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Adds the ergoscript-compiler crate, a pure-Rust ErgoScript-to-ergotree compiler alternative to the Scala reference compiler.

  • Rust apps compile contracts without needing a Scala/JVM node round-trip
  • Mirrors what the reference Scala compiler does so existing deployed contracts can be reproduced byte-for-byte
  • Where Rust doesn't equal Scala byte-for-byte, can automatically fall back to the Scala node's bytes via 'compile_canonical' so consensus correctness is preserved

What's done/included:

  • 12 of 15 hand-picked real-world contracts ("sig-15") byte-for-byte match the Scala node's output. These 15 are keystone ES contracts for significant ecosystem dApps or protocols
  • 14 of 14 contracts in the ecosystem batch (deployed Ergo projects) byte-for-byte match
  • 563 of 575 generated test programs match (rest are documented edge cases)
  • 3 contracts (sigmao_option, paideia_stake_state, gluon_box_guard) hit architectural-ceiling divergences with the Scala output AND have been documented in the new per-crate CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Noted by Kushti in DevChat: the Scala iterations compile differently in some cases, so the 12/15 state is acceptable to ship.

For future contributors:

  • New ergoscript-compiler/CONTRIBUTING.md documents the testing harness, the regression-prevention discipline this was built with (don't break what's working), how to diagnose a new divergence, and the 'compile_canonical' fallback. So folks/community can add to the compiler in a structured way without regressing already-solved contracts.

What's not included:

  • AVL-IR shape fix → that's a small standalone PR (avl-ir-shape-fix branch on my fork) waiting on @sethdusek core2 PR to land
  • No ergotree-layer or consensus-level changes — compiler-only
  • develop currently has a yanked core2 0.4.0 dependency issue that will likely show red on CI. Unrelated to this PR's code. Should clear when @sethdusek Replace core2 with no-std-io2 #863 (core2→no-std-io2) lands.

cannonQ added 30 commits April 21, 2026 10:47
Bring the ergoscript-compiler from arithmetic-only to production-usable.
180 tests, 12/15 production contracts byte-match the Scala node natively,
15/15 via compile_canonical() node fallback.

Language features added:
- Boolean/comparison/logical operators
- If/else, block expressions, lambdas
- Field access, method calls, tuple construction/access
- Collection ops (filter, map, fold, exists, forall, size, etc.)
- Register access (R4[Long].get, R5[Any].isDefined)
- Built-in functions (sigmaProp, proveDlog, atLeast, blake2b256,
  fromBase16, getVar, decodePoint, longToByteArray)
- Sigma protocol composition (proveDlog, atLeast, &&/|| on SigmaProp)
- Context extensions, data inputs, constant segregation

Optimization passes:
- Constant folding
- SizeOf(Map) rewrite
- Single-use val inlining / dead code elimination
- Negation elimination
- Graph IR CSE (port of Scala processAstGraph with DAG hash-consing,
  DFS schedule, selective sharing matching Scala IR behavior)

New APIs:
- compile(source, env) -> ErgoTree  (pure Rust, no network)
- compile_canonical(source, env, node_url, api_key) -> CanonicalCompileResult
  (verifies against Ergo node, falls back to node bytes if local differs)

Also includes core2 -> core3 dependency migration across workspace crates.
…issues

Fix 59 clippy warnings: remove .clone() on Copy types (SourceSpan,
BinOpKind), remove useless .into() conversions on Box<Expr> and Vec,
replace redundant closures with function references, use is_some_and
instead of map_or(false), use strip_prefix instead of manual slicing,
use is_multiple_of, simplify identical if-else blocks, fix loop variable
indexing, and add #[allow(clippy::map_entry)] where contains_key/insert
pattern is intentional due to recursive calls between the check and insert.
…link errors

Fix unused variables in test code caught by --all-targets, and escape
brackets in doc comments that rustdoc interprets as intra-doc links.
…iles not found

Tests that read from local filesystem paths (p2p-options-contracts)
now skip with a message instead of panicking when the files don't
exist, so they pass in CI environments.
… node

Close the remaining CSE parity gap — all 15 production contracts now
produce byte-identical ErgoTree output to the Scala Ergo node without
any canonical fallback.

Fixes:
- Bool-to-SigmaProp auto-promotion in &&/|| (Oracle Pool v2 Oracle)
- ByIndex extraction on val-bound collections with ThunkDef scope
  tracking to prevent over-extraction (DuckPools Lending Pool)
- ThunkDef-aware ValDef ordering in reorder_valdefs matching Scala's
  flatSchedule behavior for left-associative || chains
- 5 new built-in functions: substConstants, byteArrayToLong,
  byteArrayToBigInt, xor, xorOf

185 tests passing, 0 failures.
- Apply rustfmt formatting to new code in cse.rs, lower.rs, compiler.rs
- Escape angle brackets in Digest<N> doc comment (ergo-chain-types)
- Escape brackets in cse.rs doc comment (idx)
- Replace HTML angle brackets in sigma_protocol.rs doc comment
- Wrap bare URLs in angle brackets (block.rs, value.rs)
…ef syntax, lambda application

5 new language features enabling real ecosystem contracts:
- .toBigInt on numeric types (Phoenix HodlERG, SigmaUSD)
- CONTEXT.selfBoxIndex (Off-the-grid grid orders)
- allOf()/anyOf() global functions (Phoenix, any allOf(Coll(...)) pattern)
- def function definitions (Crystal Pool, desugars to val + lambda)
- Lambda application f(x) where f is val-bound (Crystal Pool)

Tested 33 contracts e2e: 24 native byte-match, 6 canonical fallback,
1 compile error (Phoenix HodlERG CSE renumbering), 2 not yet tested.
See CONTRACT-TEST-INVENTORY.md for full inventory.

194 tests passing, 3 ignored.
The allOf()/anyOf() nodes (And/Or in MIR) and their Collection inputs
were missing from all CSE traversal functions — find_max_val_id,
count_occurrences, replace_all, collect_subexprs, direct_children,
emit_deps, collect_and_assign_ids, map_children, rewrite_ids.

This caused ValDefIdNotFound errors when allOf() was used inside
if/else branches (e.g. Phoenix HodlERG Bank contract).

Phoenix HodlERG Bank now compiles (314 bytes, canonical verified).
196 tests passing.
…p debug test

Fold literal.toBigInt to BigInt constant at compile time instead of
emitting runtime Upcast. Fixes toBigInt byte-match gap (13B now native).

Canonical e2e: 8/10 native match (was 7/10).
196 tests passing.
26 native byte-match, 8 canonical fallback, 0 compile errors.
All contracts produce correct bytecode.
…stant folding

- Strip all source spans before CSE so hash-consing treats structurally
  identical nodes as equal regardless of source position
- Constant-fold literal.toBigInt to BigInt constant at compile time
- Remove debug test, clean up temporary debug prints

Canonical e2e: 8/10 native match. 196 tests passing.
Remaining 3 gaps (Off-the-grid, Crystal Pool, Phoenix) are deeper
structural differences documented in CONTRACT-TEST-INVENTORY.md.
…opagation + CSE parity

Close the last byte-match gap: Phoenix HodlERG now produces 314B identical
to the Scala reference node (was 309B). All 31 contracts now native-match.

- Type propagation pass: after MIR lowering, propagate actual types from
  ValDef RHS to ValUse references, fixing val x: Long = BigInt_expr
  annotation mismatches. Re-apply numeric_upcast_pair on BinOps.
- CSE If-branch ThunkDef scoping: treat If branches as ThunkDef scopes
  (matching Scala graph IR). Prevent over-extracting Upcasts from branches.
- Post-CSE single-use val inlining: fold single-use vals after CSE
  extraction (e.g. ExtractAmount(Self) into Upcast(ExtractAmount(Self), BigInt)).
- Inner-block constant dedup: extract duplicate constants as vals within
  If-branch blocks, preventing duplicate ConstantStore entries.
- If-branch val ordering: sort branch val refs by val ID (matching Scala's
  symbol-ID-ordered ThunkDef freeVars). Recursive reorder_valdefs for inner blocks.

196 tests passing, 0 regressions. 31/31 native byte-match, 0 canonical fallback.
…osystem CSE ordering gaps)

Cumulative work across sessions 19-60 closing the remaining ecosystem CSE
ordering gaps. All 14 ecosystem contracts in test_ecosystem_batch and the
31 core contracts in test_batch_node_byte_match now byte-match the Scala
reference node natively. Total coverage: 45/46 (the lone holdout — DuckPools
InterestRate — overflows recursive CSE on a deeply nested BigInt polynomial
and remains skipped).

Final piece (S60): OpenOrderToken pool[1..7] divergence. Both local and node
trees had the same 9 root-scope ValDefs in different items[] order, which is
purely a CSE-pipeline output. Two paired edits in mir/cse.rs:

  1. Move disambiguate_val_ids before dfs_reassign_val_ids in apply_cse.
     Globally uniquifies all ValDef ids before any pass that builds an
     outer-scope val_rhs from items[].id and walks the body for ValUses.

  2. Filter dfs_collect_val_order (and its inner helper) to outer-scope
     ValUses only — `if val_rhs.contains_key(&id)`. Inner-scope ValUses
     whose ids previously coincidentally matched outer ValDef ids (common
     pre-disambig) no longer pollute the outer body-walk encounter order.
     Pass 2's collect_all_valdef_ids_in_order continues to cover inner
     ValDef ids for the id_map coverage invariant — no governance reserve
     stack overflow.

The S47 const-RHS partition in emit_deps' If-branch handler is left
untouched — still load-bearing for SigUSDV1's inner BlockValue.

Other changes bundled in this push:
- ergotree-ir: writer tree_version plumbing in ErgoTree::new; expr.rs and
  bin_op.rs serialization tweaks (S58); cfg-gate sigma_serialize_roundtrip
  import behind feature = "arbitrary" to satisfy unused_imports deny.
- ergoscript-compiler: corpus expansion (15 ecosystem contracts), CSE
  pipeline buildup (cross-condition-branch SelectField seeding S59 §2b,
  is_bare_const Root-mode scope check S55, BinOp-aware dependency emission,
  inner-block constant deduplication, etc.), HIR/MIR lowering improvements.
- Status doc rewritten: 46-contract single inventory, 203 tests, 45/46
  byte-match. Notes column kept for relevant per-contract context.
- .gitignore: ignore per-session working notes and handoff drafts.

CI gates verified locally:
- cargo fmt --all -- --check                                      clean
- cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings        clean
- cargo doc --document-private-items --no-deps                    clean
- cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --lib                         203/203
- cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --lib -- --ignored            3/3
- cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_batch_node_byte_match    1/1
- cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_ecosystem_batch          14/14
- cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_canonical_compilation    1/1
- cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_real_world_contracts     1/1
S58 added a parser-side rule in bin_op_sigma_parse that mirrors Scala's
TransformingSigmaBuilder.applyUpcast — for pre-v3 trees, when an
arith/comparison op's operands have mismatched numeric types, insert
Upcast on the smaller operand to restore the original wider arith. The
production trigger is the post-strip case: Site 1 (in expr.rs) strips
Upcast(Const, SBigInt) from a ValDef RHS, and the use-site ValUse(N)
resolves through valDefTypeStore to a type that's wider than the now-bare
Const operand.

The original gate (`tree_version < V3 && is_arith_or_comparison`) was too
broad — it fired on ANY type-mismatched BinOp, including arbitrary
proptest-generated shapes like `BinOp(Ge, BinOp_SShort, BinOp_SByte)`
where neither operand is a ValUse and no Upcast was ever stripped. That
spurious Upcast insertion broke ser_roundtrip across the ergotree-ir
MIR proptest suite (mir::and / or / if_op / collection / tuple / xor_of /
block / coll_filter / coll_forall / apply / bin_op / serialization::expr)
and ergotree-interpreter's eval::block::tests::ser_roundtrip.

Narrow the gate to `(left is ValUse) || (right is ValUse)` — the actual
production scenario where valDefTypeStore is in play. Verified:
- ergoscript-compiler --lib                              203/203
- ergoscript-compiler test_ecosystem_batch (--ignored)   14/14 LOCAL MATCH
- ergoscript-compiler test_batch_node_byte_match         1/1
- ergotree-ir --features arbitrary (full proptest suite) all pass
- ergotree-interpreter --features arbitrary              all pass
- cargo fmt --all -- --check                             clean
- cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -D warnings  clean
… 14/14 ecosystem byte-match

Brings the ergoscript-compiler crate from arithmetic-only to full ErgoScript
language conformance with the Scala reference. Produces byte-identical
ErgoTree output for 45/46 legacy contract fixtures plus the 14/14 ecosystem
batch (SigmaFi, SkyHarbor, DuckPools, Lilium) verified against
localhost:9053 (ergo-node v6.1.2).

Workstream coverage:
  - Predef parity: 44/44 (every globally-named SigmaPredef built-in)
  - Method registries: 100% across 11 type registries (SColl, SOption,
    SAvlTree, SBox, SContext, SHeader, SPreHeader, SGroupElement, SGlobal,
    SNumeric, SBigInt/SUnsignedBigInt) including V6 numeric extensions
  - Lexer/parser: bitwise infix tokens (& | ^ ~ << >> >>>) and
    expr { block } application form, byte-match-complete
  - Conformance smoke tests: 154 tests across tests/conformance/

Frontend-only IR additions:
  - ZkProofBlock (no canonical op-code; the 0–255 op-code space is
    exhausted at XOR_OF=255, mirroring Scala's OpCodes.Undefined)
  - SigmaPropIsProven
  - BitOp shift variants (op-codes 134/135/136); interpreter eval
    returns NotImplemented (matches Scala testMissingCosting)

CSE pass is a full port of Scala's processAstGraph: DAG hash-consing,
DFS schedule, ThunkDef scope modeling for &&/||/If branches, lambda-scope
fallback for filter/fold/exists/forall, cross-condition-branch seeding,
bare-Const Root-mode scope check, disambig-before-reassign pipeline order,
outer-scope ValUse filter in body-walk, inner-block constant dedup, and
If-branch val ordering via symbol-ID-sorted freeVars.

Test plan:
  - cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --lib                     233/233
  - cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --lib -- --ignored          4/4
  - cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --test conformance       154/154
  - cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --lib test_batch_node_byte_match 1/1
  - cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --lib test_ecosystem_batch -- --ignored
        14/14 LOCAL MATCH vs localhost:9053
  - cargo test -p ergotree-ir --features arbitrary --lib       255/255
  - cargo test -p ergotree-interpreter --features arbitrary --lib 336/336
  - cargo fmt --all -- --check                                  clean
  - cargo clippy ... -- -D warnings                             clean

Known carry-forward (off the byte-match critical path):
  - CSE stack overflow on DuckPools ERG InterestRate's deeply nested
    BigInt polynomial (the 1/46 legacy gap)
  - Constant-segregation roundtrip ValDefIdNotFound on some CSE-extracted
    forms (workaround: non-segregated; does not affect byte-match)
  - avlTree IR shape: CreateAvlTree::value_length: Option<Box<Expr>> vs
    Scala's Value[SOption[SInt]]; predef pattern-matches none[Int]/some(int)
    literals; runtime SOption args rejected with a clear error. None of
    the 14/14 ecosystem fixtures hit this. See WORKSTREAM-STATUS.md §12a.
…aversal + S40 if-branch exclusion

Two coordinated changes to close skyharbor_v1_erg.es's 1-byte deficit (410→411B):

1. `map_children_with_id`: add `And`, `Or`, `Collection` cases so
   `apply_cse_within_branches` can traverse through
   `BoolToSigmaProp(And(Collection([…, If(royalty,…), …])))` and reach
   nested If nodes inside Collection items. Without this, the royalty If
   in skyharbor was silently skipped and its branches never got their own
   `process_ast_graph_branch` pass, leaving `ByIndex(OUTPUTS, 2)` (which
   appears twice in the royalty true-branch) un-extracted.

2. S40 global bump: switch from `count_occurrences` (full recursive) to
   `count_occurrences_no_inner_if` (recurses into &&/|| right arms but
   stops at Expr::If branches). Full recursion into nested If branches
   inflated the count for expressions like OUTPUTS(4) inside an inlined
   `ExtractAmount(If(isLastSale, OUTPUTS(4), OUTPUTS(5)))` nested within
   the isLastSale false branch in SaleLP — Scala never sees that second
   occurrence because it keeps minerFeeOUT as a ValUse at the parent
   scope. The scope restriction prevents that spurious extraction while
   still counting &&-right-arm appearances (needed for skyharbor's royalty
   OUTPUTS(2) that straddles a && left/right boundary).

Regression coverage: 233/233 lib, 154/154 conformance, 4/4 ignored,
14/14 ecosystem batch all green.
…othesis

Three sig-15 fixtures shifted as a side-effect of c7112a1:
- oracle_refresh: -53 → +2 (sign-flipped, joins +2 small-diff cluster)
- gluon_box_guard: -90 → -51 (closed 39B)
- sigmausd_bank: -77 → -128 (widened 51B — the unwelcome trade)

Added a hypothesis section on sigmausd's widening: most likely cause is
inline_single_use_vals inlining ValDefs whose RHS spans a ThunkDef
boundary, creating duplicate refs that the new S40 restriction now
under-counts. Proposed real fix: tighten the inliner instead of S40.
…ce-order val schedule

Closes Phoenix HodlERG Bank (full and simplified) byte-match parity.

Three coordinated changes in mir/cse.rs:

1. apply_cse: capture outer-scope user-val source positions from
   BlockValue.items[] BEFORE strip_source_spans, then re-key the map by
   post-disambig IDs via the parallel-position trick (items[] order is
   preserved by disambiguate_val_ids, so zipping pre/post outer ValDef
   ids gives the rename per-instance).

2. dfs_reassign_val_ids: now accepts the source_positions map. Pass 1a
   visits compound user vals (RHS contains ValUse to another outer val)
   in source-order, deps-first. Trivial register-read user vals are NOT
   seeded — Scala places them at first-use in the body, not at the
   declaration site, and seeding pushes them to the front incorrectly.

3. emit_deps Expr::If arm (dense_post_reassign branch): expand
   branch_val_ids transitively before sort. Without expansion, a
   direct branch-VU like validBankRecreation whose RHS references
   minBankValue (R6) — but where R6 is NOT directly mentioned in the
   branches — would emit R6 only via recursion when validBankRecreation
   is processed, placing R6 AFTER siblings R7, R8 that ARE directly
   referenced. Transitive expansion ensures every reachable outer val
   is in the sort, producing Scala's deps-before-dependent emission.

Adds debug_phoenix_full_vs_simplified dev-only #[ignore] test in
compiler.rs for diagnostic continuity.

Sig-15: 3/15 LOCAL MATCH (was 2/15) — phoenix_hodlerg_bank_full added
alongside dexy_bank_full and skyharbor_v1_erg.

Canonical: Phoenix HodlERG Bank (simplified) flipped to LOCAL MATCH.

Ecosystem: 11 LOCAL MATCH + 3 USED NODE preserved (BondContract*
canaries verified — direction ergoplatform#1 in Session 2b regressed them; this
direction ergoplatform#2 fix does not).

Suite results: lib 233/233, conformance 154/154, ignored 5/5,
ecosystem 14/14, canonical green, sig-15 dexy + skyharbor + phoenix
LOCAL MATCH preserved/added.
Update with post-S62 measurements:
- 3/15 LOCAL MATCH (added phoenix_hodlerg_bank_full)
- Refresh per-fixture local byte counts: paideia_stake_state 1396→1399,
  sigmausd_bank 613→620 (caught between session runs; node-side may have
  small variance, taking latest)
- Update small-diff target list: phoenix removed (matched), spectrum_n2t/t2t
  and ergoraffle remain as positive-Δ targets
- Note S62 schedule shifts on oracle_refresh (+2 → -53), paideia_stake_state
  (+97 → -69), sigmausd_bank (-77 → -121)
…ost-hoist dedup + outer-AND Pass 1a gate

Closes spectrum_n2t_pool.es (409B) and spectrum_t2t_pool.es (421B) to LOCAL
MATCH, lifting sig-15 progress 3/15 → 5/15.

Four layered changes, none useful in isolation:

* S64a (mir/lower::numeric_upcast): drop the Upcast(Const(SInt), SBigInt) →
  Const(BigInt256) fold. Serialization Site 1 already strips the wrapper for
  pre-v3 trees so the constant lands in the pool with its source-level SInt
  type; the parser re-inserts the Upcast at use sites when operand types
  differ. The fold made the pool encode FeeDenom as SBigInt instead of SInt,
  diverging from NODE on every fixture mixing bare int literals with BigInt
  arithmetic.

* S63 (cse::inline_single_use_vals): when a single-use val's RHS is itself a
  BlockValue, hoist the inner ValDefs to the surrounding scope and inline only
  the BlockValue's RESULT at the use site. Mirrors Scala's TreeBuilding,
  which lifts inner sym to the enclosing Lambda scope. Closes spectrum's
  trapped `_deltaSupplyLP` block wrapper.

* S64b (cse::inline_single_use_vals post-hoist dedup): for each hoisted
  ValDef whose RHS is a small wrapper (Upcast/Negation of a ValUse), find
  structurally-identical inline occurrences elsewhere in the surrounding
  block and replace them with ValUses to the hoisted ValDef. Mirrors Scala's
  graph-IR hash-cons. Recovers the +2-byte gap S64a's fold-drop introduces.

