# pd.2 — surface assumes prelude ownership; core shim retired — Implementation Plan

> **Parent spec:** `docs/specs/2026-05-14-prelude-decouple.md`
>
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**Goal:** Move the prelude embed (`PRELUDE_JSON` const + `load_prelude` fn) and
the prelude-injection step (with the `ReservedModuleName` reservation) out of
`ailang-core` into `ailang-surface`. Rewrite `surface::load_workspace` to call
`core::load_modules_with` + caller-side prelude inject + `core::build_workspace`
directly. Retire the pd.1 compatibility shim `core::load_workspace_with` along
with `load_one` and the `load_module` test-only import. Install the
cross-form-identity preflight test BEFORE the JSON file gets deleted in pd.3,
so the embed-source swap is justified by an active green pin and not by
hope.

**Architecture:** post-pd.2 the prelude lives entirely in surface: the bytes
come from `examples/prelude.ail` via `include_str!`, parsing goes through
`ailang_surface::parse`, the reserved-name check (`ReservedModuleName`) fires
from surface, the implicit-imports list `&["prelude"]` is supplied at the
surface call site. Core's `src/` retains zero literal-`"prelude"` strings;
the `WorkspaceLoadError::ReservedModuleName` variant declaration stays in
core's enum (generic shape, no literal in the name) so downstream
match-arms (notably `crates/ail/src/main.rs:1220-1229`) keep working.

**Tech Stack:** `ailang-surface` (loader.rs + new tests/), `ailang-core`
(workspace.rs deletions + lib.rs rustdoc updates + test-mod re-migration).
No `ail` CLI changes. No codegen / check changes.

---

**Files this plan creates or modifies:**

- Create: `crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_parse_pin.rs` — pins
  `parse_prelude()` succeeds; module name is `"prelude"`; def-count
  meets a minimum bound (guards against empty prelude).
- Create: `crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_module_hash_pin.rs` — two
  `#[test]` fns: (a) `prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash` pins
  `module_hash(parse_prelude())` against a literal hex captured at iter
  close; (b) `prelude_ail_and_json_parse_to_identical_module` is the
  cross-form-identity preflight that asserts
  `module_hash(serde_json::from_str(prelude.ail.json bytes)) ==
  module_hash(parse(prelude.ail bytes))`. Both are green at pd.2 close;
  pd.3 drops the (b) fn along with the JSON file.
- Modify: `crates/ailang-surface/src/loader.rs:1-71` — add `PRELUDE_AIL`
  const + `parse_prelude` fn; rewrite `load_workspace` body from the
  current 3-line `load_workspace_with(entry, load_module)` shim-call to
  the 7-line composition `(load_modules_with → reserved-name check →
  inject parse_prelude → build_workspace(&["prelude"]))`. Update import
  line at line 16 (`load_workspace_with` swaps to `load_modules_with,
  build_workspace`). Update module rustdoc at lines 9-13 (the
  `load_workspace_with` cross-reference is stale).
- Modify: `crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs` — delete `PRELUDE_JSON`
  const (~lines 428-430), `load_prelude` fn (~lines 432-439),
  `load_workspace_with` shim (~lines 525-561 including the doc-comment
  at 525-540). Re-migrate 10 in-mod test-fns from
  `load_workspace_with(&entry, load_one)` to `surface::load_workspace`,
  re-migrate 1 in-mod test from `load_workspace_with` to
  `load_modules_with` directly with an inline-closure loader, delete 1
  in-mod test (`load_workspace_with_shim_preserves_today_semantics` —
  subject gone). Delete the now-orphaned `#[cfg(test)] fn load_one` and
  the `#[cfg(test)] use crate::load_module;` import. Update the module
  rustdoc at lines 1-32 (replaces pd.1's "single core entry point" framing
  with "core exposes the two-phase composition; surface owns the public
  entry point").
- Modify: `crates/ailang-core/src/lib.rs` — three rustdoc sites that
  reference `workspace::load_workspace_with` (lines 16-21, 50-51, 120
  per recon) update to point at `workspace::load_modules_with` +
  `workspace::build_workspace`, with intra-doc cross-references to
  `ailang_surface::load_workspace` for the public composition. The
  `pub use workspace::{module_hash, Workspace, WorkspaceLoadError};`
  re-export at line 73 is unchanged.

