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Consecutive hyphen limit: latest boundary preference · case 05

Words are split at their first syllable, wasting line space.

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Case contract

Input [words as syllable lists, width, limit]. Greedy fill with 1-unit spaces and characters. A word that does not fit may be split at the latest syllable boundary whose head plus "-" fits, only if fewer than limit immediately preceding lines ended in a hyphen and the word is not the paragraph's last word. A line ended without hyphen resets the streak; a word too long for an empty line is set alone. Return the lines.

Why this case matters

Line breaking decides where paragraphs wrap on screen and in print; a wrong decision point shifts every following line.

One recorded failure

Sample boundary fixture

This sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
regression: latest boundary preference	`["kern-", "ing", "pa-", "ragraph", "a pa-", "ragraph", "of pa-", "ragraph", "text"]`	`["kern-", "ing", "para-", "graph", "a pa-", "ragraph", "of pa-", "ragraph", "text"]`	Failed

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