val, String> {
        let v = self.expr(&c.expr)?;
        let to = self.map_ty(&c.ty)?;
        let from = v.ty.clone().ok_or_else(|| {
            format!(
                "cannot lower `as {}`: the source type is unknown, and `as` \
                 truncates, so the source width decides the result",
                to.render()
            )
        })?;

        let code = match (&from, &to) {
            (f, t) if f.is_integer() && t.is_integer() => {
                // Rust's `as` between integers is a pure bit-width truncation
                // or sign-extension — never a range check. Nim's `T(x)` *does*
                // range-check and would raise where Rust wraps, so `cast` is
                // the only faithful spelling. Probed against both compilers.
                format!("cast[{}]({})", t.render(), v.code)
            }
            (f, Nim::Prim(p)) if f.is_integer() && (p == "float64" || p == "float32") => {
                format!("{}({})", p, v.code)
            }
            (Nim::Prim(b), t) if b == "bool" && t.is_integer() => {
                format!("{}(ord({}))", t.render(), v.code)
            }
            (Nim::Prim(r), t) if r == "Rune" && t.is_integer() => {
                format!("cast[{}](int32({}))", t.render(), v.code)
            }
            (f, Nim::Prim(r)) if f.is_integer() && r == "Rune" => {
                format!("Rune(int32({}))", v.code)
            }
            (Nim::Prim(a), Nim::Prim(b)) if a == b => v.code.clone(),
            (f, t) if matches!(f, Nim::Prim(p) if p.starts_with("float")) && t.is_integer() => {
                // Rust saturates float->int casts; Nim rounds and range-errors.
                // Not the same operation, so it is refused rather than mapped.
                return Err(format!(
                    "`as {}` from a float: Rust saturates, Nim rounds and range-checks; \
                     no faithful mapping is implemented",
                    t.render()
                ));
            }
            (f, t) => {
                return Err(format!(
                    "unsupported cast from `{}` to `{}`",
                    f.render(),
                    t.render()
                ))
            }
        };
        Ok(Val::new(code, Some(to)))
    }

    /// Rust's `?`: return early on the error branch, otherwise yield the value.
    ///
    /// The early return is statements, not an expression, so they are emitted
    /// ahead of the line being built. Every caller lowers its sub-expressions
    /// before emitting its own line, which is what makes that ordering hold.
    /// The container, start offset, length and element type an expression
    /// denotes as a slice. A window alias contributes its own offset, so
    /// `dst.get_mut(..n)` followed by `.chunks_exact_mut(2)` indexes straight
    /// into the original buffer rather than through a rebuilt view.
    fn slice_parts(
        &mut self,
        e: &Expr,
    ) -> Result<(String, String, String, Option<Nim>), String> {
        if let Some(Alias::Window { code, off, len, elem }) = self.window_of(e) {
            return Ok((code, off, len, elem));
        }
        let v = self.expr(e)?;
        let len = format!("{}.len", v.code);
        Ok((v.code, "0".to_string(), len, elem_of(&v.ty)))
    }

    /// Expand `opt.map(|x| body)` / `res.and_then(|x| body)` inline.
    fn map_closure(
        &mut self,
        what: &str,
        recv: &Val,
        kind: &str,
        targs: &[Nim],
        c: &syn::ExprClosure,
    ) -> Result<Val, String> {
        if c.capture.is_some() {
            return Err("a `move` closure captures by value; Nim's closures \
                        capture by reference, and the two are not the same"
                .into());
        }
        if c.inputs.len() != 1 {
            return Err(format!("`.{what}()` takes a one-argument closure"));
        }
        let pname = match &c.inputs[0] {
            Pat::Ident(i) => i.ident.to_string(),
            Pat::Wild(_) => "unused0".into(),
            _ => return Err("only plain identifier closure parameters are supported".into()),
        };

        let is_opt = kind == "Option";
        let tmp = self.fresh("Map");
        let recv_ty = Nim::Named(kind.to_string(), targs.to_vec());
        self.line(&format!("let {}: {} = {}", tmp, recv_ty.render(), recv.code));

        let body = match &*c.body {
            Expr::Block(b) => single_expr(&b.block)
                .ok_or("a closure body with statements is not implemented yet")?,
            other => other,
        };
        self.push_scope();
        // The parameter names the payload itself, so a view stays a view.
        self.bind_alias(
            &pname,
            Alias::Value {
                code: format!("{}.val", tmp),
                ty: Some(targs[0].clone()),
            },
        );
        let v = self.expr(body)?;
        self.pop_scope();

        let inner = v
            .ty
            .clone()
            .ok_or_else(|| format!("cannot infer the result type of `.{what}()`"))?;
        // `and_then`'s closure already returns the wrapped type; `map`'s does
        // not and has to be re-wrapped.
        let (test, some_branch, none_branch, out_ty) = if is_opt {
            let out = if what == "map" {
                Nim::Named("Option".into(), vec![inner.clone()])
            } else {
                inner.clone()
            };
            let body_code = if what == "map" {
                format!("rsSome[{}]({})", inner.render(), v.code)
            } else {
                v.code.clone()
            };
            (
                format!("{}.has", tmp),
                body_code,
                format!("rsNone[{}]()", elem_arg(&out).render()),
                out,
            )
        } else {
            let e = targs[1].clone();
            let out = if what == "map" {
                Nim::Named("Result".into(), vec![inner.clone(), e.clone()])
            } else {
                inner.clone()
            };
            let ok_ty = elem_arg(&out);
            let body_code = if what == "map" {
                format!("rsOk[{}, {}]({})", inner.render(), e.render(), v.code)
            } else {
                v.code.clone()
            };
            (
                format!("{}.ok", tmp),
                body_code,
                format!("rsErr[{}, {}]({}.err)", ok_ty.render(), e.render(), tmp),
                out,
            )
        };
        Ok(Val::new(
            format!("(if {}: {} else: {})", test, some_branch, none_branch),
            Some(out_ty),
        ))
    }