---

### Task 1: Add `PRELUDE_AIL` const + `parse_prelude` fn to surface

**Files:**
- Modify: `crates/ailang-surface/src/loader.rs` — add const + fn near the
  top of the file, above the existing `is_ail_source` helper.

- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing test**

Add a new file `crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_parse_pin.rs`. The
test asserts `parse_prelude()` is callable from outside the crate
(integration-test reach), succeeds, returns a `Module` named `"prelude"`,
and has a minimum number of defs.

```rust
//! pd.2 (`prelude-decouple` milestone): pin that the surface-side
//! `parse_prelude` succeeds against the in-tree `examples/prelude.ail`
//! and returns a `Module` with the expected shape. Guards against
//! `prelude.ail` being silently emptied or `parse_prelude` regressing.
//!
//! The hash-stability + cross-form-identity pins live in
//! `prelude_module_hash_pin.rs`.

use ailang_surface::parse_prelude;

#[test]
fn parse_prelude_returns_module_named_prelude_with_min_defs() {
    let m = parse_prelude();
    assert_eq!(m.name, "prelude");
    // Conservative lower bound: the prelude has shipped four classes
    // (Eq, Ord, Show + the Ordering data def) plus their primitive
    // instances by milestone 24. A future content addition only
    // raises the count; an accidental emptying (or a renamed root)
    // trips this immediately.
    assert!(
        m.defs.len() >= 8,
        "expected >= 8 defs in prelude, got {}",
        m.defs.len()
    );
}
```

- [ ] **Step 2: Run test to verify it fails**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface --test prelude_parse_pin`
Expected: FAIL with "cannot find function `parse_prelude` in module `ailang_surface`"
(and "no item named `parse_prelude`").

- [ ] **Step 3: Add `PRELUDE_AIL` const + `parse_prelude` fn to `loader.rs`**

Edit `crates/ailang-surface/src/loader.rs`. Add immediately above the
existing `fn is_ail_source` (line 19 area):

```rust
/// pd.2 (`prelude-decouple` milestone): the prelude bytes are embedded
/// here at compile time. The single source of truth is
/// `examples/prelude.ail` (Form A). Pre-pd.2, the embed lived in
/// `ailang-core` and used `prelude.ail.json`; that path retired with
/// the loader-split.
pub const PRELUDE_AIL: &str = include_str!("../../../examples/prelude.ail");

/// pd.2: parse the embedded prelude bytes into a `Module`.
///
/// Panics on parse failure — the prelude is build-time-validated by
/// every test run, so a parse failure here is a build-correctness
/// bug, not a runtime concern.
///
/// Mirrors the semantics of the retired `ailang_core::workspace::load_prelude`
/// (which deserialised `prelude.ail.json` via `serde_json::from_str`);
/// equivalence between the two parse paths is pinned by
/// `crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_module_hash_pin.rs`'s
/// cross-form-identity preflight.
pub fn parse_prelude() -> ailang_core::ast::Module {
    crate::parse(PRELUDE_AIL).expect("examples/prelude.ail must parse as a Module")
}
```

`pub` is required for `parse_prelude` because the integration test (and
later, any out-of-crate consumer) needs to call it. `PRELUDE_AIL` is
also `pub` for the cross-form-identity preflight test to reach the same
bytes.

- [ ] **Step 4: Run test to verify it passes**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface --test prelude_parse_pin`
Expected: PASS.

- [ ] **Step 5: Run the surface crate test suite**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface`
Expected: all tests green; the new `parse_prelude` is additive.

