Make top level vars reuse ref cell when redefined at the top level.

This improves the repl experience while not messing with existing code
very much, if at all.

src/core/ev.c

@@ -1614,9 +1614,6 @@ JanetTimestamp to_interval(const JanetTimestamp ts) {
 }
 #define JANET_KQUEUE_INTERVAL(timestamp) (to_interval((timestamp - ts_now())))
 
-
-/* TODO: make this available be we using kqueue or epoll, instead of
- * redefinining it for kqueue and epoll separately? */
 static JanetTimestamp ts_now(void) {
     struct timespec now;
     janet_assert(-1 != clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now), "failed to get time");

src/core/specials.c

@@ -298,8 +298,20 @@ static int varleaf(
         /* Global var, generate var */
         JanetSlot refslot;
         JanetTable *entry = janet_table_clone(reftab);
-        JanetArray *ref = janet_array(1);
-        janet_array_push(ref, janet_wrap_nil());
+
+        Janet redef_kw = janet_ckeywordv("redef");
+        int is_redef = janet_truthy(janet_table_get(c->env, redef_kw));
+
+        JanetArray *ref;
+        JanetBinding old_binding;
+        if (is_redef && (old_binding = janet_resolve_ext(c->env, sym),
+                         old_binding.type == JANET_BINDING_VAR)) {
+            ref = janet_unwrap_array(old_binding.value);
+        } else {
+            ref = janet_array(1);
+            janet_array_push(ref, janet_wrap_nil());
+        }
+
         janet_table_put(entry, janet_ckeywordv("ref"), janet_wrap_array(ref));
         janet_table_put(entry, janet_ckeywordv("source-map"),
                         janet_wrap_tuple(janetc_make_sourcemap(c)));
@@ -332,16 +344,9 @@ static int defleaf(
         janet_table_put(entry, janet_ckeywordv("source-map"),
                         janet_wrap_tuple(janetc_make_sourcemap(c)));
 
-        int is_redef = 0;
         Janet redef_kw = janet_ckeywordv("redef");
-        Janet meta_redef = janet_table_get(entry, redef_kw);
-        if (janet_truthy(meta_redef)) {
-            is_redef = 1;
-        } else if (janet_checktype(meta_redef, JANET_NIL) &&
-                   janet_truthy(janet_table_get(c->env, redef_kw))) {
-            janet_table_put(entry, redef_kw, janet_wrap_true());
-            is_redef = 1;
-        }
+        int is_redef = janet_truthy(janet_table_get(c->env, redef_kw));
+        if (is_redef) janet_table_put(entry, redef_kw, janet_wrap_true());
 
         if (is_redef) {
             JanetBinding binding = janet_resolve_ext(c->env, sym);

src/core/util.c

@@ -626,10 +626,11 @@ JanetBinding janet_resolve_ext(JanetTable *env, const uint8_t *sym) {
         binding.deprecation = JANET_BINDING_DEP_NORMAL;
     }
 
-    int redef = janet_truthy(janet_table_get(entry_table, janet_ckeywordv("redef")));
     int macro = janet_truthy(janet_table_get(entry_table, janet_ckeywordv("macro")));
     Janet value = janet_table_get(entry_table, janet_ckeywordv("value"));
     Janet ref = janet_table_get(entry_table, janet_ckeywordv("ref"));
+    int ref_is_valid = janet_checktype(ref, JANET_ARRAY);
+    int redef = ref_is_valid && janet_truthy(janet_table_get(entry_table, janet_ckeywordv("redef")));
 
     if (macro) {
         binding.value = redef ? ref : value;
@@ -637,14 +638,14 @@ JanetBinding janet_resolve_ext(JanetTable *env, const uint8_t *sym) {
         return binding;
     }
 
-    if (!redef && janet_checktype(ref, JANET_ARRAY)) {
+    if (ref_is_valid) {
         binding.value = ref;
-        binding.type = JANET_BINDING_VAR;
-        return binding;
+        binding.type = redef ? JANET_BINDING_DYNAMIC_DEF : JANET_BINDING_VAR;
+    } else {
+        binding.value = value;
+        binding.type = JANET_BINDING_DEF;
     }
 
-    binding.value = redef ? ref : value;
-    binding.type = redef ? JANET_BINDING_DYNAMIC_DEF : JANET_BINDING_DEF;
     return binding;
 }
 

test/suite0000.janet

@@ -302,17 +302,7 @@
 (assert (= 1 (staticdef1-inc)) "before redefinition without :redef")
 (def staticdef1 1)
 (assert (= 1 (staticdef1-inc)) "after redefinition without :redef")
-(def dynamicdef1 :redef 0)
-(defn dynamicdef1-inc [] (+ 1 dynamicdef1))
-(assert (= 1 (dynamicdef1-inc)) "before redefinition with :redef")
-(def dynamicdef1 :redef 1)
-(assert (= 2 (dynamicdef1-inc)) "after redefinition with :redef")
 (setdyn :redef true)
-(def staticdef2 {:redef false} 0)
-(defn staticdef2-inc [] (+ 1 staticdef2))
-(assert (= 1 (staticdef2-inc)) "before redefinition with :redef false")
-(def staticdef2 {:redef false} 1)
-(assert (= 1 (staticdef2-inc)) "after redefinition with :redef false")
 (def dynamicdef2 0)
 (defn dynamicdef2-inc [] (+ 1 dynamicdef2))
 (assert (= 1 (dynamicdef2-inc)) "before redefinition with dyn :redefs")