New proposed goal G-082: single-form parse error selection should prefer an
optional argument's specific choice/type rejection over the generic
"more values than can be assigned" overflow (regression vs punk::args 0.5.0
found while dogfooding in G-030; the -optional 0 workaround sites in make.tcl
and the AGENTS authoring-ergonomics bullet are flagged for revisiting when it
ships).
Sibling notes parked in existing proposed goals:
- G-028: make.tcl's name-only process-sweep misidentification (unrelated
same-named executables) - full-path matching rides the same
process-identification infrastructure as the locker report.
- G-025: punk-exe-hosted make.tcl runs the kit's pre-loaded module copies, not
bootsupport snapshots - a self-report surface for running-interp module
provenance would make the mixing observable.
- G-073: reciprocal relation to G-082 (both want the "surface the specific
rejection" seam in validation error reporting).
- G-075: synopsis renders the definition id rather than @cmd -name - consider
a fallback for non-command ids when reworking id rendering.
goals_lint: unchanged (only the pre-existing G-078/G-081 index-mirror findings).
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User-approved draft from the 8.6-vs-9 string is dict forward-compat
requirement: a new definition key (candidate -choiceunavailable) for
choices that are recognised but not available in the current runtime -
displayed among the choices with their -choicelabels notes, participating
in prefix disambiguation via the shared choiceword_match resolver (so
abbreviations colliding with forward-version choices are ambiguous
everywhere), and rejected at parse with a tailored recognised-but-
unavailable message. Adoption by the tclcore string is model gives 8.6
users the dict class annotated and reserved (deliberately stricter than
real 8.6 for the di prefix - recorded as a user-sanctioned parity
exemption; full-word behaviour stays parity-true), plus an
i-string-is-dict documentation id generated from the static description.
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Julian Noble