    /// `|x| x + 1` -> a Nim anonymous proc.
    ///
    /// Nim's closures capture by reference, as Rust's non-`move` closures do.
    /// A `move` closure captures by value, which is a different thing, so it
    /// is rejected rather than lowered to the same construct.
    fn closure(&mut self, c: &syn::ExprClosure, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        if c.capture.is_some() {
            return Err("a `move` closure captures by value; Nim's closures \
                        capture by reference, and the two are not the same"
                .into());
        }
        let want: Option<&Vec<Nim>> = match expect {
            Some(Nim::Proc(a, _)) => Some(a),
            _ => None,
        };

        self.push_scope();
        let mut parts = Vec::new();
        let mut ptys = Vec::new();
        for (i, p) in c.inputs.iter().enumerate() {
            let (name, ann) = match p {
                Pat::Ident(id) => (id.ident.to_string(), None),
                Pat::Type(t) => match &*t.pat {
                    Pat::Ident(id) => (id.ident.to_string(), Some(self.map_ty(&t.ty)?)),
                    _ => return Err("only plain identifier closure parameters are supported".into()),
                },
                Pat::Wild(_) => (format!("unused{i}"), None),
                _ => return Err("only plain identifier closure parameters are supported".into()),
            };
            let t = ann
                .or_else(|| want.and_then(|w| w.get(i).cloned()))
                .ok_or_else(|| {
                    format!(
                        "cannot infer the type of closure parameter `{name}`; \
                         annotate it"
                    )
                })?;
            parts.push(format!("{}: {}", ident(&name), t.render()));
            self.bind(&name, t.clone());
            ptys.push(t);
        }

        let ret_ann = match &c.output {
            ReturnType::Default => None,
            ReturnType::Type(_, t) => Some(self.map_ty(t)?.owned()),
        };
        let body = match &*c.body {
            Expr::Block(b) => single_expr(&b.block)
                .ok_or("a closure body with statements is not implemented yet")?,
            other => other,
        };
        let v = self.expr_at(body, ret_ann.as_ref())?;
        self.pop_scope();

        let ret = ret_ann
            .or_else(|| v.ty.clone())
            .ok_or("cannot infer a closure's return type; annotate it")?;
        Ok(Val::new(
            format!("(proc ({}): {} = {})", parts.join(", "), ret.render(), v.code),
            Some(Nim::Proc(ptys, Box::new(ret))),
        ))
    }

    /// Lower a block's statements at the current indentation, without opening
    /// a Nim `block:` -- used for `unsafe { .. }`, which introduces no scope
    /// of its own in the generated code.
    fn nested_block_flat(&mut self, b: &syn::Block) -> Result<(), String> {
        self.push_scope();
        let tail = self.block_body(b)?;
        self.emit_tail(tail);
        self.pop_scope();
        Ok(())
    }

    fn try_op(&mut self, t: &syn::ExprTry) -> Result<Val, String> {
        if self.in_loop_cond {
            return Err("`?` in a loop condition is not implemented yet: the \
                        early-return it expands to would be evaluated once, \
                        before the loop, rather than on each iteration"
                .into());
        }
        let v = self.expr(&t.expr)?;
        if self.fmt_param.is_some() {
            // Writing into a string cannot fail, so `?` on a formatter write
            // is a no-op. `?` on anything else can fail, and `format!` panics
            // when a formatting impl returns an error -- so that is what the
            // error branch does here, with std's own message.
            if v.ty.as_ref() == Some(&Nim::Unit) {
                return Ok(v);
            }
            if let Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) = v.ty.clone() {
                if n == "Result" && a.len() == 2 {
                    let tmp = self.fresh("Fmt");
                    self.line(&format!(
                        "let {}: {} = {}",
                        tmp,
                        Nim::Named(n, a.clone()).render(),
                        v.code
                    ));
                    self.line(&format!("if not {}.ok:", tmp));
                    self.line(
                        "  rsPanic(\"a formatting trait implementation returned an error\")",
                    );
                    return Ok(Val::new(format!("{}.val", tmp), Some(a[0].clone())));
                }
            }
        }
        if let (Some(guard), Some(w)) = (v.guard.clone(), v.window.clone()) {
            // An `Option`/`Result` of a view: the check is emitted here and the
            // view itself survives as an alias, since it has no value form.
            let ret = self.ret.clone().ok_or("`?` outside a function with a return type")?;
            let err = v.guard_err.clone().ok_or(
                "`?` on a `get`/`get_mut` needs an `ok_or` to say what the error is",
            )?;
            let Nim::Named(n, ra) = &ret else {
                return Err(format!("`?` in a function returning `{}`", ret.render()));
            };
            if n != "Result" || ra.len() != 2 {
                return Err(format!("`?` in a function returning `{}`", ret.render()));
            }
            self.line(&format!("if not {}:", guard));
            self.line(&format!(
                "  return rsErr[{}, {}]({})",
                ra[0].render(),
                ra[1].render(),
                err
            ));
            let mut out = Val::new(String::new(), None);
            out.window = Some(w);
            return Ok(out);
        }
        let vt = v.ty.clone().ok_or(
            "`?` needs a known `Result`/`Option` type; annotate the expression it applies to",
        )?;
        let ret = self
            .ret
            .clone()
            .ok_or("`?` outside a function with a return type")?;
        let tmp = self.fresh("Try");
        self.line(&format!("let {}: {} = {}", tmp, vt.render(), v.code));

        match (&vt, &ret) {
            (Nim::Named(a, ai), Nim::Named(b, bi))
                if a == "Result" && b == "Result" && ai.len() == 2 && bi.len() == 2 =>
            {
                // Rust inserts a `From::from` on the error here. Where the
                // types differ we call the crate's own `impl From`; we never
                // assume the conversion is the identity.
                let err = if ai[1] == bi[1] {
                    format!("{}.err", tmp)
                } else {
                    let key = (type_name(&ai[1]), type_name(&bi[1]));
                    let f = self.from_impls.get(&key).cloned().ok_or_else(|| {
                        format!(
                            "`?` needs `From<{}> for {}` to convert the error, and \
                             no such `impl` is in scope; assuming the conversion is \
                             the identity would be a guess",
                            key.0, key.1
                        )
                    })?;
                    format!("{}({}.err)", f, tmp)
                };
                self.line(&format!("if not {}.ok:", tmp));
                self.line(&format!(
                    "  return rsErr[{}, {}]({})",
                    bi[0].render(),
                    bi[1].render(),
                    err
                ));
                Ok(Val::new(format!("{}.val", tmp), Some(ai[0].clone())))
            }
            (Nim::Named(a, ai), Nim::Named(b, bi))
                if a == "Option" && b == "Option" && ai.len() == 1 && bi.len() == 1 =>
            {
                self.line(&format!("if not {}.has:", tmp));
                self.line(&format!("  return rsNone[{}]()", bi[0].render()));
                Ok(Val::new(format!("{}.val", tmp), Some(ai[0].clone())))
            }
            _ => Err(format!(
                "`?` on `{}` in a function returning `{}` is not a supported \
                 combination",
                vt.render(),
                ret.render()
            )),
        }
    }

