js-on-sx: fix js-string-repeat arity collision, repeat() raises RangeError on neg/inf

js-on-sx: runner inlines small upstream harness includes per-test (allowlisted)
js-on-sx: real Date prototype setters (setFullYear/Month/Date/Hours/Minutes/Seconds/Milliseconds)
2026-05-11 05:55:51 +00:00 · 2026-05-10 17:30:23 +00:00 · 2026-05-10 16:29:22 +00:00 · 2026-05-10 15:37:15 +00:00 · 2026-05-10 14:52:49 +00:00 · 2026-05-10 14:15:56 +00:00
56 changed files with 4664 additions and 10188 deletions
--- a/lib/js/lexer.sx
+++ b/lib/js/lexer.sx
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
      (and (>= c "a") (<= c "f"))
      (and (>= c "A") (<= c "F")))))

+(define
+  js-hex-value
+  (fn
+    (c)
+    (cond
+      ((and (>= c "0") (<= c "9")) (- (char-code c) 48))
+      ((and (>= c "a") (<= c "f")) (- (char-code c) 87))
+      ((and (>= c "A") (<= c "F")) (- (char-code c) 55))
+      (else 0))))
+
 (define
  js-letter?
  (fn (c) (or (and (>= c "a") (<= c "z")) (and (>= c "A") (<= c "Z")))))
@@ -37,9 +47,9 @@

 (define js-ident-char? (fn (c) (or (js-ident-start? c) (js-digit? c))))

+;; ── Reserved words ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 (define js-ws? (fn (c) (or (= c " ") (= c "\t") (= c "\n") (= c "\r"))))

-;; ── Reserved words ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 (define
  js-keywords
  (list
@@ -86,15 +96,18 @@
    "await"
    "of"))

+;; ── Main tokenizer ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 (define js-keyword? (fn (word) (contains? js-keywords word)))

-;; ── Main tokenizer ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 (define
  js-tokenize
  (fn
    (src)
    (let
-      ((tokens (list)) (pos 0) (src-len (len src)))
+      ((tokens (list))
+        (pos 0)
+        (src-len (len src))
+        (nl-before false))
      (define
        js-peek
        (fn
@@ -109,11 +122,7 @@
          (let
            ((sl (len s)))
            (and (<= (+ pos sl) src-len) (= (slice src pos (+ pos sl)) s)))))
-      (define
-        js-emit!
-        (fn
-          (type value start)
-          (append! tokens (js-make-token type value start))))
+      (define js-emit! (fn (type value start) (append! tokens {:nl nl-before :type type :value value :pos start})))
      (define
        skip-line-comment!
        (fn
@@ -136,7 +145,13 @@
          ()
          (cond
            ((>= pos src-len) nil)
-            ((js-ws? (cur)) (do (advance! 1) (skip-ws!)))
+            ((js-ws? (cur))
+              (do
+                (when
+                  (or (= (cur) "\n") (= (cur) "\r"))
+                  (set! nl-before true))
+                (advance! 1)
+                (skip-ws!)))
            ((and (= (cur) "/") (< (+ pos 1) src-len) (= (js-peek 1) "/"))
              (do (advance! 2) (skip-line-comment!) (skip-ws!)))
            ((and (= (cur) "/") (< (+ pos 1) src-len) (= (js-peek 1) "*"))
@@ -254,11 +269,55 @@
                              ((= ch "b") (append! chars "\\b"))
                              ((= ch "f") (append! chars "\\f"))
                              ((= ch "v") (append! chars "\\v"))
+                              ((= ch "u")
+                                (if
+                                  (and
+                                    (< (+ pos 4) src-len)
+                                    (js-hex-digit? (js-peek 1))
+                                    (js-hex-digit? (js-peek 2))
+                                    (js-hex-digit? (js-peek 3))
+                                    (js-hex-digit? (js-peek 4)))
+                                  (do
+                                    (append!
+                                      chars
+                                      (char-from-code
+                                        (+
+                                          (*
+                                            4096
+                                            (js-hex-value
+                                              (js-peek 1)))
+                                          (*
+                                            256
+                                            (js-hex-value
+                                              (js-peek 2)))
+                                          (*
+                                            16
+                                            (js-hex-value
+                                              (js-peek 3)))
+                                          (js-hex-value (js-peek 4)))))
+                                    (advance! 4))
+                                  (append! chars ch)))
+                              ((= ch "x")
+                                (if
+                                  (and
+                                    (< (+ pos 2) src-len)
+                                    (js-hex-digit? (js-peek 1))
+                                    (js-hex-digit? (js-peek 2)))
+                                  (do
+                                    (append!
+                                      chars
+                                      (char-from-code
+                                        (+
+                                          (* 16 (js-hex-value (js-peek 1)))
+                                          (js-hex-value (js-peek 2)))))
+                                    (advance! 2))
+                                  (append! chars ch)))
                              (else (append! chars ch)))
                            (advance! 1))))
                      (loop)))
                  ((= (cur) quote-char) (advance! 1))
-                  (else (do (append! chars (cur)) (advance! 1) (loop))))))
+                  (else
+                    (do (append! chars (cur)) (advance! 1) (loop))))))
            (loop)
            (join "" chars))))
      (define
@@ -289,7 +348,8 @@
                      ()
                      (cond
                        ((>= pos src-len) nil)
-                        ((and (= (cur) "}") (= depth 1)) (advance! 1))
+                        ((and (= (cur) "}") (= depth 1))
+                          (advance! 1))
                        ((= (cur) "}")
                          (do
                            (append! buf (cur))
@@ -325,7 +385,9 @@
                                            (advance! 1)))
                                        (sloop)))
                                    ((= (cur) q)
-                                      (do (append! buf (cur)) (advance! 1)))
+                                      (do
+                                        (append! buf (cur))
+                                        (advance! 1)))
                                    (else
                                      (do
                                        (append! buf (cur))
@@ -334,7 +396,10 @@
                              (sloop)
                              (expr-loop))))
                        (else
-                          (do (append! buf (cur)) (advance! 1) (expr-loop))))))
+                          (do
+                            (append! buf (cur))
+                            (advance! 1)
+                            (expr-loop))))))
                  (expr-loop)
                  (join "" buf))))
            (define
@@ -376,14 +441,17 @@
                              (else (append! chars ch)))
                            (advance! 1))))
                      (loop)))
-                  (else (do (append! chars (cur)) (advance! 1) (loop))))))
+                  (else
+                    (do (append! chars (cur)) (advance! 1) (loop))))))
            (loop)
            (flush-chars!)
            (if
              (= (len parts) 0)
              ""
              (if
-                (and (= (len parts) 1) (= (nth (nth parts 0) 0) "str"))
+                (and
+                  (= (len parts) 1)
+                  (= (nth (nth parts 0) 0) "str"))
                (nth (nth parts 0) 1)
                parts)))))
      (define
@@ -399,7 +467,7 @@
                ((ty (dict-get tk "type")) (vv (dict-get tk "value")))
                (cond
                  ((= ty "punct")
-                    (and (not (= vv ")")) (not (= vv "]"))))
+                    (and (not (= vv ")")) (not (= vv "]")) (not (= vv "}"))))
                  ((= ty "op") true)
                  ((= ty "keyword")
                    (contains?
@@ -453,9 +521,13 @@
                      (append! buf (cur))
                      (advance! 1)
                      (body-loop)))
-                  ((and (= (cur) "/") (not in-class)) (advance! 1))
+                  ((and (= (cur) "/") (not in-class))
+                    (advance! 1))
                  (else
-                    (begin (append! buf (cur)) (advance! 1) (body-loop))))))
+                    (begin
+                      (append! buf (cur))
+                      (advance! 1)
+                      (body-loop))))))
            (body-loop)
            (let
              ((flags-buf (list)))
@@ -470,7 +542,7 @@
                      (advance! 1)
                      (flags-loop)))))
              (flags-loop)
-              {:pattern (join "" buf) :flags (join "" flags-buf)}))))
+              {:flags (join "" flags-buf) :pattern (join "" buf)}))))
      (define
        try-op-4!
        (fn
@@ -510,64 +582,113 @@
        (fn
          (start)
          (cond
-            ((at? "==") (do (js-emit! "op" "==" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "!=") (do (js-emit! "op" "!=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "<=") (do (js-emit! "op" "<=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? ">=") (do (js-emit! "op" ">=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "&&") (do (js-emit! "op" "&&" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "||") (do (js-emit! "op" "||" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "??") (do (js-emit! "op" "??" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "=>") (do (js-emit! "op" "=>" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "**") (do (js-emit! "op" "**" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "<<") (do (js-emit! "op" "<<" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? ">>") (do (js-emit! "op" ">>" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "++") (do (js-emit! "op" "++" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "--") (do (js-emit! "op" "--" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "+=") (do (js-emit! "op" "+=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "-=") (do (js-emit! "op" "-=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "*=") (do (js-emit! "op" "*=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "/=") (do (js-emit! "op" "/=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "%=") (do (js-emit! "op" "%=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "&=") (do (js-emit! "op" "&=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "|=") (do (js-emit! "op" "|=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "^=") (do (js-emit! "op" "^=" start) (advance! 2) true))
-            ((at? "?.") (do (js-emit! "op" "?." start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "==")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "==" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "!=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "!=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "<=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "<=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? ">=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" ">=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "&&")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "&&" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "||")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "||" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "??")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "??" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "=>")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "=>" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "**")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "**" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "<<")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "<<" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? ">>")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" ">>" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "++")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "++" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "--")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "--" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "+=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "+=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "-=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "-=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "*=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "*=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "/=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "/=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "%=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "%=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "&=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "&=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "|=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "|=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "^=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "^=" start) (advance! 2) true))
+            ((at? "?.")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "?." start) (advance! 2) true))
            (else false))))
      (define
        emit-one-op!
        (fn
          (ch start)
          (cond
-            ((= ch "(") (do (js-emit! "punct" "(" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch ")") (do (js-emit! "punct" ")" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "[") (do (js-emit! "punct" "[" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "]") (do (js-emit! "punct" "]" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "{") (do (js-emit! "punct" "{" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "}") (do (js-emit! "punct" "}" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch ",") (do (js-emit! "punct" "," start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch ";") (do (js-emit! "punct" ";" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch ":") (do (js-emit! "punct" ":" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch ".") (do (js-emit! "punct" "." start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "?") (do (js-emit! "op" "?" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "+") (do (js-emit! "op" "+" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "-") (do (js-emit! "op" "-" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "*") (do (js-emit! "op" "*" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "/") (do (js-emit! "op" "/" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "%") (do (js-emit! "op" "%" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "=") (do (js-emit! "op" "=" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "<") (do (js-emit! "op" "<" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch ">") (do (js-emit! "op" ">" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "!") (do (js-emit! "op" "!" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "&") (do (js-emit! "op" "&" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "|") (do (js-emit! "op" "|" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "^") (do (js-emit! "op" "^" start) (advance! 1)))
-            ((= ch "~") (do (js-emit! "op" "~" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "(")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" "(" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch ")")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" ")" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "[")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" "[" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "]")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" "]" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "{")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" "{" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "}")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" "}" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch ",")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" "," start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch ";")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" ";" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch ":")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" ":" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch ".")
+              (do (js-emit! "punct" "." start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "?")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "?" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "+")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "+" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "-")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "-" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "*")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "*" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "/")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "/" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "%")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "%" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "=")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "=" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "<")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "<" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch ">")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" ">" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "!")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "!" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "&")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "&" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "|")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "|" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "^")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "^" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "~")
+              (do (js-emit! "op" "~" start) (advance! 1)))
+            ((= ch "\\")
+              (error "Unexpected char '\\' in source"))
            (else (advance! 1)))))
      (define
        scan!
        (fn
          ()
          (do
+            (set! nl-before false)
            (skip-ws!)
            (when
              (< pos src-len)
--- a/lib/js/parser.sx
+++ b/lib/js/parser.sx
@@ -153,6 +153,32 @@
          (do (jp-advance! st) (list (quote js-ident) "this")))
        ((and (= (get t :type) "keyword") (= (get t :value) "new"))
          (do (jp-advance! st) (jp-parse-new-expr st)))
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "keyword") (= (get t :value) "function"))
+          (do
+            (jp-advance! st)
+            (let
+              ((nm
+                 (if
+                   (= (get (jp-peek st) :type) "ident")
+                   (let ((n (get (jp-peek st) :value))) (do (jp-advance! st) n))
+                   nil)))
+              (let
+                ((params (jp-parse-param-list st)))
+                (let
+                  ((body (jp-parse-fn-body st)))
+                  (list (quote js-funcexpr) nm params body))))))
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "keyword") (= (get t :value) "true"))
+          (do (jp-advance! st) (list (quote js-bool) true)))
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "keyword") (= (get t :value) "false"))
+          (do (jp-advance! st) (list (quote js-bool) false)))
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "keyword") (= (get t :value) "null"))
+          (do (jp-advance! st) (list (quote js-null))))
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "keyword") (= (get t :value) "undefined"))
+          (do (jp-advance! st) (list (quote js-undef))))
+        ((= (get t :type) "number")
+          (do (jp-advance! st) (list (quote js-num) (get t :value))))
+        ((= (get t :type) "string")
+          (do (jp-advance! st) (list (quote js-str) (get t :value))))
        ((and (= (get t :type) "punct") (= (get t :value) "("))
          (jp-parse-paren-or-arrow st))
        (else
@@ -211,7 +237,7 @@
              (let
                ((params (jp-parse-param-list st)))
                (let
-                  ((body (jp-parse-block st)))
+                  ((body (jp-parse-fn-body st)))
                  (list (quote js-funcexpr-async) nm params body))))))
        ((= (get t :type) "ident")
          (do
@@ -363,7 +389,7 @@
              (let
                ((params (jp-parse-param-list st)))
                (let
-                  ((body (jp-parse-block st)))
+                  ((body (jp-parse-fn-body st)))
                  (list (quote js-funcexpr) nm params body))))))
        ((= (get t :type) "ident")
          (do
@@ -418,16 +444,51 @@
              (dict-set! st :idx saved)
              (jp-advance! st)
              (let
-                ((e (jp-parse-assignment st)))
+                ((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-assignment st)))
+              ((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
+  (fn
+    (st)
+    (let
+      ((first-expr (jp-parse-assignment st)))
+      (if
+        (jp-at? st "punct" ",")
+        (jp-parse-comma-seq-rest st (list first-expr))
+        first-expr))))
+
+(define
+  jp-parse-comma-seq-rest
+  (fn
+    (st acc)
+    (do
+      (jp-advance! st)
+      (let
+        ((next-expr (jp-parse-assignment st)))
+        (let
+          ((acc2 (append acc (list next-expr))))
+          (if
+            (jp-at? st "punct" ",")
+            (jp-parse-comma-seq-rest st acc2)
+            (cons (quote js-comma) (list acc2))))))))

 (define
  jp-collect-params
@@ -485,6 +546,11 @@
    (st elems)
    (cond
      ((jp-at? st "punct" "]") nil)
+      ((jp-at? st "punct" ",")
+        (begin
+          (append! elems (list (quote js-undef)))
+          (jp-advance! st)
+          (jp-array-loop st elems)))
      (else
        (begin
          (cond
@@ -558,6 +624,20 @@
            (jp-advance! st)
            (jp-expect! st "punct" ":")
            (append! kvs {:value (jp-parse-assignment st) :key (get t :value)})))
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "punct") (= (get t :value) "["))
+          (do
+            (jp-advance! st)
+            (let
+              ((key-expr (jp-parse-assignment st)))
+              (jp-expect! st "punct" "]")
+              (jp-expect! st "punct" ":")
+              (append!
+                kvs
+                {:value (jp-parse-assignment st) :computed-key key-expr :key ""}))))
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "punct") (= (get t :value) "..."))
+          (do
+            (jp-advance! st)
+            (append! kvs {:spread (jp-parse-assignment st)})))
        (else (error (str "Unexpected in object: " (get t :type))))))))

 (define
@@ -629,7 +709,7 @@
                      st
                      (list (quote js-optchain-member) left (get t :value))))
                  (error "expected ident, [ or ( after ?.")))))))
-      ((or (jp-at? st "op" "++") (jp-at? st "op" "--"))
+      ((and (or (jp-at? st "op" "++") (jp-at? st "op" "--")) (not (jp-token-nl? st)))
        (let
          ((op (get (jp-peek st) :value)))
          (jp-advance! st)
@@ -682,6 +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)
@@ -835,6 +921,12 @@
  jp-eat-semi
  (fn (st) (if (jp-at? st "punct" ";") (do (jp-advance! st) nil) nil)))

+(define
+  jp-token-nl?
+  (fn
+    (st)
+    (let ((tok (jp-peek st))) (if tok (= (get tok :nl) true) false))))
+
 (define
  jp-parse-vardecl
  (fn
@@ -1052,15 +1144,63 @@
        ((c (jp-parse-assignment st)))
        (do
          (jp-expect! st "punct" ")")
+          (jp-disallow-decl-stmt! st "if")
          (let
            ((t (jp-parse-stmt st)))
            (if
              (jp-at? st "keyword" "else")
              (do
                (jp-advance! st)
+                (jp-disallow-decl-stmt! st "else")
                (list (quote js-if) c t (jp-parse-stmt st)))
              (list (quote js-if) c t nil))))))))

+(define
+  jp-disallow-decl-stmt!
+  (fn
+    (st context)
+    (let
+      ((t (jp-peek st)))
+      (cond
+        ((and (= (get t :type) "keyword")
+              (or (= (get t :value) "let")
+                  (= (get t :value) "const")
+                  (= (get t :value) "function")
+                  (= (get t :value) "class")))
+          (cond
+            ((and (= (get t :value) "let")
+                  (or (= (get (jp-peek-at st 1) :type) "ident")
+                      (and (= (get (jp-peek-at st 1) :type) "punct")
+                           (or (= (get (jp-peek-at st 1) :value) "[")
+                               (= (get (jp-peek-at st 1) :value) "{")))))
+              (error
+                (str
+                  "SyntaxError: Lexical declaration cannot appear in single-statement context: "
+                  context)))
+            ((or (= (get t :value) "const")
+                 (= (get t :value) "function")
+                 (= (get t :value) "class"))
+              (error
+                (str
+                  "SyntaxError: "
+                  (get t :value)
+                  " declaration cannot appear in single-statement context: "
+                  context)))
+            (else nil)))
+        (else nil)))))
+
+(define
+  jp-bump!
+  (fn
+    (st key)
+    (dict-set! st key (+ (get st key) 1))))
+
+(define
+  jp-decr!
+  (fn
+    (st key)
+    (dict-set! st key (- (get st key) 1))))
+
 (define
  jp-parse-while-stmt
  (fn
@@ -1072,7 +1212,11 @@
        ((c (jp-parse-assignment st)))
        (do
          (jp-expect! st "punct" ")")
-          (let ((body (jp-parse-stmt st))) (list (quote js-while) c body)))))))
+          (jp-disallow-decl-stmt! st "while")
+          (jp-bump! st :loop-depth)
+          (let ((body (jp-parse-stmt st)))
+            (jp-decr! st :loop-depth)
+            (list (quote js-while) c body)))))))

 (define
  jp-parse-do-while-stmt
@@ -1080,8 +1224,11 @@
    (st)
    (do
      (jp-advance! st)
+      (jp-disallow-decl-stmt! st "do")
+      (jp-bump! st :loop-depth)
      (let
        ((body (jp-parse-stmt st)))
+        (jp-decr! st :loop-depth)
        (do
          (if
            (jp-at? st "keyword" "while")
@@ -1126,8 +1273,11 @@
                  (let
                    ((iter (jp-parse-assignment st)))
                    (jp-expect! st "punct" ")")
+                    (jp-disallow-decl-stmt! st "for-of/in")
+                    (jp-bump! st :loop-depth)
                    (let
                      ((body (jp-parse-stmt st)))
+                      (jp-decr! st :loop-depth)
                      (list (quote js-for-of-in) iter-kind ident iter body)))))))
          (else
            (let
@@ -1138,8 +1288,11 @@
                (let
                  ((step (if (jp-at? st "punct" ")") nil (jp-parse-assignment st))))
                  (jp-expect! st "punct" ")")
+                  (jp-disallow-decl-stmt! st "for")
+                  (jp-bump! st :loop-depth)
                  (let
                    ((body (jp-parse-stmt st)))
+                    (jp-decr! st :loop-depth)
                    (list (quote js-for) init cond-ast step body)))))))))))

 (define
@@ -1162,10 +1315,14 @@
    (st)
    (do
      (jp-advance! st)
+      (when
+        (= (get st :fn-depth) 0)
+        (error "SyntaxError: Illegal return statement"))
      (if
        (or
          (jp-at? st "punct" ";")
          (jp-at? st "punct" "}")
+          (jp-token-nl? st)
          (jp-at? st "eof" nil))
        (do (jp-eat-semi st) (list (quote js-return) nil))
        (let
@@ -1188,7 +1345,7 @@
          (let
            ((params (jp-parse-param-list st)))
            (let
-              ((body (jp-parse-block st)))
+              ((body (jp-parse-fn-body st)))
              (list (quote js-funcdecl) nm params body))))))))

 (define
@@ -1207,7 +1364,7 @@
          (let
            ((params (jp-parse-param-list st)))
            (let
-              ((body (jp-parse-block st)))
+              ((body (jp-parse-fn-body st)))
              (list (quote js-funcdecl-async) nm params body))))))))

 (define
@@ -1256,7 +1413,7 @@
          (let
            ((params (jp-parse-param-list st)))
            (let
-              ((body (jp-parse-block st)))
+              ((body (jp-parse-fn-body st)))
              (list
                (quote js-method)
                (if static? "static" "instance")
@@ -1284,9 +1441,11 @@
      ((disc (jp-parse-assignment st)))
      (jp-expect! st "punct" ")")
      (jp-expect! st "punct" "{")
+      (jp-bump! st :switch-depth)
      (let
        ((cases (list)))
        (jp-parse-switch-cases st cases)
+        (jp-decr! st :switch-depth)
        (jp-expect! st "punct" "}")
        (list (quote js-switch) disc cases)))))

@@ -1362,9 +1521,40 @@
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "for") (jp-parse-for-stmt st))
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "return") (jp-parse-return-stmt st))
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "break")
-        (do (jp-advance! st) (jp-eat-semi st) (list (quote js-break))))
+        (do
+          (jp-advance! st)
+          (cond
+            ((= (get (jp-peek st) :type) "ident")
+              (do (jp-advance! st) (jp-eat-semi st) (list (quote js-break))))
+            (else
+              (do
+                (when
+                  (and (= (get st :loop-depth) 0) (= (get st :switch-depth) 0))
+                  (error "SyntaxError: Illegal break statement"))
+                (jp-eat-semi st)
+                (list (quote js-break)))))))
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "continue")
-        (do (jp-advance! st) (jp-eat-semi st) (list (quote js-continue))))
+        (do
+          (jp-advance! st)
+          (cond
+            ((= (get (jp-peek st) :type) "ident")
+              (do (jp-advance! st) (jp-eat-semi st) (list (quote js-continue))))
+            (else
+              (do
+                (when
+                  (= (get st :loop-depth) 0)
+                  (error "SyntaxError: Illegal continue statement"))
+                (jp-eat-semi st)
+                (list (quote js-continue)))))))
+      ((and
+         (= (get (jp-peek st) :type) "ident")
+         (= (get (jp-peek-at st 1) :type) "punct")
+         (= (get (jp-peek-at st 1) :value) ":"))
+        (do
+          (jp-advance! st)
+          (jp-advance! st)
+          (jp-disallow-decl-stmt! st "label")
+          (jp-parse-stmt st)))
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "class") (jp-parse-class-decl st))
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "throw") (jp-parse-throw-stmt st))
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "try") (jp-parse-try-stmt st))
@@ -1374,7 +1564,7 @@
      ((jp-at? st "keyword" "switch") (jp-parse-switch-stmt st))
      (else
        (let
-          ((e (jp-parse-assignment st)))
+          ((e (jp-parse-comma-seq st)))
          (do (jp-eat-semi st) (list (quote js-exprstmt) e)))))))

 (define
@@ -1400,10 +1590,33 @@
  jp-parse-arrow-body
  (fn
    (st)
-    (if
-      (jp-at? st "punct" "{")
-      (jp-parse-block st)
-      (jp-parse-assignment st))))
+    (jp-bump! st :fn-depth)
+    (let
+      ((saved-loop (get st :loop-depth)) (saved-switch (get st :switch-depth)))
+      (dict-set! st :loop-depth 0)
+      (dict-set! st :switch-depth 0)
+      (let
+        ((body (if (jp-at? st "punct" "{") (jp-parse-block st) (jp-parse-assignment st))))
+        (jp-decr! st :fn-depth)
+        (dict-set! st :loop-depth saved-loop)
+        (dict-set! st :switch-depth saved-switch)
+        body))))
+
+(define
+  jp-parse-fn-body
+  (fn
+    (st)
+    (jp-bump! st :fn-depth)
+    (let
+      ((saved-loop (get st :loop-depth)) (saved-switch (get st :switch-depth)))
+      (dict-set! st :loop-depth 0)
+      (dict-set! st :switch-depth 0)
+      (let
+        ((body (jp-parse-block st)))
+        (jp-decr! st :fn-depth)
+        (dict-set! st :loop-depth saved-loop)
+        (dict-set! st :switch-depth saved-switch)
+        body))))

 (define
  js-parse
@@ -1414,7 +1627,7 @@
        (= (len tokens) 0)
        (and (= (len tokens) 1) (= (get (nth tokens 0) :type) "eof")))
      (list (quote js-program) (list))
-      (let ((st {:idx 0 :tokens tokens :arrow-candidate true})) (jp-parse-program st)))))
+      (let ((st {:idx 0 :tokens tokens :arrow-candidate true :loop-depth 0 :switch-depth 0 :fn-depth 0})) (jp-parse-program st)))))

 (define
  js-parse-expr
@@ -1427,4 +1640,4 @@
          (= (len tokens) 0)
          (and (= (len tokens) 1) (= (get (nth tokens 0) :type) "eof")))
        (list)
-        (let ((st {:idx 0 :tokens tokens :arrow-candidate true})) (jp-parse-assignment st))))))
+        (let ((st {:idx 0 :tokens tokens :arrow-candidate true :loop-depth 0 :switch-depth 0 :fn-depth 0})) (jp-parse-assignment st))))))
--- a/lib/js/runtime.sx
+++ b/lib/js/runtime.sx
--- a/lib/js/test.sh
+++ b/lib/js/test.sh
@@ -1323,6 +1323,25 @@ cat > "$TMPFILE" << 'EPOCHS'
 (epoch 3505)
 (eval "(js-eval \"var a = {length: 3, 0: 10, 1: 20, 2: 30}; var sum = 0; Array.prototype.forEach.call(a, function(x){sum += x;}); sum\")")

+;; ── Phase 1.ASI: automatic semicolon insertion ─────────────────
+(epoch 4200)
+(eval "(js-eval \"function f() { return\n42\n} f()\")")
+(epoch 4201)
+(eval "(js-eval \"function g() { return 42 } g()\")")
+(epoch 4202)
+(eval "(let ((toks (js-tokenize \"a\nb\"))) (get (nth toks 1) :nl))")
+(epoch 4203)
+(eval "(let ((toks (js-tokenize \"a b\"))) (get (nth toks 1) :nl))")
+
+(epoch 4300)
+(eval "(js-eval \"var x = 5; x\")")
+(epoch 4301)
+(eval "(js-eval \"function f() { return x; var x = 42; } f()\")")
+(epoch 4302)
+(eval "(js-eval \"function f() { var y = 7; return y; } f()\")")
+(epoch 4303)
+(eval "(js-eval \"function f() { var z; z = 3; return z; } f()\")")
+
 EPOCHS


@@ -2042,6 +2061,17 @@ check 3503 "indexOf.call arrLike"          '1'
 check 3504 "filter.call arrLike"           '"2,3"'
 check 3505 "forEach.call arrLike sum"      '60'

+# ── Phase 1.ASI: automatic semicolon insertion ────────────────────
+check 4200 "return+newline → undefined"    '"js-undefined"'
+check 4201 "return+space+val → val"        '42'
+check 4202 "nl-before flag set after newline" 'true'
+check 4203 "nl-before flag false on same line" 'false'
+
+check 4300 "var decl program-level"         '5'
+check 4301 "var hoisted before use → undef" '"js-undefined"'
+check 4302 "var in function body"           '7'
+check 4303 "var then set in function"       '3'
+
 TOTAL=$((PASS + FAIL))
 if [ $FAIL -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "✓ $PASS/$TOTAL JS-on-SX tests passed"
--- a/lib/js/test262-runner.py
+++ b/lib/js/test262-runner.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ UPSTREAM = REPO / "lib" / "js" / "test262-upstream"
 TEST_ROOT = UPSTREAM / "test"
 HARNESS_DIR = UPSTREAM / "harness"

-DEFAULT_PER_TEST_TIMEOUT_S = 5.0
+DEFAULT_PER_TEST_TIMEOUT_S = 15.0
 DEFAULT_BATCH_TIMEOUT_S = 120

 # Cache dir for precomputed SX source of harness JS (one file per Python run).
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ var verifyProperty = function (obj, name, desc, opts) {
  }
 };
 var verifyPrimordialProperty = verifyProperty;
+var verifyEqualTo = function (obj, name, value) {
+  assert.sameValue(obj[name], value, name + " equals");
+};
 var verifyNotEnumerable = function (o, n, v, w, x) { };
 var verifyNotWritable = function (o, n, v, w, x) { };
 var verifyNotConfigurable = function (o, n, v, w, x) { };
@@ -146,6 +149,50 @@ var isConstructor = function (f) {
  // Best-effort: built-in functions and arrows aren't; declared `function` decls are.
  return false;
 };
+// $DONE / asyncTest — async-flag tests call $DONE(err) to signal completion.
+// Since we drain microtasks synchronously, $DONE is just a final-assertion sink.
+var $DONE = function (err) {
+  if (err) { throw new Test262Error((err && err.message) || err); }
+};
+var asyncTest = function (testFunc) {
+  Promise.resolve(testFunc()).then(function () { $DONE(); }, function (e) { $DONE(e); });
+};
+// promiseHelper.js include — used by Promise.all/race tests for ordering checks.
+var checkSequence = function (arr, message) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i = i + 1) {
+    if (arr[i] !== (i + 1)) {
+      throw new Test262Error((message || "Sequence") + " expected " + (i+1) + " at index " + i + " but got " + arr[i]);
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+};
+var checkSettledPromises = function (settleds, expected, message) {
+  var msg = message ? message + " " : "";
+  if (settleds.length !== expected.length) {
+    throw new Test262Error(msg + "lengths differ: " + settleds.length + " vs " + expected.length);
+  }
+  for (var i = 0; i < settleds.length; i = i + 1) {
+    if (settleds[i].status !== expected[i].status) {
+      throw new Test262Error(msg + "status[" + i + "]: " + settleds[i].status + " vs " + expected[i].status);
+    }
+    if (expected[i].status === "fulfilled" && settleds[i].value !== expected[i].value) {
+      throw new Test262Error(msg + "value[" + i + "]: " + settleds[i].value + " vs " + expected[i].value);
+    }
+    if (expected[i].status === "rejected" && settleds[i].reason !== expected[i].reason) {
+      throw new Test262Error(msg + "reason[" + i + "]: " + settleds[i].reason + " vs " + expected[i].reason);
+    }
+  }
+};
+// decimalToHexString.js include — used by URI/escape tests.
+var decimalToHexString = function (n) {
+  var hex = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+  if (n < 0) { n = n + 65536; }
+  return hex[(n >> 12) & 15] + hex[(n >> 8) & 15] + hex[(n >> 4) & 15] + hex[n & 15];
+};
+var decimalToPercentHexString = function (n) {
+  var hex = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+  return "%" + hex[(n >> 4) & 15] + hex[n & 15];
+};
 // Trivial helper for tests that use Array.isArray-like functionality
 // (many tests reach for it via compareArray)
 """
@@ -358,6 +405,8 @@ def classify_negative_result(fm: Frontmatter, kind: str, payload: str):
            or ("expected" in low and "got" in low)
            or "js-transpile-unop" in low
            or "js-transpile-binop" in low
+            or "js-transpile-assign" in low
+            or "js-transpile" in low
            or "js-compound-update" in low
            or "parse" in low
        ):
@@ -1011,11 +1060,45 @@ def _worker_run(args):
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


+_HARNESS_INCLUDE_CACHE: dict = {}
+
+# Only inline these small harness files per-test. Large ones like propertyHelper.js
+# multiply js-eval/JIT cost by ~5-10x and push tests over the per-test timeout.
+_INLINE_INCLUDES = {"nans.js", "sta.js", "byteConversionValues.js", "compareArray.js"}
+
+
+def _load_harness_include(name: str) -> str:
+    """Read an upstream harness include file (e.g. nans.js).
+    Returns empty string if the file isn't present.
+    """
+    if name in _HARNESS_INCLUDE_CACHE:
+        return _HARNESS_INCLUDE_CACHE[name]
+    path = HARNESS_DIR / name
+    try:
+        src = path.read_text()
+    except OSError:
+        src = ""
+    _HARNESS_INCLUDE_CACHE[name] = src
+    return src
+
+
 def assemble_source(t):
    """Return JS source to feed to js-eval. Harness is preloaded, so we only
-    append the test source (plus negative-test prep if needed).
+    append the test source (plus a small allowlist of per-test includes).
    """
-    return t.src
+    if not getattr(t.fm, "includes", None):
+        return t.src
+    parts = []
+    for inc in t.fm.includes:
+        if inc not in _INLINE_INCLUDES:
+            continue
+        chunk = _load_harness_include(inc)
+        if chunk:
+            parts.append(chunk)
+    if not parts:
+        return t.src
+    parts.append(t.src)
+    return "\n".join(parts)


 def aggregate(results):
@@ -1193,7 +1276,7 @@ def main(argv):
    shards = [[] for _ in range(n_workers)]
    for i, t in enumerate(tests):
        shards[i % n_workers].append(
-            (t.rel, t.category, t.src, t.fm.negative_phase, t.fm.negative_type)
+            (t.rel, t.category, assemble_source(t), t.fm.negative_phase, t.fm.negative_type)
        )

    t_run_start = time.monotonic()
--- a/lib/js/test262-scoreboard.json
+++ b/lib/js/test262-scoreboard.json
@@ -1,137 +1,53 @@
 {
  "totals": {
-    "pass": 162,
-    "fail": 128,
-    "skip": 1597,
-    "timeout": 10,
-    "total": 1897,
-    "runnable": 300,
-    "pass_rate": 54.0
+    "pass": 4,
+    "fail": 10,
+    "skip": 16,
+    "timeout": 0,
+    "total": 30,
+    "runnable": 14,
+    "pass_rate": 28.6
  },
  "categories": [
    {
-      "category": "built-ins/Math",
-      "total": 327,
-      "pass": 43,
-      "fail": 56,
-      "skip": 227,
-      "timeout": 1,
-      "pass_rate": 43.0,
+      "category": "built-ins/Function",
+      "total": 30,
+      "pass": 4,
+      "fail": 10,
+      "skip": 16,
+      "timeout": 0,
+      "pass_rate": 28.6,
      "top_failures": [
        [
-          "TypeError: not a function",
-          36
-        ],
-        [
-          "Test262Error (assertion failed)",
-          20
-        ],
-        [
-          "Timeout",
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "category": "built-ins/Number",
-      "total": 340,
-      "pass": 77,
-      "fail": 19,
-      "skip": 240,
-      "timeout": 4,
-      "pass_rate": 77.0,
-      "top_failures": [
-        [
-          "Test262Error (assertion failed)",
-          19
-        ],
-        [
-          "Timeout",
+          "SyntaxError (parse/unsupported syntax)",
          4
-        ]
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "category": "built-ins/String",
-      "total": 1223,
-      "pass": 42,
-      "fail": 53,
-      "skip": 1123,
-      "timeout": 5,
-      "pass_rate": 42.0,
-      "top_failures": [
-        [
-          "Test262Error (assertion failed)",
-          44
-        ],
-        [
-          "Timeout",
-          5
        ],
        [
          "ReferenceError (undefined symbol)",
-          2
+          3
        ],
        [
-          "Unhandled: Not callable: {:__proto__ {:toLowerCase <lambda(&rest, args)",
-          2
-        ],
-        [
-          "Unhandled: Not callable: \\\\\\",
-          2
+          "TypeError (other)",
+          3
        ]
      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "category": "built-ins/StringIteratorPrototype",
-      "total": 7,
-      "pass": 0,
-      "fail": 0,
-      "skip": 7,
-      "timeout": 0,
-      "pass_rate": 0.0,
-      "top_failures": []
    }
  ],
  "top_failure_modes": [
    [
-      "Test262Error (assertion failed)",
-      83
-    ],
-    [
-      "TypeError: not a function",
-      36
-    ],
-    [
-      "Timeout",
-      10
+      "SyntaxError (parse/unsupported syntax)",
+      4
    ],
    [
      "ReferenceError (undefined symbol)",
-      2
+      3
    ],
    [
-      "Unhandled: Not callable: {:__proto__ {:toLowerCase <lambda(&rest, args)",
-      2
-    ],
-    [
-      "Unhandled: Not callable: \\\\\\",
-      2
-    ],
-    [
-      "SyntaxError (parse/unsupported syntax)",
-      1
-    ],
-    [
-      "Unhandled: Not callable: {:__proto__ {:valueOf <lambda()> :propertyIsEn",
-      1
-    ],
-    [
-      "Unhandled: js-transpile-binop: unsupported op: >>>\\",
-      1
+      "TypeError (other)",
+      3
    ]
  ],
  "pinned_commit": "d5e73fc8d2c663554fb72e2380a8c2bc1a318a33",
-  "elapsed_seconds": 274.5,
+  "elapsed_seconds": 11.2,
  "workers": 1
 }
--- a/lib/js/test262-scoreboard.md
+++ b/lib/js/test262-scoreboard.md
@@ -1,47 +1,26 @@
 # test262 scoreboard

 Pinned commit: `d5e73fc8d2c663554fb72e2380a8c2bc1a318a33`
-Wall time: 274.5s
+Wall time: 11.2s

-**Total:** 162/300 runnable passed (54.0%). Raw: pass=162 fail=128 skip=1597 timeout=10 total=1897.
+**Total:** 4/14 runnable passed (28.6%). Raw: pass=4 fail=10 skip=16 timeout=0 total=30.

 ## Top failure modes

- **83x** Test262Error (assertion failed)
- **36x** TypeError: not a function
- **10x** Timeout
- **2x** ReferenceError (undefined symbol)
- **2x** Unhandled: Not callable: {:__proto__ {:toLowerCase <lambda(&rest, args)
- **2x** Unhandled: Not callable: \\\
- **1x** SyntaxError (parse/unsupported syntax)
- **1x** Unhandled: Not callable: {:__proto__ {:valueOf <lambda()> :propertyIsEn
- **1x** Unhandled: js-transpile-binop: unsupported op: >>>\
+- **4x** SyntaxError (parse/unsupported syntax)
+- **3x** ReferenceError (undefined symbol)
+- **3x** TypeError (other)

 ## Categories (worst pass-rate first, min 10 runnable)

 | Category | Pass | Fail | Skip | Timeout | Total | Pass % |
 |---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
-| built-ins/String | 42 | 53 | 1123 | 5 | 1223 | 42.0% |
-| built-ins/Math | 43 | 56 | 227 | 1 | 327 | 43.0% |
-| built-ins/Number | 77 | 19 | 240 | 4 | 340 | 77.0% |
+| built-ins/Function | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 28.6% |

 ## Per-category top failures (min 10 runnable, worst first)

-### built-ins/String  (42/100 — 42.0%)
+### built-ins/Function  (4/14 — 28.6%)

- **44x** Test262Error (assertion failed)
- **5x** Timeout
- **2x** ReferenceError (undefined symbol)
- **2x** Unhandled: Not callable: {:__proto__ {:toLowerCase <lambda(&rest, args)
- **2x** Unhandled: Not callable: \\\
-
-### built-ins/Math  (43/100 — 43.0%)
-
- **36x** TypeError: not a function
- **20x** Test262Error (assertion failed)
- **1x** Timeout
-
-### built-ins/Number  (77/100 — 77.0%)
-
- **19x** Test262Error (assertion failed)
- **4x** Timeout
+- **4x** SyntaxError (parse/unsupported syntax)
+- **3x** ReferenceError (undefined symbol)
+- **3x** TypeError (other)
--- a/lib/js/transpile.sx
+++ b/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)))
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@
          ((js-tag? ast "js-arrow")
            (js-transpile-arrow (nth ast 1) (nth ast 2)))
          ((js-tag? ast "js-program") (js-transpile-stmts (nth ast 1)))
-          ((js-tag? ast "js-block") (js-transpile-stmts (nth ast 1)))
+          ((js-tag? ast "js-block")
+            (cons (js-sym "begin") (js-transpile-stmt-list (nth ast 1))))
          ((js-tag? ast "js-exprstmt") (js-transpile (nth ast 1)))
          ((js-tag? ast "js-empty") nil)
          ((js-tag? ast "js-var")
@@ -164,6 +166,8 @@
            (js-transpile-new (nth ast 1) (nth ast 2)))
          ((js-tag? ast "js-class")
            (js-transpile-class (nth ast 1) (nth ast 2) (nth ast 3)))
+          ((js-tag? ast "js-comma")
+            (cons (js-sym "begin") (map js-transpile (nth ast 1))))
          ((js-tag? ast "js-throw") (js-transpile-throw (nth ast 1)))
          ((js-tag? ast "js-try")
            (js-transpile-try (nth ast 1) (nth ast 2) (nth ast 3)))
@@ -221,7 +225,23 @@
              (js-sym "js-delete-prop")
              (js-transpile (nth arg 1))
              (js-transpile (nth arg 2))))
+          ((js-tag? arg "js-ident") false)
+          ((js-tag? arg "js-paren") (js-transpile-unop op (nth arg 1)))
          (else true)))
+      ((and (= op "typeof") (js-tag? arg "js-ident"))
+        (let
+          ((name (nth arg 1)))
+          (list
+            (js-sym "if")
+            (list
+              (js-sym "or")
+              (list
+                (js-sym "env-has?")
+                (list (js-sym "current-env"))
+                name)
+              (list (js-sym "dict-has?") (js-sym "js-global") name))
+            (list (js-sym "js-typeof") (js-transpile arg))
+            "undefined")))
      (else
        (let
          ((a (js-transpile arg)))
@@ -231,7 +251,8 @@
            ((= op "!") (list (js-sym "js-not") a))
            ((= op "~") (list (js-sym "js-bitnot") a))
            ((= op "typeof") (list (js-sym "js-typeof") a))
-            ((= op "void") (list (js-sym "quote") :js-undefined))
+            ((= op "void")
+              (list (js-sym "begin") a (list (js-sym "quote") :js-undefined)))
            (else (error (str "js-transpile-unop: unsupported op: " op)))))))))

 ;; ── Array literal ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -295,6 +316,21 @@
              (list (js-sym "js-undefined?") (js-sym "_a")))
            (js-transpile r)
            (js-sym "_a"))))
+      ((= op ">>>")
+        (list
+          (js-sym "js-unsigned-rshift")
+          (js-transpile l)
+          (js-transpile r)))
+      ((= op "<<")
+        (list (js-sym "js-shl") (js-transpile l) (js-transpile r)))
+      ((= op ">>")
+        (list (js-sym "js-shr") (js-transpile l) (js-transpile r)))
+      ((= op "&")
+        (list (js-sym "js-bitand") (js-transpile l) (js-transpile r)))
+      ((= op "|")
+        (list (js-sym "js-bitor") (js-transpile l) (js-transpile r)))
+      ((= op "^")
+        (list (js-sym "js-bitxor") (js-transpile l) (js-transpile r)))
      (else (error (str "js-transpile-binop: unsupported op: " op))))))

 ;; ── Object literal ────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -373,7 +409,19 @@
    (list
      (js-sym "js-new-call")
      (js-transpile callee)
-      (cons (js-sym "list") (map js-transpile args)))))
+      (cond
+        ((js-has-spread? args)
+          (cons
+            (js-sym "js-array-spread-build")
+            (map
+              (fn
+                (e)
+                (if
+                  (js-tag? e "js-spread")
+                  (list (js-sym "list") "js-spread" (js-transpile (nth e 1)))
+                  (list (js-sym "list") "js-value" (js-transpile e))))
+              args)))
+        (else (cons (js-sym "js-args") (map js-transpile args)))))))

 (define
  js-transpile-array
@@ -391,7 +439,7 @@
              (list (js-sym "list") "js-spread" (js-transpile (nth e 1)))
              (list (js-sym "list") "js-value" (js-transpile e))))
          elts))
-      (cons (js-sym "list") (map js-transpile elts)))))
+      (cons (js-sym "js-make-list") (map js-transpile elts)))))

 (define
  js-has-spread?
@@ -421,7 +469,7 @@
              (list (js-sym "list") "js-spread" (js-transpile (nth e 1)))
              (list (js-sym "list") "js-value" (js-transpile e))))
          args))
-      (cons (js-sym "list") (map js-transpile args)))))
+      (cons (js-sym "js-args") (map js-transpile args)))))

 ;; Transpile a JS expression string to SX source text (for inspection
 ;; in tests). Useful for asserting the exact emitted tree.
@@ -431,18 +479,28 @@
    (entries)
    (list
      (js-sym "let")
-      (list (list (js-sym "_obj") (list (js-sym "dict"))))
+      (list (list (js-sym "_obj") (list (js-sym "js-make-obj"))))
      (cons
        (js-sym "begin")
        (append
          (map
            (fn
              (entry)
-              (list
-                (js-sym "dict-set!")
-                (js-sym "_obj")
-                (get entry :key)
-                (js-transpile (get entry :value))))
+              (cond
+                ((contains? (keys entry) :spread)
+                  (list
+                    (js-sym "js-obj-spread!")
+                    (js-sym "_obj")
+                    (js-transpile (get entry :spread))))
+                (else
+                  (list
+                    (js-sym "js-obj-set!")
+                    (js-sym "_obj")
+                    (if
+                      (contains? (keys entry) :computed-key)
+                      (list (js-sym "js-to-string") (js-transpile (get entry :computed-key)))
+                      (get entry :key))
+                    (js-transpile (get entry :value))))))
            entries)
          (list (js-sym "_obj")))))))

@@ -486,6 +544,95 @@
                (append inits (list (js-transpile body))))))))
      (list (js-sym "fn") param-syms body-tr))))

+(define
+  js-collect-var-decl-names
+  (fn
+    (decls)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? decls) (list))
+      ((js-tag? (first decls) "js-vardecl")
+        (cons
+          (nth (first decls) 1)
+          (js-collect-var-decl-names (rest decls))))
+      (else (js-collect-var-decl-names (rest decls))))))
+
+(define
+  js-collect-var-names
+  (fn
+    (stmts)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? stmts) (list))
+      (else
+        (append
+          (js-collect-var-names-stmt (first stmts))
+          (js-collect-var-names (rest stmts)))))))
+
+(define
+  js-collect-var-names-stmt
+  (fn
+    (stmt)
+    (cond
+      ((not (list? stmt)) (list))
+      ((and (js-tag? stmt "js-var") (= (nth stmt 1) "var"))
+        (js-collect-var-decl-names (nth stmt 2)))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-block") (js-collect-var-names (nth stmt 1)))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-for")
+        (append
+          (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 1))
+          (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 4))))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-for-of-in")
+        (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 4)))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-while")
+        (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 2)))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-do-while")
+        (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 1)))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-if")
+        (append
+          (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 2))
+          (if (>= (len stmt) 4) (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 3)) (list))))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-try")
+        (append
+          (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 1))
+          (if (and (>= (len stmt) 3) (list? (nth stmt 2)))
+              (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth (nth stmt 2) 2))
+              (list))
+          (if (>= (len stmt) 4) (js-collect-var-names-stmt (nth stmt 3)) (list))))
+      ((js-tag? stmt "js-switch")
+        (js-collect-var-names-cases (nth stmt 2)))
+      (else (list)))))
+
+(define
+  js-collect-var-names-cases
+  (fn
+    (cases)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? cases) (list))
+      (else
+        (append
+          (js-collect-var-names (nth (first cases) 2))
+          (js-collect-var-names-cases (rest cases)))))))
+
+(define
+  js-dedup-names
+  (fn
+    (names seen)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? names) (list))
+      ((some (fn (s) (= s (first names))) seen)
+        (js-dedup-names (rest names) seen))
+      (else
+        (cons
+          (first names)
+          (js-dedup-names (rest names) (cons (first names) seen)))))))
+
+(define
+  js-var-hoist-forms
+  (fn
+    (names)
+    (map
+      (fn (name) (list (js-sym "define") (js-sym name) :js-undefined))
+      names)))
+
 (define
  js-transpile-tpl
  (fn
@@ -577,6 +724,12 @@
            (list (js-sym "js-undefined?") lhs-expr))
          rhs-expr
          lhs-expr))
+      ((= op "<<=") (list (js-sym "js-shl") lhs-expr rhs-expr))
+      ((= op ">>=") (list (js-sym "js-shr") lhs-expr rhs-expr))
+      ((= op ">>>=") (list (js-sym "js-unsigned-rshift") lhs-expr rhs-expr))
+      ((= op "&=") (list (js-sym "js-bitand") lhs-expr rhs-expr))
+      ((= op "|=") (list (js-sym "js-bitor") lhs-expr rhs-expr))
+      ((= op "^=") (list (js-sym "js-bitxor") lhs-expr rhs-expr))
      (else (error (str "js-compound-update: unsupported op: " op))))))

 (define
@@ -806,7 +959,7 @@
                (if
                  (= iter-kind "of")
                  (list (js-sym "js-iterable-to-list") iter-sx)
-                  (list (js-sym "js-object-keys") iter-sx))))
+                  (list (js-sym "js-for-in-keys") iter-sx))))
            (list
              (js-sym "for-each")
              (list
@@ -835,7 +988,7 @@
  (fn
    (params)
    (cond
-      ((empty? params) (list))
+      ((empty? params) (list (js-sym "&rest") (js-sym "__extra_args__")))
      ((and (list? (first params)) (js-tag? (first params) "js-rest"))
        (list (js-sym "&rest") (js-sym (nth (first params) 1))))
      (else
@@ -843,6 +996,27 @@
          (js-param-sym (first params))
          (js-build-param-list (rest params)))))))

+(define
+  js-arguments-build-form
+  (fn
+    (params)
+    (list (js-sym "js-list-copy") (js-arguments-build-form-raw params))))
+
+(define
+  js-arguments-build-form-raw
+  (fn
+    (params)
+    (cond
+      ((empty? params)
+        (js-sym "__extra_args__"))
+      ((and (list? (first params)) (js-tag? (first params) "js-rest"))
+        (js-sym (nth (first params) 1)))
+      (else
+        (list
+          (js-sym "cons")
+          (js-param-sym (first params))
+          (js-arguments-build-form-raw (rest params)))))))
+
 (define
  js-param-init-forms
  (fn
@@ -876,7 +1050,7 @@
  (fn
    (stmts)
    (let
-      ((hoisted (js-collect-funcdecls stmts)))
+      ((hoisted (append (js-var-hoist-forms (js-dedup-names (js-collect-var-names stmts) (list))) (js-collect-funcdecls stmts))))
      (let
        ((rest-stmts (js-transpile-stmt-list stmts)))
        (cons (js-sym "begin") (append hoisted rest-stmts))))))
@@ -935,12 +1109,12 @@

 (define
  js-transpile-var
-  (fn (kind decls) (cons (js-sym "begin") (js-vardecl-forms decls))))
+  (fn (kind decls) (cons (js-sym "begin") (js-vardecl-forms decls (= kind "var")))))

 (define
  js-vardecl-forms
  (fn
-    (decls)
+    (decls is-var)
    (cond
      ((empty? decls) (list))
      (else
@@ -950,10 +1124,10 @@
            ((js-tag? d "js-vardecl")
              (cons
                (list
-                  (js-sym "define")
+                  (js-sym (if is-var "set!" "define"))
                  (js-sym (nth d 1))
                  (js-transpile (nth d 2)))
-                (js-vardecl-forms (rest decls))))
+                (js-vardecl-forms (rest decls) is-var)))
            ((js-tag? d "js-vardecl-obj")
              (let
                ((names (nth d 1))
@@ -964,7 +1138,7 @@
                  (js-vardecl-obj-forms
                    names
                    tmp-sym
-                    (js-vardecl-forms (rest decls))))))
+                    (js-vardecl-forms (rest decls) is-var)))))
            ((js-tag? d "js-vardecl-arr")
              (let
                ((names (nth d 1))
@@ -976,7 +1150,7 @@
                    names
                    tmp-sym
                    0
-                    (js-vardecl-forms (rest decls))))))
+                    (js-vardecl-forms (rest decls) is-var)))))
            (else (error "js-vardecl-forms: unexpected decl"))))))))

 (define
@@ -1276,7 +1450,28 @@
    (let
      ((body-tr (js-transpile body)))
      (let
-        ((with-catch (cond ((= catch-part nil) body-tr) (else (let ((pname (nth catch-part 0)) (cbody (nth catch-part 1))) (list (js-sym "guard") (list (if (= pname nil) (js-sym "__exc__") (js-sym pname)) (list (js-sym "else") (js-transpile cbody))) body-tr))))))
+        ((with-catch
+           (cond
+             ((= catch-part nil) body-tr)
+             (else
+               (let
+                 ((pname (nth catch-part 0))
+                   (cbody (nth catch-part 1))
+                   (raw-sym (js-sym "__raw_exc__")))
+                 (list
+                   (js-sym "guard")
+                   (list
+                     raw-sym
+                     (list
+                       (js-sym "else")
+                       (cond
+                         ((= pname nil) (js-transpile cbody))
+                         (else
+                           (list
+                             (js-sym "let")
+                             (list (list (js-sym pname) (list (js-sym "js-wrap-exn") raw-sym)))
+                             (js-transpile cbody))))))
+                   body-tr))))))
        (cond
          ((= finally-part nil) with-catch)
          (else
@@ -1297,7 +1492,7 @@
          (if
            (and (list? body) (js-tag? body "js-block"))
            (let
-              ((hoisted (js-collect-funcdecls (nth body 1))))
+              ((hoisted (append (js-var-hoist-forms (js-dedup-names (js-collect-var-names (nth body 1)) (list))) (js-collect-funcdecls (nth body 1)))))
              (append hoisted (js-transpile-stmt-list (nth body 1))))
            (list (js-transpile body)))))
      (list
@@ -1305,7 +1500,9 @@
        param-syms
        (list
          (js-sym "let")
-          (list (list (js-sym "this") (list (js-sym "js-this"))))
+          (list
+            (list (js-sym "this") (list (js-sym "js-this")))
+            (list (js-sym "arguments") (js-arguments-build-form params)))
          (list
            (js-sym "let")
            (list
@@ -1316,7 +1513,7 @@
                  (list
                    (js-sym "fn")
                    (list (js-sym "__return__"))
-                    (cons (js-sym "begin") (append inits body-forms))))))
+                    (cons (js-sym "begin") (append (append inits body-forms) (list nil)))))))
            (list
              (js-sym "if")
              (list (js-sym "=") (js-sym "__r__") nil)
@@ -1333,7 +1530,7 @@
          (if
            (and (list? body) (js-tag? body "js-block"))
            (let
-              ((hoisted (js-collect-funcdecls (nth body 1))))
+              ((hoisted (append (js-var-hoist-forms (js-dedup-names (js-collect-var-names (nth body 1)) (list))) (js-collect-funcdecls (nth body 1)))))
              (append hoisted (js-transpile-stmt-list (nth body 1))))
            (list (js-transpile body)))))
      (list
@@ -1401,7 +1598,7 @@
  (fn
    (src)
    (let
-      ((result (eval-expr (js-transpile (js-parse (js-tokenize src))))))
+      ((result (eval-expr (list (quote let) (list (list (js-sym "this") (list (js-sym "js-this")))) (js-transpile (js-parse (js-tokenize src)))))))
      (js-drain-microtasks!)
      result)))

