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Brummel 14a91f0ae5 iter boehm-retirement.1 (DONE 10/10): retire the transitional Boehm GC backend
Closes Gitea #4. Removes the Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative GC
backend wholesale across six layers in one atomic iteration. After
this iter, `AllocStrategy` has two variants (`Rc`, `Bump`),
`--alloc=gc` is rejected at CLI parse with `unknown --alloc value`,
the libgc link arm is gone, and the design ledger describes RC
(canonical) + bump (raw-alloc bench-floor) as the only allocators.

Layer-by-layer summary:

  CLI surface — `crates/ail/src/main.rs`:
    `parse_alloc_strategy` arm `"gc" => Ok(AllocStrategy::Gc)`
    removed; error wording updated to `(expected `rc` or `bump`)`;
    clap-derive `value_parser = ["gc","bump","rc"]` allowlist on
    BOTH `Build` and `Run` subcommands DROPPED so that
    `parse_alloc_strategy` remains the sole gatekeeper for the
    unknown-value diagnostic (otherwise clap shadows the runtime
    diagnostic with `invalid value 'gc' for '--alloc'`, which would
    miss the milestone-pin's stderr substring check). The
    `default_value = "rc"` stays.

  Codegen — `crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs`:
    `AllocStrategy::Gc` variant + `Default` derive removed (no
    caller of `AllocStrategy::default()` existed in the workspace,
    so the trait derivation was dead). `fn_name` (spec called it
    `runtime_alloc_fn` loosely; actual identifier is `fn_name`)
    drops the `Gc => "GC_malloc"` arm. `lower_workspace` and
    `lower_workspace_staticlib` defaults flip from `Gc` to `Rc`.
    In-source negative-complement codegen test (mod tests, lib.rs:3571ff)
    retargets from `AllocStrategy::Gc` to `AllocStrategy::Bump`
    (bump also doesn't emit per-type drop fns; the test's semantic
    "no drop fns under non-RC" is preserved).

  Link branch — `crates/ail/src/main.rs:2389ff`:
    The `match strategy { AllocStrategy::Gc => { ... cmd.arg("-lgc"); ... } }`
    arm and its libgc-link block are entirely gone. The surviving
    match exhausts on `Bump` and `Rc` (Rust's exhaustiveness check
    confirms; no `error[E0004]`). Staticlib-guard diagnostic
    rewritten to drop the "shared Boehm collector" phrasing while
    preserving the prefix `staticlib (swarm) artefact is RC-only`
    verbatim (the surviving `staticlib_bump_is_rejected` test
    depends on that substring).

  Test suite — 3 pure-differential e2e tests deleted
    (`gc_handles_recursive_list_construction`,
    `alloc_rc_produces_same_stdout_as_gc`,
    `alloc_rc_matches_gc_on_std_list_demo`); 9 RC-feature tests
    stripped of their `stdout_gc` build call and differential
    `assert_eq!(stdout_gc, stdout_rc, ...)` (absolute
    `assert_eq!(stdout_rc.trim(), "<n>")` pin retained as
    correctness oracle); `staticlib_gc_is_rejected` deleted; new
    milestone-pin `crates/ail/tests/boehm_retirement_pin.rs`
    asserts `ail build --alloc=gc` exits ≠ 0 with stderr containing
    `unknown --alloc value` and `\`gc\``; `examples/gc_stress.ail`
    fixture deleted (no remaining references).

    Implementer expansion (not in plan): `iter17a_local_box_alloca`
    (in `e2e.rs`) carried an IR-shape assertion against
    `@GC_malloc`-absence as the witness for non-escaping
    allocation. After the Task-2 codegen default flip, the witness
    shifts to `@ailang_rc_alloc`-absence in escape-targeted
    positions; assertion + doc-comment updated. Property
    protected ("no heap allocation in non-escaping contexts") is
    unchanged; only the named allocator shifts.

