punk::ns 0.7.0: comment/doc hygiene pass - dead code removed, stale docs corrected, findings flagged

No change to shipped behaviour (ns+nav+repl suites 111/111 green). Minor bump
because unused procs were removed.

Removed (~1200 lines, recoverable via git history):
- the fully commented-out predecessor help command arginfo (~930 lines) -
  its own header marked it replaced by cmdhelp
- superseded/deprecated name-primitive twins nsparts1, nsprefix1,
  nsprefix_orig, nstail1, nstail_orig (never exported, no callers; NOT
  drop-in equivalents - divergence on 5+ colon runs was pinned in
  nsprimitives.test before removal; those divergence pins are removed with
  the twins and replaced by a direct nsprefix long-colon-run pin - the
  divergence record lives in the test file history, commit 0c7168a1)
- obsolete nsglob_as_re1, empty stubs ns_relative_to_location/
  ns_absolute_to_location, obsolete internal::_pkguse_vars, an if-0 block in
  nstree_list, unused interp_aliases assignment in get_ns_dicts, assorted
  commented-out remnants (pre-punk::args defaults blocks, pipedata width
  calcs, corp default-retrieval experiments, cmdtrace trace-add alternates)

Documentation accuracy:
- nsprefix comment corrected (:::a prefix is :: not ::a - per pins)
- nsglob_as_re stale "should be fixed" note replaced with an accurate
  description of the in-place negative-lookahead fix (* matches an inner
  single colon, never crosses ::)
- nstree_list previously empty PUNKARGS summary/help fields filled
- nstail gained a doc comment; nseval_ifexists gained the native-vs-punk
  p:::x divergence note; the dangling "string functions" sentence completed
- cmdhelp help typos (auto-gnerated, commands commands); corp -syntax help
  truncated sentence completed

Flagged, deliberately unchanged (comment only):
- get_nslist red-strike/masked alias display branches appear unreachable
  from current bucket derivation (nslist.test fixture findings) - reassess
  at the planned display rework
- nscommands1/nscommands2 pipeline aliases: superseded removal candidates
  (nscommands1 errors on first use - references nonexistent nsthis2)
- cmdtrace stdout/stderr noise deferred to proposed G-085
- test_switch* marked as live cmdtrace test fixtures (used by cmdtrace.test)

All inserted/updated comments carry 2026-07-14 Agent-Generated/Agent-Updated
marks. buildversion 0.6.0 -> 0.7.0. Known-wart fixes sanctioned by the pinned
backlog (nslist -types default, nsjoinall error prefix) follow separately.

Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com

src/modules/punk/ns-buildversion.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-0.6.0
+0.7.0
 #First line must be a semantic version number
 #all other lines are ignored.
+#0.7.0 - comment/doc hygiene pass (no change to shipped behaviour; minor bump for removed unused procs). Dead code removed (recoverable via git history): the fully commented-out predecessor help command 'arginfo' (~930 lines, replaced by cmdhelp), the superseded/deprecated name-primitive twins nsparts1/nsprefix1/nsprefix_orig/nstail1/nstail_orig (never exported, no callers; NOT drop-in equivalents - they collapse colon runs of 5+ differently, divergence pinned in tests ns/nsprimitives.test git history), obsolete nsglob_as_re1, empty stubs ns_relative_to_location/ns_absolute_to_location, obsolete internal::_pkguse_vars, an 'if 0' block in nstree_list, unused interp_aliases assignment in get_ns_dicts, and assorted commented-out code remnants. Stale docs corrected: nsprefix comment (:::a prefix is :: not ::a), nsglob_as_re 'should be fixed' note (fix has long been in place - * matches an inner single colon), cmdhelp typos, corp -syntax truncated help sentence, nstree_list empty PUNKARGS help fields filled. Flagged (comment only): get_nslist red-strike/masked alias display branches appear unreachable (see nslist.test fixture findings), nscommands1/nscommands2 pipeline aliases are superseded removal candidates (nscommands1 errors on use - references nonexistent nsthis2), cmdtrace stdout/stderr noise deferred to proposed G-085, test_switch* marked as live cmdtrace test fixtures. All inserted/updated comments carry 2026-07-14 Agent marks.
 #0.6.0 - cmdtrace gains -pause <bool> (default 1 - existing interactive behaviour unchanged): -pause 0 bypasses the 'paused - hit enter key to continue' askuser in _cmdtrace_leave so cmdtrace can run non-interactively/scripted and the returned marked-up body report captured (gate: namespace variable _cmdtrace_pause). cmdtrace argdoc: the nested-switch traced-linenumber caveat now cites the upstream Tcl ticket (core.tcl-lang.org tktview 5d5b1052280c976ea3d4, reported by the developer) and records the characterized pattern (2026-07-14, punk-free minimal repro identical on 8.6.17/8.7a6/9.0.3): a nested single-block switch arm body reports lines shifted by (switch command's line within its containing script - 1) exactly when the arm's index into the split pattern/body list lands on a literal word of the switch command (options/--/block); dynamic-word or out-of-range indices report correctly arm-relative - so which arms mismark varies with the option words used, matching the ticket's observation. New testsuite ns/cmdtrace.test (pause flag, flat-switch and 2-word-nested correct-mark guards, upstream mismark GAP pins gated on have_tclcoredocs since cmdtrace's arm-offset correction needs the ::switch argdoc).
 #0.5.0 - G-041 doc surface: cmdhelp's -form option defaults to * (was 0) and accepts the punk::args::parse list semantics - the usage display now presents the form the supplied argument words match: the advisory parse_status's matched/best-candidate form's argument table renders at both render sites (alias path and main), with every ranked candidate (noformmatch) or every matching form (multipleformmatches) passed to arg_error so all are marked in the synopsis block ('i after cancel <id>' presents the cancel form; 'i lseq 0 10 2' presents the range form). punk::ns::synopsis: with trailing argument words after a multiform command path (and no explicit -form), the form(s) the words match are underlined - matching forms from the advisory parse's formstatus, or the best candidate when no form fully matches ('s after cancel someid' marks both cancel forms; 's lseq 0 10 2' marks the range form); ordinal non-comment-line position maps lines to forms in declaration order for both the full and summary renders; skipped when alias currying makes the remaining words unreliable. cmdhelp.test gains the multiform doc-surface pins (autoselected form presented, noformmatch best-candidate table + candidate naming, synopsis marking present/absent).
 #0.4.0 - G-051: (a) cmdinfo reports cmdtype 'doconly' (was 'notfound') when resolution lands on a punk::args id with no corresponding real command - documentation-only levels such as the per-class id "::tcl::string::is true" below the real ::tcl::string::is, and TclOO documented-method docids like "<class> docmeth" (method case adopts doconly; may be refined by G-052). Consumers audited: cmdhelp/synopsis/eg are docid-driven, cmdtrace only tests for 'proc', punk::lib script analysis updated in step (lib 0.4.1). (b) space-form docid prefix parity: cmd_traverse's space-delimited child docid jump, on an exact-word miss, resolves the word against the current level's choices-bearing first leader via punk::args::choiceword_match (the shared G-040 resolver - -choiceprefix/-nocase/-choicealiases/denylist/reservelist honoured) and retries with the canonical word - so 'i string is tr' resolves to "::tcl::string::is true" exactly when 'string is tr' executes, ambiguous/unknown/denied words stay at the parent exactly when parse rejects them, and resolvedargs records the canonical (as parse normalization does). Tests: the four G-051 GAP pins flipped (cmdhelp_pseudo_command_cmdtype_doconly, cmdhelp_spaceform_docid_prefix_honoured incl ambiguous/unknown guard, cmdhelp_string_is_true_pseudo_doconly, cmdhelp_string_is_prefix_honoured).