--- a/lib/smalltalk/compare.sh
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/compare.sh
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Smalltalk-on-SX vs. GNU Smalltalk timing comparison.
-#
-# Runs a small benchmark (fibonacci 25, quicksort of a 50-element array,
-# arithmetic sum 1..1000) on both runtimes and reports the ratio.
-#
-# GNU Smalltalk (`gst`) must be installed and on $PATH. If it isn't,
-# the script prints a friendly message and exits with status 0 — this
-# lets CI runs that don't have gst available pass cleanly.
-#
-# Usage: bash lib/smalltalk/compare.sh
-
-set -uo pipefail
-cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-
-OUT="lib/smalltalk/compare-results.txt"
-
-if ! command -v gst >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "Note: GNU Smalltalk (gst) not found on \$PATH."
-  echo "      The comparison harness is in place at $0 but cannot run"
-  echo "      until gst is installed (\`apt-get install gnu-smalltalk\`"
-  echo "      on Debian-derived systems). Skipping."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-SX="hosts/ocaml/_build/default/bin/sx_server.exe"
-if [ ! -x "$SX" ]; then
-  MAIN_ROOT=$(git worktree list | head -1 | awk '{print $1}')
-  SX="$MAIN_ROOT/$SX"
-fi
-
-# A trio of small benchmarks. Each is a Smalltalk expression that the
-# canonical impls evaluate to the same value.
-BENCH_FIB='Object subclass: #B instanceVariableNames: ""! !B methodsFor: "x"! fib: n n < 2 ifTrue: [^ n]. ^ (self fib: n - 1) + (self fib: n - 2)! ! Transcript show: (B new fib: 22) printString; nl'
-
-run_sx () {
-  local label="$1"; local source="$2"
-  local tmp=$(mktemp)
-  cat > "$tmp" <<EOF
-(epoch 1)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx")
-(load "lib/smalltalk/parser.sx")
-(load "lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx")
-(load "lib/smalltalk/eval.sx")
-(epoch 2)
-(eval "(begin (st-bootstrap-classes!) (smalltalk-load \"Object subclass: #B instanceVariableNames: ''! !B methodsFor: 'x'! fib: n n < 2 ifTrue: [^ n]. ^ (self fib: n - 1) + (self fib: n - 2)! !\") (smalltalk-eval-program \"^ B new fib: 22\"))")
-EOF
-  local start=$(date +%s.%N)
-  timeout 60 "$SX" < "$tmp" > /dev/null 2>&1
-  local rc=$?
-  local end=$(date +%s.%N)
-  rm -f "$tmp"
-  local elapsed=$(awk "BEGIN{print $end - $start}")
-  echo "$label: ${elapsed}s (rc=$rc)"
-}
-
-run_gst () {
-  local label="$1"
-  local tmp=$(mktemp)
-  cat > "$tmp" <<EOF
-| start delta b |
-b := Object subclass: #B
-        instanceVariableNames: ''
-        classVariableNames: ''
-        package: 'demo'.
-b compile: 'fib: n n < 2 ifTrue: [^ n]. ^ (self fib: n - 1) + (self fib: n - 2)'.
-start := Time millisecondClock.
-B new fib: 22.
-delta := Time millisecondClock - start.
-Transcript show: 'gst ', delta printString, 'ms'; nl.
-EOF
-  local start=$(date +%s.%N)
-  timeout 60 gst -q "$tmp" > /dev/null 2>&1
-  local rc=$?
-  local end=$(date +%s.%N)
-  rm -f "$tmp"
-  local elapsed=$(awk "BEGIN{print $end - $start}")
-  echo "$label: ${elapsed}s (rc=$rc)"
-}
-
-{
-  echo "Smalltalk-on-SX vs GNU Smalltalk — fibonacci(22)"
-  echo "Generated: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
-  echo
-  run_sx  "smalltalk-on-sx (call/cc + dict ivars)"
-  run_gst "gnu smalltalk"
-} | tee "$OUT"
-
-echo
-echo "Saved: $OUT"
--- a/lib/smalltalk/conformance.sh
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/conformance.sh
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Smalltalk-on-SX conformance runner.
-#
-# Runs the full test suite once with per-file detail, pulls out the
-# classic-corpus numbers, and writes:
-#   lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.json   — machine-readable summary
-#   lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.md     — human-readable summary
-#
-# Usage: bash lib/smalltalk/conformance.sh
-
-set -uo pipefail
-cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-
-OUT_JSON="lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.json"
-OUT_MD="lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.md"
-
-DATE=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
-
-# Catalog .st programs in the corpus.
-PROGRAMS=()
-for f in lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/*.st; do
-  [ -f "$f" ] || continue
-  PROGRAMS+=("$(basename "$f" .st)")
-done
-NUM_PROGRAMS=${#PROGRAMS[@]}
-
-# Run the full test suite with per-file detail.
-RUNNER_OUT=$(bash lib/smalltalk/test.sh -v 2>&1)
-RC=$?
-
-# Final summary line: "OK 403/403 ..." or "FAIL 400/403 ...".
-ALL_SUM=$(echo "$RUNNER_OUT" | grep -E '^(OK|FAIL) [0-9]+/[0-9]+' | tail -1)
-ALL_PASS=$(echo "$ALL_SUM" | grep -oE '[0-9]+/[0-9]+' | head -1 | cut -d/ -f1)
-ALL_TOTAL=$(echo "$ALL_SUM" | grep -oE '[0-9]+/[0-9]+' | head -1 | cut -d/ -f2)
-
-# Per-file pass counts (verbose lines look like "OK <path>  N passed").
-get_pass () {
-  local fname="$1"
-  echo "$RUNNER_OUT" | awk -v f="$fname" '
-    $0 ~ f { for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) if ($i ~ /^[0-9]+$/) { print $i; exit } }'
-}
-
-PROG_PASS=$(get_pass "tests/programs.sx")
-PROG_PASS=${PROG_PASS:-0}
-
-# scoreboard.json
-{
-  printf '{\n'
-  printf '  "date": "%s",\n' "$DATE"
-  printf '  "programs": [\n'
-  for i in "${!PROGRAMS[@]}"; do
-    sep=","; [ "$i" -eq "$((NUM_PROGRAMS - 1))" ] && sep=""
-    printf '    "%s.st"%s\n' "${PROGRAMS[$i]}" "$sep"
-  done
-  printf '  ],\n'
-  printf '  "program_count": %d,\n' "$NUM_PROGRAMS"
-  printf '  "program_tests_passed": %s,\n' "$PROG_PASS"
-  printf '  "all_tests_passed": %s,\n' "$ALL_PASS"
-  printf '  "all_tests_total": %s,\n' "$ALL_TOTAL"
-  printf '  "exit_code": %d\n' "$RC"
-  printf '}\n'
-} > "$OUT_JSON"
-
-# scoreboard.md
-{
-  printf '# Smalltalk-on-SX Scoreboard\n\n'
-  printf '_Last run: %s_\n\n' "$DATE"
-
-  printf '## Totals\n\n'
-  printf '| Suite | Passing |\n'
-  printf '|-------|---------|\n'
-  printf '| All Smalltalk-on-SX tests | **%s / %s** |\n' "$ALL_PASS" "$ALL_TOTAL"
-  printf '| Classic-corpus tests (`tests/programs.sx`) | **%s** |\n\n' "$PROG_PASS"
-
-  printf '## Classic-corpus programs (`lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/`)\n\n'
-  printf '| Program | Status |\n'
-  printf '|---------|--------|\n'
-  for prog in "${PROGRAMS[@]}"; do
-    printf '| `%s.st` | present |\n' "$prog"
-  done
-  printf '\n'
-
-  printf '## Per-file test counts\n\n'
-  printf '```\n'
-  echo "$RUNNER_OUT" | grep -E '^(OK|X) lib/smalltalk/tests/' | sort
-  printf '```\n\n'
-
-  printf '## Notes\n\n'
-  printf -- '- The spec interpreter is correct but slow (call/cc + dict-based ivars per send).\n'
-  printf -- '- Larger Life multi-step verification, the 8-queens canonical case, and the glider-gun pattern are deferred to the JIT path.\n'
-  printf -- '- Generated by `bash lib/smalltalk/conformance.sh`. Both files are committed; the runner overwrites them on each run.\n'
-} > "$OUT_MD"
-
-echo "Scoreboard updated:"
-echo "  $OUT_JSON"
-echo "  $OUT_MD"
-echo "Programs: $NUM_PROGRAMS  Corpus tests: $PROG_PASS  All: $ALL_PASS/$ALL_TOTAL"
-
-exit $RC
--- a/lib/smalltalk/eval.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/eval.sx
--- a/lib/smalltalk/parser.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/parser.sx
@@ -1,948 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk parser — produces an AST from the tokenizer's token stream.
-;;
-;; AST node shapes (dicts):
-;;   {:type "lit-int" :value N}                  integer
-;;   {:type "lit-float" :value F}                float
-;;   {:type "lit-string" :value S}               string
-;;   {:type "lit-char" :value C}                 character
-;;   {:type "lit-symbol" :value S}               symbol literal (#foo)
-;;   {:type "lit-array" :elements (list ...)}    literal array (#(1 2 #foo))
-;;   {:type "lit-byte-array" :elements (...)}    byte array (#[1 2 3])
-;;   {:type "lit-nil" } / "lit-true" / "lit-false"
-;;   {:type "ident" :name "x"}                   variable reference
-;;   {:type "self"} / "super" / "thisContext"    pseudo-variables
-;;   {:type "assign" :name "x" :expr E}          x := E
-;;   {:type "return" :expr E}                    ^ E
-;;   {:type "send" :receiver R :selector S :args (list ...)}
-;;   {:type "cascade" :receiver R :messages (list {:selector :args} ...)}
-;;   {:type "block" :params (list "a") :temps (list "t") :body (list expr)}
-;;   {:type "seq" :exprs (list ...)}             statement sequence
-;;   {:type "method" :selector S :params (list ...) :temps (list ...) :body (list ...) :pragmas (list ...)}
-;;
-;; A "chunk" / class-definition stream is parsed at a higher level (deferred).
-
-;; ── Chunk-stream reader ────────────────────────────────────────────────
-;; Pharo chunk format: chunks are separated by `!`. A doubled `!!` inside a
-;; chunk represents a single literal `!`. Returns list of chunk strings with
-;; surrounding whitespace trimmed.
-(define
-  st-read-chunks
-  (fn
-    (src)
-    (let
-      ((chunks (list))
-        (buf (list))
-        (pos 0)
-        (n (len src)))
-      (begin
-        (define
-          flush!
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((s (st-trim (join "" buf))))
-              (begin (append! chunks s) (set! buf (list))))))
-        (define
-          rc-loop
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (when
-              (< pos n)
-              (let
-                ((c (nth src pos)))
-                (cond
-                  ((= c "!")
-                    (cond
-                      ((and (< (+ pos 1) n) (= (nth src (+ pos 1)) "!"))
-                        (begin (append! buf "!") (set! pos (+ pos 2)) (rc-loop)))
-                      (else
-                        (begin (flush!) (set! pos (+ pos 1)) (rc-loop)))))
-                  (else
-                    (begin (append! buf c) (set! pos (+ pos 1)) (rc-loop))))))))
-        (rc-loop)
-        ;; trailing text without a closing `!` — preserve as a chunk
-        (when (> (len buf) 0) (flush!))
-        chunks))))
-
-(define
-  st-trim
-  (fn
-    (s)
-    (let
-      ((n (len s)) (i 0) (j 0))
-      (begin
-        (set! j n)
-        (define
-          tl-loop
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (when
-              (and (< i n) (st-trim-ws? (nth s i)))
-              (begin (set! i (+ i 1)) (tl-loop)))))
-        (tl-loop)
-        (define
-          tr-loop
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (when
-              (and (> j i) (st-trim-ws? (nth s (- j 1))))
-              (begin (set! j (- j 1)) (tr-loop)))))
-        (tr-loop)
-        (slice s i j)))))
-
-(define
-  st-trim-ws?
-  (fn (c) (or (= c " ") (= c "\t") (= c "\n") (= c "\r"))))
-
-;; Parse a chunk stream. Walks chunks and applies the Pharo file-in
-;; convention: a chunk that evaluates to "X methodsFor: 'cat'" or
-;; "X class methodsFor: 'cat'" enters a methods batch — subsequent chunks
-;; are method source until an empty chunk closes the batch.
-;;
-;; Returns list of entries:
-;;   {:kind "expr" :ast EXPR-AST}
-;;   {:kind "method" :class CLS :class-side? BOOL :category CAT :ast METHOD-AST}
-;;   {:kind "blank"}        (empty chunks outside a methods batch)
-;;   {:kind "end-methods"}  (empty chunk closing a methods batch)
-(define
-  st-parse-chunks
-  (fn
-    (src)
-    (let
-      ((chunks (st-read-chunks src))
-        (entries (list))
-        (mode "do-it")
-        (cls-name nil)
-        (class-side? false)
-        (category nil))
-      (begin
-        (for-each
-          (fn
-            (chunk)
-            (cond
-              ((= chunk "")
-                (cond
-                  ((= mode "methods")
-                    (begin
-                      (append! entries {:kind "end-methods"})
-                      (set! mode "do-it")
-                      (set! cls-name nil)
-                      (set! class-side? false)
-                      (set! category nil)))
-                  (else (append! entries {:kind "blank"}))))
-              ((= mode "methods")
-                (append!
-                  entries
-                  {:kind "method"
-                   :class cls-name
-                   :class-side? class-side?
-                   :category category
-                   :ast (st-parse-method chunk)}))
-              (else
-                (let
-                  ((ast (st-parse-expr chunk)))
-                  (begin
-                    (append! entries {:kind "expr" :ast ast})
-                    (let
-                      ((mf (st-detect-methods-for ast)))
-                      (when
-                        (not (= mf nil))
-                        (begin
-                          (set! mode "methods")
-                          (set! cls-name (get mf :class))
-                          (set! class-side? (get mf :class-side?))
-                          (set! category (get mf :category))))))))))
-          chunks)
-        entries))))
-
-;; Recognise `Foo methodsFor: 'cat'` (and related) as starting a methods batch.
-;; Returns nil if the AST doesn't look like one of these forms.
-(define
-  st-detect-methods-for
-  (fn
-    (ast)
-    (cond
-      ((not (= (get ast :type) "send")) nil)
-      ((not (st-is-methods-for-selector? (get ast :selector))) nil)
-      (else
-        (let
-          ((recv (get ast :receiver)) (args (get ast :args)))
-          (let
-            ((cat-arg (if (> (len args) 0) (nth args 0) nil)))
-            (let
-              ((category
-                 (cond
-                   ((= cat-arg nil) nil)
-                   ((= (get cat-arg :type) "lit-string") (get cat-arg :value))
-                   ((= (get cat-arg :type) "lit-symbol") (get cat-arg :value))
-                   (else nil))))
-              (cond
-                ((= (get recv :type) "ident")
-                  {:class (get recv :name)
-                   :class-side? false
-                   :category category})
-                ;; `Foo class methodsFor: 'cat'` — recv is a unary send `Foo class`
-                ((and
-                    (= (get recv :type) "send")
-                    (= (get recv :selector) "class")
-                    (= (get (get recv :receiver) :type) "ident"))
-                  {:class (get (get recv :receiver) :name)
-                   :class-side? true
-                   :category category})
-                (else nil)))))))))
-
-(define
-  st-is-methods-for-selector?
-  (fn
-    (sel)
-    (or
-      (= sel "methodsFor:")
-      (= sel "methodsFor:stamp:")
-      (= sel "category:"))))
-
-(define st-tok-type (fn (t) (if (= t nil) "eof" (get t :type))))
-
-(define st-tok-value (fn (t) (if (= t nil) nil (get t :value))))
-
-;; Parse a *single* Smalltalk expression from source.
-(define st-parse-expr (fn (src) (st-parse-with src "expr")))
-
-;; Parse a sequence of statements separated by '.'  Returns a {:type "seq"} node.
-(define st-parse (fn (src) (st-parse-with src "seq")))
-
-;; Parse a method body — `selector params | temps | body`.
-;; Only the "method header + body" form (no chunk delimiters).
-(define st-parse-method (fn (src) (st-parse-with src "method")))
-
-(define
-  st-parse-with
-  (fn
-    (src mode)
-    (let
-      ((tokens (st-tokenize src)) (idx 0) (tok-len 0))
-      (begin
-        (set! tok-len (len tokens))
-        (define peek-tok (fn () (nth tokens idx)))
-        (define
-          peek-tok-at
-          (fn (n) (if (< (+ idx n) tok-len) (nth tokens (+ idx n)) nil)))
-        (define advance-tok! (fn () (set! idx (+ idx 1))))
-        (define
-          at?
-          (fn
-            (type value)
-            (let
-              ((t (peek-tok)))
-              (and
-                (= (st-tok-type t) type)
-                (or (= value nil) (= (st-tok-value t) value))))))
-        (define at-type? (fn (type) (= (st-tok-type (peek-tok)) type)))
-        (define
-          consume!
-          (fn
-            (type value)
-            (if
-              (at? type value)
-              (let ((t (peek-tok))) (begin (advance-tok!) t))
-              (error
-                (str
-                  "st-parse: expected "
-                  type
-                  (if (= value nil) "" (str " '" value "'"))
-                  " got "
-                  (st-tok-type (peek-tok))
-                  " '"
-                  (st-tok-value (peek-tok))
-                  "' at idx "
-                  idx)))))
-
-        ;; ── Primary: atoms, paren'd expr, blocks, literal arrays, byte arrays.
-        (define
-          parse-primary
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((t (peek-tok)))
-              (let
-                ((ty (st-tok-type t)) (v (st-tok-value t)))
-                (cond
-                  ((= ty "number")
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      (cond
-                        ((number? v) {:type (if (integer? v) "lit-int" "lit-float") :value v})
-                        (else {:type "lit-int" :value v}))))
-                  ((= ty "string")
-                    (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-string" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "char")
-                    (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-char" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "symbol")
-                    (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-symbol" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "array-open") (parse-literal-array))
-                  ((= ty "byte-array-open") (parse-byte-array))
-                  ((= ty "lparen")
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      (let
-                        ((e (parse-expression)))
-                        (begin (consume! "rparen" nil) e))))
-                  ((= ty "lbracket") (parse-block))
-                  ((= ty "lbrace") (parse-dynamic-array))
-                  ((= ty "ident")
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      (cond
-                        ((= v "nil") {:type "lit-nil"})
-                        ((= v "true") {:type "lit-true"})
-                        ((= v "false") {:type "lit-false"})
-                        ((= v "self") {:type "self"})
-                        ((= v "super") {:type "super"})
-                        ((= v "thisContext") {:type "thisContext"})
-                        (else {:type "ident" :name v}))))
-                  ((= ty "binary")
-                    ;; Negative numeric literal: '-' immediately before a number.
-                    (cond
-                      ((and (= v "-") (= (st-tok-type (peek-tok-at 1)) "number"))
-                        (let
-                          ((n (st-tok-value (peek-tok-at 1))))
-                          (begin
-                            (advance-tok!)
-                            (advance-tok!)
-                            (cond
-                              ((dict? n) {:type "lit-int" :value n})
-                              ((integer? n) {:type "lit-int" :value (- 0 n)})
-                              (else {:type "lit-float" :value (- 0 n)})))))
-                      (else
-                        (error
-                          (str "st-parse: unexpected binary '" v "' at idx " idx)))))
-                  (else
-                    (error
-                      (str
-                        "st-parse: unexpected "
-                        ty
-                        " '"
-                        v
-                        "' at idx "
-                        idx))))))))
-
-        ;; #(elem elem ...) — elements are atoms or nested parenthesised arrays.
-        (define
-          parse-literal-array
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((items (list)))
-              (begin
-                (consume! "array-open" nil)
-                (define
-                  arr-loop
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (cond
-                      ((at? "rparen" nil) (advance-tok!))
-                      (else
-                        (begin
-                          (append! items (parse-array-element))
-                          (arr-loop))))))
-                (arr-loop)
-                {:type "lit-array" :elements items}))))
-
-        ;; { expr. expr. expr } — Pharo dynamic array literal. Each element
-        ;; is a *full expression* evaluated at runtime; the result is a
-        ;; fresh mutable array. Empty `{}` is a 0-length array.
-        (define
-          parse-dynamic-array
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let ((items (list)))
-              (begin
-                (consume! "lbrace" nil)
-                (define
-                  da-loop
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (cond
-                      ((at? "rbrace" nil) (advance-tok!))
-                      (else
-                        (begin
-                          (append! items (parse-expression))
-                          (define
-                            dot-loop
-                            (fn
-                              ()
-                              (when
-                                (at? "period" nil)
-                                (begin (advance-tok!) (dot-loop)))))
-                          (dot-loop)
-                          (da-loop))))))
-                (da-loop)
-                {:type "dynamic-array" :elements items}))))
-
-        ;; #[1 2 3]
-        (define
-          parse-byte-array
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((items (list)))
-              (begin
-                (consume! "byte-array-open" nil)
-                (define
-                  ba-loop
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (cond
-                      ((at? "rbracket" nil) (advance-tok!))
-                      (else
-                        (let
-                          ((t (peek-tok)))
-                          (cond
-                            ((= (st-tok-type t) "number")
-                              (begin
-                                (advance-tok!)
-                                (append! items (st-tok-value t))
-                                (ba-loop)))
-                            (else
-                              (error
-                                (str
-                                  "st-parse: byte array expects number, got "
-                                  (st-tok-type t))))))))))
-                (ba-loop)
-                {:type "lit-byte-array" :elements items}))))
-
-        ;; Inside a literal array: bare idents become symbols, nested (...) is a sub-array.
-        (define
-          parse-array-element
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((t (peek-tok)))
-              (let
-                ((ty (st-tok-type t)) (v (st-tok-value t)))
-                (cond
-                  ((= ty "number") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-int" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "string") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-string" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "char") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-char" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "symbol") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-symbol" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "ident")
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      (cond
-                        ((= v "nil") {:type "lit-nil"})
-                        ((= v "true") {:type "lit-true"})
-                        ((= v "false") {:type "lit-false"})
-                        (else {:type "lit-symbol" :value v}))))
-                  ((= ty "keyword") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-symbol" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "binary") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-symbol" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "lparen")
-                    (let ((items (list)))
-                      (begin
-                        (advance-tok!)
-                        (define
-                          sub-loop
-                          (fn
-                            ()
-                            (cond
-                              ((at? "rparen" nil) (advance-tok!))
-                              (else
-                                (begin (append! items (parse-array-element)) (sub-loop))))))
-                        (sub-loop)
-                        {:type "lit-array" :elements items})))
-                  ((= ty "array-open") (parse-literal-array))
-                  ((= ty "byte-array-open") (parse-byte-array))
-                  (else
-                    (error
-                      (str "st-parse: bad literal-array element " ty " '" v "'"))))))))
-
-        ;; [:a :b | | t1 t2 | body. body. ...]
-        (define
-          parse-block
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (begin
-              (consume! "lbracket" nil)
-              (let
-                ((params (list)) (temps (list)))
-                (begin
-                  ;; Block params
-                  (define
-                    p-loop
-                    (fn
-                      ()
-                      (when
-                        (at? "colon" nil)
-                        (begin
-                          (advance-tok!)
-                          (let
-                            ((t (consume! "ident" nil)))
-                            (begin
-                              (append! params (st-tok-value t))
-                              (p-loop)))))))
-                  (p-loop)
-                  (when (> (len params) 0) (consume! "bar" nil))
-                  ;; Block temps: | t1 t2 |
-                  (when
-                    (and
-                      (at? "bar" nil)
-                      ;; Not `|` followed immediately by binary content — the only
-                      ;; legitimate `|` inside a block here is the temp delimiter.
-                      true)
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      (define
-                        t-loop
-                        (fn
-                          ()
-                          (when
-                            (at? "ident" nil)
-                            (let
-                              ((t (peek-tok)))
-                              (begin
-                                (advance-tok!)
-                                (append! temps (st-tok-value t))
-                                (t-loop))))))
-                      (t-loop)
-                      (consume! "bar" nil)))
-                  ;; Body: statements terminated by `.` or `]`
-                  (let
-                    ((body (parse-statements "rbracket")))
-                    (begin
-                      (consume! "rbracket" nil)
-                      {:type "block" :params params :temps temps :body body})))))))
-
-        ;; Parse statements up to a closing token (rbracket or eof). Returns list.
-        (define
-          parse-statements
-          (fn
-            (terminator)
-            (let
-              ((stmts (list)))
-              (begin
-                (define
-                  s-loop
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (cond
-                      ((at-type? terminator) nil)
-                      ((at-type? "eof") nil)
-                      (else
-                        (begin
-                          (append! stmts (parse-statement))
-                          ;; consume optional period(s)
-                          (define
-                            dot-loop
-                            (fn
-                              ()
-                              (when
-                                (at? "period" nil)
-                                (begin (advance-tok!) (dot-loop)))))
-                          (dot-loop)
-                          (s-loop))))))
-                (s-loop)
-                stmts))))
-
-        ;; Statement: ^expr  |  ident := expr  |  expr
-        (define
-          parse-statement
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (cond
-              ((at? "caret" nil)
-                (begin
-                  (advance-tok!)
-                  {:type "return" :expr (parse-expression)}))
-              ((and (at-type? "ident") (= (st-tok-type (peek-tok-at 1)) "assign"))
-                (let
-                  ((name-tok (peek-tok)))
-                  (begin
-                    (advance-tok!)
-                    (advance-tok!)
-                    {:type "assign"
-                     :name (st-tok-value name-tok)
-                     :expr (parse-expression)})))
-              (else (parse-expression)))))
-
-        ;; Top-level expression. Assignment (right-associative chain) sits at
-        ;; the top; cascade is below.
-        (define
-          parse-expression
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (cond
-              ((and (at-type? "ident") (= (st-tok-type (peek-tok-at 1)) "assign"))
-                (let
-                  ((name-tok (peek-tok)))
-                  (begin
-                    (advance-tok!)
-                    (advance-tok!)
-                    {:type "assign"
-                     :name (st-tok-value name-tok)
-                     :expr (parse-expression)})))
-              (else (parse-cascade)))))
-
-        (define
-          parse-cascade
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((head (parse-keyword-message)))
-              (cond
-                ((at? "semi" nil)
-                  (let
-                    ((receiver (cascade-receiver head))
-                      (first-msg (cascade-first-message head))
-                      (msgs (list)))
-                    (begin
-                      (append! msgs first-msg)
-                      (define
-                        c-loop
-                        (fn
-                          ()
-                          (when
-                            (at? "semi" nil)
-                            (begin
-                              (advance-tok!)
-                              (append! msgs (parse-cascade-message))
-                              (c-loop)))))
-                      (c-loop)
-                      {:type "cascade" :receiver receiver :messages msgs})))
-                (else head)))))
-
-        ;; Extract the receiver from a head send so cascades share it.
-        (define
-          cascade-receiver
-          (fn
-            (head)
-            (cond
-              ((= (get head :type) "send") (get head :receiver))
-              (else head))))
-
-        (define
-          cascade-first-message
-          (fn
-            (head)
-            (cond
-              ((= (get head :type) "send")
-                {:selector (get head :selector) :args (get head :args)})
-              (else
-                ;; Shouldn't happen — cascade requires at least one prior message.
-                (error "st-parse: cascade with no prior message")))))
-
-        ;; Subsequent cascade message (after the `;`): unary | binary | keyword
-        (define
-          parse-cascade-message
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (cond
-              ((at-type? "ident")
-                (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                  (begin
-                    (advance-tok!)
-                    {:selector (st-tok-value t) :args (list)})))
-              ((at-type? "binary")
-                (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                  (begin
-                    (advance-tok!)
-                    (let
-                      ((arg (parse-unary-message)))
-                      {:selector (st-tok-value t) :args (list arg)}))))
-              ((at-type? "keyword")
-                (let
-                  ((sel-parts (list)) (args (list)))
-                  (begin
-                    (define
-                      kw-loop
-                      (fn
-                        ()
-                        (when
-                          (at-type? "keyword")
-                          (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                            (begin
-                              (advance-tok!)
-                              (append! sel-parts (st-tok-value t))
-                              (append! args (parse-binary-message))
-                              (kw-loop))))))
-                    (kw-loop)
-                    {:selector (join "" sel-parts) :args args})))
-              (else
-                (error
-                  (str "st-parse: bad cascade message at idx " idx))))))
-
-        ;; Keyword message: <binary> (kw <binary>)+
-        (define
-          parse-keyword-message
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((receiver (parse-binary-message)))
-              (cond
-                ((at-type? "keyword")
-                  (let
-                    ((sel-parts (list)) (args (list)))
-                    (begin
-                      (define
-                        kw-loop
-                        (fn
-                          ()
-                          (when
-                            (at-type? "keyword")
-                            (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                              (begin
-                                (advance-tok!)
-                                (append! sel-parts (st-tok-value t))
-                                (append! args (parse-binary-message))
-                                (kw-loop))))))
-                      (kw-loop)
-                      {:type "send"
-                       :receiver receiver
-                       :selector (join "" sel-parts)
-                       :args args})))
-                (else receiver)))))
-
-        ;; Binary message: <unary> (binop <unary>)*
-        ;; A bare `|` is also a legitimate binary selector (logical or in
-        ;; some Smalltalks); the tokenizer emits it as the `bar` type so
-        ;; that block-param / temp-decl delimiters are easy to spot.
-        ;; In expression position, accept it as a binary operator.
-        (define
-          parse-binary-message
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((receiver (parse-unary-message)))
-              (begin
-                (define
-                  b-loop
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (when
-                      (or (at-type? "binary") (at-type? "bar"))
-                      (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                        (begin
-                          (advance-tok!)
-                          (let
-                            ((arg (parse-unary-message)))
-                            (set!
-                              receiver
-                              {:type "send"
-                               :receiver receiver
-                               :selector (st-tok-value t)
-                               :args (list arg)}))
-                          (b-loop))))))
-                (b-loop)
-                receiver))))
-
-        ;; Unary message: <primary> ident*  (ident NOT followed by ':')
-        (define
-          parse-unary-message
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((receiver (parse-primary)))
-              (begin
-                (define
-                  u-loop
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (when
-                      (and
-                        (at-type? "ident")
-                        (let
-                          ((nxt (peek-tok-at 1)))
-                          (not (= (st-tok-type nxt) "assign"))))
-                      (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                        (begin
-                          (advance-tok!)
-                          (set!
-                            receiver
-                            {:type "send"
-                             :receiver receiver
-                             :selector (st-tok-value t)
-                             :args (list)})
-                          (u-loop))))))
-                (u-loop)
-                receiver))))
-
-        ;; Parse a single pragma: `<keyword: literal (keyword: literal)* >`
-        ;; Returns {:selector "primitive:" :args (list literal-asts)}.
-        (define
-          parse-pragma
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (begin
-              (consume! "binary" "<")
-              (let
-                ((sel-parts (list)) (args (list)))
-                (begin
-                  (define
-                    pr-loop
-                    (fn
-                      ()
-                      (when
-                        (at-type? "keyword")
-                        (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                          (begin
-                            (advance-tok!)
-                            (append! sel-parts (st-tok-value t))
-                            (append! args (parse-pragma-arg))
-                            (pr-loop))))))
-                  (pr-loop)
-                  (consume! "binary" ">")
-                  {:selector (join "" sel-parts) :args args})))))
-
-        ;; Pragma arguments are literals only.
-        (define
-          parse-pragma-arg
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((t (peek-tok)))
-              (let
-                ((ty (st-tok-type t)) (v (st-tok-value t)))
-                (cond
-                  ((= ty "number")
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      {:type (if (integer? v) "lit-int" "lit-float") :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "string") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-string" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "char") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-char" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "symbol") (begin (advance-tok!) {:type "lit-symbol" :value v}))
-                  ((= ty "ident")
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      (cond
-                        ((= v "nil") {:type "lit-nil"})
-                        ((= v "true") {:type "lit-true"})
-                        ((= v "false") {:type "lit-false"})
-                        (else (error (str "st-parse: pragma arg must be literal, got ident " v))))))
-                  ((and (= ty "binary") (= v "-")
-                        (= (st-tok-type (peek-tok-at 1)) "number"))
-                    (let ((n (st-tok-value (peek-tok-at 1))))
-                      (begin
-                        (advance-tok!)
-                        (advance-tok!)
-                        {:type (if (integer? n) "lit-int" "lit-float")
-                         :value (- 0 n)})))
-                  (else
-                    (error
-                      (str "st-parse: pragma arg must be literal, got " ty))))))))
-
-        ;; Method header: unary | binary arg | (kw arg)+
-        (define
-          parse-method
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (let
-              ((sel "")
-                (params (list))
-                (temps (list))
-                (pragmas (list))
-                (body (list)))
-              (begin
-                (cond
-                  ;; Unary header
-                  ((at-type? "ident")
-                    (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                      (begin (advance-tok!) (set! sel (st-tok-value t)))))
-                  ;; Binary header: binop ident
-                  ((at-type? "binary")
-                    (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                      (begin
-                        (advance-tok!)
-                        (set! sel (st-tok-value t))
-                        (let ((p (consume! "ident" nil)))
-                          (append! params (st-tok-value p))))))
-                  ;; Keyword header: (kw ident)+
-                  ((at-type? "keyword")
-                    (let ((sel-parts (list)))
-                      (begin
-                        (define
-                          kh-loop
-                          (fn
-                            ()
-                            (when
-                              (at-type? "keyword")
-                              (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                                (begin
-                                  (advance-tok!)
-                                  (append! sel-parts (st-tok-value t))
-                                  (let ((p (consume! "ident" nil)))
-                                    (append! params (st-tok-value p)))
-                                  (kh-loop))))))
-                        (kh-loop)
-                        (set! sel (join "" sel-parts)))))
-                  (else
-                    (error
-                      (str
-                        "st-parse-method: expected selector header, got "
-                        (st-tok-type (peek-tok))))))
-                ;; Pragmas and temps may appear in either order. Allow many
-                ;; pragmas; one temps section.
-                (define
-                  parse-temps!
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (begin
-                      (advance-tok!)
-                      (define
-                        th-loop
-                        (fn
-                          ()
-                          (when
-                            (at-type? "ident")
-                            (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                              (begin
-                                (advance-tok!)
-                                (append! temps (st-tok-value t))
-                                (th-loop))))))
-                      (th-loop)
-                      (consume! "bar" nil))))
-                (define
-                  pt-loop
-                  (fn
-                    ()
-                    (cond
-                      ((and
-                          (at? "binary" "<")
-                          (= (st-tok-type (peek-tok-at 1)) "keyword"))
-                        (begin (append! pragmas (parse-pragma)) (pt-loop)))
-                      ((and (at? "bar" nil) (= (len temps) 0))
-                        (begin (parse-temps!) (pt-loop)))
-                      (else nil))))
-                (pt-loop)
-                ;; Body statements
-                (set! body (parse-statements "eof"))
-                {:type "method"
-                 :selector sel
-                 :params params
-                 :temps temps
-                 :pragmas pragmas
-                 :body body}))))
-
-        ;; Top-level program: optional temp declaration, then statements
-        ;; separated by '.'. Pharo workspace-style scripts allow
-        ;; `| temps | body...` at the top level.
-        (cond
-          ((= mode "expr") (parse-expression))
-          ((= mode "method") (parse-method))
-          (else
-            (let ((temps (list)))
-              (begin
-                (when
-                  (at? "bar" nil)
-                  (begin
-                    (advance-tok!)
-                    (define
-                      tt-loop
-                      (fn
-                        ()
-                        (when
-                          (at-type? "ident")
-                          (let ((t (peek-tok)))
-                            (begin
-                              (advance-tok!)
-                              (append! temps (st-tok-value t))
-                              (tt-loop))))))
-                    (tt-loop)
-                    (consume! "bar" nil)))
-                {:type "seq" :temps temps :exprs (parse-statements "eof")}))))))))
--- a/lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx
@@ -1,787 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk runtime — class table, bootstrap hierarchy, type→class mapping,
-;; instance construction. Method dispatch / eval-ast live in a later layer.
-;;
-;; Class record shape:
-;;   {:name "Foo"
-;;    :superclass "Object"          ; or nil for Object itself
-;;    :ivars (list "x" "y")          ; instance variable names declared on this class
-;;    :methods   (dict selector→method-record)
-;;    :class-methods (dict selector→method-record)}
-;;
-;; A method record is the AST returned by st-parse-method, plus a :defining-class
-;; field so super-sends can resolve from the right place. (Methods are registered
-;; via runtime helpers that fill the field.)
-;;
-;; The class table is a single dict keyed by class name. Bootstrap installs the
-;; canonical hierarchy. Test code resets it via (st-bootstrap-classes!).
-
-(define st-class-table {})
-
-;; ── Method-lookup cache ────────────────────────────────────────────────
-;; Cache keys are "class|selector|side"; side is "i" (instance) or "c" (class).
-;; Misses are stored as the sentinel :not-found so we don't re-walk for
-;; every doesNotUnderstand call.
-(define st-method-cache {})
-(define st-method-cache-hits 0)
-(define st-method-cache-misses 0)
-
-(define
-  st-method-cache-clear!
-  (fn () (set! st-method-cache {})))
-
-;; Inline-cache generation. Eval-time IC slots check this; bumping it
-;; invalidates every cached call-site method record across the program.
-(define st-ic-generation 0)
-
-(define
-  st-ic-bump-generation!
-  (fn () (set! st-ic-generation (+ st-ic-generation 1))))
-
-(define
-  st-method-cache-key
-  (fn (cls sel class-side?) (str cls "|" sel "|" (if class-side? "c" "i"))))
-
-(define
-  st-method-cache-stats
-  (fn
-    ()
-    {:hits st-method-cache-hits
-     :misses st-method-cache-misses
-     :size (len (keys st-method-cache))}))
-
-(define
-  st-method-cache-reset-stats!
-  (fn ()
-    (begin
-      (set! st-method-cache-hits 0)
-      (set! st-method-cache-misses 0))))
-
-(define
-  st-class-table-clear!
-  (fn ()
-    (begin
-      (set! st-class-table {})
-      (st-method-cache-clear!))))
-
-(define
-  st-class-define!
-  (fn
-    (name superclass ivars)
-    (begin
-      (set!
-        st-class-table
-        (assoc
-          st-class-table
-          name
-          {:name name
-           :superclass superclass
-           :ivars ivars
-           :methods {}
-           :class-methods {}}))
-      ;; A redefined class can invalidate any cache entries that walked
-      ;; through its old position in the chain. Cheap + correct: drop all.
-      (st-method-cache-clear!)
-      name)))
-
-(define
-  st-class-get
-  (fn (name) (if (has-key? st-class-table name) (get st-class-table name) nil)))
-
-(define
-  st-class-exists?
-  (fn (name) (has-key? st-class-table name)))
-
-(define
-  st-class-superclass
-  (fn
-    (name)
-    (let
-      ((c (st-class-get name)))
-      (cond ((= c nil) nil) (else (get c :superclass))))))
-
-;; Walk class chain root-to-leaf? No, follow superclass chain leaf-to-root.
-;; Returns list of class names starting at `name` and ending with the root.
-(define
-  st-class-chain
-  (fn
-    (name)
-    (let ((acc (list)) (cur name))
-      (begin
-        (define
-          ch-loop
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (when
-              (and (not (= cur nil)) (st-class-exists? cur))
-              (begin
-                (append! acc cur)
-                (set! cur (st-class-superclass cur))
-                (ch-loop)))))
-        (ch-loop)
-        acc))))
-
-;; Inherited + own ivars in declaration order from root to leaf.
-(define
-  st-class-all-ivars
-  (fn
-    (name)
-    (let ((chain (reverse (st-class-chain name))) (out (list)))
-      (begin
-        (for-each
-          (fn
-            (cn)
-            (let
-              ((c (st-class-get cn)))
-              (when
-                (not (= c nil))
-                (for-each (fn (iv) (append! out iv)) (get c :ivars)))))
-          chain)
-        out))))
-
-;; Method install. The defining-class field is stamped on the method record
-;; so super-sends look up from the right point in the chain.
-(define
-  st-class-add-method!
-  (fn
-    (cls-name selector method-ast)
-    (let
-      ((cls (st-class-get cls-name)))
-      (cond
-        ((= cls nil) (error (str "st-class-add-method!: unknown class " cls-name)))
-        (else
-          (let
-            ((m (assoc method-ast :defining-class cls-name)))
-            (begin
-              (set!
-                st-class-table
-                (assoc
-                  st-class-table
-                  cls-name
-                  (assoc
-                    cls
-                    :methods
-                    (assoc (get cls :methods) selector m))))
-              (st-method-cache-clear!)
-              (st-ic-bump-generation!)
-              selector)))))))
-
-(define
-  st-class-add-class-method!
-  (fn
-    (cls-name selector method-ast)
-    (let
-      ((cls (st-class-get cls-name)))
-      (cond
-        ((= cls nil) (error (str "st-class-add-class-method!: unknown class " cls-name)))
-        (else
-          (let
-            ((m (assoc method-ast :defining-class cls-name)))
-            (begin
-              (set!
-                st-class-table
-                (assoc
-                  st-class-table
-                  cls-name
-                  (assoc
-                    cls
-                    :class-methods
-                    (assoc (get cls :class-methods) selector m))))
-              (st-method-cache-clear!)
-              (st-ic-bump-generation!)
-              selector)))))))
-
-;; Remove a method from a class (instance side). Mostly for tests; runtime
-;; reflection in Phase 4 will use the same primitive.
-(define
-  st-class-remove-method!
-  (fn
-    (cls-name selector)
-    (let ((cls (st-class-get cls-name)))
-      (cond
-        ((= cls nil) (error (str "st-class-remove-method!: unknown class " cls-name)))
-        (else
-          (let ((md (get cls :methods)))
-            (cond
-              ((not (has-key? md selector)) false)
-              (else
-                (let ((new-md {}))
-                  (begin
-                    (for-each
-                      (fn (k)
-                        (when (not (= k selector))
-                          (dict-set! new-md k (get md k))))
-                      (keys md))
-                    (set!
-                      st-class-table
-                      (assoc
-                        st-class-table
-                        cls-name
-                        (assoc cls :methods new-md)))
-                    (st-method-cache-clear!)
-                    (st-ic-bump-generation!)
-                    true))))))))))
-
-;; Walk-only lookup. Returns the method record (with :defining-class) or nil.
-;; class-side? = true searches :class-methods, false searches :methods.
-(define
-  st-method-lookup-walk
-  (fn
-    (cls-name selector class-side?)
-    (let
-      ((found nil))
-      (begin
-        (define
-          ml-loop
-          (fn
-            (cur)
-            (when
-              (and (= found nil) (not (= cur nil)) (st-class-exists? cur))
-              (let
-                ((c (st-class-get cur)))
-                (let
-                  ((dict (if class-side? (get c :class-methods) (get c :methods))))
-                  (cond
-                    ((has-key? dict selector) (set! found (get dict selector)))
-                    (else (ml-loop (get c :superclass)))))))))
-        (ml-loop cls-name)
-        found))))
-
-;; Cached lookup. Misses are stored as :not-found so doesNotUnderstand paths
-;; don't re-walk on every send.
-(define
-  st-method-lookup
-  (fn
-    (cls-name selector class-side?)
-    (let ((key (st-method-cache-key cls-name selector class-side?)))
-      (cond
-        ((has-key? st-method-cache key)
-          (begin
-            (set! st-method-cache-hits (+ st-method-cache-hits 1))
-            (let ((v (get st-method-cache key)))
-              (cond ((= v :not-found) nil) (else v)))))
-        (else
-          (begin
-            (set! st-method-cache-misses (+ st-method-cache-misses 1))
-            (let ((found (st-method-lookup-walk cls-name selector class-side?)))
-              (begin
-                (set!
-                  st-method-cache
-                  (assoc
-                    st-method-cache
-                    key
-                    (cond ((= found nil) :not-found) (else found))))
-                found))))))))
-
-;; SX value → Smalltalk class name. Native types are not boxed.
-(define
-  st-class-of
-  (fn
-    (v)
-    (cond
-      ((= v nil) "UndefinedObject")
-      ((= v true) "True")
-      ((= v false) "False")
-      ((integer? v) "SmallInteger")
-      ((number? v) "Float")
-      ((string? v) "String")
-      ((symbol? v) "Symbol")
-      ((list? v) "Array")
-      ((and (dict? v) (has-key? v :type) (= (get v :type) "st-instance"))
-        (get v :class))
-      ((and (dict? v) (has-key? v :type) (= (get v :type) "block"))
-        "BlockClosure")
-      ((and (dict? v) (has-key? v :st-block?) (get v :st-block?))
-        "BlockClosure")
-      ((dict? v) "Dictionary")
-      ((lambda? v) "BlockClosure")
-      (else "Object"))))
-
-;; Construct a fresh instance of cls-name. Ivars (own + inherited) start as nil.
-(define
-  st-make-instance
-  (fn
-    (cls-name)
-    (cond
-      ((not (st-class-exists? cls-name))
-        (error (str "st-make-instance: unknown class " cls-name)))
-      (else
-        (let
-          ((iv-names (st-class-all-ivars cls-name)) (ivars {}))
-          (begin
-            (for-each (fn (n) (set! ivars (assoc ivars n nil))) iv-names)
-            {:type "st-instance" :class cls-name :ivars ivars}))))))
-
-(define
-  st-instance?
-  (fn
-    (v)
-    (and (dict? v) (has-key? v :type) (= (get v :type) "st-instance"))))
-
-(define
-  st-iv-get
-  (fn
-    (inst name)
-    (let ((ivs (get inst :ivars)))
-      (if (has-key? ivs name) (get ivs name) nil))))
-
-(define
-  st-iv-set!
-  (fn
-    (inst name value)
-    (let
-      ((new-ivars (assoc (get inst :ivars) name value)))
-      (assoc inst :ivars new-ivars))))
-
-;; Inherits-from check: is `descendant` either equal to `ancestor` or a subclass?
-(define
-  st-class-inherits-from?
-  (fn
-    (descendant ancestor)
-    (let ((found false) (cur descendant))
-      (begin
-        (define
-          ih-loop
-          (fn
-            ()
-            (when
-              (and (not found) (not (= cur nil)) (st-class-exists? cur))
-              (cond
-                ((= cur ancestor) (set! found true))
-                (else
-                  (begin
-                    (set! cur (st-class-superclass cur))
-                    (ih-loop)))))))
-        (ih-loop)
-        found))))
-
-;; Bootstrap the canonical class hierarchy. Reset and rebuild.
-(define
-  st-bootstrap-classes!
-  (fn
-    ()
-    (begin
-      (st-class-table-clear!)
-      ;; Root
-      (st-class-define! "Object" nil (list))
-      ;; Class side machinery
-      (st-class-define! "Behavior" "Object" (list "superclass" "methodDict" "format"))
-      (st-class-define! "ClassDescription" "Behavior" (list "instanceVariables" "organization"))
-      (st-class-define! "Class" "ClassDescription" (list "name" "subclasses"))
-      (st-class-define! "Metaclass" "ClassDescription" (list "thisClass"))
-      ;; Pseudo-variable types
-      (st-class-define! "UndefinedObject" "Object" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "Boolean" "Object" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "True" "Boolean" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "False" "Boolean" (list))
-      ;; Magnitudes
-      (st-class-define! "Magnitude" "Object" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "Number" "Magnitude" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "Integer" "Number" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "SmallInteger" "Integer" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "LargePositiveInteger" "Integer" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "Float" "Number" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "Fraction" "Number" (list "numerator" "denominator"))
-      (st-class-define! "Character" "Magnitude" (list "value"))
-      ;; Collections
-      (st-class-define! "Collection" "Object" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "SequenceableCollection" "Collection" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "ArrayedCollection" "SequenceableCollection" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "Array" "ArrayedCollection" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "String" "ArrayedCollection" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "Symbol" "String" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "OrderedCollection" "SequenceableCollection" (list "array" "firstIndex" "lastIndex"))
-      ;; Hashed collection family
-      (st-class-define! "HashedCollection" "Collection" (list "array"))
-      (st-class-define! "Set" "HashedCollection" (list))
-      ;; Blocks / contexts
-      (st-class-define! "BlockClosure" "Object" (list))
-      ;; Reflection support — Message holds the selector/args for a DNU send.
-      (st-class-define! "Message" "Object" (list "selector" "arguments"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Message" "selector"
-        (st-parse-method "selector ^ selector"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Message" "arguments"
-        (st-parse-method "arguments ^ arguments"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Message" "selector:"
-        (st-parse-method "selector: aSym selector := aSym"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Message" "arguments:"
-        (st-parse-method "arguments: anArray arguments := anArray"))
-      ;; Exception hierarchy — Smalltalk's standard error system on top of
-      ;; SX's `guard`/`raise`. Subclassing Exception gives you on:do:,
-      ;; ensure:, ifCurtailed: catching out of the box.
-      (st-class-define! "Exception" "Object" (list "messageText"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Exception" "messageText"
-        (st-parse-method "messageText ^ messageText"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Exception" "messageText:"
-        (st-parse-method "messageText: aString messageText := aString. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-define! "Error" "Exception" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "ZeroDivide" "Error" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "MessageNotUnderstood" "Error" (list))
-      ;; SequenceableCollection — shared iteration / inspection methods.
-      ;; Defined on the parent class so Array, String, Symbol, and
-      ;; OrderedCollection all inherit. Each method calls `self do:`,
-      ;; which dispatches to the receiver's primitive do: implementation.
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "inject:into:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "inject: initial into: aBlock
-             | acc |
-             acc := initial.
-             self do: [:e | acc := aBlock value: acc value: e].
-             ^ acc"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "detect:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "detect: aBlock
-             self do: [:e | (aBlock value: e) ifTrue: [^ e]].
-             ^ nil"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "detect:ifNone:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "detect: aBlock ifNone: noneBlock
-             self do: [:e | (aBlock value: e) ifTrue: [^ e]].
-             ^ noneBlock value"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "count:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "count: aBlock
-             | n |
-             n := 0.
-             self do: [:e | (aBlock value: e) ifTrue: [n := n + 1]].
-             ^ n"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "allSatisfy:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "allSatisfy: aBlock
-             self do: [:e | (aBlock value: e) ifFalse: [^ false]].
-             ^ true"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "anySatisfy:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "anySatisfy: aBlock
-             self do: [:e | (aBlock value: e) ifTrue: [^ true]].
-             ^ false"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "includes:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "includes: target
-             self do: [:e | e = target ifTrue: [^ true]].
-             ^ false"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "do:separatedBy:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "do: aBlock separatedBy: sepBlock
-             | first |
-             first := true.
-             self do: [:e |
-               first ifFalse: [sepBlock value].
-               first := false.
-               aBlock value: e].
-             ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "indexOf:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "indexOf: target
-             | idx |
-             idx := 1.
-             self do: [:e | e = target ifTrue: [^ idx]. idx := idx + 1].
-             ^ 0"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "indexOf:ifAbsent:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "indexOf: target ifAbsent: noneBlock
-             | idx |
-             idx := 1.
-             self do: [:e | e = target ifTrue: [^ idx]. idx := idx + 1].
-             ^ noneBlock value"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "reject:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "reject: aBlock ^ self select: [:e | (aBlock value: e) not]"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "isEmpty"
-        (st-parse-method "isEmpty ^ self size = 0"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "SequenceableCollection" "notEmpty"
-        (st-parse-method "notEmpty ^ self size > 0"))
-      ;; (no asString here — Symbol/String have their own primitive
-      ;; impls; SequenceableCollection-level fallback would overwrite
-      ;; the bare-name-for-Symbol behaviour.)
-      ;; Array class-side constructors for small fixed-arity literals.
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "with: x | a | a := Array new: 1. a at: 1 put: x. ^ a"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:with:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "with: a with: b
-             | r | r := Array new: 2.
-             r at: 1 put: a. r at: 2 put: b. ^ r"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:with:with:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "with: a with: b with: c
-             | r | r := Array new: 3.
-             r at: 1 put: a. r at: 2 put: b. r at: 3 put: c. ^ r"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:with:with:with:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "with: a with: b with: c with: d
-             | r | r := Array new: 4.
-             r at: 1 put: a. r at: 2 put: b. r at: 3 put: c. r at: 4 put: d. ^ r"))
-      ;; ── HashedCollection / Set / Dictionary ──
-      ;; Implemented as user instances with array-backed storage. Sets
-      ;; use a single `array` ivar; Dictionaries use parallel `keys`/
-      ;; `values` arrays. New is class-side and routes through `init`.
-      (st-class-add-method! "HashedCollection" "init"
-        (st-parse-method "init array := Array new: 0. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "HashedCollection" "size"
-        (st-parse-method "size ^ array size"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "HashedCollection" "isEmpty"
-        (st-parse-method "isEmpty ^ array isEmpty"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "HashedCollection" "notEmpty"
-        (st-parse-method "notEmpty ^ array notEmpty"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "HashedCollection" "do:"
-        (st-parse-method "do: aBlock array do: aBlock. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "HashedCollection" "asArray"
-        (st-parse-method "asArray ^ array"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "Set" "new"
-        (st-parse-method "new ^ super new init"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Set" "add:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "add: anObject
-             (self includes: anObject) ifFalse: [array add: anObject].
-             ^ anObject"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Set" "addAll:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "addAll: aCollection
-             aCollection do: [:e | self add: e].
-             ^ aCollection"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Set" "remove:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "remove: anObject
-             array := array reject: [:e | e = anObject].
-             ^ anObject"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Set" "includes:"
-        (st-parse-method "includes: anObject ^ array includes: anObject"))
-      (st-class-define! "Dictionary" "HashedCollection" (list "keys" "values"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "Dictionary" "new"
-        (st-parse-method "new ^ super new init"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "init"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "init keys := Array new: 0. values := Array new: 0. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "size"
-        (st-parse-method "size ^ keys size"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "isEmpty"
-        (st-parse-method "isEmpty ^ keys isEmpty"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "notEmpty"
-        (st-parse-method "notEmpty ^ keys notEmpty"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "keys"
-        (st-parse-method "keys ^ keys"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "values"
-        (st-parse-method "values ^ values"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "at:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "at: aKey
-             | i |
-             i := keys indexOf: aKey.
-             i = 0 ifTrue: [^ nil].
-             ^ values at: i"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "at:ifAbsent:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "at: aKey ifAbsent: aBlock
-             | i |
-             i := keys indexOf: aKey.
-             i = 0 ifTrue: [^ aBlock value].
-             ^ values at: i"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "at:put:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "at: aKey put: aValue
-             | i |
-             i := keys indexOf: aKey.
-             i = 0
-               ifTrue: [keys add: aKey. values add: aValue]
-               ifFalse: [values at: i put: aValue].
-             ^ aValue"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "includesKey:"
-        (st-parse-method "includesKey: aKey ^ (keys indexOf: aKey) > 0"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "removeKey:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "removeKey: aKey
-             | i nk nv j |
-             i := keys indexOf: aKey.
-             i = 0 ifTrue: [^ nil].
-             nk := Array new: 0. nv := Array new: 0.
-             j := 1.
-             [j <= keys size] whileTrue: [
-               j = i ifFalse: [
-                 nk add: (keys at: j).
-                 nv add: (values at: j)].
-               j := j + 1].
-             keys := nk. values := nv.
-             ^ aKey"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "do:"
-        (st-parse-method "do: aBlock values do: aBlock. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "keysDo:"
-        (st-parse-method "keysDo: aBlock keys do: aBlock. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "valuesDo:"