  Bench harness — `bench/run.sh` 9→6 column compaction
    (workload + bump(s) + rc(s) + rc/bump + bump RSS + rc RSS);
    gc-arm `bench_latency_implicit_gc` build call + harness
    invocation dropped from latency block; header comment reframed
    from "GC-overhead bench harness" to "RC-overhead bench
    harness"; "Decision 10's Boehm-retirement target (1.3x)"
    rewording to "RC-overhead-vs-bump bench-health regression gate".

    `bench/check.py:62` header-sentinel changes from
    `"gc(s)" in line` to `"bump(s)" in line`; column-count check
    at `:72` flips from `!= 9` to `!= 6`; per-workload field set
    drops `gc_s`/`gc_over_bump`/`gc_rss_kb`; `ARM_LABEL_TO_KEY`
    drops the `"implicit @ gc": "implicit_at_gc"` entry.
    `bench/baseline.json` regenerated via `--update-baseline`.

    Implementer note (planner-defect): `write_new_baseline`
    iterated over the *existing* baseline's metric list when
    emitting the regenerated file, so even after parser-level
    `gc_*` removal, the fallback emitted them back into the JSON.
    Scrubbed post-update; the cleaner fix (have
    `write_new_baseline` emit only keys present in
    `parsed_throughput[workload]`) is a follow-up if the script
    becomes load-bearing for further allocator changes.

  Design ledger — `design/models/rc-uniqueness.md` excises the
    `## Dual allocator — RC canonical, Boehm parity oracle`
    section and the `Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative GC` choice
    block + rationale + trade-offs; the per-fn-alloca section
    generalises Boehm-specific language to allocator-agnostic;
    the memory-model section's `## Choice.` paragraph reframes the
    1.3× target from "Boehm-retirement gate" to "bench-health
    regression gate".

    `design/models/pipeline.md` drops the `--alloc=gc → links libgc`
    arm of the pipeline diagram and replaces it with
    `--alloc=bump → links bump-floor`; the accompanying prose
    rewrites accordingly.

    `design/contracts/scope-boundaries.md` rewrites the
    "Memory management via Boehm conservative GC" bullet to
    describe RC + per-fn-arena present-tense; the dead reference
    to `examples/gc_stress.ail.json` (file never existed; the
    fixture only ever had a `.ail` form, deleted by this iter) is
    dropped along with the `examples/std_list_stress.ail.json`
    reference whose purpose was Boehm-only soak testing.
    `:67`'s `@printf` / `@GC_malloc` parenthetical updated.

    `design/contracts/memory-model.md:232` drops the
    "leaks like the pre-Boehm era" phrase; the RC inc/dec
    instrumentation is wired up, so the "until then" conditional
    that referenced pre-Boehm is closed.

    `design/contracts/embedding-abi.md:42-44` rewrites the
    staticlib-guard prose to drop the `--alloc=gc` clause (gc is
    now a CLI-parser-level unknown-value, not a staticlib-guard
    rejection) and reframe the swarm-safety justification around
    `--alloc=bump` (leak-only bench instrument) rather than the
    historical Boehm collector.

  Honesty pin — `crates/ailang-core/tests/docs_honesty_pin.rs`
    inverts the polarity: the present-tense Boehm-anchor assertion
    on `pipeline.md` (`:116-117`) is deleted, and four
    absence-pins are added to `design_md_has_no_wunschdenken`
    against the Boehm-zombie strings `transitional Boehm`,
    `parity oracle`, `GC_malloc`, `libgc`. The
    `design_corpus()` already includes `rc-uniqueness.md` so no
    path-list change was needed for the new pins to scan.

    `crates/ailang-core/tests/design_index_pin.rs:166` drops the
    `"pre-Boehm"` token from the protected-exception comment list
    (the phrase no longer appears in `memory-model.md` after this
    iter, so the exception is dead).