src/tests/modules/AGENTS.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Unit tests for editable source modules under `src/modules/`, `src/modules_tcl8/`
 - `punk/args/` — punk::args tests (`testsuites/args/`): parsing, choices/choicegroups, forms, rendering/indentation characterization, synopsis display characterization (`synopsis.test`: basic italic argname/`<type>` styling, longopt `--x=` alias forms, literal/literalprefix/stringstartswith/stringendswith type-alternates rendering unitalicised, option alternate parenthesization, multi-element clause display incl `?type?` members and argname tail-word hints, `-typesynopsis` value-element lists and option passthrough incl documenter ANSI, and the small-restricted-choice-set literal rule: 1-3 restricted choices render as unitalicised `|`-joined literals in leader/option/value positions with choicegroups counted, >3 or `-choicerestricted 0` falling back to italics, `-typesynopsis` taking precedence), usage-marking characterization (`usagemarking.test`: -parsedargs/-badarg/-parsestatus/-scheme marking primitives plus goodchoice highlighting of selected/default-in-effect choice words, asserted by SGR-parameter subset against the live colour arrays; the G-049 nocolour/colour-leak GAP pins flipped 2026-07-10 to scheme-statelessness assertions), the G-049 parse-status structure (`parsestatus.test`: punk::args::parse_status overall/per-argument statuses, badarg for type/allocation failures, -caller attribution, errorcode -argspecs stripping), -parsekey characterization (`parsekey.test`: result/received/solos/multis keying, shared-key required satisfaction and defaults, mash-path and prefix-abbreviation keying, plus GAP pins for last-defined-member default precedence, cross-member -multiple value loss, parsekey/optname collision conflation, and values/leaders parsekey breakage - desired-behaviour pins disabled behind punkargsKnownBug in `testsuites/dev/parsekey-knownbugs.test`), and tclcore doc/interpreter behavioural parity (`tclcoreparity.test`, G-054, gated on have_tclcoredocs: 'string is' class choices equal the live-harvested set, per-class docids exist, error-vs-ok agreement across the probe matrix, version-note labels conditional on class presence - expectations derived from the running interpreter, green on 8.6/8.7/9.0; under 8.6 run the file directly via a plain tclkit + tcltest driver since runtests' harness needs newer infrastructure)
 - `punk/nav/ns/` — punk::nav::ns tests (`testsuites/nav/navns.test`): the n/ n// n/// navigation state machine (ns/ transitions absolute/relative/glob-no-nav, failed-nav state preservation, quad-colon normalization, v-form content selection, ensemble annotation) and the ::punk::nav::ns::ns_current variable contract the repl/codethread/subshell seeding all consume; display content is covered in punk/ns nslist.test
 - `punk/repl/` — punk::repl tests (`testsuites/repl/`): opunk console backend integration (`consolebackends.test`) and repl current-namespace retention (`nscurrent.test`: real codethread via repl::init driven by synchronous runscript sends - inscope evaluation of ns_current, retention across submissions, n/-navigation retained, auto-create-with-notice for missing namespaces, the 2026-07-14 stray-namespace seeding fix pinned behaviourally plus a source-text guard on repl::start's inline template; the end-to-end piped subshell session is covered at shell level by shell/testsuites/punkexe/shellnavns.test - which found the first-subshell shared-code-interp asymmetry and the piped-inscope gap recorded there)
-- `punk/ns/` — punk::ns tests (`testsuites/ns/`): cmdwhich/cmdinfo/cmd_traverse doc-lookup flow (`cmdflow.test`, G-040 parity), n/ display machinery characterization (`nslist.test`: tier A get_ns_dicts classification buckets as the machine contract for display reworks - incl package tail/prefix derivation, alias edge cases, usageinfo scan-dependence; tier B per-element layout-agnostic marking - underline/underdouble/underdotted namespace package styles, command type tag colours, exported/imported markers, the punkargs doc icon; tier C REWORK-flagged pins of the current hardcoded 2-col/4-col layout and nspath subtables, to flip deliberately with the planned punk-tables/width-responsive rework; plus the KNOWN QUIRK pin that bare nslist without -types errors with a malformed message), corp proc-retrieval and syntax/untabify interplay (`corp.test`: name edge cases, -ranges/-n line handling, basic-highlight ansistrip equivalence, -untabify spaces/unicode