feat: Evaluation of dynamic assert messages

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [workspace]
 
 members = [
+    # Macros crates for metaprogramming
     "aztec_macros",
+    "noirc_macros",
+    # Compiler crates
     "compiler/noirc_evaluator",
     "compiler/noirc_frontend",
     "compiler/noirc_errors",

acvm-repo/acir/src/circuit/mod.rs

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ pub struct Circuit {
     // Note: This should be a BTreeMap, but serde-reflect is creating invalid
     // c++ code at the moment when it is, due to OpcodeLocation needing a comparison
     // implementation which is never generated.
+    //
+    // TODO: These are only used for constraints that are explicitly created during code generation (such as index out of bounds on slices)
+    // TODO: We should move towards having all the checks being evaluated in the same manner
+    // TODO: as runtime assert messages specified by the user. This will also be a breaking change as the `Circuit` structure will change.
     pub assert_messages: Vec<(OpcodeLocation, String)>,
 }
 

acvm-repo/brillig/src/foreign_call.rs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl ForeignCallParam {
 }
 
 /// Represents the full output of a [foreign call][crate::Opcode::ForeignCall].
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct ForeignCallResult {
     /// Resolved output values of the foreign call.
     pub values: Vec<ForeignCallParam>,

acvm-repo/brillig_vm/src/lib.rs

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
                                 self.registers.set(*value_index, *value);
                             }
                             _ => unreachable!(
-                                "Function result size does not match brillig bytecode (expected 1 result)"
+                                "Function result size does not match brillig bytecode. Expected 1 result but got {output:?}"
                             ),
                         },
                         RegisterOrMemory::HeapArray(HeapArray { pointer: pointer_index, size }) => {
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn jmpifnot_opcode() {
         let input_registers =
             Registers::load(vec![Value::from(1u128), Value::from(2u128), Value::from(0u128)]);
 

compiler/noirc_driver/Cargo.toml

@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ rust-embed.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 aztec_macros = { path = "../../aztec_macros" }
+noirc_macros = { path = "../../noirc_macros" }

compiler/noirc_driver/src/lib.rs

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub struct CompileOptions {
     #[arg(long, hide = true)]
     pub only_acir: bool,
 
-    /// Disables the builtin macros being used in the compiler
+    /// Disables the builtin Aztec macros being used in the compiler
     #[arg(long, hide = true)]
     pub disable_macros: bool,
 
@@ -191,9 +191,12 @@ pub fn check_crate(
     disable_macros: bool,
 ) -> CompilationResult<()> {
     let macros: Vec<&dyn MacroProcessor> = if disable_macros {
-        vec![]
+        vec![&noirc_macros::AssertMessageMacro as &dyn MacroProcessor]
     } else {
-        vec![&aztec_macros::AztecMacro as &dyn MacroProcessor]
+        vec![
+            &aztec_macros::AztecMacro as &dyn MacroProcessor,
+            &noirc_macros::AssertMessageMacro as &dyn MacroProcessor,
+        ]
     };
 
     let mut errors = vec![];
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ pub fn compile_main(
     let compiled_program =
         compile_no_check(context, options, main, cached_program, options.force_compile)
             .map_err(FileDiagnostic::from)?;
+
     let compilation_warnings = vecmap(compiled_program.warnings.clone(), FileDiagnostic::from);
     if options.deny_warnings && !compilation_warnings.is_empty() {
         return Err(compilation_warnings);

compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/brillig/brillig_gen/brillig_block.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::brillig::brillig_ir::{
     BrilligBinaryOp, BrilligContext, BRILLIG_INTEGER_ARITHMETIC_BIT_SIZE,
 };
 use crate::ssa::ir::dfg::CallStack;
+use crate::ssa::ir::instruction::ConstrainError;
 use crate::ssa::ir::{
     basic_block::{BasicBlock, BasicBlockId},
     dfg::DataFlowGraph,
@@ -265,7 +266,30 @@ impl<'block> BrilligBlock<'block> {
                     condition,
                 );
 
