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Yogthos c26fd175f2 read-string constructs sets; format %x lowercase; extend/extends? on nil 
read-string/read now return real sets for #{...} literals (top-level and
nested) instead of the reader's {:jolt/type :jolt/set} form — the data
seams convert set forms to sets (recursing, preserving metadata and source
map-key order); clojure.edn already did this. The compiler keeps reading
via the raw reader, so set literals in code stay forms the analyzer lowers.

format %x now emits lowercase hex (Chez number->string is uppercase); %X
unchanged.

extend and extends? handle a nil target type (host tag "nil"), matching
extend-type — protocols can be extended to nil via the function form, not
just the macro.

Found porting transit/data.json and shaking out aero.
2026-06-24 14:03:47 -04:00
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image.ss read-string constructs sets; format %x lowercase; extend/extends? on nil 2026-06-24 14:03:47 -04:00
prelude.ss read-string constructs sets; format %x lowercase; extend/extends? on nil 2026-06-24 14:03:47 -04:00
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.