Reader attaches collection metadata to data, not a with-meta form

The reader lowered ^meta on a vector/map/set literal to a runtime
(with-meta form meta) list, so read-string/edn of data with metadata
returned the form and lost the metadata. Attach it to the value instead,
as Clojure does; the analyzer re-emits (with-meta coll meta) for a
meta-carrying collection literal in code, so a literal still carries its
metadata at runtime and ^Type/^long arglist hints (consumed by
analyze-arity directly) are unaffected.

Also: pr honors *print-meta*, and clojure.walk/clojure.edn re-attach
metadata to the collections they rebuild (matches Clojure; a
metadata-driven config lib like aero relies on it).

host/chez/host-contract.ss

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
 (define (hc-sym-meta x)
   (let ((m (symbol-t-meta x)))
     (if (and m (not (jolt-nil? m)) (not (null? m))) m jolt-nil)))
+;; Metadata the reader attached to a collection literal (vec/map/set/list), or
+;; jolt-nil. The analyzer re-emits a runtime (with-meta ..) for a meta-carrying
+;; vector/map/set so the value keeps its metadata.
+(define (hc-coll-meta x) (jolt-meta x))
 
 ;; list items -> jolt vector (pvec); the analyzer mapv's over the result.
 (define (hc-elements x)
@@ -327,6 +331,7 @@
   (def-var! "jolt.host" "form-sym-name" hc-sym-name)
   (def-var! "jolt.host" "form-sym-ns" hc-sym-ns)
   (def-var! "jolt.host" "form-sym-meta" hc-sym-meta)
+  (def-var! "jolt.host" "form-coll-meta" hc-coll-meta)
   (def-var! "jolt.host" "form-list?" hc-list?)
   (def-var! "jolt.host" "form-vec?" hc-vec?)
   (def-var! "jolt.host" "form-map?" hc-map?)

host/chez/printing.ss

@@ -67,12 +67,31 @@
          (if (jolt-nil? s) (reverse acc)
              (loop (jolt-seq (seq-more s)) (cons (jolt-pr-readable (seq-first s)) acc))))) ")"))
     (else (jolt-pr-str x))))
-(define (jolt-pr-readable x)
+(define (jolt-pr-readable-dispatch x)
   (let loop ((as jolt-pr-readable-arms))
     (cond ((null? as) (jolt-pr-readable-base x))
           (((caar as) x) ((cdar as) x))
           (else (loop (cdr as))))))
 
+;; *print-meta* support. The var is def'd after this file loads, so capture its
+;; cell lazily; jolt-var-get (patched by dyn-binding.ss) honors a `binding`.
+(define pr-meta-cell #f)
+(define (pr-print-meta?)
+  (unless pr-meta-cell (set! pr-meta-cell (jolt-var "clojure.core" "*print-meta*")))
+  (jolt-truthy? (jolt-var-get pr-meta-cell)))
+;; The metadata to print before x, or jolt-nil. A var prints as #'ns/name (its
+;; {:ns :name} is derived, not user metadata) and a procedure is opaque — skip both.
+(define (pr-user-meta x)
+  (if (or (var-cell? x) (procedure? x)) jolt-nil (jolt-meta x)))
+
+(define (jolt-pr-readable x)
+  (if (pr-print-meta?)
+      (let ((m (pr-user-meta x)))
+        (if (jolt-nil? m)
+            (jolt-pr-readable-dispatch x)
+            (string-append "^" (jolt-pr-readable-dispatch m) " " (jolt-pr-readable-dispatch x))))
+      (jolt-pr-readable-dispatch x)))
+
 ;; __pr-str1: render ONE value readably (the overlay's pr-str joins these).
 (define (jolt-pr-str1 x) (jolt-pr-readable x))
 

