feat(errors): recoverable failures as values — try/else over ok/err results (#46)
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A fallible function returns a `result` value, built with ok(payload) on success
or err(message) on failure. The caller recovers a value with `try EXPR else {
… }`: on ok the whole expression is the payload; on err the else block runs —
with the failure message bound to `error` — and its trailing expression supplies
the fallback. It is a plain branch on the result's tag: no exceptions, no hidden
control flow, nothing unwinds. is_ok(r) / is_err(r) classify without unwrapping.

Payloads are any i32-width scalar (int/fixed/bool/entity). The feature is
additive and only kicks in when ok/err/try are used, so untouched programs
compile byte-identically (verified) and the C-free bootstrap fixpoint holds.
Complements panic/assert from #8 (the unrecoverable half). The optional
top-level frame `recover` stays deferred (needs a frame-abort mechanism); the
full tagged-union/any generalization is tracked in #1.

Adds the `try` keyword and ok/err/is_ok/is_err builtins across the compiler,
the vocabulary header, JetBrains + TextMate/VSCode grammars, the docs inventory
and pages, examples/library/recover.ludic, and a regression case.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
id: fn-is_ok
name: is_ok
category: builtins
kind: builtin
tokens: is_ok
sig: is_ok(r: result) -> bool
tip: True when a result carries a success payload.
order: 14
---
Tests a <code>result</code>'s tag: <code>true</code> when it was built with <a href="fn-ok"><code>ok</code></a>, <code>false</code> when it was built with <a href="fn-err"><code>err</code></a>. Use it when you want to branch on success without unwrapping the payload — the payload itself is recovered with <a href="kw-try"><code>try</code></a>/<code>else</code>. It is the exact negation of <a href="fn-is_err"><code>is_err</code></a>.
Parameters:
- `r` — the result to test
```ludic
program Check {
function find(x: int) -> result {
if x == 7 { return ok(x) }
return err("missing")
}
test "is_ok classifies without unwrapping" {
expect(is_ok(find(7)))
expect(not is_ok(find(3)))
}
}
```