buffer_new() — internals

buffer_new() — internals

Where it lives

• Signature: crates/elephc-builtin-contract/src/catalog_surfaces.rs
• Lowering: (not lowered):0
• Function symbol: (none — type-checker only)()

Lowering notes

• Lowered through a dedicated AST/EIR syntax node.

Semantic descriptor

Shared contract lowered through dedicated compiler syntax.

EIR and runtime boundary

Lowered through a dedicated AST/EIR syntax node.

Signature summary

function buffer_new(int $length): mixed

What the type checker enforces

• Arity: takes exactly 1 argument.

Eval interpreter (magician)

• Declaration: crates/elephc-magician/src/interpreter/builtins/raw_memory/buffer_new.rs (eval_builtin!)
• Execution: Magician interpreter adapter.
• Adapter reason: dynamic-language-surface.
• Dispatch hooks: direct, values

Cross-references

• User reference for buffer_new()