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An absolute value is interpreted as another delta · case 01

A structured table violates the declared record or column contract.

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ROOT CAUSE

An absolute marker fails to reset the running base.

THE FAILURE

An absolute marker fails to reset the running base.

Unsuccessful approach: Ignoring later absolute payloads also leaves the wrong base.

Case contract

Decode two-column semicolon rows. A first row must contain absolute ASCII integer cells prefixed =. Later cells may use signed integer deltas prefixed + or -, or =absolute. A caret copies prior column value. Return numeric rows. Empty tokens and noncanonical nondecimal tokens reject.

Why this case matters

Delimited interchange needs explicit framing, schema and field semantics at ingestion and emission boundaries.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
def _vary(value):
    if value == '@END': return 3 + 4*N
    if isinstance(value, str): return value.replace('@', 'cell' * N)
    if isinstance(value, list): return [_vary(x) for x in value]
    if isinstance(value, dict): return {_vary(k): _vary(v) for k,v in value.items()}
    return value
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(data):
    rows, previous = [], None
    for line in data:
        cells = line.split(';')
        if len(cells) != 2: return None
        row = []
        for i, cell in enumerate(cells):
            if cell == '^':
                if previous is None: return None
                value = previous[i]
            else:
                if not cell or cell[0] not in '=+-': return None
                digits = cell[1:]
                if not digits.isascii() or not digits.isdecimal(): return None
                amount = int(digits)
                if cell[0] == '=': value = amount + (previous[i] if previous is not None else 0)
                else:
                    if previous is None: return None
                    value = previous[i] + (amount if cell[0] == '+' else -amount)
            row.append(value)
        rows.append(row)
        previous = row
    return rows
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('deltas', solve(_vary(['=10;=20', '+3;-2', '-1;+4'])), _vary([[10, 20], [13, 18], [12, 22]]))
check('absolute reset', solve(_vary(['=10;=20', '=1;^', '+2;+3'])), _vary([[10, 20], [1, 20], [3, 23]]))
check('initial delta', solve(_vary(['+1;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('initial copy', solve(_vary(['^;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('bad amount', solve(_vary(['=a;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('empty amount', solve(_vary(['=;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('empty table', solve(_vary([])), _vary([]))
check('zero deltas', solve(_vary(['=0;=1', '+0;-0'])), _vary([[0, 1], [0, 1]]))
check('variant delta magnitude', solve(['='+str(N)+';=2','+3;-1']), [[N,2],[N+3,1]])
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
deltas	`[[10, 20], [13, 18], [12, 22]]`	`[[10, 20], [13, 18], [12, 22]]`	Passed
absolute reset	`[[10, 20], [11, 20], [13, 23]]`	`[[10, 20], [1, 20], [3, 23]]`	Failed
initial delta	`None`	`None`	Passed
initial copy	`None`	`None`	Passed
bad amount	`None`	`None`	Passed
empty amount	`None`	`None`	Passed
empty table	`[]`	`[]`	Passed
zero deltas	`[[0, 1], [0, 1]]`	`[[0, 1], [0, 1]]`	Passed
variant delta magnitude	`[[1, 2], [4, 1]]`	`[[1, 2], [4, 1]]`	Passed

SHA-256 / ee358a7622985aa9a8221aaea2e6137e05c9f82c9a827973a76cd511776ca13b

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
def _vary(value):
    if value == '@END': return 3 + 4*N
    if isinstance(value, str): return value.replace('@', 'cell' * N)
    if isinstance(value, list): return [_vary(x) for x in value]
    if isinstance(value, dict): return {_vary(k): _vary(v) for k,v in value.items()}
    return value
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(data):
    rows, previous = [], None
    for line in data:
        cells = line.split(';')
        if len(cells) != 2: return None
        row = []
        for i, cell in enumerate(cells):
            if cell == '^':
                if previous is None: return None
                value = previous[i]
            else:
                if not cell or cell[0] not in '=+-': return None
                digits = cell[1:]
                if not digits.isascii() or not digits.isdecimal(): return None
                amount = int(digits)
                if cell[0] == '=': value = previous[i] if previous is not None else amount
                else:
                    if previous is None: return None
                    value = previous[i] + (amount if cell[0] == '+' else -amount)
            row.append(value)
        rows.append(row)
        previous = row
    return rows
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('deltas', solve(_vary(['=10;=20', '+3;-2', '-1;+4'])), _vary([[10, 20], [13, 18], [12, 22]]))
check('absolute reset', solve(_vary(['=10;=20', '=1;^', '+2;+3'])), _vary([[10, 20], [1, 20], [3, 23]]))
check('initial delta', solve(_vary(['+1;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('initial copy', solve(_vary(['^;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('bad amount', solve(_vary(['=a;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('empty amount', solve(_vary(['=;=2'])), _vary(None))
check('empty table', solve(_vary([])), _vary([]))
check('zero deltas', solve(_vary(['=0;=1', '+0;-0'])), _vary([[0, 1], [0, 1]]))
check('variant delta magnitude', solve(['='+str(N)+';=2','+3;-1']), [[N,2],[N+3,1]])
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
deltas	`[[10, 20], [13, 18], [12, 22]]`	`[[10, 20], [13, 18], [12, 22]]`	Passed
absolute reset	`[[10, 20], [10, 20], [12, 23]]`	`[[10, 20], [1, 20], [3, 23]]`	Failed
initial delta	`None`	`None`	Passed
initial copy	`None`	`None`	Passed
bad amount	`None`	`None`	Passed
empty amount	`None`	`None`	Passed
empty table	`[]`	`[]`	Passed
zero deltas	`[[0, 1], [0, 1]]`	`[[0, 1], [0, 1]]`	Passed
variant delta magnitude	`[[1, 2], [4, 1]]`	`[[1, 2], [4, 1]]`	Passed

SHA-256 / 7dca7cf038b98d3da8abf4da46e262302867071dc9496bb63558f8ecd6850d98

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Verification & scope

Deterministic bounded in-memory model. No claim of complete CSV or external format conformance. 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 2026-09-29T14:44:47.351431+00:00.

Case digest / 0942b298cb1e35ea29866e1bd49f1d434833b42d59391e6d1e515d5547e8cec6