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github-actions[bot] 6aabd6fd2e [swc-plugin] Capture lexical this for nested arrow step functions (#1935) (#1945)
* [swc-plugin] Capture lexical `this` for nested arrow step functions

When a nested arrow `"use step"` references the enclosing function/method's
`this`, plumb that `this` through the workflow runtime so the step body
sees the correct receiver.

- Workflow mode wraps the step proxy with `.bind(this)`, so invoking the
  proxy captures the caller's `this` as `thisVal` on the queue item.
- Step mode hoists the body as a regular `function` (not an arrow) so the
  runtime's `stepFn.apply(thisVal, args)` rebinds `this` inside the
  hoisted body.

Detection only fires for arrows, since arrows inherit `this` lexically.
Nested non-arrow functions/methods/getters/setters introduce their own
`this`, so the detector stops at those boundaries.

The runtime already supported `thisVal` for instance-method steps; this
PR is purely a compiler change to feed the existing pipeline.

Caveat: capture works at runtime only when the captured value is
serializable across the workflow->step boundary (i.e. the enclosing
class implements `WORKFLOW_SERIALIZE`/`WORKFLOW_DESERIALIZE`).

Refs vercel/workflow#1865

* Address PR review: preserve step proxy metadata + tighter `this` detection

- core: Override `.bind` on step proxies so the bound function retains
  `stepId` and `__closureVarsFn`. Without this, a bound proxy that flows
  through workflow serialization (e.g. as a step argument) would be
  treated as a non-serializable plain function by `getStepFunctionReducer`.
- swc-plugin: Detector now also walks `arrow.params` so `this` references
  in default values / destructuring initializers (e.g. `(x = this.foo) =>
  ...`) trigger the `.bind(this)` path.
- swc-plugin: Class bodies inside the arrow body are now treated as
  `this`-binding boundaries — `this` inside class field initializers,
  methods, etc. is bound to the class instance, not the outer arrow. The
  detector still walks `extends` clauses and computed property keys
  because those are evaluated in the surrounding scope.
- spec.md: Sharpen the note about `this` in step bodies — it's
  syntactically allowed but only meaningful for instance-method steps and
  lexical-`this` arrow steps; other shapes compile but `this` will be
  whatever the caller of the step proxy passes.
- Add `lexical-this-detector-edge-cases` fixture covering both the
  default-param positive case and the inner-class false-positive guard.
- Strengthen the runtime test to assert `stepId` / `__closureVarsFn`
  survive `.bind(...)`.

* [swc-plugin] Fix `arguments` closure-var capture; drop dead `this`/`arguments` checks

- Add `arguments` to `is_global_identifier` so it's not captured as a
  closure variable. Previously a nested `function`-form step like

      function step() { 'use step'; return arguments[0]; }

  was hoisted with `const { arguments } = ...` (a strict-mode syntax
  error) and the body's `arguments[0]` resolved against the destructured
  binding instead of the function's intrinsic `arguments` object.
- Remove dead `ForbiddenExpression` checks for `this` and `arguments` in
  `visit_mut_this_expr` / `visit_mut_ident`. The `'use step'` /
  `'use workflow'` directives are stripped during the module-level
  traversal before children are visited, so `in_step_function` /
  `in_workflow_function` are never observed as true here in practice.
  The existing `step-with-this-arguments-super` fixture explicitly
  documents that all three identifiers are allowed in step bodies.
- Tighten the spec note about `arguments` accordingly: it works in
  `function`-form steps (reflecting positional args) but is not captured
  for arrow-form steps; use `...args` for that case.
- Add `nested-step-arguments` fixture pinning down the new behavior.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Rajlich <n@n8.io>
Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Nathan Rajlich <n@n8.io>
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