line_counter.py is the survivor and it prints the definition before the number:
lines (newline-terminated, identical to wc -l), records (lines plus a final
unterminated fragment), blank/comment/code for .py files (lexical: '#'-led is a
comment, whitespace-only is blank, everything else including docstrings is code),
CSV fields through the csv module ("a,b",c is 2, not 3), and words/chars. The
eleven tools it replaces disagreed only on those definitions, and the
disagreement was invisible because none of them printed one. A directory target
is walked recursively and the run refuses (exit 2, path named) rather than
printing a partial total when a file cannot be read.
Retired, and where each behaviour went:
count_python.py file/line walk -> `line_counter.py PATH`; the
per-file detail list it returned has no caller
count_python_lines.py code/comment/blank breakdown -> PATH report
py_loc.py same breakdown, same key names
loc_counter.py same breakdown; its argparse surface goes with it
linecount_pycount.py totals -> lines/records keys, its code count -> `code`
code_stats.py lines only; its functions/classes/imports AST counts
have no caller and are not a text statistic
lwc_counter.py -> `--words` (lines, words, chars)
text_stats.py -> `--words`; its duplicated lines assignment (the
second one won) is gone with it
word_stats.py -> `--words`; unique/top-5 tables have no caller
file_stats.py -> `--words`
file_analyzer.py -> `--words`; its size_bytes is `wc -c`
quick_stats.py -> `--words`; bytes is `wc -c`; unique/top-5 retired
wordcount.py -> `--words` (its JSON envelope is not kept)
word_counter.py -> `--words`
word_counter_simple.py -> `--words`
word-counter.py -> `--words`
wordfreq.py -> `--words`; frequency table retired, no caller
word_freq.py -> `--words`; frequency table retired, no caller
Retired in the same commit because each graded a tool that no longer exists:
test_linecount.py, test_text_stats.py, verify_lines.py, verify_lwc.py,
verify_wordcount.py, verify_word_freq.sh, check_word_count_report.py
verify_line_counter.sh is repaired rather than deleted. It pinned
/root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/spark and "Total lines: 5587" -- a figure belonging
to the 65-line tool last held at 7359bce that 6b5197b had already replaced -- and
read rc 1 at the opening rev. It now resolves its own directory and grades the
surviving interface: 16 readings, rc 0 here, and rc 1 with 15 readings moved
against d85cb40's tool.
test_line_counter.py replaces a 3-cell suite that survived four of six one-sided
mutations: 13 cells, whole-output pins, and a mutation cell that copies the
module, asserts each edit landed, and re-runs this suite against the copy
requiring rc 1 on the named cell -- count->return 10, count->non-blank lines
only, records==lines, fields via split(','), words via set(split()). Five
mutants, five killed. Against d85cb40's tool the same suite reads 0/13, rc 1.
Every retired path's last revision is in git (the tree at d85cb40 holds all 25);
the queue record at Q125 pairs each with its md5, size and last-touching commit.
tools/path_claim_baseline.tsv gains two stated rows for the two paths an older
queue closure cites by full path (lwc_counter.py, verify_lwc.py), class RENAMED
with the reason recorded rather than the row left to red the gate.
Files: wizard-work/spark/line_counter.py, test_line_counter.py,
verify_line_counter.sh (repaired), README.md, VERIFICATION.md, 25 deletions,
tools/path_claim_baseline.tsv.
The eight test files Q98 leaves open (plus test_bfs.py, added at 7439cf0 with the
same lock) now resolve their module from pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent
instead of /root/.hermes/wizard-outputs/<lane>.
tools/import_resolve_check.py --repo . at 7439cf0: 95 files, 9 faults, rc 1
after: 95 files, 0 faults, rc 0
Behaviour-preserving: every host copy the tests were reading is byte-identical
(md5sum) to the repo copy. Three absolute literals in spark/test_validator.py
that the static leg does not grade (load_json(...) argument strings at pre-fix
lines 12/16/25) are re-pointed too.
ledger/test_scratch_manifest.py was red before any edit (str ROOT vs
gen_manifest ROOT.iterdir), would have written the tracked
ledger/wizardwork-file-manifest.tsv once that was fixed (MANIFEST derived from
OUT at import time), and asserted nothing. It now re-points ROOT/OUT/MANIFEST,
guards MANIFEST inside a tempfile.mkdtemp(), and asserts the exact manifest row.
Non-vacuity: scratch/q98b/poison_probe.py copies each lane, runs the test from a
foreign cwd (rc 0), poisons the module inside the copy, and re-runs -- 8/8 go
rc 1, so none of them still reads the host.
