Removing Unsafe.set_atom_field (#4023)

Introducing `Meta.atom_with_hole` to create an `Atom` _with a hole_ that is then _safely_ filled in later.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@
 - [IGV can jump to JMH sources & more][4008]
 - [Basic support of VSCode integration][4014]
 - [Sync language server with file system after VCS restore][4020]
+- [Introducing Meta.atom_with_hole][4023]
 - [Report failures in name resolution in type signatures][4030]
 
 [3227]: https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/3227
@@ -580,6 +581,7 @@
 [4008]: https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/4008
 [4014]: https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/4014
 [4020]: https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/4020
+[4023]: https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/4023
 [4030]: https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/4030
 
 # Enso 2.0.0-alpha.18 (2021-10-12)

distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Data/List.enso

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import project.Data.Vector.Vector
 import project.Error.Error
 import project.Function.Function
 import project.Nothing.Nothing
-import project.Runtime.Unsafe
+import project.Meta
 
 from project.Data.Boolean import Boolean, True, False
 
@@ -185,13 +185,19 @@ type List
     filter : (Filter_Condition | (Any -> Boolean)) -> Vector Any
     filter self filter = case filter of
         _ : Filter_Condition -> self.filter filter.to_predicate
-        predicate : Function ->
+        predicate : Function -> case self of
-            go_filter list = case list of
             Nil -> Nil
-                Cons h t ->
+            Cons x xs -> if predicate x . not then @Tail_Call xs.filter filter else
-                    rest = go_filter t
+                go list fill = case list of
-                    if predicate h then Cons h rest else rest
+                    Nil -> fill Nil
-            go_filter self
+                    Cons h t -> if predicate h . not then @Tail_Call go t fill else
+                        res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons h _)
+                        fill res.value
+                        @Tail_Call go t res.fill
+
+                res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons x _)
+                go xs res.fill
+                res.value
 
     ## Applies a function to each element of the list, returning the list of
        results.
@@ -209,9 +215,18 @@ type List
     map self f = case self of
         Nil -> Nil
         Cons h t ->
-            res = Cons (f h) Nil
+            go : List -> Any -> (Any -> Any) -> Nothing
-            map_helper t res f
+            go list fill = case list of
-            res
+                Nil -> fill Nil
+                Cons h t ->
+                    v = f h
+                    res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons v _)
+                    fill res.value
+                    @Tail_Call go t res.fill
+            v = f h
+            res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons v _)
+            go t res.fill
+            res.value
 
     ## Applies a function to each element of the list.
 
@@ -281,7 +296,16 @@ type List
     take_start : Integer -> List
     take_start self count = if count <= 0 then Nil else case self of
         Nil -> Nil
-        Cons a b -> Cons a (b.take_start count-1)
+        Cons a b ->
+            go c l fill = if c <= 0 then fill Nil else case l of
+                Nil -> fill Nil
+                Cons a b ->
+                    res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons a _)
+                    fill res.value
+                    @Tail_Call go c-1 b res.fill
+            res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons a _)
+            go count-1 b res.fill
+            res.value
 
     ## Get the first element from the list.
 
@@ -319,12 +343,21 @@ type List
              example_init = Examples.list.init
     init : List ! Empty_Error
     init self =
-        init_fn x y = case y of
-            Nil -> Nil
-            Cons a b -> Cons x (init_fn a b)
         case self of
             Nil -> Error.throw Empty_Error
-            Cons a b -> init_fn a b
+            Cons _ Nil -> Nil
+            Cons a b ->
+                go l fill = case l of
+                    Cons x xs -> case xs of
+                        Nil -> fill Nil
+                        Cons _ _ ->
+                            res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons x _)
+                            fill res.value
+                            @Tail_Call go xs res.fill
+
+                res = Meta.atom_with_hole (Cons a _)
+                go b res.fill
+                res.value
 
     ## Get the last element of the list.
 
@@ -369,6 +402,13 @@ type List
             builder.append elem
         builder.to_vector
 
+    to_text : Text
+    to_text self =
+        go l t = case l of
+            Nil -> t + "Nil"
+            Cons x xs -> @Tail_Call go xs (t + "Cons " + x.to_text + " ")
+        go self ""
+
 ## UNSTABLE
 
    An error representing that the list is empty.
@@ -379,21 +419,3 @@ type Empty_Error
     to_display_text : Text
     to_display_text self = "The List is empty."
 
