Drain sink when single-argument constructor call fail (#7883)

* fix bug

* fix test

* push test changs for clarity

* fix bug

* fix test

* push test changs for clarity

* test what fails

* remove redundant code

3 files changed, 28 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/source/slang/hlsl.meta.slang b/source/slang/hlsl.meta.slang
index 9fd5c8b6e..c3d2efaac 100644
--- a/source/slang/hlsl.meta.slang
+++ b/source/slang/hlsl.meta.slang
@@ -22665,7 +22665,7 @@ struct ConstBufferPointer<T, int alignment = 16>
     [ForceInline]
     static ConstBufferPointer<T> fromUInt(uint64_t val)
     {
-        return {(T*)val};
+        return ConstBufferPointer<T>(val);
     }
 
     [ForceInline]
@@ -22679,8 +22679,17 @@ struct ConstBufferPointer<T, int alignment = 16>
     {
         return _ptr != nullptr;
     }
-}
 
+    __init(T* val)
+    {
+        _ptr = val;
+    }
+
+    __init(uint64_t val)
+    {
+        _ptr = (T*)val;
+    }
+}
 //
 // HLSL-like dynamic resources
 // https://microsoft.github.io/DirectX-Specs/d3d/HLSL_SM_6_6_DynamicResources.html
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-check-conversion.cpp b/source/slang/slang-check-conversion.cpp
index 61d132627..a605928e3 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-check-conversion.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-check-conversion.cpp
@@ -1711,6 +1711,8 @@ bool SemanticsVisitor::_coerce(
             }
         }
 
+        bool result = true;
+
         // Conceptually, we want to treat the conversion as
         // possible, but report it as ambiguous if we actually
         // need to reify the result as an expression.
@@ -1723,6 +1725,7 @@ bool SemanticsVisitor::_coerce(
             }
 
             *outToExpr = CreateErrorExpr(fromExpr);
+            result = false;
         }
 
         if (!cachedMethod)
@@ -1734,7 +1737,7 @@ bool SemanticsVisitor::_coerce(
 
         if (outCost)
             *outCost = bestCost;
-        return true;
+        return result;
     }
     else if (overloadContext.bestCandidate)
     {
diff --git a/source/slang/slang-check-overload.cpp b/source/slang/slang-check-overload.cpp
index 71e8488d8..9e5560b3a 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-check-overload.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-check-overload.cpp
@@ -2727,6 +2727,7 @@ Expr* SemanticsVisitor::ResolveInvoke(InvokeExpr* expr)
     //
     bool typeOverloadChecked = false;
 
+    DiagnosticSink collectedErrorsSink(getSourceManager(), nullptr);
     if (expr->arguments.getCount() == 1 && !as<ExplicitCtorInvokeExpr>(expr) &&
         !as<InitializerListExpr>(expr->arguments[0]))
     {
@@ -2735,16 +2736,15 @@ Expr* SemanticsVisitor::ResolveInvoke(InvokeExpr* expr)
             if (isDeclRefTypeOf<AggTypeDeclBase>(typeType->getType()))
             {
                 Expr* resultExpr = nullptr;
-                DiagnosticSink tempSink(getSourceManager(), nullptr);
                 ConversionCost conversionCost = kConversionCost_None;
-                auto coerceResult = SemanticsVisitor(withSink(&tempSink))
+                auto coerceResult = SemanticsVisitor(withSink(&collectedErrorsSink))
                                         ._coerce(
                                             CoercionSite::ExplicitCoercion,
                                             typeType->getType(),
                                             &resultExpr,
                                             expr->arguments[0]->type,
                                             expr->arguments[0],
-                                            &tempSink,
+                                            &collectedErrorsSink,
                                             &conversionCost);
                 if (auto resultInvokeExpr = as<InvokeExpr>(resultExpr))
                 {
@@ -2963,6 +2963,16 @@ Expr* SemanticsVisitor::ResolveInvoke(InvokeExpr* expr)
             // for language server to use.
             if (IsErrorExpr(outExpr))
             {
+                // Drain our error sink of "saved errors"
+                if (collectedErrorsSink.getErrorCount())
+                {
+                    Slang::ComPtr<ISlangBlob> blob;
+                    collectedErrorsSink.getBlobIfNeeded(blob.writeRef());
+                    getSink()->diagnoseRaw(
+                        Severity::Error,
+                        static_cast<char const*>(blob->getBufferPointer()));
+                }
+
                 if (auto invokeExpr = as<InvokeExpr>(outExpr))
                 {
                     invokeExpr->originalFunctionExpr = typeExpr;