tab-free output, the KNOWN-DEFICIENCY pin for default -untabify none on tabbed bodies - grepstr warns per pass and brace overlays mangle tabbed lines, deterministic under mocked console tabstops - and a ::tcl::CopyDirectory -untabify spaces smoke test; precursor coverage for the planned punk::ns hygiene pass), cmdtrace characterization (`cmdtrace.test`: -pause 0 non-interactive runs, linedict line-mark keys for flat and 2-word-form nested switches as correct-mark guards, and GAP pins for the upstream nested-switch mismark - core.tcl-lang.org tktview 5d5b1052280c976ea3d4, arm bodies whose split-list index lands on a literal switch-command word report container-relative lines; mark tests gated on have_tclcoredocs because cmdtrace's arm-offset correction parses against the ::switch argdoc; plus the fixed-canary asserting punk::lib::check::has_tclbug_nestedswitch_tracelines still reports the bug - a live behavioural probe, so a fixed Tcl release fails the canary first and triggers the documented flip workflow), cmdhelp usage-rendering integration (`cmdhelp.test`: scheme selection, goodarg/badarg marking incl type/allocation failures, goodchoice highlighting of supplied/default choice words, alias path, cmdinfo result shape, queried-command failure attribution, and `-return dict` parse-status returns (G-049 - its GAP pins flipped 2026-07-10); remaining GAP pins for pseudo-command cmdtype + space-form docid prefixes (G-051, real `string is` pins behind the have_tclcoredocs constraint), TclOO undocumented-method fallback (G-052), and synopsis marking absence (G-050)), and name/path primitive characterization (`nsprimitives.test`: string pins for nsparts/nsprefix/nstail/nsjoin/nsjoinall incl weird colon-run (`:::`) splitting, the trailing-colon parse ambiguity (`::x:` + `y` joins to the same string as `::x` + `:y` and reparses leading-colon-greedy), prefix/tail/join round-trip and its absolutizing exceptions, and divergence pins showing the nsparts1/nsprefix1/nsprefix_orig/nstail1/nstail_orig twins are NOT drop-in equivalents (safe-deletion evidence for the planned hygiene pass); plus nseval fq-requirement/create-on-eval/evaluator-proc caching, the native-vs-punk `p:::x` resolution divergence (native namespace eval reaches child `x`, nseval creates/reaches literal `:x`), nseval_ifexists no-create + error propagation on plain and genuinely weird namespaces, nsexists/nschildren/nstree_raw weird-ns and relative-resolution pins, globmatchns `*`/`**`/`?` semantics (incl `*` matching a single inner colon - the 'should be fixed' comment above nsglob_as_re is stale), and nspath_to_absolute/nspath_here_absolute caller-resolution pins; known warts recorded in-test for the pass: nsjoinall error message prefixed 'nsjoin:')
+- `punk/ns/` — punk::ns tests (`testsuites/ns/`): cmdwhich/cmdinfo/cmd_traverse doc-lookup flow (`cmdflow.test`, G-040 parity), n/ display machinery characterization (`nslist.test`: tier A get_ns_dicts classification buckets as the machine contract for display reworks - incl package tail/prefix derivation, alias edge cases, usageinfo scan-dependence; tier B per-element layout-agnostic marking - underline/underdouble/underdotted namespace package styles, command type tag colours, exported/imported markers, the punkargs doc icon; tier C REWORK-flagged pins of the current hardcoded 2-col/4-col layout and nspath subtables, to flip deliberately with the planned punk-tables/width-responsive rework; plus the KNOWN QUIRK pin that bare nslist without -types errors with a malformed message), corp proc-retrieval and syntax/untabify interplay (`corp.test`: name edge cases, -ranges/-n line handling, basic-highlight ansistrip equivalence, -untabify spaces/unicode tab-free output, the KNOWN-DEFICIENCY pin for default -untabify none on tabbed bodies - grepstr warns per pass and brace overlays mangle tabbed lines, deterministic under mocked console tabstops - and a ::tcl::CopyDirectory -untabify spaces smoke test; precursor coverage for the planned punk::ns hygiene pass), cmdtrace characterization (`cmdtrace.test`: -pause 0 non-interactive runs, linedict line-mark keys for flat and 2-word-form nested switches as correct-mark guards, and GAP pins for the upstream nested-switch mismark - core.tcl-lang.org tktview 5d5b1052280c976ea3d4, arm bodies whose split-list index lands on a literal switch-command word report container-relative lines; mark tests gated on have_tclcoredocs because cmdtrace's arm-offset correction parses against the ::switch argdoc; plus the