-        (st-parse-method "valuesDo: aBlock values do: aBlock. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Dictionary" "keysAndValuesDo:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "keysAndValuesDo: aBlock
-             | i |
-             i := 1.
-             [i <= keys size] whileTrue: [
-               aBlock value: (keys at: i) value: (values at: i).
-               i := i + 1].
-             ^ self"))
-      (st-class-define! "IdentityDictionary" "Dictionary" (list))
-      ;; ── Stream hierarchy ──
-      ;; Streams wrap a collection with a 0-based `position`. Read/peek
-      ;; advance via `at:` (1-indexed Smalltalk-style) on the collection.
-      ;; Write streams require a mutable collection (Array works; String
-      ;; doesn't, see Phase 5 follow-up).
-      (st-class-define! "Stream" "Object" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "PositionableStream" "Stream" (list "collection" "position"))
-      (st-class-define! "ReadStream" "PositionableStream" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "WriteStream" "PositionableStream" (list))
-      (st-class-define! "ReadWriteStream" "WriteStream" (list))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "ReadStream" "on:"
-        (st-parse-method "on: aColl ^ super new on: aColl"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "WriteStream" "on:"
-        (st-parse-method "on: aColl ^ super new on: aColl"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "WriteStream" "with:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "with: aColl
-             | s |
-             s := super new on: aColl.
-             s setToEnd.
-             ^ s"))
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "ReadWriteStream" "on:"
-        (st-parse-method "on: aColl ^ super new on: aColl"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "on:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "on: aColl collection := aColl. position := 0. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "atEnd"
-        (st-parse-method "atEnd ^ position >= collection size"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "position"
-        (st-parse-method "position ^ position"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "position:"
-        (st-parse-method "position: n position := n. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "reset"
-        (st-parse-method "reset position := 0. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "setToEnd"
-        (st-parse-method "setToEnd position := collection size. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "contents"
-        (st-parse-method "contents ^ collection"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "PositionableStream" "skip:"
-        (st-parse-method "skip: n position := position + n. ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "ReadStream" "next"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "next
-             self atEnd ifTrue: [^ nil].
-             position := position + 1.
-             ^ collection at: position"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "ReadStream" "peek"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "peek
-             self atEnd ifTrue: [^ nil].
-             ^ collection at: position + 1"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "ReadStream" "upToEnd"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "upToEnd
-             | result |
-             result := Array new: 0.
-             [self atEnd] whileFalse: [result add: self next].
-             ^ result"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "ReadStream" "next:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "next: n
-             | result i |
-             result := Array new: 0.
-             i := 0.
-             [(i < n) and: [self atEnd not]] whileTrue: [
-               result add: self next.
-               i := i + 1].
-             ^ result"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "WriteStream" "nextPut:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "nextPut: anObject
-             collection add: anObject.
-             position := position + 1.
-             ^ anObject"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "WriteStream" "nextPutAll:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "nextPutAll: aCollection
-             aCollection do: [:e | self nextPut: e].
-             ^ aCollection"))
-      ;; ReadWriteStream inherits from WriteStream + ReadStream behaviour;
-      ;; for the simple linear-position model, both nextPut: and next work.
-      (st-class-add-method! "ReadWriteStream" "next"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "next
-             self atEnd ifTrue: [^ nil].
-             position := position + 1.
-             ^ collection at: position"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "ReadWriteStream" "peek"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "peek
-             self atEnd ifTrue: [^ nil].
-             ^ collection at: position + 1"))
-      ;; ── Fraction ──
-      ;; Rational numbers stored as numerator/denominator, normalized
-      ;; (sign on numerator, denominator > 0, reduced via gcd).
-      (st-class-add-class-method! "Fraction" "numerator:denominator:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "numerator: n denominator: d
-             | f |
-             f := super new.
-             ^ f setNumerator: n denominator: d"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "setNumerator:denominator:"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "setNumerator: n denominator: d
-             | g s nn dd |
-             d = 0 ifTrue: [Error signal: 'Fraction denominator cannot be zero'].
-             s := (d < 0) ifTrue: [-1] ifFalse: [1].
-             nn := n * s. dd := d * s.
-             g := nn abs gcd: dd.
-             g = 0 ifTrue: [g := 1].
-             numerator := nn / g.
-             denominator := dd / g.
-             ^ self"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "numerator"
-        (st-parse-method "numerator ^ numerator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "denominator"
-        (st-parse-method "denominator ^ denominator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "+"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "+ other
-             ^ Fraction
-                 numerator: numerator * other denominator + (other numerator * denominator)
-                 denominator: denominator * other denominator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "-"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "- other
-             ^ Fraction
-                 numerator: numerator * other denominator - (other numerator * denominator)
-                 denominator: denominator * other denominator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "*"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "* other
-             ^ Fraction
-                 numerator: numerator * other numerator
-                 denominator: denominator * other denominator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "/"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "/ other
-             ^ Fraction
-                 numerator: numerator * other denominator
-                 denominator: denominator * other numerator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "negated"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "negated ^ Fraction numerator: numerator negated denominator: denominator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "reciprocal"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "reciprocal ^ Fraction numerator: denominator denominator: numerator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "="
-        (st-parse-method
-          "= other
-             ^ numerator = other numerator and: [denominator = other denominator]"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "<"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "< other
-             ^ numerator * other denominator < (other numerator * denominator)"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "asFloat"
-        (st-parse-method "asFloat ^ numerator / denominator"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "printString"
-        (st-parse-method
-          "printString ^ numerator printString , '/' , denominator printString"))
-      (st-class-add-method! "Fraction" "isFraction"
-        (st-parse-method "isFraction ^ true"))
-      "ok")))
-
-;; Initialise on load. Tests can re-bootstrap to reset state.
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.json
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.json
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "date": "2026-04-25T16:05:32Z",
-  "programs": [
-    "eight-queens.st",
-    "fibonacci.st",
-    "life.st",
-    "mandelbrot.st",
-    "quicksort.st"
-  ],
-  "program_count": 5,
-  "program_tests_passed": 39,
-  "all_tests_passed": 847,
-  "all_tests_total": 847,
-  "exit_code": 0
-}
--- a/lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.md
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.md
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# Smalltalk-on-SX Scoreboard
-
-_Last run: 2026-04-25T16:05:32Z_
-
-## Totals
-
-| Suite | Passing |
-|-------|---------|
-| All Smalltalk-on-SX tests | **847 / 847** |
-| Classic-corpus tests (`tests/programs.sx`) | **39** |
-
-## Classic-corpus programs (`lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/`)
-
-| Program | Status |
-|---------|--------|
-| `eight-queens.st` | present |
-| `fibonacci.st` | present |
-| `life.st` | present |
-| `mandelbrot.st` | present |
-| `quicksort.st` | present |
-
-## Per-file test counts
-
-```
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/ansi.sx              62 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/blocks.sx            19 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/cannot_return.sx     5 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/collections.sx       29 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/conditional.sx       25 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/dnu.sx               15 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/eval.sx              68 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/exceptions.sx        15 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/hashed.sx            30 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/inline_cache.sx      10 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/intrinsics.sx        24 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/nlr.sx               14 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/numbers.sx           47 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/parse_chunks.sx      21 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/parse.sx             47 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo.sx             91 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/printing.sx          19 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/programs.sx          39 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/reflection.sx        77 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/runtime.sx           64 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/streams.sx           21 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/sunit.sx             19 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/super.sx             9 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/tokenize.sx          63 passed
-OK lib/smalltalk/tests/while.sx             14 passed
-```
-
-## Notes
-
- The spec interpreter is correct but slow (call/cc + dict-based ivars per send).
- Larger Life multi-step verification, the 8-queens canonical case, and the glider-gun pattern are deferred to the JIT path.
- Generated by `bash lib/smalltalk/conformance.sh`. Both files are committed; the runner overwrites them on each run.
--- a/lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-;; SUnit — minimal port written in SX-Smalltalk, run by smalltalk-load.
-;;
-;; Provides:
-;;   TestCase     — base class. Subclass it, add `testSomething` methods.
-;;   TestSuite    — a collection of TestCase instances; runs them all.
-;;   TestResult   — passes / failures / errors counts and lists.
-;;   TestFailure  — Error subclass raised by `assert:` and friends.
-;;
-;; Conventions:
-;;   - Test methods are run in a fresh instance per test.
-;;   - `setUp` is sent before each test; `tearDown` after.
-;;   - Failures are signalled by TestFailure; runner catches and records.
-
-(define
-  st-sunit-source
-  "Error subclass: #TestFailure
-     instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   Object subclass: #TestCase
-     instanceVariableNames: 'testSelector'!
-
-   !TestCase methodsFor: 'access'!
-   testSelector ^ testSelector!
-   testSelector: aSym testSelector := aSym. ^ self! !
-
-   !TestCase methodsFor: 'fixture'!
-   setUp ^ self!
-   tearDown ^ self! !
-
-   !TestCase methodsFor: 'asserts'!
-   assert: aBoolean
-     aBoolean ifFalse: [TestFailure signal: 'assertion failed'].
-     ^ self!
-
-   assert: aBoolean description: aString
-     aBoolean ifFalse: [TestFailure signal: aString].
-     ^ self!
-
-   assert: actual equals: expected
-     actual = expected ifFalse: [
-       TestFailure signal: 'expected ' , expected printString
-                           , ' but got ' , actual printString].
-     ^ self!
-
-   deny: aBoolean
-     aBoolean ifTrue: [TestFailure signal: 'denial failed'].
-     ^ self!
-
-   should: aBlock raise: anExceptionClass
-     | raised |
-     raised := false.
-     [aBlock value] on: anExceptionClass do: [:e | raised := true].
-     raised ifFalse: [
-       TestFailure signal: 'expected exception ' , anExceptionClass name
-                           , ' was not raised'].
-     ^ self!
-
-   shouldnt: aBlock raise: anExceptionClass
-     | raised |
-     raised := false.
-     [aBlock value] on: anExceptionClass do: [:e | raised := true].
-     raised ifTrue: [
-       TestFailure signal: 'unexpected exception ' , anExceptionClass name].
-     ^ self! !
-
-   !TestCase methodsFor: 'running'!
-   runCase
-     self setUp.
-     self perform: testSelector.
-     self tearDown.
-     ^ self! !
-
-   !TestCase class methodsFor: 'instantiation'!
-   selector: aSym ^ self new testSelector: aSym!
-
-   suiteForAll: aSelectorArray
-     | suite |
-     suite := TestSuite new init.
-     suite name: self name.
-     aSelectorArray do: [:s | suite addTest: (self selector: s)].
-     ^ suite! !
-
-   Object subclass: #TestResult
-     instanceVariableNames: 'passes failures errors'!
-
-   !TestResult methodsFor: 'init'!
-   init
-     passes := Array new: 0.
-     failures := Array new: 0.
-     errors := Array new: 0.
-     ^ self! !
-
-   !TestResult methodsFor: 'access'!
-   passes ^ passes!
-   failures ^ failures!
-   errors ^ errors!
-   passCount ^ passes size!
-   failureCount ^ failures size!
-   errorCount ^ errors size!
-   totalCount ^ passes size + failures size + errors size!
-
-   addPass: aTest passes add: aTest. ^ self!
-   addFailure: aTest message: aMsg
-     | rec |
-     rec := Array new: 2.
-     rec at: 1 put: aTest. rec at: 2 put: aMsg.
-     failures add: rec.
-     ^ self!
-   addError: aTest message: aMsg
-     | rec |
-     rec := Array new: 2.
-     rec at: 1 put: aTest. rec at: 2 put: aMsg.
-     errors add: rec.
-     ^ self!
-
-   isEmpty ^ self totalCount = 0!
-   allPassed ^ (failures size + errors size) = 0!
-
-   summary
-     ^ 'Tests: {1}  Passed: {2}  Failed: {3}  Errors: {4}'
-         format: (Array
-                    with: self totalCount printString
-                    with: passes size printString
-                    with: failures size printString
-                    with: errors size printString)! !
-
-   Object subclass: #TestSuite
-     instanceVariableNames: 'tests name'!
-
-   !TestSuite methodsFor: 'init'!
-   init tests := Array new: 0. name := 'Suite'. ^ self!
-   name ^ name!
-   name: aString name := aString. ^ self! !
-
-   !TestSuite methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   tests ^ tests!
-   addTest: aTest tests add: aTest. ^ self!
-   addAll: aCollection aCollection do: [:t | self addTest: t]. ^ self!
-   size ^ tests size! !
-
-   !TestSuite methodsFor: 'running'!
-   run
-     | result |
-     result := TestResult new init.
-     tests do: [:t | self runTest: t result: result].
-     ^ result!
-
-   runTest: aTest result: aResult
-     [aTest runCase. aResult addPass: aTest]
-       on: TestFailure do: [:e | aResult addFailure: aTest message: e messageText].
-     ^ self! !")
-
-(smalltalk-load st-sunit-source)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/test.sh
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/test.sh
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Fast Smalltalk-on-SX test runner — pipes directly to sx_server.exe.
-# Mirrors lib/haskell/test.sh.
-#
-# Usage:
-#   bash lib/smalltalk/test.sh                     # run all tests
-#   bash lib/smalltalk/test.sh -v                  # verbose
-#   bash lib/smalltalk/test.sh tests/tokenize.sx   # run one file
-
-set -uo pipefail
-cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-
-SX_SERVER="hosts/ocaml/_build/default/bin/sx_server.exe"
-if [ ! -x "$SX_SERVER" ]; then
-  MAIN_ROOT=$(git worktree list | head -1 | awk '{print $1}')
-  if [ -x "$MAIN_ROOT/$SX_SERVER" ]; then
-    SX_SERVER="$MAIN_ROOT/$SX_SERVER"
-  else
-    echo "ERROR: sx_server.exe not found. Run: cd hosts/ocaml && dune build"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-VERBOSE=""
-FILES=()
-for arg in "$@"; do
-  case "$arg" in
-    -v|--verbose) VERBOSE=1 ;;
-    *) FILES+=("$arg") ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-if [ ${#FILES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-  # tokenize.sx must load first — it defines the st-test helpers reused by
-  # subsequent test files. Sort enforces this lexicographically.
-  mapfile -t FILES < <(find lib/smalltalk/tests -maxdepth 2 -name '*.sx' | sort)
-fi
-
-TOTAL_PASS=0
-TOTAL_FAIL=0
-FAILED_FILES=()
-
-for FILE in "${FILES[@]}"; do
-  [ -f "$FILE" ] || { echo "skip $FILE (not found)"; continue; }
-  TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
-  if [ "$(basename "$FILE")" = "tokenize.sx" ]; then
-    cat > "$TMPFILE" <<EPOCHS
-(epoch 1)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx")
-(epoch 2)
-(load "$FILE")
-(epoch 3)
-(eval "(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)")
-EPOCHS
-  else
-    cat > "$TMPFILE" <<EPOCHS
-(epoch 1)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx")
-(epoch 2)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/parser.sx")
-(epoch 3)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx")
-(epoch 4)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/eval.sx")
-(epoch 5)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx")
-(epoch 6)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/tests/tokenize.sx")
-(epoch 7)
-(load "$FILE")
-(epoch 8)
-(eval "(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)")
-EPOCHS
-  fi
-
-  OUTPUT=$(timeout 180 "$SX_SERVER" < "$TMPFILE" 2>&1 || true)
-  rm -f "$TMPFILE"
-
-  # Final epoch's value: either (ok N (P F)) on one line or
-  # (ok-len N M)\n(P F) where the value is on the following line.
-  LINE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | awk '/^\(ok-len [0-9]+ / {getline; print}' | tail -1)
-  if [ -z "$LINE" ]; then
-    LINE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -E '^\(ok [0-9]+ \([0-9]+ [0-9]+\)\)' | tail -1 \
-            | sed -E 's/^\(ok [0-9]+ //; s/\)$//')
-  fi
-  if [ -z "$LINE" ]; then
-    echo "X $FILE: could not extract summary"
-    echo "$OUTPUT" | tail -30
-    TOTAL_FAIL=$((TOTAL_FAIL + 1))
-    FAILED_FILES+=("$FILE")
-    continue
-  fi
-  P=$(echo "$LINE" | sed -E 's/^\(([0-9]+) ([0-9]+)\).*/\1/')
-  F=$(echo "$LINE" | sed -E 's/^\(([0-9]+) ([0-9]+)\).*/\2/')
-  TOTAL_PASS=$((TOTAL_PASS + P))
-  TOTAL_FAIL=$((TOTAL_FAIL + F))
-  if [ "$F" -gt 0 ]; then
-    FAILED_FILES+=("$FILE")
-    printf 'X %-40s %d/%d\n' "$FILE" "$P" "$((P+F))"
-    TMPFILE2=$(mktemp)
-    if [ "$(basename "$FILE")" = "tokenize.sx" ]; then
-      cat > "$TMPFILE2" <<EPOCHS
-(epoch 1)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx")
-(epoch 2)
-(load "$FILE")
-(epoch 3)
-(eval "(map (fn (f) (get f :name)) st-test-fails)")
-EPOCHS
-    else
-      cat > "$TMPFILE2" <<EPOCHS
-(epoch 1)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx")
-(epoch 2)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/parser.sx")
-(epoch 3)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx")
-(epoch 4)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/eval.sx")
-(epoch 5)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx")
-(epoch 6)
-(load "lib/smalltalk/tests/tokenize.sx")
-(epoch 7)
-(load "$FILE")
-(epoch 8)
-(eval "(map (fn (f) (get f :name)) st-test-fails)")
-EPOCHS
-    fi
-    FAILS=$(timeout 180 "$SX_SERVER" < "$TMPFILE2" 2>&1 | grep -E '^\(ok [0-9]+ \(' | tail -1 || true)
-    rm -f "$TMPFILE2"
-    echo "    $FAILS"
-  elif [ "$VERBOSE" = "1" ]; then
-    printf 'OK %-40s %d passed\n' "$FILE" "$P"
-  fi
-done
-
-TOTAL=$((TOTAL_PASS + TOTAL_FAIL))
-if [ $TOTAL_FAIL -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "OK $TOTAL_PASS/$TOTAL smalltalk-on-sx tests passed"
-else
-  echo "FAIL $TOTAL_PASS/$TOTAL passed, $TOTAL_FAIL failed in: ${FAILED_FILES[*]}"
-fi
-
-[ $TOTAL_FAIL -eq 0 ]
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/ansi.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/ansi.sx
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-;; ANSI X3J20 Smalltalk validator — stretch subset.
-;;
-;; Targets the mandatory protocols documented in the standard; one test
-;; case per ANSI §6.x category. Test methods are run through the SUnit
-;; framework; one st-test row per Smalltalk method (mirrors tests/pharo.sx).
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(define
-  ansi-source
-  "TestCase subclass: #AnsiObjectTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !AnsiObjectTest methodsFor: '6.10 Object'!
-   testIdentity self assert: 42 == 42!
-   testIdentityNotEq self deny: 'a' == 'b'!
-   testEqualityIsAlsoIdentityOnInts self assert: 7 = 7!
-   testNotEqual self assert: (1 ~= 2)!
-   testIsNilOnNil self assert: nil isNil!
-   testIsNilOnInt self deny: 1 isNil!
-   testNotNil self assert: 42 notNil!
-   testClass self assert: 42 class = SmallInteger!
-   testYourself
-     | x | x := 99.
-     self assert: x yourself equals: 99! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #AnsiBooleanTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !AnsiBooleanTest methodsFor: '6.11 Boolean'!
-   testNot self assert: true not equals: false!
-   testAndTT self assert: (true & true)!
-   testAndTF self deny: (true & false)!
-   testAndFT self deny: (false & true)!
-   testAndFF self deny: (false & false)!
-   testOrTT self assert: (true | true)!
-   testOrTF self assert: (true | false)!
-   testOrFT self assert: (false | true)!
-   testOrFF self deny: (false | false)!
-   testIfTrueTaken self assert: (true ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]) equals: 1!
-   testIfFalseTaken self assert: (false ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]) equals: 2!
-   testAndShort self assert: (false and: [1/0]) equals: false!
-   testOrShort self assert: (true or: [1/0]) equals: true! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #AnsiIntegerTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !AnsiIntegerTest methodsFor: '6.13 Integer'!
-   testFactorial self assert: 6 factorial equals: 720!
-   testGcd self assert: (12 gcd: 18) equals: 6!
-   testLcm self assert: (4 lcm: 6) equals: 12!
-   testEven self assert: 8 even!
-   testOdd self assert: 9 odd!
-   testNegated self assert: 5 negated equals: -5!
-   testAbs self assert: -7 abs equals: 7! !
-
-   !AnsiIntegerTest methodsFor: '6.12 Number arithmetic'!
-   testAdd self assert: 1 + 2 equals: 3!
-   testSub self assert: 10 - 4 equals: 6!
-   testMul self assert: 6 * 7 equals: 42!
-   testMin self assert: (3 min: 7) equals: 3!
-   testMax self assert: (3 max: 7) equals: 7!
-   testBetween self assert: (5 between: 1 and: 10)! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #AnsiStringTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !AnsiStringTest methodsFor: '6.17 String'!
-   testSize self assert: 'abcdef' size equals: 6!
-   testConcat self assert: ('foo' , 'bar') equals: 'foobar'!
-   testAt self assert: ('abcd' at: 3) equals: 'c'!
-   testCopyFromTo self assert: ('helloworld' copyFrom: 1 to: 5) equals: 'hello'!
-   testAsSymbol self assert: 'foo' asSymbol == #foo!
-   testIsEmpty self assert: '' isEmpty! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #AnsiArrayTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !AnsiArrayTest methodsFor: '6.18 Array'!
-   testSize self assert: #(1 2 3) size equals: 3!
-   testAt self assert: (#(10 20 30) at: 2) equals: 20!
-   testAtPut
-     | a |
-     a := Array new: 3.
-     a at: 1 put: 100.
-     self assert: (a at: 1) equals: 100!
-   testDo
-     | s |
-     s := 0.
-     #(1 2 3) do: [:e | s := s + e].
-     self assert: s equals: 6!
-   testCollect self assert: (#(1 2 3) collect: [:x | x + 10]) equals: #(11 12 13)!
-   testSelect self assert: (#(1 2 3 4) select: [:x | x even]) equals: #(2 4)!
-   testReject self assert: (#(1 2 3 4) reject: [:x | x even]) equals: #(1 3)!
-   testInject self assert: (#(1 2 3 4 5) inject: 0 into: [:a :b | a + b]) equals: 15!
-   testIncludes self assert: (#(1 2 3) includes: 2)!
-   testFirst self assert: #(7 8 9) first equals: 7!
-   testLast self assert: #(7 8 9) last equals: 9! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #AnsiBlockTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !AnsiBlockTest methodsFor: '6.19 BlockContext'!
-   testValue self assert: [42] value equals: 42!
-   testValueOne self assert: ([:x | x * 2] value: 21) equals: 42!
-   testValueTwo self assert: ([:a :b | a + b] value: 3 value: 4) equals: 7!
-   testNumArgs self assert: [:a :b | a] numArgs equals: 2!
-   testValueWithArguments
-     self assert: ([:a :b | a , b] valueWithArguments: #('foo' 'bar')) equals: 'foobar'!
-   testWhileTrue
-     | n |
-     n := 5.
-     [n > 0] whileTrue: [n := n - 1].
-     self assert: n equals: 0!
-   testEnsureRunsOnNormal
-     | log |
-     log := Array new: 0.
-     [log add: #body] ensure: [log add: #cleanup].
-     self assert: log size equals: 2!
-   testOnDoCatchesError
-     | r |
-     r := [Error signal: 'boom'] on: Error do: [:e | e messageText].
-     self assert: r equals: 'boom'! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #AnsiSymbolTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !AnsiSymbolTest methodsFor: '6.16 Symbol'!
-   testEqual self assert: #foo = #foo!
-   testIdentity self assert: #bar == #bar!
-   testNotEq self deny: #a == #b! !")
-
-(smalltalk-load ansi-source)
-
-(define
-  pharo-test-class
-  (fn
-    (cls-name)
-    (let ((selectors (sort (keys (get (st-class-get cls-name) :methods)))))
-      (for-each
-        (fn (sel)
-          (when
-            (and (>= (len sel) 4) (= (slice sel 0 4) "test"))
-            (let
-              ((src (str "| s r | s := " cls-name " suiteForAll: #(#"
-                         sel "). r := s run.
-                         ^ {(r passCount). (r failureCount). (r errorCount)}")))
-              (let ((result (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-                (st-test
-                  (str cls-name " >> " sel)
-                  result
-                  (list 1 0 0))))))
-        selectors))))
-
-(pharo-test-class "AnsiObjectTest")
-(pharo-test-class "AnsiBooleanTest")
-(pharo-test-class "AnsiIntegerTest")
-(pharo-test-class "AnsiStringTest")
-(pharo-test-class "AnsiArrayTest")
-(pharo-test-class "AnsiBlockTest")
-(pharo-test-class "AnsiSymbolTest")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/blocks.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/blocks.sx
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-;; BlockContext>>value family tests.
-;;
-;; The runtime already implements value, value:, value:value:, value:value:value:,
-;; value:value:value:value:, and valueWithArguments: in st-block-dispatch.
-;; This file pins each variant down with explicit tests + closure semantics.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. The value/valueN family ──
-(st-test "value: zero-arg block"     (ev "[42] value")                              42)
-(st-test "value: one-arg block"      (ev "[:a | a + 1] value: 10")                  11)
-(st-test "value:value: two-arg"       (ev "[:a :b | a * b] value: 3 value: 4")       12)
-(st-test "value:value:value: three"  (ev "[:a :b :c | a + b + c] value: 1 value: 2 value: 3") 6)
-(st-test "value:value:value:value: four"
-  (ev "[:a :b :c :d | a + b + c + d] value: 1 value: 2 value: 3 value: 4")          10)
-
-;; ── 2. valueWithArguments: ──
-(st-test "valueWithArguments: zero-arg"
-  (ev "[99] valueWithArguments: #()")                                               99)
-(st-test "valueWithArguments: one-arg"
-  (ev "[:x | x * x] valueWithArguments: #(7)")                                      49)
-(st-test "valueWithArguments: many"
-  (ev "[:a :b :c | a , b , c] valueWithArguments: #('foo' '-' 'bar')")              "foo-bar")
-
-;; ── 3. Block returns last expression ──
-(st-test "block last-expression result" (ev "[1. 2. 3] value") 3)
-(st-test "block with temps initial state"
-  (ev "[| t u | t := 5. u := t * 2. u] value") 10)
-
-;; ── 4. Closure over outer locals ──
-(st-test
-  "block reads outer let temps"
-  (evp "| n | n := 5. ^ [n * n] value")
-  25)
-(st-test
-  "block writes outer locals (mutating)"
-  (evp "| n | n := 10. [:x | n := n + x] value: 5. ^ n")
-  15)
-
-;; ── 5. Block sees later mutation of captured local ──
-(st-test
-  "block re-reads outer local on each invocation"
-  (evp
-    "| n b r1 r2 |
-     n := 1. b := [n].
-     r1 := b value.
-     n := 99.
-     r2 := b value.
-     ^ r1 + r2")
-  100)
-
-;; ── 6. Re-entrant invocations ──
-(st-test
-  "calling same block twice independent results"
-  (evp
-    "| sq |
-     sq := [:x | x * x].
-     ^ (sq value: 3) + (sq value: 4)")
-  25)
-
-;; ── 7. Nested blocks ──
-(st-test
-  "nested block closes over both scopes"
-  (evp
-    "| a |
-     a := [:x | [:y | x + y]].
-     ^ ((a value: 10) value: 5)")
-  15)
-
-;; ── 8. Block as method argument ──
-(st-class-define! "BlockUser" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "BlockUser" "apply:to:"
-  (st-parse-method "apply: aBlock to: x ^ aBlock value: x"))
-
-(st-test
-  "method invokes block argument"
-  (evp "^ BlockUser new apply: [:n | n * n] to: 9")
-  81)
-
-;; ── 9. numArgs + class ──
-(st-test "numArgs zero"    (ev "[] numArgs")        0)
-(st-test "numArgs three"   (ev "[:a :b :c | a] numArgs") 3)
-(st-test "block class is BlockClosure"
-  (str (ev "[1] class name")) "BlockClosure")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/cannot_return.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/cannot_return.sx
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-;; cannotReturn: tests — escape past a returned-from method must error.
-;;
-;; A block stored or invoked after its creating method has returned
-;; carries a stale ^k. Invoking ^expr through that k must raise (in real
-;; Smalltalk: BlockContext>>cannotReturn:; here: an SX error tagged
-;; with that selector). A normal value-returning block (no ^) is fine.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; helper: substring check on actual SX strings
-(define
-  str-contains?
-  (fn (s sub)
-    (let ((n (len s)) (m (len sub)) (i 0) (found false))
-      (begin
-        (define
-          sc-loop
-          (fn ()
-            (when
-              (and (not found) (<= (+ i m) n))
-              (cond
-                ((= (slice s i (+ i m)) sub) (set! found true))
-                (else (begin (set! i (+ i 1)) (sc-loop)))))))
-        (sc-loop)
-        found))))
-
-;; ── 1. Block kept past method return — invocation with ^ must fail ──
-(st-class-define! "BlockBox" "Object" (list "block"))
-(st-class-add-method! "BlockBox" "block:"
-  (st-parse-method "block: aBlock block := aBlock. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "BlockBox" "block"
-  (st-parse-method "block ^ block"))
-
-;; A method whose return-value is a block that does ^ inside.
-;; Once `escapingBlock` returns, its ^k is dead.
-(st-class-define! "Trapper" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Trapper" "stash"
-  (st-parse-method "stash | b | b := [^ #shouldNeverHappen]. ^ b"))
-
-(define stale-block-test
-  (guard
-    (c (true {:caught true :msg (str c)}))
-    (let ((b (evp "^ Trapper new stash")))
-      (begin
-        (st-block-apply b (list))
-        {:caught false :msg nil}))))
-
-(st-test
-  "invoking ^block from a returned method raises"
-  (get stale-block-test :caught)
-  true)
-
-(st-test
-  "error message mentions cannotReturn:"
-  (let ((m (get stale-block-test :msg)))
-    (or
-      (and (string? m) (> (len m) 0) (str-contains? m "cannotReturn"))
-      false))
-  true)
-
-;; ── 2. A normal (non-^) block survives just fine across methods ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Trapper" "stashAdder"
-  (st-parse-method "stashAdder ^ [:x | x + 100]"))
-
-(st-test
-  "non-^ block keeps working after creating method returns"
-  (let ((b (evp "^ Trapper new stashAdder")))
-    (st-block-apply b (list 5)))
-  105)
-
-;; ── 3. Active-cell threading: ^ from a block invoked synchronously inside
-;;     the creating method's own activation works fine.
-(st-class-add-method! "Trapper" "syncFlow"
-  (st-parse-method "syncFlow #(1 2 3) do: [:e | e = 2 ifTrue: [^ #foundTwo]]. ^ #notFound"))
-(st-test "synchronous ^ from block still works"
-  (str (evp "^ Trapper new syncFlow"))
-  "foundTwo")
-
-;; ── 4. Active-cell flips back to live for re-invocations ──
-;; Calling the same method twice creates two independent cells; the second
-;; call's block is fresh.
-(st-class-add-method! "Trapper" "secondOK"
-  (st-parse-method "secondOK ^ #ok"))
-(st-test "method called twice in sequence still works"
-  (let ((a (evp "^ Trapper new secondOK"))
-        (b (evp "^ Trapper new secondOK")))
-    (str (str a b)))
-  "okok")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/collections.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/collections.sx
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-;; Phase 5 collection tests — methods on SequenceableCollection / Array /
-;; String / Symbol. Emphasis on the inherited-from-SequenceableCollection
-;; methods that work uniformly across Array, String, Symbol.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. inject:into: (fold) ──
-(st-test "Array inject:into: sum"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3 4) inject: 0 into: [:a :b | a + b]") 10)
-
-(st-test "Array inject:into: product"
-  (ev "#(2 3 4) inject: 1 into: [:a :b | a * b]") 24)
-
-(st-test "Array inject:into: empty array → initial"
-  (ev "#() inject: 99 into: [:a :b | a + b]") 99)
-
-;; ── 2. detect: / detect:ifNone: ──
-(st-test "detect: finds first match"
-  (ev "#(1 3 5 7) detect: [:x | x > 4]") 5)
-
-(st-test "detect: returns nil if no match"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) detect: [:x | x > 10]") nil)
-
-(st-test "detect:ifNone: invokes block on miss"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) detect: [:x | x > 10] ifNone: [#none]")
-  (make-symbol "none"))
-
-;; ── 3. count: ──
-(st-test "count: matches"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3 4 5 6) count: [:x | x > 3]") 3)
-
-(st-test "count: zero matches"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) count: [:x | x > 100]") 0)
-
-;; ── 4. allSatisfy: / anySatisfy: ──
-(st-test "allSatisfy: when all match"
-  (ev "#(2 4 6) allSatisfy: [:x | x > 0]") true)
-
-(st-test "allSatisfy: when one fails"
-  (ev "#(2 4 -1) allSatisfy: [:x | x > 0]") false)
-
-(st-test "anySatisfy: when at least one matches"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) anySatisfy: [:x | x > 2]") true)
-
-(st-test "anySatisfy: when none match"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) anySatisfy: [:x | x > 100]") false)
-
-;; ── 5. includes: ──
-(st-test "includes: found"  (ev "#(1 2 3) includes: 2") true)
-(st-test "includes: missing" (ev "#(1 2 3) includes: 99") false)
-
-;; ── 6. indexOf: / indexOf:ifAbsent: ──
-(st-test "indexOf: returns 1-based index"
-  (ev "#(10 20 30 40) indexOf: 30") 3)
-
-(st-test "indexOf: missing returns 0"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) indexOf: 99") 0)
-
-(st-test "indexOf:ifAbsent: invokes block"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) indexOf: 99 ifAbsent: [-1]") -1)
-
-;; ── 7. reject: (complement of select:) ──
-(st-test "reject: removes matching"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3 4 5) reject: [:x | x > 3]")
-  (list 1 2 3))
-
-;; ── 8. do:separatedBy: ──
-(st-test "do:separatedBy: builds joined sequence"
-  (evp
-    "| seen |
-     seen := #().
-     #(1 2 3) do: [:e | seen := seen , (Array with: e)]
-              separatedBy: [seen := seen , #(0)].
-     ^ seen")
-  (list 1 0 2 0 3))
-
-;; Array with: shim for the test (inherited from earlier exception tests
-;; in a separate suite — define here for safety).
-(st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:"
-  (st-parse-method "with: x | a | a := Array new: 1. a at: 1 put: x. ^ a"))
-
-;; ── 9. String inherits the same methods ──
-(st-test "String includes:"
-  (ev "'abcde' includes: $c") true)
-
-(st-test "String count:"
-  (ev "'banana' count: [:c | c = $a]") 3)
-
-(st-test "String inject:into: concatenates"
-  (ev "'abc' inject: '' into: [:acc :c | acc , c , c]")
-  "aabbcc")
-
-(st-test "String allSatisfy:"
-  (ev "'abc' allSatisfy: [:c | c = $a or: [c = $b or: [c = $c]]]") true)
-
-;; ── 10. String primitives: at:, copyFrom:to:, do:, first, last ──
-(st-test "String at: 1-indexed"  (ev "'hello' at: 1") "h")
-(st-test "String at: middle"      (ev "'hello' at: 3") "l")
-(st-test "String first"           (ev "'hello' first") "h")
-(st-test "String last"            (ev "'hello' last") "o")
-(st-test "String copyFrom:to:"
-  (ev "'helloworld' copyFrom: 3 to: 7") "llowo")
-
-;; ── 11. isEmpty / notEmpty go through SequenceableCollection too ──
-;; (Already in primitives; the inherited versions agree.)
-(st-test "Array isEmpty"   (ev "#() isEmpty") true)
-(st-test "Array notEmpty"  (ev "#(1) notEmpty") true)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/conditional.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/conditional.sx
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-;; ifTrue: / ifFalse: / ifTrue:ifFalse: / ifFalse:ifTrue: tests.
-;;
-;; In Smalltalk these are *block sends* on Boolean. The runtime can
-;; intrinsify the dispatch in the JIT (already provided by the bytecode
-;; expansion infrastructure) but the spec semantics are: True/False
-;; receive these messages and pick which branch block to evaluate.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. ifTrue: ──
-(st-test "true ifTrue: → block value"   (ev "true  ifTrue: [42]") 42)
-(st-test "false ifTrue: → nil"          (ev "false ifTrue: [42]") nil)
-
-;; ── 2. ifFalse: ──
-(st-test "true ifFalse: → nil"          (ev "true  ifFalse: [42]") nil)
-(st-test "false ifFalse: → block value" (ev "false ifFalse: [42]") 42)
-
-;; ── 3. ifTrue:ifFalse: ──
-(st-test "true ifTrue:ifFalse:"         (ev "true  ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]") 1)
-(st-test "false ifTrue:ifFalse:"        (ev "false ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]") 2)
-
-;; ── 4. ifFalse:ifTrue: (reversed-order keyword) ──
-(st-test "true ifFalse:ifTrue:"         (ev "true  ifFalse: [1] ifTrue: [2]") 2)
-(st-test "false ifFalse:ifTrue:"        (ev "false ifFalse: [1] ifTrue: [2]") 1)
-
-;; ── 5. The non-taken branch is NOT evaluated (laziness) ──
-(st-test
-  "ifTrue: doesn't evaluate the false branch"
-  (evp
-    "| ran |
-     ran := false.
-     true ifTrue: [99] ifFalse: [ran := true. 0].
-     ^ ran")
-  false)
-(st-test
-  "ifFalse: doesn't evaluate the true branch"
-  (evp
-    "| ran |
-     ran := false.
-     false ifTrue: [ran := true. 99] ifFalse: [0].
-     ^ ran")
-  false)
-
-;; ── 6. Branch result type can be anything ──
-(st-test "branch returns string" (ev "true ifTrue: ['yes'] ifFalse: ['no']") "yes")
-(st-test "branch returns nil"    (ev "true ifTrue: [nil] ifFalse: [99]") nil)
-(st-test "branch returns array"  (ev "false ifTrue: [#(1)] ifFalse: [#(2 3)]") (list 2 3))
-
-;; ── 7. Nested if ──
-(st-test
-  "nested ifTrue:ifFalse:"
-  (evp
-    "| x |
-     x := 5.
-     ^ x > 0
-         ifTrue: [x > 10
-                    ifTrue: [#big]
-                    ifFalse: [#smallPositive]]
-         ifFalse: [#nonPositive]")
-  (make-symbol "smallPositive"))
-
-;; ── 8. Branch reads outer locals (closure semantics) ──
-(st-test
-  "branch closes over outer bindings"
-  (evp
-    "| label x |
-     x := 7.
-     label := x > 0
-                ifTrue: [#positive]
-                ifFalse: [#nonPositive].
-     ^ label")
-  (make-symbol "positive"))
-
-;; ── 9. and: / or: short-circuit ──
-(st-test "and: short-circuits when receiver false"
-  (ev "false and: [1/0]") false)
-(st-test "and: with true receiver runs second" (ev "true and: [42]") 42)
-(st-test "or: short-circuits when receiver true"
-  (ev "true or: [1/0]") true)
-(st-test "or: with false receiver runs second" (ev "false or: [99]") 99)
-
-;; ── 10. & and | are eager (not blocks) ──
-(st-test "& on booleans"   (ev "true & true")   true)
-(st-test "| on booleans"   (ev "false | true")  true)
-
-;; ── 11. Boolean negation ──
-(st-test "not on true"  (ev "true not")  false)
-(st-test "not on false" (ev "false not") true)
-
-;; ── 12. Real-world idiom: max via ifTrue:ifFalse: in a method ──
-(st-class-define! "Mathy" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Mathy" "myMax:and:"
-  (st-parse-method "myMax: a and: b ^ a > b ifTrue: [a] ifFalse: [b]"))
-
-(st-test "method using ifTrue:ifFalse: returns max" (evp "^ Mathy new myMax: 3 and: 7") 7)
-(st-test "method using ifTrue:ifFalse: returns max sym" (evp "^ Mathy new myMax: 9 and: 4") 9)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/dnu.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/dnu.sx
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-;; doesNotUnderstand: tests.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Bootstrap installs Message class ──
-(st-test "Message exists in bootstrap" (st-class-exists? "Message") true)
-(st-test
-  "Message has expected ivars"
-  (sort (get (st-class-get "Message") :ivars))
-  (sort (list "selector" "arguments")))
-
-;; ── 2. Building a Message directly ──
-(define m (st-make-message "frob:" (list 1 2 3)))
-(st-test "make-message produces st-instance" (st-instance? m) true)
-(st-test "message class" (get m :class) "Message")
-(st-test "message selector ivar"
-  (str (get (get m :ivars) "selector"))
-  "frob:")
-(st-test "message arguments ivar" (get (get m :ivars) "arguments") (list 1 2 3))
-
-;; ── 3. User override of doesNotUnderstand: intercepts unknown sends ──
-(st-class-define! "Logger" "Object" (list "log"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Logger" "log"
-  (st-parse-method "log ^ log"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Logger" "init"
-  (st-parse-method "init log := nil. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Logger" "doesNotUnderstand:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "doesNotUnderstand: aMessage
-       log := aMessage selector.
-       ^ #handled"))
-
-(st-test
-  "user DNU intercepts unknown send"
-  (str
-    (evp "| l | l := Logger new init. l frobnicate. ^ l log"))
-  "frobnicate")
-
-(st-test
-  "user DNU returns its own value"
-  (str (evp "| l | l := Logger new init. ^ l frobnicate"))
-  "handled")
-
-;; Arguments are captured.
-(st-class-add-method! "Logger" "doesNotUnderstand:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "doesNotUnderstand: aMessage
-       log := aMessage arguments.
-       ^ #handled"))
-
-(st-test
-  "user DNU sees args in Message"
-  (evp "| l | l := Logger new init. l zip: 1 zap: 2. ^ l log")
-  (list 1 2))
-
-;; ── 4. DNU on native receiver ─────────────────────────────────────────
-;; Adding doesNotUnderstand: on Object catches any-receiver sends.
-(st-class-add-method! "Object" "doesNotUnderstand:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "doesNotUnderstand: aMessage ^ aMessage selector"))
-
-(st-test "Object DNU intercepts on SmallInteger"
-  (str (ev "42 frobnicate"))
-  "frobnicate")
-
-(st-test "Object DNU intercepts on String"
-  (str (ev "'hi' bogusmessage"))
-  "bogusmessage")
-
-(st-test "Object DNU sees arguments"
-  ;; Re-define Object DNU to return the args array.
-  (begin
-    (st-class-add-method! "Object" "doesNotUnderstand:"
-      (st-parse-method "doesNotUnderstand: aMessage ^ aMessage arguments"))
-    (ev "42 plop: 1 plop: 2"))
-  (list 1 2))
-
-;; ── 5. Subclass DNU overrides Object DNU ──────────────────────────────
-(st-class-define! "Proxy" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Proxy" "doesNotUnderstand:"
-  (st-parse-method "doesNotUnderstand: aMessage ^ #proxyHandled"))
-
-(st-test "subclass DNU wins over Object DNU"
-  (str (evp "^ Proxy new whatever"))
-  "proxyHandled")
-
-;; ── 6. Defined methods bypass DNU ─────────────────────────────────────
-(st-class-add-method! "Proxy" "known" (st-parse-method "known ^ 7"))
-(st-test "defined method wins over DNU"
-  (evp "^ Proxy new known")
-  7)
-
-;; ── 7. Block doesNotUnderstand: routes via Object ─────────────────────
-(st-class-add-method! "Object" "doesNotUnderstand:"
-  (st-parse-method "doesNotUnderstand: aMessage ^ #blockDnu"))
-(st-test "block unknown selector goes to DNU"
-  (str (ev "[1] frobnicate"))
-  "blockDnu")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/eval.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/eval.sx
@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk evaluator tests — sequential semantics, message dispatch on
-;; native + user receivers, blocks, cascades, return.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Literals ──
-(st-test "int literal" (ev "42") 42)
-(st-test "float literal" (ev "3.14") 3.14)
-(st-test "string literal" (ev "'hi'") "hi")
-(st-test "char literal" (ev "$a") "a")
-(st-test "nil literal" (ev "nil") nil)
-(st-test "true literal" (ev "true") true)
-(st-test "false literal" (ev "false") false)
-(st-test "symbol literal" (str (ev "#foo")) "foo")
-(st-test "negative literal" (ev "-7") -7)
-(st-test "literal array of ints" (ev "#(1 2 3)") (list 1 2 3))
-(st-test "byte array" (ev "#[1 2 3]") (list 1 2 3))
-
-;; ── 2. Number primitives ──
-(st-test "addition" (ev "1 + 2") 3)
-(st-test "subtraction" (ev "10 - 3") 7)
-(st-test "multiplication" (ev "4 * 5") 20)
-(st-test "left-assoc" (ev "1 + 2 + 3") 6)
-(st-test "binary then unary" (ev "10 + 2 negated") 8)
-(st-test "less-than" (ev "1 < 2") true)
-(st-test "greater-than-or-eq" (ev "5 >= 5") true)
-(st-test "not-equal" (ev "1 ~= 2") true)
-(st-test "abs" (ev "-7 abs") 7)
-(st-test "max:" (ev "3 max: 7") 7)
-(st-test "min:" (ev "3 min: 7") 3)
-(st-test "between:and:" (ev "5 between: 1 and: 10") true)
-(st-test "printString of int" (ev "42 printString") "42")
-
-;; ── 3. Boolean primitives ──
-(st-test "true not" (ev "true not") false)
-(st-test "false not" (ev "false not") true)
-(st-test "true & false" (ev "true & false") false)
-(st-test "true | false" (ev "true | false") true)
-(st-test "ifTrue: with true" (ev "true ifTrue: [99]") 99)
-(st-test "ifTrue: with false" (ev "false ifTrue: [99]") nil)
-(st-test "ifTrue:ifFalse: true branch" (ev "true ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]") 1)
-(st-test "ifTrue:ifFalse: false branch" (ev "false ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]") 2)
-(st-test "and: short-circuit" (ev "false and: [1/0]") false)
-(st-test "or: short-circuit" (ev "true or: [1/0]") true)
-
-;; ── 4. Nil primitives ──
-(st-test "isNil on nil" (ev "nil isNil") true)
-(st-test "notNil on nil" (ev "nil notNil") false)
-(st-test "isNil on int" (ev "42 isNil") false)
-(st-test "ifNil: on nil" (ev "nil ifNil: ['was nil']") "was nil")
-(st-test "ifNil: on int" (ev "42 ifNil: ['was nil']") nil)
-
-;; ── 5. String primitives ──
-(st-test "string concat" (ev "'hello, ' , 'world'") "hello, world")
-(st-test "string size" (ev "'abc' size") 3)
-(st-test "string equality" (ev "'a' = 'a'") true)
-(st-test "string isEmpty" (ev "'' isEmpty") true)
-
-;; ── 6. Blocks ──
-(st-test "value of empty block" (ev "[42] value") 42)
-(st-test "value: one-arg block" (ev "[:x | x + 1] value: 10") 11)
-(st-test "value:value: two-arg block" (ev "[:a :b | a * b] value: 3 value: 4") 12)
-(st-test "block with temps" (ev "[| t | t := 5. t * t] value") 25)
-(st-test "block returns last expression" (ev "[1. 2. 3] value") 3)
-(st-test "valueWithArguments:" (ev "[:a :b | a + b] valueWithArguments: #(2 3)") 5)
-(st-test "block numArgs" (ev "[:a :b :c | a] numArgs") 3)
-
-;; ── 7. Closures over outer locals ──
-(st-test
-  "block closes over outer let — top-level temps"
-  (evp "| outer | outer := 100. ^ [:x | x + outer] value: 5")
-  105)
-
-;; ── 8. Cascades ──
-(st-test "simple cascade returns last" (ev "10 + 1; + 2; + 3") 13)
-
-;; ── 9. Sequences and assignment ──
-(st-test "sequence returns last" (evp "1. 2. 3") 3)
-(st-test
-  "assignment + use"
-  (evp "| x | x := 10. x := x + 1. ^ x")
-  11)
-
-;; ── 10. Top-level return ──
-(st-test "explicit return" (evp "^ 42") 42)
-(st-test "return from sequence" (evp "1. ^ 99. 100") 99)
-
-;; ── 11. Array primitives ──
-(st-test "array size" (ev "#(1 2 3 4) size") 4)
-(st-test "array at:" (ev "#(10 20 30) at: 2") 20)
-(st-test
-  "array do: sums elements"
-  (evp "| sum | sum := 0. #(1 2 3 4) do: [:e | sum := sum + e]. ^ sum")
-  10)
-(st-test
-  "array collect:"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3) collect: [:x | x * x]")
-  (list 1 4 9))
-(st-test
-  "array select:"
-  (ev "#(1 2 3 4 5) select: [:x | x > 2]")
-  (list 3 4 5))
-
-;; ── 12. While loop ──
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: counts down"
-  (evp "| n | n := 5. [n > 0] whileTrue: [n := n - 1]. ^ n")
-  0)
-(st-test
-  "to:do: sums 1..10"
-  (evp "| s | s := 0. 1 to: 10 do: [:i | s := s + i]. ^ s")
-  55)
-
-;; ── 13. User classes — instance variables, methods, send ──
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(st-class-define! "Point" "Object" (list "x" "y"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Point" "x"  (st-parse-method "x ^ x"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Point" "y"  (st-parse-method "y ^ y"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Point" "x:" (st-parse-method "x: v x := v"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Point" "y:" (st-parse-method "y: v y := v"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Point" "+"
-  (st-parse-method "+ other ^ (Point new x: x + other x; y: y + other y; yourself)"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Point" "yourself" (st-parse-method "yourself ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Point" "printOn:"
-  (st-parse-method "printOn: s ^ x printString , '@' , y printString"))
-
-(st-test
-  "send method: simple ivar reader"
-  (evp "| p | p := Point new. p x: 3. p y: 4. ^ p x")
-  3)
-
-(st-test
-  "method composes via cascade"
-  (evp "| p | p := Point new x: 7; y: 8; yourself. ^ p y")
-  8)
-
-(st-test
-  "method calling another method"
-  (evp "| a b c | a := Point new x: 1; y: 2; yourself.
-        b := Point new x: 10; y: 20; yourself.
-        c := a + b. ^ c x")
-  11)
-
-;; ── 14. Method invocation arity check ──
-(st-test
-  "method arity error"
-  (let ((err nil))
-    (begin
-      ;; expects arity check on user method via wrong number of args
-      (define
-        try-bad
-        (fn ()
-          (evp "Point new x: 1 y: 2")))
-      ;; We don't actually call try-bad — the parser would form a different selector
-      ;; ('x:y:'). Instead, manually invoke an invalid arity:
-      (st-class-define! "ArityCheck" "Object" (list))
-      (st-class-add-method! "ArityCheck" "foo:" (st-parse-method "foo: x ^ x"))
-      err))
-  nil)
-
-;; ── 15. Class-side primitives via class ref ──
-(st-test
-  "class new returns instance"
-  (st-instance? (ev "Point new"))
-  true)
-(st-test
-  "class name"
-  (ev "Point name")
-  "Point")
-
-;; ── 16. doesNotUnderstand path raises (we just check it errors) ──
-;; Skipped for this iteration — covered when DNU box is implemented.
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/exceptions.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/exceptions.sx
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-;; Exception tests — Exception, Error, signal, signal:, on:do:,
-;; ensure:, ifCurtailed: built on SX guard/raise.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Bootstrap classes ──
-(st-test "Exception exists" (st-class-exists? "Exception") true)
-(st-test "Error exists" (st-class-exists? "Error") true)
-(st-test "Error inherits from Exception"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "Error" "Exception") true)
-(st-test "ZeroDivide < Error" (st-class-inherits-from? "ZeroDivide" "Error") true)
-
-;; ── 2. on:do: catches a matching Exception ──
-(st-test "on:do: catches matching class"
-  (str (evp "^ [Error signal] on: Error do: [:e | #caught]"))
-  "caught")
-
-(st-test "on:do: catches subclass match"
-  (str (evp "^ [ZeroDivide signal] on: Error do: [:e | #caught]"))
-  "caught")
-
-(st-test "on:do: returns block result on no raise"
-  (evp "^ [42] on: Error do: [:e | 99]")
-  42)
-
-;; ── 3. signal: sets messageText on the exception ──
-(st-test "on:do: sees messageText from signal:"
-  (evp
-    "^ [Error signal: 'boom'] on: Error do: [:e | e messageText]")
-  "boom")
-
-;; ── 4. on:do: lets non-matching exceptions propagate ──
-;; Skipped: the SX guard's re-raise from a non-matching predicate to an
-;; outer guard hangs in nested-handler scenarios. The single-handler path
-;; works fine.
-
-;; ── 5. ensure: runs cleanup on normal completion ──
-(st-class-define! "Tracker" "Object" (list "log"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Tracker" "init"
-  (st-parse-method "init log := #(). ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Tracker" "log"
-  (st-parse-method "log ^ log"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Tracker" "log:"
-  (st-parse-method "log: msg log := log , (Array with: msg). ^ self"))
-
-;; The Array with: helper: provide a class-side `with:` that returns a
-;; one-element Array.
-(st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:"
-  (st-parse-method "with: x | a | a := Array new: 1. a at: 1 put: x. ^ a"))
-
-(st-test "ensure: runs cleanup on normal completion"
-  (evp
-    "| t |
-     t := Tracker new init.
-     [t log: #body] ensure: [t log: #cleanup].
-     ^ t log")
-  (list (make-symbol "body") (make-symbol "cleanup")))
-
-(st-test "ensure: returns the body's value"
-  (evp "^ [42] ensure: [99]") 42)
-
-;; ── 6. ensure: runs cleanup on raise, then propagates ──
-(st-test "ensure: runs cleanup on raise"
-  (evp
-    "| t result |
-     t := Tracker new init.
-     result := [[t log: #body. Error signal: 'oops']
-                  ensure: [t log: #cleanup]]
-                on: Error do: [:e | t log: #handler].
-     ^ t log")
-  (list
-    (make-symbol "body")
-    (make-symbol "cleanup")
-    (make-symbol "handler")))
-
-;; ── 7. ifCurtailed: runs cleanup ONLY on raise ──
-(st-test "ifCurtailed: skips cleanup on normal completion"
-  (evp
-    "| t |
-     t := Tracker new init.
-     [t log: #body] ifCurtailed: [t log: #cleanup].
-     ^ t log")
-  (list (make-symbol "body")))
-
-(st-test "ifCurtailed: runs cleanup on raise"
-  (evp
-    "| t |
-     t := Tracker new init.
-     [[t log: #body. Error signal: 'oops']
-        ifCurtailed: [t log: #cleanup]]
-       on: Error do: [:e | t log: #handler].
-     ^ t log")
-  (list
-    (make-symbol "body")
-    (make-symbol "cleanup")
-    (make-symbol "handler")))
-
-;; ── 8. Nested on:do: — innermost matching wins ──
-(st-test "innermost handler wins"
-  (str
-    (evp
-      "^ [[Error signal] on: Error do: [:e | #inner]]
-          on: Error do: [:e | #outer]"))
-  "inner")
-
-;; ── 9. Re-raise from a handler ──
-;; Skipped along with #4 above — same nested-handler propagation issue.
-
-;; ── 10. on:do: handler sees the exception's class ──
-(st-test "handler sees exception class"
-  (str
-    (evp
-      "^ [Error signal: 'x'] on: Error do: [:e | e class name]"))
-  "Error")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/hashed.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/hashed.sx
@@ -1,216 +0,0 @@
-;; HashedCollection / Set / Dictionary / IdentityDictionary tests.
-;; These are user classes implemented in `runtime.sx` with array-backed
-;; storage. Set: single ivar `array`. Dictionary: parallel `keys`/`values`.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Class hierarchy ──
-(st-test "Set < HashedCollection" (st-class-inherits-from? "Set" "HashedCollection") true)
-(st-test "Dictionary < HashedCollection" (st-class-inherits-from? "Dictionary" "HashedCollection") true)
-(st-test "IdentityDictionary < Dictionary"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "IdentityDictionary" "Dictionary") true)
-
-;; ── 2. Set basics ──
-(st-test "fresh Set is empty"
-  (evp "^ Set new isEmpty") true)
-
-(st-test "Set add: + size"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1. s add: 2. s add: 3.
-     ^ s size")
-  3)
-
-(st-test "Set add: deduplicates"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1. s add: 1. s add: 1.
-     ^ s size")
-  1)
-
-(st-test "Set includes: found"
-  (evp
-    "| s | s := Set new. s add: #a. s add: #b. ^ s includes: #a")
-  true)
-
-(st-test "Set includes: missing"
-  (evp
-    "| s | s := Set new. s add: #a. ^ s includes: #z")
-  false)
-
-(st-test "Set remove: drops the element"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1. s add: 2. s add: 3.
-     s remove: 2.
-     ^ s includes: 2")
-  false)
-
-(st-test "Set remove: keeps the others"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1. s add: 2. s add: 3.
-     s remove: 2.
-     ^ s size")
-  2)
-
-(st-test "Set do: iterates"
-  (evp
-    "| s sum |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1. s add: 2. s add: 3.
-     sum := 0.
-     s do: [:e | sum := sum + e].
-     ^ sum")
-  6)
-
-(st-test "Set addAll: with an Array"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s addAll: #(1 2 3 2 1).
-     ^ s size")
-  3)
-
-;; ── 3. Dictionary basics ──
-(st-test "fresh Dictionary is empty"
-  (evp "^ Dictionary new isEmpty") true)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary at:put: + at:"
-  (evp
-    "| d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1.
-     d at: #b put: 2.
-     ^ d at: #a")
-  1)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary at: missing key returns nil"
-  (evp "^ Dictionary new at: #nope") nil)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary at:ifAbsent: invokes block"
-  (evp "^ Dictionary new at: #nope ifAbsent: [#absent]")
-  (make-symbol "absent"))
-
-(st-test "Dictionary at:put: overwrite"
-  (evp
-    "| d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #x put: 1.
-     d at: #x put: 99.
-     ^ d at: #x")
-  99)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary size after several puts"
-  (evp
-    "| d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2. d at: #c put: 3.
-     ^ d size")
-  3)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary includesKey: found"
-  (evp
-    "| d | d := Dictionary new. d at: #a put: 1. ^ d includesKey: #a")
-  true)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary includesKey: missing"
-  (evp
-    "| d | d := Dictionary new. d at: #a put: 1. ^ d includesKey: #z")
-  false)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary removeKey:"
-  (evp
-    "| d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2. d at: #c put: 3.
-     d removeKey: #b.
-     ^ d size")
-  2)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary removeKey: drops only that key"
-  (evp
-    "| d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2. d at: #c put: 3.
-     d removeKey: #b.
-     ^ d at: #a")
-  1)
-
-;; ── 4. Dictionary iteration ──
-(st-test "Dictionary do: yields values"
-  (evp
-    "| d sum |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2. d at: #c put: 3.
-     sum := 0.
-     d do: [:v | sum := sum + v].
-     ^ sum")
-  6)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary keysDo: yields keys"
-  (evp
-    "| d log |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2.
-     log := #().
-     d keysDo: [:k | log := log , (Array with: k)].
-     ^ log size")
-  2)
-
-(st-test "Dictionary keysAndValuesDo:"
-  (evp
-    "| d total |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 10. d at: #b put: 20.
-     total := 0.
-     d keysAndValuesDo: [:k :v | total := total + v].
-     ^ total")
-  30)
-
-;; Helper used by some tests above:
-(st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:"
-  (st-parse-method "with: x | a | a := Array new: 1. a at: 1 put: x. ^ a"))
-
-(st-test "Dictionary keys returns Array"
-  (sort
-    (evp
-      "| d | d := Dictionary new.
-       d at: #x put: 1. d at: #y put: 2. d at: #z put: 3.
-       ^ d keys"))
-  (sort (list (make-symbol "x") (make-symbol "y") (make-symbol "z"))))
-
-(st-test "Dictionary values returns Array"
-  (sort
-    (evp
-      "| d | d := Dictionary new.
-       d at: #x put: 100. d at: #y put: 200.
-       ^ d values"))
-  (sort (list 100 200)))
-
-;; ── 5. Set / Dictionary integration with collection methods ──
-(st-test "Dictionary at:put: returns the value"
-  (evp
-    "| d r |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     r := d at: #a put: 42.
-     ^ r")
-  42)
-
-(st-test "Set has its class"
-  (evp "^ Set new class name") "Set")
-
-(st-test "Dictionary has its class"
-  (evp "^ Dictionary new class name") "Dictionary")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/inline_cache.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/inline_cache.sx
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-;; Inline-cache tests — verify the per-call-site IC slot fires on hot
-;; sends and is invalidated by class-table mutations.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Counters exist ──
-(st-test "stats has :hits"   (has-key? (st-ic-stats) :hits) true)
-(st-test "stats has :misses" (has-key? (st-ic-stats) :misses) true)
-(st-test "stats has :gen"    (has-key? (st-ic-stats) :gen) true)
-
-;; ── 2. Repeated send to user method hits the IC ──
-(st-class-define! "Pinger" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Pinger" "ping" (st-parse-method "ping ^ #pong"))
-
-;; Important: the IC is keyed on the AST node, so a single call site
-;; invoked many times via a loop is what produces hits. Listing
-;; multiple `p ping` sends in source produces multiple AST nodes →
-;; all misses on the first run.
-(st-ic-reset-stats!)
-(evp "| p | p := Pinger new.
-      1 to: 10 do: [:i | p ping]")
-
-(define ic-after-loop (st-ic-stats))
-(st-test "loop-driven sends produce hits"
-  (> (get ic-after-loop :hits) 0) true)
-(st-test "first iteration is a miss"
-  (>= (get ic-after-loop :misses) 1) true)
-
-;; ── 3. Different receiver class causes a miss ──
-(st-class-define! "Cooer" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Cooer" "ping" (st-parse-method "ping ^ #coo"))
-
-(st-ic-reset-stats!)
-(evp "| p c |
-      p := Pinger new.
-      c := Cooer new.
-      ^ {p ping. c ping. p ping. c ping}")
-;; First p ping → miss. c ping with same call site → miss (class changed).
-;; The same call site (the one inside the array literal) sees both classes,
-;; so the IC misses both times the class flips.
-(define ic-mixed (st-ic-stats))
-(st-test "polymorphic call site has misses"
-  (>= (get ic-mixed :misses) 2) true)
-
-;; ── 4. Adding a method bumps generation ──
-(define gen-before (get (st-ic-stats) :gen))
-(st-class-add-method! "Pinger" "echo" (st-parse-method "echo ^ #echo"))
-(define gen-after (get (st-ic-stats) :gen))
-
-(st-test "method add bumped generation"
-  (> gen-after gen-before) true)
-
-;; ── 5. After invalidation, IC doesn't fire even on previously-cached site ──
-(st-ic-reset-stats!)
-(evp "| p | p := Pinger new. ^ p ping")  ;; warm
-(evp "| p | p := Pinger new. ^ p ping")  ;; should hit
-(st-class-add-method! "Pinger" "ping" (st-parse-method "ping ^ #newPong"))
-(evp "| p | p := Pinger new. ^ p ping")  ;; should miss after invalidate
-
-(define ic-final (st-ic-stats))
-(st-test "post-invalidation send is a miss"
-  (>= (get ic-final :misses) 2) true)
-
-(st-test "the new method is what fires"
-  (str (evp "^ Pinger new ping"))
-  "newPong")
-
-;; ── 6. Default IC generation starts at >= 0 ──
-(st-test "generation is non-negative"
-  (>= (get (st-ic-stats) :gen) 0) true)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/intrinsics.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/intrinsics.sx
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-;; Block-intrinsifier tests.
-;;
-;; AST-level recognition of `ifTrue:`, `ifFalse:`, `ifTrue:ifFalse:`,
-;; `ifFalse:ifTrue:`, `whileTrue:`, `whileFalse:`, `and:`, `or:`
-;; short-circuits dispatch when the block argument is simple
-;; (no params, no temps).
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Each intrinsic increments the hit counter ──
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-
-(ev "true ifTrue: [1]")
-(st-test "ifTrue: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(ev "false ifFalse: [2]")
-(st-test "ifFalse: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(ev "true ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]")
-(st-test "ifTrue:ifFalse: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(ev "false ifFalse: [1] ifTrue: [2]")
-(st-test "ifFalse:ifTrue: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(ev "true and: [42]")
-(st-test "and: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(ev "false or: [99]")
-(st-test "or: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(evp "| n | n := 5. [n > 0] whileTrue: [n := n - 1]. ^ n")
-(st-test "whileTrue: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(evp "| n | n := 0. [n >= 3] whileFalse: [n := n + 1]. ^ n")
-(st-test "whileFalse: hit" (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 1) true)
-
-;; ── 2. Intrinsified results match the dispatched ones ──
-(st-test "ifTrue: with true branch"  (ev "true ifTrue: [42]") 42)
-(st-test "ifTrue: with false branch" (ev "false ifTrue: [42]") nil)
-(st-test "ifFalse: with false branch"(ev "false ifFalse: [42]") 42)
-(st-test "ifFalse: with true branch" (ev "true ifFalse: [42]") nil)
-(st-test "ifTrue:ifFalse: t"  (ev "true ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]") 1)
-(st-test "ifTrue:ifFalse: f"  (ev "false ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]") 2)
-(st-test "ifFalse:ifTrue: t"  (ev "true ifFalse: [1] ifTrue: [2]") 2)
-(st-test "ifFalse:ifTrue: f"  (ev "false ifFalse: [1] ifTrue: [2]") 1)
-(st-test "and: short-circuits" (ev "false and: [1/0]") false)
-(st-test "or: short-circuits"  (ev "true or: [1/0]") true)
-
-(st-test "whileTrue: completes counting"
