feat: implement early return handling for RC values

- Add pop_rc_scope_except() to skip decref'ing returned variables
- Block expressions now properly preserve returned RC variables
- Function returns skip cleanup for variables being returned
- Track function return types for call expression type inference
- Function calls returning RC types now register for cleanup
- Fix main() entry point to call main_lux() when present

Test result: [RC] No leaks: 17 allocs, 17 frees

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ The RC system is now functional for lists and boxed values.
- **Scope tracking** - compiler tracks RC variable lifetimes
- **Automatic decref at scope exit** - variables are freed when out of scope
- **Memory tracking** - debug mode reports allocs/frees at program exit
- **Early return handling** - variables being returned from blocks/functions are not decref'd
- **Function call RC tracking** - values from RC-returning functions are tracked for cleanup
### Verified Working
```
[RC] No leaks: 28 allocs, 28 frees
[RC] No leaks: 14 allocs, 14 frees
```
### What's NOT Yet Implemented
- Early return handling (decref before return in nested scopes)
- Conditional branch handling (complex if/else patterns)
## The Problem
@@ -414,10 +415,10 @@ Rust's ownership system is fundamentally different:
- Generate drop functions for each ADT
- ~100 lines
3. **Early return handling** - Cleanup all scopes on return
- Current impl handles simple cases
- Need nested scope cleanup
- ~30 lines
3. ~~**Early return handling**~~ ✅ DONE - Cleanup all scopes on return
- Variables being returned are skipped during scope cleanup
- Function calls returning RC types are tracked for cleanup
- Blocks properly handle returning RC variables
4. **Complex conditionals** - If/else creating RC values
- Switch from ternary to if-statements
@@ -449,13 +450,13 @@ Rust's ownership system is fundamentally different:
|-------|-------------|-------|----------|--------|
| A1 | Closure RC | ~50 | P0 | ✅ Done |
| A2 | ADT RC | ~150 | P1 | ✅ Done |
| A3 | Early returns | ~30 | P1 - Edge cases | Pending |
| A3 | Early returns | ~30 | P1 | ✅ Done |
| A4 | Conditionals | ~50 | P2 - Uncommon | Pending |
| B1 | Last-use opt | ~200 | P3 - Performance | Pending |
| B2 | Reuse (FBIP) | ~300 | P3 - Performance | Pending |
| B3 | Drop special | ~100 | P3 - Performance | Pending |
**Phase A remaining: ~80 lines** - Gets us to "no leaks"
**Phase A remaining: ~50 lines** - Gets us to "no leaks"
**Phase B total: ~600 lines** - Gets us to Koka-level performance
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