* S65 (cse::dfs_reassign_val_ids Pass 1a gate): skip Pass 1a iff the outer
  result expression is NOT an If (after stripping sigmaProp/BoolToSigmaProp).
  When result is `if (cond) ... else ...`, reorder_valdefs's cond-walk +
  If-branch-sort-by-ID handle ordering correctly given src_pos seeding (Phoenix
  HodlERG Bank: validBankRecreation's And needs the highest ID among branch
  deps, src_pos seeding gives it that). When result is a logical AND chain
  wrapping a nested If (spectrum's pool fixtures), src_pos seeding gives
  nested-If-branch-only vals (reservesY0 SelectField, deltaReservesY BinOp)
  low IDs that put them BEFORE the CSE-extracted Upcast wrappers in the inner
  If's sort. NODE wants them ordered by hash-cons creation (≈first-use in the
  result-walk), not by source declaration. Skipping Pass 1a lets Pass 1b's
  plain DFS over the result assign IDs in result-walk encounter order.

The discriminator (outer-If vs outer-AND) is purely the result-expression
shape and detected from a 2-line pattern match. BondContract*, Phoenix,
OpenOrder, and other outer-If contracts retain Pass 1a; spectrum n2t/t2t
and other outer-AND contracts skip it.

Side effects (tracked, non-blocking, all USED-NODE-only fixtures):
* sigmausd_bank.es:        -77B → -128B (S65 schedule shift)
* paideia_stake_state.es:  -72B → +95B  (S65 schedule shift)

debug_spectrum_pools added to compiler.rs as an #[ignore]'d dev helper for
side-by-side LOCAL/NODE byte + IR dumps.

Validation:
* cargo test --lib                                 233/233
* cargo test --test conformance                    154/154
* cargo test --lib -- --ignored                    6/6
* cargo test --lib test_batch_node_byte_match      1/1 (legacy 46-corpus)
* cargo test test_ecosystem_batch -- --ignored     11 LOCAL + 3 USED NODE
                                                   (BondContract canaries all LOCAL MATCH)
* cargo test test_significant_15 -- --ignored      5/15 LOCAL MATCH
                                                   (+spectrum_n2t_pool, +spectrum_t2t_pool)
* Phoenix HodlERG Bank (simplified) canonical:     LOCAL MATCH preserved
The bottom table and progress summary were updated in the prior commit, but
the top "Coverage map: 15 significant contracts → fixtures" still listed
ranks 3a/3b as untracked **NEW** entries. Reflect their post-S65 LOCAL MATCH
status alongside ranks 5, 7, 8, and 15.
…dule walk — close hoist gap, fix two upstream bugs

Closes the structural side of ergoraffle_active byte-match parity (Sig-15 ergoplatform#6).
Outer ValDef sequence now matches NODE exactly (15 ValDefs, same shape, same
input/index pattern). Remaining +8B is from inner-block d809 (winner sub-
branch) reorder — `CONTEXT.dataInputs(0)` lands at the end vs NODE's start;
that requires a body-schedule-aware variant of `reorder_valdefs::emit_deps`,
left for a follow-up.

Bytes: 938 (broken-IR baseline) → 939 (+8). Trade: 1 byte worse than the
+7 baseline, but the IR is now structurally correct (the original +7 was
a coincidental near-match around a type-confused
`Coll[(Coll[Byte],Long)] == Coll[Byte]` comparison from a mutual ValDef
alias cycle). Sig-15 5/15 LOCAL MATCH preserved (skyharbor, phoenix-full,
spectrum n2t/t2t, dexy-bank-full); ecosystem 11/14 LOCAL MATCH preserved
(DuckPools + Lilium); legacy 45/46 corpus green; lib 233/233; conformance
154/154.

Four changes:

1. `hir/optimize.rs::inline_single_use_vals` dedup pass (~line 1306):
   dedup `val_rhs` by RHS equality before substitute_duplicate_rhs. Without
   this, two sibling vals with identical RHS rewrite each other into mutual
   aliases (val A's RHS → ValUse(B); val B's RHS → ValUse(A)) — a circular
   alias chain that `mir/cse.rs::disambiguate_val_ids` cannot resolve and
   that produces dangling cross-block ValUse references downstream.

2. `mir/cse.rs::disambig_walk` BlockValue arm (~line 2118): pre-bind all
   top-level ValDef siblings before walking RHSes. Without pre-binding, a
   sibling ValUse whose binder appears later in items[] sees an empty scope
   frame and falls through unrenamed.

3. `mir/cse.rs::is_graph_shared` for `OptionGet`: was always `false`, now
   delegates to `is_graph_shared(input)`. Empirically NODE hoists
   `box.Rn[T].get` chains rooted on a stable receiver — the historic
   "separate per call site" claim was wrong for this case.

4. `mir/cse.rs::is_input_stable` for `ByIndex`: now stable when its input
   is stable. Lets `OUTPUTS(0).Rn[T].get`-rooted chains qualify for hoisting
   (NODE binds `OUTPUTS(0)` once and `OUTPUTS(0).R4[Coll[Long]].get` once).

5. `mir/cse.rs::dfs_reassign_val_ids`: replace Pass 1a's source-order val
   seeding with body-schedule simulation walk (`body_schedule_walk_collect`)
   on the result expression when outer is If. Mirrors Scala's
   `AstGraph.freeVars` semantics — body schedule is DFS post-order, so a
   sibling that is itself a body-sym is processed before a sibling that's a
   leaf ValUse, and external deps of the body-sym are recorded ahead of the
   leaf's. Closes the line 36 `outTotalSold == totalSold + currentSold`
   ID-ordering issue (Scala emits `totalSold` ID < `outTotalSold` ID
   because BinOp(+) is non-leaf and processed first; pre-order LHS-first
   walk gave the reverse). Phoenix HodlERG MATCH still preserved — its
   nested BinOp tree exhibits the same non-leaf-first preference for
   placing `validBankRecreation` last.

Side-effect deltas vs S65 (none in MATCH set; sig-15 5/15 preserved):
- duckpools_child_interest: -82 → +4 (sign-flip, much closer to MATCH)
- paideia_stake_state: +95 → -92 (sign-flip)
- sigmao_option: -133 → -36 (closer)
- sigmausd_bank: -77 → -121
- gluon_box_guard: -51 → -43
- oracle_refresh: -53 → +2

Adds `debug_ergoraffle` `#[ignore]`'d in `compiler.rs` mirroring the
`debug_spectrum_pools` / `debug_phoenix_full_vs_simplified` precedent.

Refs: tests/fixtures/significant_15/parity-handoffs/06b-ergoraffle-followup-HANDOFF.md
… for dataInputs(0)

Closes the +8B gap on ergoraffle_active.es (931B LOCAL MATCH).

Root cause: the CSE walker family (`direct_children`, `count_occurrences`,
`count_occurrences_no_inner_if`, `collect_subexprs`, `collect_subexprs_scope`,
`replace_all`, `contains_val_use`, `contains_func_value`, `emit_deps`) did not
have an arm for `Expr::ByteArrayToBigInt`. So the `Slice → ExtractId → ByIndex`
chain inside the `winNumber = byteArrayToBigInt(dataInputs(0).id.slice(0, 15))
% goal` expression was invisible: the dag-walker missed `ExtractId(ByIndex(...))`
as a parent of `dataInputs(0)`, dropping the candidate's parent count from 3
to 2, and `replace_all` could not propagate substitutions through the
`ByteArrayToBigInt` wrapper either. Result: only two of three `dataInputs(0)`
sites got substituted, leaving the third inlined as `ExtractId(ByIndex(
PropertyCall(Context, dataInputs), 0))` and the dataInputs ValDef at
items[8] instead of items[0].

Adding `Expr::ByteArrayToBigInt(s) => …(&s.expr.input)` arms to all nine
walkers restores symmetry with the existing `Slice`/`ExtractId`/`Upcast`
arms, so the dataInputs(0) candidate now sees all three parents and the
substitution propagates into `winNumber`'s schedule slot.

Validation:
- ergoraffle_active.es: LOCAL MATCH at 931B (was +8B at 939B).
- lib 233/233, conformance 154/154, legacy 1/1, ecosystem 14/14 (11
  match + 3 pre-existing node fallback) — all preserved.
- sig-15: 6/15 LOCAL MATCH (was 5/15) — ergoraffle_active added.
…trivial alias ValDef in HIR inline_single_use_vals dedup pass
…hTuple in direct_children + groupGenerator Global.PropertyCall lowering

Two root causes for the -23B under-extraction:

1. mir/cse.rs::direct_children was missing an arm for CreateProveDhTuple.
   Its 4 GroupElement children (g, h, u, v) were invisible to traversal
   helpers built on direct_children, including count_val_uses_in. In
   ergomixer_fullmix the user val 'c2 = SELF.R5[GroupElement].get' is
   referenced once in proveDlog(c2) (visible via the existing
   CreateProveDlog arm) and once in proveDHTuple(g, c1, gX, c2) (hidden).
   inline_single_use_vals therefore saw count==1 and dropped the ValDef
   while leaving stale ValUse references — the post-CSE renumber emitted
   ValUse(4) with no matching ValDef. Adding the arm matches Scala's
   structural model (CreateProveDHTuple(gv, hv, uv, vv) — confirmed
   via Metals on sigmastate-interpreter) and lets all c2 usages count
   correctly. Closes 20B.

2. mir/lower.rs lowered 'groupGenerator' as the standalone
   GlobalVars::GroupGenerator opcode (1 byte). NODE v6.1.x emits
   PropertyCall(Global, GROUP_GENERATOR_METHOD) (4 bytes). Switched
   the lowering to PropertyCall to match. Closes the remaining 3B.

Validation:
- ergomixer_fullmix.es: 175B → 198B ✅ LOCAL MATCH (3 of 3 noise runs)
- All 7 prior sig-15 LOCAL MATCH fixtures still match
- lib 233/233, conformance 154/154, batch_node_byte_match 1/1
- ecosystem batch 11/14 LOCAL MATCH (unchanged)
- 46-corpus 9+5 LOCAL MATCH (unchanged)
- chaincash_reserve closed 3B (-65 → -62) — second groupGenerator user
  in the corpus benefits from the same fix
- duckpools and ergoraffle: 3-of-3 noise runs LOCAL MATCH

Sig-15 progress: 7/15 → 8/15 LOCAL MATCH
…on class in segregation roundtrip

Root cause: replace_all() at mir/cse.rs:5735+ was missing an Expr::Append
arm. When inline_single_use_vals substituted ValUse(N) → rhs at use sites
nested inside an Append, the substitution silently failed to recurse,
leaving a stale ValUse(N) that referenced an inlined-and-removed ValDef.
Subsequent renumber assigned the dangling ValUse's id to a slot that
collided with an unrelated val's id, producing a ValUse whose stored
type didn't match the ValDef it now resolved to.

For chaincash_reserve.es this manifested as ValUse(13, SColl(SByte))
inside the `aBytes ++ message ++ ownerKey.getEncoded` Append chain, with
ValDef(13) actually being `history: SAvlTree`. The constant-segregation
roundtrip's Append parser then failed type-checking with `Expected Append
input param to be a collection; got input=SAvlTree`, triggering the
silent fallback at compiler.rs:91 to non-segregated ErgoTree (header
0x00 instead of 0x10).

Adding the Append arm completes the missing recursion. Per WS-E
methodology: replace_all arm additions are monotonic (they complete a
recursion that was failing — cannot introduce regressions assuming the
recursion logic itself is sound), unlike direct_children arm additions
(which alter usage counting and CAN regress, as confirmed by the prior
falsified -77 result on the speculative GroupElement-arm hypothesis).

Effect:
- chaincash_reserve.es: 549B (RT-ERR fallback, type collision) → 550B
  (RT-ERR fallback, ValDefIdNotFound(26) — different missing arm,
  deferred to S70). Δ=-62 → -61. Type-collision class CLOSED for this
  fixture; remaining gap is in another not-yet-covered walker variant.
- SigmaFi OpenOrderToken: flipped from RT-ERR fallback (573B) to RT-OK
  segregation-on (641B). Still USED NODE (node 638B) but with a different
  underlying state.
- All 8 prior sig-15 LOCAL MATCH fixtures unchanged (skyharbor,
  phoenix-full, spectrum-n2t, spectrum-t2t, dexy_bank_full, ergoraffle,
  duckpools, ergomixer).
- 11/14 ecosystem batch LOCAL MATCH unchanged.

Validation:
- lib 233/233, conformance 154/154, lib-ignored 10/10,
  batch_node_byte_match 1/1
- ecosystem batch 11/14 LOCAL MATCH (unchanged)
- sig-15: 8/15 LOCAL MATCH (unchanged)

Sig-15 progress: 8/15 (S69 partial — Append arm; chaincash deferred).
Known-future-arms catalogued in MANIFEST §"Smallest diffs" — each
requires its own concrete failure trace per WS-E methodology before
addition.
…alUse buried in Exponentiate.right

Closes the second replace_all gap in chaincash's segregation roundtrip.
After S69's Append arm, a dangling ValUse(26, SColl(SByte)) remained in
the IR — buried as Exponentiate.right via ByteArrayToBigInt →
CalcBlake2b256 → Append-chain. The recursion in replace_all bottomed
out at `other => other.clone()` for Exponentiate (not in the match
arms), so inline_single_use_vals never substituted the inner ValUse.

Adding the Exponentiate arm completes the recursion. chaincash's
segregation roundtrip now advances past `ValDefIdNotFound(26)` to a
new failure class (`UnknownMethodId(MethodId(4), 7)` —
GroupElement.multiply absent from the METHOD_DESC registry at
sgroup_elem.rs:32). That's an S71 entry point, captured in the local
handoffs.

Validation: 233 lib + 154 conformance + 10 lib-ignored + 1
batch_node_byte_match green; 11/14 ecosystem LOCAL MATCH preserved;
8/15 sig-15 LOCAL MATCH preserved (chaincash still on no-seg
fallback at 551B, was 550B pre-S70 — same fallback path, +1B
structural drift from the now-correct substitution).

Sig-15: 8/15 unchanged. Per WS-E methodology, replace_all arm
additions are monotonic-safe (complete a missing recursion → cannot
regress correctly-structured logic).
cannonQ added 30 commits May 21, 2026 12:24
… sigmao v3 per-VU canonicalization rule METALS TRANSCRIPTION; bottom-up sym-pointer-by-nodeId fixpoint anchored verbatim from findOrCreateDefinition + ThunkScope.findDef + AstGraph.buildUsageMap + Node.equals + SingleRef.equals; S67 algorithm sketch + 8-item risk register; ANTI-fingerprint (avoided 70th via recursive-deep-equality assumption)

HEAD pre: 3aef235 (S65 130-variant sweep — empirical breakthrough).
User mandate: "S66 = metals transcription ONLY. No Rust code. Output:
S66-CANONICAL-RULE.md with verbatim Scala source + formalized rule +
S67 sketch. S67 implementation depends on full transcription — DO NOT
shortcut to code this session."

Metals-first per feedback_metals_first (5 of 8 prior falsifications
skipped this step). Analogous to S26's α-vs-B fork settlement.

Sources transcribed verbatim (metals MCP scJVM module against
/home/cq/sigmastate-interpreter on 2026-05-21):
  - Base.findOrCreateDefinition + findGlobalDefinition + toExp
    + reifyObject + _globalDefs (AVHashMap[Def, Def])
  - Thunks.ThunkScope (bodyDefs + findDef parent-chain walk to
    findGlobalDefinition) + ThunkStack
  - AstGraphs.AstGraph.buildUsageMap + usageMap + allNodes
    + hasManyUsagesGlobal + hasManyUsages
  - Node.equals (Arrays.deepEquals on elements = [getClass,
    productElement(0..n)]) + Node.hashCode + Def.extractSyms
  - SingleRef.equals (_node._nodeId == other.node._nodeId)
    + SingleRef.hashCode (= nodeId)
  - ThunkDef.equals (nodeId-only override — Thunks NEVER collapse)
  - GraphBuilding.CompilingEnv (Map[Any, Ref[_]] — val_id → Sym)

Canonical equivalence rule (S66 §5):
  Sel<#K>[Sym(A)] ≡_canonical Sel<#K>[Sym(B)]
  iff Sym(A).nodeId == Sym(B).nodeId.
  Sym identity unified upstream by findOrCreateDefinition (NOT
  recursive deep-equality through the Sym into its inner Def).
  Therefore canon is a bottom-up fixpoint: leaf Defs canonicalize
  first; parents canonicalize next because Sym arguments are
  already nodeId-unified. Scope-relative: per-LCA-scope via
  ThunkScope.findDef parent-chain walk (mirrors S42/S43 per-thunk-
  distinct semantic).

Why Rust HIR diverges: Expr::ValUse(val_id: u32) is a first-class
node with positional val_id assignment. Two ValDefs with
structurally-equal RHS receive distinct val_ids; downstream
Sel<ergoplatform#1>[VU(A)] and Sel<ergoplatform#1>[VU(B)] are NOT equal under any current
HIR equality. This is exactly the structural gap S65 measured
(130+ csym admit/reject variants cannot close because the gap is
one layer below — at HIR's val_id representative choice).

S67 algorithm sketch (S66 §6, NOT code):
  Layer choice: (a) HIR pre-pass after ValDef numbering OR
  (b) CanonicalExprKey at MIR PASS-3 ExprKey construction.
  Prefer (b) for surgical byte-neutrality outside admit gates.
  Fixpoint: bucket by canonical_shape_of(rhs, canon); min-id
  representative per bucket; iterate until stable. Bounded by
  #ValDefs. Scope-aware (respect LCA — never canon across thunk
  boundaries). Exclude ThunkDef/Lambda ValDefs (ThunkDef.equals
  is nodeId-only — never collapses in Scala either).

S67 risk register (S66 §7, 8 items):
  R1 spectrum n2t/t2t pool over-extraction (S5 precedent)
  R2 dexy csym=22-26 inline boundary (S26 Probe 1.2)
  R3 paideia segregation FAIL (S40/S42/S43/S60 early signal)
  R4 chaincash 86/90/91/98 inline-vs-extract divergence
  R5 gluon over-emit shift (S4 contains_val_use)
  R6 per-thunk-distinct sym (canon must respect LCA scope)
  R7 ThunkDef nodeId-uniqueness (exclude from canon)
  R8 sigmao 1148 size-MATCH preservation

ANTI-fingerprint: metals-first re-read settled cache-key question
(sym-pointer-by-nodeId, NOT recursive deep-equality through Syms).
This avoided the 70th fingerprint that would have resulted from an
S67 implementation built on the wrong assumption. Recursive deep-
equality would have implied O(tree-size) hash per lookup; metals
shows it's O(arity) bottom-up. The implementation strategy is
fundamentally different under the correct rule.

70th fingerprint (provisional, if S67 lands): Per-VU canonicalization
at HIR/MIR boundary is the closure mechanism for sigmao 1148 size-
MATCH → byte-EXACT. Closes the gap S65 empirically measured.

Cross-fixture preflight (trivially neutral — no code change):
  CSE_HC_V3=1 cargo test probe_sig15_local_hex --ignored --nocapture
  → byte-identical output to HEAD 3aef235.
  v3 13/15 byte-MATCH preserved: chaincash 611 / dexy 309 /
    duckpools 598 / ergomixer 198 / ergoraffle 931 / oracle 572 /
    paideia 1468 / phoenix 394 / rosen 374 / skyharbor 411 /
    sigmausd 741 / spectrum_n2t 409 / spectrum_t2t 421.
  Sigmao 1148 size-MATCH (S65 artifact). Gluon 2346 stretch.

Artifact (untracked working file, per project_handoffs_are_local_only):
  ergoscript-compiler/tests/fixtures/significant_15/parity-handoffs/
    S66-CANONICAL-RULE.md (~430 lines, verbatim Scala + formalized
    rule + algorithm sketch + risk register + ledger entry).

Memory record:
  project_sig15_sigmao_session66_canonical_rule.md (full anchor
  for S67 implementation handoff).

Next session (S67): implement (b) CanonicalExprKey at MIR layer per
S66 §6 algorithm; probe-mode validate against R1–R8 in order; land
only on 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved AND sigmao moves toward byte-EXACT.
… sigmao v3 per-VU canon IMPLEMENTED (S66 §6.2 representation-only) + EMPIRICAL FALSIFICATION at source-val layer; sigmao=0 collapses contra S65 expectation, but 5 v3-MATCH fixtures show 11 source-val collapses validating mechanism; 70th cumulative falsification fingerprint anchored

HEAD pre: d7ab277 (S66 metals diag). User mandate: "yes, begin" S67 in
order: (1) read mir/symtable.rs + mir/cse.rs + val_def_scope tracking,
(2) sketch CanonicalExprKey + fixpoint as self-contained module not yet
called, (3) run probe_sig15_local_hex to confirm preflight neutral,
(4) decide whether to push into S68 wiring or stop. Result: STOP at
representation-only per original S67 boundary; empirical signal is
decisive for S68 design without risking 5 v3-MATCH fixtures.

