audit + close: intrinsic-bodies — honest prelude docs + lockstep table + stale-model fix (refs #9)

Milestone close for intrinsic-bodies (.1 mechanism 52ff873 + .2
migration/lock caa3618). Architect drift review over c42034b^..caa3618
plus the regression scripts. Both gates assessed; four drift items
resolved (3 fixed inline here, 1 filed to backlog).

Regression: both scripts exit 0.
  bench/check.py        → 34 metrics, 0 regressed, 2 improved beyond
                          tolerance (bench_hof_pipeline.bump_s -10.76%,
                          bench_list_sum_explicit.bump_s -12.27%), 32 stable.
  bench/compile_check.py → 24 metrics, 0 regressed, 24 stable.
  The milestone is behaviour-preserving; the two throughput improvements
  are noise within the bench's run-to-run band, not a milestone effect.

Drift items (architect):

1. [FIXED] examples/prelude.ail — the 13 migrated defs' doc strings
   still said "Body is placeholder for round-trip stability" and named
   `try_emit_primitive_instance_body` (the pre-raw-buf.1 dispatch fn).
   Post-migration the body IS an honest (intrinsic) marker, not a
   placeholder, and dispatch is `intercepts::lookup`. The docs lied
   about the very artefact the milestone exists to de-lie — an active
   honesty-rule infraction on main. Rewritten to present-tense
   "compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits <IR> via the
   intercept registry" across all 13 (7 Eq/Ord instance methods +
   6 float_* fns).

2. [FIXED] design/models/0007-kernel-extensions.md — claimed the
   `try_emit_primitive_instance_body` hardcoded list is "not yet
   migrated into a plugin registry ... deferred to the Series
   milestone". Stale since raw-buf.1 (the registry shipped) and
   intrinsic-bodies (the (intrinsic) marker + bijection pin). Rewritten
   to the present state: the registry exists, (intrinsic) declares
   membership, the bijection pin locks marker<->entry, and the
   optimisation-only class is named.

3. [FIXED] CLAUDE.md "Lockstep-invariant pairs" — added the third pair:
   INTERCEPTS entries <-> (intrinsic) markers, guarded by
   intercepts_bijection_with_intrinsic_markers, with the
   optimisation-only allowlist carve-out. Same class as the two existing
   tabled pairs; ships silently broken if one side moves without the
   other.

4. [BACKLOG #41, label idea] INTERCEPTS conflates two concepts —
   intrinsic-backed (compiler-supplied body) vs optimisation-of-a-
   real-body (the 5 *__Int icmp family). The .2 bijection pin contains
   it with a hardcoded OPTIMISATION_ONLY allowlist + a stale-allowlist
   guard; a structural split (an Intercept kind field) is the
   forward direction but is its own focused change, out of scope here.

What holds (architect confirmed): data-model contract matches the
shipped Term::Intrinsic (design_schema_drift gates it); no INDEX row
needed (data-model addition, not a new contract); both existing
lockstep pairs untouched (answer lowers via the ordinary qualified-fn
path, no new lower_app arm; no Pattern::Lit reject); 0007-honesty-rule
correctly needed no edit (general rule, never named the dummies).

RATIFY — baseline move: the prelude module hash pin
(crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_module_hash_pin.rs) moves
2ea61ef21ebc1913 -> b1373a2c69e70a3f. Cause: this tidy's 13 doc-string
rewrites (item 1). doc is part of the canonical JSON, so the module
hash shifts; behaviour is unchanged. The 6 mono eq/compare def-hashes
do NOT move (synthesise_mono_fn sets doc: None, so instance-method docs
never reach the synthesised symbol). Full workspace test green
post-rebaseline.

Milestone intrinsic-bodies is closed. It unblocks the raw-buf.2 redo
(the polymorphic kernel-tier fns RawBuf needs now have an honest body
form). raw-buf (#7) remains parked; resuming it is a fresh decision.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ the cross-references column of a file-map.
 |---|---|
 | `Pattern::Lit::*` typecheck rejects in `crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs` ↔ pre-desugar walkers in `crates/ailang-check/src/pre_desugar_validation.rs` | A reject arm placed AFTER `desugar_module` in the call chain is unreachable through the public `check` API if the desugar pass rewrites that pattern shape first (e.g. `desugar::build_eq` rewrites `Pattern::Lit::Float` into `(== scrut lit)` before typecheck runs). New rejects on a `Pattern::Lit::*` shape MUST live in `pre_desugar_validation.rs`, or be paired with a written guarantee that no desugar pass eats the shape. |
 | `lower_app` arms in `crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs::lower_app` (line ~1749) ↔ name recognition in `crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs::is_static_callee` (line ~2189) | A name lowered by a direct `lower_app` arm but unrecognised by `is_static_callee` falls through to the indirect-call path with `UnknownVar` (`UnknownVar` panic in worst case). Every new builtin lowering arm in `lower_app` must have a matching `is_static_callee` entry. |
+| `INTERCEPTS` entries in `crates/ailang-codegen/src/intercepts.rs` ↔ `(intrinsic)` markers (`Term::Intrinsic` bodies) in the kernel-tier sources (`examples/prelude.ail`, `crates/ailang-kernel-stub/src/lib.rs::STUB_AIL`) | A registry entry without a marker is a compiler-supplied body no source declares; a marker without an entry is an `(intrinsic)` fn codegen cannot emit. The bijection (modulo the optimisation-only allowlist — registry entries that intercept the monomorphised `__Int` specialisation of a real-bodied polyfn) is enforced by `intercepts::tests::intercepts_bijection_with_intrinsic_markers`. Every new intrinsic-backed intercept needs both an `INTERCEPTS` entry and an `(intrinsic)` marker; every new optimisation-only intercept needs an `OPTIMISATION_ONLY` allowlist entry. |
 