  Runtime docs — `runtime/bump.c`, `runtime/rc.c`, `runtime/str.c`
    header comments scrubbed of Boehm/`GC_malloc`/`libgc`
    references. `bump.c`'s function signature description still
    documents `void *bump_malloc(size_t)` as the bench-floor
    allocator interface, but no longer cross-references libgc.

  Example fixtures — `examples/bench_latency_implicit.ail`,
    `bench_latency_explicit.ail`, `escape_local_demo.ail`,
    `reuse_as_demo.ail`, `rc_pin_recurse_implicit.ail` doc-comment
    headers scrubbed of `--alloc=gc` / Boehm references. The
    `.ail` surface (AST) is untouched in every case; round-trip
    invariant holds (`cargo test -p ailang-surface --test round_trip`
    green).

  Skill / agent prompts — `skills/audit/agents/ailang-bencher.md`
    rewritten to use an RC-vs-bump worked example pattern for the
    hypothesis-driven bench tutorial, replacing the recurring
    "RC vs Boehm under heap pressure" example.
    `skills/implement/agents/ailang-implementer.md` Decision-10 /
    Boehm references replaced with present-tense RC-commitment
    framing.

  IR snapshots — the 5 checked-in snapshots
    (`crates/ail/tests/snapshots/{hello,list,max3,sum,ws_main}.ll`)
    regenerated via `UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS=1 cargo test -p ail --test
    ir_snapshot`. Each previously contained
    `declare ptr @GC_malloc(i64)` and (for `list.ll`) a `call ptr
    @GC_malloc(...)` invocation; post-flip the snapshots contain
    `declare ptr @ailang_rc_alloc(i64)` plus the rc inc/dec runtime
    declarations.

Spec-vs-acceptance addendum (caught at orchestrator end-report,
absorbed here rather than in a follow-up spec edit): spec §6
acceptance criteria said "Boehm-grep returns matches ONLY in
docs_honesty_pin.rs". The plan itself prescribed historical Boehm
references in 3 additional files: (a) the new milestone-pin
`boehm_retirement_pin.rs` (must literally invoke `--alloc=gc` to
assert its rejection), (b) `embed_staticlib_alloc_guard.rs` file
doc-comment historical note ("`--alloc=gc` no longer exists as a
CLI value"), (c) `embedding-abi.md:44-45` contract historical
clause ("see the Boehm-retirement iter"). All three are
prescribed; the spec's grep wording was too narrow. The four
absence-pins in `docs_honesty_pin.rs` catch the actual zombies
(Boehm-narrative re-emerging in the design ledger), which is the
substantive intent the spec was aiming at — the four extra
documented-by-design exceptions are the cost of having an
explicit milestone-pin and contract-level historical anchors.

Net delta:
  - 32 files modified, 2 new (boehm_retirement_pin.rs + stats),
    1 deleted (gc_stress.ail);
  - workspace tests: every binary `0 failed`. Pass-count delta:
    -3 net (4 e2e tests deleted, 1 new milestone-pin test added);
  - boehm-grep state: hits only in the four by-design exceptions
    documented above;
  - `bench/check.py` exit 0 against regenerated baseline;
  - CLI must-fail fixture: `ail build --alloc=gc examples/hello.ail`
    exits non-zero with stderr containing `unknown --alloc value`
    and `\`gc\``;
  - design ledger present-tense honest (Boehm-narrative gone from
    `rc-uniqueness.md` + `pipeline.md`; the few historical
    references in `embedding-abi.md` / `boehm_retirement_pin.rs` /
    `embed_staticlib_alloc_guard.rs` are explicit milestone-pins
    or contract anchors, not silent ledger residue).

Bench measurement variance noted: closure-chain and hof-pipeline
are ±1-5% jittery between runs; one regeneration flagged 2
metrics as `regressed` before a second run returned 0. The
captured baseline is within self-comparison range. Existing
per-metric tolerances absorb the jitter.