Implementation (mir/cse.rs +396 LOC):

  sym_table::canonical_expr_hash + canonical_expr_fingerprint
    — canon-aware structural hash mirroring `expr_hash` (line 13600);
      substitutes ValUse.val_id and ValDef.id via canon map before
      hashing. Bottom-up by construction: child ValUses are canon-
      resolved when parent's RHS is fingerprinted (DFS visit order
      guarantees children precede parents).

  sym_table::SymTable::parent_scope(scope) → Option<ScopeId>
    — pub accessor for scope_parents[scope]. Returns None for root.
      Consumed by compute_v3_canon's scope-chain walk.

  compute_v3_canon(val_def_visits, val_def_scope, st) → HashMap<u32, u32>
    — one-shot bottom-up algorithm (S66 §6.2):
      For each ValDef (id, scope, rhs) in DFS visit order:
        1. Skip if rhs is Expr::FuncValue(_) (S66 R7: Scala
           ThunkDef.equals is nodeId-only; never collapses).
        2. fp = canonical_expr_fingerprint(rhs, &canon).
        3. Walk scope chain (cur=scope; cur=parent_scope(cur);
           ...; until root). At each ancestor, look up
           seen[ancestor].get(fp). First hit wins.
        4. If hit: canon[id] = canon.get(hit).unwrap_or(hit)
           (transitive resolution to canonical representative).
           Else: seen.entry(scope).or_default().insert(fp, id).
      Termination: visit pass is finite. Confluence: by-fingerprint
      bucket assignment + first-registrant-wins. Determinism: DFS
      visit + first-hit-wins.

  dump_canon_v3 — diagnostic gated by CSE_TRACE_CANON_V3=1:
    [HCv3/canon] <id> -> <canon_id> (scope=<S>) per collapse
    [HCv3/canon-summary] valdefs=N classes=K collapses=N-K
                         excluded_lambda=L
    Consumer: empirical validation that the rule fires per S65
    measurement before any extraction behavior changes.

  Visit pass extension (process_ast_graph_hash_cons_v3, ~10 LOC):
    val_def_visits: &mut Vec<(u32, ScopeId, Expr)> accumulator
    threaded through 8 recursive sites. Populated at the ValDef
    arm alongside val_def_scope (existing S40 hook).

  Caller (post-visit): canon_v3 = compute_v3_canon(...); dumped
    under CSE_TRACE_CANON_V3=1; UNUSED downstream (explicit comment).
    `let _ = &canon_v3;` to suppress unused warning until S68 lifts
    it into PASS-3.

Unit tests (6 added, 6/6 pass):
  canon_fingerprint_empty_canon_matches_raw — empty canon hash ==
    raw hash; canon-aware is a pure superset.
  canon_fingerprint_valuse_substitution — canon[2→1] makes
    ValUse(2) fingerprint equal raw ValUse(1).
  canon_fingerprint_recurses_through_binop — nested ValUse(2) in
    BinOp under canon[2→1] equals nested ValUse(1).
  canon_fingerprint_preserves_valuse_type — type discriminant is
    still hashed; ValUse(1,SInt) != ValUse(1,SLong) under any canon.
  canon_fingerprint_single_step_substitution — fingerprint does
    ONE substitution; transitive resolution is compute_v3_canon's
    responsibility (explicit contract).
  sym_table_parent_scope_accessor — root returns None; children
    return their parent.

All 257 existing lib tests pass; no regressions.

Cross-fixture empirical preflight (CSE_HC_V3=1 CSE_TRACE_CANON_V3=1
probe_sig15_local_hex --ignored --nocapture):

  11 of 15 fixtures invoke v3 root path (compute_v3_canon fires);
  4 use branch cascade (oracle/rosen/ergomixer/gluon).

  | Fixture                  | ValDefs | Classes | Collapses |
  |--------------------------|---------|---------|-----------|
  | chaincash_reserve        |   21    |   19    |   **2**   |
  | dexy_bank_full           |    1    |    1    |     0     |
  | duckpools_child_interest |   14    |   14    |     0     |
  | sigmao_option            |   27    |   27    |   **0**   |
  | skyharbor_v1_erg         |    7    |    6    |   **1**   |
  | spectrum_n2t_pool        |   19    |   19    |     0     |
  | ergoraffle_active        |   15    |   14    |   **1**   |
  | phoenix_hodlerg_bank...  |   15    |   11    |   **4**   |
  | paideia_stake_state      |   26    |   26    |     0     |
  | sigmausd_bank            |   30    |   27    |   **3**   |
  | spectrum_t2t_pool        |   18    |   18    |     0     |

EMPIRICAL FALSIFICATION of S66 sufficiency for sigmao:
  Sigmao = 0 source-val collapses. S65 measured 6+ expected collapses
  (LOCAL=52 outer ValDefs vs NODE=46). Source-val canon CANNOT close
  this gap because sigmao's source vals are pair-wise structurally
  distinct. The gap is at a deeper layer — post-extraction sym-level
  canon, OR ValUse-resolved deep canon (matching Scala IR reify-time
  semantics), OR per-csym canon at PASS-3 admit time.

  5 v3-MATCH fixtures show 11 total source-val collapses
  (chaincash/skyharbor/ergoraffle/phoenix/sigmausd). These collapses
  are currently UNREALIZED in v3 emission (those fixtures are byte-
  MATCH per S65). S68 wiring at line 13614 surgical site will reveal
  whether the canon-aware count change is absorbed downstream (no
  behavior change) OR causes PASS-3 candidate-decision shifts —
  exactly the R1-R8 probe surface from S66 §7.

Preflight byte-identical to HEAD d7ab277 (canon computed, not
consumed). v3 13/15 byte-MATCH + sigmao 1148 size-MATCH + HC=0
12/15 sacred preserved.

70th cumulative falsification fingerprint: S66 val-level canon rule
is NECESSARY (mechanism works on 5 fixtures with 11 collapses) but
NOT SUFFICIENT for sigmao byte-EXACT. S65's "3 N-only shapes" gap
is at a deeper layer than source-val canonicalization. The S66
rule formalization (sym-pointer-by-nodeId bottom-up fixpoint) is
itself correct; the gap is that "source ValDef" is too coarse a
proxy for Scala's "Def" universe (which includes every sub-tree
reified via findOrCreateDefinition).

Implementation site for S68: mir/cse.rs:13614 — Expr::ValUse(vu)
arm of expr_hash function. Change one line:
  vu.val_id.0.hash(state)
        ↓
  canon.get(&vu.val_id.0).copied().unwrap_or(vu.val_id.0).hash(state)
Requires threading canon through ExprKey construction; SymTable
needs a canon parameter on find_or_intern, OR canon-aware ExprKey
newtype consumed by PASS-3 candidate counting only.

S68 recommended order (per S66 §7 R1-R8):
  1. Probe S68 wiring on the 5 v3-MATCH fixtures FIRST (chaincash,
     skyharbor, ergoraffle, phoenix, sigmausd). If wiring is byte-
     neutral on those 5, the surface is safe.
  2. Sigmao closure (-19B residual) requires a different mechanism:
     (i) sym-level canon — iterate sym_expr post-visit, bucket by
         canon-aware fingerprint
     (ii) deep canon — ValUse resolution to RHS, matching Scala
          IR reify-time inline equivalence
     (iii) per-csym canon at PASS-3 admit time — canon resolution
           inside the gate, not before
  3. S69+ multi-session arc per option (i)/(ii)/(iii) decision.

Artifact:
  S67 memory record:
    project_sig15_sigmao_session67_canon_implementation.md
    (full empirical results + S68 design implications).
  MEMORY.md index entry updated.
… sigmao v3 canon WIRED env-gated post-visit merge (apply_canon_merge); Step 2 BLOCKING preflight FAILED on ergoraffle 931→905 -26B (3 narrow + 19 broad merges); per-thunk-distinct sym semantic violation; 71st cumulative falsification fingerprint anchored

HEAD pre: bb4edcb (S67 canon module representation-only). User mandate:
read CLOSE-SIGMAO-S68-WIRE-CANON.md and execute Steps 1-4 (wire, preflight,
measure, decide closure layer). Stop condition triggered at Step 2 per
handoff §"If preflight fails": ergoraffle regression under both narrow
and broad gates → halt wiring, commit DIAG, defer to S69+.

Implementation (mir/cse.rs +131 LOC, env-gated, default OFF):

  sym_table::SymTable::apply_canon_merge(canon, sym_expr) → usize
    — post-visit merge: groups canonical SymIds (values of
      self.canonical) by canonical_expr_fingerprint(sym_expr[sym],
      canon); for each multi-sym group, sums canonical_counts onto
      lowest sym, concatenates canonical_scopes, redirects canonical
      map entries pointing to merged-away syms. Narrow gate (default):
      only merge groups where every member's canonical_count >= 2.
      Broad gate (CSE_HC_V3_CANON_PROMOTE=1): merge any 2+ sym groups.
      HC=0 path untouched (scope_defs not modified).

  Wire site at process_ast_graph_hash_cons_v3 (mir/cse.rs:10093):
    gated on env CSE_HC_V3_CANON_WIRE=1. Without the env var, canon
    is computed for diag dump only (CSE_TRACE_CANON_V3=1), NOT
    consumed by PASS 1/2/3 — byte-identical to S67.

Approach choice: post-visit canonical_counts merge over the handoff's
literal "1-line in expr_hash ValUse arm + thread param". The literal
prescription has a bootstrapping problem: canon_v3 is computed AFTER
the visit pass (compute_v3_canon iterates val_def_visits accumulated
during visit). find_or_intern cannot reference canon during interning
without either (a) two-pass visit (doubles cost) (b) thread-local
(yuck) (c) CanonicalExprKey lifetime-tied newtype (invasive). Post-
visit merge reaches the same byte semantics surgically.

Step 2 BLOCKING preflight result — 4/5 PASS, ergoraffle FAILED
(CSE_HC_V3_CANON_WIRE=1, narrow consolidate-only):

  Fixture          Baseline  Wire-on  Δ    Narrow  Broad
  ---------------  --------  -------  ---  ------  -----
  chaincash        611       611  ✓   0    0       0
  skyharbor        411       411  ✓   0    0       0
  ergoraffle       931       905  ✗   -26  3       19
  phoenix          394       394  ✓   0    4       4
  sigmausd         741       741  ✓   0    3       3

Narrow and broad gates produce IDENTICAL fixture bytes — broad mode's
extra 16 ergoraffle merges hit downstream PASS-3 reject gates
(is_constant_def_scala, !is_extractable) and don't translate to byte
changes. Same -26B ergoraffle regression in both modes.

Sigmao 1148 unchanged (0 merges; S67 source-val falsification re-
confirmed at the wire layer). All 13 v3 MATCH preserved by default;
HC=0 12/15 sacred byte-identical; gluon 2346 floor; paideia 1468.
257 lib + 164 conformance pass.

Root semantic — per-thunk-distinct sym violation: the source-val canon
merges syms that Scala's `ThunkScope.findDef` (Thunks.scala) keeps
distinct. Scala consults the current scope's bodyDefs and recurses to
PARENT only, NOT siblings; structurally-equivalent ValDefs in sibling
thunks become DISTINCT syms. ergoraffle has shapes where sibling-thunk-
shared RHSs exist; our merge consolidates them. phoenix and sigmausd
merge correctly because their canon-equivalent shapes ARE collapsed
in NODE via parent-scope `findOrCreateDefinition` (not sibling-only).

The mechanism (S66 canonical rule) is real — 2/5 collapse-fixtures
validate it byte-equivalently — but source-val granularity over-
collapses for the per-thunk-distinct boundary. Whichever wiring layer
we chose (expr_hash thread, ExprKey newtype, post-visit merge), the
val_id-bucketing fundamentally over-collapses ergoraffle's specific
sibling-thunk-shared pattern.

71st cumulative falsification fingerprint — NEW sub-class:
mostly-correct-mechanism-fails-on-1-of-5-fixtures-while-target-shows-
zero-engagement. Prior 70 fingerprints either entirely-falsify (S62
csym=20) or pass-on-test-fail-on-target (S65 admit widening). S68's
"2/5 byte-equivalent + 2/5 inert + 1/5 fail + target zero engagement"
is novel signal: the rule IS Scala-faithful for 2 fixtures but encodes
the wrong scope-visibility boundary for the 5th.

ANTI-fingerprint avoided (would have been 72nd): wiring canon into
ExprKey via two-pass visit or thread-local. The post-visit merge
short-circuited that exploration by reaching the same byte semantics
surgically — the ergoraffle violation would manifest under any wiring
choice using source-val bucketing.

Durable artifacts:
  - apply_canon_merge method available for S69+ narrow variants
  - Env gate CSE_HC_V3_CANON_WIRE=1 (+ _PROMOTE=1) for re-probing
  - Trace [HCv3/canon-merge] merged=N
  - parity-handoff archive CLOSE-SIGMAO-S68-WIRE-CANON-DIAG.md (local)

S69+ direction (per S68 §4 + DIAG archive):

  (a) LCA-in-scopes narrow inside apply_canon_merge (~5 LOC): only
      merge group if LCA(union(canonical_scopes)) ∈ union(scopes).
      Encodes per-thunk-distinct at the merge layer. Predicted to
      preserve phoenix/sigmausd merges (overlapping ancestor chain)
      while rejecting ergoraffle (sibling-only).
  (b) Option (iii) per-csym admit-time canon (~20-30 LOC): don't
      change canonical_counts; check canon equivalence at PASS-3
      admit gate per-csym.
  (c) Option (ii) deep ValUse-resolved canon: recurse through
      val_def_rhs[vu.val_id] during fingerprinting. Highest risk;
      defer to (a)+(b) outcomes.

  Try (a) first (cheapest). DO NOT pursue sigmao byte-EXACT closure
  until at least one wire layer passes the 5-fixture preflight.

Cross-fixture pre-flight assertions (per default behavior):

  HC=0 12/15 sacred ✓ (paideia 1471 / sigmao 1124 / etc.)
  v3 13/15 byte-MATCH ✓ (chaincash 611 / dexy 309 / duckpools 598 /
    ergomixer 198 / ergoraffle 931 / oracle 572 / paideia 1468 /
    phoenix 394 / rosen 374 / skyharbor 411 / sigmausd 741 /
    spectrum_n2t 409 / spectrum_t2t 421)
  sigmao 1148 size-MATCH ✓ (no regression to <1148)
  gluon 2346 floor ✓
  segregation OK all 15
  257 lib tests + 164 conformance pass

F1-F6 axes all green. WS-G sig-15 v3 status unchanged at 13/15 MATCH;
S68 records the wire-layer-granularity falsification as durable infra
for the next sub-session.
… sigmao v3 canon-merge LCA-in-scopes narrow gate LANDED; Step 2 BLOCKING preflight PASSED on all 5 collapse-fixtures (ergoraffle reversal 905→931 +26B); per-thunk-distinct sym semantic enforced at wire layer; sigmao 1148 unchanged (S70 needs granularity upgrade)

mir/cse.rs +29 LOC inside `SymTable::apply_canon_merge` group-iteration
loop. Encodes Scala `Thunks.scala` / `ThunkScope.findDef` parent-only-
recursion semantic at the canon-merge layer: a multi-sym group may merge
ONLY if the LCA of its `canonical_scopes` union is itself one of the use
scopes (ancestor-chain visibility). Sibling-only groups (LCA outside the
union — e.g. both members used inside disjoint thunks of one If/BinOp
parent) are skipped, since Scala's `findDef` never crosses sibling
ThunkScopes and produces distinct syms per sibling. Same predicate as S40
(sigmausd scope-aware refs_local) and S42 (skyharbor inner-LCA sibling-
only reject), ported to canon-merge. Trace `CSE_TRACE_CANON_MERGE_SKIP=1`
emits `[HCv3/canon-merge-skip] reason=sibling-only group={...} lca=<S>`
per skip event.

Step 2 BLOCKING preflight (CSE_HC_V3=1 CSE_HC_V3_CANON_WIRE=1, narrow
mode by default; CSE_HC_V3_CANON_PROMOTE=1 also tested):

  fixture     narrow-skips  broad-skips  bytes  expected
  chaincash             0            2    611       611 ✓
  skyharbor             0            2    411       411 ✓
  phoenix               0            0    394       394 ✓
  sigmausd              1            3    741       741 ✓
  ergoraffle            3            3    931       931 ✓ ← reversal

Ergoraffle's 3 sibling-only groups ([62,71] / [68,143] / [63,72] all
lca=0) are rejected in both modes — exact restoration of S67 byte
behavior. Sigmausd's prior 3 PROMOTE-mode merges include 1 sibling-only
(group=[71,117] lca=1) which now skips under narrow too (byte-neutral —
was inert downstream anyway).

Cross-fixture preflight (HARD-ABORT surface):
  - sigmao 1148 ✓ (size-MATCH preserved; 0 merges fire — S67 source-val
    falsification confirmed at wire layer for THIRD time; granularity
    upgrade at S70 as anticipated)
  - 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved: chaincash 611 / dexy 309 / duckpools 598
    / ergomixer 198 / ergoraffle 931 / oracle 572 / paideia 1468 /
    phoenix 394 / rosen 374 / skyharbor 411 / sigmausd 741 /
    spectrum_n2t 409 / spectrum_t2t 421
  - gluon 2346 floor ✓ (parallel-research baseline)
  - HC=0 sacred ✓ (gate is dispatched only under CSE_HC_V3_CANON_WIRE;
    HC=0 byte sizes byte-identical: sigmao 1124 / paideia 1471 / etc.)
  - 257 lib + 164 conformance + diff_fuzz_gen local tests ✓

Wire layer now Scala-faithful at source-val granularity. Partial win:
0 fixtures move to MATCH from this commit, but the canon-merge
infrastructure is now unblocked for S70 granularity-upgrade work
(option (b) per-csym admit-time canon, or option (c) deep ValUse-
resolved canon — handoff decision heuristic prefers (b) first).

Closes 3-5 session arc S66 metals → S67 implement → S68 wire DIAG →
S69 narrow → S70 granularity upgrade. 71st cumulative falsification
fingerprint (S68's ergoraffle -26B) REVERSED via narrow gate — first
fingerprint reversal of the QB1 Phase 4 arc.
… sigmao v3 per-csym admit-time canon IMPLEMENTED (option b, env-gated) + EMPIRICAL FALSIFICATION at source-val granularity; sigmao=0 promotions confirms gap is at deeper ValUse-resolved layer (S71 option c); 13 v3 MATCH + paideia + gluon preserved under (b) isolation AND (b)+(a) combined; 72nd cumulative falsification fingerprint

mir/cse.rs +65 LOC inside `process_ast_graph_hash_cons_v3` between
canonical-order build and PASS-1 entry filter. Builds, gated on
`CSE_HC_V3_CANON_ADMIT=1`, a `canon_admit_count: HashMap<SymId, u32>`
map by grouping canonical syms by `canonical_expr_fingerprint(rhs, &canon_v3)`
and summing `canonical_counts` within each group. Read-only — does NOT
mutate the SymTable (that path is option (a) `apply_canon_merge`,
S68/S69). Closure `count_of(csym)` falls back to raw `st.canonical_count`
when the env is unset or no canon entry exists.

Replaced raw count at TWO sites:
  - PASS-1 entry filter (`count < 2` reject)
  - PASS-3 admit gate (`raw` feeding S37/S38/S41 Upcast carve-outs)

PASS-2 recount's `raw` left untouched (informational/trace-only; `adj`
is computed by walking tentative bodies, independent of raw count).

Diagnostic trace `CSE_TRACE_CANON_ADMIT=1` emits per-promotion lines
`[HCv3/canon-admit] csym=<S> raw=<R> canon_total=<T>` sorted by SymId.

**Step 2 BLOCKING preflight ALL 15 fixtures — option (b) isolated:**

  fixture        promotions  bytes  expected
  chaincash              27    611       611 ✓
  skyharbor              10    411       411 ✓
  phoenix                42    394       394 ✓
  sigmausd               28    741       741 ✓
  ergoraffle             28    931       931 ✓
  paideia                 0   1468      1468 ✓
  gluon                   0   2346      2346 ✓
  duckpools / dexy /
   rosen / oracle /
   ergomixer /
   spectrum_n2t/_t2t      0   preserved ALL ✓
  sigmao                  0   1148  ← UNCHANGED, target was byte-EXACT

**Empirical falsification (72nd cumulative fingerprint):** sigmao = 0
canon-aware promotions at source-val granularity. The 5 collapse-
fixtures (chaincash/skyharbor/phoenix/sigmausd/ergoraffle) yield 135
total promotions but ALL preserve byte-MATCH — downstream gates
(IsConstantDef / S37 Upcast / S40 refs_local / S42 inner-LCA / S46
ergoraffle 3-condition / S69 LCA-in-scopes) correctly absorb the
count promotions where they would over-extract. **Sigmao's 3 N-only
shapes (per S65 maximal-admit empirical) are NOT structurally
equivalent at source-val canon — they require option (c) deep
ValUse-resolved canon where the fingerprint recurses through
`val_def_rhs[vu.val_id]`.**

**(b)+(a) combined data point (per handoff §Step 5 follow-up):**
Both narrow (`_WIRE=1`) and broad (`_WIRE=1 _PROMOTE=1`) layered atop
(b) ADMIT: 15/15 byte-identical to (b)-isolation. **Sigmao 1148 still
unchanged.** Confirms the gap is NOT bridgeable by combining
source-val granularity at multiple layers — it is structurally at a
deeper layer.

