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Dmitri Sotnikov 687dc60af6
type returns the JVM class (Clojure semantics) (#244) 
(type x) was jolt's internal taxonomy keyword (:string/:set/:jolt/inst), which
breaks any library dispatching a multimethod on [(type a) (type b)] against
java/clojure.lang classes (e.g. clojure.tools.logging.test's matchers). Make the
PUBLIC clojure.core/type Clojure's (or (:type meta) (class x)).

The taxonomy keyword stays the core model: natives-meta.ss keeps jolt-type and
exposes it as __type-tag, which print-method/print-dup dispatch on (so #uuid/#regex/
records still print). The JVM mapping lives in the java host layer — host-class.ss
defines the public type next to (class …), and a jinst now reports java.util.Date
(was :jolt/inst). So the core emits the taxonomy and the java layer remaps it in one
place. unit.edn's type suite updated to the class names. make test green.

Co-authored-by: Yogthos <yogthos@gmail.com>
2026-06-26 21:14:06 +00:00
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image.ss Devirt: cache the resolved impl in a per-site cell (inline cache) (#237) 2026-06-26 18:34:13 +00:00
prelude.ss type returns the JVM class (Clojure semantics) (#244) 2026-06-26 21:14:06 +00:00
README.md Docs: Chez-only, drop the Janet-era references and obsolete migration notes 2026-06-22 09:05:35 -04:00

README.md

Chez bootstrap seed

These two files are the bootstrap compiler for jolt — the seed that makes the build self-hosting:

  • prelude.ss — the clojure.core prelude (all tiers + clojure.string/walk/ template/edn/set/pprint) as Scheme def-var! forms.
  • image.ss — the compiler image (jolt.ir + jolt.analyzer + jolt.backend-scheme) as Scheme def-var! forms.

Both are generated, not hand-written. They are checked in because a fresh checkout must be able to build jolt-on-Chez using only Chez: host/chez/bootstrap.ss loads this seed, then rebuilds the prelude + image from the .clj/.ss sources via the on-Chez compiler (read → analyze → emit, all on Chez). The seed is a joint byte-fixpoint: rebuilding from an up-to-date seed reproduces it exactly. make selfhost (host/chez/selfcheck.sh) runs host/chez/bootstrap.ss and diffs the rebuilt artifacts against the checked-in seed.

Re-minting

When the seed sources change (the core tiers, the compiler namespaces, the host contract, the reader, emit-image.ss), the seed drifts and make selfhost fails. Re-mint it by running host/chez/bootstrap.ss and writing the freshly rebuilt prelude/image back to host/chez/seed/prelude.ss / host/chez/seed/image.ss, then commit the refreshed files.