Fix for JSON imports not working

src/__tests__/mode.ts

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ const CATEGORY = {
   types: /\bstorage.type\b/,
   forbidden: /\bvariable.language\b/,
   keywords: /\bkeyword\b/,
+  consts: /\bbuiltinconsts\b/,
   number: /\bconstant.numeric\b/,
-  bool: /\bconstant.language.boolean\b/,
-  identifier: /\bidentifier\b/
+  bool: /\bconstant.language.boolean\b/
 }
 
 const setSession = (chapter: Chapter, variant: Variant, external: string, code: string): void => {
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ test('function token type error', () => {
   const token2 = session.getTokenAt(1, 3)
 
   // at source 2, pair is function but set_tail is not
-  expect(expectedBool(token1, CATEGORY.identifier)).toBe(true)
+  expect(expectedBool(token1, CATEGORY.functions)).toBe(true)
   expect(expectedBool(token2, CATEGORY.functions)).toBe(false)
 
   // at source 4, set_tail is function as well
   setSession(Chapter.SOURCE_4, defaultVariant, defaultExternal, code)
   const newToken1 = session.getTokenAt(0, 11)
   const newToken2 = session.getTokenAt(1, 3)
-  expect(expectedBool(newToken1, CATEGORY.identifier)).toBe(true)
-  expect(expectedBool(newToken2, CATEGORY.identifier)).toBe(true)
+  expect(expectedBool(newToken1, CATEGORY.functions)).toBe(true)
+  expect(expectedBool(newToken2, CATEGORY.functions)).toBe(true)
 })
 
 test('constants are not correctly loaded', () => {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('constants are not correctly loaded', () => {
   expect(expectedBool(token2, CATEGORY.number)).toBe(true)
 
   const token3 = session.getTokenAt(2, 1)
-  expect(expectedBool(token3, CATEGORY.identifier)).toBe(true)
+  expect(expectedBool(token3, CATEGORY.consts)).toBe(true)
 })
 
 test('operator syntax type error', () => {

src/editors/ace/docTooltip/index.ts

@@ -1,27 +1,55 @@
-import ext_lib from './External libraries.json'
-import source_1 from './source_1.json'
-import source_1_typed from './source_1_typed.json'
-import source_2 from './source_2.json'
-import source_2_typed from './source_2_typed.json'
-import source_3 from './source_3.json'
-import source_3_concurrent from './source_3_concurrent.json'
-import source_3_typed from './source_3_typed.json'
-import source_4 from './source_4.json'
-import source_4_explicit_control from './source_4_explicit-control.json'
-import source_4_typed from './source_4_typed.json'
+import * as ext_lib from './External libraries.json'
+import * as source_1 from './source_1.json'
+import * as source_1_typed from './source_1_typed.json'
+import * as source_2 from './source_2.json'
+import * as source_2_typed from './source_2_typed.json'
+import * as source_3 from './source_3.json'
+import * as source_3_concurrent from './source_3_concurrent.json'
+import * as source_3_typed from './source_3_typed.json'
+import * as source_4 from './source_4.json'
+import * as source_4_typed from './source_4_typed.json'
+import * as source_4_explicit_control from './source_4_explicit-control.json'
+
+// (18 March 2022)
+// Problem to be fixed in the future:
+//
+// There seems to be an inconsistency between how jest and how typescript
+// behaves when encountering imports of the form `import * as x from 'x.json'`
+// jest will set x = jsonobject,
+// but typescript will instead set x = { default: jsonobject }
+//
+// This means that under typescript, we want `import x from 'x.json'`,
+// while under jest, we want `import * as x from 'x.json'`
+//
+// This problem was hidden when transpiling to CommonJS modules before, which
+// behaves similarly to jest. But now that we are transpiling to es6,
+// typescript projects that depend on js-slang may now be exposed to this
+// inconsistency.
+//
+// For now, we use brute force until the landscape changes or someone thinks of
+// a proper solution.
+function resolveImportInconsistency(json: any) {
+  // `json` doesn't inherit from `Object`?
+  // Can't use hasOwnProperty for some reason.
+  if ('default' in json) {
+    return json.default
+  } else {
+    return json
+  }
+}
 
 export const SourceDocumentation = {
   builtins: {
-    '1': source_1,
-    '1_typed': source_1_typed,
-    '2': source_2,
-    '2_typed': source_2_typed,
-    '3': source_3,
-    '3_concurrent': source_3_concurrent,
-    '3_typed': source_3_typed,
-    '4': source_4,
-    '4_typed': source_4_typed,
-    '4_explicit-control': source_4_explicit_control
+    '1': resolveImportInconsistency(source_1),
+    '1_typed': resolveImportInconsistency(source_1_typed),
+    '2': resolveImportInconsistency(source_2),
+    '2_typed': resolveImportInconsistency(source_2_typed),
+    '3': resolveImportInconsistency(source_3),
+    '3_concurrent': resolveImportInconsistency(source_3_concurrent),
+    '3_typed': resolveImportInconsistency(source_3_typed),
+    '4': resolveImportInconsistency(source_4),
+    '4_typed': resolveImportInconsistency(source_4_typed),
+    '4_explicit-control': resolveImportInconsistency(source_4_explicit_control)
   },
   ext_lib
-} as const
+}