-                self.brillig_context.constrain_instruction(condition, assert_message.clone());
+                let assert_message = if let Some(error) = assert_message {
+                    match error.as_ref() {
+                        ConstrainError::Static(string) => Some(string.clone()),
+                        ConstrainError::Dynamic(call_instruction) => {
+                            let Instruction::Call { func, arguments } = call_instruction else {
+                                unreachable!("expected a call instruction")
+                            };
+
+                            let Value::Function(func_id) =  &dfg[*func]  else {
+                                unreachable!("expected a function value")
+                            };
+
+                            self.convert_ssa_function_call(*func_id, arguments, dfg, &[]);
+
+                            // Dynamic assert messages are handled in the generated function call.
+                            // We then don't need to attach one to the constrain instruction.
+                            None
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+
+                self.brillig_context.constrain_instruction(condition, assert_message);
                 self.brillig_context.deallocate_register(condition);
             }
             Instruction::Allocate => {
@@ -369,7 +393,8 @@ impl<'block> BrilligBlock<'block> {
                     }
                 }
                 Value::Function(func_id) => {
-                    self.convert_ssa_function_call(*func_id, arguments, dfg, instruction_id);
+                    let result_ids = dfg.instruction_results(instruction_id);
+                    self.convert_ssa_function_call(*func_id, arguments, dfg, result_ids);
                 }
                 Value::Intrinsic(Intrinsic::BlackBox(bb_func)) => {
                     // Slices are represented as a tuple of (length, slice contents).
@@ -638,16 +663,14 @@ impl<'block> BrilligBlock<'block> {
         func_id: FunctionId,
         arguments: &[ValueId],
         dfg: &DataFlowGraph,
-        instruction_id: InstructionId,
+        result_ids: &[ValueId],
     ) {
         // Convert the arguments to registers casting those to the types of the receiving function
         let argument_registers: Vec<RegisterIndex> = arguments
             .iter()
             .flat_map(|argument_id| self.convert_ssa_value(*argument_id, dfg).extract_registers())
             .collect();
 
-        let result_ids = dfg.instruction_results(instruction_id);
-
         // Create label for the function that will be called
         let label_of_function_to_call = FunctionContext::function_id_to_function_label(func_id);
 

compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/acir_gen/mod.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
 use self::acir_ir::acir_variable::{AcirContext, AcirType, AcirVar};
 use super::function_builder::data_bus::DataBus;
 use super::ir::dfg::CallStack;
+use super::ir::instruction::ConstrainError;
 use super::{
     ir::{
         dfg::DataFlowGraph,
@@ -413,15 +414,94 @@ impl Context {
                 let lhs = self.convert_numeric_value(*lhs, dfg)?;
                 let rhs = self.convert_numeric_value(*rhs, dfg)?;
 
