The driver flip moves build artifacts from next-to-source <stem>.s to a
.sepwork/ scratch dir. 29 Pattern-B gates now build `ww build --sep -o <stem>`
and read <stem>.sepwork/__root.s (multi-package gates concat all
<stem>.sepwork/*.s, since cross-package labels live in per-package .s).
All intermediates redirect to /tmp (WW_PKGCACHE + -o), so the corpus runs
parallel-safe with no source-tree pollution. Tests pass now (--sep is live)
and survive the flip.
915 additionally retargeted off strconv's PRIVATE left_shift_table (a let,
not export) — which separate compilation correctly hides — onto a test-local
package that exports its own probe table (#96). The combined path only linked
it via a single-unit private leak; encapsulation is now honored under sep.
Test-only; all 5 *_ww binaries HOLD. 989_m1mangle_run deferred (blocked by
#99, imported-package fn main mangling under sep).
The Option-C parallel _v vstream API was scaffolding to bring the io stack up alongside the old surface; carrying both permanently is a rule-9 divergence from ref/hare, which has exactly one io surface. Collapse onto that surface (stream = *vtable, ref/hare/io/stream.ha) and rename the _v symbols to their Hare names (io vstream->stream, fmt vfprint->fprint, bufio/memio/log surfaces, log.new). Deletes the 4 lib/*/vstream.ww scaffold files; regenerates w6c/wwdump combined.ww. cstage and wwstage stay byte-identical and combined_ww_fresh holds; all 220 tests pass.
Additive: keeps lib/io/io.ww's pre-vtable `stream` struct +
`read`/`write`/`close` wrappers (fold-e2-eN migrates the legacy
surface to vtable-backed implementations and retires it).
lib/io/stream.ww — vtable struct (reader/writer/closer slots,
spelled `(*T | void)` per #192 — ww parser rejects `nullable *T`),
vstream = *vtable, and the st_read/st_write/st_close dispatchers
per ref/hare/io/stream.ha:33-68. Void-arm `return e;` chains two
direct widens: concrete `errors.unsupported` → `error` (#199 α)
then `error` → (size|eof|error) (#205 NAMED-variant nominal at
tagged→tagged subset). Hare's `?`-propagating st_close collapses
to a direct `return (*c)(s);` because #173 is still open; the
surface stays Hare-shaped.
lib/io/types.ww — retarget reader/writer/closer fn-aliases from
*stream to vstream. Extend `error` union to include
`errors.unsupported` explicitly (no spread — per ken's #204-block
the wrapper-vs-flatten layout asymmetry would mis-widen; the
deferred fix is filed as #199b layout-extension).
test/wcc/775_io_vtable_run.c — 7-row sentinel: reader/writer/
closer × {set, void} happy paths + branched-callee runtime.
Rows verify the call runs + the constant exit; the void-arm
rows do NOT inspect the resulting variant tag (deferred #199b
wrapped-slot tag-remap mis-routes to dst tag 0). Cstage and
wwstage emit byte-identical asm on every row.
test/wcc/768_io_types_run.c — track the alias retarget; rows
now build a vtable, pass `&vt` (= vstream), and call through
the fn-VALUE param shape.
Combined.ww regen for w6c + wwdump per #110: lib/errors lands
transitively via the new `import errors;` in types.ww.
Sibling filed inline (NOT fixed): the checker rejects bare
`&fn_name` / `let p: *alias = &fn` assignment to a
`(*alias | void)` field — the structural `*fn(...)` value isn't
accepted as the `*alias` NAMED variant. Both stages reject.
Probes route around via explicit `(&fn): *io.reader` cast at
each vtable-field assignment.