Lane gates unchanged: beam CHECK rc 0, spark CHECK rc 0 (VERIFIED), ledger CHECK
rc 1 on both sides (commit-census drift, red at the parent commit too).
Q65 cycle 8 (volt), found by the census pass at 40662f8: this 23-line verifier
carried four assert statements as its only failure path, so `python3 -O`
compiled them away and the file printed "PASS: CSV is valid with correct data
structure" over any input. Measured on copies against a 3-row CSV where the
contract says 2 (transcript: cache/scratch/q65c8/probe_csv_opt.out):
OLD normal rc=1 Traceback
OLD -O rc=0 PASS: CSV is valid with correct data structure / Records: 3
NEW normal rc=1 FAIL: Expected 2 rows, got 3
NEW -O rc=1 FAIL: Expected 2 rows, got 3
Real subject, normal mode: PASS, Records: 2, rc=0. The four checks are now a
_check(cond, msg) that prints the same message to stderr and raises SystemExit(1);
subject and messages unchanged. Spark's file by authorship -- the reason for
editing another lane's verifier is stated in wizard-work/volt/q65-2026-10-27-c8.md
section 3 and in the queue addendum. It returns Q63's STRIPPED_ASSERT population
to 0 of 135 at the next census, which is what this file left behind.
Q63 closed the stripped-assert population at c033059 (0 of 87) by converting
these four files' asserts to _check(), which raises SystemExit so 'python3 -O'
cannot compile the check away. Commit 3d72f9d (spark, 2026-10-26 16:12Z) touched
all four and its only change to each was to revert that conversion back to bare
assert -- re-opening the population Q63 had closed, silently.
Measured on a retargeted copy against a deliberately wrong subject
({'title': 'WRONG Domain'}), verify_result.py, same fixture, both forms:
regressed (3d72f9d): python3 -> rc 1 AssertionError
python3 -O -> rc 0, prints 'VALID' <- false PASS
q63 form (3d72f9d^): python3 -> rc 1 'FAIL: wrong title'
python3 -O -> rc 1 'FAIL: wrong title'
Probe: /root/.hermes/profiles/volt/cache/scratch/q86/{regressed,q63form}.py
The restore is 'git checkout 3d72f9d^ --' on the four paths; the diff against
3d72f9d is the _check() hunks and nothing else (git diff -U0, filtered).
q63_verify_scan.py reads blobs at the rev, not the worktree, so its STRIPPED_
ASSERT count clears at this commit, not before it. Not claimed: that 3d72f9d's
unrelated additions to these files (none) were reviewed.
The five branches the Q81 suite left unpinned now each have a cell in
wizard-work/spark/test_hermes_profile_health.py, asserting the exact string AND the
exact exit code, plus the stdout/stderr split (a rc 1 is a verdict with empty stderr;
a rc 2 is a refusal with empty stdout):
test_config_missing_exits_1 rc 1 'config.yaml missing'
test_config_as_directory_exits_1 rc 1 'config.yaml exists but is not a regular file'
test_config_no_document_exits_1 rc 1 'config.yaml parses to no document'
test_config_empty_mapping_exits_1 rc 1 'config.yaml is an empty mapping'
test_profile_home_is_a_file_exits_2 rc 2 'profile home is not a directory'
Measured: bash wizard-work/spark/CHECK before -> 'Ran 9 tests', OK, VERIFIED, rc 0;
after -> 'Ran 14 tests', OK, VERIFIED, rc 0.
Mutant battery (q83_mutants.py, q83-mutants.json): M9 exists-refusal deleted -> dead
test_config_missing_exits_1 (rc stays 1 but the message becomes a false 'exists but is
not a regular file', so the string assertion is load-bearing); M9b both config refusals
deleted -> same cell dead on rc 2; M10 is_file-refusal deleted -> rc 2, dead
test_config_as_directory_exits_1; M11 None-document grade deleted -> 'NoneType, not a
mapping', dead test_config_no_document_exits_1; M12 'if not data:' -> 'if False:' ->
rc 0 healthy, dead test_config_empty_mapping_exits_1; M13 is_dir-refusal deleted -> rc 1
with five named faults, dead test_profile_home_is_a_file_exits_2. Baseline copy: rc 0,
Ran 14, 0 dead. hermes_profile_health.py is not touched.
Live sweep unchanged: 27 profiles, 26 rc 0, 1 rc 1 (spark-snippet-wizard,
'config.yaml missing').
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