jolt/.dirge/skills/jolt-compiler/SKILL.md
Yogthos fe22fea3e4 Phase 7: LazySeq + PersistentHashSet completion
- phm.janet: LazySeq (realize-once with caching, ls-first/ls-rest/ls-seq/ls-count)
  PersistentHashSet (backed by PHM, phs-conj/phs-disj/phs-contains?/phs-count/...)
  make-lazy-seq creates lazy thunk wrapper with :jolt/lazy-seq type tag
  make-phs creates hash set with :jolt/set type tag
- evaluator.janet: :jolt/set handler in eval-form, disj/set? special forms,
  special-symbol? entries, phm import for compile-time visibility
- core.janet: lazy-seq/iterate macros, set?/disj core fns, make-phs wired
  into hash-set, core-bindings entries for set?/disj/lazy-seq/make-lazy-seq/iterate
  Set support in core-conj/core-contains?/core-count/core-empty?/core-seq/core-get
  LazySeq support in core-first/core-rest/core-count/core-seq
- 9 tests (32-33): lazy-seq basic ops, realize-once caching
  PersistentHashSet construction, conj, disj, count, set? predicate
- 315 ok, 2 fail (pre-existing, unchanged)
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# jolt-compiler
Jolt Compiler — Clojure→Janet source compiler with data-structure emission path.
## Architecture
```
Clojure form → analyze-form [form bindings ctx] → AST {:op ...}
↓ (if head = macro var)
expand → re-analyze expanded form
emit-ast (source string) or emit-expr (data structure)
```
Three public entry points:
- `(compile-form form &opt ctx)` → Janet source string (debug/display)
- `(compile-ast form &opt ctx)` → Janet data structure (for eval)
- `(compile-and-eval form ctx)` → compile-ast + eval
## Why data structures, not source strings
Janet's `eval` does NOT have access to `use`-imported symbols from the calling file. `(eval "(core-inc 1)")` fails with "unknown symbol core-inc". The fix: emit Janet tuples where function VALUES are embedded: `[core-inc 1]`.
```
core-fn-values table: "core-inc" → core-inc (the actual function)
emit-core-symbol-expr → (get core-fn-values janet-name)
```
Source-to-source (`compile-form` + `emit-ast`) still exists for debugging but is NOT used by `compile-and-eval`.
## Symbol classification (in analyze-form)
Order: qualified ns → local binding → core-symbol → bare symbol
```
(if (form :ns) → :qualified-symbol
(get bindings name) → :local
(get core-renames name) → :core-symbol
→ :symbol)
```
## core-renames vs core-fn-values
core-renames maps Clojure name strings → Janet function name strings (used by both emitter paths).
core-fn-values maps Janet function name strings → actual function values (used by data-structure emitter only).
MUST keep both in sync. When adding a new core fn, update BOTH.
**Missing entries → symbol treated as unknown global, returns nil.**
Key name mappings:
- `"-"``"core-sub"` (NOT `"core--"`)
- `"apply"``apply` (Janet built-in)
- `"some"``core-some?` (shared with `core-some?`)
- `"pr-str"``core-str` (alias)
- `"list"``core-list`, `"name"``core-name`, `"subs"``core-subs`
## Loop/recur compilation
`loop*` emits a self-referential closure:
```janet
(do (var _loop_N nil)
(set _loop_N (fn [params] body))
(_loop_N init-vals...))
```
`recur` saves `:loop-name` in the AST (looked up from bindings `:jolt/current-loop`), then `emit-recur-expr` rewrites to `(loop-name arg1 arg2...)`.
## Throw/try compilation
- `throw``(error val)` in Janet
- `try/catch``(try body ([err] handler-body))` — Janet uses `([sym] handler)` format
## emi-vector-expr critical fix
**Bare tuples in Janet eval are function calls**: `[1 2 3]` tries to call `1` as a function. Always emit `['tuple ...]` or `(tuple ...)`.
## Quote in data-structure emitter
Use `raw-form->janet` to pass Jolt reader forms through verbatim to Janet's `quote`:
```
(emit-quote-expr expr) → ['quote (raw-form->janet expr)]
```
raw-form->janet converts Jolt symbols to Janet symbols, recursively for arrays/tuples.
## make-symbol fix (reader.janet)
`/` at position 0 means unqualified symbol. Use `(if (and slash (> slash 0)) ...)` — only split on `/` when it's not at the start.
## :data-readers key construction
`:data-readers` uses dynamic table construction because `:#inst` is invalid Janet keyword literal syntax (`:#` triggers reader macro):
```janet
:data-readers (let [dr @{}]
(put dr (keyword "#inst") (fn [s] s))
(put dr (keyword "#uuid") (fn [s] s))
dr)
```
## eval-string dispatch (compile mode)
```janet
(if (or (= head-name "defmacro") (= head-name "ns")
(= head-name "deftype") (= head-name "defmulti") (= head-name "defmethod")
(= head-name "require") (= head-name "in-ns"))
(eval-form ctx @{} form) ; interpret
(compile-and-eval form ctx)) ; compile
```
## Test files
- `test/compiler-test.janet` — Phases 0-4 tests (source output + compile-eval + macro tests)
- `test/phase6-final.janet` — Phase 6 comprehensive compile-mode tests (47 assertions)
- `test/phase5-test.janet` — Phase 5 multimethod + hierarchy tests
- `test/phase6-test.janet` — Phase 6 reader extension tests
- `test/hash-map-test.janet` — Phase 2 PersistentHashMap tests
Run: `janet test/<file>.janet` or `jpm test`