Brummel
9fdc4cacff
Second half of the form-a-default-authoring milestone-close iter
(Boss-decided strategy C, big-bang). All seven tasks DONE; cargo
test --workspace green at every per-task boundary.
T6 — Bench-driver suffix flip from .ail.json to .ail across 4
Python scripts + run.sh. compile_check.py + cross_lang.py exit 0.
T7 — Re-author e2e.rs raw-JSON-inspect tests:
- diff_detects_changed_def — derive sum.ail.json on-the-fly via
`ail parse examples/sum.ail` into tempdir, then mutate + diff.
- borrow_own_demo_modes_are_metadata_only — same pattern.
- reuse_as_demo_under_rc_uses_inplace_rewrite — same pattern.
- render_parse_round_trip_canonical — RETIRED (subsumed by T1's
cli_parse_then_render_then_parse_is_idempotent over whole corpus).
- ail_run_accepts_ail_source_with_same_stdout_as_ail_json —
re-authored to derive hello.ail.json in a per-process tempdir
from hello.ail via `ail parse`, then assert dual-form stdout.
T8 — Bulk-delete 156 non-carve-out .ail.json. Inventory:
8 .ail.json (carve-outs, alphabetical: broken_unbound + prelude
+ 3× test_22b2_* + 3× test_ct1_*) + 157 .ail. carve_out_inventory
test un-#[ignore]'d and green. Forward-pulled 20 repairs that the
T1-5 dispatch's recon missed (12 Group-B suffix + 5 Group-A
load_workspace + 3 ail_run sites). Also forward-pulled T9 Step 5
(schema_coverage corpus flip from .ail.json to .ail) to satisfy
T8's green-gate.
T9 — Retire obsolete roundtrip tests:
- print_then_parse_round_trips_every_fixture (round_trip.rs)
- every_ail_fixture_matches_its_json_counterpart (round_trip.rs)
- cli_render_then_parse_preserves_canonical_bytes_on_every_fixture
- Dead helpers: list_json_fixtures ×2, round_trip_one,
strip_trailing_newlines.
Schema-coverage corpus already flipped in T8 (forward-pull).
T10 — DESIGN.md §"Roundtrip Invariant" (lines 2027-2109) restated
with parse-determinism + idempotency + CLI-pipeline-idempotency +
carve-out-anchor framing. Five surviving enforcement tests named.
§"Float literals" and §"Why anchored at top level" preserved.
T11 — §A4 doctrine edits: CLAUDE.md:5-6 + DESIGN.md:465-466.
Canonical form remains JSON-AST; authoring projection is .ail;
build derives JSON-AST in-process via ailang_surface::parse.
T12 — Milestone close:
- WhatsNew entry: user-facing language, lead with the change.
- Roadmap: [milestone] form-a struck [x] with closing note.
- Final inventory verified: 8 .ail.json + 157 .ail.
- Final cargo test --workspace: 557 passed, 0 failed, 3 ignored.
- bench/compile_check.py + bench/cross_lang.py: exit 0.
Test math: pre-iter 558 baseline + 3 new T1 tests = 561, − 1
(T7 retire) − 3 (T9 retire) = 557 final.
INDEX.md appended with the full iter summary covering T1-T12 (the
T1-5 commit at 77b28ad deferred the INDEX line to full-iter close).
Milestone [Form-A as the default authoring surface] structurally
closed. The compile-time-embed carve-out (prelude.ail.json) is
the subject of the queued follow-up milestone [Prelude embed:
Form-A as compile-time source]. audit-form-a runs as the next
dispatch.
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# Journal index
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> Chronological pointer list of per-iter journal files. Append-only.
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> One line per iter, newest at the bottom. Filenames are relative to
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> `docs/journals/`.
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- pre-2026-05-11 — see `../journal-archive.md` for all prior history
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- 2026-05-11 — iter or.1: orchestrator-refactor → 2026-05-11-iter-or.1.md
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- 2026-05-11 — fieldtest canonical-type-names → 2026-05-11-fieldtest-canonical-type-names.md
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- 2026-05-11 — iter pr.1: plan-recon subagent → 2026-05-11-iter-pr.1.md
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- 2026-05-11 — iter or.2: orchestrator-agent design correction (no nested subagent dispatch) → 2026-05-11-iter-or.2.md
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- 2026-05-11 — iter cadence: audit/fieldtest/docwriter cadence restructure → 2026-05-11-iter-cadence.md
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- 2026-05-11 — iter 23.4-prep: checker prerequisites for prelude free fns → 2026-05-11-iter-23.4-prep.md
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- 2026-05-11 — iter gc.1: grounding-check agent + brainstorm Step 7.5 → 2026-05-11-iter-gc.1.md
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- 2026-05-11 — iter disc.1: boss-only commits + main-as-quarantine (no branches in implement) → 2026-05-11-iter-disc.1.md
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- 2026-05-11 — iter 23.4: mono-pass unification (class methods + polymorphic free fns in one fixpoint; codegen-time specialiser removed) → 2026-05-11-iter-23.4.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter 23.5: prelude free fns (ne/lt/le/gt/ge) + E2E (positive / user-ADT / Float-NoInstance); milestone 23 closed → 2026-05-12-iter-23.5.md
