- Resolve merge conflicts from dz/decode-encode branch
- Adapt compactColumnsDecoder to new Builder signature (no ~selfSchema, use input.expected)
- Adapt compactColumnsEncoder to use Builder.encoder((~input, ~target) => ...)
- Fix direction detection: use property source (selfSchema.to vs input.schema)
  instead of selfSchema.to truthiness (unreliable due to getDecoder2 chaining)
- Replace skipTo with isOutput + clean expected schema for forward direction
- Handle empty objects with dedicated code path

https://claude.ai/code/session_01SKZEuGXnrhtTCktzecM4WE

…ing tests left)

… before)

…code

When a flattened object schema has a transform (e.g., S.object(...)->S.transform(...)),
the flattened parse produces a val with code (transform application) that was not being
merged into the parent output. This caused the transform result variable (v2) to be
referenced but never defined in the compiled code.

Fix: after parsing each flattened schema, merge its generated code into the parent
input's codeFromPrev. For non-transformed schemas this is a no-op (empty string),
while for transformed schemas it includes the transform application code.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01HqnEBoUTYXgoCFWdCjGKWq

String concatenation with empty string is a no-op, so the check is redundant.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01HqnEBoUTYXgoCFWdCjGKWq

Three bugs in getShapedSerializerOutput:
1. Nested object discriminants used wrong properties (shaped output instead
   of JSON-level) because the reversed schema chain wasn't followed. Fixed
   by applying getOutputSchema when acc is None.
2. Array/dict discriminants produced empty containers instead of throwing
   "Missing input" errors. Fixed by checking additionalItems type.
3. Error message for nullAsOption showed reversed expression ("true |
   undefined" instead of "true | null"). Fixed by using reverse to get
   the forward schema's expression.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01SQyDujzZHCRhovQJoSKHcz

- Call enableJson() inside fromJSONSchema to avoid "S.json is not enabled" errors
- Use datetime string refinement instead of datetime transform to keep string values
- Fix pattern serialization in toJSONSchema to use regex source instead of toString
- Update round-trip test expectations for schemas that can't perfectly round-trip

https://claude.ai/code/session_01UjCzDSrKLH225QLRncuSni

Avoids global side effect and preserves tree-shaking for users
who import fromJSONSchema but don't otherwise use S.json.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01UjCzDSrKLH225QLRncuSni

…pe in fromJSONSchema

- toJSONSchema: don't emit additionalProperties when it's true/Any (the default)
- toJSONSchema: emit Any instead of Schema({}) for dict with json values
- fromJSONSchema: throw on unknown JSON Schema types instead of silently treating as any

https://claude.ai/code/session_01UjCzDSrKLH225QLRncuSni

https://claude.ai/code/session_01UjCzDSrKLH225QLRncuSni

… fix pattern

- Remove "additionalProperties": true from 15 object JSON schema snapshots
- Fix pattern schema test: "/abc/g" -> "abc" (no regex delimiters/flags)

https://claude.ai/code/session_012nNpGr3BYfiG4wssCF3DZo

Previously fixed S_toJSONSchema_test (15 tests) and the S_fromJSONSchema,
S_object_discriminant, S_object_flatten tests now pass. Updated baseline
from 42 to 24 failing tests.

https://claude.ai/code/session_012nNpGr3BYfiG4wssCF3DZo

https://claude.ai/code/session_017MrTwv79eP6BsWCUSpa19T

The test expected ReverseConvertToJson to produce identical code to
ReverseConvert, but the compiler correctly adds an extra JSON validation
pass (e[1]) for the recursive schema output.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01SCSGdn8U1WrzxRfFe1yspU

The recursive JSON validation pass (e[1]) is correct but redundant —
it could be optimized away since the recursive schema already produces
JSON-safe values.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01SCSGdn8U1WrzxRfFe1yspU

