perf(repsel): admit method return-shape producers (#7170 R2)

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Summary

Extend #7170 R2 return-shape provenance to statically resolved instance method calls.

Changes

• Prove fresh exact return classes for declared instance method bodies.
• Seed method-call results only from an exact shape-proven receiver plus stable prototype dispatch.
• Remove dependent result facts if the receiver later fails containment or this-flow analysis.
• Keep decorated classes, dynamic or mutated dispatch, unproven receivers, and shape-barrier modules fail-closed.
• Classify method return allocations as served in the optimization report.
• Add focused positive and sabotage-style negative unit coverage plus a byte-exact TypeScript fixture.

Related issue

Refs #7170

Test plan

• cargo fmt --all -- --check
• cargo check --profile perry-dev -p perry-codegen
• cargo test --profile perry-dev -p perry-codegen --lib --no-fail-fast — 971 passed
• Filtered parity fixture against pinned Node 26.5.1 — 1/1 byte-exact
• Optimization report selects and consumes both the exact factory receiver and its method-produced shaped result
• scripts/pre-tag-check.sh --quick — unrelated existing GC store-inventory failure at crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/property_set.rs:1457; this branch does not modify that file

Checklist

• No workspace version bump
• No CLAUDE.md or CHANGELOG.md edit
• Added changelog.d/8029-method-return-shapes.md
• Read CONTRIBUTING.md and agree to the Code of Conduct

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Improved native compilation optimization for instance methods that return newly created objects.
  • Enabled safer, guard-free access to known object fields when receiver and method behavior are proven stable.
  • Added clearer optimization reporting for allocations enabled by method return-shape information.

• Bug Fixes

  • Prevented optimizations when receiver, prototype, inheritance, decorators, or dispatch behavior cannot be proven safe.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for method return shapes, receiver validation, field access, and conservative fallback behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This change propagates proven fresh return shapes through eligible instance-method calls. It adds method return facts, receiver-aware candidate validation, denial reporting for failed proofs, method-region attribution, and end-to-end coverage.

Changes

Instance Method Return Shapes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Collect and expose method return facts crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/scalar_method_dispatch.rs	Module analysis records fresh return classes for eligible instance methods and exposes them by class, method, and function identity. Decorated, ambiguous, asynchronous, inherited, or unstable cases are excluded.
Seed and validate method-call candidates crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_report.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns_tests.rs	Caller analysis seeds method results only for proven receivers and stable dispatch. Receiver dependencies remove candidates when promotion fails, with RETURN_METHOD_RECEIVER_UNPROVEN reporting.
Report method producers and validate generated behavior crates/perry-codegen/src/opt_report/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/method.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_opt_report_tests.rs, test-files/test_gap_repsel_return_shape.ts, changelog.d/8029-method-return-shapes.md	Method regions carry return-shape producer attribution. Tests verify served allocations, method-region classification, and fixed-field use of method results. The changelog documents supported and rejected cases.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to fadc4

The optimization can bypass receiver validation for some instance-method calls before guard-free field access, creating a concrete runtime-correctness risk. Merge should wait until this path is fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MethodCaller
  participant ModuleDispatchFacts
  participant ptr_shape
  participant opt_report
  MethodCaller->>ModuleDispatchFacts: resolve method return-shape fact
  ModuleDispatchFacts-->>MethodCaller: return fresh class for eligible method
  MethodCaller->>ptr_shape: seed result and receiver dependency
  ptr_shape->>ptr_shape: retain or remove candidate after receiver proof
  MethodCaller->>opt_report: enter method region with producer flag
  opt_report-->>MethodCaller: classify method allocation

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns.rs`:
- Around line 849-885: Update UseWalk::walk_stmt so return-shape-seeded calls
also process their PropertyGet callee, recording the resolved method in
method_calls before returning; preserve argument walking and ensure
chain_this_flow_verdict observes the method’s this escape. Add a regression test
covering a call such as const r = m.make() and the resulting receiver fixpoint
behavior.
- Around line 866-885: Add a duplicate-method-name admission check in the chain
handling around chain_method_map, rejecting any chain containing multiple
declarations of the same method name before return-shape optimization proceeds.
Preserve the existing accessor and computed-member exclusions via
admission_cause, and keep symbol resolution and dispatch resolution changes
separate so both use JavaScript’s last-declaration semantics rather than the
current first-duplicate behavior.

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• changelog.d/8029-method-return-shapes.md
• crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/method.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_opt_report_tests.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_report.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns_tests.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/scalar_method_dispatch.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/opt_report/mod.rs
• test-files/test_gap_repsel_return_shape.ts

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Blocking on exact head 2b32e99. In UseWalk::walk_stmt, the return-shape-seeded let/Call special case walks only the call arguments and then returns; it never walks the callee. For const r = m.make(), the PropertyGet m.make therefore never reaches the generic Call visitor, so method_calls[m] does not record make. The later chain_this_flow_verdict can then license the receiver fact without auditing that method this-flow. Please record/walk the receiver method call before the early return and add a regression where the return-shape-producing method has an unsafe this use. No version bump needed.

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crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns_tests.rs (1)

369-404: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a transitive receiver-dependency test.

This test covers one dependent result only. Add a.make_b() followed by b.make_c(), then invalidate a. Assert that both b and c lose promotion. This executes the second fixpoint iteration in Line 640 through Line 668 of crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape.rs. A one-pass regression could otherwise retain c after b loses its exact receiver proof.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns_tests.rs` around lines
369 - 404, Add a transitive receiver-dependency test alongside
method_result_is_dropped_when_its_receiver_proof_fails: create a sequence where
a.make_b() produces b, b.make_c() produces c, then invalidate a with a bare
reference. Assert that promotion excludes both b and c, exercising propagation
across the receiver fixpoint rather than only the direct dependency.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns_tests.rs`:
- Around line 369-404: Add a transitive receiver-dependency test alongside
method_result_is_dropped_when_its_receiver_proof_fails: create a sequence where
a.make_b() produces b, b.make_c() produces c, then invalidate a with a bare
reference. Assert that promotion excludes both b and c, exercising propagation
across the receiver fixpoint rather than only the direct dependency.

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• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape.rs
• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns.rs
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• crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/ptr_shape_returns.rs

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Re-audited exact head fadc4b3 against both prior blockers. Return-seeded method calls now walk the complete call, so the receiver call is recorded and the method body this-flow proof can reject unsafe receivers. Duplicate instance-method declarations are rejected before first-declaration resolution can conflict with JavaScript last-declaration semantics. I also checked the transitive dependency path: method_receivers is result->receiver and the downward loop recomputes doomed results until empty, so a.makeB().makeC() invalidation requires and receives successive iterations. Focused return-shape tests pass (43/43), full perry-codegen library tests pass (971/971), and the exact head merges cleanly with current main. No blocking issue found.