frostney / frostney/GocciaScript
Support do expressions
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Description
Summary
Implement the Stage 1 TC39 proposal: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-do-expressions
Parse and compile do expressions with proposal-correct completion values, lexical scope, precedence, and abrupt completion.
Why
This proposal fits GocciaScript's modern ECMAScript surface and the 0.13.0 proposal roadmap. It should extend the engine's existing architecture rather than arrive as a userland shim.
Current behavior
Blocks cannot currently produce a value in expression position.
Expected behavior
Parse and compile do expressions with proposal-correct completion values, lexical scope, precedence, and abrupt completion.
Scope notes
Target the bytecode-first architecture after #875, or preserve temporary parity if the tree walker remains. Cover empty/nested blocks, closures, and control-flow early errors. Previously-invalid additive syntax: no flag.
Related bytecode roadmap: #871 and #875. Update the relevant language/built-in documentation and Goccia proposal inventory. Use the proposal repository and its current specification at implementation time; add focused project tests and matching pinned Test262/proposal coverage without regressions.
Acceptance criteria
- Parser/API surface, descriptors, evaluation order, errors, and observable protocol behavior match the current proposal.
- Implementation uses the identified shared engine seam without a duplicate compatibility shim.
- Focused positive, negative, abrupt-completion, and edge-case tests cover the proposal.
- Relevant project suites, pinned Test262 cases, formatting, and documentation checks pass.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the TC39 do-expressions proposal and the bytecode-first architecture referenced after #875; review related bytecode roadmap issues #871 and #875 before locating the shared engine seam. Done means proposal-correct parsing and compilation, focused positive, negative, abrupt-completion, and edge-case coverage, matching pinned Test262 or proposal tests, and updated documentation without regressions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- compilers, documentation, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100