erlang: lists sublist/2,3 + nthtail/2 + split/2 + droplast/1 (854/854)

Slicing family in lib/erlang/lists-ext.sx. sublist lenient; nthtail
and split strict (badarg when list shorter than N); droplast raises
on []. lists_ext suite 70 -> 83.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

lib/erlang/lists-ext.sx

@@ -422,6 +422,68 @@
   (fn (vs)
     (er-ext-unzip (er-bif-arg1 vs "lists:unzip") (er-mk-nil) (er-mk-nil))))
 
+;; ── slicing (sublist / nthtail / split / droplast) ────────────────
+(define
+  er-ext-sublist2
+  (fn (lst n)
+    (cond
+      (or (<= n 0) (er-nil? lst)) (er-mk-nil)
+      (er-cons? lst)
+        (er-mk-cons (get lst :head) (er-ext-sublist2 (get lst :tail) (- n 1)))
+      :else (er-mk-nil))))
+
+;; lenient drop (used by sublist/3); never raises
+(define
+  er-ext-drop-cons
+  (fn (lst n)
+    (cond
+      (or (<= n 0) (er-nil? lst)) lst
+      (er-cons? lst) (er-ext-drop-cons (get lst :tail) (- n 1))
+      :else lst)))
+
+;; strict drop (used by nthtail/2 + split/2); raises if list too short
+(define
+  er-ext-nthtail
+  (fn (n lst)
+    (cond
+      (<= n 0) lst
+      (er-cons? lst) (er-ext-nthtail (- n 1) (get lst :tail))
+      :else (raise (er-mk-error-marker (er-mk-atom "badarg"))))))
+
+(define
+  er-bif-lists-sublist
+  (fn (vs)
+    (cond
+      (= (len vs) 2) (er-ext-sublist2 (nth vs 0) (nth vs 1))
+      (= (len vs) 3)
+        (er-ext-sublist2
+          (er-ext-drop-cons (nth vs 0) (- (nth vs 1) 1))
+          (nth vs 2))
+      :else (error "Erlang: lists:sublist: wrong arity"))))
+
+(define
+  er-bif-lists-nthtail
+  (fn (vs) (er-ext-nthtail (nth vs 0) (nth vs 1))))
+
+(define
+  er-bif-lists-split
+  (fn (vs)
+    (let ((n (nth vs 0)) (lst (nth vs 1)))
+      (er-mk-tuple
+        (list (er-ext-sublist2 lst n) (er-ext-nthtail n lst))))))
+
+(define
+  er-ext-droplast
+  (fn (lst)
+    (cond
+      (and (er-cons? lst) (er-nil? (get lst :tail))) (er-mk-nil)
+      (er-cons? lst) (er-mk-cons (get lst :head) (er-ext-droplast (get lst :tail)))
+      :else (raise (er-mk-error-marker (er-mk-atom "badarg"))))))
+
+(define
+  er-bif-lists-droplast
+  (fn (vs) (er-ext-droplast (er-bif-arg1 vs "lists:droplast"))))
+
 ;; ── register ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 ;; Hook into er-register-builtin-bifs! rather than registering once:
 ;; the registry can be reset + rebuilt mid-run (tests/runtime.sx does
@@ -449,7 +511,12 @@
     (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "min" 1 er-bif-lists-min)
     (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "zip" 2 er-bif-lists-zip)
     (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "zipwith" 3 er-bif-lists-zipwith)
-    (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "unzip" 1 er-bif-lists-unzip)))
+    (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "unzip" 1 er-bif-lists-unzip)
+    (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "sublist" 2 er-bif-lists-sublist)
+    (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "sublist" 3 er-bif-lists-sublist)
+    (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "nthtail" 2 er-bif-lists-nthtail)
+    (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "split" 2 er-bif-lists-split)
+    (er-register-pure-bif! "lists" "droplast" 1 er-bif-lists-droplast)))
 
 (define er-ext-prev-register-builtins er-register-builtin-bifs!)
 (define er-register-builtin-bifs!