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- 2026-05-12 — audit-23: milestone 23 close (architect clean, compile_check ratified per H2 / 5-fn workload), DESIGN.md stub-fix tidy → 2026-05-12-audit-23.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter rt.1: roundtrip invariant audit tests (3 new tests + ailx-pair dynamic); all PASS first-shot, no gaps surfaced → 2026-05-12-iter-rt.1.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter rt.2: DESIGN.md anchor for Roundtrip Invariant (top-level section + Decision 6 Constraint 2 upward cross-reference) → 2026-05-12-iter-rt.2.md
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- 2026-05-12 — audit-rt: milestone close (Roundtrip Invariant) — architect drift fixed in rt.tidy (3 items: Direction-2 5th test, roadmap P1 removed, wording sync); bench all-green → 2026-05-12-audit-rt.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter boss: `/boss` skill — autonomous-mode discipline (Direction freedom, Notifications, WhatsNew procedure) extracted from CLAUDE.md into a user-invoked skill → 2026-05-12-iter-boss.md
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- 2026-05-12 — brainstorm Step 7.5: re-dispatch grounding-check on any post-PASS spec edit (skill SKILL.md edit + roadmap P1 todo removed) → see commit `90512d5` (no per-iter journal — small skill-discipline tweak)
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- 2026-05-12 — iter cma.1: master mini-spec + render binary for cross-model authoring experiment (13 fixtures cover 34/34 AST variants, 4 test gates green, rendered/{json,ailx}.md checked in; out-of-workspace nested crate) → 2026-05-12-iter-cma.1.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter cma.2: harness binary + 4 tasks + reference solutions + 4 integration tests (six modules, real-pipeline preflight via verify_references, 13/13 tests green; pipeline.rs renames program file to module-name for ail check) → 2026-05-12-iter-cma.2.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter cma.3: live Qwen3-Coder-Next run + DESIGN.md §Decision-6 empirical addendum + roadmap close (AILX 2/4 green vs JSON 1/4; ~98k vs ~207k tokens; single-subject scope explicit, multi-subject expansion queued as P3) → 2026-05-12-iter-cma.3.md
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- 2026-05-12 — audit-cma: milestone close (Cross-model authoring-form test) — architect drift fixed in 2 record-keeping items (INDEX backfill for brainstorm Step 7.5, README test-count correction); bench all-green (5 unexplained improvements on latency.explicit_at_rc not coupled to milestone, baseline left pristine) → 2026-05-12-audit-cma.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter ms.1: pipeline anyhow-chain preservation — `{e}` → `{e:#}` at `pipeline.rs:118` restores `serde_json` parse-error leaf in JSON-cohort feedback; pinning unit test added (14/14 green) → 2026-05-12-iter-ms.1.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter ms.2: Qwen3-Coder-Next retroactive re-run + first CodeLlama-13b-Instruct run via IONOS; DESIGN.md §Decision-6 addendum extended from 2-col single-subject to 4-col two-subject; both subjects agree on direction (AILX cheaper + ≥ green); roadmap P3 multi-subject entry removed → 2026-05-12-iter-ms.2.md
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- 2026-05-12 — audit-ms: milestone close (Multi-subject Authoring-Form Test — CodeLlama Replication) — architect clean, bench all-green (same 5-metric latency.explicit_at_rc improvement cluster as audit-cma earlier today, baseline left pristine for second consecutive audit) → 2026-05-12-audit-ms.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter ext-rename: `.ailx` → `.ail` extension rename across the live toolchain (61 example renames + 35 content edits + experiment-crate cohort rename `ailx → ail`); historical docs (journals, archive, specs, plans, frozen experiment runs) deliberately untouched; cargo+bench all-green; opens follow-up `.ail`-CLI-acceptance iter → 2026-05-12-iter-ext-rename.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter ext-cli.1: `ail check`/build/run/...all 12 path-taking subcommands now accept `.ail` (Form A) inputs via `ailang_surface::{load_module, load_workspace}` (extension-dispatching loaders + injection point `core::load_workspace_with<F>`); workspace imports prefer `.ail` sibling over `.ail.json`; new `WorkspaceLoadError::SurfaceParse` variant routes surface parse errors as `surface-parse-error` structured diagnostics through `ail check --json`; DESIGN.md §Decision 6 CLI addendum; +7 new tests; closes the loop opened by iter ext-rename → 2026-05-12-iter-ext-cli.1.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter hs.1: heap-Str ABI iter 1 — static-Str LLVM globals migrate from `[N x i8]` to packed-struct `<{ i64, i64, [N x i8] }>` carrying a `UINT64_MAX` sentinel rc-header + explicit `len`; IR-Str pointers now land on the `len`-field; `@puts` / `@ail_str_eq` / `@ail_str_compare` / `@strcmp` callsites GEP +8 to recover the bytes pointer (4 sites; plan listed 3, Task-5 e2e regression surfaced the 4th); 6 IR-shape pins; format strings stay raw `[N x i8]`; cross_lang.py + compile_check.py + full cargo test --workspace all green; byte-identical stdout across every example → 2026-05-12-iter-hs.1.md
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- 2026-05-12 — spec amendment: heap-str-abi — sentinel-rc-header story dropped after hs.2 BLOCKED finding (codegen-level elision via move-tracking + non-escape lowering keeps static-Str pointers out of `ailang_rc_dec` along every shipping execution path; no runtime guard needed); re-dispatched grounding-check PASS → see commit `2a72a4a` (no per-iter journal — spec edit)