---

### Task 2: Write the cross-form-identity preflight + module-hash pin

**Files:**
- Create: `crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_module_hash_pin.rs` — two
  `#[test]` fns (cross-form-identity + hash pin).

This task captures the load-bearing assumption that swapping the embed
source from `prelude.ail.json` to `prelude.ail` does not change the
canonical `Module`. Both files are still present at pd.2-time, so the
preflight can compare them directly. pd.3 drops the JSON-side fn along
with the JSON file.

- [ ] **Step 1: Write the failing tests**

Create `crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_module_hash_pin.rs`:

```rust
//! pd.2 (`prelude-decouple` milestone): pin the canonical identity of
//! the parsed prelude.
//!
//! Two tests:
//! 1. `prelude_ail_and_json_parse_to_identical_module` — cross-form-
//!    identity preflight. Asserts that parsing `examples/prelude.ail`
//!    via `ailang_surface::parse` produces a `Module` with the same
//!    `module_hash` as deserialising `examples/prelude.ail.json` via
//!    `serde_json::from_str`. This is the load-bearing assumption
//!    that justifies pd.3's deletion of the JSON file. pd.3 drops
//!    this test along with the JSON.
//! 2. `prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash` — long-term anchor.
//!    Asserts the literal hex hash of the parsed Module. Updates
//!    intentionally on prelude-content changes (with a JOURNAL entry
//!    naming why); accidental drift trips immediately.

use ailang_core::workspace::module_hash;
use ailang_surface::{parse_prelude, PRELUDE_AIL};

const PRELUDE_JSON: &str = include_str!("../../../examples/prelude.ail.json");

#[test]
fn prelude_ail_and_json_parse_to_identical_module() {
    // Form A path: parse prelude.ail via ailang_surface::parse.
    let from_ail = parse_prelude();

    // Form B path: deserialise prelude.ail.json via serde_json (the
    // pre-pd.2 path; matches what `ailang_core::workspace::load_prelude`
    // did before retirement).
    let from_json: ailang_core::ast::Module = serde_json::from_str(PRELUDE_JSON)
        .expect("examples/prelude.ail.json must deserialise");

    let h_ail = module_hash(&from_ail);
    let h_json = module_hash(&from_json);

    assert_eq!(
        h_ail, h_json,
        "cross-form-identity preflight failed:\n  parse(prelude.ail) hash:        {}\n  deserialize(prelude.ail.json) hash: {}\n\
         The two parse paths produce structurally different `Module` values for the same prelude content. \
         pd.3 must NOT delete prelude.ail.json until this is investigated.",
        h_ail, h_json,
    );
}

#[test]
fn prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash() {
    let m = parse_prelude();
    let h = module_hash(&m);
    // The expected hex is captured at pd.2-iter close (Step 5 of this task).
    // It updates intentionally on prelude-content changes; record the why
    // in the per-iter journal entry.
    assert_eq!(
        h, "PLACEHOLDER_TO_BE_REPLACED_AT_STEP_5",
        "prelude module hash drifted; if intentional, capture the new \
         hex below + record the why in the per-iter journal."
    );
}

// PRELUDE_AIL re-exported for any future test that wants the raw bytes.
const _: &str = PRELUDE_AIL;
```

NOTE: the literal hex in `prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash` is a
placeholder that gets replaced at Step 5 of this task once the test is
green. The `cross-form-identity` test does NOT contain a literal — it
asserts equality between two computed values, so it doesn't need a
captured hex.

- [ ] **Step 2: Run tests to observe failure modes**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface --test prelude_module_hash_pin`
Expected:
- `prelude_ail_and_json_parse_to_identical_module` may PASS or FAIL
  depending on whether the two parse paths actually agree today. If it
  PASSES, we are clear to ship. If it FAILS, **STOP** and report — pd.3
  cannot proceed; the spec's load-bearing assumption is violated and
  the milestone needs a brainstorm-level rethink.
- `prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash` FAILS with the placeholder
  comparison (placeholder != real hash).

