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+// Cross-engine regression for ILO-472: `flt` with a named-helper
+// predicate on a `L t`.
+//
+// Persona report (`hmac-cookie-parser`): the tree-walker engine
+// returned the predicate's output (a bool) directly rather than the
+// filtered list, while the VM produced the correct filtered list.
+// Switching the named predicate to an inline lambda
+// `flt (c:t>b;...) cs` made both engines agree.
+//
+// The tree-walker engine is no longer user-selectable from the CLI
+// (see `src/cli/args.rs:147-160` — `--run-tree` / `--run` were
+// dropped as recognised flags in the rerun8 cleanup; the field is
+// kept only so internal construction sites compile). The
+// surviving engines are the register VM (default) and the Cranelift
+// JIT (`--jit`, when built with `--features cranelift`). The bug as
+// originally filed cannot recur via `ilo run` because the buggy
+// dispatch path is no longer reachable; this test pins the
+// surviving engines so a regression on either backend can't slip
+// in silently.
+//
+// The persona's exact shape — a `L t` of cookie / header
+// fragments, filtered by a named `non-empty` helper that returns
+// `b` — is exercised directly below. A `L n` variant pins the
+// numeric predicate path, and an empty-input variant pins the
+// short-circuit contract.
+
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+
+fn ilo() -> Command {
+    Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_ilo"))
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cranelift")]
+const ENGINES: &[&str] = &["--vm", "--jit"];
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cranelift"))]
+const ENGINES: &[&str] = &["--vm"];
+
+fn write_src(tag: &str, src: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+    static COUNTER: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+    let n = COUNTER.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    let mut path = std::env::temp_dir();
+    path.push(format!(
+        "ilo_472_flt_named_{tag}_{}_{n}.ilo",
+        std::process::id()
+    ));
+    std::fs::write(&path, src).expect("write src");
+    path
+}
+
+fn run_ok(engine: &str, src: &str, entry: &str, args: &[&str]) -> String {
+    let path = write_src(entry, src);
+    let mut cmd = ilo();
+    cmd.arg(&path).arg(engine).arg(entry);
+    for a in args {
+        cmd.arg(a);
+    }
+    let out = cmd.output().expect("failed to run ilo");
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
+    assert!(
+        out.status.success(),
+        "ilo {engine} failed for `{src}`: stderr={}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
+    );
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).trim().to_string()
+}
+
+fn parity(src: &str, entry: &str, args: &[&str], expected: &str) {
+    for engine in ENGINES {
+        let actual = run_ok(engine, src, entry, args);
+        assert_eq!(
+            actual, expected,
+            "engine {engine} produced {actual:?}, expected {expected:?} for src `{src}`"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+// ── Persona shape: `L t` + named bool helper ────────────────────────────
+
+#[test]
+fn flt_named_predicate_string_list_persona_shape() {
+    // The `hmac-cookie-parser` shape: split a header into parts,
+    // drop the empty fragments with a named `non-empty` helper.
+    // Pre-fix the tree engine returned the bool from the last
+    // call instead of the filtered list.
+    let src = "non-empty s:t>b;>len s 0\nmain parts:L t>L t;flt non-empty parts";
+    parity(src, "main", &["[\"a\",\"\",\"b\",\"\",\"c\"]"], "[a, b, c]");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn flt_named_predicate_string_list_all_pass() {
+    let src = "non-empty s:t>b;>len s 0\nmain parts:L t>L t;flt non-empty parts";
+    parity(src, "main", &["[\"a\",\"b\",\"c\"]"], "[a, b, c]");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn flt_named_predicate_string_list_all_fail() {
+    let src = "non-empty s:t>b;>len s 0\nmain parts:L t>L t;flt non-empty parts";
+    parity(src, "main", &["[\"\",\"\",\"\"]"], "[]");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn flt_named_predicate_string_list_empty_input() {
+    let src = "non-empty s:t>b;>len s 0\nmain parts:L t>L t;flt non-empty parts";
+    parity(src, "main", &["[]"], "[]");
+}
+
+// ── Numeric variant: pins the named-helper path on `L n` ────────────────
+
+#[test]
+fn flt_named_predicate_number_list() {
+    let src = "is-pos x:n>b;>x 0\nmain xs:L n>L n;flt is-pos xs";
+    parity(src, "main", &["[-1,2,-3,4,-5,6]"], "[2, 4, 6]");
+}
+
+// ── Inline-lambda counterpart: the persona's workaround ─────────────────
+//
+// Pinning the inline-lambda shape alongside the named-helper shape
+// ensures the two surfaces stay in lockstep across engines; if a
+// future refactor diverges them the persona's "swap to lambda"
+// workaround would silently start lying again.
+
+#[test]
+fn flt_inline_lambda_matches_named_string() {
+    let named = "non-empty s:t>b;>len s 0\nmain parts:L t>L t;flt non-empty parts";
+    let lambda = "main parts:L t>L t;flt (s:t>b;>len s 0) parts";
+    for engine in ENGINES {
+        let n = run_ok(engine, named, "main", &["[\"a\",\"\",\"b\"]"]);
+        let l = run_ok(engine, lambda, "main", &["[\"a\",\"\",\"b\"]"]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            n, l,
+            "engine {engine}: named-helper `{n}` diverged from inline-lambda `{l}`"
+        );
+    }
+}