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Non-decimal numeric characters are rejected · case 01

Non-decimal numeric characters are rejected.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Return whether the nonempty string consists of Unicode numeric characters.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Return whether the nonempty string consists of Unicode numeric characters.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair handles the primary example but still violates a separate boundary of the same contract.

Case contract

Return whether the nonempty string consists of Unicode numeric characters.

Why this case matters

A local executable model for consumers of structured text; oracle values are authored literals, not outputs copied from the repaired implementation.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return x.isdecimal()
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve('½'), True)
check('boundary 2', solve('Ⅻ'), True)
check('boundary 3', solve('٤'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('one'), False)
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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1FalseTrueFailed
boundary 2FalseTrueFailed
boundary 3TrueTruePassed
boundary 4FalseFalsePassed

SHA-256 / 4e6ce3176d5797acb675b1cb0afad4491a47de55351389f7cec640b989c812ff

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return x.isdigit()
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve('½'), True)
check('boundary 2', solve('Ⅻ'), True)
check('boundary 3', solve('٤'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('one'), False)
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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1FalseTrueFailed
boundary 2FalseTrueFailed
boundary 3TrueTruePassed
boundary 4FalseFalsePassed

SHA-256 / 4244eb35b54ee142563baa3af77c18fc8c40ab975eff2db5ab703979d046bb77

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return x.isnumeric()
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve('½'), True)
check('boundary 2', solve('Ⅻ'), True)
check('boundary 3', solve('٤'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('one'), False)
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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1TrueTruePassed
boundary 2TrueTruePassed
boundary 3TrueTruePassed
boundary 4FalseFalsePassed

SHA-256 / cc4fad84502c7c470a328c39ef60e79316afe8d4f17fd81754d3db16359c48a6

Verification & scope

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 2026-09-29T14:37:18.455128+00:00.

Case digest / 0079fdae499088b7b5bde8a04d11cfc060a169bf48946e09336b69387bb8298e