A transparent public alias omitted its nominal type dependency

LIMIT-TYPE-INFERENCE-010

Alias expansion erased module context for nominal declarations referenced in the alias target.

Lifecycle

resolved

Owner

metel-frontend

Scope

architecture/spec/type-inference.md#type-inference

Origin

v0.14.0 sensitive release-matrix probe; metel-core#1414

Affects · linked records

spec.declarations.type-aliases.legality-3language spec rule

spec.types.generics.open-rows.legality-1language spec rule

limitationKnown limitations ↗

Limitation

Importing public type EmptyPacket := Packet<{}> without separately importing Packet previously reported unknown type Packet in the consuming module. Alias expansion now materializes a synthetic import for nominal dependencies from the defining module. The two-module regression module_semantics/release_matrix_row_callback/ passes without a skip after metel-core PR #1422. Written constructor lookup also requires either a resolved import identity or a name in the current module's scope: the synthetic alias dependency does not expose the original bare constructor name.

Impact

Previously, public aliases to specialized nominal types were not self-contained across module boundaries.

Affects

• spec.declarations.type-aliases.legality-3
• spec.types.generics.open-rows.legality-1

Resolution

Alias dependency preservation was implemented in metel-core commit 5f038b189cb67c5ec40e51d16a3e11a831a4535e (PR #1422). Exit evidence for metel-core#1414 includes module_semantics/release_matrix_row_callback, module_semantics/imported_nominal_alias_definition_scope (renames, re-exports, record and ordinary generic aliases, consumer name collisions), and module_semantics/alias_rhs_constructor_not_imported (the original constructor remains unavailable).