Improved blocking (#513)

core: major improvements to blocking, including support for buffered channels.

compiler/calls.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package compiler
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ssa"
 	"tinygo.org/x/go-llvm"
 )
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ func (c *Compiler) createRuntimeCall(fnName string, args []llvm.Value, name stri
 		panic("trying to call runtime." + fnName)
 	}
 	fn := c.ir.GetFunction(member.(*ssa.Function))
+	if fn.LLVMFn.IsNil() {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("function %s does not appear in LLVM IR", fnName))
+	}
 	if !fn.IsExported() {
 		args = append(args, llvm.Undef(c.i8ptrType))            // unused context parameter
 		args = append(args, llvm.ConstPointerNull(c.i8ptrType)) // coroutine handle