prefer-method/remove-method/remove-all-methods/get-method/methods become
overlay macros over ctx-capturing *-setup fns (a multimethod's method table
lives on its VAR, so the name passes quoted — the defmulti/defmethod shape).
instance? likewise (class names don't evaluate to values); satisfies? is a
plain ctx-capturing fn (evaluated args). locking and defonce become overlay
macros — locking now also evaluates the monitor expr (the old arm skipped it
and any body form past the first); defonce keeps the existing-root check.
read-string and macroexpand-1 are ctx-capturing fns.
Removed all eleven from the evaluator special arms + special-symbol?,
host_iface special-names, and compiler uncompilable-heads. evaluator-test's
locking/instance? cases use init now (overlay macros need the full env).
Surfaced pre-existing (filed): multimethod dispatch records prefer-method
preferences on the var but never consults them in ambiguous isa dispatch.
Gate: conformance 296x3 (+11 tier-6c cases), fallback-zero 73/3, fixpoint,
self-host, sci, staged, suite 4049>=4034, all specs+unit.
compile-and-eval wrapped the compile step in a blanket protect — any failure,
including a genuine compiler bug, silently fell back to the interpreter and
hid behind a correct-looking result. Now only the analyzer's deliberate punt
signal (jolt/uncompilable: …) falls back; any other compile-step error
propagates.
Tightening this surfaced one accidental dependency: pre-kernel overlay forms
(00-syntax's destructure defn) trigger a compile while ensure-analyzer is
still gated, and the missing analyzer crashed var-get with a cryptic indexing
error that the blanket catch happened to convert into the designed interpret
fallback. That path now punts explicitly ("jolt/uncompilable: analyzer not
built (pre-kernel bootstrap)").
New unit test stubs jolt.analyzer/analyze to prove a non-punt error
propagates while the punt channel still falls back.
Gate: conformance 269x3, fallback-zero, fixpoint stage1==2==3, self-host,
sci-bootstrap, staged-bootstrap, all specs+unit, suite 4046>=4034 (5 timeouts);
core-bench A/B neutral (4562 vs 4572 ms).
* core: Stage 2 Task 2 tier 5a — compile defmulti + defmethod
defmulti/defmethod become macros (30-macros) over ctx-capturing
clojure.core fns (defmulti-setup/defmethod-setup, interned by
install-stateful-fns!):
- defmulti: (defmulti name dispatch & opts) -> (defmulti-setup 'name
dispatch ~@opts). name quoted; dispatch + opts (:default/:hierarchy)
evaluated. defmulti-setup builds the dispatch closure over the method
table and interns the var (same hierarchy/default/cache behavior).
- defmethod: (defmethod mm dval & fn-tail) -> (defmethod-setup 'mm dval
(fn ~@fn-tail)). The method impl is now a COMPILED (fn …) (was an
interpreted fn* eval). Auto-creates the multimethod if missing.
- removed their special-symbol? entries + eval-list arms, and dropped them
from host_iface special-names + loader stateful-head?.
Both compile + interpret as plain invokes; dispatch incl. :default and
derive/hierarchy works in both modes.
Tests: evaluator-test (defmulti case) + namespace-test now use init (these
forms are overlay macros now, so a bare make-ctx lacks them).
Gate green: conformance 269x3, fallback-zero 38/4, bootstrap-fixpoint
stage1==2==3, self-host, staged-bootstrap, sci-bootstrap, clojure-test-suite
>=4034/67, features 78/78, all unit + spec (multimethods 16/16).
* core: Stage 2 Task 2 tier 5b — compile deftype + defrecord
deftype becomes a macro (30-macros) over make-deftype-ctor (a ctx-capturing
clojure.core fn that bakes the ns-qualified type tag at def time) plus
extend-type for any inline protocol methods — so it compiles as a plain (do …).
Mirrors defrecord's existing field-let/protocol-grouping pattern.
- make-deftype-ctor-impl (evaluator) builds the ctor; interned as a closure.
- removed the deftype special-symbol? entry + eval-list arm; dropped deftype/
defrecord from host_iface special-names + loader stateful-head?.
