runtime/channel.el has always called __channel_new/__channel_send/
__channel_recv/__channel_try_recv/__channel_close, but these were only ever
implemented in the pre-restructure lang/el-compiler/runtime/el_runtime.c.
When the canonical runtime was consolidated onto the release copy
(lang/runtime/el_runtime.c) and el_seed.c became the sole C dependency,
the channel implementation was never carried forward — __mutex_new made the
move, __channel_* did not. Any El program using Go-style channels currently
fails to link on dev.
Ported the working buffered-MPMC-channel implementation (mutex+condvar+
circular buffer, bounded and unbounded modes) from the old el_runtime.c
verbatim, adapted only to el_seed.c's arena API (seed_arena_track in place
of el_arena_track). Declared in el_seed.h alongside the existing mutex
primitives.
runtime/el_seed.c does not compile standalone via the exact command
tools/install.sh uses (`cc -std=c11 -O2 -I runtime -c runtime/el_seed.c`):
51 of its __-prefixed wrapper functions (http serving, JSON access, key-val
state, URL/HTML escaping, and the whole engram_* node/edge/layer/search
surface) call unprefixed counterparts that are implemented in el_runtime.c,
not in el_seed.c itself, and el_seed.c never declared them -- a toolchain
that treats an implicit function declaration as a hard error under C11
fails the compile outright.
install.sh already compiles el_seed.c and el_runtime.c as separate objects
and archives both into libel.a, so the symbols are always present at link
time; el_seed.c alone was just missing the prototypes.
A plain `#include "el_runtime.h"` was tried first and rejected: it redefines
el_to_float/el_from_float, which el_seed.h already provides -- a real
compile error, not a style preference. Added narrow prototypes instead,
copied verbatim from el_runtime.h, for exactly the 51 symbols el_seed.c's
wrappers reference and nothing else.
Verified clean:
- `cc -std=c11 -O2 -I runtime -c runtime/el_seed.c` (install.sh's exact
per-file compile) -- 0 errors, 0 warnings, even with -ferror-limit=0.
- full `tools/install.sh` run -- compiles both objects and archives them
into libel.a successfully.
Separately (not fixed here, out of scope): AGENTS.md's documented compiler
self-rebuild command links elc-new.c against el_seed.c, but elc-new.c's own
generated `#include "el_runtime.h"` line and 3 undeclared symbols
(el_mem_check, stdout_to_file, stdout_restore -- present in neither
el_runtime.c nor el_seed.c) mean that command fails regardless of which
runtime file it's linked against; and install.sh's libel.a only archives
el_seed.o + el_runtime.o, so any program that calls into the engram_*
surface fails to link against it (el_runtime.c's engram_* wrappers need
engram_store.c/engram_geometry.c/engram_reason.c/engram_cognition.c/
engram_vindex.c, none of which install.sh compiles in). Both are real,
pre-existing, and independent of this fix -- worth their own look.
Resolve 3 conflicts:
- lang/el-compiler/runtime/el_runtime.c: keep deletion (deprecated runtime fork;
single-source-of-truth is lang/runtime/, enforced by scripts/check-single-runtime.sh).
- lang/releases/v1.0.0-20260501/el_runtime.h: keep deletion (releases/ is a generated
artifact folder, not a source path; a release is a git tag, not a folder).
- lang/runtime/el_platform_win.h: union of dev's Windows port (#80: setsockopt optval
wrapper + curl-less libcurl stubs) and our fsync(->_commit) shim needed by engram_store WAL.
Nothing in dev's build consumes the deprecated fork or releases/ folder.
Establish lang/runtime/ as the ONE canonical el runtime (from the active
runtime that carries hebb/emb persistence + the new WAL); repoint the el CI
publish, engram build, elb default, and in-repo build scripts to it; delete
the el-compiler/runtime + lang/releases/ forks; add scripts/check-single-runtime.sh
drift guard.
Fixes a live prod bug: the el CI published el-runtime-c/-h from the LAGGING
el-compiler fork (0 hebb refs), so the shipped soul never persisted Hebbian
edge weights — learned co-activation was wiped on every restart. Publishing
from canonical ships the stranded 'learning that cannot outlive the process'
fix.
WAL storage engine + integrity fixes (DELETE->tombstone + store-layer
protection, safe data-dir default) ride in behind ENGRAM_WAL (default off =
byte-identical to today). Verified: engram elb per-module build clean, WAL
gate 66/66, native smoke ok, drift-guard green.
bigmerge
will.anderson