- [ ] **Step 3: If the cross-form-identity test PASSED in Step 2,
  capture the canonical hex hash**

Read the failure message of `prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash` to
get the actual computed hash; the assert prints both expected and
actual. Record the actual hex string.

If the test message is unclear, run a one-shot helper:

```bash
cargo test -p ailang-surface --test prelude_module_hash_pin prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash -- --nocapture 2>&1 | grep -E '^( *left:| *right:)'
```

The "right" line carries the actual computed hash.

- [ ] **Step 4: If the cross-form-identity test FAILED in Step 2, STOP**

Do NOT proceed with Task 3+. Write a per-iter journal entry under
`docs/journals/2026-05-14-iter-pd.2.md` capturing:
- The two computed hashes that disagree.
- Which Module fields differ (run a manual diff via reading both
  Modules into Rust and pretty-printing — or use `git grep` on the
  relevant `serde_json::from_str` Display output to localise the
  divergence).
- A statement that the milestone is BLOCKED pending a brainstorm-level
  decision on whether to retire the JSON or keep it.

This branch is unlikely (the round-trip CI through form-a.1 has been
exercising parse-then-print idempotency on every `.ail` fixture), but
the test exists precisely to catch the case where the assumption
fails.

- [ ] **Step 5: Replace the placeholder hex with the real hash**

Edit `prelude_module_hash_pin.rs`:

```rust
    assert_eq!(
        h, "<actual hex from Step 3>",  // captured at pd.2 iter close
        ...
    );
```

- [ ] **Step 6: Re-run tests, expect both green**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface --test prelude_module_hash_pin`
Expected: BOTH tests PASS.

---

### Task 3: Rewrite `surface::load_workspace` body

**Files:**
- Modify: `crates/ailang-surface/src/loader.rs:69-71` — replace the
  3-line shim-call with the 7-line composition.

- [ ] **Step 1: Write the regression-pin test for the new composition**

Surface's existing `tests/` already contain end-to-end tests of
`load_workspace`. Add ONE new test specifically pinning that a fresh
workspace contains the prelude module, and that a user module trying
to take the name `prelude` is rejected with `ReservedModuleName`.

Append to an appropriate existing test file in `crates/ailang-surface/tests/`,
or create a new file `crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_injection_pin.rs`:

```rust
//! pd.2 (`prelude-decouple` milestone): pin that
//! `surface::load_workspace` injects the prelude into every workspace
//! and rejects user modules trying to take the reserved name.

use ailang_core::workspace::WorkspaceLoadError;
use ailang_surface::load_workspace;
use std::path::Path;

#[test]
fn surface_load_workspace_injects_prelude_into_every_workspace() {
    // Use any existing single-module example from `examples/`. The hello
    // example is a stable choice (used by other surface tests).
    let entry = Path::new("../../examples/hello.ail.json");
    let ws = load_workspace(entry).expect("load");
    assert!(
        ws.modules.contains_key("prelude"),
        "prelude must appear in every workspace post-pd.2"
    );
}

#[test]
fn surface_load_workspace_rejects_user_module_named_prelude() {
    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
    // Create a JSON-form fixture for the user-side "prelude" module.
    // Surface's loader should fail with ReservedModuleName.
    let prelude_path = dir.path().join("prelude.ail.json");
    std::fs::write(
        &prelude_path,
        r#"{"name":"prelude","imports":[],"defs":[]}"#,
    )
    .unwrap();
    // Entry is a separate module named "main" that imports the user's
    // prelude — actually, since prelude is implicit, just point the
    // entry at prelude itself: surface checks the entry-module name
    // against the file stem first, so a single-file workspace where
    // the entry IS named "prelude" trips the reservation.
    let err = load_workspace(&prelude_path).expect_err("must reject");
    match err {
        WorkspaceLoadError::ReservedModuleName { name } => {
            assert_eq!(name, "prelude");
        }
        other => panic!("expected ReservedModuleName, got: {other:?}"),
    }
}
```

If a similar test already exists in `crates/ailang-surface/tests/`,
extend it instead of duplicating. The recon did not enumerate the
existing surface test files; check with `ls crates/ailang-surface/tests/`
before creating.