    fn call(&mut self, c: &syn::ExprCall, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        let Expr::Path(p) = &*c.func else {
            return Err("only calls to named functions are supported".into());
        };
        let name = path_name(&p.path);
        let target = self.resolve_fn(&p.path);
        let ptys: Vec<Nim> = target
            .as_ref()
            .and_then(|k| self.fns.get(k))
            .map(|s| s.params.clone())
            .unwrap_or_default();
        let mut args = Vec::new();
        for (i, a) in c.args.iter().enumerate() {
            let want = ptys.get(i).cloned();
            args.push(self.expr_at(a, want.as_ref())?);
        }
        let codes: Vec<String> = args.iter().map(|a| a.code.clone()).collect();

        // Constructors from the prelude.
        // `Ok`/`Err` must name the *whole* Result type, not just the half
        // being constructed: Nim cannot infer `E` from an `Ok(v)` alone.
        match name.as_str() {
            "Some" => {
                let inner = match expect {
                    Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) if n == "Option" && a.len() == 1 => a[0].render(),
                    _ => {
                        return Err("`Some(..)` needs a known `Option<T>` type here; \
                                    annotate the binding or the return type"
                            .into())
                    }
                };
                return Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("rsSome[{}]({})", inner, codes.join(", ")),
                    expect.cloned(),
                ));
            }
            "Ok" if self.fmt_param.is_some()
                && matches!(c.args.first(), Some(Expr::Tuple(t)) if t.elems.is_empty()) =>
            {
                // `Ok(())` ends a `fmt` body: nothing more is written.
                return Ok(Val::new(String::new(), Some(Nim::Unit)));
            }
            "Ok" | "Err" => {
                let (t, e) = match expect {
                    Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) if n == "Result" && a.len() == 2 => {
                        (a[0].render(), a[1].render())
                    }
                    _ => {
                        return Err(format!(
                            "`{name}(..)` needs a known `Result<T, E>` type here; \
                             annotate the binding or the return type"
                        ))
                    }
                };
                let ctor = if name == "Ok" { "rsOk" } else { "rsErr" };
                let arg = if codes.is_empty() { String::new() } else { codes.join(", ") };
                return Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("{}[{}, {}]({})", ctor, t, e, arg),
                    expect.cloned(),
                ));
            }
            _ => {}
        }

        // A tuple struct applied to arguments: `HexDisplay(bytes)`. Nim's
        // object constructor names its fields even when Rust's does not.
        if let Some(fields) = self.structs.get(&name).cloned() {
            if fields.len() == c.args.len() {
                let mut parts = Vec::new();
                for (i, a) in c.args.iter().enumerate() {
                    let v = self.expr_at(a, Some(&fields[i].1))?;
                    parts.push(format!("{}: {}", ident(&fields[i].0), v.code));
                }
                return Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("{}({})", ident(&name), parts.join(", ")),
                    Some(Nim::Named(name.clone(), vec![])),
                ));
            }
        }

        // `core::str::from_utf8_unchecked(b)` reinterprets a byte view as a
        // string view; no copy, no validation, same memory.
        if name == "from_utf8_unchecked" && codes.len() == 1 {
            // `String::from_utf8_unchecked(v)` takes ownership and yields an
            // owned `String`; `str::from_utf8_unchecked(b)` borrows and yields
            // a view. Same name, different operations -- the qualifier says
            // which, and an unqualified call is ambiguous.
            let q = p
                .path
                .segments
                .iter()
                .rev()
                .nth(1)
                .map(|s| s.ident.to_string());
            return match q.as_deref() {
                Some("String") => Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("rsStringOf({})", codes[0]),
                    Some(Nim::Prim("string".into())),
                )),
                Some("str") => Ok(Val::new(
                    format!("rsStrView({})", codes[0]),
                    Some(Nim::OpenArray(Box::new(Nim::Prim("char".into())))),
                )),
                _ => Err(
                    "`from_utf8_unchecked` must be written as `str::..` (a \
                     borrowed view) or `String::..` (an owned string); the two \
                     are different operations"
                        .into(),
                ),
            };
        }

        // A tuple enum variant applied to arguments: `Shape::Circle(1.0)`.
        if let Some((def, v)) = self.resolve_variant(&p.path) {
            return Ok(Val::new(
                format!("{}({})", def.ctor_ident(&v), codes.join(", ")),
                Some(Nim::Named(def.name.clone(), vec![])),
            ));
        }

        // A bare path that names a primitive type is Rust's tuple-struct-like
        // conversion, e.g. `String::from(..)`; handled by the method path.
        // Calling a proc-typed local, which is how an `impl Fn(..)` parameter
        // is invoked.
        if let Some(Nim::Proc(_, ret)) = self.lookup(&name) {
            return Ok(Val::new(
                format!("{}({})", ident(&name), codes.join(", ")),
                Some((*ret).clone()),
            ));
        }
        let ret = target.as_ref().and_then(|k| self.fns.get(k)).map(|s| s.ret.clone());
        if ret.is_none() && !self.structs.contains_key(&name) && !self.enums.contains_key(&name) {
            return Err(format!(
                "call to unknown function `{name}`; only functions defined in \
                 this file and the supported standard-library subset can be lowered"
            ));
        }
        let nim = match &target {
            Some((m, n)) => self.fn_name(m, n),
            None => ident(&name),
        };
        Ok(Val::new(format!("{}({})", nim, codes.join(", ")), ret))
    }

    fn method(&mut self, m: &syn::ExprMethodCall, expect: Option<&Nim>) -> Result<Val, String> {
        let name = m.method.to_string();
        if let Some(Alias::Window { len, .. }) = self.window_of(&m.receiver) {
            match name.as_str() {
                "len" => {
                    return Ok(Val::new(format!("uint({})", len), Some(Nim::Prim("uint".into()))))
                }
                "is_empty" => {
                    return Ok(Val::new(format!("({} == 0)", len), Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into()))))
                }
                other => {
                    return Err(format!(
                        "`.{other}()` on a slice window from `chunks_exact`/\
                         `windows` is not implemented; only indexing and \
                         `len()` are"
                    ))
                }
            }
        }
        let recv = self.expr(&m.receiver)?;
        let rt0 = recv.ty.clone();

