All 176 files in the four accumulating directories now use a zero-padded 4-digit counter prefix that reflects creation order (`NNNN-slug.md`). The counter is assigned per directory in strict git-log creation order; ties broken alphabetically by original name. The old `YYYY-MM-DD-` prefix on docs/specs/ and docs/plans/ files is dropped — the date is recoverable from git log and the counter carries the ordering. A file's counter is stable for the life of the file: never reassigned, never reused, never compacted. Deleted files retire their counter; subsequent files do not fill the gap. This is the property that lets cross-references stay literal — refs use the full filename including the counter (`design/contracts/0007-honesty-rule.md`) so they grep cleanly and resolve directly without a glob step. 313 cross-references updated across .md/.rs/.toml/.c/.json files (test pins, include_str! paths, design-INDEX entries, baseline notes, runtime C comments, inter-contract markdown links incl. bare basename and `../models/foo.md` forms). CLAUDE.md gets a new "File-naming convention" section spelling out the rule and rationale. skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md and skills/planner/SKILL.md updated so new spec/plan creation produces counter-prefixed names from the start. The full test suite (cargo test --workspace) passes.
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Frozen value layout (M3 — one-way commitment)
Frozen value layout (M3 — one-way commitment)
For a single-constructor data T whose n fields are each Int
or Float, a value of T crossing the
embedding C boundary is a
bare payload pointer p:
| bytes | content |
|---|---|
p - 8 .. p |
uint64_t refcount header (HEADER_SIZE = 8) |
p + 0 .. p + 8 |
int64_t constructor tag (written; 0 for the single ctor — no elision) |
p + 8 + i*8 |
field i, declaration order: int64_t for Int, IEEE-754 double bit-pattern for Float |
Total box payload size = 8 + n*8. This is the same layout
lower_ctor (match_lower.rs) emits internally; for an exported
type the host encodes and decodes these exact offsets itself, so
they are frozen — a compiler change MUST NOT move them for an
exported type, which permanently constrains codegen's freedom to
repack exported records.
Construction (host → kernel input). The host MUST obtain an
input record's storage from ailang_rc_alloc(8 + n*8) (returns the
payload pointer with the refcount header pre-set to 1, payload
zeroed), then write the tag (0) and the scalar fields at the
offsets above. A raw malloc is a contract violation:
own-consume and ailang_rc_dec both require the runtime's 8-byte
header at p - 8 initialised to 1.
Ownership follows the declared mode (the
Mode metadata is load-bearing for codegen
contract, as the C ABI): a (own (con T)) parameter transfers ownership in — the kernel consumes it
(Iter-B drop-at-return); the host MUST NOT touch or dec it after
the call. A (borrow (con T)) parameter is retained by the host —
the kernel does not consume it; the host frees it. The return value
is always owned by the host.
Free (host side). ailang_rc_dec(payload). Leak-free for an M3
record because every field is a scalar — ailang_rc_dec is
header-only and an M3 record has no boxed children. A record with
boxed fields (Str/List/nested record) is not an M3
embedding type — the export gate rejects it, so the boundary
never crosses a value that would need a recursive typed-free. The
freeze covers exactly the all-scalar single-constructor record.
Ratified by: crates/ailang-codegen/tests/embed_record_layout_pin.rs.