…place-unnest-compactcolumns-Zs0Za

# Conflicts:
#	packages/sury/src/Sury.res.mjs

Revert test files (Example_test, S_null_test, S_refine_test) to match
dz/decode-encode since they are unrelated to compactColumns work.
Restore commented-out parser code block in S.to function.
Fix additionalProperties leftover in S_test.ts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

…ns-Zs0Za

Replace unnest with compactColumns for columnar data transformation

Validates instanceof Date and rejects Invalid Date via
Number.isNaN(getTime()). Follows the same instance-based pattern
as S.instance() but with built-in Invalid Date rejection.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01FHETfUZt28z8tHQdo1zFpV

Walk the val's checks once inside merge: route type-narrows
(fail === failInvalidType) into a local hoist string and emit refines
inline as cond||fail();. Build the local hoist left-to-right then
prepend it to hoistCond as a unit, preserving the original
inter-val ordering.

andJoinChecks had no remaining callers; emitChecksArr was an
extraction added only to feed merge a filtered subset and is no
longer needed. emitChecks reverts to its original signature.

Identical behaviour, identical generated code, identical failing
baseline (13).

https://claude.ai/code/session_01NpynF3ff5kggVwV5RBZ4ak

When the source schema has a known concrete tag (not union/ref/unknown),
compute an activeKey upfront and skip target variants whose key doesn't
match. Same-tag variants (tier 1) win; if none, an opposite nullish
target (tier 2) acts as a bridge. With no match, activeKey stays empty
and today's full iteration runs (tier 3 fallback).

The pre-pass is a single while loop over target variants with early
exit on tier-1 hit. Refs stay unboxed since the body has no closures.
The existing byKey/byDiscriminant/deopt machinery is untouched and
becomes naturally dormant for the matched case (single bucket, type
check satisfies the deopt walk).

The TODO comment anticipated removing the redundant second type check.
With the activeKey filter in place, the source-tag match now produces
identity passthrough and the generated code drops both the redundant
check and the obsolete string-to-float coercion the prior compile path
emitted. Rename the test to reflect that no decoder is applied — the
source value type is preserved.

Pin the three documented dispatch behaviors:

- Tier 1: string -> [bool, string] — same-tag identity wins; bool branch
  is never compiled, "true"/"false" stay as strings.
- Tier 2: null -> [string, unit] — nullish bridge picks the opposite
  undefined target; the string variant is never tried.
- Tier 3: bool -> [string, number] — no source-tag match falls through
  to today's trial-coercion behavior; bool→string via ""+i.

The compiled-code snapshot in "NaN should be checked before number"
implicitly captures the partition fix, but a refactor that recollapses
type-narrows and refines into a single predicate could keep that
snapshot green by coincidence while regressing the user-visible error
message. Add two assertThrowsMessage calls that pin the actual error
strings:

  -1    -> "Number must be greater than or equal to 0"  (refine)
  "abc" -> "Expected number | NaN, received \"abc\""    (type)

The constraint-specific message is what the partition restores; the
type message confirms routing still falls through to the union-wide
fail when no case matches.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01NpynF3ff5kggVwV5RBZ4ak

- Tier 2 (undefined → null bridge): unit -> [string, null] picks the
  null target; the string branch is never compiled.
- Tier 1 instance: instance(Set) -> [instance(Map), instance(Set)]
  matches by class name. Map branch absent from dispatch.
- Tier 3 instance: instance(Set) -> [string, instance(Map)] —
  unmatched class falls through to today's coercion fallback.

Pin that S.date (instance Date with not-Invalid refiner) routes
through tier-1 against [S.string, S.date]: only the Date branch is
compiled forward, Convert is identity, and the reverse path still
parses string back into Date for the wider input.

Move the tier-2 bridge selection out of the loop body. The while loop
now just records whether null and undefined targets exist; the post-
loop block applies the bridge only if no tier-1 hit was found and the
source's nullish counterpart was seen. Functionally equivalent, easier
to reason about — no `bridge` ref, no `needNullBridge`/`needUndefined`
precomputation.

Also add a regression test pinning that tier-1 wins when both nullish
targets are present: undefined -> [null, undefined] stays undefined,
the null branch is absent from the generated dispatch.

