Finch 2.4.0: methods, maps, errors as values; str() of any value; macOS and ARM64 docs; Kate support

- fn Struct.method(...) with self by reference, also on C structs
- map[K]V: insertion-ordered hash maps, literals, m[k] += 1, has/get/remove/keys/values
- -> T! / -> !, return error(...), or <value>, or { err }, try; fallible int/float/read_file/write_file/delete_file
- for i, x in list / for k, v in map
- print and str() share one text formatter
- LSP: method and map completion, method signatures; grammar and snippets for VS Code and Kate
- tests: 74 (methods, errors, maps + 11 failure cases); docs at all three levels, en and pl

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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struct Stats {
int count
[]str words
}
fn count_words(str text) -> map[str]int {
map[str]int counts
for w in text.split(" ") {
if w.len > 0 {
counts[w.lower()] += 1 // a missing key starts at 0
}
}
return counts
}
fn main() {
ages := ["anna": 31, "bob": 25]
ages["cyril"] = 40
ages["bob"] = 26
print(ages, ages.len)
print(ages["anna"], ages.has("bob"), ages.has("zoe"), ages.get("zoe", -1))
for name, age in ages {
print(name, "is", age)
}
for name in ages {
print(name)
}
print(ages.remove("bob"), ages.remove("bob"), ages)
ages["dave"] = 19 // goes to the end; insertion order is kept
print(ages.keys(), ages.values())
counts := count_words("the cat and The dog and THE bird")
print(counts)
print(str(counts))
// values that own memory
map[str][]int groups
for i in 0..10 {
key := "odd"
if i % 2 == 0 {
key = "even"
}
groups[key].push(i) // m[k].push(x) adds the key with an empty array first
}
print(groups)
copy := groups
copy["odd"].clear()
print(groups["odd"].len, copy["odd"].len)
map[int]Stats by_len
for w in ["a", "bb", "cc", "ddd", "e"] {
by_len[w.len].count += 1
by_len[w.len].words.push(w)
}
for n, s in by_len {
print(n, s.count, s.words)
}
// many keys: growing, removing and adding again
map[int]int squares
for i in 0..1000 {
squares[i] = i * i
}
for i in 0..1000 {
if i % 3 != 0 {
squares.remove(i)
}
}
for i in 2000..2010 {
squares[i] = 1
}
total := 0
for k, v in squares {
total += v
}
print(squares.len, total, squares[999], squares.has(998))
map[char]bool seen
for c in "hello" {
seen[c] = true
}
print(seen.keys())
empty := ages
empty.clear()
print(empty, empty.len, ages.len)
map[str]str m = [:]
m["x"] = "1"
print(m)
for i, w in ["zero", "one", "two"] {
print(i, w)
}
for i, c in "hey" {
print(i, c)
}
}