fixed-canary asserting punk::lib::check::has_tclbug_nestedswitch_tracelines still reports the bug - a live behavioural probe, so a fixed Tcl release fails the canary first and triggers the documented flip workflow), cmdhelp usage-rendering integration (`cmdhelp.test`: scheme selection, goodarg/badarg marking incl type/allocation failures, goodchoice highlighting of supplied/default choice words, alias path, cmdinfo result shape, queried-command failure attribution, and `-return dict` parse-status returns (G-049 - its GAP pins flipped 2026-07-10); remaining GAP pins for pseudo-command cmdtype + space-form docid prefixes (G-051, real `string is` pins behind the have_tclcoredocs constraint), TclOO undocumented-method fallback (G-052), and synopsis marking absence (G-050)), and name/path primitive characterization (`nsprimitives.test`: string pins for nsparts/nsprefix/nstail/nsjoin/nsjoinall incl weird colon-run (`:::`) splitting, the trailing-colon parse ambiguity (`::x:` + `y` joins to the same string as `::x` + `:y` and reparses leading-colon-greedy), and prefix/tail/join round-trip and its absolutizing exceptions (the original twin-divergence pins for nsparts1/nsprefix1/nsprefix_orig/nstail1/nstail_orig served as safe-deletion evidence and were removed with the twins in the punk::ns 0.7.0 hygiene pass - divergence record in this file's git history, commit 0c7168a1); plus nseval fq-requirement/create-on-eval/evaluator-proc caching, the native-vs-punk `p:::x` resolution divergence (native namespace eval reaches child `x`, nseval creates/reaches literal `:x`), nseval_ifexists no-create + error propagation on plain and genuinely weird namespaces, nsexists/nschildren/nstree_raw weird-ns and relative-resolution pins, globmatchns `*`/`**`/`?` semantics (incl `*` matching a single inner colon - a formerly stale 'should be fixed' comment above nsglob_as_re was corrected in the 0.7.0 hygiene pass), and nspath_to_absolute/nspath_here_absolute caller-resolution pins; known warts recorded in-test for the pass: nsjoinall error message prefixed 'nsjoin:')
 - `punk/mix/` — punk::mix::cli tests (prune helpers, punkcheck virtual sources), punk::mix::commandset::repo fossil move/rename characterization tests (`testsuites/repo/`, FOSSIL_HOME-isolated; GAP-marked tests pin behaviour G-022 will change), punk::mix::commandset::loadedlib tests (`testsuites/loadedlib/libsearch.test`: 'dev lib.search' match semantics via -return list — wrap-glob default, =exact prefix, case rules, explicit globs, version aggregation — plus the loadedlib 0.2.0 contract: deep discovery by default (deep .tm modules found without -refresh, registration persists), -refresh = genuine re-scan (epoch incr + rediscovery picks up .tm files added to already-scanned dirs), and highlight working without the shell-global a+ alias; shared provisioned child interp sourcing the source-tree libunknown directly — see the file's ORDERING NOTE), and the MULTISHELL polyglot build machinery (`testsuites/scriptwrap/multishell.test`: scriptset wrap via the punk.multishell.cmd template - structure/LF-only/determinism, checkfile 512-byte label validation of fresh wraps AND the committed bin/runtime.cmd, the runtime scriptset round-trip byte-identity pin, and platform-gated execution smoke: cmd.exe→powershell payload on windows, sh payload on unix or via the `wsllinux` capability constraint from `src/tests/testsupport/wslprobe.tcl` - staged to the WSL distro's native filesystem, G-059)
 - `punk/lib/` — punk::lib tests (`testsuites/lib/`): range/index/parse/compat/interp_sync utilities, G-058 static-baseline seeding (`staticseed.test`: interp_sync_package_paths/snapshot_package_paths propagate a simulated ::punkboot static baseline and seed `load {} <prefix>` ifneeded mappings; no-op without a baseline), and the repl command-completeness engine (`commandcomplete.test`: punk::lib::system::incomplete pending-opener stacks - the info-complete quoting quirk progression (`set x "{*}{"` standalone vs in-proc-body), single openers, tabs, escapes, incomplete<->info-complete parity property; pre-repl-refactor characterization, see goals/G-044 detail preserve-list)
 - `punk/packagepreference/` — punk::packagepreference tests (`testsuites/packagepreference/`): G-058 static-vs-bundled policy (`staticpolicy.test`: require of a baseline package triggers the index scan before resolution so a newer bundled copy wins, static beats older bundled, exact requires of bundled versions stay reachable, missing static mappings get seeded)

