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scheme: Phase 3 — if/define/set!/begin/lambda/closures + 24 tests
eval.sx grows: five new syntactic operators wired via the table-
driven dispatch from Phase 2. lambda creates closures
{:scm-tag :closure :params :rest :body :env} that capture the
static env; scheme-apply-closure binds formals + rest-arg, evaluates
multi-expression body in (extend static-env), returns last value.

Supports lambda formals shapes:
  ()            → no args
  (a b c)       → fixed arity
  args          → bare symbol; binds all call-args as a list

Dotted-pair tail (a b . rest) deferred until parser supports it.

define has both flavours:
  (define name expr)                 — direct binding
  (define (name . formals) body...)  — lambda sugar

set! walks the env chain via refl-env-find-frame, mutates at the
binding's source frame (no shadowing). Raises on unbound name.

24 new tests in lib/scheme/tests/syntax.sx, including:
- Factorial 5 → 120 and 10 → 3628800 (recursion + closures)
- make-counter via closed-over set! state
- Curried (((curry+ 1) 2) 3) → 6
- (lambda args args) rest-arg binding
- Multi-body lambdas with internal define

109 total Scheme tests (62 parse + 23 eval + 24 syntax).
2026-05-13 20:02:46 +00:00

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;; lib/scheme/eval.sx — R7RS-small evaluator (Phase 2 skeleton).
;;
;; The evaluator walks parsed AST applying R7RS semantics:
;; - numbers, booleans, characters, vectors, strings self-evaluate
;; - symbols look up in the lexical env
;; - lists with a syntactic-operator head dispatch to native handler
;; - lists with an applicative head: eval head + args, then call
;;
;; Phase 2 covers literals, symbol lookup, and `quote`. The full
;; suite of syntactic operators (if/lambda/define/let/...) lands in
;; Phase 3.
;;
;; Environment representation
;; --------------------------
;; Scheme is the THIRD CONSUMER for `lib/guest/reflective/env.sx`.
;; It uses the canonical mutable wire shape `{:refl-tag :env
;; :bindings DICT :parent ENV-OR-NIL}` directly — no adapter cfg —
;; because Scheme's lexical-scope semantics match the kit's defaults
;; exactly. Compare with Tcl (functional updates, level field) and
;; Smalltalk (rich frame metadata) which DID need cfg adapters.
;;
;; Public API
;; (scheme-eval EXPR ENV) — primary entry
;; (scheme-make-env) — fresh top-level env
;; (scheme-extend-env P) — child env
;; (scheme-env-bind! E N V)
;; (scheme-env-lookup E N)
;;
;; Consumes: lib/guest/reflective/env.sx; lib/scheme/parser.sx
;; (scheme-string?, scheme-char?, scheme-vector?).
;; Thin wrappers over the kit. Scheme uses the canonical shape with
;; no cfg, so these are direct aliases.
(define scheme-make-env refl-make-env)
(define scheme-extend-env refl-extend-env)
(define scheme-env? refl-env?)
(define scheme-env-bind! refl-env-bind!)
(define scheme-env-has? refl-env-has?)
(define scheme-env-lookup refl-env-lookup)
;; ── self-evaluating values ───────────────────────────────────────
(define
scheme-self-eval?
(fn
(v)
(or
(number? v)
(boolean? v)
(nil? v)
(scheme-string? v)
(scheme-char? v)
(scheme-vector? v))))
;; ── syntactic-operator table ─────────────────────────────────────
;; Each operator is a fn (args env) that returns the result of the
;; special form. Phase 2 only handles `quote`; Phase 3 fills out the
;; rest. The table-driven dispatch keeps the eval body small and
;; makes new operators easy to add.
(define scheme-syntactic-ops {})
(define
scheme-define-op!
(fn (name handler) (dict-set! scheme-syntactic-ops name handler)))
(define
scheme-syntactic-op?
(fn (name) (dict-has? scheme-syntactic-ops name)))
;; quote — return arg unevaluated.
(scheme-define-op!
"quote"
(fn
(args env)
(cond
((not (= (length args) 1))
(error "quote: expects exactly 1 argument"))
(:else (first args)))))
;; if — (if TEST CONSEQUENT) or (if TEST CONSEQUENT ALTERNATE).
;; Scheme truthiness: only #f is false; everything else (incl. nil/empty
;; list) is truthy. Match SX's `if` semantics where possible.
(scheme-define-op! "if"
(fn (args env)
(cond
((< (length args) 2)
(error "if: expects (test then [else])"))
(:else
(let ((test-val (scheme-eval (first args) env)))
(cond
((not (= test-val false))
(scheme-eval (nth args 1) env))
((>= (length args) 3)
(scheme-eval (nth args 2) env))
(:else nil)))))))
;; set! — mutate an existing binding by walking the env chain.
(scheme-define-op! "set!"
(fn (args env)
(cond
((not (= (length args) 2))
(error "set!: expects (set! name expr)"))
((not (string? (first args)))
(error "set!: name must be a symbol"))
(:else
(let ((name (first args))
(val (scheme-eval (nth args 1) env)))
(let ((src (refl-env-find-frame env name)))
(cond
((nil? src)
(error (str "set!: unbound variable: " name)))
(:else
(dict-set! (get src :bindings) name val)