- defrecord no longer redefines ->name via (Name. …) interop (frozen) — deftype
already provides ->name, so defrecord compiles too (map->name builds via it).
- field-kws spliced into a vector LITERAL ([~@…]) so the analyzer sees a vector
form, not a runtime pvec; type name + fields are unwrapped of ^meta (the reader
yields (with-meta sym m) forms, e.g. sci's (deftype ^{:doc …} Var …)).
With tier 5a, all of deftype/defrecord/defmulti/defmethod compile. The loader's
interpret-only set is now just the frozen host-coupled forms: defmacro/set!/./
new/eval.
Tests: evaluator-test deftype case uses init (deftype is an overlay macro now);
fallback-zero moves deftype off must-punt, adds deftype/defrecord/defmulti/
defmethod to must-compile (43/3).
Gate green (full jpm build + jpm test): conformance 269x3, fallback-zero 43/3,
bootstrap-fixpoint stage1==2==3, self-host, staged-bootstrap, sci-bootstrap
422/0, clojure-test-suite >=4034/67, all unit + spec.
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Co-authored-by: Yogthos <yogthos@gmail.com>
adds self-hosted compiler is functionally:
- The default compile path is the portable pipeline using jolt.analyzer (Clojure) → host-neutral IR → backend.janet.
- The analyzer is itself Clojure, compiled by jolt for true self-hosting.
- bootstrap-fixpoint passes (stage1 == stage2 == stage3): rebuilding the compiler on its own output.
- clojure.core is now self-hosted in the overlay.
- Stateful forms (defmacro/ns/deftype/defmulti/require/in-ns) are interpreted by design.
The reader expanded ^X form to (with-meta form X), which evaluated the tag (so
^String errored 'Unable to resolve symbol: String') and, as a param, was no
longer a bare symbol (so the arg bound to nil). Now a keyword/symbol/string hint
on a symbol attaches to the symbol's :meta and the symbol stays bare, so type
hints are transparent in params, lets, and bodies. Map metadata still uses a
runtime with-meta form.
meta now returns a symbol's :meta, and def applies the name's metadata
(^:dynamic, ^:private, ^Type tag, ^{:doc}) to the var, so (meta (var x)) is
consistent. Specs in metadata-spec; grammar note in the ebnf.
README notes regex \p{...} as unsupported (separate from this).
Two changes unlock native Janet speed in compile mode:
- Hot numeric primitives (+ - * < > <= >=) emit as native Janet SYMBOLS rather
than the variadic core fns, so Janet's compiler uses its arithmetic/compare
opcodes. = / not= / quot / rem / mod / division stay as core fns (their
semantics differ from Janet's). Trade-off: the strict non-number checks are
relaxed under compilation (documented perf-mode divergence).
- emit-invoke emits a DIRECT call (f arg...) when the callee is a function
reference (core/local/symbol/fn), instead of wrapping every call in jolt-call.
jolt-call is kept only for keyword/collection literals in call position
((:k m), ({:a 1} :a)) so IFn dispatch still works.
compiled fib(30): 3.4s -> 0.076s (native ceiling), faster than jank's 0.8s.
Updated compiler-test string assertions (core-+ -> +); compile-mode-test gains
native-op + IFn-dispatch cases; README documents compile mode. jpm test green.
Reorganize the flat 49-file test/ into three layers (jpm test recurses, so all
are still discovered):
- test/unit/ white-box component tests (reader, evaluator, types,
persistent-map, lazy-seq, macro, interop, compiler)
- test/integration/ cross-cutting + regression batteries (conformance, jank,
sci-bootstrap/runtime, features, systematic-coverage, api,
core, namespaces, ported clojure suites) and
.../ports/ ported clojure/cljs test batches pending consolidation
- test/spec/ the behavioral contract (built out in following commits)
- test/support/harness.janet shared defspec table runner (cases compared via
Jolt's own =, with a :throws sentinel) + expect= helpers
Files moved with git mv (history preserved) and import paths fixed for depth.
jpm test green. README Test section updated.
Next: build out test/spec/ to cover the public API area-by-area, mining the
integration batteries and filling gaps.
