diff --git a/src/jolt/backend.janet b/src/jolt/backend.janet
index 32a7718..5025e3d 100644
--- a/src/jolt/backend.janet
+++ b/src/jolt/backend.janet
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
# var-get/tuple-slice/...) and jolt runtime helpers resolve by name.
(def jolt-runtime-env (curenv))
+# Janet's `in` accessor as an embedded VALUE (jolt-fjb1). The back end uses `in`
+# to index cells/shape-recs/arg tuples in code it EMITS. Emitting the bare symbol
+# `in` is unhygienic: a user local named `in` (malli's explainer binds `[value in
+# acc]`) shadows it in the surrounding scope, so the generated `(in cell :root)`
+# would call the user's value as a function — "
called with 2 arguments".
+# Embedding the function value (as with jolt-call/core-get) can't be shadowed.
+(def- jin in)
+
(defn ctx-janet-env
"Lazily create/cache a per-context Janet environment for compiled code: a child
of the runtime env (so core fns resolve) that holds this context's user defs.
@@ -120,10 +128,21 @@
# So we direct-link exactly the call-optimization case; everything else stays
# indirect (live var deref → redefinable). Default user/REPL units: flag off,
# so all user calls are indirect and redefinable with no annotation.
+# A var DEF'd earlier as a sibling in the current compilation unit can't be
+# direct-linked/const-linked: its embedded root is the value from BEFORE this
+# unit runs, but the unit's own (def …) rebinds it first — so a later reference
+# in the same unit (e.g. deftype's `(def ->R R)` alias after `(def R …)`) would
+# capture the stale pre-redef root (jolt-wf4). Self-reference inside a def's own
+# init is unaffected: the cell is registered only AFTER its init is emitted, so a
+# fn body's recursive call still direct-links (and runs after the def completes).
+(defn- unit-redefined? [ctx cell]
+ (let [ud (get (ctx :env) :unit-defs)] (and ud (get ud cell) true)))
+
(defn- direct-var? [ctx cell]
(and (get (ctx :env) :direct-linking?)
(not (cell :dynamic))
(not (let [m (cell :meta)] (and m (get m :redef))))
+ (not (unit-redefined? ctx cell))
(let [r (cell :root)] (or (function? r) (cfunction? r)))))
# Whole-program constant-linking (closed world): under JOLT_WHOLE_PROGRAM every
@@ -141,6 +160,7 @@
(and (get (ctx :env) :whole-program?)
(get (ctx :env) :direct-linking?)
(not (cell :dynamic))
+ (not (unit-redefined? ctx cell))
(not (nil? (cell :root)))))
# Fresh Janet symbol for back-end-introduced bindings (arity dispatch). NOT
@@ -181,7 +201,7 @@
(defn- emit-arity-invoke [ctx ar jargs]
(def nfixed (length (vview (ar :params))))
(def call @[(emit-arity-fn ctx ar)])
- (for i 0 nfixed (array/push call ['in jargs i]))
+ (for i 0 nfixed (array/push call [jin jargs i]))
# empty rest binds to NIL, not () — (f) with [& r] gives r = nil in Clojure
(when (ar :rest)
(array/push call ['if ['> ['length jargs] nfixed] ['tuple/slice jargs nfixed]]))
@@ -213,7 +233,7 @@
# live-root call the :var emit uses, for the ns get/set helpers below.
(defn- core-fn-call [ctx nm & args]
(def cell (cell-for ctx "clojure.core" nm))
- (tuple (tuple 'in (tuple 'quote cell) :root) ;args))
+ (tuple (tuple jin (tuple 'quote cell) :root) ;args))
(defn- emit-try [ctx node]
(def core
@@ -408,11 +428,11 @@
# NOT gated on compile-time shapes — core is baked without the flag but still
# receives user shape-recs, so this must hold in baked core too. (jolt-t34)
(defn get-or-shape [getexpr]
- (if sidx ['in m sidx]
+ (if sidx [jin m sidx]
(let [pos (jsym)]
['if ['and ['tuple? m] ['struct? ['get m 0]]]
['let [pos ['get [['get m 0] :idx] k]]
- ['if ['nil? pos] (tuple core-get m k nil) ['in m ['+ 1 pos]]]]
+ ['if ['nil? pos] (tuple core-get m k nil) [jin m ['+ 1 pos]]]]
getexpr])))
(if (nil? d-expr)
(let [fast (get-or-shape ['get m k])]
@@ -620,9 +640,9 @@
# majority) pay two native table ops + a branch instead of a
# function call.
(let [qcell (tuple 'quote cell)]
- ['if ['in qcell :dynamic]
+ ['if [jin qcell :dynamic]
(tuple var-get qcell)
- ['in qcell :root]]))))
+ [jin qcell :root]]))))