-## PRIVATE
-   A helper for the `map` function.
-
-   Arguments:
-   - list: The list to map over.
-   - cons: The current field to set.
-   - f: The function to apply to the value.
-
-   Uses unsafe field mutation under the hood, to rewrite `map` in
-   a tail-recursive manner. The mutation is purely internal and does not leak
-   to the user-facing API.
-map_helper : List -> Any -> (Any -> Any) -> Nothing
-map_helper list cons f = case list of
-    Nil -> Unsafe.set_atom_field cons 1 Nil
-    Cons h t ->
-        res = Cons (f h) Nil
-        Unsafe.set_atom_field cons 1 res
-        @Tail_Call map_helper t res f

distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Meta.enso

@@ -273,6 +273,17 @@ get_constructor_name atom_constructor = @Builtin_Method "Meta.get_constructor_na
 new_atom : Any -> Array -> Atom
 new_atom constructor fields = @Builtin_Method "Meta.new_atom"
 
+## PRIVATE
+
+   Constructs a new atom with a "hole". Returns an object with `value` and
+   `fill` properties. Value contains the created atom and `fill` holds a
+   function to "fill the hole" later.
+
+   Arguments:
+   - factory: a function that takes the "hole" element and returns newly created atom
+atom_with_hole : (Any -> Atom) -> Any
+atom_with_hole factory = @Builtin_Method "Meta.atom_with_hole_builtin"
+
 ## UNSTABLE
    ADVANCED
 

distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Runtime/Unsafe.enso

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-## Unsafe operations.
-   A container for unsafe operations that operate based on implementation
-   details of the language.
-
-import project.Any.Any
-import project.Data.Numbers.Integer
-import project.Meta.Atom
-
-## PRIVATE
-
-   Sets the atom field at the provided index to have the provided value.
-
-   Arguments:
-   - atom: The atom to set the field in.
-   - index: The index of the field to set (zero-based).
-   - value: The value to set the field at index to.
-set_atom_field : Atom -> Integer -> Any -> Atom
-set_atom_field atom index value = @Builtin_Method "Unsafe.set_atom_field"

engine/runtime/src/bench/java/org/enso/interpreter/bench/benchmarks/semantic/ListBenchmarks.java

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package org.enso.interpreter.bench.benchmarks.semantic;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.Context;
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.Value;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.BenchmarkParams;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+@Fork(1)
+@Warmup(iterations = 3)
+@Measurement(iterations = 5)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+public class ListBenchmarks {
+  private final int LENGTH_OF_EXPERIMENT = 1_000_000;
+  private Value list;
+  private Value plusOne;
+  private Value self;
+  private Value sum;
+  private Value oldSum;
+
+  @Setup
+  public void initializeBenchmark(BenchmarkParams params) throws Exception {
+    var ctx = Context.newBuilder()
+      .allowExperimentalOptions(true)
+      .allowIO(true)
+      .allowAllAccess(true)
+      .logHandler(new ByteArrayOutputStream())
+      .option(
+        "enso.languageHomeOverride",
+        Paths.get("../../distribution/component").toFile().getAbsolutePath()
+      ).build();
+
+    var benchmarkName = params.getBenchmark().replaceFirst(".*\\.", "");
+    var code = """
+      from Standard.Base.Data.List.List import Cons, Nil
+      import Standard.Base.IO
+
+      plus_one list = list.map (x -> x + 1)
+
+      sum list acc =
+          case list of
+              Nil -> acc
+              Cons x xs -> @Tail_Call sum xs acc+x
+
+      generator n =
+          go x v l = if x > n then l else
+              @Tail_Call go x+1 v+1 (Cons v l)
+          go 1 1 Nil
+      """;
+
+    var module = ctx.eval(SrcUtil.source(benchmarkName, code));
+
+    this.self = module.invokeMember("get_associated_type");
+    Function<String,Value> getMethod = (name) -> module.invokeMember("get_method", self, name);
+
+    Value longList = getMethod.apply("generator").execute(self, LENGTH_OF_EXPERIMENT);
+
+    this.plusOne = getMethod.apply("plus_one");
+    this.sum = getMethod.apply("sum");
+
+    switch (benchmarkName) {
+      case "mapOverList": {
+        this.list = longList;
+        this.oldSum = sum.execute(self, longList, 0);
+        if (!this.oldSum.fitsInLong()) {
+          throw new AssertionError("Expecting a number " + this.oldSum);
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected benchmark: " + params.getBenchmark());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  public void mapOverList(Blackhole matter) {
+    performBenchmark(matter);
+  }
+
+  private void performBenchmark(Blackhole hole) throws AssertionError {
+    var newList = plusOne.execute(self, list);
+    var newSum = sum.execute(self, newList, 0);
+
+    var result = newSum.asLong() - oldSum.asLong();
+    if (result != LENGTH_OF_EXPERIMENT) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Unexpected result " + result);
+    }
+    hole.consume(result);
+  }
+}
+

engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/meta/AtomWithAHoleNode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+package org.enso.interpreter.node.expression.builtin.meta;
+
+import org.enso.interpreter.dsl.BuiltinMethod;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.EnsoContext;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.callable.argument.ArgumentDefinition;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.callable.argument.CallArgumentInfo;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.callable.atom.Atom;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.callable.function.Function;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.callable.function.FunctionSchema;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.data.Array;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.data.Vector;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.error.PanicException;
+
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.CompilerDirectives;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.Cached;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.Specialization;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.frame.VirtualFrame;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.InteropLibrary;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.TruffleObject;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnknownIdentifierException;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnsupportedMessageException;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.library.ExportLibrary;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.library.ExportMessage;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.Node;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.RootNode;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.profiles.ValueProfile;
+import org.enso.interpreter.node.callable.InvokeCallableNode;
+import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.state.State;
+
+@BuiltinMethod(
+    type = "Meta",
+    name = "atom_with_hole_builtin",
+    description = "Creates a new atom with given constructor and fields.",
+    autoRegister = false)
+public abstract class AtomWithAHoleNode extends Node {
+
+  static AtomWithAHoleNode build() {
+    return AtomWithAHoleNodeGen.create();
+  }
+
+  abstract Object execute(VirtualFrame frame, Object factory);
+
+  static InvokeCallableNode callWithHole() {
+    return InvokeCallableNode.build(
+      new CallArgumentInfo[] {new CallArgumentInfo()},
+      InvokeCallableNode.DefaultsExecutionMode.EXECUTE,
+      InvokeCallableNode.ArgumentsExecutionMode.PRE_EXECUTED);
+  }
+
+  @Specialization
+  Object doExecute(
+    VirtualFrame frame,
+    Object factory,
+    @Cached("callWithHole()") InvokeCallableNode iop,
+    @Cached SwapAtomFieldNode swapNode
+  ) {
+    var ctx = EnsoContext.get(this);
+    var lazy = new HoleInAtom();
+    var result = iop.execute(factory, frame, State.create(ctx), new Object[] { lazy });
+    if (result instanceof Atom atom) {
+      var index = swapNode.findHoleIndex(atom, lazy);
+      if (index >= 0) {
+        var function = swapNode.createFn(lazy);
+        lazy.init(atom, index, function);
+        return lazy;
+      }
+    }
+    throw new PanicException(ctx.getBuiltins().error().makeUninitializedStateError(result), this);
+  }
+
+  @ExportLibrary(InteropLibrary.class)
+  static final class HoleInAtom implements TruffleObject {
+    Atom result;
+    int index;
+    Function function;
+
+    HoleInAtom() {
