Sugar for fun + match. AST (:function CLAUSES) -> unary closure that
runs ocaml-match-clauses on its arg. let rec recognises :function as a
recursive rhs and ties the knot via cell, so
let rec map f = function | [] -> [] | h::t -> f h :: map f t
works. ocaml-match-eval refactored to share clause-walk with function.
Parser: for i = lo to|downto hi do body done, while cond do body done.
AST: (:for NAME LO HI :ascend|:descend BODY) and (:while COND BODY).
Eval re-binds the loop var per iteration; both forms evaluate to unit.
ref is a builtin boxing its arg in a one-element list. Prefix ! parses
to (:deref ...) and reads via (nth cell 0). := joins the binop
precedence table at level 1 right-assoc and mutates via set-nth!.
Closures share the underlying cell.