feat(phase-10): Polish & Remaining TODOs

[davydog187]

Phase 10: Polish & Remaining TODOs

Completes the final phase of the Lua 5.3 VM implementation plan.

Summary

This PR addresses remaining TODOs from earlier phases and implements critical compiler gaps needed for the Lua 5.3 test suite.

Changes

1. Restored String Standard Library Doctests

Since the string stdlib was fully implemented in Phase 5, restored 3 commented-out doctests in lib/lua.ex:

• call_function/3 with string.lower
• Function reference passing with string.lower
• API module example using string.lower

All doctests now pass successfully.

2. Local Function Declarations (local function)

Implemented compiler support for local function name() ... end syntax:

Scope Resolution:

• Allocates register for the local function name
• Adds name to parent locals map before resolving function body
• Resolves function body scope with upvalue access

Code Generation:

• Generates closure from function node
• Stores closure in allocated local register

Examples:

local function add(a, b)
  return a + b
end

local function make_counter()
  local count = 0
  local function increment()
    count = count + 1
    return count
  end
  return increment
end

Known Limitations:

• Self-recursive local functions not yet supported (requires upvalue self-reference support)
• These cases are marked with @tag :skip in tests

3. Do...End Blocks

Implemented compiler support for do...end blocks:

Scope Resolution:

• Resolves block body within current scope

Code Generation:

• Generates block instructions inline

Examples:

local x = 1
do
  local y = 2
  x = x + y
end
return x -- returns 3

Known Limitations:

• Proper nested scope creation/cleanup not fully implemented
• Inner local declarations may shadow outer ones incorrectly
• These edge cases are marked with @tag :skip in tests

Testing

Added 9 new integration tests:

• ✅ Basic local function (3 passing tests)
• ✅ Local function with closure
• ⏭️ Local function recursive (skipped - requires self-reference support)
• ✅ Local function reassignment
• ✅ Basic do block (4 passing tests)
• ⏭️ Do block creates new scope (skipped - requires scope cleanup)
• ✅ Nested do blocks
• ✅ Empty do block
• ✅ Do block with return

Test Results

mix test
# 52 doctests, 14 properties, 1129 tests, 0 failures, 34 skipped

• +9 new tests (1129 total, up from 1120)
• +2 skipped (34 total, up from 32 - known limitations documented)
• 0 failures

Verification

• mix format completed
• mix compile --warnings-as-errors passes
• mix test passes (1129 tests, 0 failures)
• Tests added: 9
• Doctests restored: 3

Impact on Lua 5.3 Test Suite

These compiler features unblock many Lua 5.3 test suite files that use:

• local function declarations (used in all.lua, api.lua, constructs.lua, etc.)
• do...end blocks for scoping (used throughout the test suite)

While edge cases remain (recursion, nested scoping), the basic functionality enables significantly more test files to parse and run.

Next Steps

Future work to address limitations:

• Implement upvalue self-reference for recursive local functions
• Implement proper scope depth tracking and cleanup for nested scopes
• These can be addressed incrementally as needed

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Implements Phase 10 from plan.md