[refactor] Let build_xxx in ASTTransformer return node.ptr instead of node #3695
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Related issue = #3694
This is a necessary refactoring to resolve #3694.
Since we do not modify the AST anymore after the refactoring, we do not need to assign the new node back to the old node in the AST. So, we can simplify the programming by returning node.ptr in build_xxx of expression nodes and None for build_xxx of statement nodes. In this way, many codes like
a = build_stmt(ctx, b).ptr
can be simplified toa = build_stmt(ctx, b)
.ASTTransformerCheck will be removed in the near future, the modification to it is just a workaround to pass the tests of real functions with multiple returns.