[m-hu]

Part of #226 (Track 1 sub-milestone) — cut interpreter overhead on the
hot single-threaded road: zero-copy local reads and 1-cycle integer
arithmetic for direct calls.

Changes

• Env::get_ref (rust/crates/clj-eval/src/env.rs):
  • New get_ref(&self, idx) -> Option<&Value>: borrow a slot without
    cloning the 64-byte Value. Mirrors get exactly (same frame walk,
    same fail-loud corrupt-frame expect); Patchable frames and
    out-of-bounds indices return None so callers fall back to the
    cloning road.
  • Unit asserts pin get_ref/get parity (shared/inline/patchable
    frames, parent fall-through, empty-extension and OOB corners).
• Integer fast path (rust/crates/clj-eval/src/eval.rs):
  • New eval_as_i64: integer literals and Int locals evaluate
    directly to i64 (both are side-effect-free, so skipping eval is
    unobservable).
  • call_direct_arith1 (inc, dec) and call_direct_arith2
    (+, -, *, <, <=, >, >=): when every operand reads as
    i64 and the checked op succeeds, return inline; any miss or
    overflow falls through to the pre-existing eval + genuine-native
    road, so tower results, long overflow errors, arity handling, and
    error spans stay byte-identical.
• Regression suite (rust/crates/clj-eval/tests/interp_loop.rs):
  • 13 tests: 1M-iteration loop sum, variable swap, closure-capture
    snapshot, nested-loop isolation, fn tail-recur, local arith/compare
    values, overflow fallback (inc/dec/+/-/*), float and
    mixed-type fallback, ASCII nth bounds + exception, and perf_*
    throughput gates (arith density, wide-frame rebind, 1M recur, 200k
    string nth).

Related (already on master, not this diff): in-place try_rebind +
recur_pool pooling landed via #238.

Verification

• cargo fmt --check -p clj-eval: clean
• cargo clippy -p clj-eval --all-targets -- -D warnings: clean
• cargo test -p clj-eval --test interp_loop: 13/13 pass
• Full suite via PR checks (all green)

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Coverage report: 100.00% (lines)

Threshold 100%: PASS (enforced by the quality gates).

File	Lines	Hit	%%
rust/crates/clj-aot/src/driver.rs	31	31	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-aot/src/jit.rs	156	156	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-aot/src/lib.rs	72	72	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-aot/src/link.rs	246	246	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-aot/src/lower.rs	785	785	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-aot/src/target.rs	48	48	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-core/src/lib.rs	3	3	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/aot_subset.rs	2027	2027	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/arrays.rs	1123	1123	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/async.rs	1125	1125	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/builtin_expand.rs	358	358	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/classemu.rs	3580	3580	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/coll.rs	2090	2090	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/collmisc.rs	784	784	100.00%
rust/crates/clj-eval/src/compiler.rs	211	211	100.00%

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ All tests successful. No failed tests found.

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[michael-h-hu]

Review round 1 — request changes (2 mediums)

Scope checked: git diff upstream/master...upstream/fix/226-interp-opts
(merge-base fbf02fbd) = env.rs (+37, Env::get_ref + unit asserts),
eval.rs (+28, eval_as_i64 + call_direct_arith1/2 fast paths),
tests/interp_loop.rs (+303, 13 tests). All 36 PR checks green; I ran
cargo fmt --check -p clj-eval (clean),
cargo clippy -p clj-eval --all-targets -- -D warnings (clean), and
cargo test -p clj-eval --test interp_loop (13/13 pass in 1.67s).

Semantics of the fast paths look byte-identical: get_ref mirrors get
slot-for-slot (same frame walk + fail-loud expect, Patchable/OOB →
None → unchanged fallback), eval_as_i64 only fires on side-effect-free
Literal/Local, and every miss/overflow falls through to the pre-existing
eval + genuine-native road with spans intact. No new unsafe (zero in the
diff, geiger-baseline.json untouched), docs/ untouched, pure Rust,
license header present, title clean.

Blocking

None — the two mediums below are the bar to approve.

Medium

M1. PR body misdescribes the diff. The body claims try_rebind
drain/recycle, recur_pool pooling, and a coll.rs ASCII nth +
ptr::eq scan-cache change, plus "11 tests". The diff holds none of the
coll.rs work (no char_from_scan/ptr::eq on the branch or master),
try_rebind/recur_pool already landed via #238 (verified on master),
and the suite has 13 #[test]s. A reviewer or squash-merge lands this
text as history — rewrite the body to the actual diff (get_ref,
eval_as_i64, call_direct fast paths, 13 tests).

M2. Fallback tests don't pin the partial-match and sub/mul-overflow
wiring. fast_local_arith_non_integer_fallback uses two float locals
(both operands miss the fast path), so the mixed (Some, None) tuple arm
— e.g. (let [x 10] (+ x 1.5)) — is unpinned; and only inc/dec/+
overflow is pinned end-to-end (uncaught ... ArithmeticException), not
(- x ...) at i64::MIN or (* max max) through the borrow path
(fast_int2_rows pins fast_int2 directly, not the eval_as_i64 wiring).
Add one mixed-type row and the two overflow rows to the existing tests.

