Replace remaining generated platform copies with layer-specific functional workloads
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- Rust
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Description
The generator still builds each numbered target case from the same shared test104–test113 body plus a repeated target checksum/aggregate checkpoint. Selected cases were strengthened in #520, but the remaining generated copies do not establish that each OS/architecture cell exercises its own platform behavior. Repeating a sizeable algorithm is not equivalent to covering different failure modes.
The intended division is: shared cases for language features/algorithms; shared/ for argument registers, stack spill, returns, alignment and integer extension; / for native file/memory/socket/event operations and their ABI, combined with real workloads.
Source evidence at the head of #520:
- [tools/populate_case_matrix.py:95](https://github.com/wavefnd/Wave/blob/2ae0a91c57fd76323124c0e4dff552adbfadbe1b/tools/populate_case_matrix.py#L95) — `def generated_case`
- [tools/populate_case_matrix.py:96](https://github.com/wavefnd/Wave/blob/2ae0a91c57fd76323124c0e4dff552adbfadbe1b/tools/populate_case_matrix.py#L96) — `source = CASES_ROOT / "shared"`
Acceptance:
- [ ] Audit the remaining generated cases and replace a coherent first group with distinct, deterministic, bounded-resource workloads at the proper layer.
- [ ] Preserve existing tests by strengthening or adding cases; do not delete coverage to reduce duplication.
- [ ] Use architecture-specific ABI pressure and OS operations with observable results, not assembly-only filler or unconditional success.
- [ ] Include varied valid syntax/layouts with readable multi-line code; keep tests/cases README concise rather than creating a case-by-case catalog.
- [ ] Keep generator refresh from restoring replaced copies, and record compile-only versus executed coverage accurately.
Related: #461 covers generator regression tests, #458 CPU profiles, and #459 shared portability. This issue concerns workload substance and division by layer.
Audit status: identified by static source inspection; the scenarios above have not been executed during this audit. The permalink fixes the reviewed revision; this report does not claim the defect was introduced by #520.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in tools/populate_case_matrix.py at generated_case and audit the remaining generated cases against shared, shared/, and / layers. Review the cases and README, then refresh the generator output to verify replaced copies stay replaced. Done means a coherent first group has bounded, deterministic workloads with observable results and accurate compile-only versus executed coverage.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- compilers, operating-systems, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100