 Walk procedure: for each milestone-scope commit-range arm
 landed in these files (use `git diff <prev-close>..HEAD --` on

crates/ailang-surface/tests/prelude_module_hash_pin.rs

@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ fn prelude_parse_yields_canonical_hash() {
     // (body (term-ctor Ordering EQ))) to Term::Intrinsic. The
     // canonical-JSON byte stream changes; behaviour is unchanged
     // (codegen intercepts by name before the body is inspected).
+    // 2026-05-29 intrinsic-bodies audit-tidy re-pinned (prior:
+    // 2ea61ef21ebc1913): the same 13 defs' doc strings were
+    // rewritten from the stale "placeholder / try_emit_primitive_instance_body"
+    // wording to honest "compiler-supplied (intrinsic)" wording.
+    // doc is part of the canonical JSON, so the module hash moves;
+    // the synthesised mono def-hashes do NOT (synthesise_mono_fn
+    // sets doc: None).
     assert_eq!(
-        h, "2ea61ef21ebc1913",
+        h, "b1373a2c69e70a3f",
         "prelude module hash drifted; if intentional, capture the new \
          hex below + record the why in the commit body."
     );

design/models/0007-kernel-extensions.md

@@ -568,18 +568,21 @@ Concrete state after the mechanisms milestone closed (2026-05-28):
   regression pin); the code path no longer hardcodes any module
   name as special.
 
-- Codegen intercepts: the pre-existing `try_emit_primitive_instance_body`
+- Codegen intercepts: the compiler-supplied implementations of the
-  hardcoded list is **not yet** migrated into a plugin registry —
+  prelude's primitive Eq/Ord/Float operations live in a registry,
-  that migration is deferred to the Series milestone, when there
+  `crates/ailang-codegen/src/intercepts.rs::INTERCEPTS`. A
-  is the first real external consumer and the mechanism can
+  kernel-tier or prelude definition whose body is the `(intrinsic)`
-  graduate from "hardcoded for one case" to "registry for many
+  marker (`Term::Intrinsic`) declares membership in that registry;
-  cases". Single-consumer registries are premature mechanism.
+  codegen routes it through `intercepts::lookup` on its mangled
-
+  name. The pairing is locked by
-The reason migration cost is not a decision driver: there is
+  `intercepts_bijection_with_intrinsic_markers`: every intrinsic
-nothing to break externally, and rewrites inside the workspace
+  marker reachable in the loaded workspace resolves to a registry
-are cheap. Choosing the right design now is the priority; cost
+  entry, and every registry entry not on the optimisation-only
-of refactoring tests and fixtures is the project's own problem
+  allowlist has a marker. The registry also carries an
-and is amortised over zero external consumers.
+  optimisation-only class — entries that intercept the
+  monomorphised `__Int` specialisation of a real-bodied polymorphic
+  free fn (`lt/le/gt/ge/ne`) for a faster direct `icmp`; those have
+  a real source body and no marker.
 