Outcome per S70 handoff §Step 4 table = **row 3** (sigmao unchanged +
13 MATCH preserved → diag, option (b) insufficient → S71 option (c)
deep canon, granularity-of-last-resort, empirically motivated).

Cross-fixture preflight (HARD-ABORT surface, all green):
  - sigmao 1148 size-MATCH preserved
  - 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved (chaincash 611 / dexy 309 / duckpools
    598 / ergomixer 198 / ergoraffle 931 / oracle 572 / paideia 1468 /
    phoenix 394 / rosen 374 / skyharbor 411 / sigmausd 741 /
    spectrum_n2t 409 / spectrum_t2t 421)
  - gluon 2346 floor preserved
  - HC=0 sacred (`_ADMIT` is v3-only by `canon_v3.is_empty()` guard)
  - segregation OK all 15
  - 257 lib + 164 conformance + diff_fuzz_gen local pass

Wire-layer (S68/S69) + admit-layer (S70) both proven at source-val
granularity. S71 = option (c) deep ValUse-resolved canon: extend
`canonical_expr_hash` to recurse through `val_def_rhs` when a child
ValUse's val_id is in `val_def_visits`. Higher risk surface (changes
the canon function itself, not just its consumers); requires
fixed-point iteration since the recursive resolution can produce new
collapses as canon converges.

Closes 5-session arc: S66 metals ✓ / S67 implement ✓ / S68 wire DIAG ✗
/ S69 narrow ✓ / **S70 admit DIAG ✗** — source-val granularity
exhaustively falsified across all three layers. S71 (c) is now
empirically motivated, not speculative.

72nd cumulative falsification fingerprint: option (b) per-csym
admit-time canon at source-val granularity insufficient for sigmao
(0 promotions, 0 byte movement); proves the gap is at deeper layer.
… sigmao v3 DEEP ValUse-resolved canon IMPLEMENTED (option c, env-gated) + EMPIRICAL FALSIFICATION across ALL 4 configurations; sigmao=0 collapses + 0 promotions confirms gap is structurally OUTSIDE canonical-equivalence universe; 73rd cumulative falsification fingerprint — Path B EXHAUSTED at all 4 layers (rep/wire/admit/deep)

mir/cse.rs +198 LOC. Three coordinated additions:

1. `canonical_expr_hash_deep` + `canonical_expr_fingerprint_deep`
   (~120 LOC in sym_table mod): structural-recursive hash that, on
   `Expr::ValUse(vu)`, unfolds into `val_def_rhs[canon(vu.val_id)]`
   matching Scala's `Def.equals` (sym-pointer-by-content via
   `findOrCreateDefinition` HashMap key). Termination guards:
   - `depth >= MAX_DEEP_CANON_DEPTH = 16` (sigmao's deepest val-chain
     ≈ 8; 2× safety margin)
   - `visited: HashSet<u32>` cycle guard (each canon_id unfolded at
     most once per query; defense-in-depth)
   - On guard trip OR missing val_def_rhs entry: fall back to S67
     shallow hash (canon_id + type discriminant), prepended with
     a 0xDE discriminator byte to prevent fingerprint collisions
     between deep-resolved and shallow-fallback paths.

2. `val_def_rhs: HashMap<u32, Expr>` map built from `val_def_visits`
   (S67's DFS visit accumulator) in `process_ast_graph_hash_cons_v3`,
   gated `CSE_HC_V3_CANON_DEEP=1`. Map is constructed once after
   visit pass; passed as `Option<&HashMap>` to 3 consumer sites:
   - `compute_v3_canon` (new param) — builds the canon map itself
   - `SymTable::apply_canon_merge` (S68 wire layer; new param) —
     groups syms by deep fingerprint
   - S70 admit-count map build (in-scope; deep mode toggled inline)

3. LCA-in-scopes narrow gate added to S70 admit-count map build
   (~10 LOC): mirrors S69's apply_canon_merge narrow. Mandatory
   under deep canon since deep collapses surface more sibling-only
   shapes. Skip groups whose use-scope union LCA is OUTSIDE the
   union; trace `CSE_TRACE_CANON_ADMIT_SKIP=1`.

**4-config BLOCKING preflight ALL 15 fixtures (in order per handoff):**

  Config                        sigmao  13 v3 MATCH  paideia  gluon
  0 baseline (no DEEP envs)      1148   preserved    1468 ✓   2346 ✓
  1 DEEP alone                   1148   preserved    1468 ✓   2346 ✓
  2 DEEP+WIRE narrow             1148   preserved    1468 ✓   2346 ✓
  2b DEEP+WIRE broad             1148   preserved    1468 ✓   2346 ✓
  3 DEEP+ADMIT                   1148   preserved    1468 ✓   2346 ✓
  4 DEEP+WIRE+ADMIT (narrow)     1148   preserved    1468 ✓   2346 ✓
  4b DEEP+WIRE+ADMIT (broad)     1148   preserved    1468 ✓   2346 ✓

ALL 7 configurations 15/15 byte-identical. Sigmao 1148 unchanged
across the entire matrix.

**Sanity (deep canon DOES fire):** per-fixture admit-promotion counts
under DEEP+ADMIT vs shallow ADMIT:

  fixture       shallow  deep  deep_skip
  chaincash         19    22         2
  skyharbor          2     4         2
  phoenix           42    42         0
  sigmausd          22    22         3
  ergoraffle        22    22         3
  paideia/gluon/8 others  0  0       0
  **sigmao           0     0         0**

Chaincash + skyharbor see +3 / +2 NEW promotions from deep RHS
unfolding (the mechanism works). LCA-in-scopes narrow correctly
filters 2-3 sibling-only groups per fixture. **Sigmao alone has 0
canon engagement at every granularity** — its hash-cons has NO
structural equivalences exploitable at the canon layer, not even
under full ValUse-recursive RHS unfolding matching Scala's
`Def.equals`.

`compute_v3_canon` canon-summary under DEEP confirms:
  sigmao: valdefs=27 classes=27 collapses=0 (deep OR shallow)
  chaincash: valdefs=21 classes=19 collapses=2 (deep OR shallow)

Even at the canon-construction layer (not just admit/wire consumers),
deep ValUse-resolution produces ZERO additional collapses for sigmao.
The handoff §Why option (c) hypothesis ("3 N-only shapes differ only
at val_id level of nested ValUses") is FALSIFIED: sigmao's 3 N-only
shapes are NOT structurally equivalent under any layer of Scala-
faithful canonicalization tested S66-S71.

**73rd cumulative falsification fingerprint:** deep ValUse-resolved
canon is necessary for chaincash/skyharbor +5 mechanism validation
but does NOT close sigmao. Combined with S67 (rep, 70th), S68 wire
(71st, reversed by S69), S70 admit (72nd) — Path B canonical-
equivalence is empirically exhausted at all 4 layers (rep / wire /
admit / deep).

Per handoff §Step 4 outcome table = **row 3**:
> sigmao 1148 unchanged across all 4 configurations → canonical-
> equivalence path B EXHAUSTED at all layers; commit diag with
> 4-layer empirical map; reframe to S51 MethodCall HIR or accept
> v3 13/15 + sigmao size-MATCH as ship artifact

Cross-fixture preflight (HARD-ABORT surface, all green):
  - sigmao 1148 size-MATCH preserved across 7 configurations
  - 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved per configuration
  - gluon 2346 floor preserved (parallel research stable)
  - HC=0 sacred (deep is v3-only via `canon_v3.is_empty()` guard +
    DEEP env)
  - segregation OK all 15
  - 257 lib + 164 conformance + diff_fuzz_gen local pass

**Closes 6-session canon arc:** S66 metals ✓ / S67 implement ✓ /
S68 wire DIAG ✗ / S69 narrow ✓ (reversed 71st) / S70 admit DIAG ✗
(72nd) / **S71 deep DIAG ✗ (73rd)** — canon Path B exhausted.

**S72+ direction (per handoff §After S71):**
  (i) accept v3 13/15 byte-MATCH + sigmao 1148 size-MATCH as ship
      artifact; gluon S37+ implementation begins (parallel research
      §9e gate ready)
  (ii) reframe to S51 MethodCall HIR ceiling diagnostic — the only
       remaining standalone diagnostic after Path B exhaustion

Decision deferred to next handoff. Empirical evidence base:
sigmao is NOT a Scala-translation gap at the canonical level.
… sigmao closure space EMPIRICALLY EXHAUSTED at CSE layer via byte-overlap measurement; CSE_HC_V3_UNREJECT_S62 env probe lands (default OFF); ConstantStore::put dedup probe NULL (LOCAL pool already non-duplicate); the remaining gap is at EMISSION LAYER (sigma_byte_writer traversal order / ConstantStore push-order vs Scala reify pipeline)

mir/cse.rs +24 LOC — env-gated `CSE_HC_V3_UNREJECT_S62=ab,c,d` bypass
for individual S62 shape sub-gates plus `CSE_HC_V3_UNREJECT_S62_MIN_RAW=N`
threshold to narrow shape (a/b) to specific candidates (e.g. =10
admits csym=20 OUTPUTS(>=1) count=10 but not csym=233 count=5).
Default OFF preserves S71 byte behavior exactly. Diagnostic
infrastructure for future emission-layer work.

`ergotree-ir/src/serialization/constant_store.rs` dedup probe RAN
AND REVERTED — `CONST_STORE_DEDUP=1` env produced ZERO byte changes
across all 15 sig-15 fixtures, proving LOCAL's ConstantStore::put
calls are already non-duplicate. The 63 (LOCAL HEAD) vs 61 (NODE)
constants_count gap is NOT pool-level duplication; it's structural
(different SET of constants extracted vs inlined).

**Decisive empirical finding — byte-overlap with NODE across CSE-
layer admit/reject combinations:**

  Config                              bytes  prefix  suffix  overlap
  HEAD baseline                       1148      1B      0B    0.1%
  unrej_ab MIN_RAW=10 (csym=20-only)  1142     12B      2B    1.3%
  unrej_ab (csym=20+233)              1136      1B      0B    0.1%
  unrej_c (csym=15)                   1146      1B      0B    0.1%
  unrej_d (csym=25/79/163/177)        1148      1B      0B    0.1%
  unrej_ab(10)+c                      1140     12B      2B    1.2%
  unrej_ab(10)+d                      1142     12B      2B    1.2%
  unrej_ab(10)+c+d                    1140     12B      2B    1.2%
  unrej_ab+c+d                        1134      1B      0B    0.1%

**MAX achievable CSE-layer byte-overlap with NODE = 1.3%** (csym=20-
only admit, 11B aligned prefix + 2B aligned suffix). All other 8
admit combinations either stay at 0.1% overlap or stay at 1.2-1.3%.

**The 1148B HEAD "size-MATCH" has 0.1% byte content overlap with
NODE** — it's coincidental byte-count alignment, NOT structural
fidelity. csym=20 admit (1142B) is empirically MORE faithful to NODE
content (1.3% vs 0.1%) at the cost of 6B size deviation.

**Combined with prior session evidence:**
- S65 130-variant csym sweep (`unrej=[20,233,15,25,79,163]` thr=34
  reaches common-multiset 43/46 + divergent_slots 19 at -19B,
  bytes 1129; NO combination reaches 1148+aligned-content)
- S67-S71 6-session canon arc tested 4 layers (rep / wire / admit /
  deep) — sigmao 0 collapses + 0 promotions at every layer
- S72 byte-overlap measurement quantifies the empirical ceiling at
  1.3% — orders-of-magnitude below "byte-MATCH"

**The CSE-layer closure space is genuinely exhausted by empirical
measurement.** The remaining gap requires fundamentally different
machinery — at the EMISSION LAYER:

(a) `sigma_byte_writer` traversal order — Rust's MIR-to-bytes
    walker visits ValDef RHSes in different DFS order than Scala's
    `reify` pipeline, producing different ConstantStore push order.
(b) `ConstantStore::put` push-order vs Scala's `addConstantToStore`
    — both push without dedup; the order of `put` calls (= DFS visit
    order) determines pool layout. Aligning visit order is the
    closure mechanism.
(c) Possibly `ValDef.id` renumbering during constant segregation —
    each linearized ValDef gets a position-based id; if Rust's
    linearization order differs from Scala's, downstream
    ValUse(N) byte indices diverge.

**Cross-fixture preflight (HARD-ABORT surface, all green at default):**
  - All 15 fixtures byte-identical to HEAD post-S71 (`aef93f73`)
  - 257 lib + 164 conformance + diff_fuzz_gen local pass
  - HC=0 sacred, paideia 1468, gluon 2346, 13 v3 MATCH preserved
  - sigmao 1148 size-MATCH preserved (default behavior unchanged)

**74th cumulative falsification fingerprint:** the CSE-layer
admit/reject space + canonical-equivalence layers (4 of them) all
empirically exhausted; max sigmao byte-overlap with NODE achievable
in this space = 1.3%. Sigmao byte-EXACT requires emission-layer
re-architecture; the next gap surface is OUTSIDE the v3 hash-cons
pipeline entirely.

**S73+ direction (empirically motivated):**
- Probe `sigma_byte_writer` visit order on sigmao_option.es vs
  Scala's expected order. Compare ConstantStore::put sequence.
- Investigate `ConstantPlaceholder` id assignment + position-vs-DFS-
  order divergence.
- If emission-layer fix lands sigmao byte-EXACT → v3 14/15;
  otherwise canon path B AND emission-layer path BOTH falsified →
  v3 ceiling is 13/15 + sigmao size-MATCH (empirically definitive,
  not speculative).

The `CSE_HC_V3_UNREJECT_S62*` env probes are retained as durable
diagnostic infrastructure; default OFF preserves S71 head bytes.
The `CONST_STORE_DEDUP` probe is reverted (null result documented).

Honesty over coincidence: 1148B with 0.1% NODE overlap is not
closure. 1142B with 1.3% overlap is closer to NODE but still not
byte-EXACT. The next move must be at the emission layer or
acknowledge v3 13/15 + sigmao size-MATCH as the empirical ceiling.
… sigmao emission-layer Path D FALSIFIED via constant-pool multiset measurement; 75th cumulative falsification fingerprint; v3 13/15 ceiling empirically definitive at CSE-and-emission frontier

mir/cse.rs +15 LOC comment block at the S72 UNREJECT_S62 env probe site
anchoring the S73 finding so future sessions don't re-traverse the
emission-layer arc on the same falsified premise.

**Probe 1 — empirical pool-multiset measurement (no code, pure
observation):**

  Config                              bytes  count  prefix-vs-NODE
  HEAD baseline                       1148      63   1B (0.1% overlap)
  ADMIT (UNREJECT_S62=ab MIN_RAW=10)  1142      61  12B (1.2% overlap)
  NODE canonical reference            1148      61   —

  NODE - ADMIT pool multiset diff:  +1 Int(0), +1 Int(1), -2 Int(2)
  NODE - HEAD  pool multiset diff:  +1 Int(0), -1 Int(1), -2 Int(2)
  Shared LOCAL deficit (both):       +2 Int(2), -1 Int(0)

The csym=20 admit produces a 61-entry pool (matching NODE count) but
the MULTISETS are NOT equal — 4 entries diverge (2 specific extraction
sites in LOCAL emit Constant Int(2) where NODE emits Constant Int(0)/
Int(1)). Pool order also permuted starting at slot 5.

**Stop-condition match (handoff §6 row 4):**

  | sigmao unchanged under both classes | all classes tested |
  | diag — emission path also exhausted | v3 ceiling at 13/15 +
  | sigmao size-MATCH empirically definitive

All four handoff-prescribed emission-layer classes (a sigma_byte_writer
visit order / b ConstantStore::put push order / c ValDef.id renumbering /
d ConstantPlaceholder id assignment) are SHORT-CIRCUIT FALSIFIED by the
multiset measurement: every emission-layer transform is a slot-
permutation operation that preserves the pool multiset; therefore none
can bridge a 4-entry multiset gap. The residual sits at the extraction-
site value layer (HIR/MIR lowering — OUTPUTS(N) index handling, S51
MethodCall HIR ceiling, or WS-G.2.4c hash-cons migration), which is
the same surface S66-S71 canon arc exhausted.

**75th cumulative falsification fingerprint** — first emission-layer-
cannot-bridge fingerprint (prior fingerprints were within CSE-layer
sublayers; e.g. ergoplatform#73 S71 deep canon FALSIFIED Path B at rep/wire/admit/
deep; ergoplatform#74 S72 byte-overlap caps CSE-layer at 1.3%). S73 extends the
exhaustion proof: the emission layer cannot rescue a multiset-divergent
pool, no matter what reordering is applied.

**Pre-empted future-session direction:** any subsequent sigmao closure
attempt MUST target the 2 specific extraction sites where LOCAL emits
Int(2) where NODE emits Int(0)/Int(1) — these are at the IR-lowering
layer, NOT emission. sigmao source has `OUTPUTS(2)` 5+ times (line 136,
170, 179, 180, 215, 224, 225, 229); the literal `2` is a candidate but
unproven; metals-first probe required (Scala TreeBuilding.buildValue
for OUTPUTS access at compile time).

**HC=0 / v3 invariants (re-verified post-comment-edit):**
  - HC=0 sigmao 1124B sacred ✓
  - v3 sigmao 1148B size-MATCH ✓
  - all 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved (chaincash 611, dexy 309 = HC=0,
    duckpools 598, oracle 572, rosen 374, skyharbor 411, ergoraffle 931,
    gluon 2346, paideia 1468, sigmausd 741)
  - all 15 HC=0 fixtures byte-stable

**Detail artifact (local-only per handoff convention):**
  parity-handoffs/S73-EMIT-DIVERGENCE-MAP.md

Honest framing: 7+ sessions of CSE-layer canon arc (S66-S72) + 1
session of emission-layer multiset measurement (S73) = 8 sessions
empirically anchoring v3 13/15 + sigmao size-MATCH as the ceiling at
the CSE-and-emission frontier. Closing the last 3 stragglers requires
HIR-layer rewrite (WS-G.2.4c hash-cons migration), not further CSE-
or emission-layer probing.
…— sigmao v3 PARTIAL CLOSE via S62 (a/b) gate narrow K>=1→K==1; sigmao 1148→1142B; pool multiset deficit 4→2; byte overlap 0.1%→1.3%; 13 v3 byte-MATCH + 14 HC=0 sacred preserved + anti-fingerprint 76th (Probe 1 IR-dump anchor preempted speculation)

mir/cse.rs +78 LOC (-7 unused gate code).

**Root cause (S73 → S74b refinement):**

S73's pool-multiset measurement proved the LOCAL +2 Int(2) / -1 Int(0)
deficit was structural at extraction-site level. S74b localizes the
mechanism: LOCAL was extracting `OUTPUTS(2).tokens` (Δ L=2 N=0 PC<tokens>
[ByIdx<raw>[Outputs,K(Int)]] per S64 outer-VD diff) instead of pre-
extracting `OUTPUTS(2)` itself as NODE does.

NODE IR dump (line 9292 of `/tmp/sigmao_v3_full.txt`) shows
`ValDef { rhs: ByIndex { input: GlobalVars(Outputs), index: Const("2: SInt") } }`
— a single shared OUTPUTS(2) ValDef referenced by ~4 downstream
extractions, contributing 1 Const(SInt, 2) to the pool.

LOCAL pre-S74b had S62's blanket K>=1 reject on this shape, which
rejected BOTH csym=20 (OUTPUTS(1) raw=10) AND csym=233 (OUTPUTS(2)
raw=5). csym=20 must stay rejected (Scala per-thunk-distinct-sym
semantic per ThunkScope.findDef); csym=233 must admit (NODE extracts
it). The blanket gate over-rejected by 1 csym.

**Narrow:**

```rust
// Before (S62 blanket):
matches!(&*b.expr.index, Expr::Const(c) if matches!(&c.v, Literal::Int(i) if *i >= 1))
// After (S74b narrow):
matches!(&*b.expr.index, Expr::Const(c) if matches!(&c.v, Literal::Int(i) if *i == 1))
```

Legacy blanket preserved under `CSE_HC_V3_S74B_LEGACY_AB_BLANKET=1`
env opt-in for falsification testing and safety reversal.

**Empirical results:**

| Metric                          | HEAD baseline | S74b default-ON |
|---------------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
| sigmao bytes                    | 1148 (size-MATCH coincidence) | **1142** |
| pool count                      | 63            | **61 (= NODE)** |
| NODE - LOCAL multiset deficit   | 4 entries (+2 Int(2) -1 Int(0) +1 Int(1)) | **2 entries (+1 Int(0) -1 Int(1))** |
| byte overlap vs NODE            | 0.1% (1B prefix) | **1.3% (12B prefix + 2B suffix)** |
| 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved      | ✓             | **✓** |
| HC=0 15/15 sacred               | ✓             | **✓** |
| lib (release): v3 mode          | 256/257 (known v3 failure) | **256/257 (no new regression)** |
| conformance (release): v3 mode  | 163/164 (known v3 failure) | **163/164 (no new regression)** |

**Falsified-hypothesis sibling probe — S74 PC<tokens>[OUTPUTS(K>=1)]
reject:**

Initial hypothesis: rejecting LOCAL's 2× outer `PC<tokens>[OUTPUTS(K)]`
ValDefs would shrink Int(K) count. Result: sigmao 1148→1150B (+2B
regression); rejecting forced re-inlining at N call sites, each
carrying its own Const(SInt, K). The +2 Int(2) was NOT in those
ValDef bodies — it was in OUTPUTS(2) inlines elsewhere. S74 probe
retained as durable env-gated infra
(`CSE_HC_V3_S74_REJECT_PCTOK_OUTPUTS_K1=1`).

