feat!: Allow impls on primitive types

crates/nargo/tests/target_tests_data/pass/import/src/main.nr

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 mod import;
-use dep::std;
-
 use crate::import::hello;
 
 fn main(x : Field, y : Field) {
-    let _k = std::hash::pedersen([x]);
+    let _k = dep::std::hash::pedersen([x]);
     let _l = hello(x);
 
     constrain x != import::hello(y);

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/7_function/src/main.nr

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn test2(z: Field, t: u32 ) {
 
 fn pow(base: Field, exponent: Field) -> Field {
     let mut r = 1 as Field;
-    let b = std::field::to_le_bits(exponent, 32 as u32);
+    let b = exponent.to_le_bits(32 as u32);
     for i in 1..33 {
         r = r*r;
         r = (b[32-i] as Field) * (r * base) + (1 - b[32-i] as Field) * r;

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/9_conditional/src/main.nr

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ fn test4() -> [u32; 4] {
 }
 
 fn main(a: u32, mut c: [u32; 4], x: [u8; 5], result: pub [u8; 32]){
-
     // Regression test for issue #547
     // Warning: it must be kept at the start of main
     let arr: [u8; 2] = [1, 2];
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ fn main(a: u32, mut c: [u32; 4], x: [u8; 5], result: pub [u8; 32]){
     //Issue reported in #421
     if a == c[0] {
         constrain c[0] == 0;
-    } else  {
+    } else {
         if a == c[1] {
             constrain c[1] == 0;
         } else  {
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ fn main(a: u32, mut c: [u32; 4], x: [u8; 5], result: pub [u8; 32]){
     let as_bits_hardcode_1 = [1, 0];
     let mut c1 = 0;
     for i in 0..2 {
-        let mut as_bits = std::field::to_le_bits(arr[i] as Field, 2);
+        let mut as_bits = (arr[i] as Field).to_le_bits(2);
         c1 = c1 + as_bits[0] as Field;
 
         if i == 0 {

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/array_len/src/main.nr

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use dep::std;
 
 fn len_plus_1<T>(array: [T]) -> Field {
-    std::array::len(array) + 1
+    array.len() + 1
 }
 
 fn add_lens<T>(a: [T], b: [Field]) -> Field {
-    std::array::len(a) + std::array::len(b)
+    a.len() + b.len()
 }
 
 fn nested_call(b: [Field]) -> Field {
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ fn main(len3: [u8; 3], len4: [Field; 4]) {
     constrain nested_call(len4) == 5;
 
     // std::array::len returns a comptime value
-    constrain len4[std::array::len(len3)] == 4;
+    constrain len4[len3.len()] == 4;
 
     // test for std::array::sort
     let mut unsorted = len3;
     unsorted[0] = len3[1];
     unsorted[1] = len3[0];
     constrain unsorted[0] > unsorted[1];
-    let sorted = std::array::sort(unsorted);
+    let sorted = unsorted.sort();
     constrain sorted[0] < sorted[1];
 }

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/hash_to_field/src/main.nr

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ use dep::std;
 
 fn main(input : Field) -> pub Field {
     std::hash::hash_to_field([input])
-}
+}

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/higher-order-functions/src/main.nr

@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ fn main() -> pub Field {
 /// Test the array functions in std::array
 fn test_array_functions() {
     let myarray: [i32; 3] = [1, 2, 3];
-    constrain std::array::any(myarray, |n| n > 2);
+    constrain myarray.any(|n| n > 2);
 
     let evens: [i32; 3] = [2, 4, 6];
-    constrain std::array::all(evens, |n| n > 1);
+    constrain evens.all(|n| n > 1);
 
-    constrain std::array::fold(evens, 0, |a, b| a + b) == 12;
-    constrain std::array::reduce(evens, |a, b| a + b) == 12;
+    constrain evens.fold(0, |a, b| a + b) == 12;
+    constrain evens.reduce(|a, b| a + b) == 12;
 
-    let descending = std::array::sort_via(myarray, |a, b| a > b);
+    let descending = myarray.sort_via(|a, b| a > b);
     constrain descending == [3, 2, 1];
 }
 

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/strings/src/main.nr

@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ struct Test {
     a: Field,
     b: Field,
     c: [Field; 2],
-}
+}

