The K3 Arm E round (order 20260907T075834Z-18584396-from-.claude) measures a
rule that has not been written yet. This commit pins what the code does TODAY,
so the later claim "the default did not move" rests on a committed artifact
rather than on reading a diff.
Three characterization tests and one new golden fixture. Every count they
assert was measured against unmodified code before the test was written:
GRID_TABLE yields 3 candidates, TWO_TABLES_BLANK_SEPARATED yields 3,
TWO_TABLES_RULE_SEPARATED 2, PIPE_TABLE 1, PROSE_WITH_A_STRAY_RULE 1.
The second golden is not duplication. `propose-golden-default.json` is taken
over `OUTLINE_DOCUMENT`, which contains no `|` row and no `+` rule line, so no
table rule -- present or future -- can move its bytes. It is a guard that
cannot fire. `propose-golden-grid-default.json` is taken over a document that
has a pandoc grid table, and it is generated here from PRE-Arm-E code: a
fixture recorded after the change would pin post-change bytes and prove
nothing about the default.
Two fixture shapes are load bearing and say so in the band's comment. The
second table in TWO_TABLES_BLANK_SEPARATED has exactly ONE row group, so it
cannot be joined -- that is the only shape that catches a join whose pending
state is never cleared. And `propose()` is excluded from this band: it pops
`source` and discards every other kwarg, so an Arm E test written through it
would silently measure the default and pass.
Tests first: 1 red (the golden did not exist), then green. 1230 -> 1233.
ruff check: exit 0. ruff format --check: exit 0. pytest -q: exit 0.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
