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A null literal accepts aliases from another language · case 01

A null literal accepts aliases from another language.

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ROOT CAUSE

The recognizer uses '(?:null|None|nil)', which admits or omits a token shape forbidden by the stated grammar.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Accept exactly null in lowercase.

Unsuccessful approach: The candidate grammar '[Nn][Uu][Ll][Ll]' still disagrees with the explicit boundary fixtures.

Case contract

Accept exactly null in lowercase.

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 bool(re.fullmatch('(?:null|None|nil)',x))
    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('None'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('NULL'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('null'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve(''), 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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
boundary 1	`True`	`False`	Failed
boundary 2	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
boundary 4	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / 54af83ecbef3a9f05912d2ba7985480ac41f8d8c5e6df54e49edc211197e1b88

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 bool(re.fullmatch('[Nn][Uu][Ll][Ll]',x))
    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('None'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('NULL'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('null'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve(''), 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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
boundary 1	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 2	`True`	`False`	Failed
boundary 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
boundary 4	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / 6258b1152f0e97961108cdf11b92f0357f6ed183e02857b0cb02604048e58231

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 bool(re.fullmatch('null',x))
    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('None'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('NULL'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('null'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve(''), 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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
boundary 1	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 2	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
boundary 4	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / bbae932b939aef13ccd81bc07e0e9f591c1b10fec911a4d585b7d028329c80e7

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 2026-09-29T14:37:26.428394+00:00.

Case digest / 11e04347e4cb6d3752802b46335e7311217f619eb3fdbf03d743a53eb0c0dcd8