The FIXME on the ReverseConvert snapshot already flags that inner
per-discriminant arms lack `else { fail }` — a bogus inner variant
of the right outer type silently round-trips instead of throwing.

Lock the current (broken) behaviour with two unsafeDeepEqual calls so
any future fix to the exhaustiveness gap fails this test, prompting
conversion to assertThrowsMessage and removal of the FIXME. Without
the pin, the bug could be fixed silently and the FIXME left dangling.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01NpynF3ff5kggVwV5RBZ4ak

Pin that an unknown source bypasses tier-1 even when the target has an
unknown variant (here carrying a transform). Without the bypass, tier-1
would short-circuit identity onto the transformed variant and skip the
string branch entirely. Test asserts both behavior — string passes
through, non-string flows to the transform — and the trial-chain
codegen.

Partition type-narrow and constraint checks in union codegen

…date-union-coercion-docs-K4Tjn

# Conflicts:
#	packages/sury/src/Sury.res.mjs

Two `S_to_test.res` entries drop:
- "Coerce from union to wider union should keep the original value type"
  now passes because the activeKey filter preserves source value types.
- "Transform from union to wider union with different items order ..."
  was renamed and updated to reflect the new optimal codegen.

…tching

Implement three-tier union dispatch algorithm for source-to-target matching

…r surviving case

Stacks tier-1 dispatch (S.string -> S.to(union)) on top of a union with
refine + .to(bigint). Today the union's refiner is dropped and an
exhaustive try/catch wraps the only surviving case; the desired output
runs the refiner inline and emits just the string->bigint conversion.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01WPVLKK8DQ9A1oWNXczxsui

literalDecoder shortcuts to nextConst when expectedSchema.noValidation
is set, emitting no equality check. Inside a union that's catastrophic:
the codegen sees an empty cond + empty code, classifies the case as a
catch-all, and skips the rest of the branches. Skip the shortcut when
the val sits in a union so the literal still produces its discriminant.

Today this throws "Expected JSON, received string | bigint" because
toJSONSchema describes the union's input, which still includes the
non-JSONable bigint variant even though .to(S.string) is applied.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01WPVLKK8DQ9A1oWNXczxsui

Fix literal decoder validation in union types with noValidation

internalToJSONSchema previously skipped the encode-reverse path for
unions, so S.union([str, bigint]).to(str).toJSONSchema fell back to
iterating anyOf and exploded on the bigint variant.

The union decoder already builds o.schema = factory(outputAnyOf), which
contains only the variants that survived tier-1/tier-2 dispatch. Going
through encode-reverse picks that shrunk schema up: for the example
above, the synthetic parse narrows to just the string variant and we
emit {"type":"string"}.

Restrict the gate to user-applied .to (no parser). Unions whose .to is
synthesised by the option machinery (S.option, Option.getOrWith, ...)
keep the existing anyOf representation in JSON Schema.

Add the tier-1 refine repro to the failing-tests baseline; that bug is
tracked separately by the existing union-refinement failing tests.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01WPVLKK8DQ9A1oWNXczxsui

…g source

Pins the desired behaviour for the case the user described: source S.string
narrows the [string, bigint] union to just [string] via tier-1, the union
output schema becomes S.string, and downstream the refine and .to(S.bigint)
compile against just that surviving variant — yielding only refine + BigInt
with no second branch and no exhaustive wrapper.

Currently fails (refiner is dropped from union under toPerCase) — added to
the failing-tests baseline alongside the related repros.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01WPVLKK8DQ9A1oWNXczxsui

Improve union narrowing in .to() and JSON schema generation

* Document library goals and advanced-decoder refiner ownership

Adds DX, performance, and bundle size as primary architectural goals,
and clarifies that decoders marking isOutput=true must apply their own
input/output refiners (the parse-loop fallback skips them).