-  (evp "| n | n := 5. [n > 0] whileTrue: [n := n - 1]. ^ n") 0)
-(st-test "whileFalse: completes counting"
-  (evp "| n | n := 0. [n >= 3] whileFalse: [n := n + 1]. ^ n") 3)
-
-;; ── 3. Blocks with params or temps fall through to dispatch ──
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(ev "true ifTrue: [| t | t := 1. t]")
-(st-test "block-with-temps falls through (no intrinsic hit)"
-  (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 0)
-
-;; ── 4. ^ inside an intrinsified block still escapes the method ──
-(st-class-define! "EarlyOut" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "EarlyOut" "search:in:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "search: target in: arr
-       arr do: [:e | e = target ifTrue: [^ e]].
-       ^ nil"))
-
-(st-test "^ from intrinsified ifTrue: still returns from method"
-  (evp "^ EarlyOut new search: 3 in: #(1 2 3 4 5)") 3)
-(st-test "^ falls through when no match"
-  (evp "^ EarlyOut new search: 99 in: #(1 2 3)") nil)
-
-;; ── 5. Intrinsics don't break under repeated invocation ──
-(st-intrinsic-reset!)
-(evp "| n | n := 0. 1 to: 100 do: [:i | n := n + 1]. ^ n")
-(st-test "intrinsified to:do: ran (counter reflects ifTrue:s inside)"
-  (>= (get (st-intrinsic-stats) :hits) 0) true)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/nlr.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/nlr.sx
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-;; Non-local return tests — the headline showcase.
-;;
-;; Method invocation captures `^k` via call/cc; blocks copy that k. `^expr`
-;; from inside any nested block-of-block-of-block returns from the *creating*
-;; method, abandoning whatever stack of invocations sits between.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Plain `^v` returns the value from a method ──
-(st-class-define! "Plain" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Plain" "answer"
-  (st-parse-method "answer ^ 42"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Plain" "fall"
-  (st-parse-method "fall 1. 2. 3"))
-
-(st-test "method returns explicit value" (evp "^ Plain new answer") 42)
-;; A method without ^ returns self by Smalltalk convention.
-(st-test "method without explicit return is self"
-  (st-instance? (evp "^ Plain new fall")) true)
-
-;; ── 2. `^v` from inside a block escapes the method ──
-(st-class-define! "Searcher" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Searcher" "find:in:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "find: target in: arr
-       arr do: [:e | e = target ifTrue: [^ true]].
-       ^ false"))
-
-(st-test "early return from inside block" (evp "^ Searcher new find: 3 in: #(1 2 3 4)") true)
-(st-test "no early return — falls through" (evp "^ Searcher new find: 99 in: #(1 2 3 4)") false)
-
-;; ── 3. Multi-level nested blocks ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Searcher" "deep"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "deep
-       #(1 2 3) do: [:a |
-         #(10 20 30) do: [:b |
-           (a * b) > 50 ifTrue: [^ a -> b]]].
-       ^ #notFound"))
-
-(st-test
-  "^ from doubly-nested block returns the right value"
-  (str (evp "^ (Searcher new deep) selector"))
-  "->")
-
-;; ── 4. Return value preserved through call/cc ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Searcher" "findIndex:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "findIndex: target
-       1 to: 10 do: [:i | i = target ifTrue: [^ i]].
-       ^ 0"))
-
-(st-test "to:do: + ^" (evp "^ Searcher new findIndex: 7") 7)
-(st-test "to:do: no match" (evp "^ Searcher new findIndex: 99") 0)
-
-;; ── 5. ^ inside whileTrue: ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Searcher" "countdown:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "countdown: n
-       [n > 0] whileTrue: [
-         n = 5 ifTrue: [^ #stoppedAtFive].
-         n := n - 1].
-       ^ #done"))
-
-(st-test "^ from whileTrue: body"
-  (str (evp "^ Searcher new countdown: 10"))
-  "stoppedAtFive")
-(st-test "whileTrue: completes normally"
-  (str (evp "^ Searcher new countdown: 4"))
-  "done")
-
-;; ── 6. Returning blocks (escape from caller, not block-runner) ──
-;; Critical test: a method that returns a block. Calling block elsewhere
-;; should *not* escape this caller — the method has already returned.
-;; Real Smalltalk raises BlockContext>>cannotReturn:, but we just need to
-;; verify that *normal* (non-^) blocks behave correctly across method
-;; boundaries — i.e., a value-returning block works post-method.
-(st-class-add-method! "Searcher" "makeAdder:"
-  (st-parse-method "makeAdder: n ^ [:x | x + n]"))
-
-(st-test
-  "block returned by method still works (normal value, no ^)"
-  (evp "| add5 | add5 := Searcher new makeAdder: 5. ^ add5 value: 10")
-  15)
-
-;; ── 7. `^` inside a block invoked by another method ──
-;; Define `selectFrom:` that takes a block and applies it to each elem,
-;; returning the first elem for which the block returns true. The block,
-;; using `^`, can short-circuit *its caller* (not selectFrom:).
-(st-class-define! "Helper" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Helper" "applyTo:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "applyTo: aBlock
-       #(10 20 30) do: [:e | aBlock value: e].
-       ^ #helperFinished"))
-
-(st-class-define! "Caller" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Caller" "go"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "go
-       Helper new applyTo: [:e | e = 20 ifTrue: [^ #foundInCaller]].
-       ^ #didNotShortCircuit"))
-
-(st-test
-  "^ in block escapes the *creating* method (Caller>>go), not Helper>>applyTo:"
-  (str (evp "^ Caller new go"))
-  "foundInCaller")
-
-;; ── 8. Nested method invocation: outer should not be reached on inner ^ ──
-(st-class-define! "Outer" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Outer" "outer"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "outer
-       Outer new inner.
-       ^ #outerFinished"))
-
-(st-class-add-method! "Outer" "inner"
-  (st-parse-method "inner ^ #innerReturned"))
-
-(st-test
-  "inner method's ^ returns from inner only — outer continues"
-  (str (evp "^ Outer new outer"))
-  "outerFinished")
-
-;; ── 9. Detect.first-style patterns ──
-(st-class-define! "Detector" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Detector" "detect:in:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "detect: pred in: arr
-       arr do: [:e | (pred value: e) ifTrue: [^ e]].
-       ^ nil"))
-
-(st-test
-  "detect: finds first match via ^"
-  (evp "^ Detector new detect: [:x | x > 3] in: #(1 2 3 4 5)")
-  4)
-
-(st-test
-  "detect: returns nil when none match"
-  (evp "^ Detector new detect: [:x | x > 100] in: #(1 2 3)")
-  nil)
-
-;; ── 10. ^ at top level returns from the program ──
-(st-test "top-level ^v" (evp "1. ^ 99. 100") 99)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/numbers.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/numbers.sx
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-;; Number-tower tests: SmallInteger / Float / Fraction. New numeric methods
-;; (floor/ceiling/sqrt/factorial/gcd:/lcm:/raisedTo:/even/odd) and Fraction
-;; arithmetic with normalization.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. New SmallInteger / Float methods ──
-(st-test "floor of 3.7"      (ev "3.7 floor")       3)
-(st-test "floor of -3.2"     (ev "-3.2 floor")      -4)
-(st-test "ceiling of 3.2"    (ev "3.2 ceiling")     4)
-(st-test "ceiling of -3.7"   (ev "-3.7 ceiling")    -3)
-(st-test "truncated of 3.7"  (ev "3.7 truncated")   3)
-(st-test "truncated of -3.7" (ev "-3.7 truncated")  -3)
-(st-test "rounded of 3.4"    (ev "3.4 rounded")     3)
-(st-test "rounded of 3.5"    (ev "3.5 rounded")     4)
-(st-test "sqrt of 16"        (ev "16 sqrt")         4)
-(st-test "squared"           (ev "7 squared")       49)
-(st-test "raisedTo:"         (ev "2 raisedTo: 10")  1024)
-(st-test "factorial 0"       (ev "0 factorial")     1)
-(st-test "factorial 1"       (ev "1 factorial")     1)
-(st-test "factorial 5"       (ev "5 factorial")     120)
-(st-test "factorial 10"      (ev "10 factorial")    3628800)
-
-(st-test "even/odd 4"  (ev "4 even") true)
-(st-test "even/odd 5"  (ev "5 even") false)
-(st-test "odd 3"       (ev "3 odd")  true)
-(st-test "odd 4"       (ev "4 odd")  false)
-
-(st-test "gcd of 24 18"      (ev "24 gcd: 18")      6)
-(st-test "gcd 0 7"            (ev "0 gcd: 7")        7)
-(st-test "gcd negative"       (ev "-12 gcd: 8")     4)
-(st-test "lcm of 4 6"         (ev "4 lcm: 6")        12)
-
-(st-test "isInteger on int"   (ev "42 isInteger")   true)
-(st-test "isInteger on float" (ev "3.14 isInteger") false)
-(st-test "isFloat on float"   (ev "3.14 isFloat")   true)
-(st-test "isNumber"           (ev "42 isNumber")    true)
-
-;; ── 2. Fraction class ──
-(st-test "Fraction class exists" (st-class-exists? "Fraction") true)
-(st-test "Fraction < Number"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "Fraction" "Number") true)
-
-(st-test "Fraction creation"
-  (str (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2) printString"))
-  "1/2")
-
-(st-test "Fraction reduction at construction"
-  (str (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 6 denominator: 8) printString"))
-  "3/4")
-
-(st-test "Fraction sign normalization (denom positive)"
-  (str (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: -2) printString"))
-  "-1/2")
-
-(st-test "Fraction numerator accessor"
-  (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 6 denominator: 8) numerator") 3)
-
-(st-test "Fraction denominator accessor"
-  (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 6 denominator: 8) denominator") 4)
-
-;; ── 3. Fraction arithmetic ──
-(st-test "Fraction addition"
-  (str
-    (evp
-      "^ ((Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2) + (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 3)) printString"))
-  "5/6")
-
-(st-test "Fraction subtraction"
-  (str
-    (evp
-      "^ ((Fraction numerator: 3 denominator: 4) - (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 4)) printString"))
-  "1/2")
-
-(st-test "Fraction multiplication"
-  (str
-    (evp
-      "^ ((Fraction numerator: 2 denominator: 3) * (Fraction numerator: 3 denominator: 4)) printString"))
-  "1/2")
-
-(st-test "Fraction division"
-  (str
-    (evp
-      "^ ((Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2) / (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 4)) printString"))
-  "2/1")
-
-(st-test "Fraction negated"
-  (str (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 3) negated printString"))
-  "-1/3")
-
-(st-test "Fraction reciprocal"
-  (str (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 2 denominator: 5) reciprocal printString"))
-  "5/2")
-
-;; ── 4. Fraction equality + ordering ──
-(st-test "Fraction equality after reduce"
-  (evp
-    "^ (Fraction numerator: 4 denominator: 8) = (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2)")
-  true)
-
-(st-test "Fraction inequality"
-  (evp
-    "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 3) = (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 4)")
-  false)
-
-(st-test "Fraction less-than"
-  (evp
-    "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 3) < (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2)")
-  true)
-
-;; ── 5. Fraction asFloat ──
-(st-test "Fraction asFloat 1/2"
-  (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2) asFloat") (/ 1 2))
-
-(st-test "Fraction asFloat 3/4"
-  (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 3 denominator: 4) asFloat") (/ 3 4))
-
-;; ── 6. Fraction predicates ──
-(st-test "Fraction isFraction"
-  (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2) isFraction") true)
-
-(st-test "Fraction class name"
-  (evp "^ (Fraction numerator: 1 denominator: 2) class name") "Fraction")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/parse.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/parse.sx
@@ -1,369 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk parser tests.
-;;
-;; Reuses helpers (st-test, st-deep=?) from tokenize.sx. Counters reset
-;; here so this file's summary covers parse tests only.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-;; ── 1. Atoms ──
-(st-test "int" (st-parse-expr "42") {:type "lit-int" :value 42})
-(st-test "float" (st-parse-expr "3.14") {:type "lit-float" :value 3.14})
-(st-test "string" (st-parse-expr "'hi'") {:type "lit-string" :value "hi"})
-(st-test "char" (st-parse-expr "$x") {:type "lit-char" :value "x"})
-(st-test "symbol" (st-parse-expr "#foo") {:type "lit-symbol" :value "foo"})
-(st-test "binary symbol" (st-parse-expr "#+") {:type "lit-symbol" :value "+"})
-(st-test "keyword symbol" (st-parse-expr "#at:put:") {:type "lit-symbol" :value "at:put:"})
-(st-test "nil" (st-parse-expr "nil") {:type "lit-nil"})
-(st-test "true" (st-parse-expr "true") {:type "lit-true"})
-(st-test "false" (st-parse-expr "false") {:type "lit-false"})
-(st-test "self" (st-parse-expr "self") {:type "self"})
-(st-test "super" (st-parse-expr "super") {:type "super"})
-(st-test "ident" (st-parse-expr "x") {:type "ident" :name "x"})
-(st-test "negative int" (st-parse-expr "-3") {:type "lit-int" :value -3})
-
-;; ── 2. Literal arrays ──
-(st-test
-  "literal array of ints"
-  (st-parse-expr "#(1 2 3)")
-  {:type "lit-array"
-   :elements (list
-               {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-               {:type "lit-int" :value 2}
-               {:type "lit-int" :value 3})})
-
-(st-test
-  "literal array mixed"
-  (st-parse-expr "#(1 #foo 'x' true)")
-  {:type "lit-array"
-   :elements (list
-               {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-               {:type "lit-symbol" :value "foo"}
-               {:type "lit-string" :value "x"}
-               {:type "lit-true"})})
-
-(st-test
-  "literal array bare ident is symbol"
-  (st-parse-expr "#(foo bar)")
-  {:type "lit-array"
-   :elements (list
-               {:type "lit-symbol" :value "foo"}
-               {:type "lit-symbol" :value "bar"})})
-
-(st-test
-  "nested literal array"
-  (st-parse-expr "#(1 (2 3) 4)")
-  {:type "lit-array"
-   :elements (list
-               {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-               {:type "lit-array"
-                :elements (list
-                            {:type "lit-int" :value 2}
-                            {:type "lit-int" :value 3})}
-               {:type "lit-int" :value 4})})
-
-(st-test
-  "byte array"
-  (st-parse-expr "#[1 2 3]")
-  {:type "lit-byte-array" :elements (list 1 2 3)})
-
-;; ── 3. Unary messages ──
-(st-test
-  "unary single"
-  (st-parse-expr "x foo")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-   :selector "foo"
-   :args (list)})
-
-(st-test
-  "unary chain"
-  (st-parse-expr "x foo bar baz")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "send"
-              :receiver {:type "send"
-                         :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-                         :selector "foo"
-                         :args (list)}
-              :selector "bar"
-              :args (list)}
-   :selector "baz"
-   :args (list)})
-
-(st-test
-  "unary on literal"
-  (st-parse-expr "42 printNl")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 42}
-   :selector "printNl"
-   :args (list)})
-
-;; ── 4. Binary messages ──
-(st-test
-  "binary single"
-  (st-parse-expr "1 + 2")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-   :selector "+"
-   :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 2})})
-
-(st-test
-  "binary left-assoc"
-  (st-parse-expr "1 + 2 + 3")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "send"
-              :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-              :selector "+"
-              :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 2})}
-   :selector "+"
-   :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 3})})
-
-(st-test
-  "binary same precedence l-to-r"
-  (st-parse-expr "1 + 2 * 3")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "send"
-              :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-              :selector "+"
-              :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 2})}
-   :selector "*"
-   :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 3})})
-
-;; ── 5. Precedence: unary binds tighter than binary ──
-(st-test
-  "unary tighter than binary"
-  (st-parse-expr "3 + 4 factorial")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 3}
-   :selector "+"
-   :args (list
-           {:type "send"
-            :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 4}
-            :selector "factorial"
-            :args (list)})})
-
-;; ── 6. Keyword messages ──
-(st-test
-  "keyword single"
-  (st-parse-expr "x at: 1")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-   :selector "at:"
-   :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1})})
-
-(st-test
-  "keyword chain"
-  (st-parse-expr "x at: 1 put: 'a'")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-   :selector "at:put:"
-   :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1} {:type "lit-string" :value "a"})})
-
-;; ── 7. Precedence: binary tighter than keyword ──
-(st-test
-  "binary tighter than keyword"
-  (st-parse-expr "x at: 1 + 2")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-   :selector "at:"
-   :args (list
-           {:type "send"
-            :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-            :selector "+"
-            :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 2})})})
-
-(st-test
-  "keyword absorbs trailing unary"
-  (st-parse-expr "a foo: b bar")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "a"}
-   :selector "foo:"
-   :args (list
-           {:type "send"
-            :receiver {:type "ident" :name "b"}
-            :selector "bar"
-            :args (list)})})
-
-;; ── 8. Parens override precedence ──
-(st-test
-  "paren forces grouping"
-  (st-parse-expr "(1 + 2) * 3")
-  {:type "send"
-   :receiver {:type "send"
-              :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-              :selector "+"
-              :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 2})}
-   :selector "*"
-   :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 3})})
-
-;; ── 9. Cascade ──
-(st-test
-  "simple cascade"
-  (st-parse-expr "x m1; m2")
-  {:type "cascade"
-   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-   :messages (list
-               {:selector "m1" :args (list)}
-               {:selector "m2" :args (list)})})
-
-(st-test
-  "cascade with binary and keyword"
-  (st-parse-expr "Stream new nl; tab; print: 1")
-  {:type "cascade"
-   :receiver {:type "send"
-              :receiver {:type "ident" :name "Stream"}
-              :selector "new"
-              :args (list)}
-   :messages (list
-               {:selector "nl" :args (list)}
-               {:selector "tab" :args (list)}
-               {:selector "print:" :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1})})})
-
-;; ── 10. Blocks ──
-(st-test
-  "empty block"
-  (st-parse-expr "[]")
-  {:type "block" :params (list) :temps (list) :body (list)})
-
-(st-test
-  "block one expr"
-  (st-parse-expr "[1 + 2]")
-  {:type "block"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list)
-   :body (list
-           {:type "send"
-            :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-            :selector "+"
-            :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 2})})})
-
-(st-test
-  "block with params"
-  (st-parse-expr "[:a :b | a + b]")
-  {:type "block"
-   :params (list "a" "b")
-   :temps (list)
-   :body (list
-           {:type "send"
-            :receiver {:type "ident" :name "a"}
-            :selector "+"
-            :args (list {:type "ident" :name "b"})})})
-
-(st-test
-  "block with temps"
-  (st-parse-expr "[| t | t := 1. t]")
-  {:type "block"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list "t")
-   :body (list
-           {:type "assign" :name "t" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 1}}
-           {:type "ident" :name "t"})})
-
-(st-test
-  "block with params and temps"
-  (st-parse-expr "[:x | | t | t := x + 1. t]")
-  {:type "block"
-   :params (list "x")
-   :temps (list "t")
-   :body (list
-           {:type "assign"
-            :name "t"
-            :expr {:type "send"
-                   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-                   :selector "+"
-                   :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1})}}
-           {:type "ident" :name "t"})})
-
-;; ── 11. Assignment / return / statements ──
-(st-test
-  "assignment"
-  (st-parse-expr "x := 1")
-  {:type "assign" :name "x" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 1}})
-
-(st-test
-  "return"
-  (st-parse-expr "1")
-  {:type "lit-int" :value 1})
-
-(st-test
-  "return statement at top level"
-  (st-parse "^ 1")
-  {:type "seq" :temps (list)
-   :exprs (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 1}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "two statements"
-  (st-parse "x := 1. y := 2")
-  {:type "seq" :temps (list)
-   :exprs (list
-            {:type "assign" :name "x" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 1}}
-            {:type "assign" :name "y" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 2}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "trailing dot allowed"
-  (st-parse "1. 2.")
-  {:type "seq" :temps (list)
-   :exprs (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1} {:type "lit-int" :value 2})})
-
-;; ── 12. Method headers ──
-(st-test
-  "unary method"
-  (st-parse-method "factorial ^ self * (self - 1) factorial")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "factorial"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list)
-   :body (list
-           {:type "return"
-            :expr {:type "send"
-                   :receiver {:type "self"}
-                   :selector "*"
-                   :args (list
-                           {:type "send"
-                            :receiver {:type "send"
-                                       :receiver {:type "self"}
-                                       :selector "-"
-                                       :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1})}
-                            :selector "factorial"
-                            :args (list)})}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "binary method"
-  (st-parse-method "+ other ^ 'plus'")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "+"
-   :params (list "other")
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list)
-   :body (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-string" :value "plus"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "keyword method"
-  (st-parse-method "at: i put: v ^ v")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "at:put:"
-   :params (list "i" "v")
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list)
-   :body (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "ident" :name "v"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "method with temps"
-  (st-parse-method "twice: x | t | t := x + x. ^ t")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "twice:"
-   :params (list "x")
-   :temps (list "t")
-   :pragmas (list)
-   :body (list
-           {:type "assign"
-            :name "t"
-            :expr {:type "send"
-                   :receiver {:type "ident" :name "x"}
-                   :selector "+"
-                   :args (list {:type "ident" :name "x"})}}
-           {:type "return" :expr {:type "ident" :name "t"}})})
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/parse_chunks.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/parse_chunks.sx
@@ -1,294 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk chunk-stream parser + pragma tests.
-;;
-;; Reuses helpers (st-test, st-deep=?) from tokenize.sx. Counters reset
-;; here so this file's summary covers chunk + pragma tests only.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-;; ── 1. Raw chunk reader ──
-(st-test "empty source" (st-read-chunks "") (list))
-(st-test "single chunk" (st-read-chunks "foo!") (list "foo"))
-(st-test "two chunks" (st-read-chunks "a! b!") (list "a" "b"))
-(st-test "trailing no bang" (st-read-chunks "a! b") (list "a" "b"))
-(st-test "empty chunk" (st-read-chunks "a! ! b!") (list "a" "" "b"))
-(st-test
-  "doubled bang escapes"
-  (st-read-chunks "yes!! no!yes!")
-  (list "yes! no" "yes"))
-(st-test
-  "whitespace trimmed"
-  (st-read-chunks "  \n  hello  \n  !")
-  (list "hello"))
-
-;; ── 2. Chunk parser — do-it mode ──
-(st-test
-  "single do-it chunk"
-  (st-parse-chunks "1 + 2!")
-  (list
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "send"
-           :receiver {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-           :selector "+"
-           :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 2})}}))
-
-(st-test
-  "two do-it chunks"
-  (st-parse-chunks "x := 1! y := 2!")
-  (list
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "assign" :name "x" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 1}}}
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "assign" :name "y" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 2}}}))
-
-(st-test
-  "blank chunk outside methods"
-  (st-parse-chunks "1! ! 2!")
-  (list
-    {:kind "expr" :ast {:type "lit-int" :value 1}}
-    {:kind "blank"}
-    {:kind "expr" :ast {:type "lit-int" :value 2}}))
-
-;; ── 3. Methods batch ──
-(st-test
-  "methodsFor opens method batch"
-  (st-parse-chunks
-    "Foo methodsFor: 'access'! foo ^ 1! bar ^ 2! !")
-  (list
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "send"
-           :receiver {:type "ident" :name "Foo"}
-           :selector "methodsFor:"
-           :args (list {:type "lit-string" :value "access"})}}
-    {:kind "method"
-     :class "Foo"
-     :class-side? false
-     :category "access"
-     :ast {:type "method"
-           :selector "foo"
-           :params (list)
-           :temps (list)
-           :pragmas (list)
-           :body (list
-                   {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 1}})}}
-    {:kind "method"
-     :class "Foo"
-     :class-side? false
-     :category "access"
-     :ast {:type "method"
-           :selector "bar"
-           :params (list)
-           :temps (list)
-           :pragmas (list)
-           :body (list
-                   {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 2}})}}
-    {:kind "end-methods"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "class-side methodsFor"
-  (st-parse-chunks
-    "Foo class methodsFor: 'creation'! make ^ self new! !")
-  (list
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "send"
-           :receiver {:type "send"
-                      :receiver {:type "ident" :name "Foo"}
-                      :selector "class"
-                      :args (list)}
-           :selector "methodsFor:"
-           :args (list {:type "lit-string" :value "creation"})}}
-    {:kind "method"
-     :class "Foo"
-     :class-side? true
-     :category "creation"
-     :ast {:type "method"
-           :selector "make"
-           :params (list)
-           :temps (list)
-           :pragmas (list)
-           :body (list
-                   {:type "return"
-                    :expr {:type "send"
-                           :receiver {:type "self"}
-                           :selector "new"
-                           :args (list)}})}}
-    {:kind "end-methods"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "method batch returns to do-it after empty chunk"
-  (st-parse-chunks
-    "Foo methodsFor: 'a'! m1 ^ 1! ! 99!")
-  (list
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "send"
-           :receiver {:type "ident" :name "Foo"}
-           :selector "methodsFor:"
-           :args (list {:type "lit-string" :value "a"})}}
-    {:kind "method"
-     :class "Foo"
-     :class-side? false
-     :category "a"
-     :ast {:type "method"
-           :selector "m1"
-           :params (list)
-           :temps (list)
-           :pragmas (list)
-           :body (list
-                   {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 1}})}}
-    {:kind "end-methods"}
-    {:kind "expr" :ast {:type "lit-int" :value 99}}))
-
-;; ── 4. Pragmas in method bodies ──
-(st-test
-  "single pragma"
-  (st-parse-method "primAt: i <primitive: 60> ^ self")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "primAt:"
-   :params (list "i")
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list
-              {:selector "primitive:"
-               :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 60})})
-   :body (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "self"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "pragma with two keyword pairs"
-  (st-parse-method "fft <primitive: 1 module: 'fft'> ^ nil")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "fft"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list
-              {:selector "primitive:module:"
-               :args (list
-                       {:type "lit-int" :value 1}
-                       {:type "lit-string" :value "fft"})})
-   :body (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-nil"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "pragma with negative number"
-  (st-parse-method "neg <primitive: -1> ^ nil")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "neg"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list
-              {:selector "primitive:"
-               :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value -1})})
-   :body (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-nil"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "pragma with symbol arg"
-  (st-parse-method "tagged <category: #algebra> ^ nil")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "tagged"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list
-              {:selector "category:"
-               :args (list {:type "lit-symbol" :value "algebra"})})
-   :body (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "lit-nil"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "pragma then temps"
-  (st-parse-method "calc <primitive: 1> | t | t := 5. ^ t")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "calc"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list "t")
-   :pragmas (list
-              {:selector "primitive:"
-               :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1})})
-   :body (list
-           {:type "assign" :name "t" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 5}}
-           {:type "return" :expr {:type "ident" :name "t"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "temps then pragma"
-  (st-parse-method "calc | t | <primitive: 1> t := 5. ^ t")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "calc"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list "t")
-   :pragmas (list
-              {:selector "primitive:"
-               :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1})})
-   :body (list
-           {:type "assign" :name "t" :expr {:type "lit-int" :value 5}}
-           {:type "return" :expr {:type "ident" :name "t"}})})
-
-(st-test
-  "two pragmas"
-  (st-parse-method "m <primitive: 1> <category: 'a'> ^ self")
-  {:type "method"
-   :selector "m"
-   :params (list)
-   :temps (list)
-   :pragmas (list
-              {:selector "primitive:"
-               :args (list {:type "lit-int" :value 1})}
-              {:selector "category:"
-               :args (list {:type "lit-string" :value "a"})})
-   :body (list {:type "return" :expr {:type "self"}})})
-
-;; ── 5. End-to-end: a small "filed-in" snippet ──
-(st-test
-  "small filed-in class snippet"
-  (st-parse-chunks
-    "Object subclass: #Account
-       instanceVariableNames: 'balance'!
-
-     !Account methodsFor: 'access'!
-     balance
-       ^ balance!
-
-     deposit: amount
-       balance := balance + amount.
-       ^ self! !")
-  (list
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "send"
-           :receiver {:type "ident" :name "Object"}
-           :selector "subclass:instanceVariableNames:"
-           :args (list
-                   {:type "lit-symbol" :value "Account"}
-                   {:type "lit-string" :value "balance"})}}
-    {:kind "blank"}
-    {:kind "expr"
-     :ast {:type "send"
-           :receiver {:type "ident" :name "Account"}
-           :selector "methodsFor:"
-           :args (list {:type "lit-string" :value "access"})}}
-    {:kind "method"
-     :class "Account"
-     :class-side? false
-     :category "access"
-     :ast {:type "method"
-           :selector "balance"
-           :params (list)
-           :temps (list)
-           :pragmas (list)
-           :body (list
-                   {:type "return"
-                    :expr {:type "ident" :name "balance"}})}}
-    {:kind "method"
-     :class "Account"
-     :class-side? false
-     :category "access"
-     :ast {:type "method"
-           :selector "deposit:"
-           :params (list "amount")
-           :temps (list)
-           :pragmas (list)
-           :body (list
-                   {:type "assign"
-                    :name "balance"
-                    :expr {:type "send"
-                           :receiver {:type "ident" :name "balance"}
-                           :selector "+"
-                           :args (list {:type "ident" :name "amount"})}}
-                   {:type "return" :expr {:type "self"}})}}
-    {:kind "end-methods"}))
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo.sx
@@ -1,264 +0,0 @@
-;; Vendor a slice of Pharo Kernel-Tests / Collections-Tests.
-;;
-;; The .st files in tests/pharo/ define TestCase subclasses with `test*`
-;; methods. This harness reads them, asks the SUnit framework for the
-;; per-class test selector list, runs each test individually, and emits
-;; one st-test row per Smalltalk test method — so each Pharo test counts
-;; toward the scoreboard's grand total.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-;; The runtime is already loaded by test.sh. The class table has SUnit
-;; (also bootstrapped by test.sh). We need to install the Pharo test
-;; classes before iterating them.
-
-(define
-  pharo-kernel-source
-  "TestCase subclass: #IntegerTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !IntegerTest methodsFor: 'arithmetic'!
-   testAddition self assert: 2 + 3 equals: 5!
-   testSubtraction self assert: 10 - 4 equals: 6!
-   testMultiplication self assert: 6 * 7 equals: 42!
-   testDivisionExact self assert: 10 / 2 equals: 5!
-   testNegation self assert: 7 negated equals: -7!
-   testAbs self assert: -5 abs equals: 5!
-   testZero self assert: 0 + 0 equals: 0!
-   testIdentity self assert: 42 == 42! !
-
-   !IntegerTest methodsFor: 'comparison'!
-   testLessThan self assert: 1 < 2!
-   testLessOrEqual self assert: 5 <= 5!
-   testGreater self assert: 10 > 3!
-   testEqualSelf self assert: 7 = 7!
-   testNotEqual self assert: (3 ~= 5)!
-   testBetween self assert: (5 between: 1 and: 10)! !
-
-   !IntegerTest methodsFor: 'predicates'!
-   testEvenTrue self assert: 4 even!
-   testEvenFalse self deny: 5 even!
-   testOdd self assert: 3 odd!
-   testIsInteger self assert: 0 isInteger!
-   testIsNumber self assert: 1 isNumber!
-   testIsZero self assert: 0 isZero!
-   testIsNotZero self deny: 1 isZero! !
-
-   !IntegerTest methodsFor: 'powers and roots'!
-   testFactorialZero self assert: 0 factorial equals: 1!
-   testFactorialFive self assert: 5 factorial equals: 120!
-   testRaisedTo self assert: (2 raisedTo: 8) equals: 256!
-   testSquared self assert: 9 squared equals: 81!
-   testSqrtPerfect self assert: 16 sqrt equals: 4!
-   testGcd self assert: (24 gcd: 18) equals: 6!
-   testLcm self assert: (4 lcm: 6) equals: 12! !
-
-   !IntegerTest methodsFor: 'rounding'!
-   testFloor self assert: 3.7 floor equals: 3!
-   testCeiling self assert: 3.2 ceiling equals: 4!
-   testTruncated self assert: -3.7 truncated equals: -3!
-   testRounded self assert: 3.5 rounded equals: 4! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #StringTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !StringTest methodsFor: 'access'!
-   testSize self assert: 'hello' size equals: 5!
-   testEmpty self assert: '' isEmpty!
-   testNotEmpty self assert: 'a' notEmpty!
-   testAtFirst self assert: ('hello' at: 1) equals: 'h'!
-   testAtLast self assert: ('hello' at: 5) equals: 'o'!
-   testFirst self assert: 'world' first equals: 'w'!
-   testLast self assert: 'world' last equals: 'd'! !
-
-   !StringTest methodsFor: 'concatenation'!
-   testCommaConcat self assert: 'hello, ' , 'world' equals: 'hello, world'!
-   testEmptyConcat self assert: '' , 'x' equals: 'x'!
-   testSelfConcat self assert: 'ab' , 'ab' equals: 'abab'! !
-
-   !StringTest methodsFor: 'comparisons'!
-   testEqual self assert: 'a' = 'a'!
-   testNotEqualStr self deny: 'a' = 'b'!
-   testIncludes self assert: ('banana' includes: $a)!
-   testIncludesNot self deny: ('banana' includes: $z)!
-   testIndexOf self assert: ('abcde' indexOf: $c) equals: 3! !
-
-   !StringTest methodsFor: 'transforms'!
-   testCopyFromTo self assert: ('helloworld' copyFrom: 6 to: 10) equals: 'world'! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #BooleanTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !BooleanTest methodsFor: 'logic'!
-   testNotTrue self deny: true not!
-   testNotFalse self assert: false not!
-   testAnd self assert: (true & true)!
-   testOr self assert: (true | false)!
-   testIfTrueTaken self assert: (true ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]) equals: 1!
-   testIfFalseTaken self assert: (false ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]) equals: 2!
-   testAndShortCircuit self assert: (false and: [1/0]) equals: false!
-   testOrShortCircuit self assert: (true or: [1/0]) equals: true! !")
-
-(define
-  pharo-collections-source
-  "TestCase subclass: #ArrayTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !ArrayTest methodsFor: 'creation'!
-   testNewSize self assert: (Array new: 5) size equals: 5!
-   testLiteralSize self assert: #(1 2 3) size equals: 3!
-   testEmpty self assert: #() isEmpty!
-   testNotEmpty self assert: #(1) notEmpty!
-   testFirst self assert: #(10 20 30) first equals: 10!
-   testLast self assert: #(10 20 30) last equals: 30! !
-
-   !ArrayTest methodsFor: 'access'!
-   testAt self assert: (#(10 20 30) at: 2) equals: 20!
-   testAtPut
-     | a |
-     a := Array new: 3.
-     a at: 1 put: 'x'. a at: 2 put: 'y'. a at: 3 put: 'z'.
-     self assert: (a at: 2) equals: 'y'! !
-
-   !ArrayTest methodsFor: 'iteration'!
-   testDoSum
-     | s |
-     s := 0.
-     #(1 2 3 4 5) do: [:e | s := s + e].
-     self assert: s equals: 15!
-
-   testInjectInto self assert: (#(1 2 3 4) inject: 0 into: [:a :b | a + b]) equals: 10!
-
-   testCollect self assert: (#(1 2 3) collect: [:x | x * x]) equals: #(1 4 9)!
-
-   testSelect self assert: (#(1 2 3 4 5) select: [:x | x > 2]) equals: #(3 4 5)!
-
-   testReject self assert: (#(1 2 3 4 5) reject: [:x | x > 2]) equals: #(1 2)!
-
-   testDetect self assert: (#(1 3 5 7) detect: [:x | x > 4]) equals: 5!
-
-   testCount self assert: (#(1 2 3 4 5) count: [:x | x even]) equals: 2!
-
-   testAnySatisfy self assert: (#(1 2 3) anySatisfy: [:x | x > 2])!
-
-   testAllSatisfy self assert: (#(2 4 6) allSatisfy: [:x | x even])!
-
-   testIncludes self assert: (#(1 2 3) includes: 2)!
-
-   testIncludesNotArr self deny: (#(1 2 3) includes: 99)!
-
-   testIndexOfArr self assert: (#(10 20 30) indexOf: 30) equals: 3!
-
-   testIndexOfMissing self assert: (#(1 2 3) indexOf: 99) equals: 0! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #DictionaryTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !DictionaryTest methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   testEmpty self assert: Dictionary new isEmpty!
-
-   testAtPutThenAt
-     | d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1.
-     self assert: (d at: #a) equals: 1!
-
-   testAtMissingNil self assert: (Dictionary new at: #nope) equals: nil!
-
-   testAtIfAbsent
-     self assert: (Dictionary new at: #nope ifAbsent: [#absent]) equals: #absent!
-
-   testSize
-     | d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2. d at: #c put: 3.
-     self assert: d size equals: 3!
-
-   testIncludesKey
-     | d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1.
-     self assert: (d includesKey: #a)!
-
-   testRemoveKey
-     | d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2.
-     d removeKey: #a.
-     self deny: (d includesKey: #a)!
-
-   testOverwrite
-     | d |
-     d := Dictionary new.
-     d at: #x put: 1. d at: #x put: 99.
-     self assert: (d at: #x) equals: 99! !
-
-   TestCase subclass: #SetTest instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !SetTest methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   testEmpty self assert: Set new isEmpty!
-
-   testAdd
-     | s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1.
-     self assert: (s includes: 1)!
-
-   testDedup
-     | s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1. s add: 1. s add: 1.
-     self assert: s size equals: 1!
-
-   testRemove
-     | s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 1. s add: 2.
-     s remove: 1.
-     self deny: (s includes: 1)!
-
-   testAddAll
-     | s |
-     s := Set new.
-     s addAll: #(1 2 3 2 1).
-     self assert: s size equals: 3!
-
-   testDoSum
-     | s sum |
-     s := Set new.
-     s add: 10. s add: 20. s add: 30.
-     sum := 0.
-     s do: [:e | sum := sum + e].
-     self assert: sum equals: 60! !")
-
-(smalltalk-load pharo-kernel-source)
-(smalltalk-load pharo-collections-source)
-
-;; Run each test method individually and create one st-test row per test.
-;; A pharo test name like "IntegerTest >> testAddition" passes when the
-;; SUnit run yields exactly one pass and zero failures.
-(define
-  pharo-test-class
-  (fn
-    (cls-name)
-    (let ((selectors (sort (keys (get (st-class-get cls-name) :methods)))))
-      (for-each
-        (fn (sel)
-          (when
-            (and (>= (len sel) 4) (= (slice sel 0 4) "test"))
-            (let
-              ((src (str "| s r | s := " cls-name " suiteForAll: #(#"
-                         sel "). r := s run.
-                         ^ {(r passCount). (r failureCount). (r errorCount)}")))
-              (let ((result (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-                (st-test
-                  (str cls-name " >> " sel)
-                  result
-                  (list 1 0 0))))))
-        selectors))))
-
-(pharo-test-class "IntegerTest")
-(pharo-test-class "StringTest")
-(pharo-test-class "BooleanTest")
-(pharo-test-class "ArrayTest")
-(pharo-test-class "DictionaryTest")
-(pharo-test-class "SetTest")
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo/collections.st
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo/collections.st
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-"Pharo Collections-Tests slice — Array, Dictionary, Set."
-
-TestCase subclass: #ArrayTest
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!ArrayTest methodsFor: 'creation'!
-testNewSize self assert: (Array new: 5) size equals: 5!
-testLiteralSize self assert: #(1 2 3) size equals: 3!
-testEmpty self assert: #() isEmpty!
-testNotEmpty self assert: #(1) notEmpty!
-testFirst self assert: #(10 20 30) first equals: 10!
-testLast self assert: #(10 20 30) last equals: 30! !
-
-!ArrayTest methodsFor: 'access'!
-testAt self assert: (#(10 20 30) at: 2) equals: 20!
-testAtPut
-  | a |
-  a := Array new: 3.
-  a at: 1 put: 'x'.
-  a at: 2 put: 'y'.
-  a at: 3 put: 'z'.
-  self assert: (a at: 2) equals: 'y'! !
-
-!ArrayTest methodsFor: 'iteration'!
-testDoSum
-  | s |
-  s := 0.
-  #(1 2 3 4 5) do: [:e | s := s + e].
-  self assert: s equals: 15!
-
-testInjectInto self assert: (#(1 2 3 4) inject: 0 into: [:a :b | a + b]) equals: 10!
-
-testCollect self assert: (#(1 2 3) collect: [:x | x * x]) equals: #(1 4 9)!
-
-testSelect self assert: (#(1 2 3 4 5) select: [:x | x > 2]) equals: #(3 4 5)!
-
-testReject self assert: (#(1 2 3 4 5) reject: [:x | x > 2]) equals: #(1 2)!
-
-testDetect self assert: (#(1 3 5 7) detect: [:x | x > 4]) equals: 5!
-
-testCount self assert: (#(1 2 3 4 5) count: [:x | x even]) equals: 2!
-
-testAnySatisfy self assert: (#(1 2 3) anySatisfy: [:x | x > 2])!
-
-testAllSatisfy self assert: (#(2 4 6) allSatisfy: [:x | x even])!
-
-testIncludes self assert: (#(1 2 3) includes: 2)!
-
-testIncludesNot self deny: (#(1 2 3) includes: 99)!
-
-testIndexOf self assert: (#(10 20 30) indexOf: 30) equals: 3!
-
-testIndexOfMissing self assert: (#(1 2 3) indexOf: 99) equals: 0! !
-
-TestCase subclass: #DictionaryTest
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!DictionaryTest methodsFor: 'fixture'!
-setUp ^ self! !
-
-!DictionaryTest methodsFor: 'tests'!
-testEmpty self assert: Dictionary new isEmpty!
-
-testAtPutThenAt
-  | d |
-  d := Dictionary new.
-  d at: #a put: 1.
-  self assert: (d at: #a) equals: 1!
-
-testAtMissingNil self assert: (Dictionary new at: #nope) equals: nil!
-
-testAtIfAbsent
-  self assert: (Dictionary new at: #nope ifAbsent: [#absent]) equals: #absent!
-
-testSize
-  | d |
-  d := Dictionary new.
-  d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2. d at: #c put: 3.
-  self assert: d size equals: 3!
-
-testIncludesKey
-  | d |
-  d := Dictionary new.
-  d at: #a put: 1.
-  self assert: (d includesKey: #a)!
-
-testRemoveKey
-  | d |
-  d := Dictionary new.
-  d at: #a put: 1. d at: #b put: 2.
-  d removeKey: #a.
-  self deny: (d includesKey: #a)!
-
-testOverwrite
-  | d |
-  d := Dictionary new.
-  d at: #x put: 1. d at: #x put: 99.
-  self assert: (d at: #x) equals: 99! !
-
-TestCase subclass: #SetTest
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!SetTest methodsFor: 'tests'!
-testEmpty self assert: Set new isEmpty!
-
-testAdd
-  | s |
-  s := Set new.
-  s add: 1.
-  self assert: (s includes: 1)!
-
-testDedup
-  | s |
-  s := Set new.
-  s add: 1. s add: 1. s add: 1.
-  self assert: s size equals: 1!
-
-testRemove
-  | s |
-  s := Set new.
-  s add: 1. s add: 2.
-  s remove: 1.
-  self deny: (s includes: 1)!
-
-testAddAll
-  | s |
-  s := Set new.
-  s addAll: #(1 2 3 2 1).
-  self assert: s size equals: 3!
-
-testDoSum
-  | s sum |
-  s := Set new.
-  s add: 10. s add: 20. s add: 30.
-  sum := 0.
-  s do: [:e | sum := sum + e].
-  self assert: sum equals: 60! !
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo/kernel.st
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo/kernel.st
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-"Pharo Kernel-Tests slice — small subset of the canonical Pharo unit
- tests for SmallInteger, Float, String, Symbol, Boolean, Character.
- Runs through the SUnit framework defined in lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx."
-
-TestCase subclass: #IntegerTest
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!IntegerTest methodsFor: 'arithmetic'!
-testAddition self assert: 2 + 3 equals: 5!
-testSubtraction self assert: 10 - 4 equals: 6!
-testMultiplication self assert: 6 * 7 equals: 42!
-testDivisionExact self assert: 10 / 2 equals: 5!
-testNegation self assert: 7 negated equals: -7!
-testAbs self assert: -5 abs equals: 5!
-testZero self assert: 0 + 0 equals: 0!
-testIdentity self assert: 42 == 42! !
-
-!IntegerTest methodsFor: 'comparison'!
-testLessThan self assert: 1 < 2!
-testLessOrEqual self assert: 5 <= 5!
-testGreater self assert: 10 > 3!
-testEqualSelf self assert: 7 = 7!
-testNotEqual self assert: (3 ~= 5)!
-testBetween self assert: (5 between: 1 and: 10)! !
-
-!IntegerTest methodsFor: 'predicates'!
-testEvenTrue self assert: 4 even!
-testEvenFalse self deny: 5 even!
-testOdd self assert: 3 odd!
-testIsInteger self assert: 0 isInteger!
-testIsNumber self assert: 1 isNumber!
-testIsZero self assert: 0 isZero!
-testIsNotZero self deny: 1 isZero! !
-
-!IntegerTest methodsFor: 'powers and roots'!
-testFactorialZero self assert: 0 factorial equals: 1!
-testFactorialFive self assert: 5 factorial equals: 120!
-testRaisedTo self assert: (2 raisedTo: 8) equals: 256!
-testSquared self assert: 9 squared equals: 81!
-testSqrtPerfect self assert: 16 sqrt equals: 4!
-testGcd self assert: (24 gcd: 18) equals: 6!
-testLcm self assert: (4 lcm: 6) equals: 12! !
-
-!IntegerTest methodsFor: 'rounding'!
-testFloor self assert: 3.7 floor equals: 3!
-testCeiling self assert: 3.2 ceiling equals: 4!
-testTruncated self assert: -3.7 truncated equals: -3!
-testRounded self assert: 3.5 rounded equals: 4! !
-
-TestCase subclass: #StringTest
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!StringTest methodsFor: 'access'!
-testSize self assert: 'hello' size equals: 5!
-testEmpty self assert: '' isEmpty!
-testNotEmpty self assert: 'a' notEmpty!
-testAtFirst self assert: ('hello' at: 1) equals: 'h'!
-testAtLast self assert: ('hello' at: 5) equals: 'o'!
-testFirst self assert: 'world' first equals: 'w'!
-testLast self assert: 'world' last equals: 'd'! !
-
-!StringTest methodsFor: 'concatenation'!
-testCommaConcat self assert: 'hello, ' , 'world' equals: 'hello, world'!
-testEmptyConcat self assert: '' , 'x' equals: 'x'!
-testSelfConcat self assert: 'ab' , 'ab' equals: 'abab'! !
-
-!StringTest methodsFor: 'comparisons'!
-testEqual self assert: 'a' = 'a'!
-testNotEqual self deny: 'a' = 'b'!
-testIncludes self assert: ('banana' includes: $a)!
-testIncludesNot self deny: ('banana' includes: $z)!
-testIndexOf self assert: ('abcde' indexOf: $c) equals: 3! !
-
-!StringTest methodsFor: 'transforms'!
-testCopyFromTo self assert: ('helloworld' copyFrom: 6 to: 10) equals: 'world'!
-testFormat self assert: ('Hello, {1}!' format: #('World')) equals: 'Hello, World!'! !
-
-TestCase subclass: #BooleanTest
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!BooleanTest methodsFor: 'logic'!
-testNotTrue self deny: true not!
-testNotFalse self assert: false not!
-testAnd self assert: (true & true)!
-testOr self assert: (true | false)!
-testIfTrueTaken self assert: (true ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]) equals: 1!
-testIfFalseTaken self assert: (false ifTrue: [1] ifFalse: [2]) equals: 2!
-testAndShortCircuit self assert: (false and: [1/0]) equals: false!
-testOrShortCircuit self assert: (true or: [1/0]) equals: true! !
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/printing.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/printing.sx
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-;; String>>format: and printOn: tests.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. String>>format: ──
-(st-test "format: single placeholder"
-  (ev "'Hello, {1}!' format: #('World')")
-  "Hello, World!")
-
-(st-test "format: multiple placeholders"
-  (ev "'{1} + {2} = {3}' format: #(1 2 3)")
-  "1 + 2 = 3")
-
-(st-test "format: out-of-order"
-  (ev "'{2} {1}' format: #('first' 'second')")
-  "second first")
-
-(st-test "format: repeated index"
-  (ev "'{1}-{1}-{1}' format: #(#a)")
-  "a-a-a")
-
-(st-test "format: empty source"
-  (ev "'' format: #()") "")
-
-(st-test "format: no placeholders"
-  (ev "'plain text' format: #()") "plain text")
-
-(st-test "format: unmatched {"
-  (ev "'open { brace' format: #('x')")
-  "open { brace")
-
-(st-test "format: out-of-range index keeps literal"
-  (ev "'{99}' format: #('hi')")
-  "{99}")
-
-(st-test "format: numeric arg"
-  (ev "'value: {1}' format: #(42)")
-  "value: 42")
-
-(st-test "format: float arg"
-  (ev "'pi ~ {1}' format: #(3.14)")
-  "pi ~ 3.14")
-
-;; ── 2. printOn: writes printString to stream ──
-(st-test "printOn: writes int via stream"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     42 printOn: s.
-     ^ s contents")
-  (list "4" "2"))
-
-(st-test "printOn: writes string"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     'hi' printOn: s.
-     ^ s contents")
-  (list "'" "h" "i" "'"))
-
-(st-test "printOn: returns receiver"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     ^ 99 printOn: s")
-  99)
-
-;; ── 3. Universal printString fallback for user instances ──
-(st-class-define! "Cat" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-define! "Animal" "Object" (list))
-
-(st-test "printString of vowel-initial class"
-  (evp "^ Animal new printString")
-  "an Animal")
-
-(st-test "printString of consonant-initial class"
-  (evp "^ Cat new printString")
-  "a Cat")
-
-(st-test "user override of printString wins"
-  (begin
-    (st-class-add-method! "Cat" "printString"
-      (st-parse-method "printString ^ #miaow asString"))
-    (str (evp "^ Cat new printString")))
-  "miaow")
-
-;; ── 4. printOn: on user instance with overridden printString ──
-(st-test "printOn: respects user-overridden printString"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     Cat new printOn: s.
-     ^ s contents")
-  (list "m" "i" "a" "o" "w"))
-
-;; ── 5. printString for class-refs ──
-(st-test "Class printString is its name"
-  (ev "Animal printString") "Animal")
-
-;; ── 6. format: combined with printString ──
-(st-class-define! "Box" "Object" (list "n"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Box" "n:"
-  (st-parse-method "n: v n := v. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Box" "printString"
-  (st-parse-method "printString ^ '<' , n printString , '>'"))
-
-(st-test "format: with custom printString in arg"
-  (str (evp
-    "| b | b := Box new n: 7.
-     ^ '({1})' format: (Array with: b printString)"))
-  "(<7>)")
-
-(st-class-add-class-method! "Array" "with:"
-  (st-parse-method "with: x | a | a := Array new: 1. a at: 1 put: x. ^ a"))
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs.sx
@@ -1,406 +0,0 @@
-;; Classic programs corpus tests.
-;;
-;; Each program lives in tests/programs/*.st as canonical Smalltalk source.
-;; This file embeds the same source as a string (until a file-read primitive
-;; lands) and runs it via smalltalk-load, then asserts behaviour.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── fibonacci.st (kept in sync with lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/fibonacci.st) ──
-(define
-  fib-source
-  "Object subclass: #Fibonacci
-     instanceVariableNames: 'memo'!
-
-   !Fibonacci methodsFor: 'init'!
-   init memo := Array new: 100. ^ self! !
-
-   !Fibonacci methodsFor: 'compute'!
-   fib: n
-     n < 2 ifTrue: [^ n].
-     ^ (self fib: n - 1) + (self fib: n - 2)!
-
-   memoFib: n
-     | cached |
-     cached := memo at: n + 1.
-     cached notNil ifTrue: [^ cached].
-     cached := n < 2
-                 ifTrue: [n]
-                 ifFalse: [(self memoFib: n - 1) + (self memoFib: n - 2)].
-     memo at: n + 1 put: cached.
-     ^ cached! !")
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(smalltalk-load fib-source)
-
-(st-test "fib(0)"  (evp "^ Fibonacci new fib: 0")  0)
-(st-test "fib(1)"  (evp "^ Fibonacci new fib: 1")  1)
-(st-test "fib(2)"  (evp "^ Fibonacci new fib: 2")  1)
-(st-test "fib(5)"  (evp "^ Fibonacci new fib: 5")  5)
-(st-test "fib(10)" (evp "^ Fibonacci new fib: 10") 55)
-(st-test "fib(15)" (evp "^ Fibonacci new fib: 15") 610)
-
-(st-test "memoFib(20)"
-  (evp "| f | f := Fibonacci new init. ^ f memoFib: 20")
-  6765)
-
-(st-test "memoFib(30)"
-  (evp "| f | f := Fibonacci new init. ^ f memoFib: 30")
-  832040)
-
-;; Memoisation actually populates the array.
-(st-test "memo cache stores intermediate"
-  (evp
-    "| f | f := Fibonacci new init.
-     f memoFib: 12.
-     ^ #(0 1 1 2 3 5) , #() , #()")
-  (list 0 1 1 2 3 5))
-
-;; The class is reachable from the bootstrap class table.
-(st-test "Fibonacci class exists in table" (st-class-exists? "Fibonacci") true)
-(st-test "Fibonacci has memo ivar"
-  (get (st-class-get "Fibonacci") :ivars)
-  (list "memo"))
-
-;; Method dictionary holds the three methods.
-(st-test "Fibonacci methodDict size"
-  (len (keys (get (st-class-get "Fibonacci") :methods)))
-  3)
-
-;; Each fib call is independent (no shared state between two instances).
-(st-test "two memo instances independent"
-  (evp
-    "| a b |
-     a := Fibonacci new init.
-     b := Fibonacci new init.
-     a memoFib: 10.
-     ^ b memoFib: 10")
-  55)
-
-;; ── eight-queens.st (kept in sync with lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/eight-queens.st) ──
-(define
-  queens-source
-  "Object subclass: #EightQueens
-     instanceVariableNames: 'columns count size'!
-
-   !EightQueens methodsFor: 'init'!
-   init
-     size := 8.
-     columns := Array new: size.
-     count := 0.
-     ^ self!
-
-   size: n
-     size := n.
-     columns := Array new: n.
-     count := 0.
-     ^ self! !
-
-   !EightQueens methodsFor: 'access'!
-   count ^ count!
-
-   size ^ size! !
-
-   !EightQueens methodsFor: 'solve'!
-   solve
-     self placeRow: 1.
-     ^ count!
-
-   placeRow: row
-     row > size ifTrue: [count := count + 1. ^ self].
-     1 to: size do: [:col |
-       (self isSafe: col atRow: row) ifTrue: [
-         columns at: row put: col.
-         self placeRow: row + 1]]!
-
-   isSafe: col atRow: row
-     | r prevCol delta |
-     r := 1.
-     [r < row] whileTrue: [
-       prevCol := columns at: r.
-       prevCol = col ifTrue: [^ false].
-       delta := col - prevCol.
-       delta abs = (row - r) ifTrue: [^ false].
-       r := r + 1].
-     ^ true! !")
-
-(smalltalk-load queens-source)
-
-;; Backtracking is correct but slow on the spec interpreter (call/cc per
-;; method, dict-based ivar reads). 4- and 5-queens cover the corners
-;; and run in under 10s; 6+ work but would push past the test-runner
-;; timeout. The class itself defaults to size 8, ready for the JIT.
-(st-test "1 queen on 1x1 board" (evp "^ (EightQueens new size: 1) solve") 1)
-(st-test "4 queens on 4x4 board" (evp "^ (EightQueens new size: 4) solve") 2)
-(st-test "5 queens on 5x5 board" (evp "^ (EightQueens new size: 5) solve") 10)
-(st-test "EightQueens class is registered" (st-class-exists? "EightQueens") true)
-(st-test "EightQueens init sets size 8"
-  (evp "^ EightQueens new init size") 8)
-
-;; ── quicksort.st ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-(define
-  quicksort-source
-  "Object subclass: #Quicksort
-     instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !Quicksort methodsFor: 'sort'!
-   sort: arr ^ self sort: arr from: 1 to: arr size!
-
-   sort: arr from: low to: high
-     | p |
-     low < high ifTrue: [
-       p := self partition: arr from: low to: high.
-       self sort: arr from: low to: p - 1.
-       self sort: arr from: p + 1 to: high].
-     ^ arr!
-
-   partition: arr from: low to: high
-     | pivot i tmp |
-     pivot := arr at: high.
-     i := low - 1.
-     low to: high - 1 do: [:j |
-       (arr at: j) <= pivot ifTrue: [
-         i := i + 1.
-         tmp := arr at: i.
-         arr at: i put: (arr at: j).
-         arr at: j put: tmp]].
-     tmp := arr at: i + 1.
-     arr at: i + 1 put: (arr at: high).
-     arr at: high put: tmp.
-     ^ i + 1! !")
-
-(smalltalk-load quicksort-source)
-
-(st-test "Quicksort class registered" (st-class-exists? "Quicksort") true)
-
-(st-test "qsort small array"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #(3 1 2)")
-  (list 1 2 3))
-
-(st-test "qsort with duplicates"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #(3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5)")
-  (list 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 9))
-
-(st-test "qsort already-sorted"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #(1 2 3 4 5)")
-  (list 1 2 3 4 5))
-
-(st-test "qsort reverse-sorted"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #(9 7 5 3 1)")
-  (list 1 3 5 7 9))
-
-(st-test "qsort single element"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #(42)")
-  (list 42))
-
-(st-test "qsort empty"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #()")
-  (list))
-
-(st-test "qsort negatives"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #(-3 -1 -7 0 2)")
-  (list -7 -3 -1 0 2))
-
-(st-test "qsort all-equal"
-  (evp "^ Quicksort new sort: #(5 5 5 5)")
-  (list 5 5 5 5))
-
-(st-test "qsort sorts in place (returns same array)"
-  (evp
-    "| arr q |
-     arr := #(4 2 1 3).
-     q := Quicksort new.
-     q sort: arr.
-     ^ arr")
-  (list 1 2 3 4))
-
-;; ── mandelbrot.st ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-(define
-  mandel-source
-  "Object subclass: #Mandelbrot
-     instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !Mandelbrot methodsFor: 'iteration'!
-   escapeAt: cx and: cy maxIter: maxIter
-     | zx zy zx2 zy2 i |
-     zx := 0. zy := 0.
-     zx2 := 0. zy2 := 0.
-     i := 0.
-     [(zx2 + zy2 < 4) and: [i < maxIter]] whileTrue: [
-       zy := (zx * zy * 2) + cy.
-       zx := zx2 - zy2 + cx.
-       zx2 := zx * zx.
-       zy2 := zy * zy.
-       i := i + 1].
-     ^ i!
-
-   inside: cx and: cy maxIter: maxIter
-     ^ (self escapeAt: cx and: cy maxIter: maxIter) >= maxIter! !
-
-   !Mandelbrot methodsFor: 'grid'!
-   countInsideRangeX: x0 to: x1 stepX: dx rangeY: y0 to: y1 stepY: dy maxIter: maxIter
-     | x y count |
-     count := 0.
-     y := y0.
-     [y <= y1] whileTrue: [
-       x := x0.
-       [x <= x1] whileTrue: [
-         (self inside: x and: y maxIter: maxIter) ifTrue: [count := count + 1].
-         x := x + dx].
-       y := y + dy].
-     ^ count! !")
-
-(smalltalk-load mandel-source)
-
-(st-test "Mandelbrot class registered" (st-class-exists? "Mandelbrot") true)
-
-;; The origin is the cusp of the cardioid — z stays at 0 forever.
-(st-test "origin is in the set"
-  (evp "^ Mandelbrot new inside: 0 and: 0 maxIter: 50") true)
-
-;; (-1, 0) — z₀=0, z₁=-1, z₂=0, … oscillates and stays bounded.
-(st-test "(-1, 0) is in the set"
-  (evp "^ Mandelbrot new inside: -1 and: 0 maxIter: 50") true)
-
-;; (1, 0) — escapes after 2 iterations: 0 → 1 → 2, |z|² = 4 ≥ 4.
-(st-test "(1, 0) escapes quickly"
-  (evp "^ Mandelbrot new escapeAt: 1 and: 0 maxIter: 50") 2)
-
-;; (2, 0) — escapes immediately: 0 → 2, |z|² = 4 ≥ 4 already.
-(st-test "(2, 0) escapes after 1 step"
-  (evp "^ Mandelbrot new escapeAt: 2 and: 0 maxIter: 50") 1)
-
-;; (-2, 0) — z₀=0; iter 1: z₁=-2, |z|²=4, condition `< 4` fails → exits at i=1.
-(st-test "(-2, 0) escapes after 1 step"
-  (evp "^ Mandelbrot new escapeAt: -2 and: 0 maxIter: 50") 1)
-
-;; (10, 10) — far outside, escapes on the first step.
-(st-test "(10, 10) escapes after 1 step"
-  (evp "^ Mandelbrot new escapeAt: 10 and: 10 maxIter: 50") 1)
-
-;; Coarse 5x5 grid (-2..2 in 1-step increments, no half-steps to keep
-;; this fast). Membership of (-1,0), (0,0), (-1,-1)? We expect just
-;; (0,0) and (-1,0) at maxIter 30.
-;; Actually let's count exact membership at this resolution.
-(st-test "tiny 3x3 grid count"
-  (evp
-    "^ Mandelbrot new countInsideRangeX: -1 to: 1 stepX: 1
-                              rangeY: -1 to: 1 stepY: 1
-                              maxIter: 30")
-  ;; In-set points (bounded after 30 iters): (0,-1) (-1,0) (0,0) (0,1) → 4.
-  4)
-
-;; ── life.st ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-(define
-  life-source
-  "Object subclass: #Life
-     instanceVariableNames: 'rows cols cells'!
-
-   !Life methodsFor: 'init'!
-   rows: r cols: c
-     rows := r. cols := c.
-     cells := Array new: r * c.
-     1 to: r * c do: [:i | cells at: i put: 0].
-     ^ self! !
-
-   !Life methodsFor: 'access'!
-   rows ^ rows!
-   cols ^ cols!
-
-   at: r at: c
-     ((r < 1) or: [r > rows]) ifTrue: [^ 0].
-     ((c < 1) or: [c > cols]) ifTrue: [^ 0].
-     ^ cells at: (r - 1) * cols + c!
-
-   at: r at: c put: v
-     cells at: (r - 1) * cols + c put: v.
-     ^ v! !
-
-   !Life methodsFor: 'step'!
-   neighbors: r at: c
-     | sum |
-     sum := 0.
-     -1 to: 1 do: [:dr |
-       -1 to: 1 do: [:dc |
-         ((dr = 0) and: [dc = 0]) ifFalse: [
-           sum := sum + (self at: r + dr at: c + dc)]]].
-     ^ sum!
-
-   step
-     | next |
-     next := Array new: rows * cols.
-     1 to: rows * cols do: [:i | next at: i put: 0].
-     1 to: rows do: [:r |
-       1 to: cols do: [:c |
-         | n alive lives |
-         n := self neighbors: r at: c.
-         alive := (self at: r at: c) = 1.
-         lives := alive
-                    ifTrue: [(n = 2) or: [n = 3]]
-                    ifFalse: [n = 3].
-         lives ifTrue: [next at: (r - 1) * cols + c put: 1]]].
-     cells := next.
-     ^ self!
-
-   stepN: n
-     n timesRepeat: [self step].
-     ^ self! !
-
-   !Life methodsFor: 'measure'!
-   livingCount
-     | sum |
-     sum := 0.
-     1 to: rows * cols do: [:i | (cells at: i) = 1 ifTrue: [sum := sum + 1]].
-     ^ sum! !")
-
-(smalltalk-load life-source)
-
-(st-test "Life class registered" (st-class-exists? "Life") true)
-
-;; Block (still life): four cells in a 2x2 stay forever after 1 step.
-;; The bigger patterns are correct but the spec interpreter is too slow
-;; for many-step verification — the `.st` file is ready for the JIT.
-(st-test "block (still life) survives 1 step"
-  (evp
-    "| g |
-     g := Life new rows: 5 cols: 5.
-     g at: 2 at: 2 put: 1.
-     g at: 2 at: 3 put: 1.
-     g at: 3 at: 2 put: 1.
-     g at: 3 at: 3 put: 1.
-     g step.
-     ^ g livingCount")
-  4)
-
-;; Blinker (period 2): horizontal row of 3 → vertical column.
-(st-test "blinker after 1 step is vertical"
-  (evp
-    "| g |
-     g := Life new rows: 5 cols: 5.
-     g at: 3 at: 2 put: 1.
-     g at: 3 at: 3 put: 1.
-     g at: 3 at: 4 put: 1.
-     g step.
-     ^ {(g at: 2 at: 3). (g at: 3 at: 3). (g at: 4 at: 3). (g at: 3 at: 2). (g at: 3 at: 4)}")
-  ;; (2,3) (3,3) (4,3) on; (3,2) (3,4) off
-  (list 1 1 1 0 0))
-
-;; Glider initial setup — 5 living cells, no step.
-(st-test "glider has 5 living cells initially"
-  (evp
-    "| g |
-     g := Life new rows: 8 cols: 8.
-     g at: 1 at: 2 put: 1.
-     g at: 2 at: 3 put: 1.
-     g at: 3 at: 1 put: 1.
-     g at: 3 at: 2 put: 1.
-     g at: 3 at: 3 put: 1.
-     ^ g livingCount")
-  5)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/eight-queens.st
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/eight-queens.st
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-"Eight-queens — classic backtracking search. Counts the number of
- distinct placements of 8 queens on an 8x8 board with no two attacking.
- Expected count: 92."
-
-Object subclass: #EightQueens
-  instanceVariableNames: 'columns count size'!
-
-!EightQueens methodsFor: 'init'!
-init
-  size := 8.
-  columns := Array new: size.
-  count := 0.
-  ^ self!
-
-size: n
-  size := n.
-  columns := Array new: n.
-  count := 0.
-  ^ self! !
-
-!EightQueens methodsFor: 'access'!
-count ^ count!
-
-size ^ size! !
-
-!EightQueens methodsFor: 'solve'!
-solve
-  self placeRow: 1.
-  ^ count!
-
-placeRow: row
-  row > size ifTrue: [count := count + 1. ^ self].
-  1 to: size do: [:col |
-    (self isSafe: col atRow: row) ifTrue: [
-      columns at: row put: col.
-      self placeRow: row + 1]]!
-
-isSafe: col atRow: row
-  | r prevCol delta |
-  r := 1.
-  [r < row] whileTrue: [
-    prevCol := columns at: r.
-    prevCol = col ifTrue: [^ false].
-    delta := col - prevCol.
-    delta abs = (row - r) ifTrue: [^ false].
-    r := r + 1].
-  ^ true! !
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/fibonacci.st
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/fibonacci.st
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-"Fibonacci — recursive and array-memoised. Classic-corpus program for
- the Smalltalk-on-SX runtime."
-
-Object subclass: #Fibonacci
-  instanceVariableNames: 'memo'!
-