host/chez/reader.ss

@@ -290,20 +290,22 @@
     ((symbol-t? target)
      (make-symbol-t (symbol-t-ns target) (symbol-t-name target)
                     (rdr-merge-meta (symbol-t-meta target) meta)))
-    ;; A LIST form is code: ^Type (expr) is a compile-time hint on the FORM, not a
-    ;; runtime operation. Attach the metadata to the form itself (so a quoted list
-    ;; keeps it and the analyzer can read :tag) — never lower to a runtime
-    ;; (with-meta (expr) meta), which would mis-apply the hint to the call's RESULT
-    ;; and throw when that result is a string/number (e.g. ^String (to-str x)).
-    ;; Matches Clojure: a tag hint on an evaluated form is discarded at runtime.
-    ((cseq? target) (jolt-with-meta target meta))
     ((empty-list-t? target) target)
-    ;; A vector/map/set LITERAL: Clojure attaches the metadata to the runtime value
+    ;; Lists/vectors/maps/sets attach metadata to the value itself, as Clojure's
-    ;; ((meta ^{:tag :int} [1 2]) / ^:foo {}), so lower to a runtime (with-meta form
+    ;; reader does. Reading DATA (read-string, edn) then preserves it. A list form
-    ;; meta). Use the BARE `with-meta` symbol (ns #f) — the fn/defn macros unwrap a
+    ;; is code: ^Type (expr) is a compile-time hint on the FORM, read off the form
-    ;; (with-meta <arglist-vec> _) return-hint by matching the unqualified head, so a
+    ;; for :tag and discarded at runtime (a hint on an evaluated form is dropped).
-    ;; qualified clojure.core/with-meta would slip past them (^bytes [b]).
+    ;; A vector/map/set LITERAL keeps it as a runtime value: the analyzer re-emits a
-    (else (jolt-list (jolt-symbol #f "with-meta") target meta))))
+    ;; (with-meta form meta) for a meta-carrying collection literal in code, so
+    ;; (meta ^{:tag :int} [1 2]) / ^:foo {} still works.
+    (else
+     (let ((c (jolt-with-meta target meta)))
+       ;; jolt-with-meta copies a pmap, giving it a fresh identity the rdr-map-order
+       ;; side-table (source key order for left-to-right map-literal eval) loses —
+       ;; carry the order entry over to the copy.
+       (let ((order (and (pmap? target) (hashtable-ref rdr-map-order target #f))))
+         (when order (hashtable-set! rdr-map-order c order)))
+       c))))
 
 ;; --- # dispatch -------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; #(...) anonymous fn shorthand: % -> p1, %N -> pN, %& -> rest. The

jolt-core/jolt/analyzer.clj

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                                form-bigdec? form-bigdec-source
                                form-ns-value? form-ns-value-name
                                form-macro? form-expand-1 resolve-global
-                               form-sym-meta host-intern! form-syntax-quote-lower
+                               form-sym-meta form-coll-meta host-intern! form-syntax-quote-lower
                                record-type? record-ctor-key form-position late-bind?
                                resolve-class-hint]]))
 
@@ -590,17 +590,31 @@
                   p (form-position form)]
               (if p (assoc n :pos p) n)))))))
 
+;; A vector/map/set literal carrying reader metadata (^:foo {…}, ^{:tag :int} [1])
+;; keeps it as a runtime value: wrap the collection node in (with-meta coll meta).
+;; The metadata is itself a form (its values may be expressions, ^{:a (f)}), so
+;; analyze it. nil meta passes the node through. Arglist vectors never reach here —
+;; analyze-arity reads their items directly — so a ^Type [args] hint is not wrapped.
+(defn- with-coll-meta [ctx form env node]
+  (let [m (form-coll-meta form)]
+    (if (nil? m)
+      node
+      (invoke (var-ref "clojure.core" "with-meta") [node (analyze ctx m env)]))))
+
 (defn analyze
   ([ctx form] (analyze ctx form (empty-env)))
   ([ctx form env]
    (cond
      (form-literal? form) (const form)
      (form-sym? form) (analyze-symbol ctx form env)
-     (form-vec? form) (vector-node (mapv #(analyze ctx % env) (form-vec-items form)))
+     (form-vec? form) (with-coll-meta ctx form env
-     (form-map? form) (map-node (mapv (fn [p] [(analyze ctx (first p) env)
+                        (vector-node (mapv #(analyze ctx % env) (form-vec-items form))))
+     (form-map? form) (with-coll-meta ctx form env
+                        (map-node (mapv (fn [p] [(analyze ctx (first p) env)
                                                  (analyze ctx (second p) env)])
-                                     (form-map-pairs form)))
+                                        (form-map-pairs form))))
-     (form-set? form) (set-node (mapv #(analyze ctx % env) (form-set-items form)))
+     (form-set? form) (with-coll-meta ctx form env
+                        (set-node (mapv #(analyze ctx % env) (form-set-items form))))
      (form-list? form) (analyze-list ctx form env)
      ;; regex literal #"…" -> a :regex IR node (leaf). The Chez back end emits a
      ;; jolt-regex value over the vendored irregex.

