From c459db2a3e9b4bc848464a641ad8d5f7ecf821a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Scott <atscott01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:13:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(compiler): correct TcbInvalidReferenceOp initializer

initializer should use null! as any rather than simply '= any'
---
 packages/compiler/src/typecheck/ops/references.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/typecheck/ops/references.ts b/packages/compiler/src/typecheck/ops/references.ts
index d4eac0152803..65737a3eda51 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/typecheck/ops/references.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/typecheck/ops/references.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class TcbInvalidReferenceOp extends TcbOp {
 
   override execute(): TcbExpr {
     const id = new TcbExpr(this.tcb.allocateId());
-    this.scope.addStatement(new TcbExpr(`var ${id.print()} = any`));
+    this.scope.addStatement(new TcbExpr(`var ${id.print()} = null! as any`));
     return id;
   }
 }