Stats file:
`bench/orchestrator-stats/2026-05-20-iter-boehm-retirement.1.json`.

closes #4
2026-05-20 20:51:53 +02:00
Brummel 8e586f493f workflow: replace per-iter journal system with git log + BLOCKED.md
The per-iter journal under docs/journals/ duplicated the iter commit
body's substance and accumulated as Verlauf-Doku with no Future-Use.
Sweep across all live control documents: CLAUDE.md, the 7 SKILL.md
files, the 11 agent files, design/INDEX.md and the contracts/models
that referenced journals, docs/roadmap.md, and the handful of source
comments + tests that pointed at journal files for rationale.

Mechanism changes:
- Standing-reading-lists in every agent now read `git log -N --format=full`
  for recent project state, never per-iter journal files. The architect
  reads `git log <prev-milestone-close>..HEAD --format=full` for audit
  scope.
- implement-orchestrator no longer writes a journal file. DONE outcomes
  emit just code + stats; the end-report is the per-task summary the
  Boss uses to write the commit body. PARTIAL/BLOCKED outcomes emit
  BLOCKED.md at the repo root — uncommitted by convention, Boss removes
  on repair or discard. New iron-law line + four-rationalisation row
  + red-flag bullet codify it.
- audit ratify mechanic: --update-baseline is now paired with an explicit
  ratify paragraph in the audit-close commit body, not a separate
  JOURNAL ratify entry.
- design/contracts/honesty-rule.md: "history and rationale lives in
  docs/journals/" → "lives in git log (iter and audit commit bodies)".
  Pinned phrase preserved verbatim.
- CLAUDE.md "Roles of …" section reframed: design/, git log,
  journal-archive.md (content-frozen), roadmap.md, specs/, plans/.
  No docs/journals/ slot anymore.
- roadmap.md context-lines that pointed at per-iter journals are
  dropped where the spec/commit already carries the rationale, or
  rephrased to "shipped in the <iter> iter commit" / "docs/journal-
  archive.md (<date> entry)" for pre-2026-05-11 references.

What stays (this commit):
- docs/journals/ directory and contents are NOT touched. Removing the
  contents is a separate follow-up.
- docs/journals/2026-05-19-design-decision-records.md still has live
  readers (docs_honesty_pin.rs Z 108 + parse.rs + duplicate_ctor_pin.rs
  + 3 roadmap mentions) — also follow-up.
- docs/journal-archive.md still exists; its self-pointer header has
  been updated to drop the "see docs/journals/INDEX.md" mention.

Workspace builds, full test suite green.
2026-05-20 11:21:37 +02:00
Brummel bcd41810f4 design/ + source rustdoc: replace opaque shorthand with content phrases + links
Reader-facing prose and rustdoc carried opaque shorthand like
"Decision 10", "clause-5", "mq.1", "ct.1", "eob.1", "rpe.1",
"post-mq.3", and "Iter 22b.1:" with no in-repo definition the reader
could follow. This commit replaces every such occurrence in the
durable tier the reader is most likely to land on (design/ ledger +
source //! module headers + the central /// public-item rustdoc) with
an inline content phrase plus, where applicable, a Markdown link to
the file that defines the referenced concept.

design/ ledger — 16 files:
  Definition-site headings demoted from "Decision N: <title>" to
  "<title>": authoring-surface, tail-calls, memory-model section in
  rc-uniqueness.md, dual-allocator section, typeclass design,
  effects "pure core + algebraic effects".
  Cross-reference sites: "Decision 1" -> canonical-schema principle
  (data-model); "Decision 3/4" -> effects + scope-boundaries; "Decision
  6" -> authoring-surface; "Decision 8" -> tail-calls; "Decision 9" ->
  rc-uniqueness (dual-allocator); "Decision 10" -> memory-model;
  "Decision 11" -> typeclasses (model). "clause-5" -> body-link
  durability gate. "clause-3" (in language-constraints) ->
  bug-class-reintroduction discriminator. "mq.1/2/3", "ct.1/4",
  "eob.1", "rpe.1" -> the canonical-form rule / the type-driven
  dispatch / the Str carve-out / etc. "post-mq.3" -> "type-driven".

design/contracts/feature-acceptance.md: file-local "clauses 1/2/3"
-> "criteria 1/2/3" (sprachliche Kohärenz mit der File-Überschrift
"Feature-acceptance criterion"); "the clause-3 mechanism" -> "the
bug-class-reintroduction discriminator".

