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Whitespace collapsing changes significant line boundaries · case 01

Whitespace collapsing changes significant line boundaries.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Replace each run of ASCII spaces by one ASCII space; preserve tabs and newlines.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Replace each run of ASCII spaces by one ASCII space; preserve tabs and newlines.

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

Case contract

Replace each run of ASCII spaces by one ASCII space; preserve tabs and newlines.

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 ' '.join(x.split())
    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('a  b'), 'a b')
check('boundary 2', solve(' a '), ' a ')
check('boundary 3', solve('a\nb'), 'a\nb')
check('boundary 4', solve('a\tb'), 'a\tb')
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 1a ba bPassed
boundary 2a a Failed
boundary 3a ba bFailed
boundary 4a ba bFailed

SHA-256 / 796effd94758013883b40153564e4b6dde88c37ff84f6c9b670add4765b60b47

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 re.sub(r'\s+',' ',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('a  b'), 'a b')
check('boundary 2', solve(' a '), ' a ')
check('boundary 3', solve('a\nb'), 'a\nb')
check('boundary 4', solve('a\tb'), 'a\tb')
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 1a ba bPassed
boundary 2 a a Passed
boundary 3a ba bFailed
boundary 4a ba bFailed

SHA-256 / f44e8b39ea934c841b55eb4326b194a328be591ff60af5ec48e728eb2083e1d7

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 re.sub(' +',' ',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('a  b'), 'a b')
check('boundary 2', solve(' a '), ' a ')
check('boundary 3', solve('a\nb'), 'a\nb')
check('boundary 4', solve('a\tb'), 'a\tb')
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 1a ba bPassed
boundary 2 a a Passed
boundary 3a ba bPassed
boundary 4a ba bPassed

SHA-256 / 19336b3bb37dd09e132a329a10c894d847a827f6b52ab226a9b2c896ba285265

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 2026-09-29T14:37:32.191934+00:00.

Case digest / 3d6b64a5807b9a70bacea95774a783e85353639451923588e7cda419cadcb818