- [ ] **Step 2: Run the new tests against today's implementation
  (still going through the shim)**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface --test prelude_injection_pin`
Expected: BOTH tests PASS — the shim is still wired today and behaves
correctly. This is the baseline before the rewrite.

- [ ] **Step 3: Rewrite `surface::load_workspace`**

Edit `crates/ailang-surface/src/loader.rs`. The current body at lines
69-71:

```rust
pub fn load_workspace(entry: &Path) -> Result<Workspace, WorkspaceLoadError> {
    load_workspace_with(entry, load_module)
}
```

becomes:

```rust
pub fn load_workspace(entry: &Path) -> Result<Workspace, WorkspaceLoadError> {
    let (entry_name, root_dir, mut modules) =
        ailang_core::workspace::load_modules_with(entry, load_module)?;
    if modules.contains_key("prelude") {
        return Err(WorkspaceLoadError::ReservedModuleName {
            name: "prelude".to_string(),
        });
    }
    modules.insert("prelude".to_string(), parse_prelude());
    ailang_core::workspace::build_workspace(
        entry_name,
        root_dir,
        modules,
        &["prelude"],
    )
}
```

Update the imports at line 16 from:

```rust
use ailang_core::workspace::{load_workspace_with, Workspace, WorkspaceLoadError};
```

to:

```rust
use ailang_core::workspace::{Workspace, WorkspaceLoadError};
```

(The `load_modules_with` and `build_workspace` calls use the fully-
qualified path `ailang_core::workspace::*` for clarity at the call
site — the body is the only consumer in this file.)

Update the module rustdoc at lines 9-13:

```rust
//! These functions live in `ailang-surface` rather than
//! `ailang-core` because `ailang-core` cannot import `ailang-surface`
//! without creating a circular crate dependency. The cross-crate
//! injection point is [`ailang_core::workspace::load_modules_with`]
//! (DFS-only loader) composed with [`ailang_core::workspace::build_workspace`]
//! (validation + registry). Surface owns the prelude inject step
//! between the two; the implicit-imports list `&["prelude"]` is
//! supplied at the surface call site. Introduced in iter pd.2 (post-
//! ext-cli.1's `load_workspace_with` shim retirement).
```

- [ ] **Step 4: Run the regression-pin tests**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface --test prelude_injection_pin`
Expected: BOTH tests still PASS after the rewrite (semantics
preserved).

- [ ] **Step 5: Run the full surface crate test suite**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-surface`
Expected: all tests green. The rewrite is semantically invariant — the
shim and the new composition produce identical results.

---

### Task 4: Re-migrate the 11 in-mod core tests + delete 1

**Files:**
- Modify: `crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs`'s `#[cfg(test)] mod tests`
  block — re-migrate 10 tests to `surface::load_workspace`, re-migrate 1
  test to `load_modules_with` directly, delete 1 test.

The shim disappears in Task 5; the in-mod test callers must already
have moved off it before the deletion.

- [ ] **Step 1: Re-migrate the 9 fixture-style tests to `surface::load_workspace`**

For each of the following 9 tests (lines per recon), replace
`load_workspace_with(&entry, load_one)` with `ailang_surface::load_workspace(&entry)`:

| Line | Test fn |
|------|---------|
| 1693 | `detects_import_cycle` |
| 1709 | `module_not_found_yields_structured_error` |
| 1791 | `class_param_in_applied_position_fires_canonical_form_rejection` |
| 1814 | `superclass_with_wrong_param_fires_invalid_superclass_param` |
| 1854 | `constraint_with_unbound_var_fires_unbound_constraint_type_var` |
| 2491 | `ct1_fixture_bare_xmod_rejected` |
| 2507 | `ct1_fixture_bad_qualifier` |
| 2530 | `ct1_fixture_qualified_class_orphan_post_mq1` |

Plus the reservation test at line 1675 (`user_module_named_prelude_is_rejected`)
— its assertion is unchanged because the variant tag preserves; only
the call site changes.