stdlib/clojure/edn.clj

@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 ;; The reader yields set literals as a FORM ({:jolt/type :jolt/set :value [...]})
 ;; rather than a constructed set, so build the actual values, recursing into
 ;; maps/vectors/lists. (Lists stay lists — EDN never evaluates them as code.)
+;; Re-attach the source value's metadata to each rebuilt collection — read-string
+;; preserves reader metadata (^:ref […]) but this rebuild would otherwise drop it,
+;; which a metadata-driven config lib (aero/integrant) relies on.
 (defn- edn->value [opts x]
   (cond
     ;; Reader FORMS are detected by :jolt/type tag, never by map? — strict map?
     ;; (correctly) excludes tagged structs, so the old (and (map? x) ...) guard
     ;; would skip them.
-    (= :jolt/set (get x :jolt/type)) (set (map (fn [v] (edn->value opts v)) (get x :value)))
+    (= :jolt/set (get x :jolt/type)) (with-meta (set (map (fn [v] (edn->value opts v)) (get x :value))) (meta x))
     ;; Tagged elements: a reader from the :readers opt wins, then the built-in
     ;; data readers (#uuid/#inst + registered); an unknown tag falls to the
     ;; :default opt fn (called with tag and value, as in Clojure) or throws.
@@ -31,9 +34,9 @@
           (get opts :default) ((get opts :default) tag-sym v)
           :else (__read-tagged tag v)))
     (map? x)
-      (into {} (map (fn [e] [(edn->value opts (key e)) (edn->value opts (val e))]) x))
+      (with-meta (into {} (map (fn [e] [(edn->value opts (key e)) (edn->value opts (val e))]) x)) (meta x))
-    (vector? x) (mapv (fn [v] (edn->value opts v)) x)
+    (vector? x) (with-meta (mapv (fn [v] (edn->value opts v)) x) (meta x))
-    (seq? x) (map (fn [v] (edn->value opts v)) x)
+    (seq? x) (with-meta (map (fn [v] (edn->value opts v)) x) (meta x))
     :else x))
 
 ;; Private helper, NOT named read-string: an unqualified (read-string …) call

stdlib/clojure/walk.clj

@@ -5,19 +5,21 @@
   [inner outer form]
   (cond
     ; vectors/maps first so seq? can't swallow them (a vector is not seq? on
-    ; jolt, but keep the concrete branches authoritative)
+    ; jolt, but keep the concrete branches authoritative). Re-attach the form's
-    (vector? form) (outer (vec (map inner form)))
+    ; metadata to the rebuilt collection, as Clojure does — a metadata-driven walk
+    ; (aero/spec) needs ^:ref and friends to survive the rebuild.
+    (vector? form) (outer (with-meta (vec (map inner form)) (meta form)))
     ; a record is also map?, but (empty record) yields a plain map — rebuild by
     ; conj-ing the walked entries back onto the original so the record TYPE
     ; survives. Type-dispatched walks depend on it (e.g. integrant resolves
     ; #ig/ref by detecting its Ref record while postwalking the config).
     (record? form) (outer (reduce (fn [r x] (conj r (inner x))) form form))
-    (map? form) (outer (into (empty form) (map inner form)))
+    (map? form) (outer (with-meta (into (empty form) (map inner form)) (meta form)))
     ; lists rebuild as lists, other seqs (incl. macro/template output: cons/
     ; concat/lazy-seq) walk too — without this, postwalk-replace silently no-op'd
     ; a quoted list, breaking clojure.template/apply-template
-    (list? form) (outer (apply list (map inner form)))
+    (list? form) (outer (with-meta (apply list (map inner form)) (meta form)))
-    (seq? form) (outer (map inner form))
+    (seq? form) (outer (with-meta (map inner form) (meta form)))
     :else (outer form)))
 
 (defn postwalk