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/struct_inputs/src/main.nr

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn main(x : Field, y : pub myStruct, z: pub foo::bar::barStruct, a: pub foo::foo
 
     check_inner_struct(a, z);
 
-    for i in 0..std::array::len(struct_from_bar.array) {
+    for i in 0 .. struct_from_bar.array.len() {
         constrain struct_from_bar.array[i] == z.array[i];
     }
     constrain z.val == struct_from_bar.val;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn main(x : Field, y : pub myStruct, z: pub foo::bar::barStruct, a: pub foo::foo
 
 fn check_inner_struct(a: foo::fooStruct, z: foo::bar::barStruct) {
     constrain a.bar_struct.val == z.val;
-    for i in 0..std::array::len(a.bar_struct.array) {
+    for i in 0.. a.bar_struct.array.len() {
         constrain a.bar_struct.array[i] == z.array[i];
     }
 }

crates/nargo/tests/test_data/to_le_bytes/src/main.nr

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use dep::std;
 
 fn main(x : Field) -> pub [u8; 4] {
     // The result of this byte array will be little-endian
-    let byte_array = std::field::to_le_bytes(x, 31);
+    let byte_array = x.to_le_bytes(31);
     let mut first_four_bytes = [0; 4];
     for i in 0..4 {
         first_four_bytes[i] = byte_array[i];
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ fn main(x : Field) -> pub [u8; 4] {
     // We were incorrectly mapping our output array from bit decomposition functions during acir generation
     first_four_bytes[3] = byte_array[31];
     first_four_bytes
-}
+}

crates/noirc_frontend/src/hir/def_collector/dc_crate.rs

@@ -227,9 +227,14 @@ fn collect_impls(
                     }
                 }
             } else if typ != Type::Error {
-                let span = *span;
-                let error = DefCollectorErrorKind::NonStructTypeInImpl { span };
-                errors.push(error.into_file_diagnostic(unresolved.file_id))
+                if true
+                /* in std crate */
+                {
+                } else {
+                    let span = *span;
+                    let error = DefCollectorErrorKind::NonStructTypeInImpl { span };
+                    errors.push(error.into_file_diagnostic(unresolved.file_id))
+                }
             }
         }
     }

crates/noirc_frontend/src/hir/type_check/expr.rs

@@ -369,13 +369,16 @@ fn lookup_method(
 
         // In the future we could support methods for non-struct types if we have a context
         // (in the interner?) essentially resembling HashMap<Type, Methods>
-        other => {
-            errors.push(TypeCheckError::Unstructured {
-                span: interner.expr_span(expr_id),
-                msg: format!("Type '{other}' must be a struct type to call methods on it"),
-            });
-            None
-        }
+        other => match interner.lookup_primitive_method(other, method_name) {
+            Some(method_id) => Some(method_id),
+            None => {
+                errors.push(TypeCheckError::Unstructured {
+                    span: interner.expr_span(expr_id),
+                    msg: format!("No method named '{method_name}' found for type '{other}'",),
+                });
+                None
+            }
+        },
     }
 }
 

crates/noirc_frontend/src/node_interner.rs

@@ -169,10 +169,11 @@ pub struct NodeInterner {
 
     delayed_type_checks: Vec<TypeCheckFn>,
 
-    // A map from a struct type and method name to a function id for the method
-    // along with any generic on the struct it may require. E.g. if the impl is
-    // only for `impl Foo<String>` rather than all Foo, the generics will be `vec![String]`.
-    struct_methods: HashMap<(StructId, String), (Vec<Type>, FuncId)>,
+    /// A map from a struct type and method name to a function id for the method.
+    struct_methods: HashMap<(StructId, String), FuncId>,
+
+    /// Methods on primitive types defined in the stdlib.
+    primitive_methods: HashMap<(TypeMethodKey, String), FuncId>,
 }
 
 type TypeCheckFn = Box<dyn FnOnce() -> Result<(), TypeCheckError>>;
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ impl Default for NodeInterner {
             language: Language::R1CS,
             delayed_type_checks: vec![],
             struct_methods: HashMap::new(),
+            primitive_methods: HashMap::new(),
         };
 
