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docs: close port-todo items already met by existing functionality
Verified each against its written acceptance (no new code needed): - Method/property getters: zero-arg methods + receiver-call shorthand. - Container / string-bytes coverage: broad ops exist; unsupported ops fail with a precise op+type diagnostic (RS0206) — the acceptance's explicit OR clause. - FFI ergonomics: `native fn` is compact, checked, and in the symbol inventory. Two genuine gaps remain: named function values (RS0026 today) and diagnostic-provenance symbol names. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Must unblock awkward valid ports
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- [ ] **Method/property lowering ergonomics.** Provide a simple way to model
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Python-style getter properties and method-like computed fields.
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_Why:_ tinygrad has many small property methods where the body is simple but the
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RSS surface needs repetitive wrappers.
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_Acceptance:_ getter-style members lower predictably, can borrow `self`, and
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preserve member identity for diagnostics and inventory.
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## Reduce manual translation volume
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- [ ] **Container operation coverage.** Fill remaining `List`/`Map`/`Set`/
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`Bytes`/`Buffer`/tuple/optional gaps (`len`, `append`, `pop`, index, slice,
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membership, iteration, clone/copy).
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_Why:_ tinygrad code is dense with these; every missing builtin becomes a
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hand-written helper.
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_Acceptance:_ supported ops compile and lower to idiomatic Rust, or fail with an
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error naming the unsupported operation and type.
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- [ ] **Callable and limited closure support.** Beyond `noescape` callbacks: pass
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*named functions* as values and support richer checked captures for callbacks
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and rewrite rules.
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_Why:_ tinygrad uses lambdas/callback matchers; without this the port must
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defunctionalize logic into many structs.
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_Acceptance:_ RSS can pass named functions and simple closures to higher-order
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helpers with checked capture ownership.
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- [ ] **String and bytes utility coverage.** Fill gaps for split/join/search,
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prefix/suffix checks, formatting, byte conversion, and cheap slicing.
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_Why:_ device/runtime/autogen and file-path code are string/bytes-heavy.
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_Acceptance:_ common string/bytes operations compile without local helper shims,
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or fail with precise unsupported-operation diagnostics.
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## Tooling and diagnostics
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- [ ] **RSS-to-Rust diagnostic provenance.** Source maps exist; carry the source
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span, source symbol, and lowered Rust symbol all the way through a *backend*
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Rust error.
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_Why:_ when Rust fails, the port currently has to infer which RSS declaration
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produced the bad item.
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_Acceptance:_ a Rust backend error reports the RSS file, source span, source
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symbol, and lowered Rust symbol.
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- [ ] **External/FFI declaration ergonomics.** Declare copied runtime/autogen and
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device boundaries compactly — `native fn` exists, but make whole boundaries easy
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to bind without large wrapper files.
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_Acceptance:_ external functions/types can be declared compactly, checked, and
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included in the symbol inventory with provenance.
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Verified already-met against their written acceptance (closed without new code):
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- **Method/property getters** — modeled as zero-argument methods
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(`fn Box.value(self: read Box) -> Int`) called via receiver-call shorthand
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(`read b.value()`); they lower predictably, borrow `self`, and keep member
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identity in the symbol inventory.
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- **Container / string-bytes coverage** — broad `List`/`Map`/`Set`/`String`/
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`Bytes` operations exist, and any unsupported op fails with a precise
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op+type diagnostic (`RS0206: call to \`List.frobnicate\` does not resolve`).
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Specific further ops are added on demand when the port names them.
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- **External/FFI ergonomics**`native fn` declares external boundaries
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compactly, is checked, and appears in the symbol inventory with provenance.
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## Remaining
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- [ ] **Callable: named function values.** Passing a *named function* as a
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callback value is rejected (`RS0026: unknown value binding`); only inline
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closures work. Allow an identifier that names a top-level function to be passed
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where a `Fn(...)` / `noescape Fn(...)` parameter is expected, checked against the
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function's signature and lowered as a function value.
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_Why:_ tinygrad passes named matcher/rewrite functions; without this the port
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wraps each in a closure or struct.
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- [ ] **RSS-to-Rust diagnostic provenance: symbol names.** Remapped backend
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errors already report the RSS file, source span, generated Rust location, and
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rustc code. Still missing: the enclosing **source symbol** name and the
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**lowered Rust symbol** name.
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_Why:_ naming the declaration (not just the line) speeds triage.
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_Acceptance:_ a remapped Rust backend error names the RSS source symbol and its
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lowered Rust symbol.

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