Add at the top of the `mod tests` block (or near other `use` lines):

```rust
#[cfg(test)]
use ailang_surface::load_workspace as surface_load_workspace;
```

(Aliasing because `load_workspace` no longer exists in `core::workspace`
and an unaliased import would shadow nothing useful but reduces clarity
about which crate is being called.)

For each migration, the literal change pattern is:

Old:
```rust
let result = load_workspace_with(&entry, load_one);
```

New:
```rust
let result = surface_load_workspace(&entry);
```

The result type and assertion logic are unchanged.

- [ ] **Step 2: Run tests after migration**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-core`
Expected: all tests green. The 9 + 1 migrated tests still PASS because
`surface::load_workspace`'s behaviour is identical to the shim's by
Task 3 Step 4.

- [ ] **Step 3: Re-migrate `load_workspace_with_custom_loader_is_called`
  to `load_modules_with` directly**

Test at line 2559. Its purpose: verify the loader-injection contract
(custom `Fn(&Path) -> Result<Module, _>` is invoked). The contract
post-pd.2 belongs to `load_modules_with`'s loader parameter (not the
disappearing `load_workspace_with`). Migrate by:

Old shape (approximate — verify actual at the line):
```rust
let called = std::cell::Cell::new(false);
let custom = |p: &Path| {
    called.set(true);
    load_one(p)
};
let _ = load_workspace_with(&entry, custom);
assert!(called.get());
```

New shape:
```rust
let called = std::cell::Cell::new(false);
let custom = |p: &Path| {
    called.set(true);
    crate::load_module(p).map_err(|e| match e {
        crate::Error::Io(io) => WorkspaceLoadError::Io {
            path: p.to_path_buf(),
            source: io,
        },
        other => WorkspaceLoadError::Schema {
            path: p.to_path_buf(),
            source: other,
        },
    })
};
let _ = load_modules_with(&entry, &custom);
assert!(called.get());
```

The inline closure replaces `load_one`; the closure body wraps
`crate::load_module` (the JSON-only single-module loader, still public
in core) and adapts its error type.

Test renames from `load_workspace_with_custom_loader_is_called` to
`load_modules_with_custom_loader_is_called` and the assertion changes
target accordingly. Same semantic intent (loader-injection contract is
honoured).

- [ ] **Step 4: Delete `load_workspace_with_shim_preserves_today_semantics`**

Test at line 2926. Its subject (the pd.1 shim) is being deleted in
Task 5. The test has no remaining purpose; delete it outright.

If the test is bracketed by `// ---` separators or similar comment
markers, delete the markers too.

- [ ] **Step 5: Run tests after both migrations + deletion**

Run: `cargo test -p ailang-core`
Expected: all tests green. 11 in-mod test callers either moved or
removed; the rest of the test suite is unaffected.

---

### Task 5: Delete `PRELUDE_JSON`, `load_prelude`, `load_workspace_with`, `load_one`, `load_module` test-only import

**Files:**
- Modify: `crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs` — five deletions
  (constant, fn, fn, fn, import).

After Tasks 1-4, the only consumers of these symbols are gone. This
task is the destructive cleanup.

- [ ] **Step 1: Verify no remaining callers**

Run each of these greps; each must return nothing:

```bash
# PRELUDE_JSON in production:
git grep -n 'PRELUDE_JSON' crates/ailang-core/src/

# load_prelude callers (production):
git grep -n 'load_prelude' crates/ailang-core/src/

# load_workspace_with callers (production OR test):
git grep -n 'load_workspace_with' --

# load_one callers:
git grep -n 'load_one' crates/ailang-core/

# crate::load_module test-only import (the one gated by cfg(test) in
# pd.1.5):
git grep -n '#\[cfg(test)\]' crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs | head -20
```

If any production hit appears for the first three (excluding the
definition site itself in `crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs`),
**STOP** — Task 4 Step 1-2 missed a callsite, find it, migrate, re-run
the grep.

