Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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TestCase gained a trailing `contract` field (WordContract) at some point
after all 20 test-module files' compound literals were written -- every
single TestCase/WordTestSuite initializer in the tree (sentinels, real
entries, and per-suite entries) omitted it, producing ~3010 warnings on
every build. CLAUDE.md's own documentation claimed this was isolated to
one file (vocabulary_words_test.c); a full audit found it systemic
across all 20 files.
Fixed mechanically: added the missing `{0}` trailing initializer
everywhere. Semantically a no-op -- C99 already zero-fills unlisted
trailing struct fields, so this only silences the diagnostic, changes
no behavior. Verified: all three architectures (amd64/aarch64/riscv64)
build clean, remaining warning count unchanged (30, matching the other
three known -Wno-error-exempted classes: unused-parameter, sign-compare,
plus mkcapsule.c's stringop-truncation which was never actually gated
by this policy -- it's a separate host tool with no -Werror at all).
.claude/CLAUDE.md corrected to describe the actual -Wno-error= exemption
list (four classes, not "build with -Wall -Werror" unconditionally) and
the real current warning inventory.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
capsules/
FORTH personality files loaded by the VM at boot. A capsule is an immutable, content-addressed payload; its XXHash64 hash is its identity. Any mutation changes the hash and the birth protocol rejects the image.
Key files
| File | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
init.4th |
(m) MAMA_INIT |
Default Mama VM personality — loaded at LBN 2048 |
ACL.4th |
user | Word-level ACL system; self-activating at boot |
zuse.4th |
user | Bootstrap superuser; loaded by ACL.4th |
doe.4th |
user | DoE workload words (EXEC-DOE) — opt-in |
init-0.4th … init-9.4th |
(p) |
Numbered personality variants |
init-l8-*.4th |
(p) |
L8 Jacquard mode variants (stable/volatile/diverse/temporal/transition/omni) |
hermes/init.4th |
(p) |
Hermes baby VM personality |
artemis/init.4th |
(p) |
Artemis baby VM personality |
Block namespace
Block ranges are shared across all loaded capsules — collisions cause silent word-definition overwrites.
| Range | Owner |
|---|---|
| 2048–2099 | init.4th |
| 2100–2199 | doe.4th |
| 3000–3999 | workload capsules |
| 4000+ | user-defined (ACL.4th, zuse.4th, …) |
Each block is limited to 1024 bytes. Verify with wc -c before committing.
See also
experiments/bare_metal/README.md— DoE protocols and block namespace rulesdocs/03-architecture/word-acl/DESIGN.md— ACL system designtools/mkcapsule.c— assembles capsules intocapsule_generated.c- Project root