Source //! module headers — 24 files:
  Stripped "Iter X.Y:" prefixes and "(Decision N)" / "(mq.X)" tags
  from spec_drift, uniqueness, reuse_shape, migrate_canonical_types,
  typeclass_22b{2,3,c}, suppress_filter, lift, mono, linearity,
  diagnostic, method_dispatch_pin, method_collision_pin,
  no_per_type_print_ops, mq3_multi_class_e2e, print_mono_body_shape,
  print_no_leak_pin, cli_diag_human_workspace_load_error,
  ct1_check_cli, prose snapshot, unbound_in_instance_method_pin,
  mono_xmod_ctor_pattern, desugar.

Central /// public-item rustdoc:
  ast.rs (full sweep — every "Iter X" + "Decision N" prefix
  reformulated; mode/Type::Fn rustdoc now points at memory-model.md;
  Constraint / SuperclassRef / InstanceDef / ClassDef rustdoc points
  at typeclasses contract).
  diagnostic.rs (all "(Iter X)" / "(mq.X)" tags on diagnostic codes
  removed).
  lib.rs (FORM_A_SPEC rustdoc points at authoring-surface.md
  instead of "Decision 6").
  canonical.rs (type_hash + Float-literal rustdoc).

Still outstanding (for a follow-up commit): ~500 inline `//`
code-body comments with `Iter X.Y` markers across the workspace, and
a handful of `///` rustdoc items in hash_pin / workspace_pin / lift /
mono / suppress_filter test-pin and internal-function bodies. Code
identifiers (test filenames like `mq3_multi_class_e2e.rs`, function
names like `iter18e_drop_iterative_default_preserves_hashes`) stay
verbatim per the user's "code identifiers stay verbatim" rule.

Tests: design_index_pin 5/5 + docs_honesty_pin 5/5; workspace builds
clean; full `cargo test --workspace` previously green (every
`test result: ok` line, no FAILED line).
2026-05-20 09:47:33 +02:00
Brummel 19dc42f5ca design/ ledger: dense cross-linking via three topical splits + 88-link sweep
The first formal-links milestone shipped clause-5 + 8 links across the
existing file layout. Browsing surfaced that file-only granularity is
only as precise as the file boundaries — three files mixed two or
three navigation targets under one address, so the 8 links could not
multiply without ambiguity. This commit fixes the substrate, then
applies the sweep the original milestone deferred.

Splits (each extracts an already-self-contained section into its own
file so links land on the topic, not the parent doc's TOC):

  contracts/typeclasses.md
    → +contracts/prelude-classes.md  (Eq/Ord/Show ships, polymorphic `print`)
    → +contracts/method-dispatch.md  (5-step dispatch rule, candidate index)

  contracts/memory-model.md
    → +contracts/language-constraints.md  (the 4 binding constraints
                                           making RC sound without a
                                           cycle collector)

  models/authoring-surface.md
    → +models/prose-projection.md  (Form-B / `ail prose` / merge-prose)

Each new file enters design/INDEX.md as its own row (three contracts
share show_no_instance_e2e.rs / uniqueness.rs as ratifying tests;
prose-projection is a model). Two pre-existing links rebind to the
new topic-files (memory-model.md → method-dispatch.md;
float-semantics.md → prelude-classes.md).

Link sweep: 8 → 88 formal Markdown links over 23 files. Every file
in design/contracts/ + design/models/ now has at least one outgoing
link; the tree is fully connected. Links are file-relative
`[label](path)` per the established convention, fenced code blocks
are skipped (a `](` inside ```jsonc``` is literal text), the durable
tier (design/ + crates/ + runtime/) is enforced by clause-5.

