Version bump plus a doc sweep: the benchmark tables in README and
docs/OPTIMIZATIONS.md were still from before the typed calling convention,
OPTIMIZATIONS listed BEGIN loop promotion as not started, and the
subroutine-threading section of docs/WAFER.md described the memory ABI as
the only one.
Punctuation (`,` `.` `+` `/` `:` and an embedded `-`) after the leftmost
digit now forces double-cell conversion, so `12.34`, `1,234`, `12:30:45`
and `2026-08-06` convert as doubles. Only a trailing `.` worked before,
and `1.5` was an "unknown word" error.
The punctuation is a double-cell marker, not a fractional point, so the
scale has to travel separately: DPL carries the digit count right of the
rightmost punctuation character (negative when there was none), which is
what lets `<# #>` place the point back on output. NH carries the high
cell a single-cell conversion drops, so a token that overflows a cell is
still recoverable as a double.
parse_number and parse_double_number duplicated the prefix and sign
handling and could not share a DPL counter, so they collapse into one
parse_numeric_literal that reports which kind it converted.
Verified token-for-token against sf64. One deliberate divergence: WAFER
keeps accepting a sign before a base prefix (`-$FF`), which sf64 rejects.
WS-012 -- INCLUDE/INCLUDED:
- Injected source loader (core stays IO-free: CLI installs a
filesystem reader, web leaves it unset -> defined error). Recursive
include_file feeds files line-by-line through evaluate, so compile
state and SEE capture span lines for free. Cycle detection, depth
cap 16, paths relative to the including file, SOURCE-ID per nesting
level, parent input restored on success/error/BYE.
- CLI file mode now runs through the include machinery: `wafer x.fth`
gets file:line error context and a base dir for nested INCLUDEs.
- Unlocks the REMEMBER+INCLUDE reload loop.
WS-008 -- error reporting remainder:
- Errors inside included files carry `file.fth:12:` context
(anyhow context chain; CLI prints {e:#}).
- describe_uncaught now returns typed WaferError::UncaughtThrow
{ code, message } -- display text unchanged, THROW code reachable
via downcast for CLI/web consumers.
- compile_word emits a WASM name section; wasmtime trap backtraces
name the faulting word and runtime_native prefixes "in <WORD>:".
Batch/consolidated modules stay unnamed (no name plumbing there;
boot primitives rarely trap).
WS-003 -- SwiftForth correctness lane:
- compare_all_programs_sf64 runs the program corpus with sf64 as
oracle; whitespace-token comparison (sf64 prints numbers
space-prefixed and echoes piped lines). 34/35 parity; dot-quote
skipped (interpret-mode ." is a SwiftForth no-op). #[ignore]d like
the gforth lane; `just compare-correctness` runs both.
WS-011 leftovers:
- WORDS ALL: grouped full view -- one section per wordlist (search
order first), then internal words, each with counts. Backed by
Dictionary::visible_entries (name, wid, internal); visible_words
now derives from it.
- .RS / RDEPTH: return-stack introspection in boot.fth over a new
RP@ primitive (IrOp::RpFetch); BEGIN/WHILE walk so the walk never
touches the stack it prints. SPACES clamped per 6.1.2230.
549 unit + 11 compliance + 9(+2) comparison + 5 crypto + 1 bench
green; fmt/clippy clean; --no-default-features and wasm32 web checks
pass.
Implements plans/01-see-introspection.md, all phases.
- see.rs: feature-free IR pretty-printer (format_ir/format_ir_with),
exhaustive over IrOp -- a new variant fails the build, not the output.
- SEE-IR <name>: post-optimization IR view with resolved callee names,
immediate/does> annotations; host-word and interpreter-token stubs.
- SEE <name>: verbatim source capture for colon words (multi-line,
comments preserved, EVALUATE-nesting safe, error-path wiped, MARKER/
REMEMBER/EMPTY roll word sources back too). Data definers (VARIABLE/
CONSTANT/CREATE/BUFFER:/2*/F*/SYNONYM) record synthesized one-liners
at definition time; VALUE/2VALUE/FVALUE/DEFER synthesize at SEE time
so current values and IS targets show. Fallback chain ends at IR dump
or host-word stub -- SEE never dead-ends on a defined word.