- [ ] **Step 2: Delete `PRELUDE_JSON` constant**

Delete the const declaration block in `crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs`
(post-pd.1 location ~lines 425-430 — verify with grep). Includes the
doc-comment paragraph immediately above.

- [ ] **Step 3: Delete `load_prelude` fn**

Delete the fn block (post-pd.1 location ~lines 432-439 — verify with
grep). Includes the doc-comment paragraph immediately above.

- [ ] **Step 4: Delete `load_workspace_with` shim fn**

Delete the entire fn block (post-pd.1 location ~lines 525-561 — verify
with grep). Includes the doc-comment block at lines 525-540 (the pd.1
shim documentation).

- [ ] **Step 5: Delete the now-orphaned `load_one` fn**

Find `#[cfg(test)] fn load_one` in `workspace.rs` (~line 1598-1611
per recon). Delete the entire fn including its `#[cfg(test)]`
attribute and any preceding doc-comment.

- [ ] **Step 6: Delete the now-orphaned `crate::load_module` test-import**

Find the `#[cfg(test)] use crate::load_module;` line at the top of
`workspace.rs` (added in pd.1.5). Delete it — it has no remaining
test consumer because the migrations in Task 4 Step 3 use
`crate::load_module` via fully-qualified path inside the test body, not
via top-level import.

If a test added in Task 4 Step 3 still uses an unqualified `load_module`,
either re-add the import (gated `#[cfg(test)]`) or change the test to
fully-qualified `crate::load_module`. Prefer the latter for
locality.

- [ ] **Step 7: Run the full workspace test suite**

Run: `cargo test --workspace`
Expected: all tests green. If a compile error surfaces a missed
callsite, find it via the error's file:line, re-migrate.

- [ ] **Step 8: Verify zero literal-`"prelude"` strings in `core/src/`**

Run: `git grep '"prelude"' crates/ailang-core/src/`
Expected: NO matches. (The variant declaration at line 321-326 uses
no literal because the `name` field is `String` — it carries no
hardcoded string.)

If any match appears, identify what it is and decide:
- Test fixture string (in `mod tests`) — fine to keep, it's not
  production code; verify it's inside `#[cfg(test)]`.
- Production-code reference — STOP and find why; this violates the
  milestone's primary acceptance criterion.

- [ ] **Step 9: Update core's module rustdoc**

Edit `crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs:1-32`. The pd.1 framing
("the pd.1 single core entry point is `load_workspace_with`") is now
stale. Replace with:

```rust
//! Workspace loading and per-workspace validation.
//!
//! Two phases, exposed as separate public fns so callers can compose
//! them around an injection point (e.g. surface's prelude inject):
//!
//! - [`load_modules_with`] — DFS over `imports`, returns a modules
//!   map with no validation and no implicit modules. The caller
//!   supplies a per-module loader.
//! - [`build_workspace`] — runs the three-stage validation pipeline
//!   (`validate_canonical_type_names`, `validate_classdefs`,
//!   `build_registry`) plus `Workspace` assembly. Takes
//!   `implicit_imports: &[&str]` so the diagnostic helpers can name
//!   modules that exist but are not in any user import list.
//!
//! The public composition lives in `ailang-surface`'s `load_workspace`
//! (which adds a prelude inject step between the two phases). Direct
//! consumers of these core fns are `ailang-surface` and a handful of
//! tests; CLI dispatch goes through surface.
//!
//! This module is responsible only for **finding**, **assembling**,
//! and **schema-validating** the module graph. Cross-module
//! typechecking lives in `ailang-check`. Cross-module monomorphisation
//! and codegen live in `ailang-codegen`.
//!
//! [`module_hash`] is the module-granularity counterpart to
//! [`crate::def_hash`]; used internally to detect a re-loaded module
//! with different content, and by the CLI for stable per-module
//! identifiers.
```

