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A step of #9898, following #10717 (merged), which keeps a constant's Class.new or Module.new block as the class's frame at the write; this PR binds the block's parameter (Class.new do |k|) to that class. This moves answers.

Probed at master 57107870c, macOS, Apple clang 21.

X = Class.new do |k|
  p k == self
  def a = 1
end
p X.new.a

M = Module.new do |m|
  p m.equal?(self)
end

Z = Class.new do |k|
  K2 = k
end
p K2.equal?(Z), K2.name

	CRuby	master	this PR
X = Class.new do |k| p k == self end	true	false	true
M = Module.new do |m| p m.equal?(self) end	true	false	true
Z = Class.new do |k| K2 = k end; p K2.equal?(Z), K2.name	true, "K2"	NameError (uninitialized constant K2)	true, "K2"
X = Class.new do K2 = self end; p K2.name	"K2"	"X::K2"	"K2"
Y = Class.new do |k; z| z = 1; p k.equal?(self), z end beside an outer k = 7	true, 1, outer k stays 7	false, 1, 7	true, 1, 7

Every row holds in both load models, and #10717's head (f35f71bbd) answers as master.

• A constant's Class.new or Module.new block stays the class's frame at the write #10717 keeps the block as the class's frame, but its parameter stayed the block's own local, bound to nothing: k == self was false, and K2 = k wrote nil.
• A constant written in the block with the class (K2 = self) named the class under the frame's class ("X::K2"): the constant write's name took the class body being emitted as the constant's scope, which a header's body is but a builder's block is not.

The block's parameter is a lowering row of its own (desugar_builder_block_param, analyze_desugar.c, run ahead of body-local-scopes). The block runs once, at the write, with the class as its one argument, so its parameter is a local of the body that holds the class: k = self becomes the body's first statement and the block loses its parameters; body-local-scopes then gives the local a name private to the body. The row takes one plain required parameter of a constant's builder (class_def_builder). it, _1, |k, j|, |*a|, |k = 1| and a block parameter keep their block, and their answers, as on master.

A constant's name is its lexical scope's (load record, analyze_elab.c; codegen_stmt.c reads it). The constant write's class name reads the load record's cref, the write's lexical scope, elab_cref_at (the record's lr_cref, exported beside elab_self_at): a builder's block keeps the scope it is written in, so K2 = self names the class K2 at the top level, and A::K2 inside module A. In a class or module body the scope is the body's class, as before; in a class << x body, where the record knows no scope, the write keeps the class body's. Besides K2 = k, it fixes three programs that master answers wrong the same way: X = Class.new { SELF = self }; p SELF.name ("SELF"; master "X::SELF"), S = Struct.new(:a) do SELF = self end; p SELF.name ("SELF"; master "S::SELF") and module A; X = Class.new do K2 = self end; end; p A::K2.name ("A::K2"; master "A::X::K2").

Refusal changes (each program answered wrong on master): any call through the parameter that the analysis does not lower on a local, structural or not, for example k.send(:define_method, :a) { 1 }, k.define_method(:a) { 1 }, k.attr_accessor :z, k.send(:attr_reader, :r), k.instance_methods(false), k.instance_method(:a), k.instance_variable_set(:@v, 1): "unsupported call: ... recv=LocalVariableReadNode", where master ran the call on a parameter bound to nil (NoMethodError, or FrozenError for instance_variable_set).

Follow-up, not in this PR: at the block's own level, outside nested blocks and defs, a read of a parameter the block never reassigns is self. Lowering those reads to self would bind k.define_method, k.attr_accessor and the calls above as self-calls, which the analysis supports, and turn these refusals into right answers.

Not covered, also on master:

• A block parameter in another shape: it, _1, |k, j|, |*a|, |k = 1|, |(k)|, |k,|, a block parameter; a parameter of a local's builder (x = Class.new do |k|), of a Struct.new or Data.define block, or of a path write's builder (A::B = Class.new do |k|), which stays a value.
• A value constant written in a builder's block (Q = Class.new do R = Class.new end; p R.name) raises NameError for R.
• A value constant written in a body nested in a builder's block, in a Module.new block or in a non-builder block or loop raises NameError: a class body inside a builder's block (X = Class.new do class Inner; K = Class.new; end end; p Inner::K), a Module.new block (M = Module.new do C = Class.new end; p C, also under a class or module), a builder in a class body (class B; X = Class.new do K = Class.new end; end; p B::K), [1].each { K = Class.new } or a while body in a module.
• A constant written in a class Object body is named under Object: class Object; KO = Class.new; end; p KO prints Object::KO, where CRuby prints KO.
• A class inside a block names its constant with the C name: [1].each do class Bar; K = Class.new; end end; p Bar::K raises NameError for Bar::Bar__K.
• A class written in a class << self body is named without the #<Class:Foo>:: prefix.
• A local's builder keeps the anonymous class as its constants' scope: kl = Class.new do K = self end; p K prints SpinelAnonClass1::K, where CRuby prints K.