# (var x): the var object itself (not its value) — the embedded cell, by
# reference. binding keys its thread-binding frame on this exact cell.
:the-var (tuple 'quote (cell-for ctx (node :ns) (node :name)))
@@ -633,10 +653,15 @@
:try (emit-try ctx node)
:throw ['error (emit ctx (node :expr))]
:def (let [cell (cell-for ctx (node :ns) (node :name))
- meta (node :meta)]
+ meta (node :meta)
+ setter (if (and meta (not (empty? meta))) (var-setter-meta cell meta) (var-setter cell))]
(inline-stash! ctx cell node)
- (tuple (if (and meta (not (empty? meta))) (var-setter-meta cell meta) (var-setter cell))
- (emit ctx (node :init))))
+ # Emit the init BEFORE marking the cell unit-defined, so a recursive
+ # self-reference in the init still direct-links; a LATER sibling
+ # reference in this unit then sees it as redefined (jolt-wf4).
+ (let [init-form (emit ctx (node :init))]
+ (when-let [ud (get (ctx :env) :unit-defs)] (put ud cell true))
+ (tuple setter init-form)))
:let (emit-let ctx node)
:fn (emit-fn ctx node)
:invoke (emit-invoke ctx node)
@@ -649,6 +674,10 @@
(defn emit-ir
"IR node -> Janet form (public entry for the back end)."
[ctx node]
+ # Fresh per-unit set of vars (re)defined in THIS top-level form, so a sibling
+ # reference to one can't direct-link to its pre-redef root (jolt-wf4). Scoped
+ # to one emit pass; each compile-and-eval / re-emit call is its own unit.
+ (when (table? (get ctx :env)) (put (ctx :env) :unit-defs @{}))
(emit ctx node))
# --- pipeline wiring (the self-hosted compile path) ---
diff --git a/test/integration/direct-linking-test.janet b/test/integration/direct-linking-test.janet
index 0bb1fe5..ba0e101 100644
--- a/test/integration/direct-linking-test.janet
+++ b/test/integration/direct-linking-test.janet
@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@
(let [ctx (init {:compile? true :aot-core? false})]
(check "aot-core off still correct" (eval-string ctx "(last [1 2 3])") 3))
+# 6. Redefining a record with REORDERED fields must rebind the ctor (jolt-wf4).
+# deftype expands to (do (def R (make-deftype-ctor ...)) (def ->R R) ...): the
+# `->R` alias references R in the SAME compiled unit. Direct-link embeds a var's
+# root as a compile-time constant, but R's redefined root hasn't RUN yet when
+# that unit compiles — so ->R must NOT seal to R's stale (pre-redef) ctor.
+(let [ctx (init {:compile? true :direct-linking? true})]
+ (eval-string ctx "(defrecord R [x a])")
+ (eval-string ctx "(defrecord R [a x])")
+ (check "record field-reorder redefine: :a reads the new layout"
+ (eval-string ctx "(:a (->R 10 20))") 10)
+ (check "record field-reorder redefine: :x reads the new layout"
+ (eval-string ctx "(:x (->R 10 20))") 20))
+
(if (pos? failures)
(do (printf "direct-linking: %d failure(s)" failures) (os/exit 1))
(print "direct-linking: all matrix cases passed"))
diff --git a/test/spec/functions-spec.janet b/test/spec/functions-spec.janet
index 060ec78..ba1f07c 100644
--- a/test/spec/functions-spec.janet
+++ b/test/spec/functions-spec.janet
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@
["variadic with fixed" "[1 [2 3]]" "(do (defn f [a & xs] [a xs]) (f 1 2 3))"]
["closure captures" "8" "(do (defn adder [n] (fn [x] (+ x n))) ((adder 5) 3))"]
["recursion" "120" "(do (defn fact [n] (if (< n 2) 1 (* n (fact (dec n))))) (fact 5))"]
- ["named fn self-ref" "120" "((fn fact [n] (if (< n 2) 1 (* n (fact (dec n))))) 5)"])
+ ["named fn self-ref" "120" "((fn fact [n] (if (< n 2) 1 (* n (fact (dec n))))) 5)"]
+ # A param whose name collides with a Janet builtin the back end emits in
+ # generated code (here `in`, used to deref vars / index shape-recs) must not
+ # shadow it — malli's explainer binds `[value in acc]` (jolt-fjb1).
+ ["param named `in`" "1" "((fn [in] (first in)) [1 2 3])"]
+ ["param `in` via core fn" "3" "((fn [in] (count in)) [1 2 3])"]
+ ["local `in` in let body" "2" "(let [in [2 3]] (first in))"])
(defspec "functions / application"
["apply" "6" "(apply + [1 2 3])"]