giles 9a7ca54902 scheme: Phase 6b — syntax-rules ellipsis (tail-rest) + 8 tests ...

scm-match-list now detects `<pat> ...` at the END of a pattern list
and binds <pat> (must be a symbol — single-variable rest) to the
remaining forms as a list. Nested-list patterns under ellipsis and
middle-of-list ellipses are NOT supported yet (rare in practice;
deferred).

scm-instantiate-list mirrors: when it encounters `<var> ... `
inside a list template, it splices the list-valued binding of <var>
in place. Internal list-append-all helper for the splice.

Removes the `(length pat) = (length form)` strict-equality check
in scm-match-step's list case — that gate blocked ellipsis. The
length-1-or-more relaxed check now lives in scm-match-list itself.

8 ellipsis tests cover:
- Empty rest (my-list)
- Non-empty rest (my-list 1 2 3 4)
- my-when with multi-body
- Variadic sum-em via fold-left
- Recursive my-and pattern (short-circuit AND defined as macro)

257 total Scheme tests (62 + 23 + 49 + 78 + 25 + 20).

Phase 6c (proper hygiene) is the next step and will be the
**second consumer for lib/guest/reflective/hygiene.sx** — the
deferred research-grade kit from the kernel-on-sx loop.

2026-05-14 06:43:20 +00:00

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