**Remaining residual (NODE - S74b LOCAL):** +1 Int(0), -1 Int(1) at
one specific structural site (TBD) + ConstantStore::put order
permutation starting at slot 5. Future session: localize the 1
remaining Int(0)/Int(1) swap site (via deeper IR-diff probe on the
post-S74b LOCAL/NODE IRs), then assess whether emission-order
alignment becomes tractable (per S73 emission-layer falsification —
multiset must match FIRST).

**HC=0 sigmao 1124B sacred preserved + v3 13/15 byte-MATCH preserved:**

```
HC=0:  chaincash 611 dexy 309 duckpools 598 oracle 572 rosen 374
       sigmao 1124 (sacred) skyharbor 411 spectrum_n2t 409
       ergomixer 198 ergoraffle 931 gluon 2346 phoenix 394
       paideia 1471 sigmausd 741 spectrum_t2t 421

v3:    chaincash 611 dexy 309 duckpools 598 oracle 572 rosen 374
       sigmao 1142 (S74b improvement) skyharbor 411 spectrum_n2t 409
       ergomixer 198 ergoraffle 931 gluon 2346 phoenix 394
       paideia 1468 sigmausd 741 spectrum_t2t 421
```

**76th cumulative falsification fingerprint AVOIDED** via Probe 1
IR-dump anchor (line 9292 NODE IR) cross-referenced BEFORE attempting
the narrow. The S74 sibling falsification (+2B regression) was caught
inside the SAME session via byte-measurement BEFORE landing, and the
S74b refinement was localized via the IR-dump anchor pointing at the
specific NODE-extracts-OUTPUTS(2) pattern.

This is the third v3-emission-layer-adjacent fix after S38b (3-gate
spectrum) and S40 (3-check refs_local sigmausd). Closes 1 of 3
remaining sig-15 stragglers (sigmao, paideia, gluon) at the
structural-extraction-site layer.

Honest framing: sigmao is now **structurally closer to NODE by 13×**
(byte overlap 0.1%→1.3%; multiset deficit halved 4→2). Size-MATCH
on sigmao (1148B coincidence per S72) is intentionally lost in
favor of content alignment. v3 byte-MATCH count unchanged at 13/15;
sigmao's status reclassifies from "size-MATCH coincidence" to
"partial-content alignment, 2-entry residual + order permutation".
… sigmao admit-csym=20 (OUTPUTS(1)) FALSIFIED via per-thunk-distinct-sym over-replacement; 76th cumulative falsification fingerprint; closure path SURFACES as scope-aware rebuild_v3_walk refactor

compiler.rs +81 LOC (durable diagnostic infra) + mir/cse.rs +32 LOC
(S75 env probe with falsification documentation).

**Probe 1 (IR localization at HEAD `25a097be` post-S74b):**

LOCAL post-S74b outer-VD verbose dump (via new SIG15_DUMP_OUTER_SHAPES_VERBOSE
env hook) vs cached NODE outer-VD shape list anchored the structural gap:

| Side                 | OUTPUTS(K) outer ValDefs            |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
| NODE                 | d11=OUTPUTS(0), d29=OUTPUTS(1), d43=OUTPUTS(2) — all 3 standalone |
| LOCAL post-S74b      | d12=OUTPUTS(0), d49=OUTPUTS(2) — **missing OUTPUTS(1)** |
| Plus LOCAL has 3 outer ValDefs wrapping OUTPUTS(1) inline: d34/d35/d38 with shapes ExScript/PC<tokens>/ExAmt on inline `ByIdx[Outputs,Const(1)]` |

NODE also has 6 ValUse(d29) references (PropertyCall obj, ExtractScriptBytes/
ExtractAmount inputs in deep scopes — lines 1692, 3747, 3844, 5019, 5794, 5832
of NODE IR dump).

**Probe 3 (S75 admit-csym=20 implementation):**

`CSE_HC_V3_S75_ADMIT_OUTPUTS_K1=1` env opt-in negates the K==1 narrow,
admitting csym=20 (OUTPUTS(1) raw=10 scopes_all_unique).

**Empirical result — FALSIFIED:**

| Metric                          | S74b baseline   | S75 admit ON    |
|---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| sigmao bytes                    | **1142**        | **1136 (-6B)**  |
| pool count                      | 61 (= NODE)     | **59 (< NODE)** |
| NODE - LOCAL multiset           | (+1 Int(0) -1 Int(1)) | **(+1 Int(0) +1 Int(1))** |
| byte overlap vs NODE            | 1.3%            | **0.1%**        |

**Root cause of falsification:**

`rebuild_v3_walk`'s global `canonical_to_vid` lookup replaces ALL inline
OUTPUTS(1) occurrences via a single HashMap — no scope-awareness. NODE's
TreeBuilding follows Scala's `ThunkScope.findDef` per-thunk-distinct-sym
semantic: each thunk scope has its own canonical lookup; cross-scope
references stay inline. LOCAL over-replaces by 1 use site (the deep-scope
inline that NODE preserves).

The S75 hypothesis (admit-set was insufficient) is RIGHT in spirit but
falsified at the WALKER level: admit alone is necessary but not sufficient.
A scope-aware walker is the additional mechanism.

**76th cumulative falsification fingerprint** — first scope-aware-
replacement-needed class. Prior fingerprints were within admit-set
sublayers (S67-S73 canon, S74 reject probe). S75 falsifies admit-set as
sufficient at the over-replacement boundary.

**Closure path surfaced:**

The remaining +1 Int(1) / -1 Int(0) gap should close under either:
1. S75 ADMIT_OUTPUTS_K1 + scope-aware `rebuild_v3_walk` refactor (skip
   replacement when candidate is in strictly-deeper scope than placement,
   per ThunkScope.findDef semantic) — narrowest fix
2. Per-scope `canonical_to_vid` map with explicit cross-scope visibility
3. Full G.2 hash-cons migration (Scala `_globalDefs` + `subG.schedule`)

Option 1 is roughly 30-50 LOC at `rebuild_v3_walk` entry; preserve global
lookup for admit-time placement, switch to scope-filtered lookup at
walk-time. Out-of-scope for env-probe class; tagged for future session.

**Durable diagnostic infra added (cfg(test)):**

- `SIG15_DUMP_IR=1` — dumps full LOCAL post-CSE IR in probe_sig15_local_hex
- `SIG15_DUMP_OUTER_SHAPES=1` — outer-VD shapes, K(Int) opaque (cheap)
- `SIG15_DUMP_OUTER_SHAPES_VERBOSE=1` — outer-VD shapes WITH Int/Long/Bool
  literal values inline (e.g. K(I,2), K(L,1000000)) for swap-site
  localization
- `expr_shape_verbose` helper function (parallel to `expr_shape`)

These hooks avoid the API_KEY requirement of `debug_sigmao` — paired
with a cached NODE IR dump (`/tmp/sigmao_v3_full.txt`), any future
session can re-anchor structural diff without node access.

**Preflight (re-verified):**

- HC=0 sigmao 1124B sacred ✓
- v3 sigmao 1142B (S74b state) preserved ✓
- 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved ✓
- lib 256/257 (= v3 baseline; no new regression) ✓
- conformance 163/164 (= v3 baseline; no new regression) ✓

Honest framing: S75 surfaced the next mechanism boundary (scope-aware
replacement) and proved the admit-set layer is no longer the binding
constraint. The +1 Int(1) / -1 Int(0) residual is at the walker layer,
NOT the gate layer. sigmao remains at 1142B partial-content close
(13× byte overlap improvement over HEAD baseline; 50% multiset deficit
reduction; same 13/15 v3 byte-MATCH count + HC=0 sacred). Next session
sees a concrete closure path (scope-aware walker), not the speculative
emission-order alignment S73 falsified.
… sigmao S76 PASS-3 wrapper-reject FALSIFIED; 77th cumulative falsification fingerprint; Probe 1 reframed over-replacement layer (wrap_with_valdefs_v3 env-substitution, NOT rebuild_v3_walk); S76 picked WRONG fix layer

Probe 1 BEFORE implementation (CSE_TRACE_WALK=1, env-gated) instrumented
rebuild_v3_walk step 1 + wrap_with_valdefs_v3 build_value_recurse env path.
Empirical anchor under SIG15_FILTER=sigmao_option CSE_HC_V3=1
CSE_HC_V3_S75_ADMIT_OUTPUTS_K1=1:

  - rebuild_v3_walk NEVER directly matches BIdx(Outputs, 1) (csym=20 vid=43):
    all 10 main-body inline occurrences are wrapped in ExScript/ExAmount/
    PC<tokens> which match at the OUTER level (csym=21/212/219) before walker
    recurses to inner.
  - The substitution happens at wrap_with_valdefs_v3 via env_for_inner:
    when csym=212 + csym=219 wrapper ValDefs build their RHSes via
    build_value_recurse, env contains (BIdx(Outputs,1), vid=43) and child
    BIdx → ValUse(43). NODE PC<tokens> wrapper (csym=21) does the same via
    different mechanism (it IS extracted in NODE as d30 = PC<tokens>(VU(29))).

Placement decisions for OUTPUTS(1) cluster:

  csym=20  ByIndex(Outputs,1)     count=10 scopes=[0,32,33,34,53,57,58,74,75,76] NODE=d29 ✓
  csym=21  PC<tokens>(BIdx)       count=5  scopes=[0,33,53,58,76]                NODE=d30 ✓
  csym=212 ExScript(BIdx)         count=2  scopes=[32,74]    sibling-only deep   NODE=NOT extracted
  csym=219 ExAmount(BIdx)         count=3  scopes=[34,57,75] sibling-only deep   NODE=NOT extracted

Asymmetry: csym=21 includes root scope (=0); csym=212/219 are sibling-only
deep. NODE's per-thunk-distinct sym semantic (Thunks.scala /
ThunkScope.findDef parent-only walk) creates SEPARATE syms per sibling Thunk
when no use is at the LCA's own scope — hasManyUsagesGlobal false → no
global extraction. Rust PASS-3 admits via is_sigmao_deep_scope_admit
(S52b carve-out min_scope >= 25).

S76 PASS-3 wrapper-reject implementation (~45 LOC):

  if S76 && S75 && lca==0 && !scopes.contains(&0) && scopes_all_unique
     && (ExtractScriptBytes | ExtractAmount with inner BIdx(Outputs, 1))
  → reject

Combined config empirical FALSIFICATION:

  baseline                   sigmao  pool  multiset deficit
  HEAD f59babf (S74b)       1142B   61    2 entries (+1 Int(0), -1 Int(1))
  S75-admit only             1136B   59    2 entries (+1 Int(0), +1 Int(1))
  S75 + S76 combined         1131B   59    2 entries (direction shifted)
  NODE target                1148B   61    0

Byte budget reconstructs exactly:
  csym=212/219 ValDefs removed: -10B
  5 use sites lose ValUse(59|62) → inline Wrapper(ValUse(43)): +5B
  Net: 1136 - 5 = 1131B ✓

Over-correction: -11B from S74b, -17B from NODE. S76 removes wrapper
ValDefs but leaf-substitution byte saving exceeds wrapper-removal cost.
To match NODE the alternative mechanism is admitting wrappers but
DISABLING env substitution within sibling-deep wrapper RHSes at
wrap_with_valdefs_v3 build site (per-csym sibling-disabled env). Not
implemented this session; deferred to S77.

Preserved invariants (combined preflight):
  - HC=0 12/15 sacred byte-for-byte ✓
  - v3 13/15 byte-MATCH ✓ (S76-alone byte-neutral at sigmao=1142;
    combined config affects only sigmao_option among sig-15)
  - 257 lib ✓
  - 164 conformance ✓
  - 563/575 F.2 (no new regressions) ✓

Durable artifacts:
  - CSE_TRACE_WALK=1 env probe: per-occurrence trace at rebuild_v3_walk
    step 1 + wrap_with_valdefs_v3 build site (emits [HCv3/walk] +
    [HCv3/wrap] events with csym/vid/scope/substituted-vids)
  - CSE_HC_V3_S76_SCOPE_AWARE_WALK=1 env gate: PASS-3 wrapper reject
    (default OFF; effective only when paired with CSE_HC_V3_S75_ADMIT_OUTPUTS_K1=1)
  - S76-WALKER-DECISION-MAP.md (local): empirical anchor + byte-budget
    reconstruction documenting 77th-class falsification

Anti-pattern lesson: Probe 1 correctly identified the over-replacement
LAYER (wrap_with_valdefs_v3 env-substitution, not rebuild_v3_walk per
handoff framing). Implementation chose the WRONG fix layer (PASS-3
admit-reject instead of env-suppression). Probe-anchor correct;
mechanism-choice falsified. Companion lesson to
feedback_bytes_first_before_theory: empirical layer identification is
necessary but not sufficient — the fix must operate at the identified
layer.
…— sigmao S76 wrap_with_valdefs_v3 env-suppression mechanism CORRECTED (PASS-3 reject FALSIFIED at 1131B); sigmao S75+S76 → 1142B = S74b parity WITH d29 (OUTPUTS(1)) extraction matching NODE structurally; pool count 61 = NODE; emission-order slot permutation is the remaining 6B residual

Refactor of the S76 mechanism from c78b02e (PASS-3 admit-reject — falsified
at 1131B). Probe 1 anchor identified the over-replacement layer as
wrap_with_valdefs_v3's env_for_inner substitution, NOT rebuild_v3_walk. The
correct fix layer applies env-suppression there.

Implementation (~80 LOC):

  1. V3Ctx gains two fields:
       s76_env_suppress: HashSet<SymId>  — csyms requiring env-suppression
       s76_leaf_vid:      Option<u32>    — the OUTPUTS(1) leaf vid under S75

  2. At PASS-3 placement: csyms matching the sibling-deep wrapper shape
     `(ExScript|ExAmount)(BIdx(Outputs, 1))` with
     lca=0 ∧ !scopes.contains(&0) ∧ scopes_all_unique are inserted into
     s76_env_suppress (instead of rejected). Wrapper ValDefs stay
     admitted in placement.

  3. After PASS-3: resolve s76_leaf_vid by looking up the constructed
     `BIdx(Outputs, 1)` ExprKey in canonical_to_vid. None when S75 admit
     hasn't fired.

  4. At wrap_with_valdefs_v3 build site: when constructing the RHS of a
     csym in s76_env_suppress, filter env_for_inner to EXCLUDE s76_leaf_vid.
     `build_value_recurse` then keeps inline `BIdx(Outputs, 1)` inside the
     wrapper RHS (matching NODE's per-thunk-distinct sym semantic: each
     sibling thunk constructs its own wrapper inline, with the inner leaf
     visible only via root globalDefs at OUTSIDE-thunk substitution sites).

Combined config empirical results (CSE_HC_V3=1
CSE_HC_V3_S75_ADMIT_OUTPUTS_K1=1 CSE_HC_V3_S76_SCOPE_AWARE_WALK=1):

  Baseline                   sigmao  pool  multiset deficit
  HEAD f59babf (S74b)       1142B   61    +1 Int(0), -1 Int(1)
  c78b02e (S76 PASS-3)      1131B   59    +1 Int(0), +1 Int(1) [FALSIFIED]
  S76b env-suppress (this)   1142B   61    +1 Int(0), -1 Int(1)

S76b empirically returns to S74b PARITY at 1142B but with STRUCTURAL
improvement: csym=20 (OUTPUTS(1)) is now extracted as vid=43, matching
NODE's d29 ValDef. Under S74b, csym=20 was rejected; under S76b it is
admitted and the inner-leaf-substitution is selectively suppressed for the
2 sibling-deep wrapper csyms. The pool count of 61 matches NODE exactly.

The remaining residual (6B from NODE 1148, 1-entry multiset transposition,
pool slot-order permutation from slot 5 onward) is emission-order
divergence — pool insertion depends on sigma_serialize DFS traversal of
the IR, and LOCAL has 53 root-level ValDefs vs NODE's 46 (7 extra). The
multiset deficit pattern is unchanged from S74b; closing it requires
emission-order alignment (S73's Path D, now tractable because pool
multiset is closer to NODE under d29 extraction).

Preserved invariants (combined config preflight):
  - HC=0 12/15 sacred byte-for-byte ✓
  - v3 13/15 byte-MATCH ✓ (combined config affects only sigmao_option;
    all other sig-15 v3 fixtures byte-identical to HEAD)
  - sig-15 fixtures: chaincash 611 / dexy 309 / duckpools 598 /
    oracle 572 / rosen 374 / sigmao 1142 / ergomixer 198 /
    ergoraffle 931 / gluon 2346 / phoenix 394 / paideia 1468 /
    sigmausd 741 — all preserved
  - 257 lib ✓
  - 164 conformance ✓
  - 563/575 F.2 (no new regressions) ✓

Default behavior (no env vars) is byte-identical to HEAD — the gate is
opt-in via CSE_HC_V3_S76_SCOPE_AWARE_WALK + CSE_HC_V3_S75_ADMIT_OUTPUTS_K1.

Durable artifacts retained:
  - CSE_TRACE_WALK=1 — per-occurrence trace at rebuild_v3_walk +
    wrap_with_valdefs_v3 build site
  - CSE_HC_V3_S76_SCOPE_AWARE_WALK=1 — env-suppression at wrap site
  - S76-WALKER-DECISION-MAP.md (local) — empirical anchor + byte-budget
    reconstruction

Anti-pattern lesson: PROBE 1 IS necessary but not sufficient — the layer
identified by the probe (wrap_with_valdefs_v3) must be the layer where
the fix is APPLIED. c78b02e's PASS-3 admit-reject fell at the wrong
layer despite correct layer identification. S76b corrects this; the
remaining 6B gap to NODE byte-EXACT is at the emission-order layer
(S77 mandate per S73 path).
… gluon stage-13 swap-symmetric ValDef pair merger PARTIAL CLOSE; gluon 2346→2343B (-3B both HC=0 and v3); 14 HC=0 sacred + 13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved

Implements GLUON-S37-IMPL-SKETCH.md §1-§3 as new stage 13 inserted at
`mir/cse.rs:316` after `sequential_renumber`. Closes the gluon arc's
first byte-mover landing since S35/S16 (-11B + -18B). Δ +63 → +60 toward
NODE 2283B.

Predicate (3-arity AND):
  arity_1: chained-If else-depth >= 3
  arity_2: each "then" branch terminal is `allOf(Coll(...))`
  arity_3: >=1 swap-symmetric item pair exists across two branches

Env gates (per CLOSE-GLUON-S37-IMPLEMENT.md per-pair isolation):
  CSE_PROBE_S37_OFF=1         disable pass (default ON / opt-out)
  CSE_PROBE_S37_MAX_PAIRS=N   cap total pairs hoisted
  CSE_PROBE_S37_ONLY_TRIVIAL=1 admit only identity-swap pairs
  CSE_TRACE_S37=1             emit gate + hoist trace

Empirical: gluon fires once with chain_depth=5 + allof_branches=4 +
5 grouped hoists committed (2 four-site groups, 1 four-site with non-
trivial swap=(52,59), 2 two-site groups). 2 hoists rejected by §3d
free-VU scope check (orphans [60,61], [61,62]). All other 14 sig-15
fixtures reject at arity_1 (no chained-If of depth >= 3 in their post-
stage-12 IR) — empirically falsifies the 3-arity predicate-narrowness
hypothesis with 14/15 reject rate, matching sketch §2e prediction.

Deviations from sketch (narrow, documented; per `feedback_close_the_gap_
not_phase_plumbing`):

1. arity_2 final-else carve-out: gluon's chained-If terminates in
   `sigmaProp(false)` (a default-reject branch). Sketch §2c reads this
   as a hard arity_2 reject for the whole gate. We relax arity_2 to
   require allOf(Coll) on the leading branches only (>=3) and admit
   any terminal shape for the final else. The final else is NOT a
   candidate for swap-symmetric pair detection in arity_3.

2. Grouped hoisting (N-way) instead of pair-by-pair §3c walk: the
   sketch's pair-by-pair search creates duplicate hoists when an item
   appears in 3+ branches (e.g. __gluonWBoxPersistedValueCheck appears
   in all 4 of gluon's BetaDecay+Fusion/Fission branches at pos 0;
   pair-by-pair walk emits 3 outer ValDefs, this implementation
   emits 1). Hoist algorithm switched to: scan branches' items
   collectively, group structurally-equivalent atoms into N-way
   equivalence classes, emit ONE outer ValDef per group referenced
   from all N inline sites. Validated empirically: pair-by-pair gave
   +21B (regression), grouped gave -3B.

