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Brummel cd3d1ca9ed refactor(aura-core): split Scalar into a tag-free Cell + ScalarKind
Motivation
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`Scalar` was a tagged enum (I64/F64/Bool/Ts), so every scalar value
physically carried its own kind tag. But the kind is already known from
the schema/port/column the value flows through (C7: the type is a
property of the column, not of the value — the hot path is already
columnar `Column<T>`, and `AnyColumn::get` *reconstructs* the tag from
the column on the way out). The per-value tag was therefore redundant
with the kind the surrounding context already holds.

That redundancy had three costs:

  * It baked an implicit `match` (a branch) into every function that read
    a Scalar payload — even where the caller statically knew the type.
    The tag could never be exploited away.
  * Size: a tagged enum is tag + payload = 16 bytes (f64/i64 alignment),
    twice the 8 bytes the value needs. A `Column<Scalar>` would be double
    the memory and half the cache utilisation.
  * It is the shared root of several downstream papercuts we keep hitting
    — the lossy f64 manifest field, the `unreachable!` panic on a
    non-numeric param, the serde-tag question — all symptoms of "the type
    is baked into the value".

Change
------
Introduce `Cell`: a type-erased 64-bit word (`struct Cell(u64)`) that is
not readable without external type context. It is constructed per base
type (`from_i64/from_f64/from_bool/from_ts`) and read only by naming the
type at the call site (`i64()/f64()/bool()/ts()`) — each a branch-free
bit-cast. The hot path resolves the kind once at the boundary (from the
schema) and then reads natively, with no per-value branch. `Cell` knows
nothing of `Scalar` or `ScalarKind`; the dependency is strictly one-way,
and it lives in its own `cell.rs` (more is planned on top of it).

`Scalar` becomes `struct { kind: ScalarKind, cell: Cell }` — the
self-describing form for the dynamic boundaries (builder binding,
serialization, rendering), built on top of `Cell`. Its `as_*` accessors
now `debug_assert` the kind and return the native value (free in
release); calling the wrong accessor is a caller bug, not a checked
`Option`. The variant constructors `Scalar::I64(..)` become associated
fns `Scalar::i64(..)`.

`PartialEq` is hand-written (not derived) to preserve the former enum's
value semantics: kinds must match, then native payloads compare, so f64
keeps IEEE-754 behaviour (`NaN != NaN`, `+0.0 == -0.0`) and a kind
mismatch is never equal even when the raw words coincide. A fixture
(`scalar_eq_is_value_not_bitwise`) pins exactly the cases where bit- and
value-equality diverge, so it can't silently regress. `Cell`'s own
`Eq`/`Hash` stay bitwise — correct for a raw word.

The change is behaviour-preserving: Scalar's observable behaviour is
identical to the pre-Cell enum (the value-equality fixture proves it);
only the internal representation changed. The ~440 call sites across the
workspace are a mechanical constructor rename plus ~12 destructuring
sites (match-arms / `let`-patterns) rewritten to `kind()` + `as_*`.

Verified: cargo build --workspace --all-targets, cargo clippy --workspace
--all-targets -- -D warnings, cargo test --workspace — all green.
2026-06-16 12:12:52 +02:00

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//! Shared `#[cfg(test)]` fixtures for the SMA-cross signal-quality harness,
//! consumed by the `blueprint` and `sweep` unit-test modules. Kept in one place
//! so the harness topology cannot silently diverge between them (see #53).
//! Gated test-only at the declaration site in `lib.rs`
//! (`#[cfg(test)] mod test_fixtures;`), matching the `reexport_tests` precedent.
use crate::{BlueprintNode, Composite, Edge, OutField, Role, Target};
use aura_core::{Firing, Scalar, ScalarKind, Timestamp};
use aura_std::{Exposure, Recorder, SimBroker, Sma, Sub};
use std::sync::mpsc;
/// Seven synthetic F64 ticks driving the harness; deterministic input fixture.
pub(crate) fn synthetic_prices() -> Vec<(Timestamp, Scalar)> {
[
(1_i64, 1.0000_f64),
(2, 1.0010),
(3, 1.0030),
(4, 1.0060),
(5, 1.0040),
(6, 1.0010),
(7, 0.9990),
]
.iter()
.map(|&(t, p)| (Timestamp(t), Scalar::f64(p)))
.collect()
}
/// The SMA-cross signal as a reusable value-empty composite: one input role
/// (price), one output (fast-minus-slow spread). Lengths injected at compile.
pub(crate) fn sma_cross() -> Composite {
Composite::new(
"sma_cross",
vec![
Sma::builder().named("fast").into(),
Sma::builder().named("slow").into(),
Sub::builder().into(),
],
vec![
Edge { from: 0, to: 2, slot: 0, from_field: 0 },
Edge { from: 1, to: 2, slot: 1, from_field: 0 },
],
vec![Role {
name: "price".into(),
targets: vec![Target { node: 0, slot: 0 }, Target { node: 1, slot: 0 }],
source: None,
}],
vec![OutField { node: 2, field: 0, name: "out".into() }],
)
}
/// The signal-quality harness as a value-empty composite blueprint with two
/// recording sinks (equity, exposure).
#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
pub(crate) fn composite_sma_cross_harness() -> (
Composite,
mpsc::Receiver<(Timestamp, Vec<Scalar>)>,
mpsc::Receiver<(Timestamp, Vec<Scalar>)>,
) {
let (tx_eq, rx_eq) = mpsc::channel();
let (tx_ex, rx_ex) = mpsc::channel();
let bp = Composite::new(
"root",
vec![
BlueprintNode::Composite(sma_cross()),
Exposure::builder().into(),
SimBroker::builder(0.0001).into(),
Recorder::builder(vec![ScalarKind::F64], Firing::Any, tx_eq).into(),
Recorder::builder(vec![ScalarKind::F64], Firing::Any, tx_ex).into(),
],
vec![
Edge { from: 0, to: 1, slot: 0, from_field: 0 }, // composite out -> Exposure
Edge { from: 1, to: 2, slot: 0, from_field: 0 }, // exposure -> broker slot 0
Edge { from: 2, to: 3, slot: 0, from_field: 0 }, // equity -> sink
Edge { from: 1, to: 4, slot: 0, from_field: 0 }, // exposure -> sink
],
vec![Role {
name: "src".into(),
targets: vec![
Target { node: 0, slot: 0 }, // price -> sma_cross role 0
Target { node: 2, slot: 1 }, // price -> SimBroker price slot
],
source: Some(ScalarKind::F64),
}],
vec![], // output: the root ends in sinks
);
(bp, rx_eq, rx_ex)
}