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Ones complement pcm: field mask · case 01

Storage bits outside the PCM field participate in zero-code detection.

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ROOT CAUSE

Storage bits outside the PCM field participate in zero-code detection.

THE FAILURE

Storage bits outside the PCM field participate in zero-code detection.

Unsuccessful approach: Clearing the sign while masking converts negative samples to positive.

Case contract

Decode bounded ones-complement PCM fields; optionally preserve a per-sample negative-zero sideband while numeric zero stays JSON integer zero.

Why this case matters

Offline PCM interchange uses these exact bounded packet and sample representation decisions.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(codes, width, preserve_negative_zero):
    mask=(1<<width)-1
    sign=1<<(width-1)
    values=[]
    negative_zero=[]
    for raw in codes:
        code=raw
        magnitude=(~code)&mask if code&sign else code
        value=-magnitude if code&sign else magnitude
        values.append(value)
        negative_zero.append(bool(preserve_negative_zero and code==mask))
    return [values,negative_zero]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('oracle 1', solve(*([0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True)), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True]])
check('oracle 2', solve(*([15, 0, 8], 4, False)), [[0, 0, -7], [False, False, False]])
check('oracle 3', solve(*([31, 16, 17], 4, True)), [[0, 0, 1], [True, False, False]])
check('oracle 4', solve(*([], 4, True)), [[], []])
check('oracle 5', solve(*([0, 3, 4, 6, 7], 3, True)), [[0, 3, -3, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, True]])
check('oracle 6', solve(*([255, 128, 254, 127], 8, False)), [[0, -127, -1, 127], [False, False, False, False]])
check('oracle 7', solve(*([255], 8, True)), [[0], [True]])
if N == 1: check('variant packet 1', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 2: check('variant packet 2', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 3: check('variant packet 3', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 4: check('variant packet 4', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 5: check('variant packet 5', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, 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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
oracle 1[[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True]][[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True]]Passed
oracle 2[[0, 0, -7], [False, False, False]][[0, 0, -7], [False, False, False]]Passed
oracle 3[[0, 16, 17], [False, False, False]][[0, 0, 1], [True, False, False]]Failed
oracle 4[[], []][[], []]Passed
oracle 5[[0, 3, -3, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, True]][[0, 3, -3, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, True]]Passed
oracle 6[[0, -127, -1, 127], [False, False, False, False]][[0, -127, -1, 127], [False, False, False, False]]Passed
oracle 7[[0], [True]][[0], [True]]Passed
variant packet 1[[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]][[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]]Passed

SHA-256 / 87a04856d7f35436563d362a043540ee4dbb52c6eb569a2c41fd25229e0688cd

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(codes, width, preserve_negative_zero):
    mask=(1<<width)-1
    sign=1<<(width-1)
    values=[]
    negative_zero=[]
    for raw in codes:
        code=raw&(sign-1)
        magnitude=(~code)&mask if code&sign else code
        value=-magnitude if code&sign else magnitude
        values.append(value)
        negative_zero.append(bool(preserve_negative_zero and code==mask))
    return [values,negative_zero]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('oracle 1', solve(*([0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True)), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True]])
check('oracle 2', solve(*([15, 0, 8], 4, False)), [[0, 0, -7], [False, False, False]])
check('oracle 3', solve(*([31, 16, 17], 4, True)), [[0, 0, 1], [True, False, False]])
check('oracle 4', solve(*([], 4, True)), [[], []])
check('oracle 5', solve(*([0, 3, 4, 6, 7], 3, True)), [[0, 3, -3, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, True]])
check('oracle 6', solve(*([255, 128, 254, 127], 8, False)), [[0, -127, -1, 127], [False, False, False, False]])
check('oracle 7', solve(*([255], 8, True)), [[0], [True]])
if N == 1: check('variant packet 1', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 2: check('variant packet 2', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 3: check('variant packet 3', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 4: check('variant packet 4', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]])
if N == 5: check('variant packet 5', solve(*[[0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 0, 1, 7, 8, 14, 15], 4, True]), [[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, 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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
oracle 1[[0, 1, 7, 0, 6, 7], [False, False, False, False, False, False]][[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True]]Failed
oracle 2[[7, 0, 0], [False, False, False]][[0, 0, -7], [False, False, False]]Failed
oracle 3[[7, 0, 1], [False, False, False]][[0, 0, 1], [True, False, False]]Failed
oracle 4[[], []][[], []]Passed
oracle 5[[0, 3, 0, 2, 3], [False, False, False, False, False]][[0, 3, -3, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, True]]Failed
oracle 6[[127, 0, 126, 127], [False, False, False, False]][[0, -127, -1, 127], [False, False, False, False]]Failed
oracle 7[[127], [False]][[0], [True]]Failed
variant packet 1[[0, 1, 7, 0, 6, 7, 0, 1, 7, 0, 6, 7], [False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False, False]][[0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0, 0, 1, 7, -7, -1, 0], [False, False, False, False, False, True, False, False, False, False, False, True]]Failed

SHA-256 / 9cdf4a3964d4e08213def17070eac677a57c11f8babbb8d0b65b12bcae4b3400

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Verification & scope

Stipulated finite model; no claim of hardware timing or full file-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 2026-09-29T14:44:55.277062+00:00.

Case digest / b48791633416e33810d6711c44f39e45b559bc8ae0ea991f4548fe576343c311