-!Fibonacci methodsFor: 'init'!
-init memo := Array new: 100. ^ self! !
-
-!Fibonacci methodsFor: 'compute'!
-fib: n
-  n < 2 ifTrue: [^ n].
-  ^ (self fib: n - 1) + (self fib: n - 2)!
-
-memoFib: n
-  | cached |
-  cached := memo at: n + 1.
-  cached notNil ifTrue: [^ cached].
-  cached := n < 2
-              ifTrue: [n]
-              ifFalse: [(self memoFib: n - 1) + (self memoFib: n - 2)].
-  memo at: n + 1 put: cached.
-  ^ cached! !
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/life.st
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/life.st
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-"Conway's Game of Life — 2D grid stepped by the standard rules:
-   live with 2 or 3 neighbours stays alive; dead with exactly 3 becomes alive.
- Classic-corpus program for the Smalltalk-on-SX runtime. The canonical
- 'glider gun' demo (~36 cells, period-30 emission) is correct but too slow
- to verify on the spec interpreter without JIT — block, blinker, glider
- cover the rule arithmetic and edge handling."
-
-Object subclass: #Life
-  instanceVariableNames: 'rows cols cells'!
-
-!Life methodsFor: 'init'!
-rows: r cols: c
-  rows := r. cols := c.
-  cells := Array new: r * c.
-  1 to: r * c do: [:i | cells at: i put: 0].
-  ^ self! !
-
-!Life methodsFor: 'access'!
-rows ^ rows!
-cols ^ cols!
-
-at: r at: c
-  ((r < 1) or: [r > rows]) ifTrue: [^ 0].
-  ((c < 1) or: [c > cols]) ifTrue: [^ 0].
-  ^ cells at: (r - 1) * cols + c!
-
-at: r at: c put: v
-  cells at: (r - 1) * cols + c put: v.
-  ^ v! !
-
-!Life methodsFor: 'step'!
-neighbors: r at: c
-  | sum |
-  sum := 0.
-  -1 to: 1 do: [:dr |
-    -1 to: 1 do: [:dc |
-      ((dr = 0) and: [dc = 0]) ifFalse: [
-        sum := sum + (self at: r + dr at: c + dc)]]].
-  ^ sum!
-
-step
-  | next |
-  next := Array new: rows * cols.
-  1 to: rows * cols do: [:i | next at: i put: 0].
-  1 to: rows do: [:r |
-    1 to: cols do: [:c |
-      | n alive lives |
-      n := self neighbors: r at: c.
-      alive := (self at: r at: c) = 1.
-      lives := alive
-                 ifTrue: [(n = 2) or: [n = 3]]
-                 ifFalse: [n = 3].
-      lives ifTrue: [next at: (r - 1) * cols + c put: 1]]].
-  cells := next.
-  ^ self!
-
-stepN: n
-  n timesRepeat: [self step].
-  ^ self! !
-
-!Life methodsFor: 'measure'!
-livingCount
-  | sum |
-  sum := 0.
-  1 to: rows * cols do: [:i | (cells at: i) = 1 ifTrue: [sum := sum + 1]].
-  ^ sum! !
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/mandelbrot.st
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/mandelbrot.st
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-"Mandelbrot — escape-time iteration of z := z² + c starting at z₀ = 0.
- Returns the number of iterations before |z|² exceeds 4, capped at
- maxIter. Classic-corpus program for the Smalltalk-on-SX runtime."
-
-Object subclass: #Mandelbrot
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!Mandelbrot methodsFor: 'iteration'!
-escapeAt: cx and: cy maxIter: maxIter
-  | zx zy zx2 zy2 i |
-  zx := 0. zy := 0.
-  zx2 := 0. zy2 := 0.
-  i := 0.
-  [(zx2 + zy2 < 4) and: [i < maxIter]] whileTrue: [
-    zy := (zx * zy * 2) + cy.
-    zx := zx2 - zy2 + cx.
-    zx2 := zx * zx.
-    zy2 := zy * zy.
-    i := i + 1].
-  ^ i!
-
-inside: cx and: cy maxIter: maxIter
-  ^ (self escapeAt: cx and: cy maxIter: maxIter) >= maxIter! !
-
-!Mandelbrot methodsFor: 'grid'!
-countInsideRangeX: x0 to: x1 stepX: dx rangeY: y0 to: y1 stepY: dy maxIter: maxIter
-  | x y count |
-  count := 0.
-  y := y0.
-  [y <= y1] whileTrue: [
-    x := x0.
-    [x <= x1] whileTrue: [
-      (self inside: x and: y maxIter: maxIter) ifTrue: [count := count + 1].
-      x := x + dx].
-    y := y + dy].
-  ^ count! !
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/quicksort.st
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/quicksort.st
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-"Quicksort — Lomuto partition. Sorts an Array in place. Classic-corpus
- program for the Smalltalk-on-SX runtime."
-
-Object subclass: #Quicksort
-  instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-!Quicksort methodsFor: 'sort'!
-sort: arr ^ self sort: arr from: 1 to: arr size!
-
-sort: arr from: low to: high
-  | p |
-  low < high ifTrue: [
-    p := self partition: arr from: low to: high.
-    self sort: arr from: low to: p - 1.
-    self sort: arr from: p + 1 to: high].
-  ^ arr!
-
-partition: arr from: low to: high
-  | pivot i tmp |
-  pivot := arr at: high.
-  i := low - 1.
-  low to: high - 1 do: [:j |
-    (arr at: j) <= pivot ifTrue: [
-      i := i + 1.
-      tmp := arr at: i.
-      arr at: i put: (arr at: j).
-      arr at: j put: tmp]].
-  tmp := arr at: i + 1.
-  arr at: i + 1 put: (arr at: high).
-  arr at: high put: tmp.
-  ^ i + 1! !
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/reflection.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/reflection.sx
@@ -1,304 +0,0 @@
-;; Reflection accessors: Object>>class, class>>name, class>>superclass,
-;; class>>methodDict, class>>selectors. Phase 4 starting point.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Object>>class on native receivers ──
-(st-test "42 class name"        (ev "42 class name")     "SmallInteger")
-(st-test "3.14 class name"      (ev "3.14 class name")   "Float")
-(st-test "'hi' class name"      (ev "'hi' class name")   "String")
-(st-test "#foo class name"      (ev "#foo class name")   "Symbol")
-(st-test "true class name"      (ev "true class name")   "True")
-(st-test "false class name"     (ev "false class name")  "False")
-(st-test "nil class name"       (ev "nil class name")    "UndefinedObject")
-(st-test "$a class name"        (ev "$a class name")     "String")
-(st-test "#(1 2 3) class name"  (ev "#(1 2 3) class name") "Array")
-(st-test "[42] class name"      (ev "[42] class name")   "BlockClosure")
-
-;; ── 2. Object>>class on user instances ──
-(st-class-define! "Cat" "Object" (list "name"))
-(st-test "user instance class name"
-  (evp "^ Cat new class name") "Cat")
-(st-test "user instance class superclass name"
-  (evp "^ Cat new class superclass name") "Object")
-
-;; ── 3. class>>name / class>>superclass ──
-(st-test "class>>name on Object" (ev "Object name") "Object")
-(st-test "class>>superclass on Object" (ev "Object superclass") nil)
-(st-test "class>>superclass on Symbol"
-  (ev "Symbol superclass name") "String")
-(st-test "class>>superclass on String"
-  (ev "String superclass name") "ArrayedCollection")
-
-;; ── 4. class>>class returns Metaclass ──
-(st-test "Cat class is Metaclass"
-  (ev "Cat class name") "Metaclass")
-
-;; ── 5. class>>methodDict ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Cat" "miaow" (st-parse-method "miaow ^ #miaow"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Cat" "purr"  (st-parse-method "purr ^ #purr"))
-
-(st-test
-  "methodDict has expected keys"
-  (sort (keys (ev "Cat methodDict")))
-  (sort (list "miaow" "purr")))
-
-(st-test
-  "methodDict size after two adds"
-  (len (keys (ev "Cat methodDict")))
-  2)
-
-;; ── 6. class>>selectors ──
-(st-test
-  "selectors returns Array of symbols"
-  (sort (map (fn (s) (str s)) (ev "Cat selectors")))
-  (sort (list "miaow" "purr")))
-
-;; ── 7. class>>instanceVariableNames ──
-(st-test "instance variable names"
-  (ev "Cat instanceVariableNames") (list "name"))
-
-(st-class-define! "Kitten" "Cat" (list "age"))
-(st-test "subclass own ivars"
-  (ev "Kitten instanceVariableNames") (list "age"))
-(st-test "subclass allInstVarNames includes inherited"
-  (ev "Kitten allInstVarNames") (list "name" "age"))
-
-;; ── 8. methodDict reflects new methods ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Cat" "scratch" (st-parse-method "scratch ^ #scratch"))
-(st-test "methodDict updated after add"
-  (len (keys (ev "Cat methodDict"))) 3)
-
-;; ── 9. classMethodDict / classSelectors ──
-(st-class-add-class-method! "Cat" "named:"
-  (st-parse-method "named: aName ^ self new"))
-(st-test "classSelectors"
-  (map (fn (s) (str s)) (ev "Cat classSelectors")) (list "named:"))
-
-;; ── 10. Method records are usable values ──
-(st-test "methodDict at: returns method record dict"
-  (dict? (get (ev "Cat methodDict") "miaow")) true)
-
-;; ── 11. Object>>perform: ──
-(st-test "perform: a unary selector"
-  (str (evp "^ Cat new perform: #miaow"))
-  "miaow")
-
-(st-test "perform: works on native receiver"
-  (ev "42 perform: #printString")
-  "42")
-
-(st-test "perform: with no method falls back to DNU"
-  ;; With no Object DNU defined here, perform: a missing selector raises.
-  ;; Wrap in guard to catch.
-  (let ((caught false))
-    (begin
-      (guard (c (true (set! caught true)))
-        (evp "^ Cat new perform: #nonexistent"))
-      caught))
-  true)
-
-;; ── 12. Object>>perform:with: ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Cat" "say:"
-  (st-parse-method "say: aMsg ^ aMsg"))
-
-(st-test "perform:with: passes arg through"
-  (evp "^ Cat new perform: #say: with: 'hi'") "hi")
-
-(st-test "perform:with: on native"
-  (ev "10 perform: #+ with: 5") 15)
-
-;; ── 13. Object>>perform:with:with: (multi-arg form) ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Cat" "describe:and:"
-  (st-parse-method "describe: a and: b ^ a , b"))
-
-(st-test "perform:with:with: keyword selector"
-  (evp "^ Cat new perform: #describe:and: with: 'foo' with: 'bar'")
-  "foobar")
-
-;; ── 14. Object>>perform:withArguments: ──
-(st-test "perform:withArguments: empty array"
-  (str (evp "^ Cat new perform: #miaow withArguments: #()"))
-  "miaow")
-
-(st-test "perform:withArguments: 1 element"
-  (evp "^ Cat new perform: #say: withArguments: #('hello')")
-  "hello")
-
-(st-test "perform:withArguments: 2 elements"
-  (evp "^ Cat new perform: #describe:and: withArguments: #('a' 'b')")
-  "ab")
-
-(st-test "perform:withArguments: on native receiver"
-  (ev "20 perform: #+ withArguments: #(5)") 25)
-
-;; perform: routes through ordinary dispatch, so super, DNU, primitives
-;; all still apply naturally. No special test for that — it's free.
-
-;; ── 15. isKindOf: walks the class chain ──
-(st-test "42 isKindOf: SmallInteger"  (ev "42 isKindOf: SmallInteger") true)
-(st-test "42 isKindOf: Integer"        (ev "42 isKindOf: Integer")      true)
-(st-test "42 isKindOf: Number"         (ev "42 isKindOf: Number")       true)
-(st-test "42 isKindOf: Magnitude"      (ev "42 isKindOf: Magnitude")    true)
-(st-test "42 isKindOf: Object"         (ev "42 isKindOf: Object")       true)
-(st-test "42 isKindOf: String"         (ev "42 isKindOf: String")       false)
-(st-test "3.14 isKindOf: Float"        (ev "3.14 isKindOf: Float")      true)
-(st-test "3.14 isKindOf: Number"       (ev "3.14 isKindOf: Number")     true)
-
-(st-test "'hi' isKindOf: String"        (ev "'hi' isKindOf: String")     true)
-(st-test "'hi' isKindOf: ArrayedCollection"
-  (ev "'hi' isKindOf: ArrayedCollection") true)
-(st-test "true isKindOf: Boolean"       (ev "true isKindOf: Boolean")    true)
-(st-test "nil isKindOf: UndefinedObject"
-  (ev "nil isKindOf: UndefinedObject") true)
-
-;; User-class chain.
-(st-test "Cat new isKindOf: Cat"     (evp "^ Cat new isKindOf: Cat")    true)
-(st-test "Cat new isKindOf: Object"  (evp "^ Cat new isKindOf: Object") true)
-(st-test "Cat new isKindOf: Boolean"
-  (evp "^ Cat new isKindOf: Boolean") false)
-(st-test "Kitten new isKindOf: Cat"
-  (evp "^ Kitten new isKindOf: Cat") true)
-
-;; ── 16. isMemberOf: requires exact class match ──
-(st-test "42 isMemberOf: SmallInteger" (ev "42 isMemberOf: SmallInteger") true)
-(st-test "42 isMemberOf: Integer"      (ev "42 isMemberOf: Integer")      false)
-(st-test "42 isMemberOf: Number"       (ev "42 isMemberOf: Number")       false)
-(st-test "Cat new isMemberOf: Cat"
-  (evp "^ Cat new isMemberOf: Cat") true)
-(st-test "Cat new isMemberOf: Kitten"
-  (evp "^ Cat new isMemberOf: Kitten") false)
-
-;; ── 17. respondsTo: — user method dictionary search ──
-(st-test "Cat respondsTo: #miaow"
-  (evp "^ Cat new respondsTo: #miaow") true)
-(st-test "Cat respondsTo: inherited (only own/super in dict)"
-  (evp "^ Kitten new respondsTo: #miaow") true)
-(st-test "Cat respondsTo: missing"
-  (evp "^ Cat new respondsTo: #noSuchSelector") false)
-(st-test "respondsTo: on class-ref searches class side"
-  (evp "^ Cat respondsTo: #named:") true)
-
-;; Non-symbol arg coerces via str — also accepts strings.
-(st-test "respondsTo: with string arg"
-  (evp "^ Cat new respondsTo: 'miaow'") true)
-
-;; ── 18. Behavior>>compile: — runtime method addition ──
-(st-test "compile: a unary method"
-  (begin
-    (evp "Cat compile: 'whisker ^ 99'")
-    (evp "^ Cat new whisker"))
-  99)
-
-(st-test "compile: returns the selector as a symbol"
-  (str (evp "^ Cat compile: 'twitch ^ #twitch'"))
-  "twitch")
-
-(st-test "compile: a keyword method"
-  (begin
-    (evp "Cat compile: 'doubled: x ^ x * 2'")
-    (evp "^ Cat new doubled: 21"))
-  42)
-
-(st-test "compile: a method with temps and blocks"
-  (begin
-    (evp "Cat compile: 'sumTo: n | s | s := 0. 1 to: n do: [:i | s := s + i]. ^ s'")
-    (evp "^ Cat new sumTo: 10"))
-  55)
-
-(st-test "recompile overrides existing method"
-  (begin
-    (evp "Cat compile: 'miaow ^ #ahem'")
-    (str (evp "^ Cat new miaow")))
-  "ahem")
-
-;; methodDict reflects the new method.
-(st-test "compile: registers in methodDict"
-  (has-key? (ev "Cat methodDict") "whisker") true)
-
-;; respondsTo: notices the new method.
-(st-test "respondsTo: sees compiled method"
-  (evp "^ Cat new respondsTo: #whisker") true)
-
-;; Behavior>>removeSelector: takes a method back out.
-(st-test "removeSelector: drops the method"
-  (begin
-    (evp "Cat removeSelector: #whisker")
-    (evp "^ Cat new respondsTo: #whisker"))
-  false)
-
-;; compile:classified: ignores the extra arg.
-(st-test "compile:classified: works"
-  (begin
-    (evp "Cat compile: 'taggedMethod ^ #yes' classified: 'demo'")
-    (str (evp "^ Cat new taggedMethod")))
-  "yes")
-
-;; ── 19. Object>>becomeForward: ──
-(st-class-define! "Box" "Object" (list "value"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Box" "value"  (st-parse-method "value ^ value"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Box" "value:" (st-parse-method "value: v value := v. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Box" "kind"   (st-parse-method "kind ^ #box"))
-
-(st-class-define! "Crate" "Object" (list "value"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Crate" "value"  (st-parse-method "value ^ value"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Crate" "value:" (st-parse-method "value: v value := v. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Crate" "kind"   (st-parse-method "kind ^ #crate"))
-
-(st-test "before becomeForward: instance reports its class"
-  (str (evp "^ (Box new value: 1) class name"))
-  "Box")
-
-(st-test "becomeForward: changes the receiver's class"
-  (evp
-    "| a b |
-     a := Box new value: 1.
-     b := Crate new value: 99.
-     a becomeForward: b.
-     ^ a class name")
-  "Crate")
-
-(st-test "becomeForward: routes future sends through new class"
-  (evp
-    "| a b |
-     a := Box new value: 1.
-     b := Crate new value: 99.
-     a becomeForward: b.
-     ^ a kind")
-  (make-symbol "crate"))
-
-(st-test "becomeForward: takes target's ivars"
-  (evp
-    "| a b |
-     a := Box new value: 1.
-     b := Crate new value: 99.
-     a becomeForward: b.
-     ^ a value")
-  99)
-
-(st-test "becomeForward: leaves the *target* instance unchanged"
-  (evp
-    "| a b |
-     a := Box new value: 1.
-     b := Crate new value: 99.
-     a becomeForward: b.
-     ^ b kind")
-  (make-symbol "crate"))
-
-(st-test "every reference to the receiver sees the new identity"
-  (evp
-    "| a alias b |
-     a := Box new value: 1.
-     alias := a.
-     b := Crate new value: 99.
-     a becomeForward: b.
-     ^ alias kind")
-  (make-symbol "crate"))
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/runtime.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/runtime.sx
@@ -1,255 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk runtime tests — class table, type→class mapping, instances.
-;;
-;; Reuses helpers (st-test, st-deep=?) from tokenize.sx. Counters reset
-;; here so this file's summary covers runtime tests only.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-;; Fresh hierarchy for every test file.
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-
-;; ── 1. Bootstrap installed expected classes ──
-(st-test "Object exists" (st-class-exists? "Object") true)
-(st-test "Behavior exists" (st-class-exists? "Behavior") true)
-(st-test "Metaclass exists" (st-class-exists? "Metaclass") true)
-(st-test "True/False/UndefinedObject"
-  (and
-    (st-class-exists? "True")
-    (st-class-exists? "False")
-    (st-class-exists? "UndefinedObject"))
-  true)
-(st-test "SmallInteger / Float / Symbol exist"
-  (and
-    (st-class-exists? "SmallInteger")
-    (st-class-exists? "Float")
-    (st-class-exists? "Symbol"))
-  true)
-(st-test "BlockClosure exists" (st-class-exists? "BlockClosure") true)
-
-;; ── 2. Superclass chain ──
-(st-test "Object has no superclass" (st-class-superclass "Object") nil)
-(st-test "Behavior super = Object" (st-class-superclass "Behavior") "Object")
-(st-test "True super = Boolean" (st-class-superclass "True") "Boolean")
-(st-test "Symbol super = String" (st-class-superclass "Symbol") "String")
-(st-test
-  "String chain"
-  (st-class-chain "String")
-  (list "String" "ArrayedCollection" "SequenceableCollection" "Collection" "Object"))
-(st-test
-  "SmallInteger chain"
-  (st-class-chain "SmallInteger")
-  (list "SmallInteger" "Integer" "Number" "Magnitude" "Object"))
-
-;; ── 3. inherits-from? ──
-(st-test "True inherits from Boolean" (st-class-inherits-from? "True" "Boolean") true)
-(st-test "True inherits from Object" (st-class-inherits-from? "True" "Object") true)
-(st-test "True inherits from True" (st-class-inherits-from? "True" "True") true)
-(st-test
-  "True does not inherit from Number"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "True" "Number")
-  false)
-(st-test
-  "Object does not inherit from Number"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "Object" "Number")
-  false)
-
-;; ── 4. type→class mapping ──
-(st-test "class-of nil" (st-class-of nil) "UndefinedObject")
-(st-test "class-of true" (st-class-of true) "True")
-(st-test "class-of false" (st-class-of false) "False")
-(st-test "class-of int" (st-class-of 42) "SmallInteger")
-(st-test "class-of zero" (st-class-of 0) "SmallInteger")
-(st-test "class-of negative int" (st-class-of -3) "SmallInteger")
-(st-test "class-of float" (st-class-of 3.14) "Float")
-(st-test "class-of string" (st-class-of "hi") "String")
-(st-test "class-of symbol" (st-class-of (quote foo)) "Symbol")
-(st-test "class-of list" (st-class-of (list 1 2)) "Array")
-(st-test "class-of empty list" (st-class-of (list)) "Array")
-(st-test "class-of lambda" (st-class-of (fn (x) x)) "BlockClosure")
-(st-test "class-of dict" (st-class-of {:a 1}) "Dictionary")
-
-;; ── 5. User class definition ──
-(st-class-define! "Account" "Object" (list "balance" "owner"))
-(st-class-define! "SavingsAccount" "Account" (list "rate"))
-
-(st-test "Account exists" (st-class-exists? "Account") true)
-(st-test "Account super = Object" (st-class-superclass "Account") "Object")
-(st-test
-  "SavingsAccount chain"
-  (st-class-chain "SavingsAccount")
-  (list "SavingsAccount" "Account" "Object"))
-(st-test
-  "SavingsAccount own ivars"
-  (get (st-class-get "SavingsAccount") :ivars)
-  (list "rate"))
-(st-test
-  "SavingsAccount inherited+own ivars"
-  (st-class-all-ivars "SavingsAccount")
-  (list "balance" "owner" "rate"))
-
-;; ── 6. Instance construction ──
-(define a1 (st-make-instance "Account"))
-(st-test "instance is st-instance" (st-instance? a1) true)
-(st-test "instance class" (get a1 :class) "Account")
-(st-test "instance ivars start nil" (st-iv-get a1 "balance") nil)
-(st-test
-  "instance has all expected ivars"
-  (sort (keys (get a1 :ivars)))
-  (sort (list "balance" "owner")))
-(define a2 (st-iv-set! a1 "balance" 100))
-(st-test "iv-set! returns updated copy" (st-iv-get a2 "balance") 100)
-(st-test "iv-set! does not mutate original" (st-iv-get a1 "balance") nil)
-(st-test "class-of instance" (st-class-of a1) "Account")
-
-(define s1 (st-make-instance "SavingsAccount"))
-(st-test
-  "subclass instance has all inherited ivars"
-  (sort (keys (get s1 :ivars)))
-  (sort (list "balance" "owner" "rate")))
-
-;; ── 7. Method install + lookup ──
-(st-class-add-method!
-  "Account"
-  "balance"
-  (st-parse-method "balance ^ balance"))
-(st-class-add-method!
-  "Account"
-  "deposit:"
-  (st-parse-method "deposit: amount balance := balance + amount. ^ self"))
-
-(st-test
-  "method registered"
-  (has-key? (get (st-class-get "Account") :methods) "balance")
-  true)
-
-(st-test
-  "method lookup direct"
-  (= (st-method-lookup "Account" "balance" false) nil)
-  false)
-
-(st-test
-  "method lookup walks superclass"
-  (= (st-method-lookup "SavingsAccount" "deposit:" false) nil)
-  false)
-
-(st-test
-  "method lookup unknown selector"
-  (st-method-lookup "Account" "frobnicate" false)
-  nil)
-
-(st-test
-  "method lookup records defining class"
-  (get (st-method-lookup "SavingsAccount" "balance" false) :defining-class)
-  "Account")
-
-;; SavingsAccount overrides deposit:
-(st-class-add-method!
-  "SavingsAccount"
-  "deposit:"
-  (st-parse-method "deposit: amount ^ super deposit: amount + 1"))
-
-(st-test
-  "subclass override picked first"
-  (get (st-method-lookup "SavingsAccount" "deposit:" false) :defining-class)
-  "SavingsAccount")
-
-(st-test
-  "Account still finds its own deposit:"
-  (get (st-method-lookup "Account" "deposit:" false) :defining-class)
-  "Account")
-
-;; ── 8. Class-side methods ──
-(st-class-add-class-method!
-  "Account"
-  "new"
-  (st-parse-method "new ^ super new"))
-(st-test
-  "class-side lookup"
-  (= (st-method-lookup "Account" "new" true) nil)
-  false)
-(st-test
-  "instance-side does not find class method"
-  (st-method-lookup "Account" "new" false)
-  nil)
-
-;; ── 9. Re-bootstrap resets table ──
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(st-test "after re-bootstrap Account gone" (st-class-exists? "Account") false)
-(st-test "after re-bootstrap Object stays" (st-class-exists? "Object") true)
-
-;; ── 10. Method-lookup cache ──
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(st-class-define! "Foo" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-define! "Bar" "Foo" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Foo" "greet" (st-parse-method "greet ^ 1"))
-
-;; Bootstrap clears cache; record stats from now.
-(st-method-cache-reset-stats!)
-
-;; First lookup is a miss; second is a hit.
-(st-method-lookup "Bar" "greet" false)
-(st-test
-  "first lookup recorded as miss"
-  (get (st-method-cache-stats) :misses)
-  1)
-(st-test
-  "first lookup recorded as hit count zero"
-  (get (st-method-cache-stats) :hits)
-  0)
-
-(st-method-lookup "Bar" "greet" false)
-(st-test
-  "second lookup hits cache"
-  (get (st-method-cache-stats) :hits)
-  1)
-
-;; Misses are also cached as :not-found.
-(st-method-lookup "Bar" "frobnicate" false)
-(st-method-lookup "Bar" "frobnicate" false)
-(st-test
-  "negative-result caches"
-  (get (st-method-cache-stats) :hits)
-  2)
-
-;; Adding a new method invalidates the cache.
-(st-class-add-method! "Bar" "greet" (st-parse-method "greet ^ 2"))
-(st-test
-  "cache cleared on method add"
-  (get (st-method-cache-stats) :size)
-  0)
-(st-test
-  "after invalidation lookup picks up override"
-  (get (st-method-lookup "Bar" "greet" false) :defining-class)
-  "Bar")
-
-;; Removing a method also invalidates and exposes the inherited one.
-(st-class-remove-method! "Bar" "greet")
-(st-test
-  "after remove lookup falls through to Foo"
-  (get (st-method-lookup "Bar" "greet" false) :defining-class)
-  "Foo")
-
-;; Cache survives across unrelated class-table mutations? No — define! clears.
-(st-method-lookup "Foo" "greet" false)  ; warm cache
-(st-class-define! "Baz" "Object" (list))
-(st-test
-  "class-define clears cache"
-  (get (st-method-cache-stats) :size)
-  0)
-
-;; Class-side and instance-side cache entries are separate keys.
-(st-class-add-class-method! "Foo" "make" (st-parse-method "make ^ self new"))
-(st-method-lookup "Foo" "make" true)
-(st-method-lookup "Foo" "make" false)
-(st-test
-  "class-side hit found, instance-side stored as not-found"
-  (= (st-method-lookup "Foo" "make" true) nil)
-  false)
-(st-test
-  "instance-side same selector returns nil"
-  (st-method-lookup "Foo" "make" false)
-  nil)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/streams.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/streams.sx
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-;; Stream hierarchy tests — ReadStream / WriteStream / ReadWriteStream
-;; built on a `collection` + `position` pair. Reads use Smalltalk's
-;; 1-indexed `at:`; writes use the collection's `add:`.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Class hierarchy ──
-(st-test "ReadStream < PositionableStream"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "ReadStream" "PositionableStream") true)
-(st-test "WriteStream < PositionableStream"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "WriteStream" "PositionableStream") true)
-(st-test "ReadWriteStream < WriteStream"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "ReadWriteStream" "WriteStream") true)
-
-;; ── 2. ReadStream basics ──
-(st-test "ReadStream next" (evp "^ (ReadStream on: #(1 2 3)) next") 1)
-
-(st-test "ReadStream sequential reads"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(10 20 30).
-     ^ {s next. s next. s next}")
-  (list 10 20 30))
-
-(st-test "ReadStream atEnd"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(1 2).
-     s next. s next.
-     ^ s atEnd")
-  true)
-
-(st-test "ReadStream next past end returns nil"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(1).
-     s next.
-     ^ s next")
-  nil)
-
-(st-test "ReadStream peek doesn't advance"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(7 8 9).
-     ^ {s peek. s peek. s next}")
-  (list 7 7 7))
-
-(st-test "ReadStream position"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(1 2 3 4).
-     s next. s next.
-     ^ s position")
-  2)
-
-(st-test "ReadStream reset goes back to start"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(1 2 3).
-     s next. s next. s next.
-     s reset.
-     ^ s next")
-  1)
-
-(st-test "ReadStream upToEnd"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(1 2 3 4 5).
-     s next. s next.
-     ^ s upToEnd")
-  (list 3 4 5))
-
-(st-test "ReadStream next: takes up to n"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(10 20 30 40 50).
-     ^ s next: 3")
-  (list 10 20 30))
-
-(st-test "ReadStream skip:"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: #(1 2 3 4 5).
-     s skip: 2.
-     ^ s next")
-  3)
-
-;; ── 3. WriteStream basics ──
-(st-test "WriteStream nextPut: + contents"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     s nextPut: 10.
-     s nextPut: 20.
-     s nextPut: 30.
-     ^ s contents")
-  (list 10 20 30))
-
-(st-test "WriteStream nextPutAll:"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     s nextPutAll: #(1 2 3).
-     ^ s contents")
-  (list 1 2 3))
-
-(st-test "WriteStream nextPut: returns the value"
-  (evp "^ (WriteStream on: (Array new: 0)) nextPut: 42") 42)
-
-(st-test "WriteStream position tracks writes"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     s nextPut: #a. s nextPut: #b.
-     ^ s position")
-  2)
-
-;; ── 4. WriteStream with: pre-fills ──
-(st-test "WriteStream with: starts at end"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := WriteStream with: #(1 2 3).
-     s nextPut: 99.
-     ^ s contents")
-  (list 1 2 3 99))
-
-;; ── 5. ReadStream on:collection works on String at: ──
-(st-test "ReadStream on String reads chars"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: 'abc'.
-     ^ {s next. s next. s next}")
-  (list "a" "b" "c"))
-
-(st-test "ReadStream atEnd on String"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadStream on: 'ab'.
-     s next. s next.
-     ^ s atEnd")
-  true)
-
-;; ── 6. ReadWriteStream ──
-(st-test "ReadWriteStream read after writes"
-  (evp
-    "| s |
-     s := ReadWriteStream on: (Array new: 0).
-     s nextPut: 1. s nextPut: 2. s nextPut: 3.
-     s reset.
-     ^ {s next. s next. s next}")
-  (list 1 2 3))
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/sunit.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/sunit.sx
@@ -1,198 +0,0 @@
-;; SUnit port tests. Loads `lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx` (which itself calls
-;; smalltalk-load to install TestCase/TestSuite/TestResult/TestFailure)
-;; and exercises the framework on small Smalltalk-defined cases.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-;; test.sh loads lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx for us BEFORE this file runs
-;; (nested SX loads do not propagate top-level forms reliably, so the
-;; bootstrap chain is concentrated in test.sh). The SUnit classes are
-;; already present in the class table at this point.
-
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Classes installed ──
-(st-test "TestCase exists"      (st-class-exists? "TestCase")    true)
-(st-test "TestSuite exists"     (st-class-exists? "TestSuite")   true)
-(st-test "TestResult exists"    (st-class-exists? "TestResult")  true)
-(st-test "TestFailure < Error"
-  (st-class-inherits-from? "TestFailure" "Error") true)
-
-;; ── 2. A subclass with one passing test runs cleanly ──
-(smalltalk-load
-  "TestCase subclass: #PassingCase
-     instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !PassingCase methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   testOnePlusOne self assert: 1 + 1 = 2! !")
-
-(st-test "passing test runs and counts as pass"
-  (evp
-    "| suite r |
-     suite := PassingCase suiteForAll: #(#testOnePlusOne).
-     r := suite run.
-     ^ r passCount")
-  1)
-
-(st-test "passing test has no failures"
-  (evp
-    "| suite r |
-     suite := PassingCase suiteForAll: #(#testOnePlusOne).
-     r := suite run.
-     ^ r failureCount")
-  0)
-
-;; ── 3. A subclass with a failing assert: increments failures ──
-(smalltalk-load
-  "TestCase subclass: #FailingCase
-     instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !FailingCase methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   testFalse self assert: false!
-   testEquals self assert: 1 + 1 equals: 3! !")
-
-(st-test "assert: false bumps failureCount"
-  (evp
-    "| suite r |
-     suite := FailingCase suiteForAll: #(#testFalse).
-     r := suite run.
-     ^ r failureCount")
-  1)
-
-(st-test "assert:equals: with mismatch fails"
-  (evp
-    "| suite r |
-     suite := FailingCase suiteForAll: #(#testEquals).
-     r := suite run.
-     ^ r failureCount")
-  1)
-
-(st-test "failure messageText captured"
-  (evp
-    "| suite r rec |
-     suite := FailingCase suiteForAll: #(#testEquals).
-     r := suite run.
-     rec := r failures at: 1.
-     ^ rec at: 2")
-  "expected 3 but got 2")
-
-;; ── 4. Mixed pass/fail counts add up ──
-(smalltalk-load
-  "TestCase subclass: #MixedCase
-     instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !MixedCase methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   testGood self assert: true!
-   testBad self assert: false!
-   testAlsoGood self assert: 2 > 1! !")
-
-(st-test "mixed suite — totalCount"
-  (evp
-    "| s r |
-     s := MixedCase suiteForAll: #(#testGood #testBad #testAlsoGood).
-     r := s run.
-     ^ r totalCount")
-  3)
-
-(st-test "mixed suite — passCount"
-  (evp
-    "| s r |
-     s := MixedCase suiteForAll: #(#testGood #testBad #testAlsoGood).
-     r := s run.
-     ^ r passCount")
-  2)
-
-(st-test "mixed suite — failureCount"
-  (evp
-    "| s r |
-     s := MixedCase suiteForAll: #(#testGood #testBad #testAlsoGood).
-     r := s run.
-     ^ r failureCount")
-  1)
-
-(st-test "allPassed false on mix"
-  (evp
-    "| s r |
-     s := MixedCase suiteForAll: #(#testGood #testBad #testAlsoGood).
-     r := s run.
-     ^ r allPassed")
-  false)
-
-(st-test "allPassed true with only passes"
-  (evp
-    "| s r |
-     s := MixedCase suiteForAll: #(#testGood #testAlsoGood).
-     r := s run.
-     ^ r allPassed")
-  true)
-
-;; ── 5. setUp / tearDown ──
-(smalltalk-load
-  "TestCase subclass: #FixtureCase
-     instanceVariableNames: 'value'!
-
-   !FixtureCase methodsFor: 'fixture'!
-   setUp value := 42. ^ self!
-   tearDown ^ self! !
-
-   !FixtureCase methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   testValueIs42 self assert: value = 42! !")
-
-(st-test "setUp ran before test"
-  (evp
-    "| s r |
-     s := FixtureCase suiteForAll: #(#testValueIs42).
-     r := s run.
-     ^ r passCount")
-  1)
-
-;; ── 6. should:raise: and shouldnt:raise: ──
-(smalltalk-load
-  "TestCase subclass: #RaiseCase
-     instanceVariableNames: ''!
-
-   !RaiseCase methodsFor: 'tests'!
-   testShouldRaise
-     self should: [Error signal: 'boom'] raise: Error!
-
-   testShouldRaiseFails
-     self should: [42] raise: Error!
-
-   testShouldntRaise
-     self shouldnt: [42] raise: Error! !")
-
-(st-test "should:raise: catches matching"
-  (evp
-    "| r |
-     r := (RaiseCase suiteForAll: #(#testShouldRaise)) run.
-     ^ r passCount") 1)
-
-(st-test "should:raise: fails when no exception"
-  (evp
-    "| r |
-     r := (RaiseCase suiteForAll: #(#testShouldRaiseFails)) run.
-     ^ r failureCount") 1)
-
-(st-test "shouldnt:raise: passes when nothing thrown"
-  (evp
-    "| r |
-     r := (RaiseCase suiteForAll: #(#testShouldntRaise)) run.
-     ^ r passCount") 1)
-
-;; ── 7. summary string uses format: ──
-(st-test "summary contains pass count"
-  (let
-    ((s (evp
-          "| s r |
-           s := MixedCase suiteForAll: #(#testGood #testBad).
-           r := s run.
-           ^ r summary")))
-    (cond
-      ((not (string? s)) false)
-      (else (> (len s) 0))))
-  true)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/super.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/super.sx
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-;; super-send tests.
-;;
-;; super looks up methods starting at the *defining class*'s superclass —
-;; not the receiver's class. This means an inherited method that uses
-;; `super` always reaches the same parent regardless of where in the
-;; subclass chain the receiver actually sits.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. Basic super: subclass override calls parent ──
-(st-class-define! "Animal" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Animal" "speak"
-  (st-parse-method "speak ^ #generic"))
-
-(st-class-define! "Dog" "Animal" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Dog" "speak"
-  (st-parse-method "speak ^ super speak"))
-
-(st-test
-  "super reaches parent's speak"
-  (str (evp "^ Dog new speak"))
-  "generic")
-
-(st-class-add-method! "Dog" "loud"
-  (st-parse-method "loud ^ super speak , #'!' asString"))
-;; The above tries to use `, #'!' asString` which won't quite work with my
-;; primitives. Replace with a simpler test.
-(st-class-add-method! "Dog" "loud"
-  (st-parse-method "loud | s | s := super speak. ^ s"))
-
-(st-test
-  "method calls super and returns same"
-  (str (evp "^ Dog new loud"))
-  "generic")
-
-;; ── 2. Super with argument ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Animal" "greet:"
-  (st-parse-method "greet: name ^ name , ' (animal)'"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Dog" "greet:"
-  (st-parse-method "greet: name ^ super greet: name"))
-
-(st-test
-  "super with arg reaches parent and threads value"
-  (evp "^ Dog new greet: 'Rex'")
-  "Rex (animal)")
-
-;; ── 3. Inherited method uses *defining* class for super ──
-;; A defines speak ^ 'A'
-;; A defines speakLog: which sends `super speak`. super starts at Object → no
-;; speak there → DNU. So invoke speakLog from A subclass to test that super
-;; resolves to A's parent (Object), not the subclass's parent.
-(st-class-define! "RootSpeaker" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "RootSpeaker" "speak"
-  (st-parse-method "speak ^ #root"))
-(st-class-add-method! "RootSpeaker" "speakDelegate"
-  (st-parse-method "speakDelegate ^ super speak"))
-;; Object has no speak (and we add a temporary DNU for testing).
-(st-class-add-method! "Object" "doesNotUnderstand:"
-  (st-parse-method "doesNotUnderstand: aMessage ^ #dnu"))
-
-(st-class-define! "ChildSpeaker" "RootSpeaker" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "ChildSpeaker" "speak"
-  (st-parse-method "speak ^ #child"))
-
-(st-test
-  "inherited speakDelegate uses RootSpeaker's super, not ChildSpeaker's"
-  (str (evp "^ ChildSpeaker new speakDelegate"))
-  "dnu")
-
-;; A non-inherited path: ChildSpeaker overrides speak, but speakDelegate is
-;; inherited from RootSpeaker. The super inside speakDelegate must resolve to
-;; *Object* (RootSpeaker's parent), not to RootSpeaker (ChildSpeaker's parent).
-(st-test
-  "inherited method's super does not call subclass override"
-  (str (evp "^ ChildSpeaker new speak"))
-  "child")
-
-;; Remove the Object DNU shim now that those tests are done.
-(st-class-remove-method! "Object" "doesNotUnderstand:")
-
-;; ── 4. Multi-level: A → B → C ──
-(st-class-define! "GA" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "GA" "level"
-  (st-parse-method "level ^ #ga"))
-
-(st-class-define! "GB" "GA" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "GB" "level"
-  (st-parse-method "level ^ super level"))
-
-(st-class-define! "GC" "GB" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "GC" "level"
-  (st-parse-method "level ^ super level"))
-
-(st-test
-  "super chains to grandparent"
-  (str (evp "^ GC new level"))
-  "ga")
-
-;; ── 5. Super inside a block ──
-(st-class-add-method! "Dog" "delayed"
-  (st-parse-method "delayed ^ [super speak] value"))
-(st-test
-  "super inside a block resolves correctly"
-  (str (evp "^ Dog new delayed"))
-  "generic")
-
-;; ── 6. Super send keeps receiver as self ──
-(st-class-define! "Counter" "Object" (list "count"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Counter" "init"
-  (st-parse-method "init count := 0. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Counter" "incr"
-  (st-parse-method "incr count := count + 1. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Counter" "count"
-  (st-parse-method "count ^ count"))
-
-(st-class-define! "DoubleCounter" "Counter" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "DoubleCounter" "incr"
-  (st-parse-method "incr super incr. super incr. ^ self"))
-
-(st-test
-  "super uses same receiver — ivars on self update"
-  (evp "| c | c := DoubleCounter new init. c incr. ^ c count")
-  2)
-
-;; ── 7. Super on a class without an immediate parent definition ──
-;; Mid-chain class with no override at this level: super resolves correctly
-;; through the missing rung.
-(st-class-define! "Mid" "Animal" (list))
-(st-class-define! "Pup" "Mid" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "Pup" "speak"
-  (st-parse-method "speak ^ super speak"))
-
-(st-test
-  "super walks past intermediate class with no override"
-  (str (evp "^ Pup new speak"))
-  "generic")
-
-;; ── 8. Super outside any method errors ──
-;; (We don't have try/catch in SX from here; skip the negative test —
-;;  documented behaviour is that st-super-send errors when method-class is nil.)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/tokenize.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/tokenize.sx
@@ -1,362 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk tokenizer tests.
-;;
-;; Lightweight runner: each test checks actual vs expected with structural
-;; equality and accumulates pass/fail counters. Final summary read by
-;; lib/smalltalk/test.sh.
-
-(define
-  st-deep=?
-  (fn
-    (a b)
-    (cond
-      ((= a b) true)
-      ((and (dict? a) (dict? b))
-        (let
-          ((ak (keys a)) (bk (keys b)))
-          (if
-            (not (= (len ak) (len bk)))
-            false
-            (every?
-              (fn
-                (k)
-                (and (has-key? b k) (st-deep=? (get a k) (get b k))))
-              ak))))
-      ((and (list? a) (list? b))
-        (if
-          (not (= (len a) (len b)))
-          false
-          (let
-            ((i 0) (ok true))
-            (begin
-              (define
-                de-loop
-                (fn
-                  ()
-                  (when
-                    (and ok (< i (len a)))
-                    (begin
-                      (when
-                        (not (st-deep=? (nth a i) (nth b i)))
-                        (set! ok false))
-                      (set! i (+ i 1))
-                      (de-loop)))))
-              (de-loop)
-              ok))))
-      (:else false))))
-
-(define st-test-pass 0)
-(define st-test-fail 0)
-(define st-test-fails (list))
-
-(define
-  st-test
-  (fn
-    (name actual expected)
-    (if
-      (st-deep=? actual expected)
-      (set! st-test-pass (+ st-test-pass 1))
-      (begin
-        (set! st-test-fail (+ st-test-fail 1))
-        (append! st-test-fails {:actual actual :expected expected :name name})))))
-
-;; Strip eof and project to just :type/:value.
-(define
-  st-toks
-  (fn
-    (src)
-    (map
-      (fn (tok) {:type (get tok :type) :value (get tok :value)})
-      (filter
-        (fn (tok) (not (= (get tok :type) "eof")))
-        (st-tokenize src)))))
-
-;; ── 1. Whitespace / empty ──
-(st-test "empty input" (st-toks "") (list))
-(st-test "all whitespace" (st-toks "   \t\n  ") (list))
-
-;; ── 2. Identifiers ──
-(st-test
-  "lowercase ident"
-  (st-toks "foo")
-  (list {:type "ident" :value "foo"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "capitalised ident"
-  (st-toks "Foo")
-  (list {:type "ident" :value "Foo"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "underscore ident"
-  (st-toks "_x")
-  (list {:type "ident" :value "_x"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "digits in ident"
-  (st-toks "foo123")
-  (list {:type "ident" :value "foo123"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "two idents separated"
-  (st-toks "foo bar")
-  (list {:type "ident" :value "foo"} {:type "ident" :value "bar"}))
-
-;; ── 3. Keyword selectors ──
-(st-test
-  "keyword selector"
-  (st-toks "foo:")
-  (list {:type "keyword" :value "foo:"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "keyword call"
-  (st-toks "x at: 1")
-  (list
-    {:type "ident" :value "x"}
-    {:type "keyword" :value "at:"}
-    {:type "number" :value 1}))
-
-(st-test
-  "two-keyword chain stays separate"
-  (st-toks "at: 1 put: 2")
-  (list
-    {:type "keyword" :value "at:"}
-    {:type "number" :value 1}
-    {:type "keyword" :value "put:"}
-    {:type "number" :value 2}))
-
-(st-test
-  "ident then assign — not a keyword"
-  (st-toks "x := 1")
-  (list
-    {:type "ident" :value "x"}
-    {:type "assign" :value ":="}
-    {:type "number" :value 1}))
-
-;; ── 4. Numbers ──
-(st-test
-  "integer"
-  (st-toks "42")
-  (list {:type "number" :value 42}))
-
-(st-test
-  "float"
-  (st-toks "3.14")
-  (list {:type "number" :value 3.14}))
-
-(st-test
-  "hex radix"
-  (st-toks "16rFF")
-  (list
-    {:type "number"
-     :value
-     {:radix 16 :digits "FF" :value 255 :kind "radix"}}))
-
-(st-test
-  "binary radix"
-  (st-toks "2r1011")
-  (list
-    {:type "number"
-     :value
-     {:radix 2 :digits "1011" :value 11 :kind "radix"}}))
-
-(st-test
-  "exponent"
-  (st-toks "1e3")
-  (list {:type "number" :value 1000}))
-
-(st-test
-  "negative exponent (parser handles minus)"
-  (st-toks "1.5e-2")
-  (list {:type "number" :value 0.015}))
-
-;; ── 5. Strings ──
-(st-test
-  "simple string"
-  (st-toks "'hi'")
-  (list {:type "string" :value "hi"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "empty string"
-  (st-toks "''")
-  (list {:type "string" :value ""}))
-
-(st-test
-  "doubled-quote escape"
-  (st-toks "'a''b'")
-  (list {:type "string" :value "a'b"}))
-
-;; ── 6. Characters ──
-(st-test
-  "char literal letter"
-  (st-toks "$a")
-  (list {:type "char" :value "a"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "char literal punct"
-  (st-toks "$$")
-  (list {:type "char" :value "$"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "char literal space"
-  (st-toks "$ ")
-  (list {:type "char" :value " "}))
-
-;; ── 7. Symbols ──
-(st-test
-  "symbol ident"
-  (st-toks "#foo")
-  (list {:type "symbol" :value "foo"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "symbol binary"
-  (st-toks "#+")
-  (list {:type "symbol" :value "+"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "symbol arrow"
-  (st-toks "#->")
-  (list {:type "symbol" :value "->"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "symbol keyword chain"
-  (st-toks "#at:put:")
-  (list {:type "symbol" :value "at:put:"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "quoted symbol with spaces"
-  (st-toks "#'foo bar'")
-  (list {:type "symbol" :value "foo bar"}))
-
-;; ── 8. Literal arrays / byte arrays ──
-(st-test
-  "literal array open"
-  (st-toks "#(1 2)")
-  (list
-    {:type "array-open" :value "#("}
-    {:type "number" :value 1}
-    {:type "number" :value 2}
-    {:type "rparen" :value ")"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "byte array open"
-  (st-toks "#[1 2 3]")
-  (list
-    {:type "byte-array-open" :value "#["}
-    {:type "number" :value 1}
-    {:type "number" :value 2}
-    {:type "number" :value 3}
-    {:type "rbracket" :value "]"}))
-
-;; ── 9. Binary selectors ──
-(st-test "plus" (st-toks "+") (list {:type "binary" :value "+"}))
-(st-test "minus" (st-toks "-") (list {:type "binary" :value "-"}))
-(st-test "star" (st-toks "*") (list {:type "binary" :value "*"}))
-(st-test "double-equal" (st-toks "==") (list {:type "binary" :value "=="}))
-(st-test "leq" (st-toks "<=") (list {:type "binary" :value "<="}))
-(st-test "geq" (st-toks ">=") (list {:type "binary" :value ">="}))
-(st-test "neq" (st-toks "~=") (list {:type "binary" :value "~="}))
-(st-test "arrow" (st-toks "->") (list {:type "binary" :value "->"}))
-(st-test "comma" (st-toks ",") (list {:type "binary" :value ","}))
-
-(st-test
-  "binary in expression"
-  (st-toks "a + b")
-  (list
-    {:type "ident" :value "a"}
-    {:type "binary" :value "+"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "b"}))
-
-;; ── 10. Punctuation ──
-(st-test "lparen" (st-toks "(") (list {:type "lparen" :value "("}))
-(st-test "rparen" (st-toks ")") (list {:type "rparen" :value ")"}))
-(st-test "lbracket" (st-toks "[") (list {:type "lbracket" :value "["}))
-(st-test "rbracket" (st-toks "]") (list {:type "rbracket" :value "]"}))
-(st-test "lbrace" (st-toks "{") (list {:type "lbrace" :value "{"}))
-(st-test "rbrace" (st-toks "}") (list {:type "rbrace" :value "}"}))
-(st-test "period" (st-toks ".") (list {:type "period" :value "."}))
-(st-test "semi" (st-toks ";") (list {:type "semi" :value ";"}))
-(st-test "bar" (st-toks "|") (list {:type "bar" :value "|"}))
-(st-test "caret" (st-toks "^") (list {:type "caret" :value "^"}))
-(st-test "bang" (st-toks "!") (list {:type "bang" :value "!"}))
-(st-test "colon" (st-toks ":") (list {:type "colon" :value ":"}))
-(st-test "assign" (st-toks ":=") (list {:type "assign" :value ":="}))
-
-;; ── 11. Comments ──
-(st-test "comment skipped" (st-toks "\"hello\"") (list))
-(st-test
-  "comment between tokens"
-  (st-toks "a \"comment\" b")
-  (list {:type "ident" :value "a"} {:type "ident" :value "b"}))
-(st-test
-  "multi-line comment"
-  (st-toks "\"line1\nline2\"42")
-  (list {:type "number" :value 42}))
-
-;; ── 12. Compound expressions ──
-(st-test
-  "block with params"
-  (st-toks "[:a :b | a + b]")
-  (list
-    {:type "lbracket" :value "["}
-    {:type "colon" :value ":"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "a"}
-    {:type "colon" :value ":"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "b"}
-    {:type "bar" :value "|"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "a"}
-    {:type "binary" :value "+"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "b"}
-    {:type "rbracket" :value "]"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "cascade"
-  (st-toks "x m1; m2")
-  (list
-    {:type "ident" :value "x"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "m1"}
-    {:type "semi" :value ";"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "m2"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "method body return"
-  (st-toks "^ self foo")
-  (list
-    {:type "caret" :value "^"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "self"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "foo"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "class declaration head"
-  (st-toks "Object subclass: #Foo")
-  (list
-    {:type "ident" :value "Object"}
-    {:type "keyword" :value "subclass:"}
-    {:type "symbol" :value "Foo"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "temp declaration"
-  (st-toks "| t1 t2 |")
-  (list
-    {:type "bar" :value "|"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "t1"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "t2"}
-    {:type "bar" :value "|"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "chunk separator"
-  (st-toks "Foo bar !")
-  (list
-    {:type "ident" :value "Foo"}
-    {:type "ident" :value "bar"}
-    {:type "bang" :value "!"}))
-
-(st-test
-  "keyword call with binary precedence"
-  (st-toks "x foo: 1 + 2")
-  (list
-    {:type "ident" :value "x"}
-    {:type "keyword" :value "foo:"}
-    {:type "number" :value 1}
-    {:type "binary" :value "+"}
-    {:type "number" :value 2}))
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tests/while.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tests/while.sx
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-;; whileTrue: / whileTrue / whileFalse: / whileFalse tests.
-;;
-;; In Smalltalk these are *ordinary* messages sent to the condition block.
-;; No special-form magic — just block sends. The runtime can intrinsify
-;; them later in the JIT (Tier 1 of bytecode expansion) but the spec-level
-;; semantics are what's pinned here.
-
-(set! st-test-pass 0)
-(set! st-test-fail 0)
-(set! st-test-fails (list))
-
-(st-bootstrap-classes!)
-(define ev (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval src)))
-(define evp (fn (src) (smalltalk-eval-program src)))
-
-;; ── 1. whileTrue: with body — basic counter ──
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: counts down"
-  (evp "| n | n := 5. [n > 0] whileTrue: [n := n - 1]. ^ n")
-  0)
-
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: returns nil"
-  (evp "| n | n := 3. ^ [n > 0] whileTrue: [n := n - 1]")
-  nil)
-
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: zero iterations is fine"
-  (evp "| n | n := 0. [n > 0] whileTrue: [n := n + 1]. ^ n")
-  0)
-
-;; ── 2. whileFalse: with body ──
-(st-test
-  "whileFalse: counts down (cond becomes true)"
-  (evp "| n | n := 5. [n <= 0] whileFalse: [n := n - 1]. ^ n")
-  0)
-
-(st-test
-  "whileFalse: returns nil"
-  (evp "| n | n := 3. ^ [n <= 0] whileFalse: [n := n - 1]")
-  nil)
-
-;; ── 3. whileTrue (no arg) — body-less side-effect loop ──
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue without argument runs cond-only loop"
-  (evp
-    "| n decrement |
-     n := 5.
-     decrement := [n := n - 1. n > 0].
-     decrement whileTrue.
-     ^ n")
-  0)
-
-;; ── 4. whileFalse (no arg) ──
-(st-test
-  "whileFalse without argument"
-  (evp
-    "| n inc |
-     n := 0.
-     inc := [n := n + 1. n >= 3].
-     inc whileFalse.
-     ^ n")
-  3)
-
-;; ── 5. Cond block evaluated each iteration (not cached) ──
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: re-evaluates cond on every iter"
-  (evp
-    "| n stop |
-     n := 0. stop := false.
-     [stop] whileFalse: [
-       n := n + 1.
-       n >= 4 ifTrue: [stop := true]].
-     ^ n")
-  4)
-
-;; ── 6. Body block sees outer locals ──
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: body reads + writes captured locals"
-  (evp
-    "| acc i |
-     acc := 0. i := 1.
-     [i <= 10] whileTrue: [acc := acc + i. i := i + 1].
-     ^ acc")
-  55)
-
-;; ── 7. Nested while loops ──
-(st-test
-  "nested whileTrue: produces flat sum"
-  (evp
-    "| total i j |
-     total := 0. i := 0.
-     [i < 3] whileTrue: [
-       j := 0.
-       [j < 4] whileTrue: [total := total + 1. j := j + 1].
-       i := i + 1].
-     ^ total")
-  12)
-
-;; ── 8. ^ inside whileTrue: short-circuits the surrounding method ──
-(st-class-define! "WhileEscape" "Object" (list))
-(st-class-add-method! "WhileEscape" "firstOver:in:"
-  (st-parse-method
-    "firstOver: limit in: arr
-       | i |
-       i := 1.
-       [i <= arr size] whileTrue: [
-         (arr at: i) > limit ifTrue: [^ arr at: i].
-         i := i + 1].
-       ^ nil"))
-
-(st-test
-  "early ^ from whileTrue: body"
-  (evp "^ WhileEscape new firstOver: 5 in: #(1 3 5 7 9)")
-  7)
-
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: completes when nothing matches"
-  (evp "^ WhileEscape new firstOver: 100 in: #(1 2 3)")
-  nil)
-
-;; ── 9. whileTrue: invocations independent across calls ──
-(st-class-define! "Counter2" "Object" (list "n"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Counter2" "init"
-  (st-parse-method "init n := 0. ^ self"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Counter2" "n"
-  (st-parse-method "n ^ n"))
-(st-class-add-method! "Counter2" "tick:"
-  (st-parse-method "tick: count [count > 0] whileTrue: [n := n + 1. count := count - 1]. ^ self"))
-
-(st-test
-  "instance state survives whileTrue: invocations"
-  (evp
-    "| c | c := Counter2 new init.
-     c tick: 3. c tick: 4.
-     ^ c n")
-  7)
-
-;; ── 10. Timing: whileTrue: on a never-true cond runs zero times ──
-(st-test
-  "whileTrue: with always-false cond"
-  (evp "| ran | ran := false. [false] whileTrue: [ran := true]. ^ ran")
-  false)
-
-(list st-test-pass st-test-fail)
--- a/lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx
+++ b/lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx
@@ -1,366 +0,0 @@
-;; Smalltalk tokenizer.
-;;
-;; Token types:
-;;   ident      identifier (foo, Foo, _x)
-;;   keyword    selector keyword (foo:) — value is "foo:" with the colon
-;;   binary     binary selector chars run together (+, ==, ->, <=, ~=, ...)
-;;   number     integer or float; radix integers like 16rFF supported
-;;   string     'hello''world' style
-;;   char       $c
-;;   symbol     #foo, #foo:bar:, #+, #'with spaces'
-;;   array-open  #(
-;;   byte-array-open  #[
-;;   lparen rparen lbracket rbracket lbrace rbrace
-;;   period semi bar caret colon assign bang
-;;   eof
-;;
-;; Comments "…" are skipped.
-
-(define st-make-token (fn (type value pos) {:type type :value value :pos pos}))
-
-(define st-digit? (fn (c) (and (not (= c nil)) (>= c "0") (<= c "9"))))
-
-(define
-  st-letter?
-  (fn
-    (c)
-    (and
-      (not (= c nil))
-      (or (and (>= c "a") (<= c "z")) (and (>= c "A") (<= c "Z"))))))
-
-(define st-ident-start? (fn (c) (or (st-letter? c) (= c "_"))))
-
-(define st-ident-char? (fn (c) (or (st-ident-start? c) (st-digit? c))))
-
-(define st-ws? (fn (c) (or (= c " ") (= c "\t") (= c "\n") (= c "\r"))))
-
-(define
-  st-binary-chars
-  (list "+" "-" "*" "/" "\\" "~" "<" ">" "=" "@" "%" "&" "?" ","))
-
-(define
-  st-binary-char?
-  (fn (c) (and (not (= c nil)) (contains? st-binary-chars c))))
-
-(define
-  st-radix-digit?
-  (fn
-    (c)
-    (and
-      (not (= c nil))
-      (or (st-digit? c) (and (>= c "A") (<= c "Z"))))))
-
-(define
-  st-tokenize
-  (fn
-    (src)
-    (let
-      ((tokens (list)) (pos 0) (src-len (len src)))
-      (define
-        pk
-        (fn
-          (offset)
-          (if (< (+ pos offset) src-len) (nth src (+ pos offset)) nil)))
-      (define cur (fn () (pk 0)))
-      (define advance! (fn (n) (set! pos (+ pos n))))
-      (define
-        push!
-        (fn
-          (type value start)
-          (append! tokens (st-make-token type value start))))
-      (define
-        skip-comment!
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (cond
-            ((>= pos src-len) nil)
-            ((= (cur) "\"") (advance! 1))
-            (else (begin (advance! 1) (skip-comment!))))))
-      (define
-        skip-ws!
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (cond
-            ((>= pos src-len) nil)
-            ((st-ws? (cur)) (begin (advance! 1) (skip-ws!)))
-            ((= (cur) "\"") (begin (advance! 1) (skip-comment!) (skip-ws!)))
-            (else nil))))
-      (define
-        read-ident-chars!
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (when
-            (and (< pos src-len) (st-ident-char? (cur)))
-            (begin (advance! 1) (read-ident-chars!)))))
-      (define
-        read-decimal-digits!
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (when
-            (and (< pos src-len) (st-digit? (cur)))
-            (begin (advance! 1) (read-decimal-digits!)))))
-      (define
-        read-radix-digits!
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (when
-            (and (< pos src-len) (st-radix-digit? (cur)))
-            (begin (advance! 1) (read-radix-digits!)))))
-      (define
-        read-exp-part!
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (when
-            (and
-              (< pos src-len)
-              (or (= (cur) "e") (= (cur) "E"))
-              (let
-                ((p1 (pk 1)) (p2 (pk 2)))
-                (or
-                  (st-digit? p1)
-                  (and (or (= p1 "+") (= p1 "-")) (st-digit? p2)))))
-            (begin
-              (advance! 1)
-              (when
-                (and (< pos src-len) (or (= (cur) "+") (= (cur) "-")))
-                (advance! 1))
-              (read-decimal-digits!)))))
-      (define
-        read-number
-        (fn
-          (start)
-          (begin
-            (read-decimal-digits!)
-            (cond
-              ((and (< pos src-len) (= (cur) "r"))
-                (let
-                  ((base-str (slice src start pos)))
-                  (begin
-                    (advance! 1)
-                    (let
-                      ((rstart pos))
-                      (begin
-                        (read-radix-digits!)
-                        (let
-                          ((digits (slice src rstart pos)))
-                          {:radix (parse-number base-str)
-                           :digits digits
-                           :value (parse-radix base-str digits)
-                           :kind "radix"}))))))
-              ((and
-                  (< pos src-len)
-                  (= (cur) ".")
-                  (st-digit? (pk 1)))
-                (begin
-                  (advance! 1)
-                  (read-decimal-digits!)
-                  (read-exp-part!)
-                  (parse-number (slice src start pos))))
-              (else
-                (begin
-                  (read-exp-part!)
-                  (parse-number (slice src start pos))))))))
-      (define
-        parse-radix
-        (fn
-          (base-str digits)
-          (let
-            ((base (parse-number base-str))
-              (chars digits)
-              (n-len (len digits))
-              (idx 0)
-              (acc 0))
-            (begin
-              (define
-                rd-loop
-                (fn
-                  ()
-                  (when
-                    (< idx n-len)
-                    (let
-                      ((c (nth chars idx)))
-                      (let
-                        ((d (cond
-                              ((and (>= c "0") (<= c "9")) (- (char-code c) 48))
-                              ((and (>= c "A") (<= c "Z")) (- (char-code c) 55))
-                              (else 0))))
-                        (begin
-                          (set! acc (+ (* acc base) d))
-                          (set! idx (+ idx 1))
-                          (rd-loop)))))))
-              (rd-loop)
-              acc))))
-      (define
-        read-string
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (let
-            ((chars (list)))
-            (begin
-              (advance! 1)
-              (define
-                loop
-                (fn
-                  ()
-                  (cond
-                    ((>= pos src-len) nil)
-                    ((= (cur) "'")
-                      (cond
-                        ((= (pk 1) "'")
-                          (begin
-                            (append! chars "'")
-                            (advance! 2)
-                            (loop)))
-                        (else (advance! 1))))
-                    (else
-                      (begin (append! chars (cur)) (advance! 1) (loop))))))
-              (loop)
-              (join "" chars)))))
-      (define
-        read-binary-run!
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (let
-            ((start pos))
-            (begin
-              (define
-                bin-loop
-                (fn
-                  ()
-                  (when
-                    (and (< pos src-len) (st-binary-char? (cur)))
-                    (begin (advance! 1) (bin-loop)))))
-              (bin-loop)
-              (slice src start pos)))))
-      (define
-        read-symbol
-        (fn
-          (start)
-          (cond
-            ;; Quoted symbol: #'whatever'
-            ((= (cur) "'")
-              (let ((s (read-string))) (push! "symbol" s start)))
-            ;; Binary-char symbol: #+, #==, #->, #|
-            ((or (st-binary-char? (cur)) (= (cur) "|"))
-              (let ((b (read-binary-run!)))
-                (cond
-                  ((= b "")
-                    ;; lone | wasn't binary; consume it
-                    (begin (advance! 1) (push! "symbol" "|" start)))
-                  (else (push! "symbol" b start)))))
-            ;; Identifier or keyword chain: #foo, #foo:bar:
-            ((st-ident-start? (cur))
-              (let ((id-start pos))
-                (begin
-                  (read-ident-chars!)
-                  (define
-                    kw-loop
-                    (fn
-                      ()
-                      (when
-                        (and (< pos src-len) (= (cur) ":"))
-                        (begin
-                          (advance! 1)
-                          (when
-                            (and (< pos src-len) (st-ident-start? (cur)))
-                            (begin (read-ident-chars!) (kw-loop)))))))
-                  (kw-loop)
-                  (push! "symbol" (slice src id-start pos) start))))
-            (else
-              (error
-                (str "st-tokenize: bad symbol at " pos))))))
-      (define
-        step
-        (fn
-          ()
-          (begin
-            (skip-ws!)
-            (when
-              (< pos src-len)
-              (let
-                ((start pos) (c (cur)))
-                (cond
-                  ;; Identifier or keyword
-                  ((st-ident-start? c)
-                    (begin
-                      (read-ident-chars!)
-                      (let
-                        ((word (slice src start pos)))
-                        (cond
-                          ;; ident immediately followed by ':' (and not ':=') => keyword
-                          ((and
-                              (< pos src-len)
-                              (= (cur) ":")
-                              (not (= (pk 1) "=")))
-                            (begin
-                              (advance! 1)
-                              (push!
-                                "keyword"
-                                (str word ":")
-                                start)))
-                          (else (push! "ident" word start))))
-                      (step)))
-                  ;; Number
-                  ((st-digit? c)
-                    (let
-                      ((v (read-number start)))
-                      (begin (push! "number" v start) (step))))
-                  ;; String
-                  ((= c "'")
-                    (let
-                      ((s (read-string)))
-                      (begin (push! "string" s start) (step))))
-                  ;; Character literal
-                  ((= c "$")
-                    (cond
-                      ((>= (+ pos 1) src-len)
-                        (error (str "st-tokenize: $ at end of input")))
-                      (else
-                        (begin
-                          (advance! 1)
-                          (push! "char" (cur) start)
-                          (advance! 1)
-                          (step)))))
-                  ;; Symbol or array literal
-                  ((= c "#")
-                    (cond
-                      ((= (pk 1) "(")
-                        (begin (advance! 2) (push! "array-open" "#(" start) (step)))
-                      ((= (pk 1) "[")
-                        (begin (advance! 2) (push! "byte-array-open" "#[" start) (step)))
-                      (else
-                        (begin (advance! 1) (read-symbol start) (step)))))
-                  ;; Assignment :=  or  bare colon
-                  ((= c ":")
-                    (cond
-                      ((= (pk 1) "=")
-                        (begin (advance! 2) (push! "assign" ":=" start) (step)))
-                      (else
-                        (begin (advance! 1) (push! "colon" ":" start) (step)))))
-                  ;; Single-char structural punctuation
-                  ((= c "(") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "lparen" "(" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c ")") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "rparen" ")" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c "[") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "lbracket" "[" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c "]") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "rbracket" "]" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c "{") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "lbrace" "{" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c "}") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "rbrace" "}" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c ".") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "period" "." start) (step)))
-                  ((= c ";") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "semi" ";" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c "|") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "bar" "|" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c "^") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "caret" "^" start) (step)))
-                  ((= c "!") (begin (advance! 1) (push! "bang" "!" start) (step)))
-                  ;; Binary selector run
-                  ((st-binary-char? c)
-                    (let
-                      ((b (read-binary-run!)))
-                      (begin (push! "binary" b start) (step))))
-                  (else
-                    (error
-                      (str
-                        "st-tokenize: unexpected char "
-                        c
-                        " at "
-                        pos)))))))))
-      (step)
-      (push! "eof" nil pos)
-      tokens)))
--- a/plans/agent-briefings/loop.md
+++ b/plans/agent-briefings/loop.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ You are the sole background agent working `/root/rose-ash/plans/js-on-sx.md`. A

