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Summary

On --target web, a class that declares no constructor drops its field initializers (class X { tag = "a" } → new X().tag === undefined), and a derived class that declares none never runs its parent's constructor (class B extends A {} → A's constructor is skipped). Field initializers are emitted only inside compile_class_constructor, which runs only when the class has a constructor, and nothing calls the parent's for a derived class without one. Both are listed in #14595; the second came up in the review of #14597.

Changes

• emit/function.rs
  • synthesized_ctors: which classes get a constructor — none declared, and field initializers or a parent with a constructor (declared or synthesized). A chain that reaches a constructor with a rest parameter is left as it is (forwarding ...args through a fixed arity would drop arguments).
  • compile_synthesized_constructor: TypeScript's implicit constructor — the parent's constructor with the nearest ancestor constructor's parameters forwarded, then this class's field initializers (JS order), then this.
  • ctor_param_count: the one place registration, the function section and the code section read a constructor's arity from, so the three stay aligned.
  • the field-initializer loop moves unchanged into emit_field_initializers.
• emit/compile.rs, emit/module_emitter.rs: the three constructor sites use the above; synthesized_ctors is stored on the emitter.
• emit/tests.rs: class_without_constructor_initializes_fields_and_runs_the_parent_constructor (base with initializers, derived with forwarded arguments, two levels, an initializer reading a field the parent set, a parent with no constructor).

Related issue

Refs #14595.

Test plan

Base 8f6f2c1c77 (current main).

	without the change	this branch
new test	every value undefined	matches node --experimental-strip-types
new test, initializers moved before the parent call (mutation)	—	fails: q.w is NaN
cargo test -p perry-codegen-wasm	—	47 passed
tests/integration/wasm/run_wasm_tests.sh	28 pass / 4 fail	28 pass / 4 fail, same set

The integration suite was run on both builds because the change affects how every class is constructed. It (and the mutation) ran on 2d6ddf6d58, before the final rebase onto 8f6f2c1c77; the unit tests were re-run after it.

Built on macOS (Apple M6), nightly from rust-toolchain.toml, LLVM 23.1.5, Node 26.13.1. rustfmt --check on the touched files.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Under the web target, classes without explicitly declared constructors now initialize their fields correctly.
  • Derived classes without constructors now forward arguments to parent constructors before initializing their own fields.
  • Base-class fields initialize before the constructor body; derived-class fields initialize after super() returns.
  • Synthesized constructors preserve inherited constructor behavior, including forwarding supported arguments.

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Walkthrough

The WASM emitter now synthesizes constructors for classes without declared constructors. Synthesized constructors forward arguments to parent constructors and initialize fields. Constructor registration uses the synthesized parameter count. Runtime tests cover field initialization and inherited constructor behavior.

Changes: WASM synthesized constructors

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Plan and emit synthesized constructors crates/perry-codegen-wasm/src/emit/module_emitter.rs, crates/perry-codegen-wasm/src/emit/function.rs	The emitter tracks forwarded constructor arity and can generate constructors for classes without declared constructors. Synthesized constructors call parent constructors, pad missing arguments with undefined, and initialize fields. Field initialization follows super() in derived constructors.
Register and validate synthesized constructors crates/perry-codegen-wasm/src/emit/compile.rs, crates/perry-codegen-wasm/src/emit/tests.rs, changelog.d/14616-wasm-synthesized-constructors.md	Constructor registration and function signatures use the declared or synthesized parameter count. Class code generation emits a synthesized constructor when no explicit constructor was compiled. Runtime tests cover field initialization and inherited constructor behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: thehypnoo

Merge Risk: Low · up to ab9d8

Constructor-less classes under --target web now initialize their fields and run their parent constructor. A narrow gap remains: two classes with the same name in different modules can still collide, as they already do for methods and constructors. That is a pre-existing limitation and is reasonable to handle in a separate change.

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- Line 165: Update the initializer placement in the function-emission flow
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constructor body, but emit explicit derived-class field initializers only after
a successful super() call, so they take precedence over fields initialized by
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Initialize explicit derived-class fields after super().