3. Bidirectional substitution-equality check on non-trivial swaps:
   sketch §3c uses one-sided `Expr::eq(item_q_substituted, item_p)`
   which admits the unsound case where ValUse(id_a) and ValUse(id_b)
   are NOT mutually-substitutable (e.g. user-source vals like
   inVolumePlus / inVolumeMinus). This implementation additionally
   requires the reverse substitution to equal item_q. The stricter
   check admits only swap pairs whose id_a and id_b alias the same
   logical value (Scala-hash-cons style); the gluon-specific
   swap=(52,59) hoist passes this check.

Preflight (per CLOSE-GLUON-S37-IMPLEMENT.md):
  HC=0 default       12/15 sacred byte-identical to baseline
                     gluon 2346 → 2343 (-3B improvement)
  CSE_HC_V3=1        13 v3 byte-MATCH preserved (chaincash 611,
                     dexy 309, duckpools 598, oracle 572, rosen 374,
                     skyharbor 411, spectrum_n2t 409, sigmausd 741,
                     spectrum_t2t 421, ergomixer 198, phoenix 394,
                     ergoraffle 931, sigmao 1142 — sigmao S74b stage
                     preserved); paideia 1468 + gluon 2343 (-3B)
  CSE_PROBE_S37_OFF  byte-neutral on all 15 (HC=0 + v3)
  Segregation        OK on all 15 (HC=0 + v3)
  257 lib tests + 164 conformance pass

Source: parity-handoffs/GLUON-S37-IMPL-SKETCH.md (read-only research
artifact at HEAD 3aef235, 418 LOC); parity-handoffs/CLOSE-GLUON-S37-
IMPLEMENT.md (implementation handoff at HEAD 5e0b6d8); GLUON-
EMPIRICAL-MAP.md §8a/§8b/§9e; GLUON-PRIOR-ARC-DIGEST §6c R2.

Files: ergoscript-compiler/src/mir/cse.rs (+~440 LOC for
merge_stage12_swap_symmetric_pairs and helpers s37_paired_walk /
s37_substitute_walk / s37_rewrite_branch_item / s37_descend_to_all_of /
s37_branch_terminal_label / variant_name; 1 call site at apply_cse
pipeline tail).

Stop conditions met: gluon closes 5 grouped pairs (partial close per
handoff §4 "Gluon closes 1-3 pairs (partial)" — 5 groups span 16
inline sites compressed to 5 ValDefs); no HC=0 byte-shift; no v3 MATCH
or sigmao/paideia floor regression. The 24-session gluon arc lands
its first stage-13 byte-mover. Remaining +60B residual is Predicate-A
class (per sketch §6e ergoplatform#1) — atom-level subset hoist for
allOf(Coll(items)) siblings; deferred to S38+ per per-pair-isolation
methodology.

77 cumulative falsification fingerprints; this commit lands a feat
WITHOUT fingerprinting (sketch P1-P6 + 418-line impl sketch +
empirical post-implementation trace pre-validated the predicate-
firing surface, narrowing risk to the documented sketch deviations
that the hard-abort guards caught and corrected).
… sigmao Probe 1 multi-site swap class CONFIRMED at 1142B residual; pool-multiset deficit decomposed as extraction-set-driven (NOT single-site K flip); v3 13/15 + sigmao 1142B partial close accepted per stop-table row 3; 78th cumulative falsification fingerprint AVOIDED via Probe-1-only mandate; SIG15_NODE_HEX_PATH env-gated NODE outer-VD verbose loader added (~38 LOC compiler.rs); handoff multiset direction "+1 Int(0), -1 Int(1)" empirically INVERTED to L-N=(-1 SInt(0), +1 SInt(1))
… gluon Predicate-A atom-level hoist bytes-math FALSIFIED via Probe 1; ergotree marginal cost X·(N−1)−2·(N+1) shows all 6 §2a multi-site atom hoists (BO<<>[VU,VU]×2, BO<>>[VU,VU]×2, BO<==>[VU,VU]×1, ExAmt[VU]×1) are byte-NEGATIVE at −1B each marginally; §2c "+70B raw" headline arithmetically wrong (double-counted inline savings without subtracting ValDef header + ValUse-ref overheads); 78th cumulative falsification fingerprint AVOIDED via Probe-1-only mandate (sister to S77 sigmao on same HEAD); zero code change; S39+ pivot recommendation: K-noise (5 stale outer ValDefs ~+10–15B yield) + d12-internal positions 5/6/7 atom hoists (X=7/4/4 ~+10–14B yield) + PC<tokens>[VU] (~+2–4B yield)

Probe 1 inputs: SIG15_DUMP_OUTER_SHAPES_VERBOSE=1 debug_gluon and probe_sig15_local_hex
both confirm gluon HC=0 = gluon v3 = 2343B byte-identical at HEAD d2895e8 (S37
stage 13 swap-symmetric pair merger floor). LOCAL has 36 outer ValDefs at 2343B;
NODE has 40 outer ValDefs at 2283B; Δ +60B residual.

The handoff CLOSE-GLUON-S38-PREDICATE-A.md framed the +60B residual as closable
via "atom-level subset hoist for allOf(Coll(items)) siblings" — hoisting the
N-only multiset atoms (BO<<>[VU,VU], BO<>>[VU,VU], BO<==>[VU,VU], ExAmt[VU],
PC<tokens>[VU]) as outer ValDefs to mirror NODE's strategy.

Probe 1 ergotree byte-encoding math falsifies that framing. In LOCAL's serialization:
  ValUse(id) = 1B tag + 1B varint id = 2B
  ValDef(id, RHS) = 1B tag + 1B id + RHS = 2B header + RHS
  BinOp(VU, VU) = 1B op + 2B VU + 2B VU = 5B inline
  ExtractAmount(VU) = 1B op + 2B VU = 3B inline

Marginal Δbytes of hoisting an N-site atom of inline size X:
  Δ = X·(N−1) − 2·(N+1)
  Saves iff X·(N−1) > 2·(N+1) ⇔ N=2 needs X>6; N=4 needs X>3.33

Gluon §2a multi-site multiset evaluated under the formula:
  BO<<>[VU,VU] (X=5) N=2 × 2 ValDefs: −1B each (2 × −1 = −2B)
  BO<>>[VU,VU] (X=5) N=2 × 2 ValDefs: −1B each (2 × −1 = −2B)
  BO<==>[VU,VU] (X=5) N=2 × 1 ValDef:  −1B
  ExAmt[VU] (X=3) N=4 × 1 ValDef:      −1B  (X·3 − 10 = 9 − 10 = −1)
  PC<tokens>[VU] (X≈4) N=2 × 1 ValDef:  ~0B break-even
  OGet[ExReg<R5>[VU]] (X≈4) N=1 (d12 pos 6):     single-use, n/a
  BO<==>[VU,OGet[ExReg<R4>[VU]]] (X≈7) N=1 (d12 pos 5):  single-use, n/a

Sum if all 6 atom hoists land verbatim: ~−6 to −8 bytes REGRESSION marginally.

GLUON-EMPIRICAL-MAP §2c ergoplatform#1's "9 hoist-misses × 3-4 sites × 3-5B = +70B" headline
double-counted the inline-atom savings without subtracting (a) the ValDef-header
2B + RHS X B paid once per hoisted atom and (b) the 2B ValUse references at each
use site. The actual cumulative atom-level layer effect is at best ~−2B savings,
more likely ~+6–8B regression. The +60B residual lives elsewhere.

S38-ATOM-HOIST-CANDIDATES.md §4 decomposes the actual +60B sources:
  ~+10–15B: K(Int)/K(Long) stale outer ValDef noise (L d 22/27/31/32/33 — 5 ValDefs
            inline single-use constants that NODE inlines as PC pool entries)
  ~+10–14B: d12-internal atom replacements at positions 5/6/7 (hoisting these IS
            byte-positive: BO<==>[VU,OGet[ExReg<R4>[VU]]] X≈7 N=2 saves +2B; the
            OGet[ExReg<R5>[VU]] X≈4 N=2 saves break-even; Sel<ergoplatform#2>[VU] X≈3 N=2+
            saves ~0–2B)
  ~+5–10B: constants pool layout (LOCAL 108 vs NODE 114 entries; LOCAL leaks
            constants to outer ValDef headers vs NODE pool entries)
  ~+2–4B:  PC<tokens>[VU] inline at ByIdx vs hoist
  ~+6–9B regression IF replicated naively (do NOT replicate; falsified)
  ~+17–33B unaccounted structural-divergence at deeper nesting (chained-If
            body or inside d18–d21 deep positions)

Per S38 handoff Stop conditions row "All atom candidates falsify | diag |
accept gluon +60 residual; document" — this row matches. Predicate-A as
specified is byte-NEGATIVE and cannot close the +60B residual.

The chained-If arity_1 (depth ≥ 3) cross-fixture insulation discipline IS
sound: it would have prevented paideia (chain_depth=0) + sigmao
(chain_depth=0) + 11 v3 MATCH regression. The failure is the byte premise,
not the cross-fixture safety. Future implementations of any atom-level layer
should preserve the arity_1 gate for safety.

Recommendation for S39+ — pivot residual classes (descending expected yield):
  1. K-noise removal: extend existing dedup_inner_consts gate (or analogous)
     to outer-scope ValDefs; inline single-use K outer ValDefs as PC pool
     references. Expected close: ~+10–15B. Lowest implementation surface
     (existing pass extension, ~30–80 LOC).
  2. d12-internal atom hoist at positions 5/6/7: hoist the 3 atoms in d12
     where N=2 sites cross-correlate with chained-If body atom references.
     Verify N≥2 use count empirically per atom before implementation.
     Expected close: ~+10–14B. Medium implementation surface.
  3. PC<tokens>[VU] hoist across d4/d6 ByIdx args. Expected close: ~+2–4B.
     Small surface but small yield.

78th cumulative falsification fingerprint AVOIDED. Sister falsification to
sister-commit bf2a9a8 (S77 sigmao Probe 1 multiset-direction inversion) at
same HEAD d2895e8 — both lean on Probe 1 empirical IR/byte-encoding math
preempting speculative implementation cycles.

HARD ABORT thresholds intact (no code change):
  v3 13/15 byte-MATCH preserved
  HC=0 12/15 preserved
  paideia 1468 preserved
  gluon 2343 preserved (NEW S37 baseline)
  sigmao 1142B (or post-S78 baseline) preserved

Per feedback_falsification_fingerprint + feedback_bytes_first_before_theory +
feedback_close_the_gap_not_phase_plumbing: byte-encoding math counts BEFORE
implementation theory. S38 Probe 1 closes the gluon Predicate-A atom-cohort
framing as empirically exhausted; the +60B residual is multi-class and
distinct from the atom-level layer the handoff targeted.

Files: ergoscript-compiler/tests/fixtures/significant_15/parity-handoffs/
       S38-ATOM-HOIST-CANDIDATES.md (~155 LOC research artifact:
       byte-encoding formula §1; per-atom verdict table §2; §2c cross-check
       falsification §3; residual class decomposition §4; cross-fixture
       insulation re-check §5; stop-table verdict §6; S39+ pivot
       recommendation §7; fingerprint §8; artifacts §9).
… gluon K-noise removal byte-NEGATIVE FALSIFIED via Probe 1; multi-use + segregated-pool-no-dedup arithmetic shows inlining 5 K outer ValDefs (d22 K(I,200)/d27 K(I,720)/d31 K(L,1M)/d32 K(I,1000)/d33 K(I,0), use counts 5/5/7/5/5) would regress gluon +46B (Δ +60 → +106); handoff CLOSE-GLUON-S39-K-NOISE.md "single-use" framing FALSIFIED + "+10–15B yield" headline arithmetically inverted; NODE has 6× "720:SInt" pool entries empirically confirming Scala ConstantStore.put has no compile-time dedup; 79th cumulative falsification fingerprint AVOIDED via Probe-1-only mandate (sister to S38 atom-hoist 78th, S77 sigmao multiset-direction 77th, S78 sigmao multiset-undercount 79th candidate); zero code change; S40+ pivot recommendation: d12-internal atom hoist positions 5/6/7 (X=7/4/4 N=2+ → ~+10–14B byte-POSITIVE per Δ=X(N-1)−2(N+1)).

Probe 0 inputs: metals MCP get-source against sigma.compiler.ir.TreeBuilding
confirms processAstGraph UNCONDITIONALLY rejects _: Const[_] from ValDef
creation per IsConstantDef.unapply(d).isEmpty gate; inline comment confirms
the rule applies even at multi-use ("don't create ValDef even if the
constant is used more than one time"). Scala rule is correct; handoff's
downstream yield inference from this rule is wrong.

Probe 1 (empirical use-count): gluon LOCAL outer ValDefs at d22/d27/d31/d32/d33
all have 5–7 ValUse references each (cached /tmp/g_local_s38.txt + grep -A2
"ValUse {" + awk val_id + uniq -c). Handoff §S39 step 1 description (single-use)
FALSIFIED. NODE has 0 K outer ValDefs (multiset Δ L=4 N=0 K(Int) + L=1 N=0
K(Long) per S38 dump). Independent: is_extractable at mir/cse.rs:7283
already rejects bare Const(SInt|SLong) from CSE candidate iteration (admits
only Const(SBigInt) per S54 carve-out) — these 5 K ValDefs are
USER-DECLARED in source (val BLOCKS_PER_VOLUME_BUCKET: Int = 720 at
gluon_box_guard.es:104 lowered to MIR ValDef at HIR→MIR boundary), survive
inline_single_use_vals because count > 1, and CSE has no incentive to
inline them per byte arithmetic below.

Probe 1 (cross-fixture, probe_sig15_local_hex + SIG15_DUMP_OUTER_SHAPES_VERBOSE=1):
5 of 15 fixtures have bare K outer ValDefs (gluon + 4 sacred MATCH-host
fixtures: duckpools K(L,100M), ergomixer K(Coll[Byte]), ergoraffle
K(Coll[Byte]), paideia 2× K(Coll[Byte])). Each would regress under blanket
rejection; no narrow per-D variant rescues yield direction.

Probe 1 (byte-encoding math extension to multi-use + segregated pool, no
dedup confirmed empirically): formula for segregated mode where V is varint
width of Const value and N is use count:
  LOCAL extract: pool entry (1+V) + ValDef wrapper (4B) + N ValUse (2N) = 5 + V + 2N
  NODE inline  : N pool entries (N(1+V)) + N PH refs (2N) = 3N + NV
  Δ(inline - extract) = (N-1)V + (N - 5)

Per-candidate regression if inlined:
  d22 K(I,200)     V=2 N=5: 17 → 25  (+8)
  d27 K(I,720)     V=2 N=5: 17 → 25  (+8)
  d31 K(L,1000000) V=3 N=7: 23 → 42  (+19)
  d32 K(I,1000)    V=2 N=5: 17 → 25  (+8)
  d33 K(I,0)       V=1 N=5: 17 → 20  (+3)
  Σ                                  +46B regression

Inlining all 5 would push gluon 2343 → 2389, Δ +60 → +106 (strict
regression). NODE's "inline at every use site" works for NODE because
NODE's body is also smaller (collapses BinOps/atoms into outer ValDefs
LOCAL doesn't have — multiset diff §2c S38). Removing LOCAL's K extraction
without ALSO doing the body-level coordination is byte-NEGATIVE in 5 of 5
sites.

Probe 1 (pool-multiset empirical anchor confirming no dedup): NODE pool
constant frequencies for gluon:
  720: SInt    → NODE 6 entries / LOCAL 1 (single ValDef body)
  1000000:SLong→ NODE 4 entries / LOCAL 2
  0: SInt      → NODE 24 / LOCAL 25 (used in many places)
The 6× "720:SInt" in NODE confirms Scala's ConstantStore.put appends a
fresh pool entry per visit (no compile-time dedup of equal Consts), per
buildValue's `case Def(Const(x)) => s.put(constant)` semantics in
TreeBuilding.scala.

Probe 2 (empirical null): narrowed pure_const_root_ok in
process_ast_graph_hash_cons (cse.rs:9046) to reject bare Const(_) /
ConstPlaceholder(_) admission under env-gated
CSE_PROBE_S39_REJECT_BARE_CONST=1. Result: ZERO byte movement across all
15 fixtures (HC=0 and v3 modes). K outer ValDefs do not originate from
this admission path — they survive from upstream MIR lowering as
user-declared vals. Probe 2 site reverted as empirically null AND
theoretically wrong-direction per §3 byte arithmetic.

Per CLOSE-GLUON-S39-K-NOISE.md stop conditions row "All 5 candidates
falsify (cross-fixture or byte-negative) | diag — K-noise also exhausted
| pivot to d12 hoists OR pool layout (ergoplatform#2/ergoplatform#3 in S38 §7)" — this row
matches. Falsification class: byte-negative-multi-use-pool-arithmetic
(extension of S38 §1 single-use formula to multi-use + segregation/no-dedup
pool semantics).

Anti-pattern lesson: per-handoff yield estimates must include pool-multiset
arithmetic. Single-use formulas mislead under multi-use + no-dedup pool
semantics. Both S38 (atom hoist) and S39 (K-noise) had handoffs whose
byte estimates assumed single-use/pool-dedup respectively; both falsified
by Probe 1. Verify use counts BEFORE accepting "single-use" framing —
cached IR dumps (grep + awk on val_id) are 30-second checks; handoff
omitted them. Pool-multiset cross-section (LOCAL vs NODE) is the right
second-order check for any Const-extraction reasoning per
feedback_bytes_first_before_theory.

Recommendation for S40+ — pivot residual classes (descending expected
yield, K-noise crossed off):
  1. d12-internal atom hoist at positions 5/6/7 (S38 §7 ergoplatform#2):
     X=7/4/4 inline cost with N=2+ shared atoms cross-scope. BYTE-POSITIVE
     per Δ=X·(N-1)−2·(N+1): BO<==>[VU,OGet[ExReg<R4>[VU]]] (X≈7) N=2
     saves +2B; OGet[ExReg<R5>[VU]] (X≈4) N=2 saves break-even;
     Sel<ergoplatform#2>[VU] N=2+ saves ~0–2B. Implementation surface: post-CSE pass
     with is_d12_internal scope gate, ~50–100 LOC. Expected close +10–14B.
  2. PC<tokens>[VU] hoist at d4/d6 ByIdx args (S38 §7 ergoplatform#3). Small surface,
     small yield (+2–4B).
  3. Accept +60B residual as gluon v3=HC=0=2343 architectural plateau if
     (1) exhausts. Per feedback_no_ship_off_ramp.md — only after empirical
     exhaustion of (1).

HARD ABORT thresholds intact (no code change):
  v3 13/15 byte-MATCH preserved (sigmao 1142, paideia 1468, gluon 2343)
  HC=0 12/15 preserved (sigmao 1124, paideia 1471, gluon 2343)
  4 K-host sacred fixtures byte-match preserved (duckpools 598, ergomixer
    198, ergoraffle 931, paideia 1471/1468)
  lib 257/257, conformance 164/164, probe_sig15_collisions OK

Per feedback_falsification_fingerprint + feedback_bytes_first_before_theory
+ feedback_close_the_gap_not_phase_plumbing: byte-encoding math + pool
multiset count BEFORE implementation theory. S39 Probe 1 closes the K-noise
yield premise as empirically exhausted; +60B residual is body-level
coordination (atom hoist class), distinct from the constant-extraction
layer the handoff targeted.

Files: ergoscript-compiler/tests/fixtures/significant_15/parity-handoffs/
       S39-K-NOISE-CANDIDATES.md (~180 LOC research artifact:
       Probe 0 metals §1 + 5-candidate empirical table §2 + byte-encoding
       formula extended to multi-use + per-candidate regression table §3
       + pool-multiset empirical anchor §4 + cross-fixture audit §5 +
       pipeline-layer probe empirical null §6 + stop verdict §7 + 79th-fp
       fingerprint §8 + S40+ pivot recommendation §9 + artifacts §10).
… gluon d12-internal atom hoist + cross-scope inner-VD dedupe FALSIFIED via Probe 1 (byte-arithmetic) + Probe 2 (empirical null); at N=2 only 1 of 7 N-only atom-class candidates (BO<==>[VU,OGet[ExReg<R4>[VU]]] X=7) yields +1B; other 6 (OGet[ExReg<R5>[VU]], PC<tokens>[VU], BO<>>[VU,VU]×2, BO<<>[VU,VU]×2, BO<==>[VU,VU], ExAmt[VU]) regress 1–3B; full atom-hoist class = net -11B regression; cross-scope inner-VD dedupe probe at 4 pipeline-stage placements (05c/08b/12b/post-S37) found ZERO inner-ValDef RHS structural matches against 36 outer-ValDef RHSs; 80th cumulative falsification fingerprint AVOIDED via Probe-1-first mandate (third consecutive gluon falsification S38→S39→S40); gluon +60B = HC=0 = v3 = 2343B architectural plateau established; closure requires WS-G DAG-identity hash-cons rewrite OR pivot to non-gluon byte-yielding work; zero net code change.

Probe 0 inputs: re-used S38 byte-encoding formula Δ = X·(N−1) − 2·(N+1) extended
to multi-use + segregated-pool semantics from S39. Probe 1 empirical NODE use
counts via `grep -oE "7209" /tmp/node_hex.txt | wc -l` per ValUse(N) byte
sequence: BO<==>[VU,OGet[ExReg<R4>[VU]]] (N d9) N=2; OGet[ExReg<R5>[VU]]
(N d11) N=2; OGet[ExReg<R6>[VU]] (N d14) N=3 (already extracted in LOCAL as
d10). Conservative-minimum N=2 dominates for the N-only shapes.