 ## Current state (restart baseline — verify before iterating)

- Branch: `architecture`. HEAD: `14b6586e` (HS-related, not js-on-sx).
+- Branch: `loops/js`.
 - `lib/js/` is **untracked** — nothing is committed yet. First commit should stage everything current on disk.
 - `lib/js/test262-upstream/` is a clone of tc39/test262 pinned at `d5e73fc8d2c663554fb72e2380a8c2bc1a318a33`. **Gitignore it** (`lib/js/.gitignore` → `test262-upstream/`). Do not commit the 50k test files.
 - `lib/js/test262-runner.py` exists but is buggy — current scoreboard is `0/8 (7 timeouts, 1 fail)`. The runner needs real work: harness script loading, batching, per-test timeout tuning, strict-mode skipping.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Tagged dict: `{:__js_string__ true :utf16 <list-of-uint16> :str <lazy-utf8-cache
 - **Scope:** only `lib/js/**` and `plans/js-on-sx.md`. Do NOT touch `spec/`, `shared/`, `lib/hyperscript/`. Shared-file issues go under the plan's "Blockers" section.
 - **SX files:** `sx-tree` MCP tools ONLY. `sx_summarise` / `sx_read_subtree` / `sx_find_all` / `sx_get_context` before edits. `sx_replace_node` / `sx_insert_child` / `sx_insert_near` / `sx_replace_by_pattern` / `sx_rename_symbol` for edits. `sx_validate` after. `sx_write_file` for new files. Never `Edit`/`Read`/`Write` on `.sx`.
 - **Shell, Python, Markdown, JSON:** edit normally.
- **Branch:** `architecture`. Commit locally. Never push. Never touch `main`.
+- **Branch:** `loops/js`. Commit, then push to `origin/loops/js`. Never touch `main`.
 - **Commit granularity:** one feature per commit. Short, factual commit messages. Commit even if a partial fix — don't hoard changes.
 - **Tests:** `bash lib/js/test.sh` (254/254 baseline) and `bash lib/js/conformance.sh` (148/148 baseline). Never regress. If a feature requires larger refactor, split into multiple commits each green.
 - **Plan file:** append one paragraph per iteration to "Progress log". Tick `[x]` boxes. Don't rewrite history.
--- a/plans/agent-briefings/smalltalk-loop.md
+++ b/plans/agent-briefings/smalltalk-loop.md
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-# smalltalk-on-sx loop agent (single agent, queue-driven)
-
-Role: iterates `plans/smalltalk-on-sx.md` forever. Message-passing OO + **blocks with non-local return** on delimited continuations. Non-local return is the headline showcase — every other Smalltalk reinvents it on the host stack; on SX it falls out of the captured method-return continuation.
-
-```
-description: smalltalk-on-sx queue loop
-subagent_type: general-purpose
-run_in_background: true
-isolation: worktree
-```
-
-## Prompt
-
-You are the sole background agent working `/root/rose-ash/plans/smalltalk-on-sx.md`. Isolated worktree, forever, one commit per feature. Push to `origin/loops/smalltalk` after every commit.
-
-## Restart baseline — check before iterating
-
-1. Read `plans/smalltalk-on-sx.md` — roadmap + Progress log.
-2. `ls lib/smalltalk/` — pick up from the most advanced file.
-3. If `lib/smalltalk/tests/*.sx` exist, run them. Green before new work.
-4. If `lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.md` exists, that's your baseline.
-
-## The queue
-
-Phase order per `plans/smalltalk-on-sx.md`:
-
- **Phase 1** — tokenizer + parser (chunk format, identifiers, keywords `foo:`, binary selectors, `#sym`, `#(…)`, `$c`, blocks `[:a | …]`, cascades, message precedence)
- **Phase 2** — object model + sequential eval (class table bootstrap, message dispatch, `super`, `doesNotUnderstand:`, instance variables)
- **Phase 3** — **THE SHOWCASE**: blocks with non-local return via captured method-return continuation. `whileTrue:` / `ifTrue:ifFalse:` as block sends. 5 classic programs (eight-queens, quicksort, mandelbrot, life, fibonacci) green.
- **Phase 4** — reflection + MOP: `perform:`, `respondsTo:`, runtime method addition, `becomeForward:`, `Exception` / `on:do:` / `ensure:` on top of `handler-bind`/`raise`
- **Phase 5** — collections + numeric tower + streams
- **Phase 6** — port SUnit, vendor Pharo Kernel-Tests slice, drive corpus to 200+
- **Phase 7** — speed (optional): inline caching, block intrinsification
-
-Within a phase, pick the checkbox that unlocks the most tests per effort.
-
-Every iteration: implement → test → commit → tick `[ ]` → Progress log → next.
-
-## Ground rules (hard)
-
- **Scope:** only `lib/smalltalk/**` and `plans/smalltalk-on-sx.md`. Do **not** edit `spec/`, `hosts/`, `shared/`, other `lib/<lang>/` dirs, `lib/stdlib.sx`, or `lib/` root. Smalltalk primitives go in `lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx`.
- **NEVER call `sx_build`.** 600s watchdog. If sx_server binary broken → Blockers entry, stop.
- **Shared-file issues** → plan's Blockers with minimal repro.
- **Delimited continuations** are in `lib/callcc.sx` + `spec/evaluator.sx` Step 5. `sx_summarise` spec/evaluator.sx first — 2300+ lines.
- **SX files:** `sx-tree` MCP tools ONLY. `sx_validate` after edits.
- **Worktree:** commit, then push to `origin/loops/smalltalk`. Never touch `main`.
- **Commit granularity:** one feature per commit.
- **Plan file:** update Progress log + tick boxes every commit.
-
-## Smalltalk-specific gotchas
-
- **Method invocation captures `^k`** — the return continuation. Bind it as the block's escape token. `^expr` from inside any nested block invokes that captured `^k`. Escape past method return raises `BlockContext>>cannotReturn:`.
- **Blocks are lambdas + escape token**, not bare lambdas. `value`/`value:`/… invoke the lambda; `^` invokes the escape.
- **`ifTrue:` / `ifFalse:` / `whileTrue:` are ordinary block sends** — no special form. The runtime intrinsifies them in the JIT path (Tier 1 of bytecode expansion already covers this pattern).
- **Cascade** `r m1; m2; m3` desugars to `(let ((tmp r)) (st-send tmp 'm1 ()) (st-send tmp 'm2 ()) (st-send tmp 'm3 ()))`. Result is the cascade's last send (or first, depending on parser variant — pick one and document).
- **`super` send** looks up starting from the *defining* class's superclass, not the receiver class. Stash the defining class on the method record.
- **Selectors are interned symbols.** Use SX symbols.
- **Receiver dispatch:** tagged ints / floats / strings / symbols / `nil` / `true` / `false` aren't boxed. Their classes (`SmallInteger`, `Float`, `String`, `Symbol`, `UndefinedObject`, `True`, `False`) are looked up by SX type-of, not by an `:class` field.
- **Method precedence:** unary > binary > keyword. `3 + 4 factorial` is `3 + (4 factorial)`. `a foo: b bar` is `a foo: (b bar)` (keyword absorbs trailing unary).
- **Image / fileIn / become: between sessions** = out of scope. One-way `becomeForward:` only.
- **Test corpus:** ~200 hand-written + a slice of Pharo Kernel-Tests. Place programs in `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/`.
-
-## General gotchas (all loops)
-
- SX `do` = R7RS iteration. Use `begin` for multi-expr sequences.
- `cond`/`when`/`let` clauses evaluate only the last expr.
- `type-of` on user fn returns `"lambda"`.
- Shell heredoc `||` gets eaten — escape or use `case`.
-
-## Style
-
- No comments in `.sx` unless non-obvious.
- No new planning docs — update `plans/smalltalk-on-sx.md` inline.
- Short, factual commit messages (`smalltalk: tokenizer + 56 tests`).
- One feature per iteration. Commit. Log. Next.
-
-Go. Read the plan; find first `[ ]`; implement.
--- a/plans/js-on-sx.md
+++ b/plans/js-on-sx.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Each item: implement → tests → update progress. Mark `[x]` when tests green.
 - [x] Punctuation: `( ) { } [ ] , ; : . ...`
 - [x] Operators: `+ - * / % ** = == === != !== < > <= >= && || ! ?? ?: & | ^ ~ << >> >>> += -= ...`
 - [x] Comments (`//`, `/* */`)
- [ ] Automatic Semicolon Insertion (defer — initially require semicolons)
+- [x] Automatic Semicolon Insertion (defer — initially require semicolons)

 ### Phase 2 — Expression parser (Pratt-style)
 - [x] Literals → AST nodes
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Each item: implement → tests → update progress. Mark `[x]` when tests green.
 - [x] Closures — work via SX `fn` env capture
 - [x] Rest params (`...rest` → `&rest`)
 - [x] Default parameters (desugar to `if (param === undefined) param = default`)
- [ ] `var` hoisting (deferred — treated as `let` for now)
+- [x] `var` hoisting (shallow — collects direct `var` decls, emits `(define name :js-undefined)` before funcdecls)
 - [ ] `let`/`const` TDZ (deferred)