// `s.get(a..b)` / `s.get_mut(a..b)`: an `Option<&[T]>`. Nim has no
        // way to put a view in an object, so instead of materialising an
        // Option the view and its validity condition travel together until
        // an `ok_or`/`?`/`unwrap` resolves them.
        if matches!(name.as_str(), "get" | "get_mut")
            && matches!(m.args.first(), Some(Expr::Range(_)))
        {
            let Some(Expr::Range(r)) = m.args.first() else { unreachable!() };
            let (code, base, blen, belem) = self.slice_parts(&m.receiver)?;
            let lo = match &r.start {
                Some(e) => format!("int({})", self.expr(e)?.code),
                None => "0".into(),
            };
            let len = match (&r.end, r.limits) {
                (Some(e), syn::RangeLimits::HalfOpen(_)) => {
                    format!("(int({}) - {})", self.expr(e)?.code, lo)
                }
                (Some(e), syn::RangeLimits::Closed(_)) => {
                    format!("(int({}) - {} + 1)", self.expr(e)?.code, lo)
                }
                (None, _) => format!("({} - {})", blen, lo),
            };
            // Hoisted, so the bounds are computed once -- as Rust computes
            // them once -- and cannot be re-evaluated later in a scope where
            // the names they mention have been shadowed by a loop pattern.
            let off_t = self.fresh("Off");
            let len_t = self.fresh("Len");
            self.line(&format!("let {}: int = {} + {}", off_t, base, lo));
            self.line(&format!("let {}: int = {}", len_t, len));
            let elem = belem
                .or_else(|| elem_of(&rt0))
                .ok_or("cannot infer the element type of this slice")?;
            let mut v = Val::new(
                String::new(),
                Some(Nim::Named(
                    "Option".into(),
                    vec![Nim::OpenArray(Box::new(elem.clone()))],
                )),
            );
            v.guard = Some(format!("({} + {} <= {})", off_t, len_t, blen));
            v.window = Some(Alias::Window {
                code,
                off: off_t,
                len: len_t,
                elem: Some(elem),
            });
            return Ok(v);
        }

        // `.map`/`.and_then` over an `Option`/`Result` take a closure whose
        // parameter type comes from the receiver, so they are handled before
        // the arguments are lowered. The closure is expanded inline, with its
        // parameter aliased to the payload: that keeps the whole thing an
        // expression and avoids handing a view to a generic proc.
        if matches!(name.as_str(), "map" | "and_then") && m.args.len() == 1 {
            if let (Some(Nim::Named(kind, targs)), Expr::Closure(c)) =
                (recv.ty.clone(), &m.args[0])
            {
                if (kind == "Option" && targs.len() == 1) || (kind == "Result" && targs.len() == 2)
                {
                    return self.map_closure(&name, &recv, &kind, &targs, c);
                }
            }
        }

        // `x.wrapping_add(1)` and `x.min(3)` take an argument of the receiver's
        // own type; `v.push(e)` takes the element type.
        let arg_want = match (name.as_str(), &recv.ty) {
            ("push", Some(Nim::Seq(t))) | ("push", Some(Nim::OpenArray(t))) => Some((**t).clone()),
            (_, t) => t.clone(),
        };
        let mut args = Vec::new();
        for a in &m.args {
            args.push(self.expr_at(a, arg_want.as_ref())?);
        }
        let a0 = args.first().map(|a| a.code.clone());
        let rt = recv.ty.clone();

        let (code, ty) = match name.as_str() {
            // Rust's `len()` is `usize`; Nim's is `int`. The conversion is
            // explicit so that a `usize` binding type-checks on the Nim side.
            "len" => (format!("uint({}.len)", recv.code), Some(Nim::Prim("uint".into()))),
            "is_empty" => (format!("({}.len == 0)", recv.code), Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into()))),
            "push" => (format!("{}.add({})", recv.code, a0.unwrap_or_default()), Some(Nim::Unit)),
            "clone" | "to_vec" | "to_owned" | "as_slice" | "as_ref" | "as_mut" | "iter"
            | "into_iter" => (recv.code.clone(), rt.clone()),
            "unwrap" | "expect" => {
                // Expanded inline rather than called as a generic proc: when
                // the payload is a view, Nim can only borrow from a path
                // expression, which a proc body containing the panic is not.
                let (kind, inner) = match &rt {
                    Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) if n == "Option" && a.len() == 1 => {
                        ("Option", a[0].clone())
                    }
                    Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) if n == "Result" && a.len() == 2 => {
                        ("Result", a[0].clone())
                    }
                    _ => {
                        return Err(format!(
                            "`.{name}()` needs a known `Option`/`Result` receiver type"
                        ))
                    }
                };
                if self.in_loop_cond {
                    return Err(format!(
                        "`.{name}()` in a loop condition is not implemented yet: the \
                         check it expands to would run once, before the loop"
                    ));
                }
                let tmp = self.fresh("Unwrap");
                let rty = rt.clone().unwrap();
                self.line(&format!("let {}: {} = {}", tmp, rty.render(), recv.code));
                let (test, msg) = if kind == "Option" {
                    (format!("{}.has", tmp), "called `Option::unwrap()` on a `None` value")
                } else {
                    (format!("{}.ok", tmp), "called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value")
                };
                let msg = if name == "expect" {
                    args.first().map(|a| a.code.clone()).unwrap_or_else(|| fmt::nim_str(msg))
                } else {
                    fmt::nim_str(msg)
                };
                self.line(&format!("if not {}:", test));
                self.line(&format!("  rsPanic({})", msg));
                // If the payload is a view, hand back an alias rather than a
                // value: Nim will not let a `let` borrow out of a local, and a
                // view is a reference anyway, so there is nothing to bind.
                // `{tmp}.val` is a plain field access, so substituting it at
                // each use re-evaluates nothing.
                if matches!(inner, Nim::OpenArray(_)) {
                    let mut v = Val::new(format!("{}.val", tmp), Some(inner.clone()));
                    v.window = Some(Alias::Value {
                        code: format!("{}.val", tmp),
                        ty: Some(inner),
                    });
                    return Ok(v);
                }
                (format!("{}.val", tmp), Some(inner))
            }
            "ok_or" if recv.guard.is_some() => {
                let e = args.first().ok_or("`ok_or` takes one argument")?;
                let ety = e.ty.clone();
                let mut v = recv.clone();
                v.guard_err = Some(e.code.clone());
                v.ty = match (&recv.ty, ety) {
                    (Some(Nim::Named(_, a)), Some(et)) if a.len() == 1 => {
                        Some(Nim::Named("Result".into(), vec![a[0].clone(), et]))
                    }
                    _ => None,
                };
                return Ok(v);
            }
            "ok_or" => {
                let inner = match &rt {
                    Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) if n == "Option" && a.len() == 1 => a[0].clone(),
                    _ => return Err("`ok_or` needs a known `Option<T>` receiver".into()),
                };
                let e = args.first().ok_or("`ok_or` takes one argument")?;
                let ety = e
                    .ty
                    .clone()
                    .ok_or("`ok_or` needs a known error type for its argument")?;
                (
                    format!(
                        "rsOkOr[{}, {}]({}, {})",
                        inner.render(),
                        ety.render(),
                        recv.code,
                        e.code
                    ),
                    Some(Nim::Named("Result".into(), vec![inner, ety])),
                )
            }
            "unwrap_or" => {
                let inner = match &rt {
                    Some(Nim::Named(n, a)) if (n == "Option" && a.len() == 1) || (n == "Result" && a.len() == 2) => {
                        Some(a[0].clone())
                    }
                    _ => None,
                };
                (
                    format!("unwrapOr({}, {})", recv.code, a0.unwrap_or_default()),
                    inner,
                )
            }
            "is_some" => (format!("{}.has", recv.code), Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into()))),
            "is_none" => (format!("(not {}.has)", recv.code), Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into()))),
            "is_ok" => (format!("{}.ok", recv.code), Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into()))),
            "is_err" => (format!("(not {}.ok)", recv.code), Some(Nim::Prim("bool".into()))),

