fix(layout): a field's own alignas/attribute/decltype paren was taken for a function's parameter list, and the field vanished

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--layout silently dropped a data member whenever its declaration carried a ( that belonged to an alignas, __attribute__ or decltype specifier, or sat inside a template argument list — alignas(8) int x, int x __attribute__((aligned(8))), decltype(1) x and std::function<void(int)> cb were all misread as member functions and vanished, while the struct kept reporting modeled="1" with a size short by exactly that field's bytes.

parameterListParen's candidate-paren scan now skips a ( immediately preceded by alignas/__attribute__/decltype, and any ( sitting inside a template argument list's <…>. Each shape now comes back honestly refused (modeled="0", a named caveat) instead of silently missing — never a confidently wrong number.

Gate: test/layoutcheck.sh §14, confirmed red on the unfixed source before the fix landed.

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• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed layout analysis for fields using alignas, __attribute__, decltype, or function types in template arguments.
  • These fields are no longer silently omitted or incorrectly treated as member functions.
  • Unsupported cases are now clearly reported as refused with an explanatory caveat, while neighboring fields continue to be counted correctly.

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  • Added coverage for decorated fields and template-based function types.

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Layout parsing fix

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Candidate parenthesis scanning src/layout.h	parameterListParen now skips parentheses from alignas, __attribute__, decltype, and template argument lists. It preserves operator handling and existing rejection checks.
Affected field fixtures and regression checks test/layoutfix/attrfields.h, test/layoutcheck.sh, CHANGELOG.md	Fixtures cover four affected field declarations. Section 14 checks refusal status, retained fields, neighboring field sizes, and caveat details. The changelog records the fix.

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Change: Bug fix

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Postfix-attribute fields are still omitted from refused layouts, leaving field counts and indexing incomplete. Retain the field before merging.

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🟠 Major · Retain postfix-attribute fields before refusal. · layout.h:1298-1302

src/layout.h:1298-1302
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Retain postfix-attribute fields before refusal.

parameterListParen skips the __attribute__ parentheses, but no later logic peels the postfix attribute. parseDeclarator selects 8 as the final identifier and rejects the trailing ))). modelStatement records unparsed-member and returns before appending x.

AttributeFieldCase checks only the caveat text. Add has 'f n="x"' to detect this omission. Recognize or peel postfix __attribute__ groups, then retain x as a refused field with the named caveat.

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In `@src/layout.h` around lines 1298 - 1302, Update the plain-field parsing around
parameterListParen and parseDeclarator to recognize and peel postfix
__attribute__ groups before rejecting trailing text, while preserving the
existing refusal behavior for other junk. Extend AttributeFieldCase with a has
"f n=\"x\"" assertion so the field x is retained as a refused field with the
named caveat.

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In `@src/layout.h`:
- Around line 1298-1302: Update the plain-field parsing around
parameterListParen and parseDeclarator to recognize and peel postfix
__attribute__ groups before rejecting trailing text, while preserving the
existing refusal behavior for other junk. Extend AttributeFieldCase with a has
"f n=\"x\"" assertion so the field x is retained as a refused field with the
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On CodeRabbit's outside-diff finding (src/layout.h:1298-1302, postfix __attribute__ field): this head already stops the silent drop. It does not yet model that field. Probe struct S { int x __attribute__((aligned(8))); int y; };:

• main ea03af8: modeled="1" fields="1" size="4". x vanishes and the size is wrong. That is the bug class this PR fixes.
• this head c01f8b2: modeled="0" fields="1" plus <caveat k="unparsed-member" d="int x __attribute__((aligned(8)))"/>. The aggregate is refused by name and the dropped declaration is quoted verbatim, so no offset or size is claimed.

Peeling postfix attribute groups so x gets its own refused <f> row would be a nicer rendering, not a correctness fix. It is noted for the next --layout lane and kept out of this PR so CI is not re-run for it.