Phase 1 of the lib-guest-reflective extraction plan.
lib/guest/reflective/env.sx — canonical wire shape
{:refl-tag :env :bindings DICT :parent ENV-OR-NIL} with mutable
defaults (dict-set!), plus *-with adapter-cfg variants for consumers
with their own shape (modelled after lib/guest/match.sx). 13 forms,
~5 KB.
lib/kernel/eval.sx — env block collapses from ~30 lines to 6 thin
wrappers (kernel-env? = refl-env?, etc.). No semantic change; envs
now carry :refl-tag :env instead of :knl-tag :env. All 322 Kernel
tests pass unchanged across 7 suites (parse 62, eval 36, vau 38,
standard 127, encap 19, hygiene 26, metacircular 14).
Next: Phase 2 — Tcl adapter cfg in lib/tcl/runtime.sx using
refl-env-lookup-with against the existing :level/:locals/:parent
frame shape.
Five type predicates (number?, string?, list?, boolean?, symbol?).
New tests/metacircular.sx: m-eval defined in Kernel walks expressions
itself, recursing on applicative-call args and delegating to host
eval only for operatives and symbol lookup. 14 demo tests.
The demo surfaced a real bug: map/filter/reduce called kernel-combine
on applicative head-vals directly, which re-evaluates already-
evaluated element values; nested-list elements crashed. Fix: extracted
knl-apply-op (unwrap-applicative-or-pass-through) and use it in all
three combinators before kernel-combine. Mirrors apply's approach.
Added knl-apply-op as a proposed entry in the reflective combiner.sx
API. 322 tests total.
(apply F (list V1 V2 V3)) ≡ (F V1 V2 V3). Unwrap applicative first to
skip auto-eval (args are values), then kernel-combine with the
underlying operative. Universal pattern in reflective Lisps —
sketched into the combiner.sx API. 296 tests total.
Added kernel-make-primitive-applicative-with-env in eval.sx — IMPL
receives (args dyn-env), needed by combinators that re-enter the
evaluator. map/filter/reduce in runtime.sx use it to call user-supplied
combiners on each element with the caller's dynamic env preserved.
Sketched the env-blind vs env-aware applicative split as a new entry
in the proposed combiner.sx reflective API. 289 tests total.
Standard Kernel control flow. $cond walks clauses in order with `else`
catch-all; clauses past the first match are NOT evaluated. $when/$unless
are simple guards. 12 tests, 242 total.
kernel-quasiquote-operative walks the template via mutually-recursive
knl-quasi-walk ↔ knl-quasi-walk-list. $unquote forms eval in dyn-env;
$unquote-splicing splices list-valued results. No depth tracking
(nested quasiquotes flatten). 8 new tests, 230 total. Sketched the
universal reflective quoting kit API for the eventual Phase 7 extraction.
:body slot holds a LIST of forms now (was single expression). New
knl-eval-body in eval.sx evaluates each form in sequence, returning
the last. $vau and $lambda accept (formals env-param body...) /
(formals body...). No $sequence dependency. 223 tests total.
Parser now reads 'expr, \`expr, ,expr, ,@expr as the four standard
shorthands. Quote uses existing $quote operative; quasiquote /
unquote / unquote-splicing recognised but not yet expanded at runtime
(left for first consumer to drive). 218 tests total across six suites.
Hygiene-by-default was already present: user operatives close over
static-env and bind formals + body $define!s in (extend STATIC-ENV),
caller's env untouched. $let evaluates values in caller env, binds
in fresh child env, runs body there. $define-in! explicitly targets
an env. Full scope-set / frame-stamp hygiene is research-grade
and documented as deferred future work in the reflective API notes.
kernel-eval/kernel-combine dispatch on tagged values: operatives see
un-evaluated args + dynamic env; applicatives evaluate args then recurse.
No hardcoded special forms — $if/$quote tested as ordinary operatives
built on the fly. Pure-SX env representation
{:knl-tag :env :bindings DICT :parent P}, surfaced as a candidate
lib/guest/reflective/env.sx API since SX make-env is HTTP-mode only.