            // Settled empirically: Nim's fixed-width *unsigned* arithmetic
            // wraps silently, matching Rust's `wrapping_*`. For *signed* types
            // Nim raises OverflowDefect, so the operation is routed through
            // the unsigned view of the same width, which is what Rust's
            // wrapping_* is defined to compute.
            "wrapping_add" | "wrapping_sub" | "wrapping_mul" => {
                let op = match name.as_str() {
                    "wrapping_add" => "+",
                    "wrapping_sub" => "-",
                    _ => "*",
                };
                let t = rt.clone().ok_or_else(|| {
                    format!("`{name}` needs a known receiver type to pick the wrapping width")
                })?;
                if !t.is_integer() {
                    return Err(format!("`{name}` on a non-integer type"));
                }
                let arg = a0.ok_or_else(|| format!("`{name}` takes one argument"))?;
                if t.is_unsigned() {
                    (format!("({} {} {})", recv.code, op, arg), Some(t))
                } else {
                    let u = unsigned_peer(&t)?;
                    (
                        format!(
                            "cast[{}](cast[{}]({}) {} cast[{}]({}))",
                            t.render(), u, recv.code, op, u, arg
                        ),
                        Some(t),
                    )
                }
            }
            // Inside a formatting impl, a write through the `Formatter` *is*
            // the value the proc returns, so it lowers to the string written.
            "write_str" | "write_char" if self.is_fmt_param(&m.receiver) => {
                let a = args.first().ok_or("`write_str` takes one argument")?;
                // A `&str` argument is a character view, not a Nim string.
                let text = match &a.ty {
                    Some(Nim::Prim(p)) if p == "string" => a.code.clone(),
                    _ => format!("rsDisplay({})", a.code),
                };
                (format!("result.add({})", text), Some(Nim::Unit))
            }
            "abs" => (format!("abs({})", recv.code), rt.clone()),
            "min" => (format!("min({}, {})", recv.code, a0.unwrap_or_default()), rt.clone()),
            "max" => (format!("max({}, {})", recv.code, a0.unwrap_or_default()), rt.clone()),
            "to_string" => (format!("rsDisplay({})", recv.code), Some(Nim::Prim("string".into()))),
            "as_bytes" | "into_bytes" => (
                format!("rsBytes({})", recv.code),
                Some(Nim::Seq(Box::new(Nim::Prim("uint8".into())))),
            ),

            "into" => {
                // `.into()` resolves through the `impl From` declarations, and
                // needs the target type to pick one.
                let from = rt
                    .clone()
                    .ok_or("`.into()` needs a known receiver type")?;
                let to = expect
                    .ok_or("`.into()` needs a known target type; annotate the binding")?;
                let key = (type_name(&from), type_name(to));
                let f = self.from_impls.get(&key).cloned().ok_or_else(|| {
                    format!(
                        "no `impl From<{}> for {}` in this file, so `.into()` has \
                         no conversion to call",
                        key.0, key.1
                    )
                })?;
                (format!("{}({})", f, recv.code), Some(to.clone()))
            }
            _ => {
                // A method defined in this file via `impl`, found by the
                // receiver's type rather than by name alone.
                let key = rt.as_ref().map(|t| (type_name(t), name.clone()));
                let sig = key.and_then(|k| self.methods.get(&k)).map(|s| s.ret.clone());
                if let Some(ret) = sig {
                    let mut all = vec![recv.code.clone()];
                    all.extend(args.iter().map(|a| a.code.clone()));
                    (format!("{}({})", ident(&name), all.join(", ")), Some(ret))
                } else {
                    return Err(format!(
                        "unsupported method `.{name}()`; it is neither defined in \
                         this file nor part of the standard-library subset that \
                         has a verified Nim equivalent"
                    ));
                }
            }
        };
        Ok(Val::new(code, ty))
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------------- macros