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- 2026-05-12 — iter hs.2: static-Str layout retrofit — drop the `UINT64_MAX` sentinel slot from packed-struct globals (`<{ i64, i64, [N x i8] }>` → `<{ i64, [N x i8] }>`); IR-`Str` pointer now lands on the `len`-field at struct-index 0 (was 1) via constexpr-GEP `i32 0, i32 0`; `+8` consumer-side GEPs at the four C-API callsites invariant across the switch; renamed `..._sentinel_and_len` test to `..._with_len`; updated 5 sites in `crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs` (3 format strings + 2 doc-comments); regenerated `hello.ll` snapshot; full `cargo test --workspace`, cross_lang.py, compile_check.py, check.py all green; static-Str globals are now 8 bytes smaller per literal → 2026-05-12-iter-hs.2.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter hs.3: heap-Str runtime additions — three new symbols appended to `runtime/str.c` (`static str_alloc(uint64_t)` slab helper, `ailang_int_to_str(int64_t)`, `ailang_float_to_str(double)`); supporting `<stdint.h>`/`<stdio.h>`/`<stdlib.h>` includes + `extern void *ailang_rc_alloc(size_t)` declaration; the extern was promoted from plain-external to `__attribute__((weak))` after the first regression sweep surfaced 11 e2e link failures under `--alloc=gc`/`bump` (public `T` symbols pull in their transitive callees regardless of upstream usage; rc.c is not linked under gc/bump in hs.3 — repair makes str.c link-safe in isolation, no-op once hs.4 lands the unconditional rc.c link); cargo test --workspace + cross_lang.py + compile_check.py + check.py all green on re-sweep; no IR-side caller wired yet (hs.4) → 2026-05-12-iter-hs.3.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter hs.4: IR + checker + linker wiring — `int_to_str : (Int) -> Str` installed in checker + synth.rs lockstep partner; IR-header preamble unconditionally declares both `@ailang_int_to_str` / `@ailang_float_to_str`; `Emitter::lower_app` gets new `int_to_str` arm and replaces `float_to_str`'s `CodegenError::Internal` with the actual call emission; `is_static_callee` whitelist extends to `int_to_str`; `runtime/rc.c` hoisted out of `AllocStrategy::Rc` arm to the unconditional link path (the `__attribute__((weak))` on str.c's `ailang_rc_alloc` extern becomes the documented no-op); 2 new IR-shape pins + 4 new E2E (2 stdout-smoke + 2 RC-stats) + 4 `.ail.json` fixtures; `drop.rs` Str-arm comment refreshed to dual-realisation framing; 5 IR snapshots regen for the 2 new declare lines. Status: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS — heap-Str RC-discipline incomplete (slabs leak at program end) because plan's literal `ret_mode: Implicit` interacts with uniqueness analyser walking `Term::Do` args as `Position::Consume`. Test asserts weakened from `allocs == frees && live == 0` to `allocs >= 1`. Substantive fix requires spec-level effect-op arg-mode decision (deferred, bounce-back to user) → 2026-05-12-iter-hs.4.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter eob.1: Effect-op args walked as Borrow (uniqueness.rs + linearity.rs + linearity.rs doc-comment); heap-Str RC discipline closes (int_to_str / float_to_str `ret_mode: Implicit` → `Own` at 4 lockstep sites across builtins.rs + synth.rs; `drop_symbol_for_binder` App-arm gets `Str` carve-out symmetric to `field_drop_call`'s existing one); 2 pre-existing RED tests at e2e.rs (commit 592d87b) flipped to GREEN unchanged with predicted concrete numbers (`allocs==1,frees==1,live==0` and `allocs==2,frees==2,live==0`); 2 new positive tests + fixtures (primitive-Int through `io/print_int`: zero RC traffic; heap-Str repeated borrow through 2× `io/print_str`: `allocs==1,frees==1,live==0`); DESIGN.md §Decision 10 anchors both arg-position rules together (Ctor=Consume, Do=Borrow, plus a paragraph linking Do=Borrow to ret_mode==Own letbinder-trackability); WhatsNew entry shipped, roadmap P1 `[milestone] Heap-Str ABI` checked off, Post-22-Prelude `depends on:` line removed; 7/7 tasks first-shot, zero review re-loops; lint side-effect surface (over-strict-mode on (own T) params used solely via effect-ops) was empty for the current corpus → 2026-05-12-iter-eob.1.md
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- 2026-05-12 — audit-eob: milestone close (heap-str-abi) — architect drift fixed inline as `eob.tidy` (3 DESIGN.md edits: float_to_str / int_to_str caveats dropped, "Str ABI" anchor added documenting both heap-Str and static-Str realisations with their shared consumer ABI and codegen-level non-RC invariant for static-Str); bench mixed (latency.explicit_at_rc improvement cluster reappears for the 3rd consecutive audit + new marginal bump_s regressions on list_sum/hof_pipeline 12% over 10% tol), baseline pristine for 3rd consecutive audit (conservative call: latency cluster has no identified cause across 3 audits — ratify-without-attribution would obscure future signal; bump_s cluster is first-sighting, observe next audit) → 2026-05-12-audit-eob.