 ## Coexistence with existing mechanisms
 

examples/prelude.ail

@@ -13,25 +13,25 @@
   (instance
     (class Eq)
     (type (con Int))
-    (doc "Eq Int. Body is placeholder for round-trip stability; codegen intercept try_emit_primitive_instance_body::eq__Int emits `icmp eq i64` with the alwaysinline attribute.")
+    (doc "Eq Int. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `icmp eq i64` with the alwaysinline attribute via the intercept registry.")
     (method eq
       (body (lam (params (typed x a) (typed y a)) (ret (con Bool)) (intrinsic)))))
   (instance
     (class Eq)
     (type (con Bool))
-    (doc "Eq Bool. Body is placeholder for round-trip stability; codegen intercept try_emit_primitive_instance_body::eq__Bool emits `icmp eq i1` with the alwaysinline attribute.")
+    (doc "Eq Bool. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `icmp eq i1` with the alwaysinline attribute via the intercept registry.")
     (method eq
       (body (lam (params (typed x a) (typed y a)) (ret (con Bool)) (intrinsic)))))
   (instance
     (class Eq)
     (type (con Str))
-    (doc "Eq Str. Body is placeholder for round-trip stability; codegen intercept try_emit_primitive_instance_body::eq__Str overrides it with a call to `@ail_str_eq` and attaches the alwaysinline attribute.")
+    (doc "Eq Str. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits a call to `@ail_str_eq` with the alwaysinline attribute via the intercept registry.")
     (method eq
       (body (lam (params (typed x a) (typed y a)) (ret (con Bool)) (intrinsic)))))
   (instance
     (class Eq)
     (type (con Unit))
-    (doc "Eq Unit. Unit is single-inhabitant so all values compare equal. Body is placeholder; codegen intercept try_emit_primitive_instance_body::eq__Unit emits `ret i1 1`.")
+    (doc "Eq Unit. Unit is single-inhabitant so all values compare equal. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `ret i1 1` via the intercept registry.")
     (method eq
       (body (lam (params (typed x a) (typed y a)) (ret (con Bool)) (intrinsic)))))
   (class Ord
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@
   (instance
     (class Ord)
     (type (con Int))
-    (doc "Ord Int. The lambda body shape is a placeholder for round-trip stability; the codegen intercept `try_emit_primitive_instance_body::\"compare__Int\"` emits a three-way `icmp slt` / `icmp eq` branch ladder constructing LT / EQ / GT.")
+    (doc "Ord Int. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits a three-way `icmp slt` / `icmp eq` branch ladder constructing LT / EQ / GT via the intercept registry.")
     (method compare
       (body (lam (params (typed x a) (typed y a)) (ret (con Ordering)) (intrinsic)))))
   (instance
     (class Ord)
     (type (con Bool))
-    (doc "Ord Bool. Body lowered via `try_emit_primitive_instance_body::\"compare__Bool\"` — `icmp ult i1` LT-test, `icmp eq i1` EQ-test, GT default.")
+    (doc "Ord Bool. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `icmp ult i1` LT-test, `icmp eq i1` EQ-test, GT default, via the intercept registry.")
     (method compare
       (body (lam (params (typed x a) (typed y a)) (ret (con Ordering)) (intrinsic)))))
   (instance
     (class Ord)
     (type (con Str))
-    (doc "Ord Str. Body lowered via `try_emit_primitive_instance_body::\"compare__Str\"` — `call i32 @ail_str_compare(ptr, ptr)` then branch on slt-0 / eq-0 against the normalised {-1, 0, +1} return.")
+    (doc "Ord Str. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `call i32 @ail_str_compare(ptr, ptr)` then branches on slt-0 / eq-0 against the normalised {-1, 0, +1} return, via the intercept registry.")
     (method compare
       (body (lam (params (typed x a) (typed y a)) (ret (con Ordering)) (intrinsic)))))
   (class Show
@@ -122,32 +122,32 @@
     (params x)
     (body (let s (app show x) (do io/print_str s))))
   (fn float_eq
-    (doc "IEEE Float equality. `float_eq x y` returns true iff both operands are non-NaN and bit-equal. Lowered to `fcmp oeq double` via try_emit_primitive_instance_body::float_eq with alwaysinline. Replaces the milestone-deleted polymorphic `==` on Float.")
+    (doc "IEEE Float equality. `float_eq x y` returns true iff both operands are non-NaN and bit-equal. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `fcmp oeq double` with alwaysinline via the intercept registry. Replaces the milestone-deleted polymorphic `==` on Float.")
     (type (fn-type (params (con Float) (con Float)) (ret (con Bool))))
     (params x y)
     (intrinsic))
   (fn float_ne
-    (doc "IEEE Float disequality. `float_ne nan nan` returns true (unordered-or-not-equal per IEEE-754). Lowered to `fcmp une double`.")
+    (doc "IEEE Float disequality. `float_ne nan nan` returns true (unordered-or-not-equal per IEEE-754). Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `fcmp une double`.")
     (type (fn-type (params (con Float) (con Float)) (ret (con Bool))))
     (params x y)
     (intrinsic))
   (fn float_lt
-    (doc "IEEE Float strict less-than. `float_lt nan x` returns false for any x (unordered). Lowered to `fcmp olt double`.")
+    (doc "IEEE Float strict less-than. `float_lt nan x` returns false for any x (unordered). Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `fcmp olt double`.")
     (type (fn-type (params (con Float) (con Float)) (ret (con Bool))))
     (params x y)
     (intrinsic))
   (fn float_le
-    (doc "IEEE Float less-than-or-equal. Lowered to `fcmp ole double`.")
+    (doc "IEEE Float less-than-or-equal. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `fcmp ole double`.")
     (type (fn-type (params (con Float) (con Float)) (ret (con Bool))))
     (params x y)
     (intrinsic))
   (fn float_gt
-    (doc "IEEE Float strict greater-than. Lowered to `fcmp ogt double`.")
+    (doc "IEEE Float strict greater-than. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `fcmp ogt double`.")
     (type (fn-type (params (con Float) (con Float)) (ret (con Bool))))
     (params x y)
     (intrinsic))
   (fn float_ge
-    (doc "IEEE Float greater-than-or-equal. Lowered to `fcmp oge double`.")
+    (doc "IEEE Float greater-than-or-equal. Compiler-supplied (intrinsic) body; codegen emits `fcmp oge double`.")
     (type (fn-type (params (con Float) (con Float)) (ret (con Bool))))
     (params x y)
     (intrinsic)))