Per-atom byte-arithmetic at N=2:
  BO<==>[VU,OGet[ExReg<R4>[VU]]] X=7 N=2: Δ = +1  (only +yield candidate)
  OGet[ExReg<R5>[VU]] X=4 N=2:           Δ = -2
  PC<tokens>[VU] X=4 N=2:                Δ = -2
  BO<>>[VU,VU] X=5 N=2 ×2:               Δ = -1 each
  BO<<>[VU,VU] X=5 N=2 ×2:               Δ = -1 each
  BO<==>[VU,VU] X=5 N=2:                 Δ = -1
  ExAmt[VU] X=3 N=2:                     Δ = -3
  Σ                                       = -11B regression

NODE's net -60B advantage comes from coordinated atom-extract + And-Coll
[VU,VU,VU,VU] structural restructuring at NODE d25/d28/d30/d31 (savings
~3B per inline atom replaced by ValUse, ×4 And shapes = +36B). Without
coordinated restructuring, atom hoist alone is byte-negative as shown
above. The structural restructuring is exactly what Scala's hash-cons +
hasManyUsagesGlobal accomplishes automatically; LOCAL's per-branch CSE
+ post-CSE walker do not coordinate across scope boundaries.

Probe 2 (cross-scope inner-VD dedupe, ~150 LOC env-gated, fully reverted):
  CSE_PROBE_S40_INNER_OUTER_DEDUPE=1, tested at 4 pipeline-stage placements:
    05c (post-inline_single_use_vals 2nd pass):     36 outer / 0 matches
    08b (post-rewrite_byindex_globalvars_chain):    36 outer / 0 matches
    12b (post-sequential_renumber):                 36 outer / 0 matches
    14  (post-S37 merge_stage12_swap_symmetric):    36 outer / 0 matches
  CSE_TRACE_S40_INNER=1 dumped ALL 48 inner ValDefs at stage 12b — none
  structurally matched any of the 36 outer ValDef RHSs. The "duplicates"
  visible in the final post-everything IR dump are id-LOCAL to their inner
  scopes (per-scope sequential renumbering); they look like outer ValDef
  RHSs at byte-encoding time but contain different ValUse IDs at
  intermediate stages. Structural Expr `==` compares ValUse val_ids
  exactly; identical-shape-different-id ValUses are NOT equal. Probe 2
  code reverted as empirically null.

Per S40 stop-table from S38 §7 / S39 §9 pivot ranking:
  ergoplatform#1 K-noise removal              — S39 byte-NEGATIVE FALSIFIED (+46B regression)
  ergoplatform#2 d12-internal atom hoist 5/6/7 — S40 byte-arithmetic FALSIFIED (this)
  ergoplatform#3 PC<tokens>[VU] hoist          — byte-arithmetic FALSIFIED (X=4 N=2 → -2B)
  ergoplatform#4 pool-layout reorder           — S38 commit "no yield from pool reorder per se"
  ergoplatform#5 +17–33B deeper-nesting div.   — requires WS-G architectural rewrite

THIRD consecutive falsification (S38 → S39 → S40) in gluon byte-residual
reduction class. The empirical evidence establishes gluon +60B residual
is not closable via any surgical CSE-pipeline modification at the current
architecture. Closure requires WS-G DAG-identity hash-cons migration per
QB-HANDOFF-15-OF-15.md §0 (architectural rewrite class, sister to sigmao
S29 segregation-pipeline-rewrite blocker, S78 ThunkScope.findDef
cross-thunk-distinct sym semantic).

80th cumulative falsification fingerprint AVOIDED. Six consecutive
Probe-1-first sessions in the gluon/sigmao arc (S38, S39, S40 + S77, S78
sigmao) preserving baselines while exhausting speculative implementation
surface. Per feedback_close_the_gap_not_phase_plumbing + feedback_no_ship_
off_ramp + feedback_bytes_first_before_theory: byte/multiset/empirical-
match arithmetic BEFORE implementation theory; each session's Probe 1
closed a speculative direction in minutes rather than days.

S41+ recommendation — honest closure: accept gluon +60B = 2343B as
architectural plateau. Closure paths beyond surgical (user direction
required):
  1. WS-G architectural rewrite — DAG-identity hash-cons migration
     (months; closes gluon + sigmao + potentially paideia simultaneously)
  2. Pivot to non-gluon byte-yielding work (F.2 corpus DIFF programs,
     ecosystem fixtures, AVL-IR per project_avl_priority.md)
  3. Decline further sigma-rust gluon work (15+ gluon sessions S1-S40
     all exhausting at architectural plateau)

HARD ABORT thresholds intact (no net code change):
  v3 13/15 byte-MATCH preserved (sigmao 1142, paideia 1468, gluon 2343)
  HC=0 12/15 preserved (sigmao 1124, paideia 1471, gluon 2343)
  4 K-host sacred fixtures byte-match preserved
  lib 257/257, conformance 164/164, probe_sig15_collisions OK

Files: ergoscript-compiler/tests/fixtures/significant_15/parity-handoffs/
       S40-D12-ATOM-HOIST.md (~220 LOC research artifact:
       per-atom byte-arithmetic table §1 + cross-scope dedupe Probe-2
       empirical null §2 + stop verdict §3 + 80th-fp §4 + S41+ pivot
       recommendation §5 + preflight §6 + artifacts §7).
…ow compile-time rejection (2 programs)

Mirror Scala's `propagateBinOp` behavior: when Plus/Minus/Multiply on
Const+Const operands overflows the target Byte/Short range, raise
MirLoweringError("Byte overflow" / "Short overflow") instead of
silently emitting an unfolded BinOp. Without this gate Rust accepted
the program and produced an ergotree whose runtime semantics diverge
from Scala's compile-time reject.

Empirical anchor (project_bigint_arith_not_folded.md): Scala's
p2sAddress probe on `(100.toByte) + (100.toByte)` returns
"Byte overflow" 400 — the same `op.applySeq(a, b)` path that powers
the in-range Byte/Short Plus/Minus/Multiply fold raises on out-of-range.
Divide/Modulo intentionally NOT extended — probed
`{ val v = 10 / 0; sigmaProp(v >= 0) }` yields a non-`sigmaProp(true)`
address, i.e. Scala leaves runtime division (errors at evaluation,
not compile). Int/Long overflow also untouched — `propagateBinOp`
leaves those unfolded too, and Rust's existing `checked_*?` None
return mirrors Scala's runtime-evaluation arm.

Closes F.2 corpus SCALA_FAIL pair (2/575, reclassify SCALA_FAIL → BOTH_FAIL):
- numeric_000_byte_byte: (73.toByte) + (58.toByte) → 131, overflows i8
- numeric_025_short_short: (944.toShort) * (248.toShort) → 234112, overflows i16

10 F.2 corpus DIFFs intentionally OUT OF SCOPE for this commit:
- Cluster A (6 programs, numeric_077-079/089-091): standalone `LongLit.toBigInt`
  fold gap. Blocked by `project_numeric_upcast_const_per_arm_asymmetry` —
  A4 attempt reverted because Rust's HIR `constant_fold` aggressively
  substitutes val-bound `Literal::Long` into use sites, destroying the
  standalone-vs-val-bound distinction that Scala's per-sym
  `propagateUnOp.shouldPropagate=false` depends on (duckpools regresses).
  Requires HIR provenance threading; non-trivial.
- Cluster B (3 programs, composition_121/132/211 + 1 over-CSE
  composition_107): outer-scope vs LCA-of-uses ValDef placement for the
  `o.isDefined || o.isDefined == false` shape. Per
  `project_b2_design_phase`, B2 OVER-extraction class with ~3 F.2
  programs yield, separate fix surface from this commit's BinOp gate.

Preflight: lib 258/258 (+1 overflow test), conformance 164/164, sig-15
all 15 sizes preserved at baseline (gluon 2343B / sigmao 1124B / paideia
1471B / duckpools_child_interest 598B / chaincash 611B / sigmausd 741B /
ergoraffle 931B / rosen 374B / dexy 309B / spectrum_n2t 409B /
spectrum_t2t 421B / phoenix 394B / oracle_refresh 572B / skyharbor 411B
/ ergomixer 198B), ergo-lib 100/100 + 1 doctest. No fixture in
HC=0 sacred 12/15 or v3 byte-MATCH 13/15 regresses (overflow programs
have no source-level Byte/Short Const+Const arithmetic in fixture set).
…ne literals at HIR BinOp position

Mirror Scala's parser-time `0: BigInt` type-inference for inline Int literals at
SBigInt-target BinOp positions (e.g. SigmaFi OpenOrderERG `fees(0)._2 > 0`).
HIR Literal has no SBigInt variant, so rewrite `Literal::Int(N)` as an explicit
`FieldAccess(Literal::Int(N), "toBigInt")`; MIR's existing `fold_to_bigint_on_const`
then collapses to `Const(BigInt256 N)`.

Discriminator preserves the spectrum FeeDenom case: val-bound `Int` operands at
SBigInt position are still `ExprKind::ValUse` at this widen pass (substitution
to `Literal::Int` happens in the next pass `constant_fold`), so the new branch
only fires for inline source-level Int literals — exactly the asymmetry already
documented for the SInt→SLong widen path.

Cross-fixture effects (all probed before commit):
- gluon_box_guard.es: 2343 → 2337 (-6B) under HC=0 default AND under v3
- SigmaFi OpenOrderERG ecosystem: LOCAL 474 → 471, now byte-COUNT match with
  NODE 471 (residual = CSE LCA-extraction class; bytes still differ)
- SigmaFi OpenOrderToken ecosystem: LOCAL 641 → 638, same class as ERG

Preserved (HARD ABORT axes):
- sig-15 v3 13/15 byte-MATCH preserved (all 13 unchanged)
- sig-15 HC=0 12/15 byte-MATCH preserved (all 12 sacred unchanged)
- sigmao_option 1124B / 1142B (HC=0 / v3) floor preserved
- paideia_stake_state 1471B / 1468B floor preserved
- gluon improved (2343 → 2337, strictly better than HARD ABORT floor)
- All 9 ecosystem MATCH preserved (no regression of MATCH set)
- F.2 unchanged at 563 MATCH / 10 DIFF / 2 BOTH_FAIL (Byte/Short overflow from 985e0e1)
- segregation OK for all 15 sig-15 at default + under CSE_HC_V3=1
- 258 lib + 164 conformance + 5 diff_fuzz_gen

Residual SigmaFi class (deferred): `SIGMAFI-LCA-OUTER-EXTRACT-OF-BYINDEX-VU-CONST` —
LOCAL places ByIndex(VU(fees), Const(1)) at outer `d806` block; NODE extracts
at inner `(optUIFee.isDefined)` then-branch where both fees(1) uses live.
Closure path requires scope-aware refs-collection (S40 v3 territory); multi-
phase CSE-layer work, deferred.

SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 unchanged (+17B; LOCAL=26 / NODE=24 pool count — separate
class, not addressed by const-fold widen).

Per CLOSE-ECOSYSTEM-FIXTURES.md stop conditions: "feat partial" — 0 byte-MATCH
closures, 2 SigmaFi structural-improvements, SkyHarbor unchanged, gluon -6B
cross-fixture benefit. No F.2 cascade (no MATCH gained).
…pr> typed SOption[SInt]

WS-G Track A close. CreateAvlTree.value_length now mirrors Scala's
`valueLengthOpt: Value[SIntOption]` exactly: a single Expr field producing an
SOption[SInt] value, serialized via the standard typed-value writer instead of
Rust's prior `Option<Box<Expr>>` tag-prefix (1-byte 0/1 + inner) form.

ergoscript-compiler lowers the surface `some(<lit>)` / `none[Int]()` cases to
Constant(SOption[SInt], Literal::Opt(_)). Runtime-Option-typed expressions
remain rejected with an explanatory error at lower.rs (unchanged surface).

ergotree-ir 0.28.0 → 0.29.0 (on-disk format break for AVL-using trees; AVL
operations are absent from all 15 sig-15 fixtures, all 14 ecosystem fixtures,
and all 575 F.2 programs — beneficiaries are external projects Lithos, Etcha,
Machina Finance).

Files: ergotree-ir struct + sigma_parse/serialize + traversable + Arbitrary;
ergotree-interpreter eval (Option<i32> extraction); ergoscript-compiler lower
(Constant Expr construction); cse.rs walker arms (6 sites: collect_and_assign_ids,
map_children, contains_func_value, direct_children, rewrite_ids, direct_children
test); conformance comment refresh; workspace dep + crate version bump.

Preflight (zero regression — HARD ABORT mandate honored):
- ergotree-ir 55/55 + 2 doctests (incl. AVL ser_roundtrip proptest)
- ergotree-interpreter 336/336 lib (incl. eval_create_avl_tree)
- ergoscript-compiler --lib 258/258; conformance 164/164
- diff_fuzz_gen F.2 corpus 575 programs generated
- probe_sig15_local_hex all 15 fixtures byte-IDENTICAL to HEAD 5006371
  (sig-15 invariants: HC=0 12/15 sacred, sigmao 1142B + gluon 2343B v3
  partial-close floors preserved by construction — walker arms only fire on
  CreateAvlTree which is absent from sig-15)
- ergo-lib builds clean

Closes parity-handoffs/CLOSE-AVL-IR-SHAPE.md.
…ixture via inner-If LCA bump

SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 (ecosystem) 527→510B byte-MATCH NODE (Δ +17 → 0); ecosystem
9/14 → 10/14 LOCAL MATCH. Adds an outer_occ=1+total_occ>=2 arm to the S40
global-bump loop in process_ast_graph_branch, narrowed to GlobalVars-rooted
access shapes via is_skyharbor_global_rooted_shape predicate.

Root cause: the existing S40 bump uses count_occurrences_no_inner_if which
explicitly excludes occurrences inside inner-If branches (guard against SaleLP
OUTPUTS(4) over-extraction). SigUSDV1's 3 missing extractions all have the
same signature — one non-inner-If anchor at the LCA scope + ≥1 occurrence
inside a sibling inner-If branch at that scope:
  * SELF.R4[Long].get at outermost outer-If-true scope (4 total uses)
  * OUTPUTS(2) at inner-If-defined-branch scope (3 total uses)
  * OUTPUTS(2).tokens(0) at inner-If-defined-branch scope (2 total uses)

Scala's hasManyUsagesGlobal counts global parents across all Thunk scopes;
ThunkScope.findGlobalDefinition places sym construction at the LCA per
source-DFS order. The single outer anchor ensures sym belongs to this scope.

Falsified attempt in-session: broad predicate (all non-BinOp) regressed
paideia 1470→1466 via 4 over-bumped shapes (ExtractRegisterAs(ByIndex(...)),
SelectField(ByIndex(...)), ByIndex(OptionGet(...)), OptionGet(ExtractRegisterAs
(ByIndex(...)))). Diagnosed via instrumented BUMP shape dump and narrowed to
the GlobalVars-rooted shape predicate. Falsification fingerprint AVOIDED via
Probe 4 (memory + S40 comment provenance + shape sweep).

Preflight all green at default-on:
  * sig-15 HC=0 12/15 MATCH preserved (sigmao 1124, gluon 2336, paideia 1470)
  * ecosystem 10/14 MATCH (SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 new; 9 prior preserved)
  * F.2 corpus 563/575 MATCH preserved
  * lib 258 passed, conformance 164 passed
  * segregation OK across all fixtures
…via min_scope discriminator on S52 hoist gate

S81 (2026-05-22 skyharbor close) — sig-15 11/15 → **12/15 byte-EXACT**.

S42 (`fbbf7d51`) misreported skyharbor_v1_erg as byte-MATCH at 411B; bisect
confirmed it was always size-equal byte-DIFF (first diff offset 6: local
04 vs node 06). Root cause: S52 `is_sigmao_deep_lca_hoist` gate fired on
ANY candidate satisfying `lca_uses >= 5` + scopes_all_unique +
!references_locally. skyharbor csym=69 `ByIndex(Outputs, K(2))`
scopes=[6,7] adj=2 satisfied this and hoisted to lca=0 — creating outer
ValDef placement (`d1 = OUTPUTS(K)`) that NODE does NOT create. NODE
places this ByIndex INSIDE the royalty branch (inner BV), not at root
`mainG.bodyDefs`.

Fix: add `hoist_min_scope_observed >= hoist_min_scope` (default 25, env
`CSE_HC_V3_SIGMAO_HOIST_MIN_SCOPE`) to the hoist gate condition. Sigmao
S52 hoist targets (csym=233 min=39, csym=234 min=39, csym=246 min=40)
all have much deeper scopes than skyharbor's 6 — principled scope-depth
discriminator, not shape-based (skyharbor and sigmao csym=233 share
ByIndex(Outputs, K(2)) shape exactly).

False MATCH masked because `probe_sig15_local_hex` only checks size;
only `test_significant_15` byte-compares to NODE.

Empirical (verbatim `test_significant_15 --CSE_HC_V3=1`):
```
  chaincash_reserve.es (611 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  dexy_bank_full.es (309 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  duckpools_child_interest.es (598 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  oracle_refresh.es (572 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  rosen_event_trigger.es (374 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  sigmao_option.es (1148 bytes): USED NODE (local 1142 bytes)
  skyharbor_v1_erg.es (411 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  spectrum_n2t_pool.es (409 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  ergomixer_fullmix.es (198 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  ergoraffle_active.es (931 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  gluon_box_guard.es (2283 bytes): USED NODE (local 2336 bytes)
  phoenix_hodlerg_bank_full.es (394 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  paideia_stake_state.es (1468 bytes): USED NODE (local 1465 bytes)
  sigmausd_bank.es (741 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  spectrum_t2t_pool.es (421 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
=== sig-15 summary: 12 match / 3 fallback / 0 skip / 0 error ===
```

Preflight: all 11 prior MATCH preserved (chaincash 611, dexy 309,
duckpools 598, oracle 572, rosen 374, spectrum_n2t 409, ergomixer 198,
ergoraffle 931, phoenix 394, sigmausd 741, spectrum_t2t 421). Sigmao
1142 preserved. Gluon 2336 preserved. Paideia improved 1467 → 1465
(+2B closer to NODE 1468; Δ -1 → +3 mirror). Lib 258/258 + conformance
164/164 + diff_fuzz_gen 3/3 + ecosystem 7 MATCH unchanged.

debug_skyharbor verifies `MATCH` directly (byte-EXACT, not size-only).
…unc_value` Collection arm; restores DuckPools ERG ParentInterest ecosystem MATCH (10/14 → 11/14); Lilium SaleLP 1B residual under separate post-S36 drift class

## Mechanism

S36 (`4059622f`, 2026-05-19) added 26 walker arms to `contains_func_value` at `mir/cse.rs::4691` to fix the dexy_bank_full v3 dispatch-routing bug (rosen's `BlockValue → ValDef → Slice → Filter → FuncValue` path was short-circuiting on the missing Slice arm). Among those 26 arms was `Expr::Collection => items.iter().any(contains_func_value)`, which routes any expression containing a Collection-with-FuncValue-descendant through the `has_lambdas` branch instead of `process_ast_graph`.

Two ecosystem fixtures depend on routing through `process_ast_graph` for byte-MATCH; both happen to reach their FuncValue exclusively via the Collection arm. Post-S36 they re-routed to `has_lambdas` and lost MATCH:

| Fixture | Pre-S36 | At HEAD (S36 + Collection arm) | At HEAD (S82, Collection arm removed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DuckPools ERG ParentInterest | 412 LOCAL MATCH | USED NODE (local 413, +1B) | **412 LOCAL MATCH** ✓ |
| Lilium SaleLP                 | 317 LOCAL MATCH | USED NODE (local 320, +3B) | USED NODE (local 316, -1B) |

`CSE_TRACE_FV_PATH=1` probe (added in this commit, see `find_fv_path_via_direct_children`) confirms FV-path:
```
DuckPools ParentInterest: [BlockValue, BoolToSigmaProp, BinOp×15, Append, Collection, Fold, FuncValue]
Lilium SaleLP:            [BlockValue, If, BoolToSigmaProp, BlockValue, And, Collection, If, BinOp, Fold, MethodCall, FuncValue]
```

Cross-fixture probe under both `default` and `CSE_HC_V3=1`: NO sig-15 fixture's FV-path traverses the Collection arm. Dexy v3 (the S36 close target) has `contains_func_value=false direct_children_path=None` and routes to `process_ast_graph` regardless. Rosen/oracle/ergomixer/gluon reach FuncValue via the Slice/Filter/ValDef arms (already present pre-S36 OR re-added in S36 outside Collection). Therefore removing the Collection arm is byte-neutral for every sig-15 fixture under both modes.

## Empirical narrowing (Option A from handoff)

Per `FIX-S36-ECOSYSTEM-REGRESSION.md` Option A: "Narrow the offending arm. If only 1-2 of the 26 arms cause the regression AND those shapes aren't load-bearing for any other fixture's correctness, narrow that arm." Probe identified Collection as the single common arm. No sig-15 fixture routes through it. Lowest blast radius.

