From b91e79933bcd4051ab270c671430b389d891986a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aryadev Chavali <aryadev@aryadevchavali.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:48:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] symtable: refactor for SV changes and propagate

---
 include/alisp/symtable.h | 2 +-
 src/lisp.c               | 2 +-
 src/symtable.c           | 7 +++++--
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/alisp/symtable.h b/include/alisp/symtable.h
index adbff50..c4012d3 100644
--- a/include/alisp/symtable.h
+++ b/include/alisp/symtable.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ typedef struct
 #define SYM_TABLE_INIT_SIZE (1 << 10)
 
 void sym_table_init(sym_table_t *);
-char *sym_table_find(sym_table_t *, sv_t);
+const char *sym_table_find(sym_table_t *, sv_t);
 void sym_table_free(sym_table_t *);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lisp.c b/src/lisp.c
index 2ad3f49..922b164 100644
--- a/src/lisp.c
+++ b/src/lisp.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ lisp_t *make_vec(sys_t *sys, u64 capacity)
 
 lisp_t *intern(sys_t *sys, sv_t sv)
 {
-  char *str = sym_table_find(&sys->symtable, sv);
+  const char *str = sym_table_find(&sys->symtable, sv);
   return tag_sym(str);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/symtable.c b/src/symtable.c
index 50c8e3a..5e5512c 100644
--- a/src/symtable.c
+++ b/src/symtable.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void sym_table_init(sym_table_t *table)
   vec_init(&table->entries, table->capacity * sizeof(sv_t));
 }
 
-char *sym_table_find(sym_table_t *table, sv_t sv)
+const char *sym_table_find(sym_table_t *table, sv_t sv)
 {
   // Initialise the table if it's not done already
   if (table->entries.capacity == 0)
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ void sym_table_free(sym_table_t *table)
   {
     current = ENTRY_GET(table, i);
     if (current.data)
-      free(current.data);
+    {
+      // NOTE: We clone all data here, so it's okay to free by hand.
+      free((void *)current.data);
+    }
   }
   // Free the underlying container
   vec_free(&table->entries);