bare return statements

src/cmd.js

@@ -624,7 +624,12 @@ const get_stmt_value_explorer = (state, stmt) => {
 
   if(stmt.result.ok) {
     if(stmt.type == 'return') {
-      result = stmt.children[0].result
+      if(stmt.expr == null) {
+        // add fake version number
+        result = {ok: true, value: undefined, version_number: 0}
+      } else {
+        result = stmt.children[0].result
+      }
     } else if(['let', 'const', 'assignment'].includes(stmt.type)) {
 
       if(stmt.children.find(c => c.type == 'assignment_pair') != null) {

src/eval.js

@@ -192,7 +192,11 @@ const codegen = (node, node_cxt) => {
         ''
       )
   } else if(node.type == 'return') {
-    return 'return ' + do_codegen(node.expr) + ';'
+    if(node.expr == null) {
+      return 'return ;'
+    } else {
+      return 'return ' + do_codegen(node.expr) + ';'
+    }
   } else if(node.type == 'throw') {
     return 'throw ' + do_codegen(node.expr) + ';'
   } else if(node.type == 'if') {
@@ -1278,6 +1282,15 @@ const eval_statement = (s, eval_cxt, frame_cxt) => {
     }
   } else if(s.type == 'return') {
 
+    if(s.expr == null) {
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        returned: true,
+        node: {...s, result: {ok: true}},
+        eval_cxt,
+      }
+    }
+
     const {node, eval_cxt: next_eval_cxt} = 
       eval_frame_expr(s.expr, eval_cxt, frame_cxt)
 

src/parse_js.js

@@ -1225,15 +1225,10 @@ const assignment = if_ok(
 )
 
 
-const return_statement =
+const return_statement = either(
+  // return expr
   if_ok(
     seq_select(1, [
-
-      // We forbid bare return statement
-      // TODO bare return statement
-      // TODO implement bare return statement compatible with ASI
-      // see https://riptutorial.com/javascript/example/15248/rules-of-automatic-semicolon-insertion
-      // see ASI_restrited unit test
       not_followed_by(
         literal('return'),
         newline,
@@ -1245,7 +1240,19 @@ const return_statement =
       type: 'return',
       children: [value],
     })
-  )
+  ),
+
+  // bare return statement 
+  if_ok(
+    literal('return'),
+    node => ({
+      ...node,
+      type: 'return',
+      children: [],
+      value: null,
+    })
+  ),
+)
 
 const if_branch = if_ok(
   seq_select(1, [