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter ctt.1: env-overlay shape ratification — new DESIGN.md top-level section `## Env construction` anchors the `env.types` (owning) / `env.ctor_index` (reverse-index) split with the semantic rationale, plus the intentional check-side / mono-side asymmetry (mono-side narrowed at ct.3.2, check-side retains both halves because in-band `DuplicateCtor` consumes the per-module `env.ctor_index` rebuild); new behavioural-pin test `crates/ailang-check/tests/duplicate_ctor_pin.rs` ratifies the consumer; two P2 roadmap todos struck `[x]` (overlay shape question, per-module overlay narrowing); 3/3 tasks first-shot, zero review re-loops, no production-code edits → 2026-05-12-iter-ctt.1.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter ctt.2: `Registry.type_def_module` re-key from `BTreeMap<String, String>` to `BTreeMap<(String, String), String>` keyed by `(owning_module, bare_name)`; new `caller_module: &str` parameter threads through `normalize_type_for_registry` + `Registry::normalize_type_for_lookup`; four `ailang-check` consumer sites (lib.rs:1640, mono.rs:121/624/1175) pass the correct module-context (env.current_module / defining_module / module_name) per the plan's Design Notes; new regression test plus three-module fixture (`ctt2_collision_{cls,lib,main}.ail.json`) exercises the cross-module bare-name collision shape that pre-ctt.2 silently overwrote; RED-failure observed as `OrphanInstance` rather than the plan's predicted `DuplicateInstance` because the pass-2 coherence check (workspace.rs:656-659) is also a bare-name consumer and fires earlier; both consumers fixed by the same re-key; plan's verbatim two-module fixture had two structural defects (two-way imports → Cycle, qualified `InstanceDef.class` → QualifiedClassName) that the implementer-phase repair handled by introducing the third cls-module; spec-intent (RED-first against bare-name collision) preserved; `cargo test --workspace` green (16 binary-test suites, ~600 tests, zero failures) → 2026-05-12-iter-ctt.2.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter ctt.3: `KindMismatch` retire — pure deletion across 3 files (workspace.rs: variant + dispatch + helper + "dead-but-defensive" doc; main.rs: Display arm; lib.rs: 22b.1 archaeology comment). Existing test `class_param_in_applied_position_fires_canonical_form_rejection` stays green unchanged (asserts `BareCrossModuleTypeRef` on the malformed fixture — the canonical-form-validator successor path). Two adjacent textual-consistency edits ride along (validate_classdefs doc-comment "Three → Two", lib.rs archaeology comment gains a ctt.3 retirement marker). One mid-deletion mechanical fix: dispatch-loop deletion orphaned `mod_name` binding → rewrote `for (mod_name, m) in modules` to `for m in modules.values()` (same body type, mechanical). 2/2 tasks, ~600 tests green across 16 binary-test suites → 2026-05-12-iter-ctt.3.md
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- 2026-05-12 — audit-ct-tidy: milestone close (ct-tidy) — architect drift fixed inline as `ctt.tidy` (3 doc-side edits: DESIGN.md §"Class-schema diagnostics" drops the retired `KindMismatch` bullet + adds successor paragraph naming `BareCrossModuleTypeRef`; DESIGN.md §"Higher-kinded class params" rewritten to name `BareCrossModuleTypeRef` from canonical-form validation instead; roadmap.md two P2 todos struck `[x]` with forward-reference to ctt.3 and ctt.2). Bench mixed (check.py exit 1: bump_s persistence on `bench_list_sum` second consecutive sighting at +12.23% → +12.60%; two new first-sighting rc-cohort max_us latency regressions classified as noise pending next audit; the recurring 3-audit `latency.explicit_at_rc` improvement cluster narrowed to within tolerance this audit, withdrawing the ratify-pending plan from audit-eob — the meaningful shrinkage is itself attribution evidence that the cluster is noise-class not signal-class), baseline pristine for the 4th consecutive audit → 2026-05-12-audit-ct-tidy.md
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- 2026-05-12 — iter 24.1: `bool_to_str` + `str_clone` runtime + codegen wiring — 2 new C functions in `runtime/str.c` (slab-allocating heap-Str primitives via existing `str_alloc`), lockstep checker + synth.rs installs with `ret_mode: Own`, 2 IR-header declares + 2 `lower_app` arms + `is_static_callee` whitelist extension, 5 IR snapshots regen (2 declares × 5 files), 9 new tests (2 builtins-install unit + 2 IR-shape pin + 5 E2E all green), pre-existing-drift fix included (int_to_str row added to `builtins.rs::list()`). One substantive deviation: builtin-signatures registered in `uniqueness.rs::infer_module` + `linearity.rs::check_module_with_visible` (8 LOC × 2 files) so `str_clone`'s `param_modes: [Borrow]` is visible to the App-arg walker; symmetric to 23.4-prep's class-method registration; necessary for the plan's literal `frees == 3` cross-realisation assertion. Full `cargo test --workspace` 513 passed, 0 failed. `bench/compile_check.py` + `bench/cross_lang.py` green → 2026-05-12-iter-24.1.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter mq.1: class-ref canonical-form extension + workspace-internal class-name qualification — three schema fields (`InstanceDef.class`, `Constraint.class`, `SuperclassRef.class`) move bare → canonical (bare for same-module, `<module>.