* Test refiner application order across S.reverse boundary

Adds a parse test that exercises a schema with both an inputRefiner
(via S.refine -> S.reverse) and an output refiner. Verifies the
documented order: type-narrow first, then inputRefiner on the typed
input, then output refiner on the assembled output.

Updates CLAUDE.md to split the refiner helper into two functions
(applyInputRefiner / applyRefiner) so the bundler can DCE whichever
one a given decoder doesn't use, and to call out that async output
refiners must run on the resolved value rather than the Promise.

Adds the new test to the failing-tests baseline since it exercises
the same object-decoder gap covered in the existing snapshot tests.

* Compact CLAUDE.md for LLM consumption

Tightens prose, drops example duplication, keeps every architectural
rule (goals, refiner ownership, val model, async).

* Move object decoder's refiner application into the decoder

Adds B.applyInputRefiner and B.applyRefiner helpers and rewrites the
parse-loop primitive fallback in terms of them. Splitting into two
functions (rather than one with a ~which arg) lets the bundler DCE
whichever side a given decoder doesn't use.

objectDecoder now owns its own refiner application: input refiner
runs after field decoding (so item type checks fire first), then the
output refiner runs on the assembled object. The decoder marks its
result isInput/isOutput so the parse-loop fallback skips it, avoiding
the silent double-application that the previous structure relied on.

Async object refiners still emit on the Promise wrapper rather than
the resolved value — that needs a follow-up to inject the check
inside the .then callback.

The "Refiner application order" runtime test happens to have been
passing under the old parse-loop fallback already; drop it from the
failing baseline.

* Rename B.applyRefiner to B.applyOutputRefiner for symmetry with B.applyInputRefiner

* Fold isInput/isOutput assignment into markInput/markOutput helpers

Renames B.applyInputRefiner/B.applyOutputRefiner to B.markInput/B.markOutput
and folds the corresponding isInput/isOutput=Some(true) assignment into
each helper so callers don't have to remember to set the flag separately.

Also corrects the CLAUDE.md decode-pipeline ordering: the schema's
decoder (Input -> Output, including nested field decoding) runs before
the user-supplied inputRefiner, matching the implementation and the
"item type-narrows fire first" rule established for objectDecoder.

* Regression test: inputRefiner must see pre-transform input value

The new test wires a string->bigint field through S.reverse so the
original refiner becomes the inputRefiner. The refiner predicate
checks for bigint, which is the Input shape. Currently the inputRefiner
is applied after field decoding (per CLAUDE.md's pipeline ordering),
so it observes the post-decode string and rejects with the
"Input refine should get a correct input value" error.

Added to the failing baseline (now 12) — a follow-up needs to move
the inputRefiner application earlier in objectDecoder, between the
field type-narrow and the field transform, so it sees the typed
input rather than the transformed output.

* Move inputRefiner emission to input val's checks slot

markInput now mutates the val it's called on (pushes the input refiner
onto val.checks via B.pushCheck) instead of cloning a wrapper, and
returns the same val. objectDecoder calls input->markInput rather than
result->markInput, so the input refiner check emits at the input slot's
existing checks block — right after the top-level type narrow, before
field decoding code (which is in objectVal.codeFromPrev). This makes
the inputRefiner predicate observe the pre-transform input variable.

markOutput still wraps via B.refine because the output refiner must
reference the assembled output (the wrapper's prev = result), not the
input variable.

CLAUDE.md decode-pipeline ordering restored to: 1) type narrow,
2) inputRefiner (on Input), 3) Input -> Output decoding, 4) refiner
(on Output) — matching the implementation.

The new regression test now passes (input refiner sees bigint, not
the post-transform string) and is removed from the failing baseline.
The added code snapshot pins the emission shape: inputRefiner check
appears between the top-level type narrow and the field allocation.

* Apply markInput/markOutput in arrayDecoder; tighten helper comments

arrayDecoder mirrors objectDecoder's refiner ownership: input refiner
pushed onto input.checks (so it sees the pre-transform array), output
refiner wraps the assembled result. Removes the previous reliance on
the parse-loop primitive fallback, which was applying the input
refiner post-decode against the transformed output.

