Robert Allan JamesandClaude Opus 5.5
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- The static sk_hermes_msgs[32] is replaced by a directory of fixed-size segments (SK_HERMES_ARENA_SEGMENT, growth granularity only). Messages never move -- callers, including the drain across vm_interpret_kind(), hold message pointers across later allocations, so copy-on-grow (as §7.0 first proposed) would dangle them. Each message carries its index; numbering unchanged. - Pending-queue rings and channel member lists heap-grown (doubling); member lists freed on destroy; reassembly scratch sized per call. SK_HERMES_MSG_MAX / _PENDING_MAX / _MEMBER_MAX are gone. - Q_SLOT = Q48_ONE / 32 as its own constant (M-0b), value unchanged. - Every grow failure is printed, logged at LOG_ERROR, counted (sk_hermes_grow_failures()) and refused whole; a send whose queue can't grow releases its message. Probe (reverted), identical on amd64/aarch64/riscv64: 70 messages in one queue (arena 32 -> 96), sender refused by its reservoir, 72 popped intact in order, 100 members; a live Hera drain on a full arena grew it mid-drain and released/popped the right message; each grow path's injected failure refused whole and counted. 3-ISA acceptance passes; boot parity, dict_hash set and the live ledger line byte-identical to before. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
include/
Public headers for the hosted StarForth VM (src/). Kernel-only headers
live under include/starkernel/.
Core VM
vm.h— theVMstruct and all core types (DictEntry,DictPhysics, stacks, dictionary state); the central header most other files include.vm_api.h— external VM API surface.vm_host.h,vm_debug.h,startup.h,version.h— host integration, debug utilities, startup sequencing, version string.cli.h,repl.h,io.h,log.h— CLI parsing, REPL loop, I/O, logging.word_registry.h— word registration system shared by everysrc/word_source/*.cfile.compudynamics.h— the generic compudynamics module: tuning-word/config lookups (cd_tuning_word(),cd_tuning_vm()) consumed byssm_jacquard.c.
Memory / blocks
memory_management.h,dictionary_management.h— dictionary allocator and search.block_subsystem.h,blkcfg.h,blkio.h,blkio_factory.h— logical→ physical block mapper and pluggable block I/O backends (file/RAM).platform_alloc.h,platform_lock.h,platform_time.h— platform abstraction shims (hosted vs. kernel allocation/locking/timing).
Physics-driven adaptive runtime (7 feedback loops)
physics_runtime.h— main physics coordinator.physics_hotwords_cache.h— Loop #1, execution-heat hot-words cache.physics_metadata.h— per-wordDictPhysicsmetadata tracking.physics_pipelining_metrics.h— Loop #4, word-transition prediction.physics_execution_hooks.h— execution instrumentation hook points.rolling_window_of_truth.h,rolling_window_knobs.h— Loop #2 circular execution-history buffer and its tuning knobs.inference_engine.h— Loops #5/#6, window-width and decay-slope statistical inference.dictionary_heat_optimization.h— Loop #1 heat counters.ssm_jacquard.h— L8 Jacquard steady-state mode selector.doe_metrics.h— Design of Experiments (2^7 factorial) metrics.profiler.h— performance profiling hooks.
Arithmetic / codegen
q48_16.h— Q48.16 deterministic fixed-point arithmetic (used instead of IEEE-754 float specifically to keep cross-architecture behavior bit-identical).math_portable.h— portable math helpers.arch_detect.h,starforth_config.h— architecture detection and the build-flag fallback-default layer (used when a.cfile is compiled by hand withoutmake).vm_asm_opt.h,vm_asm_opt_arm64.h,vm_asm_opt_riscv64.h,vm_inner_interp_asm.h,vm_inner_interp_arm64.h,vm_inner_interp_riscv64.h— per-architecture assembler-optimized inner interpreter (USE_ASM_OPT=1).
See include/starkernel/README.md for the bare-metal kernel headers.