Make rules-editor diagnostics deterministic across map insertion order
Equivalent AST construction order changes diagnostic output and noisy snapshots. Sort by source and stable category.
- Focused work estimate
- 2h + prerequisites
- Priority in the scenario
- Medium
- Engineering practice
- Determinism · Diagnostics
Estimated field mix
- Compiler and language tooling100%
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Project context
Fictional rules editor Willow supports numbers, strings, booleans, records and functions in a deliberately small language. Define syntax and type rules locally; no arbitrary code execution is needed.
Setup prerequisites
- Create synthetic AST fixtures and a written type-rule table.
- Define source spans and structured diagnostic output.
Preceding work
Complete these dependencies, or supply their agreed outputs before taking this ticket.
- CTYPE-101 · Assign explicit types to rules-editor literals
- CTYPE-102 · Resolve expression identifiers through lexical scope
- CTYPE-103 · Explain rules-editor operator operand mismatches
- CTYPE-104 · Check function calls for arity before argument inference
- CTYPE-105 · Unify rules-editor type variables with an occurs check
- CTYPE-106 · Report missing rules-editor record fields without losing known fields
- CTYPE-107 · Merge rules-editor branch types through explicit compatibility rules
Acceptance criteria
- Equivalent inputs yield same order
- Related locations stay attached
- Equal-span tie-breaking is documented
Implementation constraints
- Determinism must not remove distinct failures.
Verification to include
- Reorder environment construction
- Create two same-span categories
Deliverables
- Diagnostic ordering and cases
Rollout and recovery
Preserve stable source traversal if sorting loses relationships.
Value of the work
For the engineer: Practice type environments, unification and explainable rejection.
For the team: Inspect whether developer tooling catches mistakes without hiding uncertainty.
Evidence boundaries
Outcome Evidence: Tests, patches, and runbooks are requested deliverables. They become Outcome Evidence only through a qualified Mission and immutable Evidence IDs.
Ownership Evidence: Independent adaptation must be observed under a declared verification policy and cite immutable Evidence IDs. Completing a planning ticket establishes no Ownership Evidence.