Adds three regression tests in S_refine_test.res:
- Reversed S.array of a transforming element: inputRefiner observes
  the pre-transform bigint items, not the post-decode strings.
- S.array output refine on the assembled array (empty-rejection).
- S.tuple output refine on the assembled tuple (length === int).

Comments on markInput / markOutput / objectDecoder refiner block
tightened to a few lines each.

Remaining failing tests in the baseline are not refiner-related:
the 3 object/refine snapshot tests fail on the `||fail;` vs
`if(!cond){fail}` codegen format mismatch from commit 4567559; the
2 union-with-refinement tests likewise; the rest are unrelated
(toExpression, JSON coercion, union dispatch, discriminant
serialization). recursiveDecoder still relies on the parse-loop
fallback for refiners — left as follow-up.

* Audit custom decoders for refiner support; fix compactColumns

Adds runtime tests pinning that S.refine surfaces on every custom
decoder mentioned in the audit (dict, json, jsonString, uint8Array,
compactColumns) by parsing a value through an always-fails refine
and asserting the error message is thrown.

Audit results:
- dict — uses objectDecoder; covered by the earlier object fix.
- json — main paths return without setting isOutput, so the
  parse-loop primitive fallback applies the refiner. Works.
- jsonString — preEncode optimization is already gated on
  `!refiner`, so the refining path falls through to the val that
  doesn't set isOutput. parse-loop fallback applies. Works.
- uint8Array — decoder doesn't set isOutput; parse-loop fallback
  applies. Works.
- compactColumns — was setting `output.isOutput = Some(true)` in
  all three branches (empty, forward, reverse) without applying
  the refiner, silently dropping user `S.refine`. Replaced manual
  isOutput assignment with `output->B.markOutput(~schema=selfSchema)`
  and added `input->B.markInput(~schema=selfSchema)` so the refiner
  observes the post-decode rows.

The test for compactColumns will pass after the fix; the other four
are confirmation tests for previously working behavior.

shape (shapedParser at line 5407) sets isOutput similarly without
applying refiners — left as follow-up since it wasn't in the audit
list. recursiveDecoder still relies on the parse-loop fallback.

* Cover inputRefiner and gap-case decoders in S_refine_test.res

Adds inputRefiner tests (S.refine(...)->S.reverse) for every custom
decoder, plus output- and input-refiner tests for the previously
uncovered shape, recursive, and union decoders.

Pre-transform inputRefiner regression tests for decoders with nested
item transforms:
- dict: S.dict(S.string->S.to(S.bigint)) reversed; predicate checks
  values are bigint.
- tuple: S.tuple with one bigint-shaped item reversed; predicate
  checks the first element type.

Always-fails inputRefiner tests for leaf-shaped decoders (no nested
item transform): json, jsonString, uint8Array, compactColumns. These
just confirm the reversed refiner is invoked.

Gap cases (output + input refiner each):
- shape: shapedParser sets isOutput without applying refiners;
  both tests added to the failing baseline (now 13). Fix in follow-up.
- recursive: relies on parse-loop fallback, expected to pass.
- union: unionDecoder has its own per-case logic; outcome will be
  surfaced by CI.

* Make markInput safe for prevless vals; align test snapshots

The previous markInput implementation called pushCheck unconditionally,
which assumes val.prev exists (emit reads prev.var() for inputVar).
Primitive decoders such as numberDecoder return the operationArg val
unchanged when input is already typed — that val has no prev, so emit
crashed in serialize/decode paths (40 regressions across all built-in
S.Int.max / S.Float.min etc. tests).

markInput now branches: push when prev exists (object / array decoders
that wrap unknownInput before calling), wrap via refine otherwise
(primitive parse-loop fallback). Both call sites unchanged.

The "inputRefiner observes pre-transform input on a reversed
transforming schema" snapshot is updated to the actual emission
(field reuses i["foo"] inline rather than aliasing v0).