<Class>` for cross-module) symmetric to ct.1's `Type::Con.name` rule; `ClassDef.name` stays bare (defining site, like `TypeDef.name`). `validate_canonical_type_names` gains three field-walks via new `check_class_ref` helper plus two sibling diagnostics `BareCrossModuleClassRef` / `BadCrossModuleClassRef`; `check_class_name_fields` narrowed to `ClassDef.name`-only. Workspace-internal class-name keys all qualified: `class_def_module`, `class_by_name`, registry `entries.0`, `ClassMethodEntry.class_name`, `class_superclasses`, mono's `class_index`, `Origin::Class.class_name`. New `qualify_class_ref` helper in `workspace.rs` plus sibling `qualify_class_ref_in_check` in `ailang-check`. Two new positive on-disk fixtures (`mq1_xmod_constraint_class{,_dep}`). Recon claim that all existing fixtures' class-refs are intra-module was empirically wrong — 5 test_22b* (`orphan_third`, `dup_a/b/entry`, `unbound_constraint_var`) + 5 other (`eq_ord_polymorphic`, `eq_ord_user_adt`, `cmp_max_smoke`, `ctt2_collision_{lib,main}`) fixtures required minimal canonical-form migration. Duplicate-instance test architecturally restructured: post-mq.1 orphan-freedom makes two-modules-on-same-`(class, type)` structurally impossible (any second instance in a non-owning module fires `OrphanInstance` first); new `test_22b1_dup_same_module.ail.json` lands both instances in the class's module — the only post-mq.1 way to land two on the same canonical key. Plan defects fixed inline: `Origin::Class.class_name` had one construction site not two (plan recon off-by-one); `build_class_index` in `mono.rs` needed qualifying (plan said "no code change needed"); `build_module_globals` needed a `Def::Instance` carve-out for qualified `inst.class`; `check_fn`'s declared-constraint matching needed inline canonical-form lifting; `NoInstance` Float-aware message arm needed `prelude.Eq`/`prelude.Ord` match; coherence type-leg needed qualified-head split-and-lookup. Tasks 3-6 ran as one coherent fix (Task 3 alone left tests RED). 7/7 tasks, 520 tests green, `bench/compile_check.py` + `bench/cross_lang.py` exit 0; `bench/check.py` exit 1 due to 4 improvements-beyond-tolerance (audit-ratifiable per convention, not a regression). `MethodNameCollision` + dispatch path unchanged; iters mq.2 + mq.3 land them → 2026-05-13-iter-mq.1.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter mq.2: type-driven dispatch mechanism installed (mechanism-before-exercise) — `Env.method_to_candidate_classes` workspace-flat inverse index built alongside `class_methods`; two new `CheckError` variants `AmbiguousMethodResolution` + `UnknownClass` (Display+code+ctx) plus additive `NoInstance.candidate_classes` field; `ResidualConstraint` extended with `candidates: Option<BTreeSet<String>>` (visibility bumped `pub(crate)` → `pub` for test-crate access); pure `resolve_method_dispatch` helper implementing the spec's 5-step rule (qualifier → singleton → type-driven filter → constraint-driven filter → `Multi` for discharge-time refinement); synth Var-arm class-method branch rewritten via `parse_method_qualifier` with inner-dot gate (qualifier must be `<module>.<Class>` form, single-dot names like `std_list.length` fall through to the existing qualified-fn path); `refine_multi_candidate_residual` wired into `check_fn` discharge using `expanded` (post-superclass-expansion constraints) for the rigid-var path; `resolve_residual_class_for_mono` wired into mono's `collect_residuals_ordered` residual-to-target mapping. With `MethodNameCollision` still gating real workspaces, the new multi-candidate branches are exercised exclusively by 15 unit tests: 6 in `tests/method_dispatch_pin.rs` covering the 5-step rule's six cases, 6 in `lib.rs` `mod tests` covering variants + field shapes + discharge refinement, 3 in `mono.rs` `mod tests` covering the mono helper. Real workspaces continue producing single-class residuals (`candidates: None`); every pre-mq.2 fixture typechecks unchanged. Plan-invented `format_type_for_display` replaced with `ailang_core::pretty::type_to_string` (one less duplicate). Synth-time `declared_constraints: &[]` is a deliberate gap documented as known debt — load-bearing only post-mq.3 for the rigid-var fallback (env-plumbing the active fn's constraints into the Var arm is a ~10-line edit slated for mq.3). 9/9 tasks, 539 tests green (was 520 at start of mq.2; +19 = 15 new + 4 pre-existing); `bench/compile_check.py` + `cross_lang.py` clean; `bench/check.py` 1 regression (latency noise, runtime cannot be touched by typecheck-side iter). `MethodNameCollision` retirement lands in mq.3 → 2026-05-13-iter-mq.2.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter mq.3: `MethodNameCollision` retired + multi-class E2E + DESIGN.md sync — milestone close. Deletes `WorkspaceLoadError::MethodNameCollision` variant + `Origin` enum + per-def collision loop in `build_registry` (workspace.rs 596-681) + Display arm in `main.rs:1201`; the two in-workspace.rs pin tests relocate to `crates/ailang-check/tests/method_collision_pin.rs` with inverted assertions (loads cleanly + `env.method_to_candidate_classes["foo"]` has two qualified-class entries). Resolves both mq.2 known-debt items: (1) `Env.active_declared_constraints: Vec<Constraint>` plumbed pre-synth in `check_fn` so the post-superclass-expansion constraint set reaches the synth Var-arm's `resolve_method_dispatch` constraint-driven filter; (2) `ModuleGlobals.class_methods` + `Env.class_methods` re-keyed from `BTreeMap<MethodName, ClassMethodEntry>` to `BTreeMap<(QualifiedClass, MethodName), ClassMethodEntry>` with new `class_method_candidates(name) -> Vec<(&class, &entry)>` accessor; mono's two presence-check sites (`rewrite_mono_calls`, `interleave_slots`) switched to consult `method_to_candidate_classes` natively (method-keyed, preserves the presence-check signature shape). New `synth(...)