Low

L1 (optional). call_direct_arith1 uses if Inc ... else checked_sub
where the pre-existing match below is explicit over Inc/Dec. Correct
today (dispatch at eval.rs:1975 only routes those tags), but an explicit
match would fail closed if routing ever widens.

Residual

perf_* gates use 10s cushions — fine as quadratic-regression tripwires,
not sensitive benchmarks. try_rebind/recur_pool/coll.rs review focus
is out of scope for this diff (landed in #238 / not present).

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[m-hu]

Addressed round-1 review (c9eb6459, pushed to fix/226-interp-opts):

• M1 (body misdescribed the diff) → rewrote the PR body to the actual
  diff (get_ref, eval_as_i64, call_direct fast paths, 13 tests),
  with a pointer noting try_rebind/recur_pool already landed via Attack RS slow legs: pooled recur, string fast paths, shape cadence (#235) #238.
• M2 (fallback pins) → fast_local_arith_non_integer_fallback now
  pins both mixed orders ((+ x 1.5), (+ 1.5 x), (< x 10.5));
  fast_local_arith_overflow_fallback now pins (- MIN 1) and
  (* MAX 2) end-to-end ArithmeticException: long overflow through the
  borrow path.
• L1 (optional) → call_direct_arith1 fast path matches Inc/Dec
  explicitly and fails closed (None → unchanged fallback) on unrouted
  tags.

Gates on the new commit: cargo fmt --check -p clj-eval clean,
cargo clippy -p clj-eval --all-targets -- -D warnings clean,
cargo test -p clj-eval --test interp_loop 13/13 pass.

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[michael-h-hu]

Review round 2 — request changes (red gate)

Re-checked f920c3e7..c9eb6459 plus the synced PR body. M1 and M2 are
resolved: the body now describes the actual diff (with the #238 pointer),
and the mixed-type + -/* overflow pins are in place and passing
locally (13/13). L1's explicit match, however, broke the
100.00%-line-coverage floor.

Blocking

B1. quality gates red: eval.rs 2305/2306 lines.
(failing job):
FAIL: line coverage 100.00% is below the 100.00% floor, with
clj-eval/src/eval.rs at 99.96% (2305/2306) — exactly one uncovered line,
and every other file at 100%. The only line in c9eb6459 that can never
execute is the new _ => None arm (eval.rs:2022): dispatch at
eval.rs:1975 routes only Inc/Dec here, so the fall-closed arm is
dead by construction. Fix: revert L1 to the if Inc ... else checked_sub
form (both arms covered by the inc/dec tests; dispatch remains the
guard). Do not pin a can't-happen path with a synthetic unit test — the
if/else shape carries the same guarantee with zero dead code.

Verified this round

• M1: body matches the diff; test count (13), files, and semantics all
  accurate.
• M2: new pins pass (cargo test -p clj-eval --test interp_loop, 13/13);
  mixed (Int, Double)/(Double, Int) and i64::MIN - 1 /
  i64::MAX * 2 overflow confirmed end-to-end.
• Checks on c9eb6459: 32 pass, 1 fail (quality gates), 1 skipping —
  approve waits on green.

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[m-hu]

Addressed round-2 review (4dfd0459, pushed to fix/226-interp-opts):

• B1 (red quality gates: eval.rs 2305/2306) → reverted L1. The
  _ => None match arm is unreachable (dispatch routes only Inc/Dec
  to call_direct_arith1), so it left one line uncovered and tripped the
  100% floor. Restored the if/else form — both arms covered by the
  inc/dec tests — with a comment explaining why it must stay
  if/else. M1 (body) and M2 (pins) unchanged.

Gates on the new commit: cargo fmt --check -p clj-eval clean,
cargo clippy -p clj-eval --all-targets -- -D warnings clean,
cargo test -p clj-eval --test interp_loop 13/13 pass.

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[michael-h-hu]

Review round 3 — approve

All prior findings resolved and verified on 4dfd0459:

• M1 — PR body rewritten to the actual diff (get_ref, eval_as_i64,
  call_direct fast paths, 13 tests) with the #238 pointer; accurate.
• M2 — mixed (Int, Double)/(Double, Int) fallback and i64::MIN
- / i64::MAX * overflow pins added and passing.
• B1 — L1 reverted: call_direct_arith1 is back to if/else (both
  arms test-covered) with a comment guarding the shape; quality gates
  is green again, confirming the 100% line-coverage floor holds.

Inspected: full upstream/master...fix/226-interp-opts diff (3 files,
+384: env.rs get_ref + parity asserts, eval.rs eval_as_i64 +
arith1/2 fast paths, interp_loop.rs 13 tests), call sites
(eval Local arm is a pure read; dispatch routes Inc/Dec only to
arith1), and the synced body. Ran: cargo fmt --check -p clj-eval
(clean), cargo clippy -p clj-eval --all-targets -- -D warnings (clean),
cargo test -p clj-eval --test interp_loop (13/13). PR checks: 33 pass,
1 skipping (tla model check), 0 fail. No new unsafe
(geiger-baseline.json untouched), docs/ untouched, pure Rust, license
header present, title/labels clean, commit trailers present.

Residual: perf_* gates are coarse (10s) tripwires, not sensitive
benchmarks; try_rebind/recur_pool were reviewed as landed (#238), and
the coll.rs ASCII work described in the original body exists nowhere —
flagging in case it was planned follow-up for #226.

Session: gentle-menkar

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