js-on-sx: reject unary-op directly before ** per spec (parens still allowed)

lib/js/parser.sx

@@ -446,14 +446,23 @@
               (let
                 ((e (jp-parse-comma-seq st)))
                 (jp-expect! st "punct" ")")
-                e)))
+                (jp-paren-wrap e))))
           (do
             (dict-set! st :idx saved)
             (jp-advance! st)
             (let
               ((e (jp-parse-comma-seq st)))
               (jp-expect! st "punct" ")")
-              e)))))))
+              (jp-paren-wrap e))))))))
+
+(define
+  jp-paren-wrap
+  (fn
+    (e)
+    (cond
+      ((and (list? e) (= (first e) (quote js-unop)))
+        (list (quote js-paren) e))
+      (else e))))
 
 (define
   jp-parse-comma-seq
@@ -753,6 +762,12 @@
             (cond
               ((< prec 0) left)
               ((< prec min-prec) left)
+              ((and (= op "**") (list? left) (= (first left) (quote js-unop)))
+                (error
+                  (str
+                    "SyntaxError: Unary operator '"
+                    (nth left 1)
+                    "' used immediately before exponentiation expression")))
               (else
                 (do
                   (jp-advance! st)

lib/js/transpile.sx

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
             (list (js-sym "js-regex-new") (nth ast 1) (nth ast 2)))
           ((js-tag? ast "js-null") nil)
           ((js-tag? ast "js-undef") (list (js-sym "quote") :js-undefined))
+          ((js-tag? ast "js-paren") (js-transpile (nth ast 1)))
           ((js-tag? ast "js-ident") (js-transpile-ident (nth ast 1)))
           ((js-tag? ast "js-unop")
             (js-transpile-unop (nth ast 1) (nth ast 2)))

plans/js-on-sx.md

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ Each item: implement → tests → update progress. Mark `[x]` when tests green.
 
 Append-only record of completed iterations. Loop writes one line per iteration: date, what was done, test count delta.
 
+- 2026-05-10 — **Parser rejects unary-op directly before `**` (e.g. `-1 ** 2`, `delete o.p ** 2`, `!x ** 2`, `~x ** 2`) per ES spec.** ES disallows `UnaryExpression ** ExponentiationExpression`; only `UpdateExpression ** ExponentiationExpression` and `(<UnaryExpr>) ** ...` are legal. Added a guard in `jp-binary-loop`: when op is `**` and the LHS is a `(js-unop ...)` node, raise SyntaxError. Parens are made transparent for everything except this check via a new `jp-paren-wrap` helper that emits `(js-paren <unop>)` only when wrapping an explicit unary op (so `(-1) ** 2` parses fine), and a new `js-paren` AST tag in `js-transpile` that just unwraps. Result: language/expressions/exponentiation 25/30 → 28/30 (+3). conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
 - 2026-05-10 — **`Math.round` / `Math.max` / `Math.min` honour spec edge cases for NaN, ±Infinity, and ±0.** `Math.round(NaN)` was returning 0 because `floor(NaN+0.5)` doesn't propagate NaN; ditto `±Infinity` paths. `Math.max({})` silently returned `-Infinity` (initial accumulator) because the first arg wasn't ToNumber'd. `Math.max(0, -0)` returned `-0` because `>` doesn't distinguish them. Rewrites: round NaN/±Infinity/±0 short-circuits; max/min ToNumber the first arg, propagate NaN immediately, and use a `js-is-positive-zero?` (rational-safe) tiebreaker so `Math.max(0, -0) === 0` per spec. Result: built-ins/Math/round 5/10 → 8/10 (+3). Math/max 6/9 → 8/9 (+2). Math/min 6/9 → 8/9 (+2). conformance.sh: 148/148.
 
 - 2026-05-10 — **`Map.prototype.*` and `Set.prototype.*` raise TypeError when called on non-Map / non-Set `this`.** All five `js-map-do-*` and four `js-set-do-*` helpers were assuming `this` had `__map_keys__` / `__set_items__`, so `Map.prototype.clear.call({})` silently returned undefined (after creating dangling state) instead of throwing. Added `js-map-check!` / `js-set-check!` guards run as the first step of each method; raise spec-correct `TypeError` instances. Result: built-ins/Map 18/30 → 22/30 (+4). built-ins/Set 15/30 → 28/30 (+13). conformance.sh: 148/148.