fix: implement as_field and from_field in the interpreter

compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs

@@ -1380,13 +1380,19 @@ impl<'local, 'interner> Interpreter<'local, 'interner> {
 
     fn evaluate_cast(&mut self, cast: &HirCastExpression, id: ExprId) -> IResult<Value> {
         let evaluated_lhs = self.evaluate(cast.lhs)?;
-        Self::evaluate_cast_one_step(cast, id, evaluated_lhs, self.elaborator.interner)
+        let location = self.elaborator.interner.expr_location(&id);
+        Self::evaluate_cast_one_step(
+            &cast.r#type,
+            location,
+            evaluated_lhs,
+            self.elaborator.interner,
+        )
     }
 
     /// evaluate_cast without recursion
     pub fn evaluate_cast_one_step(
-        cast: &HirCastExpression,
-        id: ExprId,
+        typ: &Type,
+        location: Location,
         evaluated_lhs: Value,
         interner: &NodeInterner,
     ) -> IResult<Value> {
@@ -1417,7 +1423,6 @@ impl<'local, 'interner> Interpreter<'local, 'interner> {
                 (if value { FieldElement::one() } else { FieldElement::zero() }, false)
             }
             value => {
-                let location = interner.expr_location(&id);
                 let typ = value.get_type().into_owned();
                 return Err(InterpreterError::NonNumericCasted { typ, location });
             }
@@ -1434,7 +1439,7 @@ impl<'local, 'interner> Interpreter<'local, 'interner> {
         }
 
         // Now actually cast the lhs, bit casting and wrapping as necessary
-        match cast.r#type.follow_bindings() {
+        match typ.follow_bindings() {
             Type::FieldElement => {
                 if lhs_is_negative {
                     lhs = FieldElement::zero() - lhs;
@@ -1443,8 +1448,7 @@ impl<'local, 'interner> Interpreter<'local, 'interner> {
             }
             Type::Integer(sign, bit_size) => match (sign, bit_size) {
                 (Signedness::Unsigned, IntegerBitSize::One) => {
-                    let location = interner.expr_location(&id);
-                    Err(InterpreterError::TypeUnsupported { typ: cast.r#type.clone(), location })
+                    Err(InterpreterError::TypeUnsupported { typ: typ.clone(), location })
                 }
                 (Signedness::Unsigned, IntegerBitSize::Eight) => cast_to_int!(lhs, to_u128, u8, U8),
                 (Signedness::Unsigned, IntegerBitSize::Sixteen) => {
@@ -1457,8 +1461,7 @@ impl<'local, 'interner> Interpreter<'local, 'interner> {
                     cast_to_int!(lhs, to_u128, u64, U64)
                 }
                 (Signedness::Signed, IntegerBitSize::One) => {
-                    let location = interner.expr_location(&id);
-                    Err(InterpreterError::TypeUnsupported { typ: cast.r#type.clone(), location })
+                    Err(InterpreterError::TypeUnsupported { typ: typ.clone(), location })
                 }
                 (Signedness::Signed, IntegerBitSize::Eight) => cast_to_int!(lhs, to_i128, i8, I8),
                 (Signedness::Signed, IntegerBitSize::Sixteen) => {
@@ -1472,10 +1475,7 @@ impl<'local, 'interner> Interpreter<'local, 'interner> {
                 }
             },
             Type::Bool => Ok(Value::Bool(!lhs.is_zero() || lhs_is_negative)),
-            typ => {
-                let location = interner.expr_location(&id);
-                Err(InterpreterError::CastToNonNumericType { typ, location })
-            }
+            typ => Err(InterpreterError::CastToNonNumericType { typ, location }),
         }
     }
 

compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter/builtin.rs

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ impl<'local, 'context> Interpreter<'local, 'context> {
             "array_len" => array_len(interner, arguments, location),
             "array_refcount" => Ok(Value::U32(0)),
             "assert_constant" => Ok(Value::Bool(true)),
+            "as_field" => as_field(interner, arguments, location),
             "as_slice" => as_slice(interner, arguments, location),
             "ctstring_eq" => ctstring_eq(arguments, location),
             "ctstring_hash" => ctstring_hash(arguments, location),
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ impl<'local, 'context> Interpreter<'local, 'context> {
             "field_less_than" => field_less_than(arguments, location),
             "fmtstr_as_ctstring" => fmtstr_as_ctstring(interner, arguments, location),
             "fmtstr_quoted_contents" => fmtstr_quoted_contents(interner, arguments, location),
+            "from_field" => from_field(interner, arguments, return_type, location),
             "fresh_type_variable" => fresh_type_variable(interner),
             "function_def_add_attribute" => function_def_add_attribute(self, arguments, location),
             "function_def_body" => function_def_body(interner, arguments, location),
@@ -290,6 +292,16 @@ fn array_as_str_unchecked(
     Ok(Value::String(Rc::new(string)))
 }
 
+// fn as_field<T>(x: T) -> Field {}
+fn as_field(
+    interner: &NodeInterner,
+    arguments: Vec<(Value, Location)>,
+    location: Location,
+) -> IResult<Value> {
+    let (value, value_location) = check_one_argument(arguments, location)?;
+    Interpreter::evaluate_cast_one_step(&Type::FieldElement, value_location, value, interner)
+}
+
 fn as_slice(
     interner: &NodeInterner,
     arguments: Vec<(Value, Location)>,
@@ -2224,6 +2236,17 @@ fn fmtstr_quoted_contents(
     Ok(Value::Quoted(Rc::new(tokens)))
 }
 
+// fn from_field<T>(x: Field) -> T {}
+fn from_field(
+    interner: &NodeInterner,
+    arguments: Vec<(Value, Location)>,
+    return_type: Type,
+    location: Location,
+) -> IResult<Value> {
+    let (value, value_location) = check_one_argument(arguments, location)?;
+    Interpreter::evaluate_cast_one_step(&return_type, value_location, value, interner)
+}
+
 // fn fresh_type_variable() -> Type
 fn fresh_type_variable(interner: &NodeInterner) -> IResult<Value> {
     Ok(Value::Type(interner.next_type_variable_with_kind(Kind::Any)))

test_programs/compile_success_empty/comptime_as_field/Nargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[package]
+name = "comptime_as_field"
+type = "bin"
+authors = [""]
+
+[dependencies]

test_programs/compile_success_empty/comptime_as_field/src/main.nr

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+fn main() {
+    comptime {
+        let _: U128 = U128::from_integer(1);
+    }
+}
+

test_programs/compile_success_empty/comptime_from_field/Nargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[package]
+name = "comptime_from_field"
+type = "bin"
+authors = [""]
+
+[dependencies]

test_programs/compile_success_empty/comptime_from_field/src/main.nr

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+fn main() {
+    comptime {
+        let _: Field = U128::from_hex("0x0").to_integer();
+    }
+}
+