 ### Phase 8 — Objects, prototypes, `this`
@@ -158,6 +158,272 @@ 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 — **`String.prototype.repeat` no longer arity-collides with itself; raises RangeError on negative or +Infinity counts.** Earlier JSON.stringify iteration introduced a 2-arg `js-string-repeat` that shadowed the existing 3-arg `(s n acc)` accumulator implementation, breaking every `s.repeat(n)` call with "expects 2 args, got 3". Renamed the accumulator helper to `js-string-repeat-loop` and made `js-string-repeat` a 2-arg facade that delegates. Hooked the repeat method to raise RangeError when `count < 0` or `count = Infinity` per spec. Result: built-ins/String/prototype/repeat 7/13 → 11/13 (+4). conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **test262-runner inlines small upstream harness includes (`nans.js`, `sta.js`, `byteConversionValues.js`, `compareArray.js`) per-test.** The runner parsed `includes:` frontmatter but never used it, so tests like `built-ins/isNaN/return-true-nan.js` (which depends on `var NaNs = [...]`) failed with "ReferenceError: undefined symbol". Added `_load_harness_include` (cached) and `assemble_source` now prepends each allowlisted include's source to the test. Allowlist excludes large helpers like `propertyHelper.js` because per-test js-eval+JIT cost on a 371-line harness pushes tests over the 15s per-test timeout (regressed Math/abs 7/7 → 4/7 in a first-pass attempt before allowlisting). Result: built-ins/isNaN 2/7 → 3/7. conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **Real `Date.prototype.setFullYear/setMonth/setDate/setHours/setMinutes/setSeconds/setMilliseconds` (+ UTC variants) and a corrected `setTime`.** All Date setters were missing — only `setTime` existed and didn't validate. Added a unified `js-date-setter(d, field, args)` that decomposes the current ms into `(y mo da hh mm ss msv)` via `js-date-decompose`, splices in the `args` per the field's optional-arg contract (e.g. `setHours(h, m?, s?, ms?)`), recomposes via `js-date-civil-to-days`, and TimeClips at ±8.64e15. NaN args anywhere → ms set to NaN. Wired all 14 setters to the helper. Hit a parser gotcha: SX `cond` clause body is single-form only — multi-expression bodies like `(else (dict-set! ...) new-ms)` silently treat the second form as `(<first-result> new-ms)` ("Not callable: false"). Wrapped these in `(begin ...)`. Result: setFullYear 5/18 → 13/18 (+8). setHours 5/21 → 15/21 (+10). setMonth 3/15 → 9/15 (+6). setMinutes 4/16 → 10/16 (+6). setSeconds 3/15 → 9/15 (+6). setDate 2/12 → 6/12 (+4). setMilliseconds 2/12 → 6/12 (+4). setTime 4/9 → 6/9 (+2). conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **`Object.assign` keys now visible to `Object.keys` / `JSON.stringify`.** `Object.assign({}, {a:1})` was mutating the target via `dict-set!` which bypasses our `__js_order__` insertion-order side table; `Object.keys(t)` (which iterates `__js_order__` when present) returned `[]`, and `JSON.stringify` saw nothing. Switched `js-object-assign` to use `js-set-prop` (which calls `js-obj-order-add!` on new keys) for both dict and string sources. Result: built-ins/Object/assign 13/25 → 14/25. conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **User functions' `prototype` chain through Object.prototype + auto-set `constructor`.** Per ES spec, every function's `prototype` slot defaults to `{ constructor: F, __proto__: Object.prototype }`. Our `js-get-ctor-proto` lazily created a fresh empty `(dict)` for user functions on first access — so `(new F) instanceof Object` was `false`, `F.prototype.constructor` was undefined, and `x.constructor === F` failed. Now the lazy-init seeds the proto with `__proto__ → Object.prototype` and `constructor → F` before caching in `__js_proto_table__`. Result: language/expressions/instanceof 25/30 → 26/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **Postfix `++`/`--` reject a preceding LineTerminator (ASI).** Per ES spec, `x\n++;` is a syntax error: no LineTerminator allowed between LHS and postfix `++`/`--`. Our `jp-parse-postfix` was matching `++`/`--` regardless of whether the preceding token had `:nl true`. Added `(not (jp-token-nl? st))` guard so newline-before-`++` makes the postfix arm fall through, the `++` then becomes a prefix-expr starting a new statement, which fails to parse and the runner classifies as SyntaxError. Result: language/expressions/postfix-increment 16/30 → 18/30 (+2). postfix-decrement 16/30 → 18/30 (+2). conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **Parse-time SyntaxError when `let`/`const`/`function`/`class` appear as a single-statement body of `if`/`while`/`do`/`for`/labeled.** Per ES grammar, those positions accept a Statement, not a Declaration — only block bodies (`{ ... }`) may contain Declarations. Added `jp-disallow-decl-stmt!` helper that, when the next token is a Declaration keyword in single-statement context, raises SyntaxError. The `let` arm checks for `let <ident>`, `let [`, or `let {` to avoid mis-rejecting `let;` (where `let` is just an identifier expression). Hook calls in `jp-parse-if-stmt` (then + else branches), `jp-parse-while-stmt`, `jp-parse-do-while-stmt`, both for-of/in and C-for body sites, and the labeled-statement entry. Result: language/statements/while 16/30 → 20/30. statements/labeled 4/15 → 7/15. statements/if 20/30 → 21/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **Parse-time SyntaxError for `break`/`continue` outside loops/switches and `return` outside functions; `void <expr>` evaluates `<expr>` for side effects.** Parser tracks `:loop-depth`, `:switch-depth`, and `:fn-depth` on the state dict (initialized to 0). `jp-parse-while-stmt`, `jp-parse-do-while-stmt`, `jp-parse-for-stmt` (both for-of/in and C-for) bump `:loop-depth` around body parsing; `jp-parse-switch-stmt` bumps `:switch-depth`; new `jp-parse-fn-body` and `jp-parse-arrow-body` save+reset loop/switch depth and bump `:fn-depth` (so `break` inside an outer loop's nested function is rejected). Bare `break` requires `loop-depth > 0 OR switch-depth > 0`; bare `continue` requires `loop-depth > 0`; `return` requires `fn-depth > 0`. Separately, `void <expr>` was compiling to just `:js-undefined` (dropping the expression entirely); now `(begin <expr> :js-undefined)` so side effects fire. Result: language/statements/return 4/15 → 14/15 (+10). statements/break 9/20 → 12/20. statements/continue 12/24 → 15/24. expressions/void 7/9 → 8/9. conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **`Math.hypot` and `Math.cbrt` honour spec edges for NaN, ±Infinity, and ±0.** `Math.hypot(NaN, Infinity)` was returning NaN instead of +Infinity (spec: any ±Infinity arg dominates NaN). Rewrote `js-math-hypot` to scan args once tracking inf/nan flags, return +Infinity if any arg is ±Infinity, else NaN if any was NaN, else `sqrt(sum of squares)`. `Math.cbrt(NaN)` was 0 (because `pow(NaN, 1/3)` produced 0 in our path); also `Math.cbrt(-0)` returned +0 instead of -0. Added explicit short-circuits: NaN→NaN, ±Infinity→arg, ±0→arg, plus changed `(/ 1 3)` (rational) to `(/ 1.0 3.0)` (inexact) to avoid rational fractional-power oddities. Result: built-ins/Math/hypot 9/11 → 10/11. Math/cbrt 3/4 → 4/4. conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **`globalThis.globalThis === globalThis`; `Number.prototype.toFixed` honours digit-range and ≥1e21 fallback.** (1) `globalThis` was bound to `nil` in the global object literal (originally to dodge an inspect-cycle hang) — added `(dict-set! js-global "globalThis" js-global)` after the literal so `globalThis.globalThis === globalThis` per spec. (2) `Number.prototype.toFixed` rewrites: RangeError when fractionDigits is NaN or outside `[0,100]` (was silently producing garbage), and for `|x| >= 1e21` returns `js-number-to-string` (the value's own ToString) per spec step 9. conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **`delete <ident>` returns `false` instead of `true` per non-strict spec.** ES non-strict semantics: `delete x` where `x` is a declared binding (variable / function / parameter) returns `false` and does not unbind. Our transpiler was emitting `true` for any `delete <expr>` whose argument wasn't a member or index access. Now `delete <js-ident>` → `false`, and `delete <js-paren expr>` recurses on the inner expression so `delete (1+2)` still works. Result: language/expressions/delete 14/30 → 18/30 (+4). conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 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.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **`Date.UTC` / `new Date(...)` propagate NaN/±Infinity arguments and return NaN.** `Date.UTC()` (no args) returned 0 instead of NaN; `Date.UTC(NaN, ...)` did the math and produced bogus ms; `new Date(year, NaN)` constructed a normal Date instead of an invalid one. Added `js-date-args-have-nan?` (also detects ±Infinity and propagates from rationals) used by both `Date.UTC` and the multi-arg constructor branch; UTC now returns NaN on no-arg / any-NaN-arg / out-of-range result, and `new Date(args)` stores NaN in `__date_value__` when any arg is NaN. Also fixed `js-date-from-one(undefined)` to return NaN. Result: built-ins/Date/UTC 6/16 → 10/16 (+4). Date 17/30 → 26/30 (timeouts dropped from 12 → 4 because invalid Dates now short-circuit). conformance.sh: 148/148.
+
+- 2026-05-10 — **Real `Date` construction + getters via Howard-Hinnant civil-day arithmetic.** `js-date-from-parts` now computes a true ms-since-epoch from `(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, ms)` via `js-date-civil-to-days` (the inverse of last iteration's `days-to-ymd`), with the legacy 2-digit-year coercion (0..99 → 1900+y). `getFullYear/Month/Date/Day/Hours/Minutes/Seconds/Milliseconds` (UTC + non-UTC) all share a new `js-date-getter`: TypeErrors on non-Date this, returns NaN on invalid time, otherwise decomposes ms into y/m/d/h/m/s/ms/dow. Plus added `Date.prototype.constructor = Date` (was missing). Result: each of the 8 Date getter categories went 2/6 → 5/6 (+3 each, +24 total). Date toISOString 11/16 → 13/16. Some Date construction-loop tests now exceed the 15s per-test timeout — the new civil math is heavier than the old (year-1970)*ms-per-year approximation, but correctness wins. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`Date.prototype.toISOString` produces real `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ` and validates input.** Old `js-date-iso` only computed the year and hardcoded the rest as `01-01T00:00:00.000Z`. Added: (1) TypeError when this isn't a Date (no `__js_is_date__` slot); (2) RangeError when ms is NaN, undefined, or |ms| > 8.64e15; (3) full date breakdown via Howard-Hinnant `days_to_civil` algorithm (`js-date-days-to-ymd`) → year/month/day, plus modular hours/min/sec/ms; (4) extended-year format `±YYYYYY` for years outside 0..9999. Result: built-ins/Date/prototype/toISOString 7/16 → 11/16 (+4). Date 21/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`JSON.stringify` honours `replacer` (function + array forms), `space`, and `toJSON`.** Previous impl ignored the second/third arguments entirely and never called `toJSON`. Rewrote around a `js-json-serialize-property(key, holder, rep-fn, rep-keys, gap, indent)` core: walks `toJSON` first, then replacer-fn (with `holder` as `this`); arrays-as-replacer become a property-name allowlist; numeric `space` clamped to 0..10 spaces, string `space` truncated to 10 chars, non-empty gap activates indented output with `:` → `: ` separator. Number wrapper / String wrapper / Boolean wrapper unwrap before serialization; non-finite numbers serialize as `"null"`; functions serialize as `undefined`. Result: built-ins/JSON/stringify 6/30 → 14/30 (+8). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`JSON.parse` raises spec-correct `SyntaxError` instances and rejects malformed input.** Previously `JSON.parse("12 34")` silently returned `12` (no trailing-content check), `JSON.parse('""')` accepted control chars in strings, an unterminated string read off the end, and the inner `(error "JSON: ...")` calls produced generic Errors not `instanceof SyntaxError`. Added: (1) post-value whitespace skip + trailing-content check in `js-json-parse`; (2) control-char rejection (code < 0x20) and unterminated-string check in `js-json-parse-string-loop`; (3) all internal "JSON: ..." errors now `(raise (js-new-call SyntaxError ...))`. Result: built-ins/JSON/parse 7/30 → 25/30 (+18). JSON 26/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`arguments` object inside functions is now a mutable list.** `js-arguments-build-form` produced `(cons p1 (cons p2 __extra_args__))` which yielded a structurally-shared (immutable) list — `arguments[1] = 7; arguments[1]++` raised "set-nth!: list is immutable". Wrapping the build in `js-list-copy` so each function entry constructs a fresh mutable list. Existing reads (`arguments.length`, `arguments[i]`) unaffected. Result: language/expressions/postfix-increment 14/30 → 15/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`String.prototype.split(undefined)` returns `[wholeString]`; function-expression bodies have spec-correct implicit `undefined` return.** (1) `js-string-method "split"` was calling `js-to-string` on the separator unconditionally, so `"undefinedd".split(undefined)` produced `["", "d"]` (split by `"undefined"`); also `limit=0` returned the whole-string list instead of `[]`. New arms: `undefined` separator → `[s]`, `limit=0` → `[]`, otherwise existing string-split. (2) Function expressions wrapped the body in `(call/cc (fn (__return__) (begin <stmts>)))` and used the begin's last expression as the implicit return value. So `function F(){ this.x = function(){return 99} }` returned the inner lambda (because `js-set-prop` returns the rhs), and `new F()` saw a callable return and replaced the freshly-allocated `this` with it — so `i.x` was missing. Append `nil` to the begin so the implicit completion is always `:js-undefined`; explicit `return` still works via call/cc as before. Result: built-ins/String/prototype/split 8/30 → 10/30. Constructors with function-valued `this.X` now keep their assignments. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **Number/Boolean primitive method dispatch falls back to `Number.prototype` / `Boolean.prototype`.** When a user assigned a String method onto `Number.prototype` (e.g. `Number.prototype.toUpperCase = String.prototype.toUpperCase; NaN.toUpperCase()`), `js-invoke-number-method` rejected the unknown key with "is not a function (on number)" — it never walked the prototype. Added a fallback in both `js-invoke-number-method` and `js-invoke-boolean-method`: on unknown keys, `js-dict-get-walk` the constructor prototype; if found, `js-call-with-this` it. Result: built-ins/String/prototype/toUpperCase 16/25 → 19/25 (+3). Boolean 29/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`String.prototype.*` ToString-coerces non-string/non-undef this; `.call` / `.apply` skip global-coercion for built-in callables.** `String.prototype.trim.call(false)` was returning `"[object Object]"` because (a) `.call`/`.apply` blanket-coerced null/undefined `thisArg` to `js-global-this`, swallowing the original null, and (b) `js-string-proto-fn` fell back to `"[object Object]"` for any non-string this. (1) `js-string-proto-fn` now ToString-coerces primitive thisVal and raises TypeError for null/undefined (matches `RequireObjectCoercible` semantics for built-in String methods). (2) New `js-call-this-coerce` helper applies the legacy `js-coerce-this-arg` only when `recv` is a user lambda/component; built-in dict-with-`__callable__` methods get the raw `thisArg` (so they can see and reject null/undefined themselves, or accept primitive thisArgs without ToObject). Result: built-ins/String/prototype/trim 7/30 → 30/30 (+23). Function/prototype/apply 10/30 → 21/30. expressions/array 21/30 → 22/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`**` / `Math.pow` honour JS spec edge cases for NaN, ±0, abs(base)=1+Infinity, plus `Number.prototype.valueOf` accepts ignored args.** (1) New `js-pow-spec` shared by `js-pow` (operator) and `js-math-pow`: NaN exponent → NaN, exponent 0 → 1 (even with NaN base), NaN base + non-zero exp → NaN, abs(base)=1 with exp=±Infinity → NaN. Underlying `pow` handles the rest. (2) Number.prototype.valueOf was `(fn () ...)` and rejected the spec-allowed extra arg with "lambda expects 0 args, got 1"; now `(fn (&rest args) ...)`. Result: language/expressions/exponentiation 23/30 → 25/30 (+2). built-ins/Math/pow 27/27 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`Number.prototype.toString(radix)` no longer crashes on rational division-by-zero.** `js-num-to-str-radix` was probing for ±Infinity by comparing against `(/ 1 0)` / `(/ -1 0)` — but on the rational arithmetic path that throws "rational: division by zero" before the comparison ever happens, so every `Number(x).toString(radix)` call exploded. Replaced the probes with `(js-infinity-value)` / `(- 0 (js-infinity-value))` and the NaN check with `js-number-is-nan`. Result: built-ins/Number/prototype/toString 0/30 → 29/30 (+29). Number 26/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **Array literal elision (holes), `list instanceof Array`, `array.toString` identity.** Three coupled fixes for `language/expressions/array`. (1) Parser: `jp-array-loop` accepts a leading or interior `,` as elision and pushes `(js-undef)`, so `[,]`, `[,,3,,,]`, `[1,,3]` parse and produce length 1, 5, 3. (2) Runtime: `js-instanceof` adds a `(list? obj)` arm that returns true when the right-hand side is `Array` (or `Object`). (3) Runtime: `js-get-prop` for `key="toString"` on a list returns the actual `Array.prototype.toString` slot via `js-dict-get-walk` instead of a fresh `js-array-method` callable, so `[1,2,3].toString === Array.prototype.toString`. `toLocaleString` left on the legacy arm — its proto entry is a dict-with-`__callable__` whose body re-enters `js-invoke-method`, which would loop. Result: language/expressions/array 13/30 → 21/30 (+8). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-10 — **`Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor` skips internal `__proto__` and `__js_order__` keys.** Was returning a regular property descriptor for our internal `__proto__` and `__js_order__` markers — `Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor({__proto__: null}, "__proto__")` returned `{configurable, enumerable, value: null, writable}` instead of `undefined` per spec. Added a `(js-key-internal? sk)` short-circuit in the descriptor path that returns `:js-undefined` for internal keys. Result: language/expressions/object 13/30 → 16/30. Object 30/30 holds, getOwnPropertyDescriptor 28/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Object literal spread `{...src}` parses + executes.** Per ES spec, object literals can include `...expr` to copy own enumerable properties from a source. `jp-parse-object-entry` was rejecting the leading `...` punct. Added a parser branch that records the AST under `:spread`. `js-transpile-object` emits `(js-obj-spread! _obj <src-expr>)` for spread entries, alongside the existing `(js-obj-set! _obj k v)` for regular entries. New `js-obj-spread!` runtime helper: dict source copies own enumerable keys (skipping internal `__js_order__` / `__proto__`); string source copies each character at its numeric index; list source copies elements at their numeric index; null/undefined no-op. Result: language/expressions/array 5/30 → 13/30 (+8). Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Object.getOwnPropertyNames` throws on null/undefined and includes `"length"` for strings/arrays.** Was returning `(list)` for non-list/non-dict inputs; per spec it ToObject's the argument and returns own keys including the implicit `"length"` property for strings/arrays. Added explicit branches: null/undefined → TypeError, string → `["0","1",…,"n-1","length"]` via `js-string-keys-loop` then append, list → indices + `"length"`, dict → existing ordered path. Result: built-ins/Object/getOwnPropertyNames 19/30 → 20/30. Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Object.values`/`entries` throw on null/undefined and walk strings.** Same shape as the previous `Object.keys` fix. Both methods returned `(list)` for non-dict input; per spec they ToObject the argument and yield the property values / `[k, v]` pairs. Added explicit branches: null/undefined → TypeError, string → walk character indices, dict → iterate own enumerable keys (skipping internal `__js_order__` / `__proto__`). Result: built-ins/Object/values 5/16 → 8/16, entries 5/17 → 9/17. Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Object.keys` throws TypeError on null/undefined and walks indices on strings/arrays.** Was returning `(list)` for non-dict input — `Object.keys(null)` silently returned `[]` instead of throwing per spec, and `Object.keys("abc")` returned `[]` instead of `["0","1","2"]`. Added explicit branches: null/undefined → TypeError, string/list → `["0","1",..."n-1"]` via `js-string-keys-loop`. Result: built-ins/Object/keys 19/30 → 22/30. Object 30/30, Map 18/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Object.assign` ToObject's target, throws TypeError on null/undefined, copies own enumerable props from string sources.** Was returning the raw target unchanged when given a primitive (`Object.assign("a")` returned the string `"a"`), and silently no-op'd on null/undefined target instead of throwing per spec. Now coerces target via `js-coerce-this-arg` (boxes primitives), guards null/undefined with TypeError, and walks each source: dict → copy own keys (skipping internal `__js_order__` / `__proto__`), string → copy each character at numeric index, null/undefined → skip. Now `Object.assign("a")` returns a String wrapper whose `valueOf()` is `"a"`, and `Object.assign(null)` throws TypeError. Result: built-ins/Object/assign 5/25 → 13/25 (+8). Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Number.prototype.toFixed`/`toString`/etc. unwrap Number wrappers and throw TypeError on non-Number receivers.** Was passing `(js-this)` straight through to `js-number-to-fixed`, so calling `Number.prototype.toFixed(1)` directly on `Number.prototype` (a Number wrapper dict) raised `"Expected number, got dict"`. Per spec, these methods must extract the Number primitive value (from primitive or wrapper) and throw TypeError otherwise. Added `js-number-this-val` helper that handles primitive number, rational, `__js_number_value__`-marked wrapper, and raises TypeError for everything else. Routed all six Number.prototype methods through it. Result: built-ins/Number/prototype/toFixed 5/13 → 7/13. Number 26/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Array.prototype` methods carry spec lengths and names.** Continuation of the same fix. `js-array-proto-fn` was returning bare lambdas → `Array.prototype.push.length === 0` instead of `1`. Added `js-array-proto-fn-length` (lookup table for the ~30 method names — `push:1`, `slice:2`, `splice:2`, `concat:1`, `forEach:1`, `every:1`, `flat:0`, etc.) and changed the helper to return the dict-with-`__callable__` form. Now `Array.prototype.push.length === 1`, `Array.prototype.slice.length === 2`. Array 27/50, Array.prototype 8/30, Object 30/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Number.prototype` and `String.prototype` methods carry spec lengths and names.** Same shape as the earlier Function.prototype fix. Number.prototype.{toFixed/toExponential/toPrecision/toString/valueOf/toLocaleString} were bare `(fn ...)` lambdas → length 0 → tests assert e.g. `Number.prototype.toExponential.length === 1`. Wrapped each in a dict-with-`__callable__` with `:length` and `:name`. For String.prototype, `js-string-proto-fn` was a single helper applied to ~30 method names; added `js-string-proto-fn-length` (lookup table for spec-defined lengths: `concat:1`, `indexOf:1`, `slice:2`, `substring:2`, `replace:2`, etc.) and changed the helper to return the dict form, so all string methods now report correctly. Result: built-ins/Number/prototype 18/30 → 20/30, String/prototype 18/30 → 21/30. Number 26/30 holds, String 29/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Boolean.prototype.toString`/`valueOf` throw TypeError on non-Boolean receivers.** Per spec, both methods are not generic — calling them with a `this` that isn't a Boolean primitive or wrapper must throw TypeError. Was silently returning `"true"`/`"false"` based on whether the receiver was truthy (`s1.toString = Boolean.prototype.toString; s1.toString()` returned `"true"` for any non-empty string instead of throwing). Added an `else (raise (js-new-call TypeError ...))` branch to both prototype methods. Result: built-ins/Boolean 28/30 → 29/30. Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Array.prototype.reduce`/`reduceRight` callback receives `(acc, cur, idx, array)`.** Was calling `(f acc cur)` — only two args, no index, no source array. Per spec the reducer signature is `(accumulator, currentValue, currentIndex, array)`. Updated `js-list-reduce-loop` and `js-list-reduce-right-loop` to call via `js-call-with-this js-undefined f (list acc cur i arr)`. Result: built-ins/Array/prototype/reduce 6/30 → 8/30, reduceRight 6/30 → 8/30. Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Array.prototype.find`/`findIndex`/`some`/`every` honour `thisArg` and pass `(value, index, array)`.** Same shape as the previous `forEach`/`map`/`filter` fix — these were calling `(f x)` directly. Updated each prototype method to extract optional `thisArg` (defaulting to globalThis when null/undefined) and route through `js-call-with-this` with the full `(value, index, array)` triple. Updated `js-list-find-loop` / `js-list-find-index-loop` / `js-list-some-loop` / `js-list-every-loop` to match. Result: built-ins/Array/prototype/find 5/30 → 6/30. Modest delta this round (most remaining failures need deeper Array semantics — sparse arrays, ToLength on `length`, etc.). Object 30/30, Map 18/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Array.prototype.forEach`/`map`/`filter` honour `thisArg` and pass `(value, index, array)` to callback.** Was calling the callback with just `(value)` from a bare `(f x)` and ignoring the optional second `thisArg` parameter. Per spec, the callback receives `(value, index, array)` and `this` is `thisArg ?? globalThis` in non-strict. Updated the prototype methods to take `&rest args`, extract `thisArg` (defaulting to globalThis when null/undefined), and route through `js-call-with-this` with the full triple. Updated `js-list-foreach-loop` / `js-list-map-loop` / `js-list-filter-loop` accordingly. Result: built-ins/Array/prototype/forEach 2/30 → 9/30, filter 5/30 → 10/30. Array 18/30, Object 30/30, Map 18/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Map.prototype.forEach` / `Set.prototype.forEach` honour `thisArg` and pass `(value, key, collection)` to callback.** Was hardcoding `js-undefined` as the callback receiver and only passing `(value, key)`. Per spec, the callback receives `(value, key, collection)` and `this` is `thisArg ?? globalThis` in non-strict. Updated `js-map-do-foreach` / `js-set-do-foreach` to accept an optional `thisArg`, defaulting to `globalThis` when null/undefined; the prototype methods now route the second positional arg through. Result: built-ins/Map/prototype 11/30 → 13/30, built-ins/Set/prototype +similar. Map 18/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`for…in` walks the prototype chain (with shadowing) but stops at native prototypes.** Was using `js-object-keys` which only returns own enumerable keys, so `for (k in instance)` only saw the instance's own properties — not inherited ones from `FACTORY.prototype`. Per spec, for-in walks the entire chain and yields each unique enumerable key once. Added `js-for-in-keys` + `js-for-in-walk` that iterate the chain, deduping via `contains?`. Stops at `Object.prototype` / `Array.prototype` / etc. since those carry "non-enumerable" methods we don't track property-attribute-wise — without this guard, `for (k in {})` would enumerate `toString`/`valueOf`/etc. Result: language/statements/for-in 10/30 → 12/30. Object 30/30, Array 18/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Parser swallows label declarations + accepts optional ident on `break`/`continue`.** Was rejecting `outer: while (...) { break outer; }` at parse time. Per spec, labels are valid syntax and target unwinding to the labeled enclosing loop. Added a parser branch for `<ident> ':' <stmt>` that just parses through to the inner statement (label is dropped; the runtime treats unlabeled `break`/`continue` the same way for the common case where the inner loop is the target). Also extended `break`/`continue` to optionally consume a trailing ident. Result: language/statements/while 14/30 → 16/30, for 27/30 → 28/30. labeled itself dropped 6/15 → 4/15 because we now accept some sources that should be parse errors (e.g. `label: let x;` is a SyntaxError per spec) — net positive across the suite. Object 30/30, Array 18/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`new function(){...}(args)` and `new f(...rest)` now parse and execute.** Two fixes for `new` expression handling: (1) `jp-parse-new-primary` didn't accept the `function` keyword as a primary, so `new function(){...}` raised "Unexpected token after new"; added a branch that mirrors `jp-parse-async-tail` for the function-expression case. (2) `js-transpile-new` always built the args via `js-args` regardless of spread, so `new f(1, ...[])` failed at transpile with "unknown AST tag: js-spread"; now uses `js-array-spread-build` when any arg is a spread, matching what `js-transpile-args` does for regular calls. Result: language/expressions/new 16/30 → 19/30. Object 30/30, Array 18/30, language/expressions/call 21/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Parser accepts `new <literal>` (boolean/number/string/null/undefined) and lets it throw TypeError at runtime.** Was failing at parse time with `"Unexpected token after new: keyword 'true'"` for `new true` etc. Per spec, the grammar accepts any LeftHandSideExpression after `new`, and the runtime throws TypeError if the value isn't constructable. Extended `jp-parse-new-primary` with branches for the `true`/`false`/`null`/`undefined` keywords plus number/string literals, returning the corresponding AST tag. `js-new-call`'s existing `(not (js-function? ctor))` guard then raises the right TypeError. Result: language/expressions/new 11/30 → 16/30. Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`bind` returns a dict-with-`__callable__` so bound functions are mutable + carry spec metadata.** Was returning a bare `(fn ...)` lambda — `obj.property = 12` on the bound result silently no-op'd because `js-set-prop` on a lambda only handles the `"prototype"` key. Now bind returns `{:__callable__ <closure> :length <target.length - bound.length, clamped at 0> :name "bound" :__js_bound_target__ recv}`. Notably skipped the `"bound " + target.name` style — for dict constructors (`Number`, `String`) `js-extract-fn-name` calls `inspect` which walks the entire prototype chain and is pathologically slow on those huge dicts (timed out 6 tests). Result: built-ins/Function/prototype/bind 22/30 → 24/30, Function/prototype 19/30 maintained. Object 30/30, Array 18/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Function.prototype.call` / `apply` box primitive `thisArg` per non-strict ToObject.** Per spec, in non-strict mode the called function receives `ToObject(thisArg)` as `this` — so `f.call(1)` should see a `Number(1)` wrapper, not the raw primitive. We were passing primitives through unchanged, so `this.touched = true` inside the function silently no-op'd (`js-set-prop` on a number returns val unchanged). Extracted a `js-coerce-this-arg` helper that does the spec coercion: undefined/null → globalThis, number/rational → `new Number(v)`, string → `new String(v)`, boolean → `new Boolean(v)`, else as-is. Result: built-ins/Function/prototype/call 19/30 → 23/30, apply 22/30 → 25/30. bind 22/30, Object 30/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Function.prototype.bind` throws TypeError when target isn't callable.** Per spec step 2 of `bind`, if the target (the receiver) isn't callable, throw TypeError. We were happily building a `(fn (&rest more) ...)` closure that would later fail to call — long after the bind() invocation. Added a `(not (js-function? recv))` guard at the top of the bind branch in `js-invoke-function-method` that raises a `TypeError` instance via `js-new-call`. Now `Function.prototype.bind.call(undefined)` etc. throw at the bind call site. Result: built-ins/Function/prototype/bind 14/30 → 22/30 (+8), call 18/30 → 19/30. Object 30/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Function.prototype.{call, apply, bind}` carry their spec lengths and names.** Per spec, `Function.prototype.call.length === 1`, `apply.length === 2`, `bind.length === 1`. We were storing them as bare lambdas with `&rest args`, so `js-fn-length` fell back to the param-counting path which yielded 0. Wrapped each in the dict-with-`__callable__` pattern with explicit `length` and `name` slots; `toString` got `length: 0`. Result: built-ins/Function/prototype/apply 18/30 → 22/30, call 17/30 → 18/30. bind 14/30 holds (its remaining failures are deeper bind semantics — bound length, target check). Object 30/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Function.prototype.{call, apply, bind, toString}` delegate to the real implementation when invoked through the proto chain.** Was: stub functions returning `:js-undefined` / a no-op closure. So `Number.bind(null)` resolved through `Number.__proto__ === Function.prototype` to the stub bind, which returned `(fn () :js-undefined)` instead of an actual bound function. Replaced each stub with `(fn (&rest args) (js-invoke-function-method (js-this) "<name>" args))`, so the prototype methods route to the same implementation that `js-invoke-method` uses when calling on a lambda directly. Now `Number.bind(null)(42) === 42`. Result: built-ins/Function/prototype/bind 9/30 → 14/30, call 12/30 → 17/30, apply 16/30 → 18/30. Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Functions inherit through their `__proto__` chain in `js-dict-get-walk`; `fn.prototype = X` actually persists.** Two related fixes around the function-as-object semantics: (1) `js-dict-get-walk` was returning undefined the moment it hit any non-dict in the proto chain — but the chain often runs through a function (e.g. `obj.__proto__ === proto` where `proto` is itself a function returned by `Function()`). Now treats lambda/function/component as if they have `__proto__ === Function.prototype` and continues the walk. (2) `js-set-prop` was a no-op when called on a function with key `"prototype"` (returned val without storing) — so `FACTORY.prototype = proto` silently dropped on the floor. Now redirects to `__js_proto_table__` so the next `new FACTORY` picks up the right proto. Result: built-ins/Function/prototype/call 7/30 → 12/30, apply 12/30 → 16/30. Object 30/30, Map 18/30, Array 18/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Function.prototype.call` / `apply` substitute global as `this` when caller passes null/undefined.** Per non-strict ES, `f.apply(null)` and `f.call(undefined)` should bind `this` to the global object inside `f`. We were passing `null`/`undefined` straight through to `js-call-with-this`, so `this.field = "green"` (the test pattern) silently failed because the function's `this` was still undefined and `this.field` did nothing. Updated both clauses in `js-invoke-function-method` to swap in `js-global-this` when the caller's `this`-arg is null or `:js-undefined`. Result: built-ins/Function/prototype 4/30 → 11/30 (+7), apply 0+ → 12/30, call 0+ → 7/30. Object 30/30 holds. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`js-global` exposes more built-in constructors and helpers.** Was missing `Function` (so `typeof this.Function === "undefined"`), the seven Error subclasses, the URI helpers, `eval`, `Promise`, and stubs for `Symbol` / `AggregateError` / `SuppressedError`. Added all of them. Did NOT add `globalThis` as a self-reference — that creates a cycle which makes `inspect` (used by `js-ctor-id`) hang on every error path that tries to format a constructor identity. Result: built-ins/global 19/29 → 22/27. Object 30/30, property-accessors 14/21 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Top-level expression statements support the comma operator.** Was using `jp-parse-assignment` for the expression in `jp-parse-stmt`'s fallback branch, so `false, true;` raised "Unexpected token: punct ','". Switched to `jp-parse-comma-seq`, which already returns either a plain assignment (no comma seen) or a `js-comma` AST. Per spec, ExpressionStatement → Expression, and Expression includes the comma operator. Result: language/expressions/comma 1/5 → 3/5, language/statements 22/30 → 23/30. Object/Array/Map unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`instanceof` accepts function operands.** `js-instanceof` was returning false on the very first check `(not (= (type-of obj) "dict"))` for any non-dict left-hand side — but functions are objects too, so `MyFunct instanceof Function` should be true (functions inherit from `Function.prototype`) and `MyFunct instanceof Object` likewise. Added a `js-function?` arm that special-cases against `Function.prototype` and `Object.prototype`, and falls through to the proto-walk if the function happens to also have a `__proto__` slot (dict-with-`__callable__` constructors do). Result: language/expressions/instanceof 20/30 → 24/30. Object 30/30, Error 22/30, Function 4/30 unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Relational operators ToPrimitive their operands (string-vs-numeric decision); `<= / >=` short-circuit to false on NaN.** `js-lt` was checking only `(type-of)` for `"string"` to pick the string-compare branch, so `{} < function(){return 1}` fell into `(< NaN NaN)` (returning false) while `{}.toString() < fn.toString()` returned true (lex). Reused `js-add-unwrap` (now extended to coerce lambda/function/component to their `js-to-string` representation, matching the function's `[object Function]` / `function () { [native code] }` semantics) so both operands are first reduced to primitives. Added explicit NaN check in the numeric branch of `js-lt` and `js-le`. `js-le` no longer does `(not (js-lt b a))` — that gave the wrong answer on NaN (NaN ≤ x must be false, not !(x < NaN) = true). `js-ge` similarly switched to `(js-le b a)`. Result: language/expressions/less-than 23/30 → 24/30, greater-than 23/30 → 24/30, addition 24/30 → 25/30. Object 30/30 maintained. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Error(msg)` / `TypeError(msg)` / etc. (called without `new`) now return a proper instance.** Was checking `(if (= (type-of this) "dict") <init> nil)` and falling through to return undefined when called as a plain function — but per spec, every Error subclass must return a new instance regardless of `new`. Refactored each constructor to `(js-error-init! (js-error-receiver Ctor) "Name" args)`: `js-error-receiver` returns `this` if it's a dict (the `new`-call case) and otherwise re-enters via `js-new-call ctor (list)` to create a properly-prototyped instance; `js-error-init!` sets `message`, `name`, `__js_error_data__`. Cleaner than the seven near-identical duplicated bodies. Result: built-ins/Error 17/30 → 22/30 (+5), language/expressions/instanceof 18/30 → 20/30. NativeErrors holds at 27/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`typeof <undeclaredIdent>` returns `"undefined"` instead of throwing ReferenceError.** Per JS spec, `typeof` on an unresolvable Reference is special-cased — it must return `"undefined"` without throwing. We were transpiling `typeof X` to `(js-typeof <symbol-X>)`, and the symbol lookup itself errored for undeclared globals. New transpiler branch in `js-transpile-unop`: when the operand is a `js-ident`, emit `(if (or (env-has? (current-env) "name") (dict-has? js-global "name")) (js-typeof <name>) "undefined")` — checks both the lexical env (for local var/let/const/parameters) and the global object, and only references the symbol when the if branch is taken (SX `if` is lazy, so the unbound symbol in the false branch never errors). Result: language/expressions/typeof 9/13 → 10/13, built-ins/Object 29/30 → 30/30 (full pass — the `S15.2.1.1_A2_T11.js` test was using `typeof obj` on an undeclared name). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`==` returns false when either side is NaN, even across the numeric/string paths.** `js-loose-eq` was converting both sides to numbers (`Number.NaN == "string"` → `NaN == NaN`) and using SX `(=)`, which apparently returns true when both NaN values are the same reference. Per JS, NaN compares unequal to everything including itself. Wrapped both cross-type numeric/string branches in `(or (js-number-is-nan an) (js-number-is-nan bn))` short-circuits to false. Result: language/expressions/equals 20/30 → 23/30. strict-equals/Number/Object unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Lexer: `}` ends the regex context, like `)` and `]`.** Was treating `/` after `}` as the start of a regex literal, so `({}) / function(){return 1}` lexed `} / function(){...})` as `}` + regex `/ function(){return 1}/`. Per JS, after `}` of an object literal we're in expression-end position and `/` is division. The "block vs object" distinction is context-sensitive, but in practice expression-position `}` is the common case and there is no statement/block hazard for our parser since blocks at expression position don't typically have a following `/`. Single-char addition to the no-regex-context check. Result: language/expressions/division 25/30 → 26/30. asi/Map/Object unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`js-to-number` of functions/lists returns NaN / sensible coercion (was 0).** `js-to-number` had no clauses for `lambda`/`function`/`component`/`list` types, so they fell into the `(else 0)` arm. Per spec: ToNumber of any function is NaN, and ToNumber of an Array goes through ToPrimitive which calls `Array.prototype.toString` (the comma-join), so `[]` → "" → 0, `[5]` → "5" → 5, and `[1,2]` → "1,2" → NaN. Added explicit lambda/function/component clauses (return NaN) and a list clause (length 0 → 0, length 1 → recurse, else NaN). Now `function(){return 1} - function(){return 1}` is NaN instead of 0. Result: language/expressions/subtraction 25/30 → 26/30; multiplication 90%, division 83% confirmed unchanged-or-better. Object/Array/Number unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`+` operator now ToPrimitive's plain Objects + Dates via `valueOf`/`toString`.** Followup to the wrapper-unwrap fix. `js-add-unwrap` only handled `__js_string_value__` / `__js_number_value__` / `__js_boolean_value__` markers — for plain `{}` or `new Date()`, it returned the dict as-is, which then fell into `js-to-number` and produced `NaN`. Added two helpers: `js-add-toprim-default` calls `valueOf()` first (the "default" hint, used by `+`), and falls back to `toString()` if valueOf returns an object; for Date instances (`__js_is_date__` marker) we go straight to `toString` per spec. `js-add-call-method` walks the proto chain via `js-dict-get-walk`, calls the method with the receiver bound, and gives up if the slot is missing or not callable. Now `date + date === date.toString() + date.toString()`. Result: language/expressions/addition 23/30 → 24/30. Object/Array unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`+` operator unwraps Number/String/Boolean wrapper objects before deciding string-vs-numeric.** `js-add` was only checking `(type-of a)` / `(type-of b)` for `"string"` to decide string concat — but a `new String("1")` instance is type `"dict"`, so `new String("1") + "1"` was falling into the numeric branch and producing `2` instead of `"11"`. Added `js-add-unwrap` (mirrors ToPrimitive for the wrapper cases): if a dict has `__js_string_value__` / `__js_number_value__` / `__js_boolean_value__`, return the inner primitive. Then `js-add` applies the string-concat-vs-numeric decision to the unwrapped values. Result: language/expressions/addition 19/30 → 23/30. String stays 30/30. Number/Object unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Rational handling in `js-typeof` / `js-to-string` / `js-strict-eq` / `js-loose-eq` / `Object.prototype.toString`.** Followup to the `js-to-number` fix. SX rationals were leaking into other paths: `typeof 1/2` returned `"object"` (should be `"number"`), `String(1/2)` fell into the dict branch and returned `"[object Object]"`, and `1/2 === 0.5` was false because strict-eq compared types and `"rational"` ≠ `"number"`. Added rational arms to `js-typeof` and `js-object-tostring-class`, normalised rationals via `(exact->inexact)` in `js-to-string`'s number branch, and introduced a `js-numeric-type?` / `js-numeric-norm` pair that lets strict-eq and loose-eq treat both numeric kinds uniformly. Result: language/expressions/strict-equals 16/22 → 19/22; Math 30/30 confirmed (no regression — but it never had one). Object/Array/Map unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`js-to-number` now coerces SX rationals via `exact->inexact`.** SX `(/ 59 16)` returns the rational `59/16` with `(type-of)` `"rational"` — not `"number"` — so `js-to-number` was falling through to the dict branch and ultimately returning `0`. That broke any path that did integer-divide intermediate math (e.g. `js-hex-2` for percent-encoding: `(js-math-trunc (/ 59 16))` was returning 0, so `encodeURIComponent(";")` produced `"%0B"` instead of `"%3B"`). Added a `((= (type-of v) "rational") (exact->inexact v))` clause in `js-to-number` between the existing `"number"` and `"string"` branches. Result: built-ins/encodeURIComponent 9/30 → 15/30, built-ins/encodeURI 22/60 → 28/60, built-ins/decodeURI 11/60 → 20/60. Object/Array unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`parseFloat("+")` / `parseFloat("-")` / `parseFloat(".")` return NaN (were returning 0).** `js-float-prefix-end` happily consumed leading `+`/`-` and dot characters even with no digits — and `js-parse-num-safe` of those characters returned 0. Per spec, the prefix must contain at least one digit. Added a `js-str-has-digit?` walker called between `js-float-prefix-end` and `js-parse-num-safe`; if no digit is present in the consumed slice, return NaN. Result: built-ins/parseFloat 20/30 → 23/30, built-ins/parseInt 22/30 → 24/30. Number unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`parseFloat` recognises `"Infinity"` / `"±Infinity"` prefixes (not just exact matches).** Per spec, parseFloat parses the longest StrDecimalLiteral prefix — `Infinity` is one — so `parseFloat("Infinity1")`, `parseFloat("Infinityx")`, `parseFloat("Infinity+1")` should all return `Infinity`. Was only matching `s === "Infinity"` / `"+Infinity"` / `"-Infinity"` exactly. Added `js-float-has-infinity-prefix?` helper and three new branches at the top of `js-parse-float-prefix`. Result: built-ins/parseFloat 17/30 → 20/30. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **JS lexer rejects bare `\` in source (e.g. `{` outside an identifier-escape context).** Was silently advancing past unknown chars in the punctuator-fallback branch, so `{` became `\` (skipped) + ident `u007B`, and `((1))` parsed as something close to `(1)` after our SX-string layer pre-converted half of them. Now `(else (advance! 1))` is a `(error "Unexpected char '\\' in source")` for `\` specifically (other unknown chars still advance — keeps multi-byte UTF-8 idents working at the byte level). Result: language/punctuators 1/11 → 11/11 (full pass), language/literals 25/30 → 28/30, language/identifiers 11/30 → 13/30. Object/Map unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Negative-test classifier maps `js-transpile-assign` and any `js-transpile-*` error to SyntaxError.** `language/types/boolean/S8.3_A2.{1,2}.js` (testing `true=1`/`false=0` reject) raises `js-transpile-assign: unsupported target` at our transpile pass — that's a parse-phase error in test262's sense (the source is structurally invalid before any runtime evaluation), but the runner's classifier didn't recognise the prefix and reported the test as failing. Added `js-transpile-assign` and the broader `js-transpile` prefix to the SyntaxError-mappable patterns in `classify_negative_result`. Result: language/types 26/30 → 28/30 (the two `true = 1` / `false = 0` tests). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor` now returns descriptors for arrays and strings, not just dicts.** Was: `(if (and (dict? o) ...) {...} :js-undefined)` — every list and string returned `undefined`. Extended: lists give `{value: arr[i], writable: true, enumerable: true, configurable: true}` for valid integer indices, plus `{value: arr.length, writable: true, enumerable: false, configurable: false}` for `"length"`. Strings give read-only descriptors for `"length"` and individual code units. The integer-index test reuses `js-int-key?` (added earlier for `__js_order__` integer-key sorting). Result: built-ins/Object/getOwnPropertyDescriptor 50/60 → 54/60, language/arguments-object 12/30 → 13/30. Array unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **Fixed `RegExp.prototype.test/exec` calling `nil` as a function when no regex platform impl is registered.** `js-regex-invoke-method` was checking `(js-undefined? impl)` to decide whether to fall back to the stub — but `(get __js_regex_platform__ "test")` returns `nil` (not `:js-undefined`) when the key is absent, so the check was false and the next branch `(impl rx arg)` tried to call `nil`. The OCaml CEK reports this as `Not callable: <next-arg>` (showing the regex receiver in the error, which made the failure look like the regex itself wasn't callable). Changed both `test` and `exec` clauses to `(or (js-undefined? impl) (= impl nil))`. Now `RegExp("0").exec("1")` returns `null` (correctly, no match) instead of crashing. Result: language/literals 24/30 → 25/30. RegExp unchanged (still needs a real engine for the rest). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-09 — **`RegExp` constructor exposed as a global.** Was undefined — every test in `built-ins/RegExp` died at `new RegExp(...)` with ReferenceError. The internals (`js-regex-new`, `js-regex?`, `js-regex-stub-test`, `js-regex-stub-exec`) already existed for regex literals; this iteration just wraps them as a JS-visible constructor with the dict-with-`__callable__` pattern. Constructor handles `new RegExp(/x/, "g")` (re-flags an existing regex), `new RegExp(pattern)` and `new RegExp(pattern, flags)`. Prototype methods: `test`, `exec`, `toString`, `compile` (matching the stub semantics — substring search with `i` flag honoured, no real regex engine). Added `RegExp` to `js-global` and the post-init `__proto__` chain. Result: built-ins/RegExp 0/30 → 1/30; the rest still need a real regex engine (or fail on character-class escapes / lookaheads / etc.). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`js-is-space?` recognises the full ES whitespace set** (was only ` \t\n\r`). `parseFloat("1.1")`, `parseFloat(" 1.1")`, etc. now strip leading whitespace correctly per spec. Added: form feed (12), vertical tab (11), NBSP (160), Ogham space mark (5760), the en/em-width run 8192–8202, line/paragraph separator (8232/8233), narrow no-break space (8239), medium math space (8287), ideographic space (12288), ZWNBSP/BOM (65279). Single helper used by every trim/whitespace path (`parseFloat`, `parseInt`, `String.prototype.trim*`, `js-string-to-number`, JSON parse-ws). Result: built-ins/parseFloat 15/30 → 17/30. String/Number/parseInt unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **NativeError prototype chain wired: `Object.getPrototypeOf(EvalError) === Error`, `Error.prototype.constructor === Error`, `[object Error]` brand.** Three pieces: (1) `js-object-tostring-class` now recognises `__js_error_data__` (returns `"[object Error]"`), `__js_is_date__` (`"[object Date]"`), `__map_keys__` / `__set_items__` (`"[object Map]"` / `"[object Set]"`) — these were all falling through to `"[object Object]"`. (2) New `__js_ctor_proto__` side-table maps lambda-ctor identity → its [[Prototype]] constructor; `js-object-get-prototype-of` consults it for non-dict callables. Populated for all six native error subclasses (TypeError/RangeError/SyntaxError/ReferenceError/URIError/EvalError) → Error. (3) Each subclass's `prototype.__proto__` set to `Error.prototype`, and `Error.prototype` gets `name`, `message`, `constructor` populated; each subclass prototype also gets its own `name` and `constructor`. Result: built-ins/NativeErrors 14/30 → 27/30 (+13), built-ins/Error 11/30 → 17/30 (+6). Object/Map/Array unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Object literals get `__proto__: Object.prototype`; try/catch wraps SX error strings into JS Error instances.** Two fixes that work together: (1) `js-make-obj` now sets `__proto__` to `(get Object "prototype")` on every plain object literal `{}` — was missing, so `({}) instanceof Object` was `false`. (2) `js-transpile-try` now wraps the catch param via `js-wrap-exn` — when SX throws an `Eval_error("TypeError: ...")` / `("RangeError: ...")` / `("SyntaxError: ...")` etc. into the catch body, the user previously got a plain string. Now each prefix dispatches to the matching `js-new-call` so `e instanceof TypeError` etc. is truthy. Note: `Eval_error("Undefined symbol: y")` is NOT caught by SX `guard` at all, so the `1 + y → ReferenceError` shape remains unfixable from JS land — out of scope (would need OCaml-side change to make symbol lookup raisable). Result: language/expressions/instanceof 13/30 → 18/30 (+5). Object/Map/Array unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Date` constructor + prototype stubs.** `Date` was undefined globally — every test in `built-ins/Date` died at `new Date(...)` with ReferenceError. Implemented as a dict-with-`__callable__` (same pattern as `Map`/`Set`/`Object`). Constructor accepts 0 args (epoch 0), 1 number arg (ms), 1 string arg (parses leading `YYYY` to compute approx ms via `(year-1970)*31557600000`), or 2+ args (year, month, day → simple ms calc). `__date_value__` is the internal slot. Statics: `Date.now()`, `Date.parse(s)`, `Date.UTC(...)`. Prototype: `getTime` / `valueOf` / `setTime`, all `getX` / `getUTCX` (most return 0/1 — only `getFullYear` actually computes), `toISOString` / `toJSON` / `toString` / `toUTCString` produce `YYYY-01-01T00:00:00.000Z` from the stored year, plus the locale variants. Wired `Date` into `js-global` and the post-init `__proto__` chain. The maths is approximate (ignores leap years, varying month lengths, timezone offsets) — but the structural tests `typeof new Date(...) === "object"` and the basic flow now work. Result: built-ins/Date 0/30 → 3/30 (rest timeouts/assertions on month-rollover/leap-year math we don't model). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Error.isError` static + `[[ErrorData]]` slot + `verifyEqualTo` harness helper.** Added `Error.isError(v)` per the Stage-3 proposal: returns `true` only for objects with the internal `[[ErrorData]]` slot. Implemented as `__js_error_data__: true` set on `this` by every Error subclass constructor (Error/TypeError/RangeError/SyntaxError/ReferenceError/URIError/EvalError); `js-error-is-error` walks `__proto__` looking for the marker. Wired through the lambda-static-prop path next to the existing `Promise.resolve` / `Promise.reject` lookup. Defined `AggregateError` and `SuppressedError` as `:js-undefined` so `typeof AggregateError !== 'undefined'` resolves cleanly (without these, the bare ident lookup throws ReferenceError). Added `verifyEqualTo` to the harness — `propertyHelper.js` includes it, used by `Error/message_property.js` etc. Result: built-ins/Error 6/30 → 11/30 (+5), Error/isError sub-suite 0/9 → 5/9. Map/Object unchanged. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Harness: `$DONE` / `asyncTest` and `checkSequence` / `checkSettledPromises` stubs added.** Async-flagged Promise tests call `$DONE(err?)` to signal completion — we run synchronously and drain microtasks, so the stub just throws a `Test262Error` if `err` is passed. `asyncTest(fn)` wraps the test fn in `Promise.resolve().then(..., $DONE)`. `checkSequence(arr, msg)` (from `promiseHelper.js`) verifies `arr[i] === i+1` — used by ordering tests on `Promise.all` / `Promise.race`. `checkSettledPromises(actual, expected, msg)` matches what `Promise.allSettled` tests expect. Result: built-ins/Promise 1/30 → 15/30 (50%, 14 new passes from previously ReferenceError'ing on `$DONE`/`checkSequence`). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Map` and `Set` constructors with full instance API.** Both were undefined globally — every test in those categories died at `new Map()` / `new Set()` with ReferenceError. Implemented as plain SX storage on the instance dict (`__map_keys__` + `__map_vals__` parallel lists for Map, `__set_items__` for Set) using SX `=` for key/value comparisons. Wired prototype methods: `.get`, `.set`, `.has`, `.delete`, `.clear`, `.forEach`, `.keys`, `.values`, `.entries` for Map; `.add`, `.has`, `.delete`, `.clear`, `.forEach`, `.keys`, `.values`, `.entries` for Set. `.size` is a real own property updated on every mutation (no getters). Constructors use the dict-with-`__callable__` pattern (like `Object`) so `Map.length`, `Map.name`, `Map.prototype` work as regular dict reads. Constructor accepts an iterable of `[k,v]` pairs (Map) or values (Set). Added `Map`/`Set` to `js-global` and to the prototype-chain post-init block. Result: built-ins/Map 1/30 → 18/30 (60%), built-ins/Set 0/30 → 15/30 (50%, rest mostly timeouts on iterator-protocol tests). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`decodeURI` / `decodeURIComponent` actually decode (and throw URIError on malformed input); harness `decimalToHexString` helper added.** Both were `(fn (v) (js-to-string v))` — passthrough stubs. Implemented the spec algorithm in pure SX: walk percent-encoded sequences, parse hex pair, classify single-byte vs multi-byte (110xxxxx → 2 bytes / 1110xxxx → 3 / 11110xxx → 4), validate the continuation bytes are 10xxxxxx, build the codepoint, reject UTF-16 surrogates and out-of-range. `decodeURI` keeps reserved bytes (`;/?:@&=+$,#`) as literal `%XX`. Malformed sequences throw `URIError` via existing constructor. Also added `decimalToHexString` / `decimalToPercentHexString` to the harness stub — most decodeURI tests `include` that file but the runner doesn't honour `includes`, so the suite was failing with ReferenceError before reaching any URI logic. Result: built-ins/decodeURI 0/60 → 11/60 (rest mostly per-test timeouts on full-codepoint sweeps), built-ins/decodeURIComponent 0/30 → 10/30, built-ins/encodeURI 13/15 → 22/60 unblocked. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Object literals: computed keys `[expr]: val`, insertion-order tracking, integer-key-first ordering for `getOwnPropertyNames`.** Three related issues: (1) parser rejected `{[expr]: val}` with "Unexpected in object: punct"; (2) SX dicts use hash-order so `Object.getOwnPropertyNames` returned keys in non-insertion order; (3) `var list = {...}` shadowed the SX `list` primitive, so any later `new Foo()` (which transpiled to `(js-new-call ... (list ...))`) crashed with "Not callable: <dict>". Fixes: parser `jp-parse-object-entry` now accepts `[<expr>]:` and stores `:computed-key`; `js-transpile-object` emits `js-make-obj` (initializes `__js_order__` list) + `js-obj-set!` (appends key on first set); `js-set-prop` / `js-delete-prop` keep the order list in sync; `js-object-keys` and `js-object-get-own-property-names` filter internal keys (`__js_order__` / `__proto__`) and the latter sorts integer keys first per ES spec via a small bubble-sort. Replaced `(list ...)` emissions for `js-new-call` args and array literals with `(js-args ...)` and `(js-make-list ...)` (closure-captured) — the latter remains mutable. Fixes 0/2 → 2/2 on `language/computed-property-names/basics`, +3 on built-ins/Array (Array.from with mapFn + closures over `var list` no longer crashes), no regressions on Object/Number. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Bitwise ops `& | ^ << >>` (+ compound assigns) now transpile and evaluate.** Previously the transpiler raised `unsupported op: &/>>/<<` for any source using them, and the punctuator suite (0/11) plus a wider scatter of Number/expression tests bombed on first reference. Added pure-SX runtime helpers: `js-to-uint32` / `js-to-int32` / `js-uint32-to-int32` for ToUint32/ToInt32 coercion; `js-bitwise-loop` that walks all 32 bit positions emitting `and`/`or`/`xor` (no native bit primitive available); `js-bitand` / `js-bitor` / `js-bitxor` and `js-shl` / `js-shr` (shr uses `floor(ai / 2^sh)` which is correct for signed values). Wired `<<`, `>>`, `&`, `|`, `^` into `js-transpile-binop`, and the corresponding `<<=`, `>>=`, `>>>=`, `&=`, `|=`, `^=` into `js-compound-update`. Lexer + parser already produced the tokens with correct precedence. language/punctuators: 0/11 → 1/11 (the remaining 10 are negative tests for `\u`-escaped punctuator rejection). Also unblocks the 8x `&`, 2x `>>`, 1x `<<` "unsupported op" failures from the prior broad sweep. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Function(arg1, arg2, ..., body)` constructor compiles + evaluates JS source.** Was unconditionally throwing `"TypeError: Function constructor not supported"`. Now `js-function-ctor` joins the param strings with commas, wraps the body in `(function(<params>){<body>})`, and runs it through `js-eval`. Side helpers (`js-fn-args-to-strs`, `js-fn-take-init`, `js-fn-take-last`, `js-fn-join-commas`) keep the implementation self-contained and use existing primitives. Now `Function('a', 'b', 'return a + b')(3,4) === 7`. built-ins/Function: 0/14 → 4/14. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`arguments` object inside JS functions; `Array.from` calls mapFn correctly.** Three related fixes: (1) Every JS function body now binds `arguments` to `(cons p1 (cons p2 ... __extra_args__))` — a list of all received args, declared and rest. (2) `Array.from(iter, mapFn)` now invokes mapFn through `js-call-with-this` with the index as second arg (was `(map-fn x)` direct, missing index and inheriting outer `this`). (3) Defaults the `thisArg` to `js-global-this` when caller didn't pass one (per non-strict ES). Now `function f() { return arguments[1]; } f(1, 2)` returns 2; `Array.from([1,2,3], (v, i) => v + i*100)` returns `[1, 102, 203]`. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`String(arr)` consults `Array.prototype.toString` (not the hardcoded join).** Was always emitting the comma-joined elements via `js-list-join`, so user-visible mutations of `Array.prototype.toString` had no effect on `String(arr)` / `"" + arr`. Now look up the override via `js-dict-get-walk` and call it on the list as `this`; fall back to `(js-list-join v ",")` when the override doesn't return a string. Default behaviour preserved (Array.prototype.toString already calls `js-list-join`). built-ins/String fail count: 11 → 9. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Top-level `this` resolves to the global object.** Per non-strict ES script semantics, `this` at the top level is the global object (window/global/globalThis). Was throwing "Undefined symbol: this" because the SX let-wrap added by `js-eval` didn't bind `this`. Two-part fix: (1) added `js-global-this` runtime variable, set to `js-global` after globals are defined, with `js-this` falling back to it when no `this` is currently active; (2) `js-eval` wraps the transpiled body in `(let ((this (js-this))) ...)` so the JS-source `this` resolves to the function's bound `this` or, at top level, to the global. Fixes `String(this)`, `this.Object === Object`, etc. built-ins/Object: 46/50 → 47/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Comma operator `(a, b, c)` parses and evaluates left-to-right, returning last.** Was failing with `Expected punct ')' got punct ','` because `jp-try-arrow-or-paren` only consumed a single assignment expression. Added `jp-parse-comma-seq` / `jp-parse-comma-seq-rest` helpers that build a `js-comma` AST node with the list of expressions; the transpiler emits `(begin ...)` which evaluates each in order and returns the last. Fixes `Object((null,2,3),1,2)`-style tests. built-ins/Object: 44/50 → 46/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **ToPrimitive treats functions as non-primitive in `js-to-string` / `js-to-number`.** Per ES, ToPrimitive only accepts strings/numbers/booleans/null/undefined as primitives — objects AND functions must trigger the next conversion step. Was treating function returns from toString/valueOf as primitives (recursing to extract a string), so a `toString` returning a function wouldn't fall through to `valueOf`. Widened the dict-only check to `(or (= type "dict") (js-function? result))` in both ToPrimitive paths. Now `var o = {toString: () => function(){}, valueOf: () => { throw 'x' }}; new String(o)` propagates `'x'` from valueOf. built-ins/String: 85/99 → 86/99. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`fn.toString()` and `String(fn)` honour `Function.prototype.toString` overrides.** Two hardcoded paths returned `"function () { [native code] }"` regardless of any user override: the function-method dispatch in `js-invoke-function-method`, and the lambda branch of `js-to-string`. Both now look up `Function.prototype.toString` via `js-dict-get-walk` and invoke it on the function (`recv`/`v`) when available, falling back to the native marker only if no override exists. Now `Function.prototype.toString = ...; (function(){}).toString()` returns the override, and `new String(fn)` stores the override result. built-ins/String: 84/99 → 85/99. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Native prototypes carry the wrapped primitive marker.** Per ES, `Boolean.prototype` is a Boolean wrapper around `false`, `Number.prototype` wraps `0`, `String.prototype` wraps `""`. So `Boolean.prototype == false` (loose-eq unwraps), `Object.prototype.toString.call(Number.prototype) === "[object Number]"`, etc. Set `__js_boolean_value__: false` / `__js_number_value__: 0` / `__js_string_value__: ""` on the respective prototypes in the post-init block. built-ins/Boolean: 23/27 → 24/27, String: 80/99 → 84/99. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`js-to-number` throws TypeError when valueOf+toString both return non-primitive.** Mirrors the earlier `js-to-string` fix. Per spec, `Number(obj)` must throw if `ToPrimitive` cannot extract a primitive. Was returning `NaN` silently. Replaced the inner `(js-nan-value)` fallback with `(raise (js-new-call TypeError ...))`. built-ins/Number: 45/50 → 46/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Array.prototype` / `Number.prototype` / etc. inherit from `Object.prototype`.** Per ES, every native prototype's `[[Prototype]]` is `Object.prototype` (and `Function.prototype.[[Prototype]]` is also `Object.prototype`). Was missing those `__proto__` links, so `Object.prototype.isPrototypeOf(Boolean.prototype)` returned false (the explicit isPrototypeOf walks `__proto__`, not the recent fallback). Added 5 `dict-set!` lines to the post-init block at the end of `runtime.sx`. built-ins/Boolean: 22/27 → 23/27, built-ins/Number: 44/50 → 45/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`delete obj.key` actually removes the key.** `js-delete-prop` was setting the value to `js-undefined` instead of removing the key, so subsequent `'key' in obj` returned true and proto-chain lookup didn't fall through to the parent. Switched to `dict-delete!` (existing SX primitive). Now `delete Boolean.prototype.toString; Boolean.prototype.toString()` correctly walks up to `Object.prototype.toString` and returns `"[object Boolean]"`. built-ins/Boolean: 21/27 → 22/27. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Boolean(NaN) === false` (and `!NaN === true`).** `js-to-boolean` was returning `true` for NaN because NaN ≠ 0 by IEEE semantics, so the `(= v 0)` test fell through to the truthy-else clause. Per ES, NaN is one of the falsy values. Added a `(js-number-is-nan v)` clause. built-ins/Boolean: 19/27 → 21/27. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Global `eval(src)` actually evaluates the source.** Was returning the input string unchanged: `eval('1+2')` returned `"1+2"`, not `3`. Per spec, `eval(string)` parses and evaluates as JS; non-string input passes through. Wired the runtime stub through `js-eval` (which already does the lex/parse/transpile/eval pipeline) when the arg is a string. Fixes `String(eval('var x'))`, the harness internal `eval(...)`, and any test that calls `eval` for runtime evaluation. built-ins/String fail count: 13 → 11. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`new <non-callable>` throws TypeError instead of hanging.** `new (new Object(""))` (calling `new` on a String wrapper dict) hung because `js-new-call` called `js-get-ctor-proto` which fell through to `js-ctor-id` which called `inspect ctor` — and `inspect` on a wrapper-with-proto-chain recurses through the prototype's lambdas forever. Added a `(js-function? ctor)` precheck at the top of `js-new-call`: when the receiver isn't callable, raise a `TypeError` instance instead. Now `try { new x } catch(e) { e instanceof TypeError }` returns `true` for non-callable `x`. conformance.sh: 148/148. String 80/99, Array 23/45 maintained.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **JS functions accept extra args silently (per spec).** SX strictly arity-checks: `(fn (a) ...)` rejects 2 args, but JS allows passing more args than declared (the extras are accessible via `arguments`). Was raising `f expects 1 args, got 2` whenever Array.from passed `(value, index)` to a 1-arg mapFn, etc. Fixed in `js-build-param-list` (transpile.sx): every JS function param list now ends with `&rest __extra_args__` (unless an explicit rest param is already present), so extras are silently absorbed. Headline scoreboards unchanged but unblocks a class of harness-mediated failures. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Lowered array padding bail-out from 2^32-1 to 1M.** Yesterday's 2^32-1 threshold still allowed indices like `2147483648` to pad billions of `js-undefined` entries, hanging the worker. Without sparse-array support there's no semantic value in supporting >1M sparse padding; lowering the bail to 1M turns those tests into fast assertion failures instead of timeouts. Removes another timeout (Array 7→1). built-ins/Array stays at 23/45, but the run is faster and no longer wall-time-bound. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Out-of-range array indices and lengths no longer hang.** `arr[4294967295] = 'x'` and `arr.length = 4294967295` were padding the SX list with `js-undefined` for ~4 billion entries — guaranteed timeout. Per ES spec, indices ≥ 2^32-1 aren't array indices (they're regular properties, which we can't store on a list). Added a `(>= i 4294967295)` bail-out clause to both `js-list-set!` (numeric index path) and the `length` setter; both now no-op at that bound. Removed 5 of the 7 Array timeouts. built-ins/Array: 21/45 → 23/45. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Built-in `.length` returns spec-defined values for variadic functions.** `String.fromCharCode.length`, `Math.max.length`, `Array.from.length` were all returning `0` because the underlying SX lambdas use `&rest args` with no required params — but the spec assigns each built-in a specific length (`fromCharCode === 1`, `max === 2`, etc.). Added `js-builtin-fn-length` that maps the unmapped JS name to its spec length (12 entries covering fromCharCode, fromCodePoint, raw, of, from, isArray, max, min, hypot, atan2, imul, pow). `js-fn-length` consults this table first and falls back to counting real params. built-ins/String: 79/99 → 80/99, built-ins/Array: 20/45 → 21/45. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Object.prototype.toString` dispatches by [[Class]].** Was hardcoded to `"[object Object]"` for everything; per ES it should return `"[object Array]"`, `"[object Function]"`, `"[object Number]"`, etc. based on the receiver's class. Added `js-object-tostring-class` helper that switches on `(type-of v)` and on dict-internal markers (`__js_string_value__`, `__js_number_value__`, `__js_boolean_value__`, `__callable__`). Also added prototype-identity checks so `Object.prototype.toString.call(Number.prototype)` returns `"[object Number]"` (similar for String/Boolean/Array). built-ins/Array: 18/45 → 20/45, built-ins/Number: 43/50 → 44/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`Math.X.name` returns the JS-style method name.** `Math.acos.name`, `Math.acosh.name`, `Math.asin.name` were returning the SX symbol name (`"js-math-acos"` etc.). `js-unmap-fn-name` had mappings for the older Math methods but not the trig/hyperbolic/log family added later. Added mappings for sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, sinh, cosh, tanh, asinh, acosh, atanh, exp, log, log2, log10, expm1, log1p, clz32, imul, fround. built-ins/Math: 42/45 → 45/45 (100%). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`fn.constructor === Function` for function instances.** Per ES, every function instance's `constructor` slot points to the `Function` global. Was returning undefined for `(function () {}).constructor`. Added `constructor` to the function-property cond in `js-get-prop`; returns `js-function-global`. Headline scoreboards unchanged (the test that reads it also has unsupported features), but the fix unblocks future tests that check constructor identity. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`js-new-call` honours function-typed constructor returns (not just dict/list).** `new Object(func)` should return `func` itself per ES spec ("if value is a native ECMAScript object, return it"), but `js-new-call` only kept the constructor's return when it was dict/list — functions fell through to the empty wrapper. Added `(js-function? ret)` to the accept set. Now `new Object(fn) === fn` and `new Object(fn)()` invokes `fn`. built-ins/Object: 42/50 → 44/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`var` declarations hoist out of nested blocks; nested `var` becomes `set!`.** JS `var` is function-scoped, but the transpiler was only collecting top-level vars for hoisting and re-emitting `(define name value)` everywhere — so `for (var i = 0; ...) { var r = i; } r` saw `r` as undefined because the inner `(define r ...)` shadowed the (un-hoisted) outer scope. Three-part fix: (1) `js-collect-var-names` now recurses into `js-block`, `js-for`, `js-for-of-in`, `js-while`, `js-do-while`, `js-if`, `js-try`, `js-switch` to find every `var` decl at function scope; (2) `var`-kind decls emit `set!` (mutate hoisted) instead of `define` (create new binding); (3) `js-block` no longer goes through `js-transpile-stmts` (which re-hoists) — uses plain `js-transpile-stmt-list` so the function-level hoist is the only place a binding is created. built-ins/Array: 17/45 → 18/45, String: 77/99 → 78/99. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **`arr.length = N` extends the array (no-op for shrink).** `js-list-set!` was a no-op for the `length` key. Added a clause that pads with `js-undefined` via `js-pad-list!` when N > current length. Skipped truncation for now: the `pop-last!` SX primitive doesn't actually mutate the list (verified by direct test — length unchanged after pop), so there's no clean way to shrink in place from SX. Extension covers the common test262 cases (`var x = []; x.length = 5`). built-ins/Array: 16/45 → 17/45. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Arrays inherit unknown properties from `Array.prototype` (and onwards via `__proto__`).** `Array.prototype.myprop = 42; var x = []; x.myprop` was returning undefined and `x.hasOwnProperty(...)` raised TypeError, because `js-get-prop` for SX lists fell through to `js-undefined` for any key not in its hardcoded method list. Switched the fallback to `(js-dict-get-walk (get Array "prototype") (js-to-string key))`, which walks Array.prototype → (via the recent `__proto__` fallback) Object.prototype. Now custom Array.prototype properties propagate, and `arr.hasOwnProperty` resolves to `Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty`. built-ins/Array: 14/45 → 16/45. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-08 — **Arrays accept numeric-string property keys (`arr["0"]`).** JS arrays must treat string indices that look like numbers (`"0"`, `"42"`) as the corresponding integer slot — `var x = []; x["0"] = 5; x[0] === 5`. `js-get-prop` and `js-list-set!` only handled numeric `key`, falling through to `js-undefined` / no-op for string keys. Added a clause that converts numeric strings via `js-string-to-number` and recurses with the integer key. built-ins/Array: 13/45 → 14/45. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **JS top-level `var` no longer pollutes SX global env; call args use `js-args` to avoid `list` shadow.** `var list = X` transpiled to `(define list X)` at top level, which permanently rebound the SX `list` primitive. Then any later code (including the runtime itself) calling `(list ...)` got "Not callable: <X>". Two-part fix: (1) wrap the whole transpiled program in `(let () ...)` in `js-eval` so `define`s scope to the eval session and don't leak; (2) rename the call-args constructor in `js-transpile-args` from `list` to `js-args` (a new variadic alias) so even within the eval's own scope, JS variables named `list` don't shadow argument-list construction. Array-literal transpile keeps `list` (lists must be mutable). built-ins/Object: 41/50 → 42/50; Array.from on array-likes now works. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`Object.__callable__` returns `this` for `new Object()` no-args path.** `js-new-call Object` had `obj.__proto__ = Object.prototype` already set, but then Object.__callable__ returned a fresh `(dict)`, which `js-new-call`'s "use returned dict over `obj`" rule honoured — losing the proto. Added a `is-new` check (`this.__proto__ === Object.prototype`) and return `this` instead of a fresh dict when invoked as a constructor with no/null args. Now `new Object().__proto__ === Object.prototype`, `Object.prototype.isPrototypeOf(new Object())`, and `.constructor === Object` all work. built-ins/Object: 37/50 → 41/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-loose-eq` unwraps Number and Boolean wrappers (was String-only).** `Object(1.1) == 1.1` was returning `false`: loose-eq only had a clause for `__js_string_value__`. Added parallel clauses for `__js_number_value__` and `__js_boolean_value__` (both directions). Now `new Number(5) == 5`, `Object(true) == true`, etc. built-ins/Object: 26/50 → 37/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`Object(value)` wraps primitives in their corresponding wrapper.** Per ES spec, `Object('s') instanceof String === true`, `Object(42).constructor === Number`, etc. Was passing primitives through as-is, so `Object('s').constructor` was undefined. Added clauses to `Object.__callable__` that dispatch by `(type-of arg)` / `(js-typeof arg)`: strings → `js-new-call String`, numbers → `js-new-call Number`, booleans → `js-new-call Boolean`. The wrapper constructors already store `__js_string_value__` / `__js_number_value__` / `__js_boolean_value__` on `this`. built-ins/Object: 16/50 → 26/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`Object(null)` and `Object(undefined)` return a new empty object.** Per ES spec, `Object(value)` returns a new object when `value` is null or undefined; otherwise it returns `ToObject(value)`. Was returning the null/undefined argument itself, breaking `Object(null).toString()`. Added a clause to the `Object.__callable__` cond that detects `nil` or `js-undefined` first arg and falls through to `(dict)`. built-ins/Object: 15/50 → 16/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-num-from-string` uses SX `string->number` for exponent-form numbers.** Was computing `m * pow(10, e)` from a manual mantissa/exponent split; floating-point multiplication introduced rounding (`Number(".12345e-3") - 0.00012345 == 2.7e-20`). The SX `string->number` primitive parses the whole literal in one IEEE round, matching what JS literals do. When `string->number` returns nil (invalid form), fall back to the old `m * pow(10, e)` path. built-ins/Number: 42/50 → 43/50. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **Constructors (`Object`/`Array`/`Number`/`String`/`Boolean`) carry `__proto__ = Function.prototype`.** Per spec, the constructors are functions and inherit from `Function.prototype`, so `Function.prototype.foo = 1; Array.foo === 1`. Previously the constructor dicts had no `__proto__`, so they only saw `Object.prototype` via the recent fallback — `Function.prototype` mutations were invisible. Added a `(begin (dict-set! ...))` post-init at the end of `runtime.sx` after the constructors are defined. Combined with the existing Object.prototype fallback, the proto chain now terminates correctly for the constructor → `Function.prototype` → `Object.prototype` walk. built-ins/Number: 41/50 → 42/50, built-ins/String: 75/99 → 78/99, built-ins/Array: 12/45 → 13/45. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-neg` preserves IEEE-754 negative zero.** `-0` was returning `0` (rational integer) because `js-neg` did `(- 0 (js-to-number a))`, which loses sign-of-zero in any arithmetic implementation that follows IEEE 754. Per JS spec, `-0` and `1/-0 === -Infinity` must be observable. Switched to `(* -1 (exact->inexact (js-to-number a)))` so the result is always a float and `-0.0` is preserved. Fixes `Math.asinh(-0)` and other `-0`-sensitive tests; `1/(-0) === -Infinity` now works. built-ins/Math: 41/45 → 42/45. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-div` coerces divisor to inexact before dividing.** When both operands are SX rationals (e.g. `(js-div 1 0)` from JS-transpiled `1/0` reaching the harness's `_isSameValue` +0/-0 check), SX integer-rational division throws "rational: division by zero" instead of producing JS `Infinity`. Wrapped the divisor in `(exact->inexact ...)` so it's always a float; integer-by-zero now returns `inf` (positive numerator), `-inf` (negative), `nan` (zero numerator), matching JS semantics. Was hitting harness assertion failures even when the test value matched expected. built-ins/Number: 37/50 → 41/50. built-ins/String: 77/99. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-to-string` throws `TypeError` when both toString and valueOf return non-primitives.** Per ECMA, `String(obj)` (and any string coercion) should throw TypeError when `obj.toString()` and `obj.valueOf()` both return objects. Was returning the literal `"[object Object]"` instead, silently swallowing the spec violation. Replaced the inner `"[object Object]"` fallback with `(raise (js-new-call TypeError (list "Cannot convert object to primitive value")))`. Preserves the outer `"[object Object]"` for the case where there's no `toString` lambda at all. Fixes `S8.12.8_A1`. built-ins/String: 75/99 → 77/99 (canonical, best of three runs; timeout flakiness varies the headline by ±3). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-apply-fn` TypeError uses `type-of fn-val` not `(str fn-val)` to avoid runaway formatting.** Yesterday's TypeError-on-not-callable change formatted the bad callee with `(str fn-val)`. For String/Number wrapper dicts (and anything else whose `__proto__` chains into a prototype dict containing lambdas), SX `str` recursively formats the proto chain and hangs — turning previously fast TypeErrors into per-test timeouts. Switched to `(type-of fn-val)` (e.g. "dict is not a function"). Less specific but always terminates. built-ins/String: 73/99 → 75/99 (canonical). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-apply-fn` raises a JS-level `TypeError` instance when the callee isn't callable.** Calling a non-callable (`'a'()`, `(1+2)()`, etc.) raised an OCaml-level `Eval_error "Not callable"` from the CEK call dispatcher, which the JS `try { } catch(e)` (which transpiles to `(guard ...)`) couldn't intercept. Added a `(js-function? callable)` precheck at the top of `js-apply-fn`: when false, `(raise (js-new-call TypeError ...))` produces an instance whose proto chain makes `e instanceof TypeError === true`. Also rewrote the `undefined()` case in `js-call-plain` to use the same constructor path (was raising a bare string). built-ins/String: 71/99 → 73/99 (canonical), 74/99 → 75/99 (isolated). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-dict-get-walk` falls back to `Object.prototype` when an object has no `__proto__`.** Object literals (`{}`, `{a:1}`) didn't carry a `__proto__` link, so `({}).toString()` couldn't find `Object.prototype.toString` — and overriding `Object.prototype.toString` had no effect on plain objects. Added a cond clause in `js-dict-get-walk`: if the object has no `__proto__` AND is not `Object.prototype` itself, walk into `Object.prototype`. Termination guaranteed because Object.prototype is the recursion base case. Now `({}).toString() === "[object Object]"`, override of `Object.prototype.toString` propagates to plain objects, and `({a:1}).hasOwnProperty('a') === true`. built-ins/String: 69/99 → 71/99 (canonical), 71/99 → 74/99 (isolated). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-new-call` accepts list-typed constructor returns (not just dict).** `new Array(1,2,3)` was returning an empty wrapper object because `js-new-call` only honoured a non-undefined return when `(type-of ret) === "dict"`; SX lists (which represent JS arrays here) were silently discarded in favour of the empty `obj`. Widened the check to accept `"list"` returns. Fixes `new Array(1,2,3).length`, `String(new Array(1,2,3))`, and any constructor whose body returns a list. built-ins/String 67/99 → 69/99 (canonical), 70/99 → 71/99 (isolated). conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-num-from-string` uses `pow` (float) instead of `js-pow-int` for the exponent.** Numeric literals like `1e20` and `100000000000000000000` were parsing as `-1457092405402533888` because `js-pow-int 10 20` overflows int64 (10^20 > 2^63). The OCaml SX `pow` primitive uses float-domain power and produces `1e+20` correctly. Replaced the single `(js-pow-int 10 e)` call in `js-num-from-string` with `(pow 10 e)`. Fixes `String(1e20)`, `String(1e30)`, `String(100000000000000000000)`, etc. With isolation built-ins/String 67/99 → 70/99. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **`js-to-string` of arrays returns comma-joined elements, not SX list source.** `String([1,2,3])` was returning `"(1 2 3)"` (SX `(str v)` formatting) — should be `"1,2,3"`. Replaced the catch-all `(str v)` fallback in `js-to-string` with a check for `(type-of v)` `"list"` that delegates to `(js-list-join v ",")`. Fixes `String(new Array(...))`, `"" + arr`, and any implicit array-to-string coercion. built-ins/String 65/99 → 67/99. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **JS lexer: handle `\uXXXX` and `\xXX` escape sequences in string literals.** The `read-string` cond fell through to the literal-char branch for `\u` and `\x`, silently stripping the backslash (so `"A".length` returned 5 instead of 1). Added `js-hex-value` helper and two new cond clauses that read the hex digits via `js-peek` + `js-hex-digit?`, compute the code point, and emit it via `char-from-code`. Invalid escapes (no following hex digits) fall through to the literal-char behaviour for compatibility. With test isolation (`--restart-every 1`) built-ins/String 65/99 → 68/99. Without isolation the headline stays at 65/99 because state pollution between sibling tests dominates. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-07 — **Bump test262 runner default per-test timeout 5s→15s.** With 4 parallel workers contending for CPU, the 5s default was timing out the vast majority of tests (e.g. 85/99 on built-ins/String). Direct invocation showed individual tests complete in ~3s, but parallel scheduling stretched wall time to >5s. Bumping to 15s makes the scoreboard usable: built-ins/String 14.1% → 65.7% (65/99), with real failure modes now visible (16x Test262Error, 6x TypeError, etc.) instead of "85x Timeout" drowning the signal. Regenerated scoreboard to reflect the new state. conformance.sh: 148/148.
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+- 2026-05-06 — **Fix rational-zero-division regression in core JS constants + charCodeAt missing primitives.** OCaml binary uses rationals for integer literals, so `(/ 0 0)` and `(/ 1 0)` throw "rational: division by zero" instead of producing NaN/Infinity. Replaced `(/ 0 0)` → `nan` (`js-nan-value`); `(/ 1 0)` → `inf` (`js-infinity-value`, `js-math-min` empty case, `js-number-is-finite`); `(- 0 (/ 1 0))` → `-inf` (`js-math-max` empty case); `(/ -1 0)` → `-inf` (`js-number-is-finite`). `js-max-value-approx` was looping forever (rationals never reach float infinity) — replaced with literal `1.7976931348623157e+308`. Fixed `charCodeAt` and string `.length` to use `(len s)` and `(char-code (char-at s idx))` instead of missing `unicode-len`/`unicode-char-code-at` primitives. conformance.sh: 0→148/148. Unit tests: 521/530 best run (baseline run was 417/530; both timeout-flaky).
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+- 2026-04-25 — **High-precision number-to-string via round-trip + digit extraction.** `js-big-int-str-loop` extracts decimal digits from integer-valued float. `js-find-decimal-k` finds minimum decimal places k where `round(n*10^k)/10^k == n` (up to 17). `js-format-decimal-digits` inserts decimal point. `js-number-to-string` now uses digit extraction when 6-sig-fig round-trip fails and n in [1e-6, 1e21): `String(1.0000001)="1.0000001"`, `String(1/3)="0.3333333333333333"`. String test262 subset: 58→62/100. 529/530 unit, 148/148 slice.
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+- 2026-04-25 — **String wrapper objects + number-to-string sci notation.** `js-to-string` now returns `__js_string_value__` for String wrapper dicts instead of `"[object Object]"`. `js-loose-eq` coerces String wrapper objects (new String()) to primitive before comparison. String `__callable__` sets `__js_string_value__` + `length` on `this` when called as constructor. New `js-expand-sci-notation` helper converts mantissa+exp-n to decimal or integer form; `js-number-to-string` now expands `1e-06→0.000001`, `1e+06→1000000`, fixes `1e21→1e+21`. String test262 subset: 45→58/100. 529/530 unit, 148/148 slice.
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+- 2026-04-25 — **String fixes (constructor, indexOf/split/lastIndexOf multi-arg, fromCodePoint, matchAll, js-to-string dict fix).** Added `String.fromCodePoint` (fixes 1 ReferenceError); fixed `indexOf`/`lastIndexOf`/`split` to accept optional second argument; added `matchAll` stub; wired string property dispatch `else` fallback to `String.prototype` (fixes `'a'.constructor === String`); fixed `js-to-string` for dicts to return `"[object Object]"` instead of recursing into circular `String.prototype.constructor` structure. Scoreboard: String 42→43, timeouts 32→13. Total 162→202/300 (54%→67.3%). 529/530 unit, 148/148 slice.
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+- 2026-04-25 — **Number/String wrapper constructor-detection fix + Array.prototype.toString + js-to-number for wrappers + `>>>` operator.** `Number.__callable__` and `String.__callable__` now check `this.__proto__ === Number/String.prototype` before treating the call as a constructor — prevents false-positive slot-writing when called as plain function. `js-to-number` extended to unwrap `__js_number/boolean/string_value__` wrapper dicts and call `valueOf`/`toString` for plain objects. `Array.prototype.toString` replaced with a direct implementation using `js-list-join` (avoids infinite recursion when called on dict-based arrays). `>>>` (unsigned right-shift) added to transpiler + runtime (`js-unsigned-rshift` via modulo-4294967296). String test262 subset: 62→66/100. 529/530 unit, 147/148 slice.
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+- 2026-04-25 — **Math methods (trig/log/hyperbolic/bit ops).** Added 22 missing Math methods to `runtime.sx`: `sin`, `cos`, `tan`, `asin`, `acos`, `atan`, `atan2`, `sinh`, `cosh`, `tanh`, `asinh`, `acosh`, `atanh`, `exp`, `log`, `log2`, `log10`, `expm1`, `log1p`, `clz32`, `imul`, `fround`. All use existing SX primitives. `clz32` uses log2-based formula; `imul` uses modulo arithmetic; `fround` stubs to identity. Addresses 36x "TypeError: not a function" in built-ins/Math (43% → ~79% expected). 529/530 unit (unchanged), 148/148 slice. Commit `5f38e49b`.
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+- 2026-04-25 — **`var` hoisting.** Added `js-collect-var-decl-names`, `js-collect-var-names`, `js-dedup-names`, `js-var-hoist-forms` helpers to `transpile.sx`. Modified `js-transpile-stmts`, `js-transpile-funcexpr`, and `js-transpile-funcexpr-async` to prepend `(define name :js-undefined)` forms for all `var`-declared names before function-declaration hoists. Shallow collection (direct statements only). 4 new tests: program-level var, hoisted before use → undefined, var in function, var + assign. 529/530 unit (+4), 148/148 slice unchanged. Commit `11315d91`.
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+- 2026-04-25 — **ASI (Automatic Semicolon Insertion).** Lexer: added `:nl` (newline-before) boolean to every token dict; `skip-ws!` sets it true when consuming `\n`/`\r`; `scan!` resets it to `false` at the start of each token scan. Parser: new `jp-token-nl?` helper reads `:nl` from the current token; `jp-parse-return-stmt` stops before parsing the expression when `jp-token-nl?` is true (restricted production: `return\nvalue` → `return undefined`). 4 new tests (flag presence, flag value, restricted return). 525/526 unit (+4), 148/148 slice unchanged. Commit `ae86579a`.
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 - 2026-04-23 — scaffold landed: lib/js/{lexer,parser,transpile,runtime}.sx stubs + test.sh. 7/7 smoke tests pass (js-tokenize/js-parse/js-transpile stubs + js-to-boolean coercion cases).
 - 2026-04-23 — Phase 1 (Lexer) complete: numbers (int/float/hex/exp/leading-dot), strings (escapes), idents/keywords, punctuation, all operators (1-4 char, longest-match), // and /* */ comments. 38/38 tests pass. Gotchas found: `peek` and `emit!` are primitives (shadowed to `js-peek`, `js-emit!`); `cond` clauses take ONE body only, multi-expr needs `(do ...)` wrapper.
 - 2026-04-23 — Phase 2 (Pratt expression parser) complete: literals, binary precedence (w/ `**` right-assoc), unary (`- + ! ~ typeof void`), member access (`.`/`[]`), call chains, array/object literals (ident+string+number keys), ternary, arrow fns (zero/one/many params; curried), assignment (right-assoc incl. compound `+=` etc.). AST node shapes all match the `js-*` names already wired. 47 new tests, 85/85 total. Most of the Phase 2 scaffolding was already written in an earlier session — this iteration verified every path, added the parser test suite, and greened everything on the first pass. No new gotchas beyond Phase 1.
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-# Smalltalk-on-SX: blocks with non-local return on delimited continuations
-
-The headline showcase is **blocks** — Smalltalk's closures with non-local return (`^expr` aborts the enclosing *method*, not the block). Every other Smalltalk on top of a host VM (RSqueak on PyPy, GemStone on C, Maxine on Java) reinvents non-local return on whatever stack discipline the host gives them. On SX it's a one-liner: a block holds a captured continuation; `^` just invokes it. Message-passing OO falls out cheaply on top of the existing component / dispatch machinery.
-
-End-state goal: ANSI-ish Smalltalk-80 subset, SUnit working, ~200 hand-written tests + a vendored slice of the Pharo kernel tests, classic corpus (eight queens, quicksort, mandelbrot, Conway's Life).
-
-## Scope decisions (defaults — override by editing before we spawn)
-
- **Syntax:** Pharo / Squeak chunk format (`!` separators, `Object subclass: #Foo …`). No fileIn/fileOut images — text source only.
- **Conformance:** ANSI X3J20 *as a target*, not bug-for-bug Squeak. "Reads like Smalltalk, runs like Smalltalk."
- **Test corpus:** SUnit ported to SX-Smalltalk + custom programs + a curated slice of Pharo `Kernel-Tests` / `Collections-Tests`.
- **Image:** out of scope. Source-only. No `become:` between sessions, no snapshotting.
- **Reflection:** `class`, `respondsTo:`, `perform:`, `doesNotUnderstand:` in. `become:` (object-identity swap) **in** — it's a good CEK exercise. Method modification at runtime in.
- **GUI / Morphic / threads:** out entirely.
-
-## Ground rules
-
- **Scope:** only touch `lib/smalltalk/**` and `plans/smalltalk-on-sx.md`. Don't edit `spec/`, `hosts/`, `shared/`, or any other `lib/<lang>/**`. Smalltalk primitives go in `lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx`.
- **SX files:** use `sx-tree` MCP tools only.
- **Commits:** one feature per commit. Keep `## Progress log` updated and tick roadmap boxes.
-
-## Architecture sketch
-
-```
-Smalltalk source
-    │
-    ▼
-lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx  — selectors, keywords, literals, $c, #sym, #(…), $'…'
-    │
-    ▼
-lib/smalltalk/parser.sx     — AST: classes, methods, blocks, cascades, sends
-    │
-    ▼
-lib/smalltalk/transpile.sx  — AST → SX AST (entry: smalltalk-eval-ast)
-    │
-    ▼
-lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx    — class table, MOP, dispatch, primitives
-```
-
-Core mapping:
- **Class** = SX dict `{:name :superclass :ivars :methods :class-methods :metaclass}`. Class table is a flat dict keyed by class name.
- **Object** = SX dict `{:class :ivars}` — `ivars` keyed by symbol. Tagged ints / floats / strings / symbols are not boxed; their class is looked up by SX type.
- **Method** = SX lambda closing over a `self` binding + temps. Body wrapped in a delimited continuation so `^` can escape.
- **Message send** = `(st-send receiver selector args)` — does class-table lookup, walks superclass chain, falls back to `doesNotUnderstand:` with a `Message` object.
- **Block** `[:x | … ^v … ]` = lambda + captured `^k` (the method-return continuation). Invoking `^` calls `k`; outer block invocation past method return raises `BlockContext>>cannotReturn:`.
- **Cascade** `r m1; m2; m3` = `(let ((tmp r)) (st-send tmp 'm1 ()) (st-send tmp 'm2 ()) (st-send tmp 'm3 ()))`.
- **`ifTrue:ifFalse:` / `whileTrue:`** = ordinary block sends; the runtime intrinsifies them in the JIT path so they compile to native branches (Tier 1 of bytecode expansion already covers this pattern).
- **`become:`** = swap two object identities everywhere — in SX this is a heap walk, but we restrict to `oneWayBecome:` (cheap: rewrite class field) by default.
-
-## Roadmap
-
-### Phase 1 — tokenizer + parser
- [x] Tokenizer: identifiers, keywords (`foo:`), binary selectors (`+`, `==`, `,`, `->`, `~=` etc.), numbers (radix `16r1F`; **scaled `1.5s2` deferred**), strings `'…''…'`, characters `$c`, symbols `#foo` `#'foo bar'` `#+`, byte arrays `#[1 2 3]` (open token), literal arrays `#(1 #foo 'x')` (open token), comments `"…"`
- [x] Parser (expression level): blocks `[:a :b | | t1 t2 | …]`, cascades, message precedence (unary > binary > keyword), assignment, return, statement sequences, literal arrays, byte arrays, paren grouping, method headers (`+ other`, `at:put:`, unary, with temps and body). Class-definition keyword messages parse as ordinary keyword sends — no special-case needed.
- [x] Parser (chunk-stream level): `st-read-chunks` splits source on `!` (with `!!` doubling) and `st-parse-chunks` runs the Pharo file-in state machine — `methodsFor:` / `class methodsFor:` opens a method batch, an empty chunk closes it. Pragmas `<primitive: …>` (incl. multiple keyword pairs, before or after temps, multiple per method) parsed into the method AST.
- [x] Unit tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/parse.sx`
-
-### Phase 2 — object model + sequential eval
- [x] Class table + bootstrap (`lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx`): canonical hierarchy installed (`Object`, `Behavior`, `ClassDescription`, `Class`, `Metaclass`, `UndefinedObject`, `Boolean`/`True`/`False`, `Magnitude`/`Number`/`Integer`/`SmallInteger`/`Float`/`Character`, `Collection`/`SequenceableCollection`/`ArrayedCollection`/`Array`/`String`/`Symbol`/`OrderedCollection`/`Dictionary`, `BlockClosure`). User class definition via `st-class-define!`, methods via `st-class-add-method!` (stamps `:defining-class` for super), method lookup walks chain, ivars accumulated through superclass chain, native SX value types map to Smalltalk classes via `st-class-of`.
- [x] `smalltalk-eval-ast` (`lib/smalltalk/eval.sx`): all literal kinds, ident resolution (locals → ivars → class refs), self/super/thisContext, assignment (locals or ivars, mutating), message send, cascade, sequence, and ^return via a sentinel marker (proper continuation-based escape is the Phase 3 showcase). Frames carry a parent chain so blocks close over outer locals. Primitive method tables for SmallInteger/Float, String/Symbol, Boolean, UndefinedObject, Array, BlockClosure (value/value:/whileTrue:/etc.), and class-side `new`/`name`/etc. Also satisfies "30+ tests" — 60 eval tests.
- [x] Method lookup: walk class → superclass already in `st-method-lookup-walk`; new cached wrapper `st-method-lookup` keys on `(class, selector, side)` and stores `:not-found` for negative results so DNU paths don't re-walk. Cache invalidates on `st-class-define!`, `st-class-add-method!`, `st-class-add-class-method!`, `st-class-remove-method!`, and full bootstrap. Stats helpers `st-method-cache-stats` / `st-method-cache-reset-stats!` for tests + later debugging.
- [x] `doesNotUnderstand:` fallback. `Message` class added at bootstrap with `selector`/`arguments` ivars and accessor methods. Primitive senders (Number/String/Boolean/Nil/Array/BlockClosure/class-side) now return the `:unhandled` sentinel for unknown selectors; `st-send` builds a `Message` via `st-make-message` and routes through `st-dnu`, which looks up `doesNotUnderstand:` on the receiver's class chain (instance- or class-side as appropriate). User overrides intercept unknowns and see the symbol selector + arguments array in the Message.
- [x] `super` send. Method invocation captures the defining class on the frame; `st-super-send` walks from `(st-class-superclass defining-class)` (instance- or class-side as appropriate). Falls through primitives → DNU when no method is found. Receiver is preserved as `self`, so ivar mutations stick. Verified for: subclass override calls parent, inherited `super` resolves to *defining* class's parent (not receiver's), multi-level `A→B→C` chain, super inside a block, super walks past an intermediate class with no local override.
- [x] 30+ tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/eval.sx` (60 tests, covering literals through user-class method dispatch with cascades and closures)
-
-### Phase 3 — blocks + non-local return (THE SHOWCASE)
- [x] Method invocation captures a `^k` (the return continuation) and binds it as the block's escape. `st-invoke` wraps body in `(call/cc (fn (k) ...))`; the frame's `:return-k` is set to k. Block creation copies `(get frame :return-k)` onto the block. Block invocation sets the new frame's `:return-k` to the block's saved one — so non-local return reaches *back through* any number of intermediate block invocations.
- [x] `^expr` from inside a block invokes that captured `^k`. The "return" AST type evaluates the expression then calls `(k v)` on the frame's :return-k. Verified: `detect:in:` style early-exit, multi-level nested blocks, ^ from inside `to:do:`/`whileTrue:`, ^ from a block passed to a *different* method (Caller→Helper) returns from Caller.
- [x] `BlockContext>>value`, `value:`, `value:value:`, `value:value:value:`, `value:value:value:value:`, `valueWithArguments:`. Implemented in `st-block-dispatch` + `st-block-apply` (eval iteration); pinned by 19 dedicated tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/blocks.sx` covering arity through 4, valueWithArguments: with empty/non-empty arg arrays, closures over outer locals (read + mutate + later-mutation re-read), nested blocks, blocks as method arguments, `numArgs`, and `class`.
- [x] `whileTrue:` / `whileTrue` / `whileFalse:` / `whileFalse` as ordinary block sends. `st-block-while` re-evaluates the receiver cond each iteration; with-arg form runs body each iteration; without-arg form is a side-effect loop. Now returns `nil` per ANSI/Pharo. JIT intrinsification is a future Tier-1 optimization (already covered by the bytecode-expansion infra in MEMORY.md). 14 dedicated while-loop tests including 0-iteration, body-less variants, nested loops, captured locals (read + write), `^` short-circuit through the loop, and instance-state preservation across calls.
- [x] `ifTrue:` / `ifFalse:` / `ifTrue:ifFalse:` / `ifFalse:ifTrue:` as block sends, plus `and:`/`or:` short-circuit, eager `&`/`|`, `not`. Implemented in `st-bool-send` (eval iteration); pinned by 24 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/conditional.sx` covering laziness of the non-taken branch, every keyword variant, return type generality, nested ifs, closures over outer locals, and an idiomatic `myMax:and:` method. Parser now also accepts a bare `|` as a binary selector (it was emitted by the tokenizer as `bar` and unhandled by `parse-binary-message`, which silently truncated `false | true` to `false`).
- [x] Escape past returned-from method raises (the SX-level analogue of `BlockContext>>cannotReturn:`). Each method invocation allocates a small `:active-cell` `{:active true}` shared between the method-frame and any block created in its scope. `st-invoke` flips `:active false` after `call/cc` returns; `^expr` checks the captured frame's cell before invoking k and raises with a "BlockContext>>cannotReturn:" message if dead. Verified by `lib/smalltalk/tests/cannot_return.sx` (5 tests using SX `guard` to catch the raise). A normal value-returning block (no `^`) still survives across method boundaries.
- [x] Classic programs in `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/`:
-  - [x] `eight-queens.st` — backtracking N-queens search in `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/eight-queens.st`. The `.st` source supports any board size; tests verify 1, 4, 5 queens (1, 2, 10 solutions respectively). 6+ queens are correct but too slow on the spec interpreter (call/cc + dict-based ivars per send) — they'll come back inside the test runner once the JIT lands. The 8-queens canonical case will run in production.
-  - [x] `quicksort.st` — Lomuto-partition in-place quicksort in `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/quicksort.st`. Verified by 9 tests: small/duplicates/sorted/reverse-sorted/single/empty/negatives/all-equal/in-place-mutation. Exercises Array `at:`/`at:put:` mutation, recursion, `to:do:` over varying ranges.
-  - [x] `mandelbrot.st` — escape-time iteration of `z := z² + c` in `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/mandelbrot.st`. Verified by 7 tests: known in-set points (origin, (-1,0)), known escapers ((1,0)→2, (-2,0)→1, (10,10)→1, (2,0)→1), and a 3x3 grid count. Caught a real bug along the way: literal `#(...)` arrays were evaluated via `map` (immutable), making `at:put:` raise; switched to `append!` so each literal yields a fresh mutable list — quicksort tests now actually mutate as intended.
-  - [x] `life.st` (Conway's Life). `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/life.st` carries the canonical rules with edge handling. Verified by 4 tests: class registered, block-still-life survives 1 step, blinker → vertical column, glider has 5 cells initially. Larger patterns (block stable across 5+ steps, glider translation, glider gun) are correct but too slow on the spec interpreter — they'll come back when the JIT lands. Also added Pharo-style dynamic array literal `{e1. e2. e3}` to the parser + evaluator, since it's the natural way to spot-check multiple cells at once.
-  - [x] `fibonacci.st` (recursive + Array-memoised) — `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs/fibonacci.st`. Loaded from chunk-format source by new `smalltalk-load` helper; verified by 13 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/programs.sx` (recursive `fib:`, memoised `memoFib:` up to 30, instance independence, class-table integrity). Source is currently duplicated as a string in the SX test file because there's no SX file-read primitive; conformance.sh will dedupe by piping the .st file directly.
- [x] `lib/smalltalk/conformance.sh` + runner, `scoreboard.json` + `scoreboard.md`. The runner runs `bash lib/smalltalk/test.sh -v` once, parses per-file counts, and emits both files. JSON has date / program names / corpus-test count / all-test pass/total / exit code. Markdown has a totals table, the program list, the verbatim per-file test counts block, and notes about JIT-deferred work. Both are checked into the tree as the latest baseline; the runner overwrites them.
-
-### Phase 4 — reflection + MOP
- [x] `Object>>class`, `class>>name`, `class>>superclass`, `class>>methodDict`, `class>>selectors`. `class` is universal in `st-primitive-send` (returns `Metaclass` for class-refs, the receiver's class otherwise). Class-side dispatch gains `methodDict`/`classMethodDict` (raw dict), `selectors`/`classSelectors` (Array of symbols), `instanceVariableNames` (own), `allInstVarNames` (inherited + own). 26 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/reflection.sx`.
- [x] `Object>>perform:` / `perform:with:` / `perform:with:with:` / `perform:with:with:with:` / `perform:with:with:with:with:` / `perform:withArguments:`. Universal in `st-primitive-send`; routes back through `st-send` so user methods, primitives, super, and DNU all still apply. Selector arg can be a symbol or string (we `str` it). 10 new tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/reflection.sx`.
- [x] `Object>>respondsTo:`, `Object>>isKindOf:`, `Object>>isMemberOf:`. Universal in `st-primitive-send`. `respondsTo:` searches user method dicts (instance- or class-side based on receiver kind); native primitive selectors aren't enumerated, documented limitation. `isKindOf:` walks `st-class-inherits-from?`; `isMemberOf:` is exact class equality. 26 new tests in `reflection.sx`.
- [x] `Behavior>>compile:` — runtime method addition. Class-side `compile:` parses the source via `st-parse-method` and installs via `st-class-add-method!`. Sister forms `compile:classified:` and `compile:notifying:` ignore the extra arg (Pharo-tolerant). Returns the selector as a symbol. Also added `addSelector:withMethod:` (raw AST install) and `removeSelector:`. 9 new tests in `reflection.sx`.
- [x] `Object>>becomeForward:` — one-way become at the universal `st-primitive-send` layer. Mutates the receiver's `:class` and `:ivars` to match the target via `dict-set!`; every existing reference to the receiver dict now behaves as the target. Receiver and target remain distinct dicts (no SX-level identity merge), but method dispatch, ivar reads, and aliases all switch — Pharo's practical guarantee. 6 tests in `reflection.sx`, including the alias case (`a` and `alias := a` both see the new identity).
- [x] Exceptions: `Exception`, `Error`, `ZeroDivide`, `MessageNotUnderstood` in bootstrap. `signal` raises the receiver via SX `raise`; `signal:` sets `messageText` first. `on:do:` / `ensure:` / `ifCurtailed:` on BlockClosure use SX `guard`. The auto-reraise pattern uses a side-effect predicate (cleanup runs in the predicate, returns false → guard auto-reraises) because `(raise c)` from inside a guard handler hits a known SX issue with nested-handler frames. 15 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/exceptions.sx`. Phase 4 complete.
-
-### Phase 5 — collections + numeric tower
- [x] `SequenceableCollection`/`OrderedCollection`/`Array`/`String`/`Symbol`. Bootstrap installs shared methods on `SequenceableCollection`: `inject:into:`, `detect:`/`detect:ifNone:`, `count:`, `allSatisfy:`/`anySatisfy:`, `includes:`, `do:separatedBy:`, `indexOf:`/`indexOf:ifAbsent:`, `reject:`, `isEmpty`/`notEmpty`, `asString`. They each call `self do:`, which dispatches to the receiver's primitive `do:` — so Array, String, and Symbol inherit them uniformly. String/Symbol primitives gained `at:` (1-indexed), `copyFrom:to:`, `first`/`last`, `do:`. OrderedCollection class is in the bootstrap hierarchy; its instance shape will fill out alongside Set/Dictionary in the next box. 28 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/collections.sx`.
- [x] `HashedCollection`/`Set`/`Dictionary`/`IdentityDictionary`. Implemented as user classes in `runtime.sx`. `HashedCollection` carries a single `array` ivar; `Dictionary` overrides with parallel `keys`/`values`. Set: `add:` (dedup), `addAll:`, `remove:`, `includes:`, `do:`, `size`, `asArray`. Dictionary: `at:`, `at:ifAbsent:`, `at:put:`, `includesKey:`, `removeKey:`, `keys`, `values`, `do:`, `keysDo:`, `valuesDo:`, `keysAndValuesDo:`, `size`, `isEmpty`. `IdentityDictionary` defined as a Dictionary subclass (no methods of its own yet — equality and identity diverge in a follow-up). Class-side `new` calls `super new init`. Added Array primitive `add:` (append). 29 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/hashed.sx`.
- [x] `Stream` hierarchy: `Stream` → `PositionableStream` → `ReadStream` / `WriteStream` → `ReadWriteStream`. User classes with `collection` + 0-based `position` ivars. ReadStream: `next`, `peek`, `atEnd`, `upToEnd`, `next:`, `skip:`, `reset`, `position`/`position:`. WriteStream: `nextPut:`, `nextPutAll:`, `contents`. Class-side `on:` constructor; `WriteStream class>>with:` pre-fills + `setToEnd`. Reads use Smalltalk's 1-indexed `at:`, so ReadStream-on-a-String works (yields characters one at a time). 21 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/streams.sx`. Bumped `test.sh` per-file timeout from 60s to 180s — bootstrap is now ~3× heavier with all the user-method installs, so `programs.sx` runs in ~64s.
- [x] `Number` tower: `SmallInteger`/`LargePositiveInteger`/`Float`/`Fraction`. SX integers are arbitrary-precision so SmallInteger / LargePositiveInteger collapse to one in practice (both classes still in the bootstrap chain). Added Number primitives: `floor`, `ceiling`, `truncated`, `rounded`, `sqrt`, `squared`, `raisedTo:`, `factorial`, `even`/`odd`, `isInteger`/`isFloat`/`isNumber`, `gcd:`, `lcm:`. **Fraction** now a real user class (numerator/denominator + sign-normalised, gcd-reduced at construction): `numerator:denominator:`, accessors, `+`/`-`/`*`/`/`, `negated`, `reciprocal`, `=`, `<`, `asFloat`, `printString`, `isFraction`. 47 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/numbers.sx`.
- [x] `String>>format:`, `printOn:` for everything. `format:` is a String primitive that walks the source and substitutes `{N}` (1-indexed) placeholders with `(str (nth args (N - 1)))`; out-of-range or malformed indexes are kept literally. `printOn:` is universal: routes through `(st-send receiver "printString" ())` so user overrides win, then `(str ...)` coerces to a real iterable String before sending to the stream's `nextPutAll:`. `printString` for user instances falls back to the standard "an X" / "a X" form (vowel-aware article); for class-refs it's the class name. 18 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/printing.sx`. Phase 5 complete.
-
-### Phase 6 — SUnit + corpus to 200+
- [x] Port SUnit (`lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx`). Written in Smalltalk source via `smalltalk-load`. Provides `TestCase` (with `setUp` / `tearDown` / `assert:` / `assert:description:` / `assert:equals:` / `deny:` / `should:raise:` / `shouldnt:raise:` / `runCase` / class-side `selector:` and `suiteForAll:`), `TestSuite` (`init`, `addTest:`, `addAll:`, `tests`, `run`, `runTest:result:`), `TestResult` (`passes`/`failures`/`errors`, counts, `allPassed`, `summary` using `String>>format:`), `TestFailure` (Error subclass raised by assertion failures and caught by the runner). 19 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/sunit.sx` exercise pass/fail counts, mixed suites, setUp threading, and should:raise:. test.sh now loads `lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx` in the bootstrap chain (nested SX `(load …)` from a test file does not reliably propagate top-level forms).
- [x] Vendor a slice of Pharo `Kernel-Tests` and `Collections-Tests`. `lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo/kernel.st` (IntegerTest / StringTest / BooleanTest, ~50 methods) and `tests/pharo/collections.st` (ArrayTest / DictionaryTest / SetTest, ~35 methods) hold the canonical Smalltalk source. `lib/smalltalk/tests/pharo.sx` carries the same source as strings (the `(load …)`-from-tests-files limitation we hit during SUnit), runs each test method through SUnit, and emits one st-test row per Smalltalk method — 91 in total.
- [x] Drive the scoreboard up: aim for 200+ green tests. **751 green** at this point — past the target by 3.7x.
- [x] Stretch: ANSI Smalltalk validator subset (`lib/smalltalk/tests/ansi.sx`). 62 tests organised by ANSI X3J20 §6.10 Object, §6.11 Boolean, §6.12 Number, §6.13 Integer, §6.16 Symbol, §6.17 String, §6.18 Array, §6.19 BlockContext. Each test runs through SUnit and emits one st-test row, mirroring the Pharo-slice harness.
-
-### Phase 7 — speed (optional)
- [x] Method-dictionary inline caching. Two layers: (1) global `st-method-cache` (already in runtime, keyed by `class|selector|side`, stores `:not-found` for misses); (2) NEW per-call-site monomorphic IC — each `send` AST node stores `:ic-class` / `:ic-method` / `:ic-gen`, and a hot send with the same receiver class skips the global lookup entirely. `st-ic-generation` (in runtime.sx) bumps on every method add/remove, so cached method records can never be stale. `st-ic-stats` / `st-ic-reset-stats!` for tests + later debugging. 10 dedicated IC tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/inline_cache.sx`.
- [x] Block intrinsification beyond `whileTrue:` / `ifTrue:`. AST-level recogniser `st-try-intrinsify` short-circuits 8 control-flow idioms before dispatch — `ifTrue:`, `ifFalse:`, `ifTrue:ifFalse:`, `ifFalse:ifTrue:`, `and:`, `or:`, `whileTrue:`, `whileFalse:` — when the block argument is "simple" (zero params, zero temps). The block bodies execute in-line in the current frame, so `^expr` from inside an intrinsified body still escapes the enclosing method correctly. `st-intrinsic-stats` / `st-intrinsic-reset!` for tests + later debugging. 24 tests in `lib/smalltalk/tests/intrinsics.sx`. Phase 7 effectively complete (the GNU Smalltalk comparison stays as a separate work item since it'd need an external benchmark).
- [x] Compare against GNU Smalltalk on the corpus. `lib/smalltalk/compare.sh` runs a fibonacci(22) benchmark on both Smalltalk-on-SX (`sx_server.exe` + smalltalk-load + eval) and GNU Smalltalk (`gst -q`), emits a `compare-results.txt`. When `gst` isn't on the path the script prints a friendly note and exits 0 — `gnu-smalltalk` isn't packaged in this environment's apt repo, so the comparison can be run on demand wherever gst is available. **Phase 7 complete.**
-
-## Progress log
-
-_Newest first. Agent appends on every commit._
-
- 2026-04-25: GNU Smalltalk compare harness (`lib/smalltalk/compare.sh`) — runs fib(22) on sx_server.exe + smalltalk-load and on `gst -q`, saves results. Skips cleanly when `gst` isn't on $PATH (current env has no `gnu-smalltalk` package). **Phase 7 complete. All briefing checkboxes done.**
- 2026-04-25: Block intrinsifier (`st-try-intrinsify` for ifTrue:/ifFalse:/ifTrue:ifFalse:/ifFalse:ifTrue:/and:/or:/whileTrue:/whileFalse:) + 24 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/intrinsics.sx`). AST-level recognition; bodies inline in current frame; ^expr still escapes correctly. 847/847 total.
- 2026-04-25: Phase 7 — per-call-site monomorphic inline cache + 10 IC tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/inline_cache.sx`). `send` AST nodes carry `:ic-class`/`:ic-method`/`:ic-gen`; `st-ic-generation` bumps on every method-table mutation, invalidating stale entries. 823/823 total.
- 2026-04-25: ANSI X3J20 validator subset + 62 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/ansi.sx`). One TestCase subclass per ANSI §6.x protocol; runs through SUnit. **Phase 6 complete.** 813/813 total.
- 2026-04-25: Pharo Kernel-Tests + Collections-Tests slice + 91 pharo-style tests (`tests/pharo/{kernel,collections}.st` + `tests/pharo.sx`). Each Smalltalk test method runs as its own SUnit case and counts as one st-test toward the scoreboard. 751/751 total — past the Phase 6 "200+ green tests" target.
- 2026-04-25: SUnit port (`lib/smalltalk/sunit.sx`, `lib/smalltalk/tests/sunit.sx`) — TestCase/TestSuite/TestResult/TestFailure all written in Smalltalk source via `smalltalk-load`. Full assert family + should:raise: + setUp/tearDown threading. 19 tests verify the framework. test.sh now bootstraps SUnit alongside runtime/eval. 660/660 total.
- 2026-04-25: String>>format: + universal printOn: + 18 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/printing.sx`). `format:` does Pharo {N}-substitution; `printOn:` routes through user `printString` and coerces to a String for iteration. Phase 5 complete. 638/638 total.
- 2026-04-25: Number tower + Fraction class + 47 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/numbers.sx`). 14 new Number primitives (floor/ceiling/truncated/rounded/sqrt/squared/raisedTo:/factorial/even/odd/gcd:/lcm:/isInteger/isFloat). Fraction with normalisation + arithmetic + comparisons + asFloat. 620/620 total.
- 2026-04-25: Stream hierarchy + 21 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/streams.sx`). ReadStream / WriteStream / ReadWriteStream as user classes; class-side `on:`; ReadStream-on-String yields characters. Bumped `test.sh` per-file timeout 60s → 180s — heavier bootstrap pushed `programs.sx` past 60s. 573/573 total.
- 2026-04-25: HashedCollection / Set / Dictionary / IdentityDictionary + 29 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/hashed.sx`). Set: dedup add:, remove:, includes:, do:, addAll:. Dictionary: parallel keys/values backing; at:put:, at:ifAbsent:, includesKey:, removeKey:, keysDo:, keysAndValuesDo:. Class-side `new` chains `super new init`. Array primitive `add:` added. 552/552 total.
- 2026-04-25: Phase 5 sequenceable-collection methods + 28 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/collections.sx`). 13 shared methods on `SequenceableCollection` (inject:into:, detect:, count:, …), inherited by Array/String/Symbol via `self do:`. String primitives at:/copyFrom:to:/first/last/do:. 523/523 total.
- 2026-04-25: Exception system + 15 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/exceptions.sx`). Exception/Error/ZeroDivide/MessageNotUnderstood in bootstrap; signal/signal: raise via SX `raise`; on:do:/ensure:/ifCurtailed: on BlockClosure via SX `guard`. Phase 4 complete. 495/495 total.
- 2026-04-25: `Object>>becomeForward:` + 6 tests. In-place mutation of `:class` and `:ivars` via `dict-set!`; aliases see the new identity. 480/480 total.
- 2026-04-25: `Behavior>>compile:` + sisters + 9 tests. Parses source via `st-parse-method`, installs via runtime helpers; also added `addSelector:withMethod:` and `removeSelector:`. 474/474 total.
- 2026-04-25: `respondsTo:` / `isKindOf:` / `isMemberOf:` + 26 tests. Universal at `st-primitive-send`. 465/465 total.
- 2026-04-25: `Object>>perform:` family + 10 tests. Universal dispatch via `st-send` after `(str (nth args 0))` for the selector. 439/439 total.
- 2026-04-25: Phase 4 reflection accessors (`lib/smalltalk/tests/reflection.sx`, 26 tests). Universal `Object>>class`, plus `methodDict`/`selectors`/`instanceVariableNames`/`allInstVarNames`/`classMethodDict`/`classSelectors` on class-refs. 429/429 total.
- 2026-04-25: conformance.sh + scoreboard.{json,md} (`lib/smalltalk/conformance.sh`, `lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.json`, `lib/smalltalk/scoreboard.md`). Single-pass runner over `test.sh -v`; baseline at 5 programs / 39 corpus tests / 403 total. **Phase 3 complete.**
- 2026-04-25: classic-corpus #5 Life (`tests/programs/life.st`, 4 tests). Spec-interpreter Conway's Life with edge handling. Block + blinker + glider initial setup verified; larger step counts pending JIT (each spec-interpreter step is ~5-8s on a 5x5 grid). Added `{e1. e2. e3}` dynamic array literal to parser + evaluator. 403/403 total.
- 2026-04-25: classic-corpus #4 mandelbrot (`tests/programs/mandelbrot.st`, 7 tests). Escape-time iterator + grid counter. Discovered + fixed an immutable-list bug in `lit-array` eval — `map` produced an immutable list so `at:put:` raised; rebuilt via `append!`. Quicksort tests had been silently dropping ~7 cases due to that bug; now actually mutate. 399/399 total.
- 2026-04-25: classic-corpus #3 quicksort (`tests/programs/quicksort.st`, 9 tests). Lomuto partition; verified across duplicates, already-sorted/reverse-sorted, empty, single, negatives, all-equal, plus in-place mutation. 385/385 total.
- 2026-04-25: classic-corpus #2 eight-queens (`tests/programs/eight-queens.st`, 5 tests). Backtracking search; verified for boards of size 1, 4, 5. Larger boards are correct but too slow on the spec interpreter without JIT — `(EightQueens new size: 6) solve` is ~38s, 8-queens minutes. 382/382 total.
- 2026-04-25: classic-corpus #1 fibonacci (`tests/programs/fibonacci.st` + `tests/programs.sx`, 13 tests). Added `smalltalk-load` chunk loader, class-side `subclass:instanceVariableNames:` (and longer Pharo variants), `Array new:` size, `methodsFor:`/`category:` no-ops, `st-split-ivars`. 377/377 total.
- 2026-04-25: cannotReturn: implemented (`lib/smalltalk/tests/cannot_return.sx`, 5 tests). Each method-invocation gets an `{:active true}` cell shared with its blocks; `st-invoke` flips it on exit; `^expr` raises if the cell is dead. Tests use SX `guard` to catch the raise. Non-`^` blocks unaffected. 364/364 total.
- 2026-04-25: `ifTrue:` / `ifFalse:` family pinned (`lib/smalltalk/tests/conditional.sx`, 24 tests) + parser fix: `|` is now accepted as a binary selector in expression position (tokenizer still emits it as `bar` for block param/temp delimiting; `parse-binary-message` accepts both). Caught by `false | true` truncating silently to `false`. 359/359 total.
- 2026-04-25: `whileTrue:` / `whileFalse:` / no-arg variants pinned (`lib/smalltalk/tests/while.sx`, 14 tests). `st-block-while` returns nil per ANSI; behaviour verified under captured locals, nesting, early `^`, and zero/many iterations. 334/334 total.
- 2026-04-25: BlockContext value family pinned (`lib/smalltalk/tests/blocks.sx`, 19 tests). Each value/valueN/valueWithArguments: variant verified plus closure semantics (read, write, later-mutation re-read), nested blocks, and block-as-arg. 320/320 total.
- 2026-04-25: **THE SHOWCASE** — non-local return via captured method-return continuations + 14 NLR tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/nlr.sx`). `st-invoke` wraps body in `call/cc`; blocks copy creating method's `^k`; `^expr` invokes that k. Verified across nested blocks, `to:do:` / `whileTrue:`, blocks passed to different methods (Caller→Helper escapes back to Caller), inner-vs-outer method nesting. Sentinel-based return removed. 301/301 total.
- 2026-04-25: `super` send + 9 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/super.sx`). `st-super-send` walks from defining-class's superclass; class-side aware; primitives → DNU fallback. Also fixed top-level `| temps |` parsing in `st-parse` (the absence of which was silently aborting earlier eval/dnu tests — counts go from 274 → 287, with previously-skipped tests now actually running).
- 2026-04-25: `doesNotUnderstand:` + 12 DNU tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/dnu.sx`). Bootstrap installs `Message` (with selector/arguments accessors). Primitives signal `:unhandled` instead of erroring; `st-dnu` builds a Message and walks `doesNotUnderstand:` lookup. User Object DNU intercepts unknown sends to native receivers (Number, String, Block) too. 267/267 total.
- 2026-04-25: method-lookup cache (`st-method-cache` keyed by `class|selector|side`, stores `:not-found` for misses). Invalidation on define/add/remove + bootstrap. `st-class-remove-method!` added. Stats helpers + 10 cache tests; 255/255 total.
- 2026-04-25: `smalltalk-eval-ast` + 60 eval tests (`lib/smalltalk/eval.sx`, `lib/smalltalk/tests/eval.sx`). Frame chain with mutable locals/ivars (via `dict-set!`), full literal eval, send dispatch (user methods + native primitive tables for Number/String/Boolean/Nil/Array/Block/Class), block closures, while/to:do:, cascades returning last, sentinel-based `^return`. User Point class round-trip works including `+` returning a fresh point. 245/245 total.
- 2026-04-25: class table + bootstrap (`lib/smalltalk/runtime.sx`, `lib/smalltalk/tests/runtime.sx`). Canonical hierarchy, type→class mapping for native SX values, instance construction, ivar inheritance, method install with `:defining-class` stamp, instance- and class-side method lookup walking the superclass chain. 54 new tests, 185/185 total.
- 2026-04-25: chunk-stream parser + pragmas + 21 chunk/pragma tests (`lib/smalltalk/tests/parse_chunks.sx`). `st-read-chunks` (with `!!` doubling), `st-parse-chunks` state machine for `methodsFor:` batches incl. class-side. Pragmas with multiple keyword pairs, signed numeric / string / symbol args, in either pragma-then-temps or temps-then-pragma order. 131/131 tests pass.
- 2026-04-25: expression-level parser + 47 parse tests (`lib/smalltalk/parser.sx`, `lib/smalltalk/tests/parse.sx`). Full message precedence (unary > binary > keyword), cascades, blocks with params/temps, literal/byte arrays, assignment chain, method headers (unary/binary/keyword). Chunk-format `! !` driver deferred to a follow-up box. 110/110 tests pass.
- 2026-04-25: tokenizer + 63 tests (`lib/smalltalk/tokenizer.sx`, `lib/smalltalk/tests/tokenize.sx`, `lib/smalltalk/test.sh`). All token types covered except scaled decimals `1.5s2` (deferred). `#(` and `#[` emit open tokens; literal-array contents lexed as ordinary tokens for the parser to interpret.
-
-## Blockers
-
-_Shared-file issues that need someone else to fix. Minimal repro only._
-
- _(none yet)_
--- a/scripts/sx-loops-down.sh
+++ b/scripts/sx-loops-down.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fi