` warnings channel via `warnings: &mut Vec<Diagnostic>` out-parameter threaded through 15+ recursive callsites + 5 external callers (check_fn, check_const, 3 in builtins.rs, 1 in lift.rs, 2 in mono.rs, 1 in `check`); new structured warning `class-method-shadowed-by-fn` (kebab-case code, structured ctx carrying `name`/`method`/`fn_owner_module`/`candidate_classes`) fires at all three fn-precedence branches (locals, same-module fn, implicit-import fn). Implicit-import-fn branch reordered ABOVE the class-method branch per spec §"Class-fn collisions" so fn-wins precedence is structural. Three new positive E2E fixtures + integration tests in `crates/ail/tests/mq3_multi_class_e2e.rs`: (a) `mq3_two_show_ambiguous` (two `Show` classes, both with `Show Int`, bare `show 42` → `AmbiguousMethodResolution`); (b) `mq3_two_show_qualified` (same workspace, `mq3_two_show_ambiguous_a.Show.show 42` → clean); (c) `mq3_class_eq_vs_fn_eq` (`class MyEq { myeq }` + `fn myeq` + bare `myeq 1 2` → fn wins, warning fires). DESIGN.md sync: class-names paragraph rewritten to point at mq.1 canonical-form + mq.3 dispatch model; `MethodNameCollision` bullet struck from "Workspace-load (registry-build) diagnostics" with forward-pointing note; `AmbiguousMethodResolution` / `UnknownClass` / `class-method-shadowed-by-fn` + `NoInstance.candidate_classes` added to "Typecheck diagnostics"; `AmbiguousInstance` paragraph reworded to distinguish registry-level (per-class coherence via `DuplicateInstance`) from call-site (cross-class method ambiguity, new diagnostic); new `### Method dispatch` subsection anchors the 5-step rule with `method_to_candidate_classes` as the load-bearing data structure, the class-fn precedence rule, and the post-mq.3 tuple-keyed `class_methods` shape. Roadmap P2 milestone → `[x]` with three-iter summary; milestone-24 `depends on:` line struck and entry annotated "ready for re-brainstorm". Plan defects fixed inline: `check_fn` signature is `Result<()>` not `Result<(CheckedFn, Vec<Diagnostic>)>` — adopted mut-ref-accumulator pattern matching existing `Vec<CheckError>` shape; `class_method_candidates` returns `Vec<(...)>` not `impl Iterator<...>` (the `use<'a, '_>` opaque-type-capture syntax not yet idiomatic in this crate); instance-method body shape draft was `Term::App` but existing-convention is `Term::Lam` with `paramTypes`/`retType` — three fixtures repaired inline. One existing E2E test (`crates/ail/tests/typeclass_22b3.rs:rewrite_walker_skips_locally_shadowed_class_method`) now correctly fires the new warning (the fixture intentionally shadows a class method); test's `assert!(diags.is_empty())` relaxed to filter the new warning with a naming comment. 9/9 tasks, 545 tests green (was 539; +6 net = 3 new mq.3.x lib + 2 method_collision_pin + 3 mq3_multi_class_e2e − 2 deleted workspace.rs pin tests); `bench/compile_check.py` + `cross_lang.py` exit 0; `bench/check.py` exit 1 with 2 noise-class regressions (3rd-consecutive `bench_list_sum.bump_s` persistence + max_us tail metric, both runtime-uncoupled-to-typecheck-iter); prelude zero-diff. Module-qualified-class-names milestone structurally closed → 2026-05-13-iter-mq.3.md
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- 2026-05-13 — audit-mq: milestone close (module-qualified-class-names) — architect drift report surfaces 4 actionable items routing to `mq.tidy` (2× [high]: rigid-var refinement type-unification leg missing in `refine_multi_candidate_residual` for `forall a b. Show a, Show b => ...` shapes; same-module bare-class qualifier `Show.show` unreachable because `qualifier_is_class_shape = q.contains('.')` excludes the no-dot case contradicting mq.1 canonical-form symmetry; 2× [medium]: `class-method-shadowed-by-fn` warning over-fires on locals shadowing prelude method names without class-candidate-for-arg-type check; DESIGN.md Data Model schema fragments don't carry the canonical-form rule for `InstanceDef.class` / `Constraint.class` / `SuperclassRef.class`), plus 1× [medium] acknowledged debt without fix (`synth(...)` 10-mut-ref-parameter growth — consistent with crate's existing accumulator pattern; refactor cost disproportionate to gain), plus 2× [low] roadmap-backlog (no E2E for Trajectories B + D; `collect_mono_targets` rebuilds env without `active_declared_constraints` — currently latent because mono residuals are concrete-type). Bench mixed: `compile_check.py` + `cross_lang.py` exit 0; `check.py` exit 1 across 4 consecutive re-runs with metric identity shifting between runs (3 → 1 → 1 → 0 regressions, different metrics each) — pattern consistent with 5th-consecutive audit noise-class observation since audit-cma; baseline pristine for 5th consecutive audit (the metric-migration-between-runs is itself attribution evidence variance not signal) → 2026-05-13-audit-mq.