+    }
+
+    void init(Atom result, int index, Function function) {
+      this.result = result;
+      this.index = index;
+      this.function = function;
+    }
+
+    @ExportMessage boolean hasMembers() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @ExportMessage boolean isMemberReadable(String member) {
+        return switch (member) {
+            case "value", "fill" -> true;
+            default -> false;
+        };
+    }
+
+    @ExportMessage Object getMembers(boolean includeInternal) throws UnsupportedMessageException {
+        return new Array("value", "fill");
+    }
+
+    @ExportMessage
+    Object readMember(String name) throws UnknownIdentifierException {
+      if ("value".equals(name)) {
+        return result;
+      }
+      if ("fill".equals(name)) {
+        return function;
+      }
+      throw UnknownIdentifierException.create(name);
+    }
+
+    @ExportMessage
+    String toDisplayString(boolean pure) {
+      return "Meta.atom_with_hole";
+    }
+  }
+  static final class SwapAtomFieldNode extends RootNode {
+    private final FunctionSchema schema;
+    private final ValueProfile sameAtom = ValueProfile.createClassProfile();
+    @CompilerDirectives.CompilationFinal
+    private int lastIndex = -1;
+
+    private SwapAtomFieldNode() {
+      super(null);
+      this.schema = new FunctionSchema(FunctionSchema.CallerFrameAccess.NONE, new ArgumentDefinition[]{
+        new ArgumentDefinition(0, "lazy", ArgumentDefinition.ExecutionMode.EXECUTE),
+        new ArgumentDefinition(1, "value", ArgumentDefinition.ExecutionMode.EXECUTE)
+      }, new boolean[]{
+        true, false
+      }, new CallArgumentInfo[0]);
+    }
+
+    static SwapAtomFieldNode create() {
+      return new SwapAtomFieldNode();
+    }
+
+    int findHoleIndex(Atom atom, HoleInAtom lazy) {
+      var arr = atom.getFields();
+      if (lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < arr.length) {
+        if (arr[lastIndex] == lazy) {
+          return lastIndex;
+        }
+      }
+      int index = findHoleIndexLoop(arr, lazy);
+      if (index == -1) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      if (lastIndex == -1) {
+        lastIndex = index;
+        CompilerDirectives.transferToInterpreterAndInvalidate();
+        return index;
+      } else {
+        if (lastIndex != -2) {
+          CompilerDirectives.transferToInterpreterAndInvalidate();
+          lastIndex = -2;
+        }
+      }
+      return index;
+    }
+
+    @CompilerDirectives.TruffleBoundary
+    private int findHoleIndexLoop(Object[] arr, HoleInAtom lazy) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+          if (arr[i] == lazy) {
+            return i;
+          }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    Function createFn(HoleInAtom lazy) {
+      var preArgs = new Object[]{lazy, null};
+      return new Function(
+              getCallTarget(),
+              null,
+              schema,
+              preArgs,
+              new Object[]{}
+      );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object execute(VirtualFrame frame) {
+      var args = Function.ArgumentsHelper.getPositionalArguments(frame.getArguments());
+      if (args[0] instanceof HoleInAtom lazy) {
+        var fields = lazy.result.getFields();
+        var newValue = args[1];
+        if (fields[lazy.index] == lazy) {
+          fields[lazy.index] = newValue;
+        }
+        return newValue;
+      }
+      return EnsoContext.get(this).getBuiltins().nothing();
+    }
+  }
+}

engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/unsafe/SetAtomFieldNode.java

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package org.enso.interpreter.node.expression.builtin.unsafe;
-
-import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.Node;
-import org.enso.interpreter.dsl.BuiltinMethod;
-import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.callable.atom.Atom;
-
-@BuiltinMethod(
-    type = "Unsafe",
-    name = "set_atom_field",
-    description = "Unsafely, in place, sets the value of an atom field by index.",
-    autoRegister = false)
-public class SetAtomFieldNode extends Node {
-  Atom execute(Atom atom, long index, Object value) {
-    atom.getFields()[(int) index] = value;
-    return atom;
-  }
-}

engine/runtime/src/test/java/org/enso/interpreter/test/DebuggingEnsoTest.java

@@ -613,69 +613,6 @@ public class DebuggingEnsoTest {
     }
   }
 
-  // TODO[PM]: Re-enable (https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/183854585)
-  @Test
-  @Ignore
-  public void unsafeRecursiveAtom() throws Exception {
-    Engine eng = Engine.newBuilder()
-      .allowExperimentalOptions(true)
-      .option(
-        RuntimeOptions.LANGUAGE_HOME_OVERRIDE,
-        Paths.get("../../test/micro-distribution/component").toFile().getAbsolutePath()
-      ).build();
-    Context ctx = Context.newBuilder()
-      .engine(eng)
-      .allowIO(true)
-      .allowHostClassLoading(true)
-      .allowHostClassLookup((c) -> true)
-      .build();
-    final Map<String, Language> langs = ctx.getEngine().getLanguages();
-    org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull("Enso found: " + langs, langs.get("enso"));
-
-    final URI onceUri = new URI("memory://once.enso");
-    final Source onesSrc = Source.newBuilder("enso", """
-        import Standard.Base.Runtime.Unsafe
-
-        type Gen
-            Empty
-            Generator a:Int tail:Gen
-
-        ones : Gen
-        ones =
-            g = Gen.Generator 1 Gen.Empty
-            Unsafe.set_atom_field g 1 g
-            g
-
-        next g = case g of
-            Gen.Generator a tail -> a
-            Gen.Empty -> -1
-        """, "ones.enso")
-            .uri(onceUri)
-            .buildLiteral();
-
-    var module = ctx.eval(onesSrc);
-    var ones = module.invokeMember("eval_expression", "ones");
-    var next = module.invokeMember("eval_expression", "next");
-
-
-    final var dbg = Debugger.find(eng);
-    final var values = new HashSet<String>();
-    try (var session = dbg.startSession((event) -> {
-      final DebugValue gVariable = findDebugValue(event, "g");
-      if (gVariable != null) {
-        final String str = gVariable.toDisplayString(false);
-        assertNotNull("The string shall always be computed for " + gVariable, str);
-        values.add(str);
-      }
-      event.getSession().suspendNextExecution();
-    })) {
-      session.suspendNextExecution();
-      var one = next.execute(ones);
-      Assert.assertEquals("First element from list of ones", 1, one.asInt());
-    }
-    Assert.assertEquals("Some values of g variable found: " + values, 1, values.size());
-  }
-
   private static DebugValue findDebugValue(SuspendedEvent event, final String n) throws DebugException {
     for (var v : event.getTopStackFrame().getScope().getDeclaredValues()) {
       if (v.getName().contains(n)) {