- [ ] **Step 10: Update `lib.rs` rustdoc references**

Edit `crates/ailang-core/src/lib.rs`. Three sites (per recon):

- Lines 16-21 (module rustdoc preamble) — same shift in framing as
  workspace.rs above. Reword to name the two-phase composition and
  point at `ailang_surface::load_workspace` for the public entry.
- Lines 50-51 (further module rustdoc) — replace
  `workspace::load_workspace_with` reference with the appropriate
  successor (`load_modules_with` for "transitive loader" semantics or
  `build_workspace` for "workspace assembly" — read the surrounding
  paragraph to pick).
- Line 120 (doc-comment on `pub fn load_module`) — the
  `for the transitive closure use workspace::load_workspace_with`
  hint becomes
  `for the transitive closure use [`ailang_surface::load_workspace`]
  (which composes `workspace::load_modules_with` + a prelude inject +
  `workspace::build_workspace`)`.

These are mechanical reword edits; no semantic change.

- [ ] **Step 11: Re-run cargo test --workspace + cargo doc**

Run: `cargo test --workspace && cargo doc --no-deps -p ailang-core -p ailang-surface 2>&1 | grep -E '(warning|error)' | head -20`
Expected: tests green; doc warnings either nil or unchanged from the
pre-pd.2 baseline (16 pre-existing warnings per the roadmap; pd.2
should not add new ones).

---

### Task 6: Bench regressions + final acceptance

**Files:** none directly.

- [ ] **Step 1: Run regression baselines**

Run: `python bench/check.py && python bench/compile_check.py && python bench/cross_lang.py`
Expected: all three exit 0. pd.2 changes are inside the
workspace-loader pipeline only; no codegen, no runtime, no
typecheck-result deltas.

If any baseline regresses, investigate before declaring DONE — the
shape of the change should not move bench numbers.

- [ ] **Step 2: Confirm pd.2 acceptance**

Per the parent spec (§Acceptance criteria), pd.2's portion is:
- Item 3 (`git grep '"prelude"' crates/ailang-core/src/` returns no
  matches) — verified at Task 5 Step 8.
- Item 4 (`cargo test --workspace` green, including the new pins) —
  verified at Task 5 Step 7 + Task 6 Step 1.
- Item 5 (bench baselines green) — verified at Task 6 Step 1.

Items 1, 2, 6, 7 belong to pd.3 (delete `prelude.ail.json`, the
`include_str!` audit, the carve_out_inventory + form-a §C4 (b)
spec edits, and the CLAUDE.md / DESIGN.md spot-check).

---

## Out of scope for pd.2

The following spec items are deferred to pd.3 and MUST NOT be touched
in pd.2:

- Deleting `examples/prelude.ail.json`. The cross-form-identity
  preflight test in Task 2 explicitly depends on the JSON file being
  present.
- Deleting the `prelude_ail_and_json_parse_to_identical_module` test
  fn from `prelude_module_hash_pin.rs` (pd.3 work, after the JSON file
  is gone).
- Deleting the defensive `include_str!` of `prelude.ail.json` in
  `crates/ail/src/main.rs:472-484` (pd.3 work).
- Updating `crates/ailang-core/tests/carve_out_inventory.rs` to reflect
  §C4 (b) becoming empty (pd.3 work).
- Updating `docs/specs/2026-05-13-form-a-default-authoring.md` §C4 (b)
  (pd.3 work).
- Creating `prelude_decouple_carve_out_pin.rs` (pd.3 work — asserts
  the JSON file does not exist; pd.2-time the file IS still present).

A pd.2 implementer about to edit any of the above MUST stop and
re-read the parent spec's iteration sketch.
