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A choice validator anchors only one alternative · case 01

A choice validator anchors only one alternative.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Accept exactly yes or no.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Accept exactly yes or no.

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

Case contract

Accept exactly yes or no.

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.search(r'^yes|no$',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('yesplease'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('ohno'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('yes'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('no'), 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 / 8cabbe012a85e6451171bd7b03e4d604ebda95515293343f8f9bd91f2a1b00f4

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.match(r'(yes|no)',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('yesplease'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('ohno'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('yes'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('no'), 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	`False`	`False`	Passed
boundary 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
boundary 4	`True`	`True`	Passed

SHA-256 / d39d2c1f69be5f9100f8b514b2dd47238446daa26a0ff1c03f42e9d2e146430a

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'(?:yes|no)',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('yesplease'), False)
check('boundary 2', solve('ohno'), False)
check('boundary 3', solve('yes'), True)
check('boundary 4', solve('no'), 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 / d1604fd3e09cc1fe8e61581105161b5614fb22b01b91a86b414b057a70a89487

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 2026-09-29T14:37:32.584460+00:00.

Case digest / b36f1bbe7cc74985ef7df6208930869081510069a773c29a7661e1b8287e4f24