    /// The element type of a `vec![..]`, from its first element.
    fn vec_elem(&mut self, mac: &syn::Macro) -> Result<Option<Nim>, String> {
        let body = mac.tokens.to_string();
        if body.trim().is_empty() {
            return Ok(None);
        }
        let first: Option<Expr> = if body.contains(';') {
            // The whole body must be consumed or the parse fails, so the
            // length is parsed too even though only the element is wanted.
            mac.parse_body_with(|input: syn::parse::ParseStream| {
                let v: Expr = input.parse()?;
                input.parse::<syn::Token![;]>()?;
                let _len: Expr = input.parse()?;
                Ok(v)
            })
            .ok()
        } else {
            mac.parse_body_with(
                syn::punctuated::Punctuated::<Expr, syn::Token![,]>::parse_terminated,
            )
            .ok()
            .and_then(|p| p.into_iter().next())
        };
        match first {
            Some(e) => Ok(self.expr(&e)?.ty),
            None => Ok(None),
        }
    }

    fn macro_call(&mut self, mac: &syn::Macro) -> Result<String, String> {
        let name = path_name(&mac.path);
        match name.as_str() {
            "println" | "print" | "eprintln" | "eprint" => {
                let s = self.format_args(mac)?;
                let nl = name.ends_with("ln");
                Ok(match (name.starts_with('e'), nl) {
                    (false, true) => format!("echo {s}"),
                    (false, false) => format!("stdout.write({s})"),
                    (true, true) => format!("stderr.writeLine({s})"),
                    (true, false) => format!("stderr.write({s})"),
                })
            }
            "format" => self.format_args(mac),
            "write" | "writeln" => {
                // `write!(f, "..", ..)` inside a formatting impl: the first
                // argument is the sink, the rest is an ordinary format call.
                let args: Vec<Expr> = mac
                    .parse_body_with(syn::punctuated::Punctuated::<Expr, syn::Token![,]>::parse_terminated)
                    .map_err(|e| format!("write!: {e}"))?
                    .into_iter()
                    .collect();
                let sink = args.first().ok_or("`write!` needs a sink")?;
                if !self.is_fmt_param(sink) {
                    return Err("`write!` to anything but the `Formatter` of the \
                                enclosing formatting impl is not implemented"
                        .into());
                }
                let s = self.format_pieces(&args[1..])?;
                let s = if name == "writeln" {
                    format!("({} & \"\\n\")", s)
                } else {
                    s
                };
                Ok(format!("result.add({})", s))
            }
            "panic" => {
                let s = self.format_args(mac)?;
                Ok(format!("rsPanic({s})"))
            }
            // `debug_assert*` fires in debug builds, which is the profile
            // this project models, so it lowers the same as `assert*`.
            "assert" | "debug_assert" => {
                let args: Vec<Expr> = mac
                    .parse_body_with(
                        syn::punctuated::Punctuated::<Expr, syn::Token![,]>::parse_terminated,
                    )
                    .map_err(|e| format!("{name}!: {e}"))?
                    .into_iter()
                    .collect();
                let cond = args.first().ok_or("`assert!` needs a condition")?;
                let v = self.expr(cond)?;
                let msg = if args.len() > 1 {
                    self.format_pieces(&args[1..])?
                } else {
                    fmt::nim_str("assertion failed")
                };
                Ok(format!("(if not ({}): rsPanic({}))", v.code, msg))
            }
            "assert_eq" | "assert_ne" | "debug_assert_eq" | "debug_assert_ne" => {
                let args: Vec<Expr> = mac
                    .parse_body_with(
                        syn::punctuated::Punctuated::<Expr, syn::Token![,]>::parse_terminated,
                    )
                    .map_err(|e| format!("{name}!: {e}"))?
                    .into_iter()
                    .collect();
                if args.len() < 2 {
                    return Err(format!("`{name}!` takes two operands"));
                }
                let a = self.expr(&args[0])?;
                let b = self.expr_at(&args[1], a.ty.as_ref())?;
                let ne = name.ends_with("_ne");
                let op = if ne { "!=" } else { "==" };
                // Rust's message shows both sides; reproducing it keeps a
                // failing assertion as informative as the original.
                let label = if ne { "assertion failed: `(left != right)`" } else { "assertion failed: `(left == right)`" };
                Ok(format!(
                    "(if not (({}) {} ({})): rsPanic({} & \"\\n  left: \" & rsDebug({}) & \"\\n right: \" & rsDebug({})))",
                    a.code, op, b.code, fmt::nim_str(label), a.code, b.code
                ))
            }
            "vec" => {
                let body = mac.tokens.to_string();
                if body.trim().is_empty() {
                    return Ok("@[]".into());
                }
                // `vec![elem; n]` is the repeat form, not a list. The macro
                // body has no brackets, so it is parsed directly.
                if body.contains(';') {
                    let (v, n) = mac
                        .parse_body_with(|input: syn::parse::ParseStream| {
                            let v: Expr = input.parse()?;
                            input.parse::<syn::Token![;]>()?;
                            let n: Expr = input.parse()?;
                            Ok((v, n))
                        })
                        .map_err(|e| format!("vec![elem; n]: {e}"))?;
                    let want = self.vec_expect.clone();
                    let v = self.expr_at(&v, want.as_ref())?;
                    let n = self.expr(&n)?;
                    return Ok(format!("newSeqWith(int({}), {})", n.code, v.code));
                }
                let elems: syn::punctuated::Punctuated<Expr, syn::Token![,]> = mac
                    .parse_body_with(syn::punctuated::Punctuated::parse_terminated)
                    .map_err(|e| format!("vec!: {e}"))?;
                let want = self.vec_expect.clone();
                let mut parts = Vec::new();
                for e in &elems {
                    parts.push(self.expr_at(e, want.as_ref())?.code);
                }
                Ok(format!("@[{}]", parts.join(", ")))
            }
            other => Err(format!(
                "unsupported macro `{other}!`; a macro whose expansion is not \
                 known cannot be lowered faithfully"
            )),
        }
    }

    /// `println!("{} {}", a, b)` -> a Nim string-concatenation expression.
    fn format_args(&mut self, mac: &syn::Macro) -> Result<String, String> {
        let args: Vec<Expr> = mac
            .parse_body_with(syn::punctuated::Punctuated::<Expr, syn::Token![,]>::parse_terminated)
            .map_err(|e| format!("format arguments: {e}"))?
            .into_iter()
            .collect();
        self.format_pieces(&args)
    }

