Engram can now power the Neuron CLI:
- readline(prompt) -> String: interactive terminal input via stdin
- http_post_auth(url, token, body) -> String: authenticated POST for daemon API
- color_cyan/green/red/yellow/bold/dim(s) -> String: ANSI color output
All registered in el-types type checker
- el build now resolves import "file.el" directives recursively (was only
done for el run-file and el check; project builds failed silently)
- Add .gitignore (target/, *.elc, *.sealed, *.map.json)
New builtins in dispatch_builtin:
- hmac_sha256(secret, data) -> String (hex)
- base64_url_encode(s) / base64_url_decode(s) -> String
- unix_timestamp() -> Int
- uuid_v4() -> String (alias for uuid_new)
- json_encode(v) / json_decode(s) -> polymorphic
- json_get_string(obj, key), json_get_int(obj, key), json_get_array(obj, key)
— work on both Value::Map and Value::Struct (json_parse returns Struct)
- http_get_auth(url, token), http_put_auth(url, token, body), http_delete_auth(url, token)
- string_split_last(s, delim) -> [before, after] on last occurrence
- array_get(arr, idx) -> element
http_serve upgraded to general-purpose router: passes all requests to
handle_request(method, path, body) — not just /axon/message. Method, path,
body stored in GLOBAL_STATE before calling callback; handle_request receives
them as positional args via initial_stack.
env() now returns "" (not Nil) when var is unset — enables `env("X") == ""`
comparisons in Engram code.
run_sub_interpreter_with_stack() added to support pre-pushing args onto the
call stack before entering a function.
Fix pre-existing non-exhaustive match errors in el-fmt, el-types, el-arch
for Retry, Deploy, With, Reason, Parallel, Trace, Activate AST nodes.
Register all builtins in TypeEnv::with_builtins() to eliminate type-checker
warnings for builtin calls.
Implements 8 new language features:
- |> pipe operator: a |> f desugars to f(a), left-associative chains
- with record update: let b = a with { field: val } — non-destructive struct update
- retry/fallback: retry N times { ... } fallback { ... } with counter-based loop codegen
- reason: AI inference primitive calling soma /v1/chat/completions at runtime
- parallel: concurrent execution block returning a Map of named results via threads
- trace: zero-cost observability block emitting TraceBegin/TraceEnd with ms timing
- requires: precondition annotation on fn, emits ContractCheck bytecode at entry
- deploy: deployment-as-syntax posting to soma /v1/deploy at runtime
All features thread through lexer → parser/AST → codegen → runtime interpreter.
- Register print/println/log/print_err in TypeEnv::with_builtins() with polymorphic (Unknown) param type so any value type is accepted without spurious warnings
- Add StructLit expr to AST + parser (uppercase-IDENT { ... } syntax), BuildStruct bytecode instruction + Struct value to runtime
- Add type_params to FnDef AST node and TypeParam variant to TypeExpr; parser parses <T, E> generics; type checker treats TypeParam as Unknown (universal type)
- Rewrite interpreter to support user-defined function calls via call stack (Frame + return_ip); dispatch_builtin handles print/println/log/print_err/__build_list__
- Fix engram_activate_search to unwrap { results: [...] } response envelope from /search; use std::net for sync HTTP to avoid reqwest dependency
- Add run-file command to CLI for single-file execution without el.toml
- Fix worktree engram-crypto path dep
- New crate el-test: test discovery, in-memory graph seeding, assertion evaluator, TestRunner, TestReport with human/JSON/JUnit XML output
- New keywords: test, seed, assert, target — fully integrated into lexer, parser, codegen, type-checker
- Parser extensions: TestDef, SeedStmt, Assert AST nodes; seed blocks handle type: as field name (keyword-as-ident in seed context)
- Debugger: DebugEvent, Debugger, StepMode, StackFrame in el-compiler — breakpoints, step-over, step-into, step-out
- CLI: el test-file <file.el> runs tests; el test integrates with project; el debug attaches debugger; --output json|junit for CI
- 52 new tests in el-test covering discovery, graph seeding, assertion evaluation, pass/fail/error/skip, report generation, JUnit XML
- Example: examples/hello-project/src/tests.el — 6 unit tests pass, 1 e2e test correctly skipped without ENGRAM_URL
Will Anderson