src/tests/modules/punk/ns/testsuites/ns/nsprimitives.test

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ namespace eval ::testspace {
         set result ""
     }
 
-    #added 2026-07-14 (agent) - characterization pins for the punk::ns name/path string primitives and eval variants, coverage precondition for the planned punk::ns hygiene pass
+    #added 2026-07-14 (agent) - characterization pins for the punk::ns name/path string primitives and eval variants, coverage precondition for the punk::ns hygiene pass
-    #The primitive region of punk::ns contains variant/deprecated twins (nsparts1, nsprefix1, nsprefix_orig, nstail1, nstail_orig) that are
+    #The primitive region of punk::ns contained variant/deprecated twins (nsparts1, nsprefix1, nsprefix_orig, nstail1, nstail_orig).
-    #consolidation candidates. The pins below record the exported primitives' behaviour AND where the twins diverge from them, so any
+    #This file originally also pinned their divergence from the live primitives (they collapsed long colon runs differently);
-    #dead-code removal during the hygiene pass is deliberate rather than assumed-equivalent.
+    #those divergence tests were removed together with the twins in the punk::ns 0.7.0 hygiene pass - see git history of this
+    #file (commit 0c7168a1 has the divergence record).
     #nsjoin/nsjoinall/nsprefix/nstail/nsparts are pure string functions - none of the namespaces used in these string pins need to exist.
 
     test nsparts_standard {nsparts splits well-formed paths - leading empty element marks fully qualified, :::: collapses to ::, spaces preserved}\
@@ -51,19 +52,6 @@ namespace eval ::testspace {
             {{} :} {{} : {}} {{} : :} {{} a :b} {{} a : b} {{} a : :b} {a : b} :x {{} :x} {{} x:} {{} x {}} {{} a b :}
         ]
 
