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LT peeling copies the symbol value without removing resolved neighbours · case 04
Resolved source values are wrong whenever the releasing symbol had degree above one.
Case contract
Peeling (belief-propagation) decoder for an LT fountain code over bytes. symbols is a list of [neighbour indices, XOR of those source symbols]. Repeatedly find an encoded symbol with exactly one unresolved neighbour, resolve it as the value XOR all resolved neighbours, and continue until a full pass makes no progress. Return the k source values with None for unresolved ones.
Why this case matters
Broadcast and storage systems use fountain codes; peeling must continue as long as new degree-one symbols appear.
One recorded failure
Sample boundary fixtureThis sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.
| Boundary fixture | Actual | Expected | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| regression [[[[0, 4], 212], [[0], 114], [[0, 4], 212], [[0, 1, 4], 93], [[0], ... | [114, 93, null, null, 212] | [114, 137, null, null, 166] | Failed |
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