C diff. A targeted diff in both load models against #10717's head (f35f71bbd), run from this branch's worktree: the 678 corpus programs that mention Class.new, Module.new, Struct.new, Data.define or = self (with 80 taken at random), the 73 benchmarks and optcarrot: 752 programs. All identical but the new test, besides packages/sqlite3/test/sqlite3_basic.rb and test/class_value_unnamed_beside_called_module.rb, whose C embeds the compiler's own revision and its package path. Optcarrot's and every benchmark's C is unchanged. make cident against master 57107870c: 11,329 programs identical; of the 26 that differ, 25 come from master since 57107870c and one is the new test.

Tests. test/class_new_block_param.rb groups the block parameter: |k| in a Class.new and a Module.new block, beside a block-local (|k; z|) and an outer k, and a constant the block writes with the parameter. It passes plain, under --int-overflow=promote and under SPINEL_GC_STRESS=1, in both load models; master answers it wrong. The #9898 series' 100-program probe set moves 3 programs to right in both load models (c21 and n08 by the parameter, n11 by the name: inline right 65 -> 68, graph 66 -> 69) and n07 from wrong to refused (the define_method call through |k| above), and changes no other line; of 150 programs on builders and their parameters, 16 move to right and 7 from wrong to refused (above), and none other changes. The #10717 series' Struct and Data probe set moves k21 to right in both load models (K = self in a builder's block, the name above: right 104 -> 105) and changes no other line. tools/load_graph_check.sh, make infer-test and tools/analysis_forms_check.sh pass.

make gate (on this branch merged with current master)

On 4de98327b merged with 57107870c.

scale-test: boxed Hash store work at 2x the methods is 1.90x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: boxed-receiver alias work at 2x the writes is 1.82x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: instance_eval forwarding work at 2x the wrappers is 1.71x (limit 2.50)
scale-test: alias receiver work at 2x the uses is 2.10x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: alias raise and rescue work at 2x the sites is 2.10x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: work at 4x the program is 5.18x (linear 4.00, limit 5.40)
scale-test: work at 4x the program, compiled to C, is 6.74x (limit 7.00)
scale-test: call-shape work at 4x the units, compiled to C, is 4.30x (linear 4.00, limit 4.50)
scale-test: the analysis of a String chain at 4x the links is 4.26x (linear 4.00, limit 4.60)
scale-test: engine-check folds at 2x the checks are 2.00x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: splice work at 2x the splices is 2.06x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: class-body macro work at 2x the calls is 2.02x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: one class of macro calls against its methods written out is 1.02x (limit 1.20)
scale-test: open method history work at 2x the histories is 2.08x (limit 2.20)
scale-test: open method history CPU time at 4x the histories is 6.57x (limit 9.00)
Tests:     9532 pass,        0 fail,        0 error
gate: ALL GREEN

• New tests have .expected files that match CRuby 4.0 run with --enable-frozen-string-literal
• Values past 2^31 are marked # spinel: int64 (no value past 2^31)
• If optcarrot's generated C changed: callgrind numbers, checksum 59662 (optcarrot's and every benchmark's C is unchanged)
• Depends on: # (none; A constant's Class.new or Module.new block stays the class's frame at the write #10717 has merged)

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  • Class.new and Module.new blocks now support a single required block parameter that refers to the class or module being created.
• Bug Fixes
  • Constants assigned inside class-builder blocks now use the correct naming scope.
  • Block-local variables in class-builder blocks retain their expected behavior, including when they shadow an outer local.

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The compiler now lowers eligible Class.new and Module.new block parameters to self before body-local scope processing. Class-valued constant writes use the lexical scope class to determine the class name. Tests cover parameter behavior and constant naming.

Changes: Class-builder block parameters

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Builder-block parameter lowering src/analyze_internal.h, src/analyze_desugar.c, src/analyze_lower.c, src/analyze.c, test/class_new_block_param.rb	The lowering matches blocks with one named required parameter, assigns self to that local, removes the parameter list, and runs before body-local scope lowering. Tests cover class and module identity, method definitions, and local-variable behavior.
Lexical scope for constant writes src/analyze.h, src/analyze_elab.c, src/codegen_stmt.c, test/class_new_block_param.rb, test/class_new_block_param.rb.expected	elab_cref_at returns the lexical scope class for a node with a load point. Class-valued constant writes use that scope to name the class. The test checks the constant value and names.

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Constant names inside deferred builders can be incorrect. This is a bounded issue that can be addressed with owner awareness or a follow-up.

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