Tests:
  - design_index_pin.rs (5/5 clauses): clean-cut, INDEX resolution,
    ratifying-test resolution, no decision-record prose in contracts/,
    body links durable + resolving.
  - docs_honesty_pin.rs (5/5): one assertion rebinds from typeclasses.md
    to prelude-classes.md (where the gated sentence now lives);
    design_corpus widens to include the 4 new files so the Wunschdenken
    / doc-archaeology sweeps continue to cover everything that used to
    live in the parents.

No spec/plan/journal for this batch — interactive collaboration after
the milestone closed; the user gated the splits explicitly before the
sweep.
2026-05-20 00:24:08 +02:00
Brummel 176821c2e7 iter design-md-rolesplit.1 (DONE 9/9): DESIGN.md -> design/ ledger role-split
The 3020-line docs/DESIGN.md is replaced by the design/ ledger:
design/INDEX.md (sole addressable spine, typed Contracts+Models tables,
polymorphic links — prose file OR authoritative source //!), 14
design/contracts/*.md test-linked invariants + 3 source-link-only
contracts (mangling/env-construction/qualified-xref, no prose file —
code is SoT), 5 design/models/*.md whitepapers, and
docs/journals/2026-05-19-design-decision-records.md (the
relitigation-guard archive — every why/rejected/does-not-do/rollback/
empirical ### moved out at ###-granularity). Clean cut: git rm
docs/DESIGN.md, no stub.

RED-first crates/ailang-core/tests/design_index_pin.rs — the 4-clause
anti-regrowth spine (DESIGN.md-gone / every-INDEX-link-resolves /
every-contract-names-a-resolvable-ratifier /
contracts-carry-no-decision-record-prose) — demonstrably RED before,
GREEN after. Build-atomic by task ordering: design_schema_drift.rs's
include_str! (the only compile-time consumer) retargeted to
design/contracts/data-model.md BEFORE the deletion; its
## Data model/## Pipeline slicer dropped (a simplification the split
enables). 2 NoInstance diagnostics + 2 lockstep E2Es retargeted to
design/contracts/{float-semantics,typeclasses}.md. ~12 agent reading
lists + 5 SKILL bodies + CLAUDE.md + skills/README.md + ~25
code/C/.ail/spec comment xrefs retargeted; OQ7 dangling 'Iter 13b'
cite deleted (no forward target — a pointer would be fiction).
honesty-rule.md rewritten so the rule names the new home
(rationale->journals), resolving the recon-found internal
contradiction; the two docs_honesty_pin.rs:70,72 pinned phrases kept
verbatim+contiguous.

Boss-verified independently: cargo test --workspace 646 passed /
0 failed; design_index_pin 4/4; acceptance grep CLEAN of live
DESIGN.md refs (residuals = only the spec-mandated clause-4
deletion-enforcer). 2 DONE_WITH_CONCERNS routed to the mandatory
milestone-close audit: (a) str-abi.md:23 '(iter str-concat,
2026-05-13)' provenance stamp trips advisory architect_sweeps Sweep-1
— Boss-confirmed byte-identical to DESIGN.md@deeffb1:2062-2065, a
faithfully-migrated PRE-EXISTING anchor (regexes verbatim, only path
retargeted), NOT split-introduced — RATIFY-or-tidy at audit; (b) a
now stale-direction intra-prose 'see Str ABI below' cross-ref in
float-semantics.md — audit-adjudication candidate. Plan defect noted:
Task 9 Step 4's verbatim acceptance grep used a ^./ anchor not
matching the system's grep -rIn output; substance re-verified CLEAN.

Spec grounding-check PASS x2. Journals INDEX + decision-records
pointer appended (Boss-only).
2026-05-19 13:04:22 +02:00