First iteration of the form-a-default-authoring milestone. Mechanical: one `ail render examples/prelude.ail.json > examples/prelude.ail` captures the canonical Form-A projection (116 lines / 6386 bytes). No source-code edits, no test edits. The two auto-discovering roundtrip tests in crates/ailang-surface/tests/round_trip.rs pick up the new fixture via read_dir without test changes and both pass: - every_ail_fixture_matches_its_json_counterpart — the .ail parses to canonical bytes byte-equal to prelude.ail.json (gate test). - parse_then_print_then_parse_is_idempotent_on_every_ail_fixture — the Form-A printer is idempotent over prelude. cargo test --workspace green at 558 tests (identical to pre-iter baseline; audit-24 / iter-24.tidy lineage). prelude.ail.json retained per spec §A2 — this is the singular dual-form iter; iter 1 deletes it alongside the bulk test-infra refactor. Zero re-loops, zero review-phase repairs. Recon predictions matched reality exactly (116 lines, 6386 bytes, `(module prelude` header, 558-test baseline). Strong signal that the iter-1+ bulk migration mechanism is sound.
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Iter form-a.0 — Prelude Pilot
Date: 2026-05-13
Parent spec: docs/specs/2026-05-13-form-a-default-authoring.md
Parent plan: docs/plans/2026-05-13-iter-form-a.0.md
Started from: 4c2a3c5d08
Outcome
examples/prelude.ail rendered from examples/prelude.ail.json via
ail render (116 lines / 6386 bytes — exact recon match). The two
auto-discovering roundtrip tests in
crates/ailang-surface/tests/round_trip.rs both pass on the new
fixture without test-code changes:
every_ail_fixture_matches_its_json_counterpart— green; theprelude.ailparses to canonical bytes byte-equal toprelude.ail.json.parse_then_print_then_parse_is_idempotent_on_every_ail_fixture— green; the Form-A printer is idempotent over prelude.
prelude.ail.json is retained on disk per spec §A2; iter 1 deletes
it alongside the bulk test-infrastructure refactor. This is the
only iteration in the milestone where a fixture is dual-form.
Why this iter is the pilot
Spec §A2 names prelude as the pilot because it exercises the widest
cross-section of language features in a single file: typeclasses
with superclasses (Ord extends Eq), polymorphic free functions
with constraints (forall<a> where Show a fn print), IO-effect
signatures, primitive ctor patterns, and the loader's auto-injection
path. A green roundtrip on prelude is strong evidence the bulk
migration in iter 1+ will not surface render or parse bugs.
Verifications run
cargo run -q --bin ail -- render examples/prelude.ail.json > examples/prelude.ail— exit 0wc -lc examples/prelude.ail—116 6386(exact recon prediction)head -n 5 examples/prelude.ail— first line(module prelude, second(data Ordering(exact recon prediction)cargo test -p ailang-surface --test round_trip every_ail_fixture_matches_its_json_counterpart— PASS (1/1)cargo test -p ailang-surface --test round_trip parse_then_print_then_parse_is_idempotent_on_every_ail_fixture— PASS (1/1)cargo test --workspace— PASS, 558 tests green, identical to pre-iter baseline (audit-24 / iter-24.tidy lineage).
Scope NOT touched
Per spec §"Iteration scope": no test-infrastructure changes, no
CLAUDE.md / DESIGN.md edits, no deletion of prelude.ail.json,
no migration script yet. Those land in iter 1.
INDEX append — Boss-side
Plan Task 2 Step 2 asks for an INDEX.md append. Per the
ailang-implement-orchestrator Iron Law, docs/journals/INDEX.md
is Boss-only. The orchestrator does not touch it. The Boss appends
the line at commit time. Suggested INDEX line (from the plan
verbatim, byte/line counts confirmed by Task 1 Step 2):
- 2026-05-13 — iter form-a.0: prelude pilot for Form-A-as-default-authoring milestone — examples/prelude.ail rendered (116 lines / 6386 bytes) via `ail render`; two auto-discovering roundtrip tests (every_ail_fixture_matches_its_json_counterpart + parse_then_print_then_parse_is_idempotent_on_every_ail_fixture) green on the new fixture without test-code changes; prelude.ail.json retained per spec §A2 (singular dual-form iter, deletion lands iter 1 with bulk test-infra refactor); cargo test --workspace green → 2026-05-13-iter-form-a.0.md
Files touched
examples/prelude.ail(new, ~6386 bytes / 116 lines)docs/journals/2026-05-13-iter-form-a.0.md(this file)bench/orchestrator-stats/2026-05-13-iter-form-a.0.json(stats)
Stats
bench/orchestrator-stats/2026-05-13-iter-form-a.0.json