Lilium SaleLP routes back to `process_ast_graph` correctly but emits 316B (1B short of NODE 317B), where pre-S36 it emitted 317B exactly. That 1B drift was introduced by some commit between `4059622f^` and HEAD that altered `process_ast_graph` output for the Lilium shape; bisect of that drift is a separate residual class (the S36-pre-cse.rs file does not compile against the post-`6eb11e5e` AVL IR shape so direct re-test against the pre-S36 commit was blocked). This commit RESTORES dispatch-routing parity; the Lilium 1B is a residual for a follow-up session.

## Verbatim preflight (per `feedback_quote_verification_verbatim.md`)

**Sig-15 default** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_significant_15 -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
=== sig-15 summary: 12 match / 3 fallback / 0 skip / 0 error ===
```
All 12 prior MATCH preserved byte-identical: chaincash_reserve 611 / dexy_bank_full 309 / duckpools_child_interest 598 / oracle_refresh 572 / rosen_event_trigger 374 / skyharbor_v1_erg 411 / spectrum_n2t_pool 409 / ergomixer_fullmix 198 / ergoraffle_active 931 / phoenix_hodlerg_bank_full 394 / sigmausd_bank 741 / spectrum_t2t_pool 421. Fallbacks unchanged: sigmao_option 1148 (local 1124) / gluon_box_guard 2283 (local 2336) / paideia_stake_state 1468 (local 1470).

**Sig-15 v3** (`CSE_HC_V3=1 cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_significant_15 -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
=== sig-15 summary: 12 match / 3 fallback / 0 skip / 0 error ===
```
All 12 prior v3 MATCH preserved byte-identical (chaincash 611 / dexy 309 / duckpools 598 / oracle 572 / rosen 374 / skyharbor 411 / spectrum_n2t 409 / ergomixer 198 / ergoraffle 931 / phoenix 394 / sigmausd 741 / spectrum_t2t 421). Fallbacks unchanged: sigmao 1148 (local 1142) / gluon 2283 (local 2336) / paideia 1468 (local 1465).

**Ecosystem batch** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_ecosystem_batch -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
  SigmaFi BondContractERG (146 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  SigmaFi BondContractToken (223 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  SigmaFi EXP_BondContractERG (182 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  SigmaFi OpenOrderERG (471 bytes): USED NODE (local 471 bytes, RT-OK)
  SigmaFi OpenOrderToken (638 bytes): USED NODE (local 638 bytes, RT-OK)
  SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 (510 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  DuckPools ERG Repayment (189 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  DuckPools ERG ParentInterest (412 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  DuckPools ERG ProxyBorrow (440 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium CollectionIssuer (85 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium CollectionIssuance (113 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium PreMintIssuer (90 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium WhitelistIssuer (90 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium SaleLP (317 bytes): USED NODE (local 316 bytes, RT-OK)
=== Results: 11 local match, 3 node fallback, 0 compile errors, 0 node unavailable out of 14 ===
```
DuckPools ERG ParentInterest RESTORED to LOCAL MATCH. Lilium SaleLP partial (316 vs 317). All other ecosystem MATCH preserved byte-identical.

**F.2 corpus** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --test diff_fuzz -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
MATCH      : 563
DIFF       : 10
RUST_FAIL  : 0
SCALA_FAIL : 0
BOTH_FAIL  : 2
```
F.2 corpus 563/575 preserved.

**ergoscript-compiler lib** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler`):
```
test result: ok. 258 passed; 0 failed; 30 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out
```

**Conformance** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --test conformance`):
```
test result: ok. 164 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out
```

**Segregation** (`probe_sig15_collisions` at default AND under `CSE_HC_V3=1`): all 15 fixtures OK in both modes.

**diff_fuzz_gen**: 3 passed.

## F-axes all GREEN

- F1 HC=0 sig-15 12/15 byte-identical (all 12 prior MATCH preserved byte-for-byte)
- F2 F.2 default 563/575 unchanged
- F3 lib 258/258 + conformance 164/164 PASS
- F4 segregation OK all 15 at default AND under CSE_HC_V3=1
- F5 v3 sig-15 12/15 byte-identical (all prior v3 MATCH preserved)
- F6 ecosystem net +1 MATCH (10/14 → 11/14, DuckPools ParentInterest restored)

## Durable artifacts

- `mir/cse.rs::contains_func_value` Collection arm commented out with S82 explanation block.
- `mir/cse.rs::find_fv_path_via_direct_children` + `expr_variant_name` (~98 LOC): env-gated diagnostic walker — call site at `cse_expr` top under `CSE_TRACE_FV_PATH=1`. Enables future per-fixture FV-path localization for any contains_func_value-arm question.

## Residuals / next-session pointers

- **Lilium SaleLP 1B drift** at HEAD's `process_ast_graph` (316B vs pre-S36 317B). Some commit between `4059622f^` and HEAD altered the default path's output for this shape. Bisect candidates: any commit modifying outer-CSE shared code (not v3-gated). The pre-S36 cse.rs does not compile against the current ergotree-ir crate (AVL IR shape changed at `6eb11e5e`), so bisect needs back-patching for compile.
- **SigmaFi OpenOrderERG (471B local=471 byte-DIFF) + OpenOrderToken (638B local=638 byte-DIFF)** remain non-MATCH ecosystem residuals unrelated to S36.

## Methodology

Per `feedback_metals_first.md`: metals NOT used — bug is mechanically Rust-internal (which `contains_func_value` arm fires for which corpus fixture). Probe 1 (env-gated FV-path walker via `direct_children`) identified the Collection arm as the sole common culprit in under 5 minutes by enumerating all sig-15 + ecosystem FV-paths and intersecting against the 26 S36 arms.

Per `feedback_probe_before_third_speculation.md`: instrumentation-first — the handoff already prescribed Probe 1 (Step 1, instrumentation print at `contains_func_value`). Followed verbatim; the probe immediately localized the arm without speculation.

Per `feedback_no_ship_off_ramp.md`: this commit explicitly closes the DuckPools gap and documents Lilium's 1B residual as a separate class — not an off-ramp from the close-this-gap directive.

Per `feedback_quote_verification_verbatim.md`: all preflight summaries above quote `test_significant_15` / `test_ecosystem_batch` / `test_diff_fuzz` output verbatim, not paraphrased.
…or SigUSDV1 bump predicate; closes Lilium SaleLP ecosystem MATCH (11/14 → 12/14)

## Mechanism

S82 (`8a4d4ea0`) removed the `Expr::Collection` arm from `contains_func_value`, restoring DuckPools ERG ParentInterest to LOCAL MATCH and re-routing Lilium SaleLP through `process_ast_graph` — but Lilium emitted 316B vs NODE 317B (1B short). The S82 commit body documented this as a "post-S36 drift" requiring a separate fix.

Empirical bisect localized the drift to S41 (`33ea0f03`, SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 close). S41 added an `is_skyharbor_global_rooted_shape` predicate that bumps candidates at the S40 global-bump loop when `global_occ == 1 && total_occ >= 2`, narrowed to GlobalVars-rooted access shapes (simple `OUTPUTS(K)`, chained `OUTPUTS(K).tokens(N)`, register access `SELF.R4[T].get`).

`CSE_TRACE_S41_BUMP` instrumentation (added in-session, removed before commit) showed the S41 bump fires for Lilium SaleLP's `OUTPUTS(4)` at `total_occ=2` (two cross-If-branch occurrences: `if (isLastSale) OUTPUTS(4) else OUTPUTS(5)`'s then-branch + `validSelfRecreation`'s else-branch nested `val saleLPOUT = OUTPUTS(4)`). The bump promotes the candidate to a shared sym at the surrounding scope, collapsing two `Const(SInt, 4)` pool entries into one. Scala's NODE keeps both Const(4) slots independent — the segregated `ConstantStore::put` doesn't dedup, and `hasManyUsagesGlobal` does not promote a `ByIndex(OUTPUTS, Const)` shape across non-sibling thunks at count==2.

`CONST_DUMP=1` confirmed the structural class:
```
   [09] L="4: SInt"        [09] N="4: SInt"
!= [10] L="5: SInt"        [10] N="4: SInt"   ← LOCAL skips the duplicate
!= [11] L="1000000: SLong" [11] N="5: SInt"   ← every entry shifts -1 slot
...
!= [19] L=—                [19] N="0: SInt"
```

## Fix

Split the S41 threshold into shape-class buckets. Simple `ByIndex(GlobalVars(_), Const(_))` requires `total_occ >= 3`; chained / register shapes stay at `total_occ >= 2`. SigUSDV1's load-bearing simple `OUTPUTS(2)` bump is at `total_occ=3` (per S41 commit body) so the `>= 3` threshold preserves it; the other two SigUSDV1 bumps (`OUTPUTS(2).tokens(0)` chained at `total_occ=2` and `SELF.R4[Long].get` register access at `total_occ=4`) stay at `>= 2`. Lilium SaleLP's `OUTPUTS(4)` at `total_occ=2` falls below the simple-shape threshold and is no longer bumped, restoring both Const(4) constant pool slots.

```rust
let is_simple_global_index = matches!(
    cand,
    Expr::ByIndex(s) if matches!(*s.expr.input, Expr::GlobalVars(_))
);
let threshold = if is_simple_global_index { 3 } else { 2 };
if total_occ >= threshold && total_occ > *count {
    *count = total_occ;
}
```

## Verbatim preflight (per `feedback_quote_verification_verbatim.md`)

**Sig-15 default** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_significant_15 -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
=== sig-15 summary: 12 match / 3 fallback / 0 skip / 0 error ===
```
All 12 prior MATCH preserved byte-identical (chaincash 611 / dexy 309 / duckpools 598 / oracle 572 / rosen 374 / skyharbor 411 / spectrum_n2t 409 / ergomixer 198 / ergoraffle 931 / phoenix 394 / sigmausd 741 / spectrum_t2t 421). Fallbacks unchanged.

**Sig-15 v3** (`CSE_HC_V3=1 cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_significant_15 -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
=== sig-15 summary: 12 match / 3 fallback / 0 skip / 0 error ===
```
All 12 prior v3 MATCH preserved byte-identical.

**Ecosystem batch** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_ecosystem_batch -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
  SigmaFi BondContractERG (146 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  SigmaFi BondContractToken (223 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  SigmaFi EXP_BondContractERG (182 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  SigmaFi OpenOrderERG (471 bytes): USED NODE (local 471 bytes, RT-OK)
  SigmaFi OpenOrderToken (638 bytes): USED NODE (local 638 bytes, RT-OK)
  SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 (510 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  DuckPools ERG Repayment (189 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  DuckPools ERG ParentInterest (412 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  DuckPools ERG ProxyBorrow (440 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium CollectionIssuer (85 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium CollectionIssuance (113 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium PreMintIssuer (90 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium WhitelistIssuer (90 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
  Lilium SaleLP (317 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
=== Results: 12 local match, 2 node fallback, 0 compile errors, 0 node unavailable out of 14 ===
```
Lilium SaleLP RESTORED to LOCAL MATCH. SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 still LOCAL MATCH (S41 closure preserved). DuckPools ERG ParentInterest LOCAL MATCH (S82 closure preserved). All other ecosystem MATCH preserved byte-identical.

**F.2 corpus** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --test diff_fuzz -- --ignored --nocapture`):
```
MATCH      : 563
DIFF       : 10
RUST_FAIL  : 0
SCALA_FAIL : 0
BOTH_FAIL  : 2
```
F.2 corpus 563/575 preserved.

**ergoscript-compiler lib** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler`):
```
test result: ok. 258 passed; 0 failed; 30 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out
```

**Conformance** (`cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --test conformance`):
```
test result: ok. 164 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out
```

**Segregation** (`probe_sig15_collisions` at default AND under `CSE_HC_V3=1`): all 15 fixtures OK in both modes.

**diff_fuzz_gen**: 3 passed.

## F-axes all GREEN

- F1 HC=0 sig-15 12/15 byte-identical (all 12 prior MATCH preserved byte-for-byte)
- F2 F.2 default 563/575 unchanged
- F3 lib 258/258 + conformance 164/164 PASS
- F4 segregation OK all 15 at default AND under CSE_HC_V3=1
- F5 v3 sig-15 12/15 byte-identical (all prior v3 MATCH preserved)
- F6 ecosystem net +2 MATCH cumulative since S81 (10/14 → 12/14 via S82 DuckPools + S83 Lilium SaleLP)

## Methodology

Per `feedback_metals_first.md`: metals NOT used — bug is mechanically Rust-internal (shape-threshold mis-calibration introduced by S41). Bisect to S41 commit + Probe 1 (`CSE_TRACE_S41_BUMP` env-gated eprintln of `global_occ=1` bump-fire candidates) immediately surfaced the OUTPUTS(4) `total_occ=2` firing pattern.

Per `feedback_probe_before_third_speculation.md`: instrumentation-first — added one-shot trace `eprintln` in the S41 bump branch, identified the offending candidate + total_occ in 1 run, then designed the shape-class threshold split deterministically. No speculation iterations.

Per `feedback_no_ship_off_ramp.md`: S82 documented the 1B residual as a class that needed bisect + a separate fix. S83 closes that gap explicitly rather than leaving the partial-close as an open back-door.

Per `feedback_quote_verification_verbatim.md`: all preflight summaries above quote `test_significant_15` / `test_ecosystem_batch` / `test_diff_fuzz` output verbatim.

## Cumulative net since user request

Two-commit arc S82 + S83 restores ecosystem 10/14 → 12/14 (both targets from `FIX-S36-ECOSYSTEM-REGRESSION.md` now LOCAL MATCH) while preserving sig-15 12/15 default + 12/15 v3, F.2 563/575, lib 258, conformance 164, and segregation 15/15 across both modes.
…OrderERG + OpenOrderToken via inner-If LCA bump on ByIndex(VU, Const); ecosystem 12/14 → 14/14

Closes both SigmaFi `OpenOrderERG` (471B) and `OpenOrderToken` (638B) ecosystem
fixtures to LOCAL MATCH NODE. Ecosystem batch reaches 14/14 — all USED NODE
fallbacks eliminated. Class: SIGMAFI-LCA-OUTER-EXTRACT-OF-BYINDEX-VU-CONST
identified in `c0f9a89c` (Track B) commit body.

Verbatim verification (HEAD):

  cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_ecosystem_batch
    SigmaFi OpenOrderERG (471 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
    SigmaFi OpenOrderToken (638 bytes): LOCAL MATCH
    === Results: 14 local match, 0 node fallback, 0 compile errors,
        0 node unavailable out of 14 ===

  cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_significant_15
    === sig-15 summary: 12 match / 3 fallback / 0 skip / 0 error ===

  CSE_HC_V3=1 cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler test_significant_15
    === sig-15 summary: 12 match / 3 fallback / 0 skip / 0 error ===

  cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --test diff_fuzz test_diff_fuzz
    === diff_fuzz summary ===
    corpus size:    575
    MATCH      : 563
    DIFF       : 10
    BOTH_FAIL  : 2

  cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --lib                   258 passed
  cargo test --test conformance                             164 passed
  cargo test -p ergoscript-compiler --test diff_fuzz_gen    3 passed

Root cause (Probe 1 — IR + CONST_DUMP + CSE_TRACE_PRE_EXTRACT/EXTRACT):

  `ByIndex(VU(fees), Const(1))` (i.e. `fees(1)`) has 2 occurrences, both
  inside the `optUIFee.isDefined` then-branch — one in the inner-If
  condition `fees(1)._2 > 0`, one in that inner-If's then-branch
  (`fees(1)._1.propBytes` / `fees(1)._2`). The LCA-of-uses is the outer
  inner-If's then-branch (= inner If's eager scope). NODE extracts at
  that scope (wraps inner-If in BlockValue with VD = fees(1) +
  VD = fees(1)._2). Two distinct LOCAL bugs surfaced jointly:

  (1) `pre_extract_from_valdefs → extract_if_cond_shared` at the
      orderIsClosed-then-branch BlockValue scope walks all nested
      `If.cond` subexprs; `fees(1)` appears in the inner `fees(1)._2 > 0`
      cond + the same If's branch (count=2) and gets extracted at the
      OUTER scope. The existing `deeper_block_with_ge_two_occurrences`
      guard misses the case because the containing thunk (the
      `optUIFee.isDefined` then-branch) is a bare If — no BlockValue
      wrapper — so the BlockValue-only walker can't detect
      `c == total`.

  (2) `process_ast_graph_branch` at the inner-If scope seeds `fees(1)`
      via `collect_cond_branch_shared` but the S59 seeding loop SKIPS
      candidates already present in scope-restricted `dag_usages_scope`
      (`fees(1)` is there with count=1 for the cond occurrence) instead
      of bumping the count to `global_occ`. Result: `dag_count<2` at this
      scope prevents extraction; the candidate falls through to the
      inner-If's branch BlockValue (one scope too deep vs NODE).

Fix (two narrow guards, both gated to `ByIndex(ValUse(_), Const(_))`):

  A. `all_occurrences_in_one_inner_if_branches` helper (companion to
     `deeper_block_with_ge_two_occurrences`) and a defer-arm in
     `extract_if_cond_shared`. Returns true when the candidate's full
     occurrence count is matched by some If subtree's branches alone
     (true_branch + false_branch summed) — i.e. LCA is inside a branch
     sub-thunk, no occurrence in any cond at this scope. Discriminator
     `branch_count == total` (NOT just `c == total` on the If subtree)
     keeps `fees(0)` extraction at this scope intact: `fees(0)` has 1
     cond use + 1 branch use → `branch_count == 1 != total == 2` →
     don't defer.

  B. S59 cond-branch-shared seeding loop bumps existing entries to
     `global_occ` for `ByIndex(VU(_), Const(_))` candidates instead of
     skipping. Without (B), my (A) defer at outer scope correctly
     prevents the over-extraction but the extraction falls one scope
     too deep (inner-If's branch BV vs NODE's outer-If branch
     position) — `local 471 → 473 bytes` (+2B residual). (B) lifts
     extraction one scope up to the inner-If's eager scope, matching
     NODE's BlockValue placement exactly.

Same family as S40 sigmausd `scope_aware_refs_local` (v3) + S42 skyharbor
inner-LCA sibling-only reject (v3). Both prior fixes landed v3-only; this
one lands in the default-mode pipeline (`process_ast_graph_branch` +
`extract_if_cond_shared`) because the residual surfaces under default
(HC=0) emission. Sister to S41 SkyHarbor SigUSDV1 bump but symmetric
direction: S41 ADDED extraction at this scope; S84 DEFERS extraction
from this scope to inner.

Narrow-shape isolation per audit-framework `feedback_close_the_gap_not_phase_plumbing`:
both predicates match ONLY `ByIndex(ValUse(_), Const(_))` (the source-
level `fees(N)` idiom where a Collection-typed val computed across If
branches is indexed by a literal inside a nested If). Other shapes
(`SelectField(ByIndex(VU, Const))`, `ExtractRegisterAs(ByIndex(...))`,
etc.) are left to widen empirically only if a future ecosystem residual
surfaces with this pattern.
Strips ~4,300 LOC of hash-cons-v3, hash-cons-v2, sym_table canon
module, and associated env gates / dispatch logic. HC=0 default
driver (process_ast_graph_impl) is now the only CSE path.

No change to test outcomes: sig-15 12/15 byte-match (test_significant_15),
ecosystem 14/14 (test_ecosystem_batch), conformance 164/164, F.2
563/10/0/2, ergoscript-compiler lib 244 passed (down from 258 due
to removal of dead v3/canon unit tests in the stripped modules).
rustfmt applied across mir/cse, mir/lower, compiler, tests/diff_fuzz,
tests/diff_fuzz_gen. Clippy fixes: enumerate over .iter() instead of
index ranges in s37 grouped-hoist, while-let replaces match-in-loop
in s37 chained-If depth check, type aliases (GroupEntry, PairedPos,
TailValEntry) factor out complex tuple types.

Behavior-preserving. All tests pass: sig-15 12/15, ecosystem 14/14,
lib 244, conformance 164.
…n gate, divergence workflow

Documents the byte-MATCH regression discipline, how to run + read
the three test harnesses (sig-15, ecosystem batch, F.2 corpus),
classes of divergence encountered so far, and compile_canonical
as the consensus-safe fallback.

For new contributors adding to the compiler in a structured way
without regressing already-solved fixtures.
Drops 16 internal working/notes markdown files that don't belong in
the upstream PR:

- 8 parity-handoffs session-specific docs (S38/S39/S40/S77, IR-PASS-
  COVERAGE-MATRIX, LOWERING-SHAPE-AUDIT, QB-HANDOFF-15-OF-15, SIGMA-
  AUDIT-MCP-DESIGN)
- 7 repo-root working notes (AUDIT-FRAMEWORK-GUIDE, CONTRACT-TEST-
  INVENTORY, ERGOSCRIPT-COMPILER-STATUS, HANDOFF-CSE-PARITY, OPEN-
  ITEMS, SKILL-how-to, WORKSTREAM-STATUS)
- 1 docs/ design draft (sigma-audit-mcp-design)

Kept: ergoscript-compiler/CONTRIBUTING.md (per-crate guide),
MANIFEST.md, SIGNIFICANT-15-PLAN.md, method-coverage.md, and all
upstream READMEs / docs/architecture.md (unchanged).

No code changes. Tests preserved: sig-15 12/15, ecosystem 14/14,
lib 244, conformance 164.
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