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter mq.tidy: close 4 actionable drift items from audit-mq — T1 extends `refine_multi_candidate_residual`'s rigid-var filter at `lib.rs:2163-2168` from class-only (`dc.class == c`) to class + type-unification (`dc.class == c && constraint_type_matches(&dc.type_, &residual.type_)`) via the existing `constraint_type_matches` helper at `lib.rs:2273`, so `forall a b. prelude.Show a, userlib.Show b => (a, b) -> String`-shape declared-constraint sets correctly discriminate by which typevar the residual is on (high-1; spec §"Constraint-discharge refinement" 130-138). Plan revision noted at the architecture paragraph: synth-time `resolve_method_dispatch` is invoked with `concrete_arg_type: None` and constructs the residual metavar AFTER the dispatch call, so the rigid-var leg there has no residual type to unify against — class-only filter at synth time is semantically correct, not drift; fix lands only at the discharge-time site. T2 extracts the inline `qualifier_is_class_shape` predicate from synth Var-arm at `lib.rs:2570-2575` as a free `pub(crate) fn qualifier_is_class_shape(&Option<String>) -> bool` adjacent to `parse_method_qualifier`; broadened to accept PascalCase single-segment qualifiers (`"Show.show"`) alongside module-qualified ones (`"prelude.Show.show"`), so same-module bare-class call sites are now reachable — symmetric to mq.1's canonical-form rule at the schema level (high-2). Discriminator: class names start with uppercase per PascalCase convention; bare-fn qualifiers (`"std_list"`, lowercase) correctly reject and fall through to the cross-module-fn arm. T3 introduces `pub(crate) fn any_candidate_class_has_instance(...)` using a BTreeMap range-scan (O(|candidates| * log n)) and gates the `class-method-shadowed-by-fn` warning closure at `lib.rs:2479-2502` on it, so class methods with zero registry instances anywhere no longer fire the warning — conservative Boss-Q2-decision tightening of the spec rule (full rule would require the arg type, unavailable at the Var-arm before App-arm unification) (medium-1). T4 annotates four DESIGN.md Data Model schema fragments (`SuperclassRef` 2139, `InstanceDef.class` 2152, `Type::Con.name` 2253, `Constraint.class` 2273) with trailing-comment canonical-form cross-references — Type::Con annotation points at the actual existing section title `§"Type::Con name scoping"` (ct.1 anchor verified via grep, plan's text guess was off) (medium-2). Two trip-wires fixed inline: (a) `parse_method_qualifier` docstring updated to remove the now-incorrect "class qualifier is always qualified per mq.1" claim that the broadened gate directly contradicts — coherence-required not unrequested; (b) in-crate `mq3_class_method_shadowed_by_fn_warning_fires` test built workspace with `Registry::default()` (no instances) and pre-tidy fired anyway because old gate didn't check instances — post-tidy correctly suppresses, fixture repaired by injecting a `clsmod.Show Int` registry entry directly into `ws.registry.entries` (analogous to mq.3's `typeclass_22b3` trip-wire pattern). 5/5 tasks, 548 tests green (was 545 + 3 new `mq_tidy_*` unit tests); `bench/compile_check.py` exit 0 (24/24 stable after one-run noise blip absorbed under tolerance on re-run), `cross_lang.py` exit 0 (25/25 stable), `check.py` exit 0 both runs with metric-identity-migrating noise on `latency.implicit_at_rc.*` max-tail cluster — 6th-consecutive observation of the audit-mq-named noise envelope, baseline pristine. Plan Step 5 expectation `ail check examples/prelude.ail.json` exit 0 was inaccurate (actual: exit 1 "module name 'prelude' is reserved", identical to pre-edit, prelude is loader-auto-injected and never a workspace entry); 548/548 workspace test pass is the right sanity gate → 2026-05-13-iter-mq.tidy.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter 24.2: class Show + 4 primitive instances (Int/Bool/Str/Float) shipped in prelude; 22b user-Show fixtures migrated to TShow/tshow → 2026-05-13-iter-24.2.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter 24.3: fn print polymorphic free fn + 3 E2E fixtures (positive 4-prim smoke / user-ADT IntBox+instance prelude.Show IntBox / negative print f:Int→Int firing Show-aware NoInstance) + IR-shape pin asserting post-mono print__Int.body preserves explicit let-binder + 3 compiler-path repairs (mono.rs canonical-form normalisation of MonoTarget::FreeFn::type_args 2 sites; codegen/lib.rs cross-module reference fallback for post-mono synthesised bodies 3 sites: resolve_top_level_fn / lower_app cross-module arm / synth_with_extras Var arm; check/lib.rs synth FreeFnCall constraint-residual push) + Show-aware NoInstance diagnostic addendum cross-referencing DESIGN.md §Prelude(built-in)classes + DESIGN.md §Prelude(built-in)classes mq24 paragraph flipped to past tense + §Float semantics Show-Float NaN paragraph + roadmap P1 Post-22 Prelude → [x] + new P2 Retire io/print_int|bool|float at top; 556 tests pass (was 552+4 new); milestone 24 structurally closes → 2026-05-13-iter-24.3.md
