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* ZIR: add two instructions: - ret_err_value_code - ret_err_value * AstGen: add countDefers and utilize it to emit more efficient ZIR for return expressions in the presence of defers. * AstGen: implement |err| payloads for `errdefer` syntax. - There is not an "unused capture" error for it yet. * AstGen: `return error.Foo` syntax gets a hot path in return expressions, using the new ZIR instructions. This also is part of implementing inferred error sets, since we need to tell Sema to add an error value to the inferred error set before it gets coerced. * Sema: implement `@setCold`. - Implement `@setCold` support for C backend. * `@panic` and regular safety panics such as `unreachable` now properly invoke `std.builtin.panic`. * C backend: improve pointer and function value rendering. * C linker: fix redundant typedefs. * Add Type.error_set_inferred. * Fix Value.format for enum_literal, enum_field_index, bytes. * Remove the C backend test that checks for identical text I measured a 14% reduction in Total ZIR Bytes from master branch for std/os.zig.
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