Changing init.metta to run in the runner's top-level Space, rather th…

…an as its own MeTTa module

lib/src/metta/runner/mod.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use super::space::*;
 use super::text::{Tokenizer, SExprParser};
 use super::types::validate_atom;
 
+use core::borrow::Borrow;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ impl Metta {
 
         //Run the `init.metta` file
         if let Some(init_meta_file) = metta.0.environment.initialization_metta_file_path() {
-            metta.load_module(init_meta_file.into()).unwrap();
+            metta.run_from_file(init_meta_file).unwrap();
         }
         metta
     }
@@ -241,6 +242,14 @@ impl Metta {
         self.0.settings.borrow().get(key.into()).map(|a| a.to_string())
     }
 
+    /// Runs the MeTTa code in the specified file
+    pub fn run_from_file<P: Borrow<Path>>(&self, program_path: P) -> Result<Vec<Vec<Atom>>, String> {
+        let path = program_path.borrow();
+        let program = std::fs::read_to_string(path)
+            .map_err(|err| format!("Could not read file, path: {}, error: {}", path.display(), err))?;
+        self.run(SExprParser::new(program.as_str()))
+    }
+
     pub fn run<'p, 'a: 'p>(&'a self, parser: SExprParser<'p>) -> Result<Vec<Vec<Atom>>, String> {
         let state = RunnerState::new_with_parser(self, parser);
         state.run_to_completion()