engine/runtime/src/test/java/org/enso/interpreter/test/ListTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+package org.enso.interpreter.test;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.enso.polyglot.RuntimeOptions;
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.Context;
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.Language;
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.Source;
+import org.graalvm.polyglot.Value;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ListTest {
+  private Context ctx;
+  private final int size = 100_000;
+  private Value generator;
+  private Value plusOne;
+  private Value evenOnes;
+  private Value taken;
+  private Value init;
+  private Value asVector;
+  private Value asText;
+
+  @Before
+  public void prepareCtx() throws Exception {
+    this.ctx = Context.newBuilder()
+      .allowExperimentalOptions(true)
+      .allowIO(true)
+      .allowAllAccess(true)
+      .logHandler(new ByteArrayOutputStream())
+      .option(
+        RuntimeOptions.LANGUAGE_HOME_OVERRIDE,
+        Paths.get("../../distribution/component").toFile().getAbsolutePath()
+      ).build();
+
+    final Map<String, Language> langs = ctx.getEngine().getLanguages();
+    assertNotNull("Enso found: " + langs, langs.get("enso"));
+
+    final String code = """
+    from Standard.Base.Data.List.List import Cons, Nil
+
+    init list = list.init
+
+    taken list n = list.take_start n
+
+    even_ones list = list.filter (x -> x % 2 == 0)
+
+    plus_one list = list.map (x -> x + 1)
+
+    as_vector list = list.to_vector
+
+    as_text list = list.to_text
+
+    generator n =
+        go x v l = if x > n then l else
+            @Tail_Call go x+1 v+1 (Cons v l)
+        go 1 1 Nil
+    """;
+
+    generator = evalCode(code, "generator");
+    plusOne = evalCode(code, "plus_one");
+    evenOnes = evalCode(code, "even_ones");
+    taken = evalCode(code, "taken");
+    init = evalCode(code, "init");
+    asVector = evalCode(code, "as_vector");
+    asText = evalCode(code, "as_text");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void mapPlusOneAndIterate() throws Exception {
+    var list = generator.execute(size);
+    assertEquals("Size is OK", size, list.invokeMember("length").asInt());
+
+    var values = new ArrayList<BigInteger>();
+    {
+      var it = plusOne.execute(list);
+
+      for (long i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        var e = it.getMember("x");
+        assertTrue("All numbers are numbers, but " + e + " is not", e.isNumber());
+        var n = e.as(Number.class);
+        assertNotNull("All numbers can be seen as java.lang.Number", n);
+        var b = new BigInteger(n.toString());
+        assertNotNull("Each Enso number can be parsed as big integer", b);
+        assertEquals("Textual values are the same", n.toString(), b.toString());
+        values.add(b);
+        it = it.getMember("xs");
+      }
+    }
+    assertEquals("Two hundred numbers collected", size, values.size());
+    for (int i = 1; i < values.size(); i++) {
+      var prev = values.get(i - 1);
+      var next = values.get(i);
+
+      assertEquals("Each value is accurate", next.add(BigInteger.ONE), prev);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void filterEvenOnes() throws Exception {
+    var list = generator.execute(size);
+    assertLength("Generated", size, list);
+    var even = evenOnes.execute(list);
+    assertLength("Half the size", size / 2, even);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void takeHalf() throws Exception {
+    var list = generator.execute(size);
+    assertLength("Generated", size, list);
+    var even = taken.execute(list, size / 2);
+    assertLength("Half the size", size / 2, even);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void initAllButLast() throws Exception {
+    var list = generator.execute(size);
+    assertLength("Generated all", size, list);
+    var shorterByOne = init.execute(list);
+    assertLength("Last element is gone", size - 1, shorterByOne);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toVector() throws Exception {
+    var list = generator.execute(size);
+    assertLength("Generated all", size, list);
+    var vec = asVector.execute(list);
+    assertEquals("It's vector", "Vector", vec.getMetaObject().getMetaSimpleName());
+    assertTrue("And an array like object", vec.hasArrayElements());
+    assertEquals("The same size remains", size, vec.getArraySize());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toText() throws Exception {
+    var list = generator.execute(size);
+    assertLength("Generated all", size, list);
+    var str = asText.execute(list);
+    assertTrue("It is a string", str.isString());
+  }
+
+  private Value evalCode(final String code, final String methodName) throws URISyntaxException {
+    final var testName = "test.enso";
+    final URI testUri = new URI("memory://" + testName);
+    final Source src = Source.newBuilder("enso", code, testName)
+            .uri(testUri)
+            .buildLiteral();
+    var module = ctx.eval(src);
+    var powers = module.invokeMember("eval_expression", methodName);
+    return powers;
+  }
+
+  private void assertLength(String msg, long expected, Value list) {
+    var actual = list.invokeMember("length");
+    assertTrue("Size fits into number", actual.fitsInLong());
+    assertEquals(msg, expected, actual.asLong());
+  }
+}

project/FrgaalJavaCompiler.scala

@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ object FrgaalJavaCompiler {
     }
 
     val (withTarget, noTarget) = sources0.partition(checkTarget)
-    val in = findUnder(3, noTarget.tail.fold(asPath(noTarget.head))(asCommon).asInstanceOf[Path])
+    val in = if (noTarget.isEmpty) {
+      None
+    } else {
+      Some(findUnder(3, noTarget.tail.fold(asPath(noTarget.head))(asCommon).asInstanceOf[Path]))
+    }
     val generated = if (withTarget.isEmpty) {
       None
     } else {
@@ -133,8 +137,9 @@ object FrgaalJavaCompiler {
       def storeArray(name: String, values : Seq[String]) = {
         values.zipWithIndex.foreach { case (value, idx) => ensoProperties.setProperty(s"$name.$idx", value) }
       }
-
+      if (in.isDefined) {
-      ensoProperties.setProperty("input", in.toString())
+        ensoProperties.setProperty("input", in.get.toString())
+      }
       if (generated.isDefined) {
         ensoProperties.setProperty("generated", generated.get.toString())
       }

