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A character class accepts an empty body · case 01

A character class accepts an empty body.

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ROOT CAUSE

The recognizer uses '\\[.*\\]', which admits or omits a token shape forbidden by the stated grammar.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Accept bracket classes with optional leading caret, at least one non-bracket character.

Unsuccessful approach: The candidate grammar '\\[[^\\[\\]]+\\]' still disagrees with the explicit boundary fixtures.

Case contract

Accept bracket classes with optional leading caret, at least one non-bracket character.

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('\\[.*\\]',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('[]'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('[^]'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('[abc]'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('[^a]'), 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
boundary 1	`True`	`False`	Failed
boundary 2	`True`	`False`	Failed
boundary 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
boundary 4	`True`	`True`	Passed

SHA-256 / 9e01bd8891b6502a7b5d54bc68a710714c1b52fd7708fd0f7811196bf11487d7

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('\\[[^\\[\\]]+\\]',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('[]'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('[^]'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('[abc]'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('[^a]'), 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
boundary 1	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 2	`True`	`False`	Failed
boundary 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
boundary 4	`True`	`True`	Passed

SHA-256 / 73dccb4b5ece41dab0dac9f7d97c696d41134bd0e20e42a2e43c5ca6fd417be8

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('\\[\\^?[^\\[\\]\\^][^\\[\\]]*\\]',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('[]'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('[^]'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('[abc]'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('[^a]'), 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
boundary 1	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 2	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
boundary 4	`True`	`True`	Passed

SHA-256 / e103c91031aab6616739e732985134e04fa87fd24fb8e97f7ae082043b457e46

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 2026-09-29T14:37:26.863066+00:00.

Case digest / 11313c789e98aa98b4a95802c3396fd7a6aab1b7d32fd3abf778241dc9d1fe9e