    /// `["{} {}", a, b]` -> a Nim string-concatenation expression.
    fn format_pieces(&mut self, args: &[Expr]) -> Result<String, String> {
        let Some(Expr::Lit(syn::ExprLit { lit: Lit::Str(s), .. })) = args.first() else {
            if args.is_empty() {
                return Ok("\"\"".into());
            }
            return Err("the first argument must be a literal format string".into());
        };
        let rest: Vec<&Expr> = args[1..].iter().collect();

        let pieces = fmt::parse(&s.value())?;
        let mut parts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
        let mut next = 0usize;
        let mut used = vec![false; rest.len()];
        for p in &pieces {
            match p {
                fmt::Piece::Lit(l) => parts.push(fmt::nim_str(l)),
                fmt::Piece::Arg { r#ref, spec } => {
                    let v = match r#ref {
                        fmt::Ref::Next => {
                            let e = rest.get(next).ok_or("too few arguments for format string")?;
                            used[next] = true;
                            next += 1;
                            self.expr(e)?
                        }
                        fmt::Ref::Index(i) => {
                            let e = rest.get(*i).ok_or("format index out of range")?;
                            used[*i] = true;
                            self.expr(e)?
                        }
                        fmt::Ref::Named(n) => {
                            let t = self.lookup(n).ok_or_else(|| {
                                format!("`{{{n}}}` captures `{n}`, which is not in scope")
                            })?;
                            Val::new(ident(n), Some(t))
                        }
                    };
                    let integer = v.ty.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| t.is_integer());
                    if spec.radix.is_some() && !integer && v.ty.is_none() {
                        return Err(
                            "a radix format (`{:x}`, `{:b}`, ...) needs a known \
                             argument type: on an integer it formats the bit \
                             pattern, on anything else it calls that type's own \
                             impl"
                                .into(),
                        );
                    }
                    parts.push(fmt::render_arg(&v.code, spec, integer));
                }
            }
        }
        // Rust rejects an argument that no `{}` consumes; so do we, rather
        // than dropping it from the output.
        if let Some(i) = used.iter().position(|u| !u) {
            return Err(format!(
                "argument {} is never used by the format string",
                i + 1
            ));
        }
        Ok(if parts.is_empty() { "\"\"".into() } else { parts.join(" & ") })
    }
}

/// Whether a pattern introduces a binding.
fn binds(p: &Pat) -> bool {
    match p {
        Pat::Ident(_) => true,
        Pat::Guard(g) => binds(&g.pat),
        Pat::Paren(x) => binds(&x.pat),
        Pat::Reference(r) => binds(&r.pat),
        Pat::Or(o) => o.cases.iter().any(binds),
        Pat::TupleStruct(t) => t.elems.iter().any(|_| true),
        Pat::Struct(_) | Pat::Tuple(_) | Pat::Slice(_) => true,
        _ => false,
    }
}

/// Whether a pattern looks inside the value, which a Nim `case` cannot do.
fn destructures(p: &Pat) -> bool {
    matches!(
        p,
        Pat::TupleStruct(_) | Pat::Struct(_) | Pat::Tuple(_) | Pat::Slice(_)
    ) || matches!(p, Pat::Guard(g) if destructures(&g.pat))
        || matches!(p, Pat::Paren(x) if destructures(&x.pat))
        || matches!(p, Pat::Reference(r) if destructures(&r.pat))
}

/// Whether an expression has a direct Nim expression form.
///
/// Nim's `if` is an expression only when every arm is a single expression, and
/// its `case` is never one here. Anything else has to be lowered as statements
/// that assign into a target.
fn expressible(e: &Expr) -> bool {
    match e {
        Expr::If(i) => {
            let Some(then) = single_expr(&i.then_branch) else { return false };
            if !expressible(then) {
                return false;
            }
            match &i.else_branch {
                None => false,
                Some((_, els)) => match &**els {
                    Expr::Block(b) => single_expr(&b.block).is_some_and(expressible),
                    other => expressible(other),
                },
            }
        }
        Expr::Match(_) | Expr::Block(_) | Expr::Loop(_) | Expr::While(_) | Expr::ForLoop(_) => false,
        _ => true,
    }
}

/// The single expression a block consists of, if that is all it is. An `if`
/// can only be lowered as a Nim `if`-expression when both arms are this shape.
fn single_expr(b: &syn::Block) -> Option<&Expr> {
    match (b.stmts.len(), b.stmts.first()) {
        (1, Some(Stmt::Expr(e, None))) => Some(e),
        _ => None,
    }
}

/// Substitute `params[i] -> args[i]` through a type. Enough of the type
/// grammar is covered to expand the aliases we accept; anything else is left
/// alone and will be reported by `ty::map` if it is unsupported.
fn substitute(t: &syn::Type, params: &[String], args: &[syn::Type]) -> syn::Type {
    use syn::Type;
    match t {
        Type::Path(p) => {
            if p.qself.is_none() && p.path.segments.len() == 1 {
                let seg = &p.path.segments[0];
                if seg.arguments.is_empty() {
                    let name = seg.ident.to_string();
                    if let Some(i) = params.iter().position(|x| *x == name) {
                        return args[i].clone();
                    }
                }
            }
            let mut p = p.clone();
            for seg in &mut p.path.segments {
                if let syn::PathArguments::AngleBracketed(a) = &mut seg.arguments {
                    for g in &mut a.args {
                        if let syn::GenericArgument::Type(t) = g {
                            *t = substitute(t, params, args);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            Type::Path(p)
        }
        Type::Reference(r) => {
            let mut r = r.clone();
            r.elem = Box::new(substitute(&r.elem, params, args));
            Type::Reference(r)
        }
        Type::Slice(sl) => {
            let mut sl = sl.clone();
            sl.elem = Box::new(substitute(&sl.elem, params, args));
            Type::Slice(sl)
        }
        Type::Array(a) => {
            let mut a = a.clone();
            a.elem = Box::new(substitute(&a.elem, params, args));
            Type::Array(a)
        }
        Type::Tuple(tp) => {
            let mut tp = tp.clone();
            tp.elems = tp.elems.iter().map(|e| substitute(e, params, args)).collect();
            Type::Tuple(tp)
        }
        Type::Paren(p) => substitute(&p.elem, params, args),
        Type::Group(g) => substitute(&g.elem, params, args),
        other => other.clone(),
    }
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------- utilities