-                self.acir_context.assert_eq_var(lhs, rhs, assert_message.clone())?;
+                let assert_message = if let Some(error) = assert_message {
+                    match error.as_ref() {
+                        ConstrainError::Static(string) => Some(string.clone()),
+                        ConstrainError::Dynamic(call_instruction) => {
+                            self.convert_ssa_call(call_instruction, dfg, ssa, brillig, &[])?;
+                            None
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+
+                self.acir_context.assert_eq_var(lhs, rhs, assert_message)?;
             }
             Instruction::Cast(value_id, _) => {
                 let acir_var = self.convert_numeric_value(*value_id, dfg)?;
                 self.define_result_var(dfg, instruction_id, acir_var);
             }
-            Instruction::Call { func, arguments } => {
+            Instruction::Call { .. } => {
                 let result_ids = dfg.instruction_results(instruction_id);
-                match &dfg[*func] {
+                warnings.extend(self.convert_ssa_call(
+                    instruction,
+                    dfg,
+                    ssa,
+                    brillig,
+                    result_ids,
+                )?);
+            }
+            Instruction::Not(value_id) => {
+                let (acir_var, typ) = match self.convert_value(*value_id, dfg) {
+                    AcirValue::Var(acir_var, typ) => (acir_var, typ),
+                    _ => unreachable!("NOT is only applied to numerics"),
+                };
+                let result_acir_var = self.acir_context.not_var(acir_var, typ)?;
+                self.define_result_var(dfg, instruction_id, result_acir_var);
+            }
+            Instruction::Truncate { value, bit_size, max_bit_size } => {
+                let result_acir_var =
+                    self.convert_ssa_truncate(*value, *bit_size, *max_bit_size, dfg)?;
+                self.define_result_var(dfg, instruction_id, result_acir_var);
+            }
+            Instruction::EnableSideEffects { condition } => {
+                let acir_var = self.convert_numeric_value(*condition, dfg)?;
+                self.current_side_effects_enabled_var = acir_var;
+            }
+            Instruction::ArrayGet { .. } | Instruction::ArraySet { .. } => {
+                self.handle_array_operation(instruction_id, dfg, last_array_uses)?;
+            }
+            Instruction::Allocate => {
+                unreachable!("Expected all allocate instructions to be removed before acir_gen")
+            }
+            Instruction::Store { .. } => {
+                unreachable!("Expected all store instructions to be removed before acir_gen")
+            }
+            Instruction::Load { .. } => {
+                unreachable!("Expected all load instructions to be removed before acir_gen")
+            }
+            Instruction::IncrementRc { .. } => {
+                // Do nothing. Only Brillig needs to worry about reference counted arrays
+            }
+            Instruction::RangeCheck { value, max_bit_size, assert_message } => {
+                let acir_var = self.convert_numeric_value(*value, dfg)?;
+                self.acir_context.range_constrain_var(
+                    acir_var,
+                    &NumericType::Unsigned { bit_size: *max_bit_size },
+                    assert_message.clone(),
+                )?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.acir_context.set_call_stack(CallStack::new());
+        Ok(warnings)
+    }
+
+    fn convert_ssa_call(
+        &mut self,
+        instruction: &Instruction,
+        dfg: &DataFlowGraph,
+        ssa: &Ssa,
+        brillig: &Brillig,
+        result_ids: &[ValueId],
+    ) -> Result<Vec<SsaReport>, RuntimeError> {
+        let mut warnings = Vec::new();
+
+        match instruction {
+            Instruction::Call { func, arguments } => {
+                let function_value = &dfg[*func];
+                match function_value {
                     Value::Function(id) => {
                         let func = &ssa.functions[id];
                         match func.runtime() {
@@ -495,51 +575,11 @@ impl Context {
                     Value::ForeignFunction(_) => unreachable!(
                         "All `oracle` methods should be wrapped in an unconstrained fn"
                     ),
-                    _ => unreachable!("expected calling a function"),
+                    _ => unreachable!("expected calling a function but got {function_value:?}"),
                 }
             }
-            Instruction::Not(value_id) => {
-                let (acir_var, typ) = match self.convert_value(*value_id, dfg) {
-                    AcirValue::Var(acir_var, typ) => (acir_var, typ),
-                    _ => unreachable!("NOT is only applied to numerics"),
-                };
-                let result_acir_var = self.acir_context.not_var(acir_var, typ)?;
-                self.define_result_var(dfg, instruction_id, result_acir_var);
-            }
-            Instruction::Truncate { value, bit_size, max_bit_size } => {
-                let result_acir_var =
-                    self.convert_ssa_truncate(*value, *bit_size, *max_bit_size, dfg)?;
-                self.define_result_var(dfg, instruction_id, result_acir_var);
-            }
-            Instruction::EnableSideEffects { condition } => {
-                let acir_var = self.convert_numeric_value(*condition, dfg)?;
-                self.current_side_effects_enabled_var = acir_var;
-            }
-            Instruction::ArrayGet { .. } | Instruction::ArraySet { .. } => {
-                self.handle_array_operation(instruction_id, dfg, last_array_uses)?;
-            }
-            Instruction::Allocate => {
-                unreachable!("Expected all allocate instructions to be removed before acir_gen")
-            }
-            Instruction::Store { .. } => {
-                unreachable!("Expected all store instructions to be removed before acir_gen")
-            }
-            Instruction::Load { .. } => {
-                unreachable!("Expected all load instructions to be removed before acir_gen")
-            }
-            Instruction::IncrementRc { .. } => {
-                // Do nothing. Only Brillig needs to worry about reference counted arrays
-            }
-            Instruction::RangeCheck { value, max_bit_size, assert_message } => {
-                let acir_var = self.convert_numeric_value(*value, dfg)?;
-                self.acir_context.range_constrain_var(
-                    acir_var,
-                    &NumericType::Unsigned { bit_size: *max_bit_size },
-                    assert_message.clone(),
-                )?;
-            }
+            _ => unreachable!("expected calling a call instruction"),
         }
-        self.acir_context.set_call_stack(CallStack::new());
         Ok(warnings)
     }
 

compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/function_builder/mod.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use super::{
         basic_block::BasicBlock,
         dfg::{CallStack, InsertInstructionResult},
         function::RuntimeType,
-        instruction::{Endian, InstructionId, Intrinsic},
+        instruction::{ConstrainError, Endian, InstructionId, Intrinsic},
         types::NumericType,
     },
     ssa_gen::Ssa,
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ impl FunctionBuilder {
         &mut self,
         lhs: ValueId,
         rhs: ValueId,
-        assert_message: Option<String>,
+        assert_message: Option<Box<ConstrainError>>,
     ) {
         self.insert_instruction(Instruction::Constrain(lhs, rhs, assert_message), None);
     }