A -w DIR workdir replaces the fresh .sepwork scratch with a caller-owned
persistent package-artifact tree. A package is reused only when its
freshly composed unit byte-equals the committed unit and byte copies of
the compiler/assembler recorded in the dir equal the live tools — pure
content identity, no mtimes, no hashes, every decision reproducible
with cmp against plain files. Recompiles stage at .new names and commit
by rename, unit strictly last, so an interrupted build forces a
recompile and can never leave a committed unit vouching for uncommitted
artifacts; .o/.a additionally reject zero size (ELF/ar are never
empty), while .s/.wwi accept legitimate empties (FFI-only rt). A mode
stamp pins the -T/-S shape and the artifact protocol revision. Classic
scratch keeps its exact acquire/refuse/cleanup contract; run rejects
-w; dir-mode test rejects -w; both driver stages implement identical
behavior and wording.
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