val))))))))
;; define — top-level or internal binding. (define name expr) or
;; (define (name . formals) body...) the latter being lambda sugar.
(scheme-define-op! "define"
(fn (args env)
(cond
((< (length args) 2)
(error "define: expects (define name expr) or (define (name . formals) body)"))
((string? (first args))
;; (define name expr)
(let ((val (scheme-eval (nth args 1) env)))
(scheme-env-bind! env (first args) val)
val))
((list? (first args))
;; (define (name . formals) body...) — sugar
(let ((header (first args))
(body (rest args)))
(cond
((= (length header) 0)
(error "define: malformed function header"))
(:else
(let ((name (first header))
(formals (rest header)))
(let ((closure (scheme-make-closure formals nil body env)))
(scheme-env-bind! env name closure)
closure))))))
(:else (error "define: malformed form")))))
;; begin — evaluate each expression in sequence, return the last.
(scheme-define-op! "begin"
(fn (args env)
(cond
((or (nil? args) (= (length args) 0)) nil)
(:else (scheme-eval-body args env)))))
(define scheme-eval-body
(fn (forms env)
(cond
((= (length forms) 1) (scheme-eval (first forms) env))
(:else
(begin
(scheme-eval (first forms) env)
(scheme-eval-body (rest forms) env))))))
;; lambda — (lambda formals body...) where formals is one of:
;; () — no args
;; (a b c) — fixed-arity
;; name — bare symbol; binds all args as a list
;; Dotted-pair tail (a b . rest) deferred until parser support lands.
(scheme-define-op! "lambda"
(fn (args env)
(cond
((< (length args) 2)
(error "lambda: expects (lambda formals body...)"))
(:else
(let ((formals (first args))
(body (rest args)))
(cond
;; bare symbol: collect-all-args
((string? formals)
(scheme-make-closure (list) formals body env))
;; flat list: each must be a symbol
((list? formals)
(cond
((not (scm-formals-ok? formals))
(error "lambda: formals must be symbols"))
(:else
(scheme-make-closure formals nil body env))))
(:else (error "lambda: invalid formals"))))))))
(define scm-formals-ok?
(fn (formals)
(cond
((or (nil? formals) (= (length formals) 0)) true)
((string? (first formals)) (scm-formals-ok? (rest formals)))
(:else false))))
(define scheme-make-closure
(fn (params rest-name body env)
{:scm-tag :closure
:params params
:rest rest-name
:body body
:env env}))
;; ── eval-args helper ─────────────────────────────────────────────
(define
scheme-eval-args
(fn
(args env)
(cond
((or (nil? args) (= (length args) 0)) (list))
(:else
(cons
(scheme-eval (first args) env)
(scheme-eval-args (rest args) env))))))
;; ── main eval ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
(define
scheme-eval
(fn
(expr env)
(cond
((scheme-self-eval? expr) expr)
((string? expr) (scheme-env-lookup env expr))
((list? expr)
(cond
((= (length expr) 0)
(error "scheme-eval: empty application"))
(:else
(let
((head (first expr)) (rest-args (rest expr)))
(cond
((and (string? head) (scheme-syntactic-op? head))
((get scheme-syntactic-ops head) rest-args env))
(:else
(let
((proc (scheme-eval head env))
(vals (scheme-eval-args rest-args env)))
(scheme-apply proc vals))))))))
(:else (error (str "scheme-eval: unknown form: " expr))))))
;; ── apply ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
;; Phase 2 only knows about HOST procedures (SX fns) bound in the
;; env as primitives. Phase 3 adds Scheme `lambda` closures.
(define
scheme-apply
(fn
(proc args)
(cond
((callable? proc) (proc args))
((and (dict? proc) (= (get proc :scm-tag) :closure))
(scheme-apply-closure proc args))
(:else (error (str "scheme-eval: not a procedure: " proc))))))
;; Apply a Scheme closure: bind formals + rest, eval body in
;; (extend static-env), return value of last form.
(define scheme-apply-closure
(fn (proc args)
(let ((local (scheme-extend-env (get proc :env)))
(params (get proc :params))
(rest-name (get proc :rest))
(body (get proc :body)))
(begin
(scm-bind-params! local params args rest-name)
(scheme-eval-body body local)))))
(define scm-bind-params!
(fn (env params args rest-name)
(cond
;; No more formals: maybe bind the rest, else check arity.
((or (nil? params) (= (length params) 0))
(cond
((not (nil? rest-name))
(scheme-env-bind! env rest-name args))
((or (nil? args) (= (length args) 0)) nil)
(:else (error "lambda: too many arguments"))))
;; Out of args but still have formals → arity error.
((or (nil? args) (= (length args) 0))
(error "lambda: too few arguments"))
(:else
(begin
(scheme-env-bind! env (first params) (first args))
(scm-bind-params! env (rest params) (rest args) rest-name))))))
;; Evaluate a program (sequence of forms), returning the last value.
(define
scheme-eval-program
(fn
(forms env)
(cond
((or (nil? forms) (= (length forms) 0)) nil)
((= (length forms) 1) (scheme-eval (first forms) env))
(:else
(begin
(scheme-eval (first forms) env)
(scheme-eval-program (rest forms) env))))))