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A document-start marker matches ordinary content · case 01

A document-start marker matches ordinary content.

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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 exactly three hyphens optionally followed by one space and a comment.

Unsuccessful approach: The candidate grammar '---(?:#.*)?' still disagrees with the explicit boundary fixtures.

Case contract

Accept exactly three hyphens optionally followed by one space and a comment.

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('---word'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('--- # note'), True)
check('boundary 3', solve('---'), 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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1TrueFalseFailed
boundary 2TrueTruePassed
boundary 3TrueTruePassed
boundary 4TrueFalseFailed

SHA-256 / 8ffb9168ed16d2a520a16f40820eabd85d1301a94adb3edd6589a3baee135da4

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('---word'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('--- # note'), True)
check('boundary 3', solve('---'), 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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1FalseFalsePassed
boundary 2FalseTrueFailed
boundary 3TrueTruePassed
boundary 4FalseFalsePassed

SHA-256 / 339e73fab776a881bb1bf2cb240dad7ff4ddba7cf3ffcd9c75d95393fae80b75

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('---(?: #[^\\r\\n]*)?',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('---word'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('--- # note'), True)
check('boundary 3', solve('---'), 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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
boundary 1FalseFalsePassed
boundary 2TrueTruePassed
boundary 3TrueTruePassed
boundary 4FalseFalsePassed

SHA-256 / 5d44aeeee72b0bcb27e2ad82413db8bc9fdaded32893de3c74e9384231b987e8

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 2026-09-29T14:37:27.244547+00:00.

Case digest / 487647d66452824762951e971be7501c318b2fac2c315c09523fc73665db787b