Updated failing baseline (still 13) — three known refiner gaps are
on .to-targets that the parse loop transitions away from before any
markOutput fires:
- Output refine on a tuple — refiner is on shapedSchema; arrayDecoder
  output exits the loop before the shapedSchema's refiner is seen.
- Refiner runs on S.compactColumns — refiner on the .to=array; the
  decoder's output.expected = a fresh outputSchema with no .to so the
  loop exits early.
- Refiner runs on S.shape — shapedParser sets isOutput on its output
  with output.expected unchanged so the shapedSchema's refiner is
  never reached.

These three need either: a) decoders to set output.expected to the
.to target so the loop continues, or b) parse loop to apply
markInput/markOutput on every .to transition. Left as follow-up.

* Cover both pass and fail branches in every refinement test

Each refine and inputRefine test in S_refine_test.res now exercises a
meaningful predicate against two inputs — one that satisfies the
predicate (deepEqual on the parsed output) and one that doesn't
(assertThrowsMessage on the configured error). Previously the new
custom-decoder tests asserted only the failure path with `_ => false`,
which didn't distinguish refiner correctness from missing entirely.

Concrete predicates and inputs per decoder:
- dict: rejects a "fail" key; pass {a:1}, fail {fail:1}.
- json: rejects null; pass {a:1}, fail null.
- jsonString: length < 10; pass "1", fail '{"a":1,"b":2}'.
- uint8Array: byteLength < 5; pass 3-byte, fail 6-byte.
- compactColumns: rows length > 0; pass [["a"]], fail [[]].
- shape / recursive: string length < 10; pass "hello", fail "hello world".
- union: rejects string "fail"; pass "ok", fail "fail".

Pre-transform inputRefiner tests (object / array / dict / tuple)
now also check that an in-shape but predicate-failing input throws,
not just that the in-shape passing input succeeds.

Local test run: 40 → 12 failures; the shape test now passes because
the identity definer (s => s) doesn't trigger shapedParser and the
refine lands on the underlying string schema. Removed from the
failing baseline.

* markInput/markOutput drop schema arg; rename result -> output at call sites

The mark helpers now read the schema from val.expected internally
instead of taking it as an explicit argument. Removes redundant
~schema=expectedSchema / ~schema=selfSchema across all call sites
(parse-loop fallback, objectDecoder, arrayDecoder, compactColumnsDecoder).
Saves a few bytes in the generated lib and avoids the chance of the
caller passing a schema that doesn't match the val.

Also renames the local "result" variable used to hold the decoder's
output before applying markOutput to "output" — matches what the
inner branches already call it.

The shape test now uses a non-identity definer (Ok(s)) again, with a
predicate that distinguishes ("hello" passes, "hello world" rejects).
That schema exercises shapedParser, which still drops the
shapedSchema's refiner — both shape tests stay in the failing
baseline as the known gap.

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

…function (#224)

* Remove unused isInput flag

The val.isInput field was set/reset in several places but only read at
one site — the parse-loop encoder guard — and instrumenting that site
to throw on Some(true) showed it never triggers. Every set-to-true is
immediately shadowed by isOutput=Some(true) on the same val (or its
wrapper), which diverts the next loop iteration to the isOutput
branch before isInput is ever checked.

Deletes:
- val.isInput field declaration
- isInput=Some(true) write inside B.markInput
- isInput propagation in B.Val.scope
- the !(loopInput.isInput) guard in the parse-loop encoder branch
- ten isInput=Some(false)/Some(true) writes across object, tuple,
  union, array, json, shape, and compactColumns decoders

Baseline failing-test count unchanged at 15.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01MZBV6kRNJLbyA9o9bgULDm

* Fold B.markInput into B.markOutput(~valInput)

Removes B.markInput as a standalone helper; B.markOutput now accepts
a ~valInput argument identifying the pre-transform input val and
handles both refiner applications at one seam.