- HELP [<name>]: wordhelp.rs doc table with stack effect + one-line
description for EVERY word in a fresh VM (300+ dictionary words plus
all outer-interpreter tokens); a coverage test fails the build if a
word is ever added undocumented. User words echo their leading
( ... -- ... ) comment. SEE/SEE-IR prepend the HELP line as a
\ comment. Bare HELP prints usage.
- boot.fth colon definitions get real sources for free (they flow
through evaluate); INTERPRETER_TOKENS gained the missing ?DO.
524 unit + 11 compliance + 9 comparison + 5 crypto + 1 bench green;
fmt/clippy clean; core still builds --no-default-features; web
wasm-pack build unchanged.
Decouple ForthVM from wasmtime via a Runtime trait so the same outer
interpreter, compiler, and 200+ word definitions work on both native
(wasmtime) and browser (js-sys WebAssembly API) backends.
Runtime trait (runtime.rs):
- HostAccess trait for memory/global ops inside host function closures
- HostFn type: Box<dyn Fn(&mut dyn HostAccess) -> Result<()>>
- Runtime trait: memory, globals, table, instantiate, call, register
NativeRuntime (runtime_native.rs):
- Wraps wasmtime Engine/Store/Memory/Table/Global/Func
- CallerHostAccess bridges HostAccess to wasmtime Caller API
- Feature-gated behind "native" (default)
outer.rs refactor:
- ForthVM<R: Runtime> — generic over execution backend
- All 87 host functions converted from Func::new closures to HostFn
- All memory access via rt.mem_read/write_*, global access via rt.get/set_*
- Zero logic changes — pure API conversion
wafer-core feature gates:
- default = ["native"] includes wasmtime + all native modules
- Without "native": pure Rust only (outer, codegen, optimizer, dictionary)
Browser REPL (crates/web):
- WebRuntime: js-sys WebAssembly.Memory/Table/Global/Module/Instance
- WaferRepl: wasm-bindgen entry point (evaluate, data_stack, reset)
- WebAssembly.Function with Safari fallback (wrapper module)
- Frontend: dark terminal UI, word panel, init code editor, history
- Build: wasm-pack build --target web
All 452 tests pass (431 unit + 1 benchmark + 9 comparison + 11 compliance).
- README: add performance section (beats gforth 2-10x), update test
commands, note self-recursive direct calls and loop promotion
- CLAUDE.md: update test counts (427 unit + comparison tests)
- OPTIMIZATIONS.md: stack-to-local Phase 1→Phase 2 (loops + IF),
DO/LOOP locals done, J as IR done, add section 14 (self-recursive
direct call), add current performance table vs gforth
- WAFER.md: document self-recursive call optimization, CONSOLIDATE,
update test commands and line counts
- FORTH.md: expanded space history, add FORTH-IN-SPACE.md reference
- FORTH-IN-SPACE.md: new document with verified spacecraft history
Replace placeholder compliance tests with real harness that boots WAFER,
loads Gerry Jackson's test suite, and asserts 0 errors per word set.
Passing word sets (11/13):
Core, Core Plus, Core Ext, Exception, Double-Number, String,
Search-Order, Memory-Allocation, Programming-Tools, Facility, Locals
Not yet: File-Access (needs WASI), Floating-Point, Extended-Character
272 total tests (261 unit + 11 compliance)
Core word set: 0 errors on Gerry Jackson's forth2012-test-suite/core.fr
- Fix POSTPONE for non-immediate words via COMPILE, mechanism
- Fix double-DOES> (WEIRD: pattern) with does-body scanning and
runtime patching via _DOES_PATCH_
- Implement CATCH/THROW exception handling using wasmtime trap
mechanism with stack pointer save/restore
- 232 tests passing
README now documents all 70+ implemented words, working examples,
architecture overview, and accurate compliance status.
CLAUDE.md updated with actual file descriptions, patterns for adding
new words, and current test count.
Optimizing Forth 2012 compiler targeting WebAssembly with IR-based
compilation pipeline, multi-typed stack inference, subroutine threading,
and JIT/consolidation modes. Rust kernel with ~35 primitives and Forth
standard library for core/core-ext word sets.
Oleksandr Kozachuk
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