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Entity decoding keeps only the first resulting codepoint · case 01

Entity decoding keeps only the first resulting codepoint.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Decode HTML entities, retaining combining and multi-codepoint mappings.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Decode HTML entities, retaining combining and multi-codepoint mappings.

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

Case contract

Decode HTML entities, retaining combining and multi-codepoint mappings.

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(html.unescape(v)[0] if v.startswith('&') and html.unescape(v) else v for v in re.split(r'(&[^;]+;)',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('≂̸'), '≂̸')
check('boundary 2', solve('fj'), 'fj')
check('boundary 3', solve('&'), '&')
check('boundary 4', solve('abc'), 'abc')
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 1≂≂̸Failed
boundary 2ffjFailed
boundary 3&&Passed
boundary 4abcabcPassed

SHA-256 / 554a27d2933632ea7a06faa3c13055f4e49b081e8c235d46589363986cd9c188

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 ''.join(c for c in html.unescape(x) if not unicodedata.combining(c))
    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('≂̸'), '≂̸')
check('boundary 2', solve('fj'), 'fj')
check('boundary 3', solve('&'), '&')
check('boundary 4', solve('abc'), 'abc')
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 1≂≂̸Failed
boundary 2fjfjPassed
boundary 3&&Passed
boundary 4abcabcPassed

SHA-256 / 64fc90649c1d5174593866d3481a4b764196bd24e26b0b3d1c086d7e70c01e55

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 html.unescape(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('≂̸'), '≂̸')
check('boundary 2', solve('fj'), 'fj')
check('boundary 3', solve('&'), '&')
check('boundary 4', solve('abc'), 'abc')
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 1≂̸≂̸Passed
boundary 2fjfjPassed
boundary 3&&Passed
boundary 4abcabcPassed

SHA-256 / c31c3325e897dbe7d6068bd132605b74fe5c0308a0b74d7a1521bf1c260d24f5

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 2026-09-29T14:37:33.921501+00:00.

Case digest / c5a93d5ab91aeb0ff647dbeed6bfad1dd6b4f5c2ee0bda6b24b5af2d9bd18328