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Windows punctuation decodes as controls · case 01

Windows punctuation decodes as controls.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Decode defined Windows-1252 bytes; replace undefined bytes.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Decode defined Windows-1252 bytes; replace undefined bytes.

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

Case contract

Decode defined Windows-1252 bytes; replace undefined bytes.

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 bytes.fromhex(x).decode('latin1')
    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('80'), '€')
check('boundary 2', solve('9394'), '“”')
check('boundary 3', solve('81'), '�')
check('boundary 4', solve('41'), 'A')
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 1€€Failed
boundary 2“”“”Failed
boundary 3�Failed
boundary 4AAPassed

SHA-256 / aa6bd683dde8a47b19d21d4a91b3d67fc74fe7417a9833eb75e903e5023c3d8f

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 bytes.fromhex(x).decode('utf-8','replace')
    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('80'), '€')
check('boundary 2', solve('9394'), '“”')
check('boundary 3', solve('81'), '�')
check('boundary 4', solve('41'), 'A')
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 1�€Failed
boundary 2��“”Failed
boundary 3��Passed
boundary 4AAPassed

SHA-256 / 5b3bbc94e837e1d9abe6d2b8fef4bb4953f2c68c408842f8ddde556dba454d28

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 bytes.fromhex(x).decode('cp1252','replace')
    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('80'), '€')
check('boundary 2', solve('9394'), '“”')
check('boundary 3', solve('81'), '�')
check('boundary 4', solve('41'), 'A')
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 1€€Passed
boundary 2“”“”Passed
boundary 3��Passed
boundary 4AAPassed

SHA-256 / 142991d69340dd7da0b6e862fc0012a0c4967d9b74cea563d8102e35667c256d

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 2026-09-29T14:37:19.513084+00:00.

Case digest / c3a4d53fe1696c744471f4e734491e9d92a75280b59e341ea66d5618c7b02d15