/// Whether a return type is a borrow of one of the arguments, which Nim
/// models with a view rather than with an owned copy.
fn returns_borrow(t: &syn::Type) -> bool {
    match t {
        syn::Type::Reference(r) => match &*r.elem {
            syn::Type::Slice(_) => true,
            // `&str` is a borrow of someone else's bytes too, and returning it
            // means returning a view, not an owned string.
            syn::Type::Path(p) => p.path.is_ident("str"),
            _ => false,
        },
        syn::Type::Paren(p) => returns_borrow(&p.elem),
        syn::Type::Group(g) => returns_borrow(&g.elem),
        _ => false,
    }
}

/// The module a `use` prefix names. `crate`, `self` and `super` all resolve
/// to the crate root, which is where a flattened module's items live unless
/// they came from one of the extra input files.
fn module_of(prefix: &[String]) -> String {
    match prefix.last() {
        Some(m) if m != "crate" && m != "self" && m != "super" => m.clone(),
        _ => String::new(),
    }
}

/// The first type argument of an `Option[T]` / `Result[T, E]`.
fn elem_arg(t: &Nim) -> Nim {
    match t {
        Nim::Named(_, a) if !a.is_empty() => a[0].clone(),
        other => other.clone(),
    }
}

/// The element type of a sequence-like Nim type.
fn elem_of(t: &Option<Nim>) -> Option<Nim> {
    match t {
        Some(Nim::Seq(e)) | Some(Nim::OpenArray(e)) | Some(Nim::Array(_, e)) => Some((**e).clone()),
        Some(Nim::Prim(p)) if p == "string" => Some(Nim::Prim("char".into())),
        _ => None,
    }
}

/// The short name a Nim type is known by, for keying method tables.
fn type_name(t: &Nim) -> String {
    match t {
        Nim::Named(n, _) => n.clone(),
        Nim::Prim(p) => p.clone(),
        other => other.render(),
    }
}

fn is_fmt_trait(t: &str) -> bool {
    matches!(t, "Display" | "Debug" | "LowerHex" | "UpperHex" | "Binary" | "Octal")
}

/// The prelude proc a formatting trait's output is produced by.
fn fmt_proc(t: &str) -> &'static str {
    match t {
        "Display" => "rsDisplay",
        "Debug" => "rsDebug",
        "LowerHex" => "rsLowerHex",
        "UpperHex" => "rsUpperHex",
        "Binary" => "rsBinary",
        _ => "rsOctal",
    }
}

fn takes_self(sig: &syn::Signature) -> bool {
    matches!(sig.inputs.first(), Some(FnArg::Receiver(_)))
}

fn path_name(p: &syn::Path) -> String {
    p.segments
        .last()
        .map(|s| s.ident.to_string())
        .unwrap_or_default()
}

fn is_compound(op: &BinOp) -> bool {
    matches!(
        op,
        BinOp::AddAssign(_)
            | BinOp::SubAssign(_)
            | BinOp::MulAssign(_)
            | BinOp::DivAssign(_)
            | BinOp::RemAssign(_)
            | BinOp::BitAndAssign(_)
            | BinOp::BitOrAssign(_)
            | BinOp::BitXorAssign(_)
            | BinOp::ShlAssign(_)
            | BinOp::ShrAssign(_)
    )
}

/// The Nim literal suffix for an integer type (`5'i32`).
fn nim_suffix(t: &Nim) -> Result<&'static str, String> {
    let Nim::Prim(p) = t else {
        return Err("not a primitive integer".into());
    };
    Ok(match p.as_str() {
        "int8" => "i8",
        "int16" => "i16",
        "int32" => "i32",
        "int64" => "i64",
        "int" => "i",
        "uint8" => "u8",
        "uint16" => "u16",
        "uint32" => "u32",
        "uint64" => "u64",
        "uint" => "u",
        other => return Err(format!("no Nim literal suffix for `{other}`")),
    })
}

/// The unsigned integer type of the same width, used to spell `wrapping_*`.
fn unsigned_peer(t: &Nim) -> Result<&'static str, String> {
    let Nim::Prim(p) = t else {
        return Err("not a primitive integer".into());
    };
    Ok(match p.as_str() {
        "int8" => "uint8",
        "int16" => "uint16",
        "int32" => "uint32",
        "int64" => "uint64",
        "int" => "uint",
        other => return Err(format!("`{other}` has no unsigned peer")),
    })
}

fn quote_meta(m: &syn::Meta) -> String {
    match m {
        syn::Meta::Path(p) => path_name(p),
        syn::Meta::List(l) => format!("{}(..)", path_name(&l.path)),
        syn::Meta::NameValue(nv) => format!("{} = ..", path_name(&nv.path)),
    }
}

fn item_attrs(i: &Item) -> &[syn::Attribute] {
    match i {
        Item::Fn(f) => &f.attrs,
        Item::Struct(s) => &s.attrs,
        Item::Enum(e) => &e.attrs,
        Item::Impl(x) => &x.attrs,
        Item::Const(c) => &c.attrs,
        Item::Type(t) => &t.attrs,
        Item::Mod(m) => &m.attrs,
        Item::Use(u) => &u.attrs,
        Item::ExternCrate(e) => &e.attrs,
        Item::Static(s) => &s.attrs,
        _ => &[],
    }
}

fn item_kind(i: &Item) -> &'static str {
    match i {
        Item::Trait(_) => "`trait`",
        Item::Static(_) => "`static`",
        Item::Macro(_) => "macro definition",
        Item::Union(_) => "`union`",
        Item::ForeignMod(_) => "`extern` block",
        _ => "item",
    }
}

fn expr_kind(e: &Expr) -> &'static str {
    match e {
        Expr::Async(_) => "`async` block",
        Expr::Await(_) => "`.await`",
        Expr::Try(_) => "`?`",
        Expr::Range(_) => "range",
        Expr::Match(_) => "`match` (only statement position is implemented)",
        Expr::Let(_) => "`let` expression",
        Expr::Unsafe(_) => "`unsafe` block",
        Expr::Loop(_) | Expr::While(_) | Expr::ForLoop(_) => "loop (has no value in Nim)",
        _ => "expression",
    }
}