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Ties and discretionary hyphens: invisible break rendering · case 05

Zero-width break opportunities show up as spaces.

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Case contract

Input [source, width]. Runs of spaces are one breakable space; "~" is an unbreakable space rendered " "; "\-" is a discretionary hyphen: invisible unless the line breaks there, then rendered "-"; "|" is an invisible break opportunity. Greedy: append the next chunk if the line (without a potential hyphen) fits, else break at that opportunity. Return rendered 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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
regression: invisible break rendering["b c b c set", " composition"]["bc bc set", " composition"]Failed

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