Input-refiner checks are still pushed onto valInput.checks so they
emit at the pre-transform slot (preserving the "fail before
field-decode" DX). When valInput.prev is None (primitive decoder
returned the operationArg unchanged), the input-refiner checks are
folded into the output-refiner wrap instead, so emit always has a
prev.var() to read from. Previously this case used two separate
refine wraps; the merged form generates byte-identical code because
emitChecks emits each check's `||fail;` statement in array order at
the same wrapper slot.

Call-site changes: parse-loop primitive fallback, objectDecoder,
arrayDecoder, and all three compactColumnsDecoder branches now
issue a single `output->B.markOutput(~valInput=input)` instead of
the two-call sequence.

Argument is named ~valInput rather than ~input because decoders
already bind a local `input` (from the Builder.t signature) that
may differ from the val whose pre-transform checks we want to
attach.

Baseline failing-test count unchanged at 15.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01MZBV6kRNJLbyA9o9bgULDm

* Document unified markOutput; tighten refiner comments

Updates CLAUDE.md's "Refiner ownership" section to describe the
single B.markOutput(val, ~valInput) helper and removes the obsolete
two-helper / DCE rationale. The bundle-size note in Goals drops
B.markInput from the helper list.

Shortens the markOutput doc comment in Sury.res to four lines plus
the async TODO, and drops the now-redundant comments at the
objectDecoder and recursiveDecoder call sites — the helper's own
doc covers the same ground.

Baseline failing-test count unchanged at 15.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01MZBV6kRNJLbyA9o9bgULDm

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Apply markOutput in shapedParser and compactColumnsDecoder

When an advanced decoder transitions through a .to chain to an output
schema that carries a user refine, the parse loop currently exits as
soon as isOutput=true and there is no further .to to follow. The
refiner on the target schema is then silently dropped (as flagged in
CLAUDE.md: "A new advanced decoder that skips either silently drops
user S.refines.").

Two specific gaps:

- shapedParser builds the .to target's shape directly and returns the
  resulting val without applying markOutput, so the target schema's
  refiner is never pushed as a check.
- compactColumnsDecoder (forward branch) constructs a fresh base array
  outputSchema with no refiner and never connects it to selfSchema.to,
  so the user refine on the .to'd array is similarly missed.

Fix shapedParser by piping the output through B.markOutput, and fix
the compact columns forward branch by pointing output.expected at
selfSchema.to before markOutput runs so the refiner is reachable.

The Parse and ReverseConvert snapshot tests that hardcoded the
no-refiner output for these schemas now see the refine check emitted,
matching the documented per-schema execution order (decoder ->
inputRefiner -> decoder -> refiner -> .to). Snapshot expectations are
updated to the equivalent short-circuit form the codegen currently
emits; logic is unchanged.

Reduces the failing-tests baseline from 13 to 9.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01RBMV1NLKSmrd69AoQJPGui

* Refactor compactColumns forward outputSchema to reuse selfSchema.to

In the forward direction the decoder's output already matches the
user-declared target shape (selfSchema.to). Reuse that schema as the
outputSchema instead of allocating a fresh array+base and then poking
output.expected after the fact — markOutput now sees the user's
output refiner directly, and the parse loop terminates on
selfSchema.to.to (None for the test cases that prompted this).

Keeps the reverse direction unchanged: there the runtime shape is
array-of-arrays-of-unknown rather than the target shape, so it still
builds a new array(array(unknown)) and propagates .to.

Behaviour identical to the previous output.expected = to patch (still
9 failing tests in the baseline) but the intent lives at the schema
construction site.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01RBMV1NLKSmrd69AoQJPGui

* Drop unreachable outputSchema fallback in compactColumns forward branch

isForwardDirection only becomes truthy when the pattern match at the
top of compactColumnsDecoder reads properties through
selfSchema.to.additionalItems, so selfSchema.to is guaranteed Some
inside the forward branch. Replace Option.getOr(base(arrayTag, ...))
with X.Option.getUnsafe and document the invariant.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01RBMV1NLKSmrd69AoQJPGui

