ngrc version works?

examples/basic/broken0001.ngr

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ struct Point {
     y: u64;
 }
 
+v = 1u64;
+
 function getX(p: Point) -> u64
     p.x;
 

examples/basic/broken0003.ngr

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+struct Point {
+    x: u64;
+    y: u64;
+}
+
+test = Point {
+    x: 1;
+    y: 2;
+};
+
+foo = test.x;
+
+print foo;

runtime/rts.c

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
+#define HEAP_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
+
+void *__global_allocation_pointer__ = NULL;
+
 void print(char *_ignore, char *variable_name, int64_t vtype, int64_t value) {
     switch(vtype) {
     case /* U8 = */ 10:
@@ -39,6 +45,18 @@ void print(char *_ignore, char *variable_name, int64_t vtype, int64_t value) {
 extern void gogogo();
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    __global_allocation_pointer__ = malloc(HEAP_SIZE);
+    if(__global_allocation_pointer__ == NULL) {
+        printf("ERROR: Couldn't allocation heap space.");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if(memset(__global_allocation_pointer__, 0, HEAP_SIZE) != __global_allocation_pointer__) {
+        printf("ERROR: Weird return trying to zero out heap.");
+        return 2;
+    }
+
     gogogo();
+
     return 0;
 }

src/backend.rs

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl Backend<JITModule> {
         let mut module = JITModule::new(builder);
         let runtime_functions = RuntimeFunctions::new(&platform, &mut module)?;
 
-        Ok(Backend {
+        let mut retval = Backend {
             module,
             data_ctx: DataDescription::new(),
             runtime_functions,
@@ -99,7 +99,18 @@ impl Backend<JITModule> {
             output_buffer,
             platform: Triple::host(),
             next_variable: 23,
-        })
+        };
+
+        let alloc = "__global_allocation_pointer__".to_string();
+        let id = retval
+            .module
+            .declare_data(&alloc, Linkage::Import, true, false)?;
+        retval.defined_symbols.insert(
+            ArcIntern::new(alloc),
+            (id, retval.module.target_config().pointer_type()),
+        );
+
+        Ok(retval)
     }
 
     /// Given a compiled function ID, get a pointer to where that function was written
@@ -130,7 +141,7 @@ impl Backend<ObjectModule> {
         let mut module = ObjectModule::new(object_builder);
         let runtime_functions = RuntimeFunctions::new(&platform, &mut module)?;
 
-        Ok(Backend {
+        let mut retval = Backend {
             module,
             data_ctx: DataDescription::new(),
             runtime_functions,
@@ -140,7 +151,18 @@ impl Backend<ObjectModule> {
             output_buffer: None,
             platform,
             next_variable: 23,
-        })
+        };
+
+        let alloc = "__global_allocation_pointer__".to_string();
+        let id = retval
+            .module
+            .declare_data(&alloc, Linkage::Import, true, false)?;
+        retval.defined_symbols.insert(
+            ArcIntern::new(alloc),
+            (id, retval.module.target_config().pointer_type()),
+        );
+
+        Ok(retval)
     }
 
     /// Given all the functions defined, return the bytes the object file should contain.

src/backend/into_crane.rs

@@ -406,12 +406,53 @@ impl<M: Module> Backend<M> {
                 }
             }
 
-            Expression::Construct(_, ty, name, fields) => {
+            Expression::Construct(_, ty, _, fields) => {
-                let Type::Structure(fields) = ty else {
+                let Type::Structure(type_fields) = ty else {
                     panic!("Got to backend with non-structure type in structure construction?!");
                 };
 
-                unimplemented!()
+                let global_allocator = ArcIntern::new("__global_allocation_pointer__".to_string());
+                let Some(ReferenceBuilder::Global(_, allocator_variable)) =
+                    variables.get(&global_allocator)
+                else {
+                    panic!("Couldn't find global allocation pointer");
+                };
+
+                let pointer_to = self.module.target_config().pointer_type();
+                let allocator_pointer = builder.ins().symbol_value(pointer_to, *allocator_variable);
+                let structure =
+                    builder
+                        .ins()
+                        .load(pointer_to, MemFlags::new(), allocator_pointer, 0);
+                let structure_size = builder
+                    .ins()
+                    .iconst(pointer_to, type_fields.object_size() as i64);
+                let updated_allocator_value = builder.ins().iadd(structure, structure_size);
+                builder.ins().store(
+                    MemFlags::new(),
+                    updated_allocator_value,
+                    allocator_pointer,
+                    0,
+                );
+
+                for (field_name, field_value) in fields.into_iter() {
+                    let (field_value, field_cranelift_type) =
+                        self.compile_value_or_ref(field_value, variables, builder)?;
+                    let Some((field_internal_type, offset)) =
+                        type_fields.field_type_and_offset(&field_name)
+                    else {
+                        panic!("Got to backend with mismatched construction and type definition");
+                    };
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        field_cranelift_type,
+                        self.translate_type(field_internal_type).value_type
+                    );
+                    builder
+                        .ins()
+                        .store(MemFlags::new(), field_value, structure, offset);
+                }
+
+                Ok((structure, self.module.target_config().pointer_type()))
             }
 
             Expression::FieldRef(_, _, struct_type, val, field) => {
@@ -427,7 +468,10 @@ impl<M: Module> Backend<M> {
 
                 let field_cranelift_type = self.translate_type(field_type).value_type;
 
-                let value = builder.ins().load(field_cranelift_type, MemFlags::new(), structure, offset);
+                let value =
+                    builder
+                        .ins()
+                        .load(field_cranelift_type, MemFlags::new(), structure, offset);
                 Ok((value, field_cranelift_type))
             }
 

src/backend/runtime.rs

@@ -91,7 +91,14 @@ impl RuntimeFunctions {
     /// one; both to reduce the chance that they deviate, and to reduce overall
     /// maintenance burden.
     pub fn register_jit_implementations(builder: &mut JITBuilder) {
+        let allocation_pointer = unsafe {
+            std::alloc::alloc_zeroed(
+                std::alloc::Layout::from_size_align(1024 * 1024, 1024 * 1024)
+                    .expect("reasonable layout is reasonable"),
+            )
+        };
         builder.symbol("print", runtime_print as *const u8);
+        builder.symbol("__global_allocation_pointer__", allocation_pointer);
     }
 }
 

src/ir/fields.rs

@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ impl<T> Fields<T> {
 
         None
     }
+
+    pub fn object_size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.total_size
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T> IntoIterator for Fields<T> {

src/type_infer/convert.rs

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ fn convert_statement(
             let iname = ArcIntern::new(name.to_string());
             let final_name = renames
                 .get(&iname)
-                .map(Clone::clone)
+                .cloned()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|| iname.clone());
             let varty = bindings
                 .get(&final_name)