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+# jank conformance: runs the Clojure-language pass-tests from a local jank
+# checkout (https://github.com/jank-lang/jank, MPL-2.0) against Jolt and asserts
+# the number that pass stays at/above a baseline. This does NOT vendor jank's
+# sources (license differs) — it references ~/src/jank if present and SKIPS
+# cleanly when absent, so it is a local/dev regression aid.
+#
+# Each jank pass-test is an assertion script ending in `:success`. We load it in
+# a fresh context and count it as passing when it returns :success.
+(use ../src/jolt/api)
+
+(def jank-dir (string (os/getenv "HOME") "/src/jank/compiler+runtime/test/jank"))
+
+# Baseline: the number of pass-tests Jolt currently handles. Raise this as Jolt
+# gains features so regressions (a previously-passing test breaking) are caught.
+(def baseline 119)
+
+# Tests that loop forever under Jolt's eager evaluation (skipped to avoid hangs;
+# tracked as known gaps — variadic-recur arity selection and var-quote calls).
+(def skip-patterns ["/cpp/" "var-quote" "fn/recur/pass-variadic-position"])
+
+(defn- skip? [path]
+  (var s false)
+  (each p skip-patterns (when (string/find p path) (set s true)))
+  s)
+
+(defn- walk [dir acc]
+  (each e (os/dir dir)
+    (def p (string dir "/" e))
+    (case ((os/stat p) :mode)
+      :directory (walk p acc)
+      :file (when (and (string/has-suffix? ".jank" p)
+                       (string/find "/pass-" p)
+                       (not (skip? p)))
+              (array/push acc p))))
+  acc)
+
+(if (not (os/stat jank-dir))
+  (print "jank-conformance: ~/src/jank not present — skipped")
+  (do
+    (def files (sort (walk jank-dir @[])))
+    (var pass 0)
+    (def fails @[])
+    (each f files
+      # A pass-test passes when no assertion throws (assert now errors on failure).
+      (def res (protect (load-string (init) (slurp f))))
+      (if (= (res 0) true)
+        (++ pass)
+        (array/push fails (string/slice f (+ 1 (length jank-dir))))))
+    (printf "jank-conformance: %d/%d pass-tests pass (baseline %d)" pass (length files) baseline)
+    (when (< pass baseline)
+      (print "--- regressions (now failing, were within baseline) ---")
+      (each rel fails (print "  " rel))
+      (error (string "jank conformance dropped to " pass " (baseline " baseline ")")))
+    (printf "jank conformance OK (%d known gaps)" (length fails))))