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Decimal fused multiply-add forgets its local context · case 01

Decimal fused multiply-add forgets its local context.

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ROOT CAUSE

Decimal fused multiply-add forgets its local context. The faulty expression is result=av.fma(bv,cv).

THE FAILURE

Decimal fused multiply-add forgets its local context. The faulty expression is result=av.fma(bv,cv).

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted local correction result=av*bv+cv still violates the explicit regression fixtures.

Case contract

Decimal fused multiply-add rounds a*b+c once in a fresh precision-limited half-even context. Inputs are decimal strings; return final decimal string and Inexact flag.

Why this case matters

An offline floating representation model isolates a reproducible arithmetic fault.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import decimal
from decimal import Decimal, Context, ROUND_HALF_EVEN, ROUND_HALF_UP, ROUND_DOWN

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(a,b,c,precision):
    ctx=Context(prec=precision,rounding=ROUND_HALF_EVEN)
    for signal in ctx.traps: ctx.traps[signal]=False
    av=Decimal(a); bv=Decimal(b); cv=Decimal(c)
    result=av.fma(bv,cv)
    return [str(result),ctx.flags[decimal.Inexact]]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('cancellation', solve("1.23","4.56","-5.61",3), ["-0.0012",False])
check('opposite cancellation', solve("-1.23","4.56","5.61",3), ["0.0012",False])
check('tiny addend', solve("1","1","0.005",3), ["1.00",True])
check('odd tie', solve("1","1","0.015",3), ["1.02",True])
check('variable exact', solve(str(N),"2","3",3), [str(2*N+3),False])
check('addend precision', solve("1.23456","1","-1.23455",3), ["0.00001",False])
check('operand precision', solve("1.23456","1","0",3), ["1.23",True])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
cancellation	`['-0.0012', False]`	`['-0.0012', False]`	Passed
opposite cancellation	`['0.0012', False]`	`['0.0012', False]`	Passed
tiny addend	`['1.005', False]`	`['1.00', True]`	Failed
odd tie	`['1.015', False]`	`['1.02', True]`	Failed
variable exact	`['5', False]`	`['5', False]`	Passed
addend precision	`['0.00001', False]`	`['0.00001', False]`	Passed
operand precision	`['1.23456', False]`	`['1.23', True]`	Failed

SHA-256 / 37ee72bc0b25c4c748bf8e7d9320184d92865dde2de7770ff4889b4b02c8618c

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import decimal
from decimal import Decimal, Context, ROUND_HALF_EVEN, ROUND_HALF_UP, ROUND_DOWN

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(a,b,c,precision):
    ctx=Context(prec=precision,rounding=ROUND_HALF_EVEN)
    for signal in ctx.traps: ctx.traps[signal]=False
    av=Decimal(a); bv=Decimal(b); cv=Decimal(c)
    result=av*bv+cv
    return [str(result),ctx.flags[decimal.Inexact]]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('cancellation', solve("1.23","4.56","-5.61",3), ["-0.0012",False])
check('opposite cancellation', solve("-1.23","4.56","5.61",3), ["0.0012",False])
check('tiny addend', solve("1","1","0.005",3), ["1.00",True])
check('odd tie', solve("1","1","0.015",3), ["1.02",True])
check('variable exact', solve(str(N),"2","3",3), [str(2*N+3),False])
check('addend precision', solve("1.23456","1","-1.23455",3), ["0.00001",False])
check('operand precision', solve("1.23456","1","0",3), ["1.23",True])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
cancellation	`['-0.0012', False]`	`['-0.0012', False]`	Passed
opposite cancellation	`['0.0012', False]`	`['0.0012', False]`	Passed
tiny addend	`['1.005', False]`	`['1.00', True]`	Failed
odd tie	`['1.015', False]`	`['1.02', True]`	Failed
variable exact	`['5', False]`	`['5', False]`	Passed
addend precision	`['0.00001', False]`	`['0.00001', False]`	Passed
operand precision	`['1.23456', False]`	`['1.23', True]`	Failed

SHA-256 / 8336e4f18cfc2fa22a87b21194c65702429232d50e0da86e320959c3aae260e6

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Verification & scope

Controlled binary64 or explicitly stipulated miniature format; no hardware exception flags or platform floating environment are modeled. This reproducer isolates one failure mechanism. Results cover the supplied fixtures. Variants within a family share a test contract and should remain grouped when constructing evaluation splits. Related mechanisms with a shared evaluation_group must also remain together; these controlled models are not independent production incidents.

Observations recorded using Python 3.12.14 at 2026-09-29T14:39:41.621633+00:00.

Case digest / b84aa94b7cc9b4184fd683d030b418ebe16a1b1eb58818b9073344fd91b5a14b