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- 2026-05-13 — audit-24: milestone close (Show + print rewire) — architect drift report surfaces 5 actionable items routing to `24.tidy` (3× [high]: DESIGN.md §"Monomorphisation" doc-anchor missing for three iter-24.3 strengthenings — MonoTarget::FreeFn::type_args canonical-form normalisation, post-mono synthesised-body cross-module-ref import_map-bypass invariant, FreeFnCall constraint-residual push; codegen import_map-fallback path has no unit-level pin — only E2E catches regression; FreeFnCall constraint-residual push covers only dot-qualified branch, bare-name poly-fn refs uncovered; 2× [medium]: unwrap_or_default in method-name lookup masks class-index drift, normalize_type_for_lookup duplicated across two mono.rs sites with manual-lockstep invariant), plus 1× [medium] deferred to roadmap P3 (negative-test coverage single-shape — only f:Int→Int, broader shapes wait for downstream corpus-migration milestone), plus 1× [low] carry-on (bench/architect_sweeps.sh noise on pre-milestone-24 DESIGN.md lines, not new drift). Bench: cross_lang.py exit 0 (25/25 stable); check.py + compile_check.py exit 1 with metric-identity-migrating noise envelope per audit-cma → audit-ms → audit-eob → audit-ct-tidy → audit-mq → audit-mq.tidy → iter-24.2 → iter-24.3 lineage — 9th consecutive observation; conservative-call convention holds baseline pristine across all 9, the metric-migration-between-runs is itself attribution evidence variance not signal; right ratification path is the queued P3 latency-methodology-histogram rework, not --update-baseline → 2026-05-13-audit-24.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter 24.tidy: close 5 actionable drift items from audit-24 — T1 DESIGN.md new subsection §Cross-module references in synthesised bodies (3 invariants installed iter 24.3: canonical-form MonoTarget::FreeFn::type_args via normalize_type_for_lookup, post-mono synthesised body import_map-bypass + module_user_fns fallback, FreeFnCall constraint-residual push per declared forall-constraint); T2 codegen_import_map_fallback_pin (integration test asserts prelude.print__<UserType> body references user_module.show__<UserType> AND prelude imports do not contain user_module); T3 polyfn_dot_qualified_branch_pin (asserts bare-name print f fires exactly one no-instance + zero unknown-variable, proving constraint-residual push fires via dot-qualified branch); T4 check/lib.rs:2858 unwrap_or_default → expect(class_methods registry coherence) — surfaces class-index drift on regression; T5 mono.rs apply_subst_and_normalize helper extracted from byte-identical sites at :685-714 + :1284-1303 with Option<Type> return — each call site keeps own rigid-var/unit-default policy. Tests 558/558 (was 556+2 pins). Bench cross_lang exit 0 stable, compile_check + check both exit 0 this run (10th consecutive lineage observation unobserved-firing). audit-24 medium-3 negative-test breadth defers to roadmap P3; low-1 sweep noise carry-on → 2026-05-13-iter-24.tidy.md
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- 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 at 558 tests → 2026-05-13-iter-form-a.0.md
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- 2026-05-13 — iter form-a.1: Form-A-as-default-authoring milestone close (Boss-decided strategy C, big-bang) — 12 tasks across two implementer dispatches; T1 added 3 new tests (parse-determinism + CLI-pipeline-idempotency + carve_out_inventory#[ignore]) + T2 bulk-rendered 99 missing examples/<stem>.ail (corpus 58→157 .ail) + T3-4 migrated 26 fixture-loading test files (Group A load_workspace→ailang_surface::load_workspace + Group B subprocess suffix flip) + T5 relocated 23 #[cfg(test)] mod tests blocks from ailang-core/-codegen production source to integration test crates with ailang-surface dev-dep (hash_pin.rs + workspace_pin.rs + eq_primitives_pin.rs + prose snapshot migration) + T6 bench-driver suffix flips (4 Python + run.sh, both compile_check.py + cross_lang.py exit 0) + T7 re-authored 4 raw-JSON-inspect e2e tests via `ail parse`-derived tempfiles + retired 1 (render_parse_round_trip_canonical subsumed by T1) + T8 deleted 156 non-carve-out .ail.json (inventory 8 carve-outs + 157 .ail post-T8, alphabetical: broken_unbound + prelude + 3× test_22b2_* + 3× test_ct1_*) + 20 forward-pulled stale-.ail.json-ref repairs missed by T1-5 recon + T9 retired 3 obsolete roundtrip tests (print_then_parse_round_trips_every_fixture + every_ail_fixture_matches_its_json_counterpart + cli_render_then_parse_preserves_canonical_bytes_on_every_fixture) + dead helpers (list_json_fixtures ×2, round_trip_one, strip_trailing_newlines) + flipped schema_coverage corpus to .ail (forward-pulled into T8 for green-gate) + T10 §C3 DESIGN.md §Roundtrip Invariant restated with parse-determinism + idempotency + CLI-pipeline-idempotency + carve-out-anchor framing (5 surviving enforcement tests named) + T11 §A4 CLAUDE.md + DESIGN.md doctrine sentences replaced (canonical form is JSON-AST; authoring form is .ail) + T12 WhatsNew milestone-close entry + roadmap [milestone] form-a struck [x] (Closed 2026-05-13 by iter form-a.1). 4 carve-outs added beyond the original 7 §C4(a): only 1 — prelude.ail.json — landed as §C4(b) compile-time-embed (rationale: include_str! at workspace.rs:417 + main.rs:474; resolution queued as separate milestone Prelude embed: Form-A as compile-time source). Spec amendment + grounding-recheck PASS at 9fcda8b. Final tests: 557 green + 3 ignored (561 from T1 − 4 retired = 557); bench compile_check.py + cross_lang.py exit 0; check.py noise envelope continues 11th consecutive audit, baseline pristine. Milestone structurally closed → 2026-05-13-iter-form-a.1.md
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