Aser serialization: aser-call/fragment now return SxExpr instead of String.
serialize/inspect passes SxExpr through unquoted, preventing the double-
escaping (\" → \\\" ) that broke client-side parsing when aser wire format
was output via raw! into <script> tags. Added make-sx-expr + sx-expr-source
primitives to OCaml and JS hosts.
Binary blob protocol: eval, aser, aser-slot, and sx-page-full now send SX
source as length-prefixed blobs instead of escaped strings. Eliminates pipe
desync from concurrent requests and removes all string-escape round-trips
between Python and OCaml.
Bridge safety: re-entrancy guard (_in_io_handler) raises immediately if an
IO handler tries to call the bridge, preventing silent deadlocks.
Fetch error logging: orchestration.sx error callback now logs method + URL
via log-warn. Platform catches (fetchAndRestore, fetchPreload, bindBoostForm)
also log errors instead of silently swallowing them.
Transpiler fixes: makeEnv, scopePeek, scopeEmit, makeSxExpr added as
platform function definitions + transpiler mappings — were referenced in
transpiled code but never defined as JS functions.
Playwright test infrastructure:
- nav() captures JS errors and fails fast with the actual error message
- Checks for [object Object] rendering artifacts
- New tests: delete-row interaction, full page refresh, back button,
direct load with fresh context, code block content verification
- Default base URL changed to localhost:8013 (standalone dev server)
- docker-compose.dev-sx.yml: port 8013 exposed for local testing
- test-sx-build.sh: build + unit tests + Playwright smoke tests
Geography content: index page component written (sx/sx/geography/index.sx)
describing OCaml evaluator, wire formats, rendering pipeline, and topic
links. Wiring blocked by aser-expand-component children passing issue.
Tests: 1080/1080 JS, 952/952 OCaml, 66/66 Playwright
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fix: islands (defisland) pass component? check but must NEVER be
expanded server-side — they use browser-only reactive primitives
(signal, deref, computed). Added (not (island? comp)) guard in
adapter-sx.sx aser component dispatch.
New test file: shared/sx/tests/test_ocaml_helpers.py
- TestHelperInjection: 5 tests — helper IO proxy, 2-arg calls,
aser/aser_slot with helpers, undefined helper error
- TestHelperIOPerformance: 2 tests — 20 sequential IO round-trips
complete in <5s, aser_slot with 5 helpers in <3s
- TestAserSlotClientAffinity: 6 tests — island exclusion, client
affinity exclusion, server affinity expansion, auto affinity
behavior in aser vs aser_slot
eval_sx_url stays on bridge.aser() (server-affinity only) for now.
Switching to aser_slot requires fixing the double-aser issue in
_render_to_sx where content gets re-parsed and re-asered.
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Three bugs in aser-expand-component (adapter-sx.sx):
- Keyword values were eval'd (eval-expr can't handle <>, HTML tags);
now asered, matching the aser's rendering capabilities
- Missing default nil binding for unset &key params (caused
"Undefined symbol" errors for optional params like header-rows)
- aserCall string-quoted keyword values that were already serialized
SX — now inlines values starting with "(" directly
Server-affinity annotations for layout/nav shells:
- ~shared:layout/app-body, ~shared:layout/oob-sx — page structure
- ~layouts/nav-sibling-row, ~layouts/nav-children — server-side data
- ~layouts/doc already had :affinity :server
- ~cssx/flush marked :affinity :client (browser-only state)
Navigation fix: restore oob_page_sx wrapper for HTMX responses
so #main-panel section exists for sx-select/sx-swap targeting.
OCaml bridge: lazy page helper injection into kernel via IO proxy
(define name (fn (...) (helper "name" ...))) — enables aser_slot
to evaluate highlight/component-source etc. via coroutine bridge.
Playwright tests: added pageerror listener to test_no_console_errors,
new test_navigate_from_home_to_geography for HTMX nav regression.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
adapter-sx.sx: aser-expand-component expands :affinity :server components
inline during SX wire format serialization. Binds keyword args via
eval-expr, children via aser (handles HTML tags), then asers the body.
ocaml_bridge.py: 10MB readline buffer for large spec responses.
nav-data.sx: evaluator.sx filename fix.
Page rendering stays on Python _eval_slot for now — full OCaml rendering
needs the page shell IO (headers, CSRF, CSS) migrated to OCaml IO bridge.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Major architectural change: page function dispatch and handler execution
now go through the OCaml kernel instead of the Python bootstrapped evaluator.
OCaml integration:
- Page dispatch: bridge.eval() evaluates SX URL expressions (geography, marshes, etc.)
- Handler aser: bridge.aser() serializes handler responses as SX wire format
- _ensure_components loads all .sx files into OCaml kernel (spec, web adapter, handlers)
- defhandler/defpage registered as no-op special forms so handler files load
- helper IO primitive dispatches to Python page helpers + IO handlers
- ok-raw response format for SX wire format (no double-escaping)
- Natural list serialization in eval (no (list ...) wrapper)
- Clean pipe: _read_until_ok always sends io-response on error
SX adapter (aser):
- scope-emit!/scope-peek aliases to avoid CEK special form conflict
- aser-fragment/aser-call: strings starting with "(" pass through unserialized
- Registered cond-scheme?, is-else-clause?, primitive?, get-primitive in kernel
- random-int, parse-int as kernel primitives; json-encode, into via IO bridge
Handler migration:
- All IO calls converted to (helper "name" args...) pattern
- request-arg, request-form, state-get, state-set!, now, component-source etc.
- Fixed bare (effect ...) in island bodies leaking disposer functions as text
- Fixed lower-case → lower, ~search-results → ~examples/search-results
Reactive islands:
- sx-hydrate-islands called after client-side navigation swap
- force-dispose-islands-in for outerHTML swaps (clears hydration markers)
- clear-processed! platform primitive for re-hydration
Content restructuring:
- Design, event bridge, named stores, phase 2 consolidated into reactive overview
- Marshes split into overview + 5 example sub-pages
- Nav links use sx-get/sx-target for client-side navigation
Playwright test suite (sx/tests/test_demos.py):
- 83 tests covering hypermedia demos, reactive islands, marshes, spec explorer
- Server-side rendering, handler interactions, island hydration, navigation
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two fundamental environment bugs fixed:
1. env-set! was used for both binding creation (let, define, params)
and mutation (set!). Binding creation must NOT walk the scope chain
— it should set on the immediate env. Only set! should walk.
Fix: introduce env-bind! for all binding creation. env-set! now
exclusively means "mutate existing binding, walk scope chain".
Changed across spec (eval.sx, cek.sx, render.sx) and all web
adapters (dom, html, sx, async, boot, orchestration, forms).
2. makeLambda/makeComponent/makeMacro/makeIsland used merge(env) to
flatten the closure into a plain object, destroying the prototype
chain. This meant set! inside closures couldn't reach the original
binding — it modified a snapshot copy instead.
Fix: store env directly as closure (no merge). The prototype chain
is preserved, so set! walks up to the original scope.
Tests: 499/516 passing (96.7%), up from 485/516.
Fixed: define self-reference, let scope isolation, set! through
closures, counter-via-closure pattern, recursive functions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
