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open-questions: question 25 is settled by @iko's eq work

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01U4FzmSdubYxmZGDp2VJRAQ

commitf43d2ee5d67c3f92fa47a2b4901319f343c18959 authorClaude <noreply@anthropic.com> dateMon 2 Nov 2026, 16:19 (8 hours ago) parenta3ea2cc
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@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ The [2026-11-02 review](reviews/2026-11-02-repo-review.md) raised these language
8181| [22](reviews/2026-11-02-questions.md) | Is a `?-` arm that matches no remaining case a definite error? | Yes: "arm matches no case" | A15 |
8282| [23](reviews/2026-11-02-questions.md) | Should `(mop K V)` carry its comparator? | No, match Hoon | A55 |
8383| [24](reviews/2026-11-02-questions.md) | Should Hoon's `each` mold be renamed, since the prelude has the element gate `each`? | No, keep both | A64 |
84−| [25](reviews/2026-11-02-questions.md) | When are `eq` and the gate-free type-variable constraint built? | In milestone 2 | A98 |
8584| [26](reviews/2026-11-02-questions.md) | Which Hoon unions should the importer read? | `$%` with `%&`, `%\|` and `%0` tags now, then `each` and `json` as catalog entries | A50 |
8685| [27](reviews/2026-11-02-questions.md) | Should the `%jibb` mark keep dropping the final newline on a `%txt` round trip? | Keep it, like `%hoon` | A61 |
8786| [28](reviews/2026-11-02-questions.md) | Should the printer flatten `[a [b c]]` and print named molds by name, such as `theme`? | Yes | A136 |
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88+Question 25, when to build `eq` and the gate-free constraint, is settled: @iko's commit 0858191 adds `eq` and infers the constraint.
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8990## Grammar questions never put to the doc's author
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9192In milestone 1 the parser met about thirty places where the doc could be read more than one way. Twelve went to @iko on 2026-10-30 and are rows of the Decisions tab. These were not asked. For each, the parser follows the reading below, and some are marked "(doc question)" in the library's notes. None changes what a valid program means, except where a reading makes something an error.