test/Tests/src/Data/List_Spec.enso

@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ spec = Test.group "List" <|
     Test.specify "should allow getting the tail of the list with `.tail`" <|
         l.tail . should_equal (List.Cons 2 (List.Cons 3 List.Nil))
         empty.tail.should_fail_with Empty_Error
+    Test.specify "single element list.init yields Nil" <|
+        (List.Cons 1 List.Nil).init . should_equal List.Nil
+    Test.specify "two element list.init yields one element" <|
+        (List.Cons 1 (List.Cons 2 List.Nil)).init . should_equal (List.Cons 1 List.Nil)
     Test.specify "should allow getting the init of the list with `.init`" <|
         l.init . should_equal (List.Cons 1 (List.Cons 2 List.Nil))
         empty.init.should_fail_with Empty_Error

test/Tests/src/Semantic/Meta_Spec.enso

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ polyglot java import java.util.Locale as JavaLocale
 
 from Standard.Test import Test, Test_Suite
 import Standard.Test.Extensions
+from Standard.Base.Error.Common import Uninitialized_State
 
 type My_Type
     Value foo bar baz
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ My_Type.my_method self = self.foo + self.bar + self.baz
 type Test_Type
     Value x
 
-spec = Test.group "Meta-Value Manipulation" <|
+spec =
+    Test.group "Meta-Value Manipulation" <|
         Test.specify "should allow manipulating unresolved symbols" <|
             sym = .does_not_exist
             meta_sym = Meta.meta sym
@@ -170,4 +172,71 @@ spec = Test.group "Meta-Value Manipulation" <|
             (Test_Type.Value a)==(Test_Type.Value b) . should_be_true
             (Test_Type.Value a)==(Test_Type.Value c) . should_be_false
 
+    Test.group "Atom with holes" <|
+        Test.specify "construct and fill" <|
+            pair = Meta.atom_with_hole (e -> My_Type.Value 1 e 3)
+
+            atom = pair.value
+            fill = pair.fill
+
+            Meta.is_atom atom . should_be_true
+
+            atom.foo . should_equal 1
+            atom.baz . should_equal 3
+            case atom.bar of
+                n : Number -> Test.fail "Shouldn't be number yet: "+n
+                _ -> Nothing
+
+            fill 2
+            atom.bar . should_equal 2
+
+            fill 10 # no change
+            atom.bar . should_equal 2
+
+        Test.specify "fail if atom_with_hole isn't used" <|
+            key = Panic.catch Uninitialized_State.Error handler=(caught_panic-> caught_panic.payload.key) <|
+                Meta.atom_with_hole (_ -> My_Type.Value 1 2 3)
+            case key of
+                t : My_Type ->
+                    t.foo . should_equal 1
+                    t.bar . should_equal 2
+                    t.baz . should_equal 3
+
+        Test.specify "fail if non-atom is created" <|
+            key = Panic.catch Uninitialized_State.Error handler=(caught_panic-> caught_panic.payload.key) <|
+                Meta.atom_with_hole (_ -> 2)
+            case key of
+                t : Number ->
+                    t . should_equal 2
+
+        Test.specify "only one atom_with_hole is used" <|
+            pair = Meta.atom_with_hole (e -> My_Type.Value e e e)
+            atom = pair.value
+            fill = pair.fill
+
+            Meta.is_atom atom . should_be_true
+
+            case atom.foo of
+                n : Number -> Test.fail "Shouldn't be number yet: "+n
+                _ -> Nothing
+            case atom.baz of
+                n : Number -> Test.fail "Shouldn't be number yet: "+n
+                _ -> Nothing
+            case atom.bar of
+                n : Number -> Test.fail "Shouldn't be number yet: "+n
+                _ -> Nothing
+
+            fill 2
+            atom.foo . should_equal 2
+
+            fill 10 # no change
+            atom.foo . should_equal 2
+
+            case atom.baz of
+                n : Number -> Test.fail "Not changed to number: "+n
+                _ -> Nothing
+            case atom.bar of
+                n : Number -> Test.fail "Not changed to number: "+n
+                _ -> Nothing
+
 main = Test_Suite.run_main spec

test/micro-distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Runtime/Unsafe.enso

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-set_atom_field atom index value = @Builtin_Method "Unsafe.set_atom_field"