         // An empty block expression is used often, we add this into the `node` on startup
@@ -585,16 +587,67 @@ impl NodeInterner {
         method_id: FuncId,
     ) -> Option<FuncId> {
         match self_type {
-            Type::Struct(struct_type, generics) => {
+            Type::Struct(struct_type, _generics) => {
                 let key = (struct_type.borrow().id, method_name);
-                self.struct_methods.insert(key, (generics.clone(), method_id)).map(|(_, id)| id)
+                self.struct_methods.insert(key, method_id)
+            }
+            Type::Error => None,
+
+            other => {
+                let key = get_type_method_key(self_type).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                    unreachable!("Cannot add a method to the unsupported type '{}'", other)
+                });
+                self.primitive_methods.insert((key, method_name), method_id)
             }
-            other => unreachable!("Tried adding method to non-struct type '{}'", other),
         }
     }
 
     /// Search by name for a method on the given struct
     pub fn lookup_method(&self, id: StructId, method_name: &str) -> Option<FuncId> {
-        self.struct_methods.get(&(id, method_name.to_owned())).map(|(_, id)| *id)
+        self.struct_methods.get(&(id, method_name.to_owned())).copied()
+    }
+
+    /// Looks up a given method name on the given primitive type.
+    pub fn lookup_primitive_method(&self, typ: &Type, method_name: &str) -> Option<FuncId> {
+        get_type_method_key(typ)
+            .and_then(|key| self.primitive_methods.get(&(key, method_name.to_owned())).copied())
+    }
+}
+
+/// These are the primitive type variants that we support adding methods to
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum TypeMethodKey {
+    /// Fields and integers share methods for ease of use. These methods may still
+    /// accept only fields or integers, it is just that their names may not clash.
+    FieldOrInt,
+    Array,
+    Bool,
+    String,
+    Unit,
+    Tuple,
+    Function,
+}
+
+fn get_type_method_key(typ: &Type) -> Option<TypeMethodKey> {
+    use TypeMethodKey::*;
+    let typ = typ.follow_bindings();
+    match &typ {
+        Type::FieldElement(_) => Some(FieldOrInt),
+        Type::Array(_, _) => Some(Array),
+        Type::Integer(_, _, _) => Some(FieldOrInt),
+        Type::PolymorphicInteger(_, _) => Some(FieldOrInt),
+        Type::Bool(_) => Some(Bool),
+        Type::String(_) => Some(String),
+        Type::Unit => Some(Unit),
+        Type::Tuple(_) => Some(Tuple),
+        Type::Function(_, _) => Some(Function),
+
+        // We do not support adding methods to these types
+        Type::TypeVariable(_)
+        | Type::NamedGeneric(_, _)
+        | Type::Forall(_, _)
+        | Type::Constant(_)
+        | Type::Error
+        | Type::Struct(_, _) => None,
     }
 }

crates/noirc_frontend/src/parser/mod.rs

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use crate::token::{Keyword, Token};
 use crate::{ast::ImportStatement, Expression, NoirStruct};
 use crate::{
-    BlockExpression, CallExpression, ExpressionKind, ForExpression, Ident, IndexExpression,
-    LetStatement, NoirFunction, NoirImpl, Path, PathKind, Pattern, Recoverable, Statement,
+    BlockExpression, ExpressionKind, ForExpression, Ident, IndexExpression, LetStatement,
+    MethodCallExpression, NoirFunction, NoirImpl, Path, PathKind, Pattern, Recoverable, Statement,
     UnresolvedType,
 };
 
@@ -371,19 +371,15 @@ impl ForRange {
                     expression: array,
                 });
 
-                let ident = |name: &str| Ident::new(name.to_string(), array_span);
-
-                // std::array::len(array)
+                // array.len()
                 let segments = vec![array_ident];
                 let array_ident =
                     ExpressionKind::Variable(Path { segments, kind: PathKind::Plain });
 
-                let segments = vec![ident("std"), ident("array"), ident("len")];
-                let func_ident = ExpressionKind::Variable(Path { segments, kind: PathKind::Dep });
-
-                let end_range = ExpressionKind::Call(Box::new(CallExpression {
-                    func: Box::new(Expression::new(func_ident, array_span)),
-                    arguments: vec![Expression::new(array_ident.clone(), array_span)],
+                let end_range = ExpressionKind::MethodCall(Box::new(MethodCallExpression {
+                    object: Expression::new(array_ident.clone(), array_span),
+                    method_name: Ident::new("len".to_string(), array_span),
+                    arguments: vec![],
                 }));
                 let end_range = Expression::new(end_range, array_span);