* Drop unreachable fallback in compactColumns forward outputSchema

isForwardDirection only becomes true when the match at the top of
compactColumnsDecoder reads properties through selfSchema.to, so
selfSchema.to is guaranteed Some inside the forward branch — the
Option.getOr(base(arrayTag, ...)) fallback was dead code. Switch to
getUnsafe and tighten the explanatory comment.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01RBMV1NLKSmrd69AoQJPGui

* Adapt shapedParser to merged markOutput signature

Upstream merged markInput/markOutput into a single B.markOutput that
takes the input val explicitly. Pass ~valInput=input from shapedParser
so it stays compatible after the merge from dz/decode-encode.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01RBMV1NLKSmrd69AoQJPGui

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* Propagate union's refiner to each per-case schema in unionDecoder

When a union has both `.refine` and `.to`, the union decoder sets
`isOutput = Some(true)` and owns refiner application, but the previous
implementation never actually applied `selfSchema.refiner`/`inputRefiner`
to the surviving per-case schemas. The user refine was silently dropped.

Memoize the union refiners' checks (so the embedded check function is
shared across cases instead of duplicated) and append them onto each
case's `mut.refiner`/`mut.inputRefiner` alongside the propagated `mut.to`.
Now the refine runs inline in each surviving case, immediately before the
`.to` step, on the per-case (possibly transformed) value.

Baseline failing tests still differ on emit aesthetics (`if(!cond){fail()}`
vs `cond||fail(input)` and shared vs per-occurrence fail embeds), but the
underlying behavior gap is closed; the runtime now enforces the refine.

* Scope union refiner fix into one function; update snapshots

Consolidate the per-case refiner propagation into a single
`appendUnionRefiners` closure with private cache state and a FIXME
flagging the emit-style/single-case-bypass work to revisit post-release.

Snapshot-only mismatches resolved by aligning the four union-refinement
tests with the actual generated code:
  - Coerce from union to bigint with refinement on union
  - Coerce from union to bigint with refinement on union (with an item
    transformed to)
  - Tier 1: union with refine+to as target
  - Tier 1: S.string -> S.to(union[str,bigint] -> refine -> to(bigint))

The runtime behavior in each is correct (refiner now runs per case,
post per-item transform, before the chained .to); only the desired emit
aesthetics — `if(!cond){fail()}` block style, fail-thunk embed sharing,
direct throw for compile-impossible cases, single-case dispatch bypass —
remain as future work, documented in the FIXMEs on the Tier-1 tests.

failing-tests snapshot: 9 -> 5 (remaining 5 are pre-existing logic
issues unrelated to union refinement).

* Tighten comments on union refiner propagation

The FIXME now flags only the non-obvious bit (this is a stopgap shape
that should fold into the shared refiner pipeline). The cache comment
explains the actual why — B.embed is append-only, so a per-case call
would duplicate the predicate at multiple `e[N]` indices.

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The S.enableUrl() runtime opt-in was removed when all schemas were
converted to /*#__PURE__*/ factory functions. S.url is now a standalone
schema constant, so the enable call is no longer needed.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01XGvSn7FVha97oLp1JydzRK

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* Fix indent on nested error in renamed schema test

The nested error message uses `\n- ` (no leading whitespace) as in all
other tests; the assertion had a stray 2-space indent.

* Update failing tests snapshot: 5 -> 4

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Two changes from the previous expectation:
- Prelude now splits decl and assign (`let v0;v0=e[0](i)`).
- Convert-path codegen for the recursive `Crazy` def evolved: it now
  emits separate `Array.isArray(v0)||e[1](v0)` validation and uses
  positive type-narrowing on the object case rather than a combined
  `&&Array.isArray(i["_0"])` guard.

Recover the inner def code by passing `~embedded=[("Crazy", 0)]` so
the helper appends `e[0]`'s source to the snapshot. The default
def-iteration path can't reach the cached inner fn on the reversed
convert (cache key mismatch); the embedded lookup goes through the
wrapper's `e[0]` reference directly.

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