Previously, we assumed that a union layout always lived on >= 1 64-bit
boundary when generating an LLVM type for it. For small tags unions,
like `[ Ok i8, Err ]` this need not be the case; indeed, a tag union
like that is actually only 2 bits - 1 bit for the "i8" data, and one bit
of the tag kind.
This led to a discrepancy between what the layout IR and generated LLVM
code would assume about the size of tag unions. In the case above, the
layout IR would assume the tag data is 2 bits wide, and the tag id is 1
bit into the data. But the LLVM code would generate a type that was 65
bits wide, the first 64 bits being for the "i8" data and the last 1 bit
being for the tag kind.
Usually, just running the LLVM-emitted code would not present a problem.
But it does present a problem when we use the layout IR to inspect the
result of LLVM-run code, in particular when we try to look up the tag
ID, as the repl does. This patch fixes that issue.
Note that this bug did not present itself in `test_gen` previously
because the data that most tests check against is stored in the front of
the representation.
Closes#2149
By emitting a runtime error rather than panicking when we can't layout
a record, we help programs like
```
main =
get = \{a} -> a
get {b: "hello world"}
```
execute as
```
Mismatch in compiler/unify/src/unify.rs Line 1071 Column 13
Trying to unify two flat types that are incompatible: EmptyRecord ~ { 'a' : Demanded(122), }<130>
🔨 Rebuilding host...
── TYPE MISMATCH ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
The 1st argument to get is not what I expect:
8│ get {b: "hello world"}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This argument is a record of type:
{ b : Str }
But get needs the 1st argument to be:
{ a : a }b
Tip: Seems like a record field typo. Maybe a should be b?
Tip: Can more type annotations be added? Type annotations always help
me give more specific messages, and I think they could help a lot in
this case
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
'+fast-variable-shuffle' is not a recognized feature for this target (ignoring feature)
'+fast-variable-shuffle' is not a recognized feature for this target (ignoring feature)
Done!
Application crashed with message
Can't create record with improper layout
Shutting down
```
rather than the hanging
```
Mismatch in compiler/unify/src/unify.rs Line 1071 Column 13
Trying to unify two flat types that are incompatible: EmptyRecord ~ { 'a' : Demanded(122), }<130>
thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'invalid layout from var: UnresolvedTypeVar(104)', compiler/mono/s
rc/layout.rs:1510:52
```
that was previously produced.
Part of #2227
It contradicts build_tag in compiler/gen_llvm/src/llvm/build.rs,
where we create a NonNullableUnwrapped by calling
reserve_with_refcount_union_as_block_of_memory
