Evidence: Block 15 · Service (block-15)

• block type: block
• date: 2026-08-22
• resulting state: closed/verified
• story points (combined assembled cost): 51250
• execution id: 20260823.024036.322Z-8ffc2035

Stories built

• Implement slices and collection iteration. (VALUE-003) [story]

Stacked context

• compass: COMPASS.md (SP 3420)
• implements: FEATURE-VALUE-003.md (SP 350)
• context: jq-manual.txt (SP 32696)
• context: jq.test (SP 13058)
• context: ARCHITECTURE_compact.md (SP 154)
• stack: python_compact.md (SP 1534)

Build directory changes

• jq_interpreter/evaluator.py
• tests/test_value_003_slices_iteration.py

Pre-build acceptance observation

• GREEN (prepassed): value-003-conformance (FEATURE-VALUE-003.md)

intent: The authoritative corpus cases exercising slices and collection iteration execute successfully. return code: 0 stdout: { "candidate": [ "/mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/uat/jq/runs/20260822.044627/build/jq/jq" ], "corpus": "jq.test", "summary": { "pass": 144, "fail": 0, "error": 0, "skip": 4 }, "cases": [ { "line": 1900, "program": "import \"a\" as foo; import \"b\" as bar; def fooa: foo::a; [fooa, bar::a, bar::b, foo::a]", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "[\"a\",\"b\",\"c\",\"a\"]" ], "actual": [] }, { "line": 1904, "program": "import \"c\" as foo; [foo::a, foo::c]", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "[0,\"acmehbah\"]" ], "actual": [] }, { "line": 1912, "program": "import \"data\" as $e; import \"data\" as $d; [$d[].this,$e[].that,$d::d[].this,$e::e[].that]|join(\";\")", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "\"is a test;is too;is a test;is too\"" ], "actual": [] }, { "line": 1929, "program": "import \"shadow1\" as f; import \"shadow2\" as f; import \"shadow1\" as e; [e::e, f::e]", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "[2,3]" ], "actual": [] } ] }

Post-build programmatic acceptance

• PASS: value-003-conformance (FEATURE-VALUE-003.md)

intent: The authoritative corpus cases exercising slices and collection iteration execute successfully. target interpreter: /mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/.venv/bin/python3 provisioning: not required return code: 0 stdout: { "candidate": [ "/mnt/c/Users/barlo/projects/drydock/uat/jq/runs/20260822.044627/build/jq/jq" ], "corpus": "jq.test", "summary": { "pass": 144, "fail": 0, "error": 0, "skip": 4 }, "cases": [ { "line": 1900, "program": "import \"a\" as foo; import \"b\" as bar; def fooa: foo::a; [fooa, bar::a, bar::b, foo::a]", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "[\"a\",\"b\",\"c\",\"a\"]" ], "actual": [] }, { "line": 1904, "program": "import \"c\" as foo; [foo::a, foo::c]", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "[0,\"acmehbah\"]" ], "actual": [] }, { "line": 1912, "program": "import \"data\" as $e; import \"data\" as $d; [$d[].this,$e[].that,$d::d[].this,$e::e[].that]|join(\";\")", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "\"is a test;is too;is a test;is too\"" ], "actual": [] }, { "line": 1929, "program": "import \"shadow1\" as f; import \"shadow2\" as f; import \"shadow1\" as e; [e::e, f::e]", "status": "skip", "detail": "declared in exclusions.txt", "expect_failure": false, "expected": [ "[2,3]" ], "actual": [] } ] }

Build summary

Implemented VALUE-003 slices and collection iteration, including fractional bounds, null handling, ordering, multiplicity, and optional iteration.

RESULT: SUCCESS

FILES CHANGED:

• jq_interpreter/evaluator.py
• tests/test_value_003_slices_iteration.py

SUMMARY: 73 tests passed. Scoped conformance: 144 passed, 0 failed, 0 errored, 4 skipped.

BLOCKERS:

• None