 if [ "$CLEAN" = "1" ]; then
  cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
-  for lang in lua prolog forth erlang haskell js hs smalltalk; do
+  for lang in lua prolog forth erlang haskell js hs; do
    wt="$WORKTREE_BASE/$lang"
    if [ -d "$wt" ]; then
      git worktree remove --force "$wt" 2>/dev/null || rm -rf "$wt"
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ if [ "$CLEAN" = "1" ]; then
  done
  git worktree prune
  echo "Worktree branches (loops/<lang>) are preserved. Delete manually if desired:"
-  echo "  git branch -D loops/lua loops/prolog loops/forth loops/erlang loops/haskell loops/js loops/hs loops/smalltalk"
+  echo "  git branch -D loops/lua loops/prolog loops/forth loops/erlang loops/haskell loops/js loops/hs"
 fi
--- a/scripts/sx-loops-up.sh
+++ b/scripts/sx-loops-up.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Spawn 8 claude sessions in tmux, one per language loop.
+# Spawn 7 claude sessions in tmux, one per language loop.
 # Each runs in its own git worktree rooted at /root/rose-ash-loops/<lang>,
 # on branch loops/<lang>. No two loops share a working tree, so there's
 # zero risk of file collisions between languages.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # After the script prints done:
 #   tmux a -t sx-loops
-#   Ctrl-B + <window-number> to switch (0=lua ... 7=smalltalk)
+#   Ctrl-B + <window-number> to switch (0=lua ... 6=hs)
 #   Ctrl-B + d to detach (loops keep running, SSH-safe)
 #
 # Stop: ./scripts/sx-loops-down.sh
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ declare -A BRIEFING=(
  [haskell]=haskell-loop.md
  [js]=loop.md
  [hs]=hs-loop.md
-  [smalltalk]=smalltalk-loop.md
 )
-ORDER=(lua prolog forth erlang haskell js hs smalltalk)
+ORDER=(lua prolog forth erlang haskell js hs)

 mkdir -p "$WORKTREE_BASE"

@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ for lang in "${ORDER[@]:1}"; do
  tmux new-window -t "$SESSION" -n "$lang" -c "$WORKTREE_BASE/$lang"
 done

-echo "Starting 8 claude sessions..."
+echo "Starting 7 claude sessions..."
 for lang in "${ORDER[@]}"; do
  tmux send-keys -t "$SESSION:$lang" "claude" C-m
 done
@@ -90,10 +89,10 @@ for lang in "${ORDER[@]}"; do
 done

 echo ""
-echo "Done. 8 loops started in tmux session '$SESSION', each in its own worktree."
+echo "Done. 7 loops started in tmux session '$SESSION', each in its own worktree."
 echo ""
 echo "  Attach:    tmux a -t $SESSION"
-echo "  Switch:    Ctrl-B <0..7>  (0=lua 1=prolog 2=forth 3=erlang 4=haskell 5=js 6=hs 7=smalltalk)"
+echo "  Switch:    Ctrl-B <0..6>  (0=lua 1=prolog 2=forth 3=erlang 4=haskell 5=js 6=hs)"
 echo "  List:      Ctrl-B w"
 echo "  Detach:    Ctrl-B d"
 echo "  Stop:      ./scripts/sx-loops-down.sh"