-    test nsparts1_divergence {nsparts1 is NOT equivalent to nsparts - its blanket ::::->:: collapse merges colon runs before splitting}\
-        -setup $common -body {
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsparts1 ::a:::b]    ;# {} a :b   - same as nsparts here
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsparts1 ::a:::::b]  ;# {} a :b   - DIFFERS (nsparts: {} a : b)
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsparts1 ::a::::::b] ;# {} a {} b - DIFFERS (nsparts: {} a : :b) - produces an empty middle segment
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsparts1 :::::]      ;# {} :      - DIFFERS (nsparts: {} : {})
-        }\
-        -cleanup {
-        }\
-        -result [list\
-            {{} a :b} {{} a :b} {{} a {} b} {{} :}
-        ]
-
     test nsparts_cached_coherence {nsparts_cached returns the same as nsparts for plain and weird paths}\
         -setup $common -body {
             foreach p [list "" ::a::b ::a:::::b ::x: {::a b::c}] {
@@ -95,32 +83,17 @@ namespace eval ::testspace {
             {} {} a b :b :a :a b: {}
         ]
 
-    test nstail_variant_divergence {nstail1/nstail_orig diverge from nstail on long colon runs; nstail1 -strict errors on unpaired colons}\
+    #2026-07-14 (agent) - nsprefix long-colon-run values (previously asserted alongside the removed
-        -setup $common -body {
+    #twin-divergence pins) kept as a direct pin of the live proc
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nstail1 ::::::a]      ;# a - DIFFERS from nstail (:a)
+    test nsprefix_long_colon_runs {nsprefix keeps bare-colon segments on colon runs of 5+}\
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nstail_orig ::::::a]  ;# a - DIFFERS from nstail (:a)
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nstail1 ::a:::b]      ;# :b - same as nstail here
-            lappend result [catch {punk::ns::nstail1 ::a:::b -strict 1} emsg] $emsg
-        }\
-        -cleanup {
-        }\
-        -result [list\
-            a a :b 1 {nstail unpaired colon ':' in ::a:::b}
-        ]
-
-    test nsprefix_variant_divergence {nsprefix1/nsprefix_orig diverge from nsprefix on colon runs of 5+ (they collapse, nsprefix keeps bare-colon segments)}\
         -setup $common -body {
             lappend result [punk::ns::nsprefix :::::a]      ;# :::   (as pinned in basic.test)
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsprefix1 :::::a]         ;# ::    - DIFFERS
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsprefix_orig :::::a]     ;# ::    - DIFFERS
             lappend result [punk::ns::nsprefix ::a::::::b]  ;# ::a:::
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsprefix1 ::a::::::b]     ;# ::a   - DIFFERS
-            lappend result [punk::ns::nsprefix_orig ::a::::::b] ;# ::a:: - DIFFERS (and differs from nsprefix1)
         }\
         -cleanup {
         }\
         -result [list\
-            ::: :: :: ::a::: ::a ::a::
+            ::: ::a:::
         ]
 
     test nsjoin_edges {nsjoin edge cases - empty prefix absolutizes, empty name gives trailing :: (fq form of empty command name), absolute name rejects non-empty prefix}\
@@ -338,7 +311,7 @@ namespace eval ::testspace {
             lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::a::* ::a::b]
             lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::a::* ::a::b::c]   ;# 0 - * does not cross ::
             lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::a::** ::a::b::c]  ;# 1 - ** crosses ::
-            lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::g*t ::got:it]     ;# 1 - * matches a single inner colon (the 'should be fixed' comment above nsglob_as_re is stale - behaviour is fixed)
+            lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::g*t ::got:it]     ;# 1 - * matches a single inner colon (a formerly stale 'should be fixed' comment above nsglob_as_re was corrected in the 0.7.0 hygiene pass)
             lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::a::? ::a::b]
             lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::a::? ::a::bc]     ;# 0 - ? is a single char
             lappend result [punk::ns::globmatchns ::w::* {::w:::odd}] ;# 1 - * at a level also matches a leading-colon (weird) child