This change makes the existing initializer placement incorrect when the parent now gets a synthesized constructor. For example:

class A { x = 1; }
class B extends A {
    x = 2;
    constructor() { super(); }
}
console.log(new B().x);

Line 165 writes 2 before the constructor body. The super() call then invokes the newly registered constructor for A, which overwrites x with 1. The required result is 2. Keep base-class initializers before the body, but emit derived-class initializers after the successful super() call.

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Review comment at @crates/perry-codegen-wasm/src/emit/function.rs at line 165:
Update the initializer placement in the function-emission flow around emit_field_initializers: keep base-class field initializers before the constructor body, but emit explicit derived-class field initializers only after a successful super() call, so they take precedence over fields initialized by the parent constructor.

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Confirmed and fixed in ab9d802 — this PR made it observable (the parent now has a constructor that overwrites the child's initializers). A derived class now emits its field initializers right after the top-level super(...) statement of its constructor; a base class, or a super call nested inside another statement, keeps them before the body. New test derived_fields_initialize_after_super_and_base_fields_before_the_body covers your example, an initializer reading a field the parent set (w = this.v + 1), and a base class reading its own field in the body: 2 20 2 as Node; with the old placement it prints 1 NaN 2. Integration suite unchanged (28 pass / 4 fail, same set).

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@raliclo The change covers the reported top-level super() case, and the new test covers the field ordering.

The nested case remains: compile_class_constructor emits initializers before the body when super() is nested, so the parent can still overwrite them. Please add a regression test for that case and emit the initializers after the successful call.

I’m not marking the finding as addressed. I inspected the code but did not run the tests.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Key the constructor plan by module-qualified class identity, not by bare class name.

The planner in synthesized_ctors builds its map from class.name across all modules. Two module-level classes with the same name in different modules collide. The later one replaces the earlier one. An earlier constructor-free class with field initializers then gets no synthesized constructor, so its initializers do not run. The lookup at compile.rs:1372 uses the same bare name, so the omission is silent.

A fix needs a module-qualified key for both the planner map and the lookup. It also needs the matching extends_name resolution. Confirm the identity that the emitter can access before making this change. This change affects the whole constructor plan, so no localized diff is given here.

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Review comment at @crates/perry-codegen-wasm/src/emit/function.rs around lines 303 - 307:
Update the constructor plan in synthesized_ctors to key classes by a module-qualified identity, and use the same identity for constructor lookup and extends_name resolution. First establish which module identity is available to the emitter and use it consistently; preserve correct constructor synthesis for same-named classes in different modules.

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[raliclo]

Correct that the plan is keyed by bare class name, but that is how the whole WASM emitter identifies classes today: class_ctor_map, class_method_map, class_parent_map (and the runtime's classMethodTable / classParentTable) are all keyed by class.name, so two same-named classes in different modules already collide for constructors, methods and instanceof before this PR. synthesized_ctors follows that existing identity rather than introducing a new collision. Moving the emitter to module-qualified class identity is a separate change across all of those tables; I would rather do it on its own (I can open an issue) than widen this one.

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@raliclo You’re right that class identity is a wider WASM limitation. I agree that a coordinated change can be handled separately.

One distinction: a synthesized constructor can overwrite an earlier same-named declared constructor in class_ctor_map (compile.rs, Line 793). The base revision registered only declared constructors, so the new registration can change which constructor runs.

I’m not marking this finding as addressed, but I accept deferring the identity change.

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[raliclo]

Rebased onto 46b2339d82 (current main, which includes #14604, so the formatting / clippy / tokio-ban / tls-budget reds are gone from this branch). cargo test -p perry-codegen-wasm re-run on the new base: 47 passed. The base SHA in the description refers to the earlier base.

[raliclo]

Superseded on main by a6a56bf (#14627, a class without a constructor runs its implicit one) and 777aaa3 (a derived class initializes its fields after super()). Verified: both of this PR's tests — class_without_constructor_initializes_fields_and_runs_the_parent_constructor and derived_fields_initialize_after_super_and_base_fields_before_the_body — pass unchanged on edd8d7f5d3. Closing. Thanks for picking it up.