feat: require loads stdlib namespaces from disk + aliased-ns resolution (s/join); fix str-join to stringify elements (Clojure semantics)

.beads/interactions.jsonl

@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
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.beads/issues.jsonl

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
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src/jolt/core.janet

@@ -867,6 +867,15 @@
       (each x xs (array/push result (str-render-one x)))
       (string/join result ""))))
 
+(defn core-str-join
+  "clojure.string/join: stringify each element (Clojure semantics), then join."
+  [coll &opt sep]
+  (default sep "")
+  (let [items (realize-for-iteration coll)
+        parts @[]]
+    (each x items (array/push parts (str-render-one x)))
+    (string/join parts (str-render-one sep))))
+
 (defn core-name
   "Returns the name string of a keyword, symbol, or string."
   [x]
@@ -1975,7 +1984,7 @@
     "str-replace" string/replace
     "str-replace-all" string/replace-all
     "str-reverse-b" string/reverse
-    "str-join" string/join
+    "str-join" core-str-join
     "str-split" string/split
     "str-triml" string/triml
     "str-trimr" string/trimr

src/jolt/evaluator.janet

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 (use ./types)
 (use ./phm)
+(use ./reader)
 
 (defn- sym-name?
   [sym-s name-str]
@@ -129,6 +130,38 @@
   [sym-s]
   (if (sym-s :ns) (string (sym-s :ns) "/" (sym-s :name)) (sym-s :name)))
 
+(defn- ns->path
+  "Map a namespace name to its Jolt stdlib source path (dots->dirs, dashes->_)."
+  [ns-name]
+  (string "src/jolt/"
+          (string/replace-all "." "/" (string/replace-all "-" "_" ns-name))
+          ".clj"))
+
+(defn- load-ns-file
+  "Parse and evaluate every form in a .clj file in the given context."
+  [ctx path]
+  (var s (slurp path))
+  (while (> (length (string/trim s)) 0)
+    (def [f r] (parse-next s))
+    (set s r)
+    (when (not (nil? f)) (eval-form ctx @{} f))))
+
+(defn- maybe-require-ns
+  "If namespace ns-name isn't populated yet and a stdlib source file exists,
+  load it. Restores the current namespace afterwards (the file's `ns` form
+  changes it). No-op for already-loaded namespaces."
+  [ctx ns-name]
+  (let [ns (ctx-find-ns ctx ns-name)]
+    (when (and (= 0 (length (ns :mappings))) (not= ns-name "clojure.core"))
+      (let [path (ns->path ns-name)]
+        (when (os/stat path)
+          (let [saved (ctx-current-ns ctx)]
+            # Jolt stdlib files have no `ns` form; switch into the target ns so
+            # their defs intern there, then restore.
+            (ctx-set-current-ns ctx ns-name)
+            (load-ns-file ctx path)
+            (ctx-set-current-ns ctx saved)))))))
+
 (defn- eval-require
   [ctx spec]
   (let [ns-sym (in spec 0)
@@ -149,7 +182,7 @@
                 (set refer-syms (in spec (+ i 1)))
                 (set i slen))
               (++ i))))))
-    (ctx-find-ns ctx ns-name)
+    (maybe-require-ns ctx ns-name)
     (when alias
       (let [current-ns (ctx-find-ns ctx (ctx-current-ns ctx))]
         (ns-import current-ns alias ns-name)))