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PR 2 of the five-PR concept-registry stack; review against
stack/concept-registry/01-verification.

Introduce experimental value types for meaningful empty text without conflating
it with an omitted selection criterion.

identifier_or_empty = empty_string | identifier
suffix_t            = alias of identifier_or_empty

default or empty textual input -> empty_string
non-empty textual input       -> identifier
explicit identifier input     -> named alternative, even if its text is empty
  • Provide empty(), text(), named(), formatting, equality, ordering, and hashing.
  • Order the empty alternative before every named alternative; named ordering
    retains identifier hash-based ordering, not lexical ordering.
  • Accept C strings implicitly and std::string/std::string_view explicitly.
    Length-bearing inputs preserve their supplied range, including embedded NULs;
    C strings require a non-null, null-terminated input.
  • Keep explicit emptiness distinct from both an omitted criterion and a named
    identifier containing empty text.

Existing identifiers remain permissive and default-constructible. This PR does
not migrate suffix consumers, change selector matching, or activate strict
identifier validation.

Evidence

  • Before: The parent provides generic identifiers but no explicit
    empty-or-named value or suffix alias.
    After: identifier passes 300 assertions in 31 cases, covering the value
    states, alias, formatting, comparisons, hashing, container use, construction
    traits, and exact text ranges.
  • Full configured build, including Python and FORM targets, passed.
  • Full boundary suite: 117/117 CTests passed.
  • Changed-file hooks and whitespace checks passed; both changed files match the
    preserved original implementation exactly.

These are local macOS/AppleClang results. The before/after above is the API delta,
not a claim that the parent failed its existing tests.

Merge Danger

Door: Two-way

Additive experimental types with no consumer migration or persisted-format
change. Reverting after adoption requires removing dependent uses.

Blast Radius: Model

Callers must preserve the distinction between empty, named-empty, and omitted
values. Textual construction and ordering are deliberately not general-purpose
validation or lexical sorting policies.


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  • Code: Add experimental empty_string, identifier_or_empty, and the suffix_t alias. Empty text maps to empty_string; an explicitly supplied identifier remains named, even when its text is empty.
  • API: Add accessors, formatting, equality, ordering, hashing, and a std::hash specialization. Empty values sort before named values. C strings are implicit inputs; std::string and std::string_view inputs are explicit.
  • Scope: The change adds types without migrating suffix consumers, changing selector matching, or enabling strict identifier validation. Callers must distinguish empty, named-empty, and omitted values.
  • Tests and build: The author reports 300 assertions across 31 cases, a full configured build, and 117/117 boundary-suite CTests passing on macOS with AppleClang. Changed-file hooks and whitespace checks also passed.

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The change adds an explicit empty-string value and identifier_or_empty, which represents either that value or a named identifier. It adds formatting, comparison, and hashing support, defines the suffix_t alias, and adds tests for construction and value behavior.

Changes: Identifier Values

Layer / File(s) Summary
Empty-capable identifier type
phlex/model/identifier.hpp
Adds an explicit empty value and identifier_or_empty, with constructors, accessors, comparison, formatting, hashing, and the suffix_t alias.
Construction and value behavior tests
test/identifier_test.cpp
Adds tests for construction, text ownership, formatting, equality, ordering, hashing, set use, and the suffix_t alias.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: knoepfel

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to cf907

The change is mergeable after normal checks; an additional test would help protect embedded-NUL handling against future regressions.

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/__w/phlex/phlex/phlex-src/test/identifier_test.cpp:154: warning: the 'empty' method should be used to check for emptiness instead of comparing to an empty object
/__w/phlex/phlex/phlex-src/test/identifier_test.cpp:363: warning: variable 'empty_text' of type 'std::string' (aka 'basic_string<char>') can be declared 'const'

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With text() and formatting returning the empty string for empty_string you can't distinguish it in log messages from a named identifier containing "", but these explicitly do not compare equal.

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- Line 415: Extend the existing template test around the hash comparison to
verify embedded-NUL handling for both `identifier_or_empty` and `suffix_t`:
construct a `TestType` from a length-bearing string view containing an embedded
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Comment thread test/identifier_test.cpp
CHECK(from_string.text() == "hits_extra"sv);
CHECK(from_c_string.text() == "hits_extra"sv);
CHECK(from_string == from_c_string);
CHECK(from_string.hash() == from_c_string.hash());

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Add an embedded-NUL assertion for length-bearing input.

The current tests cover C-string truncation and length-bearing inputs without embedded NULs. They do not detect a regression that routes std::string_view input through a C-string boundary. Add the proposed check to the existing template test; it covers both identifier_or_empty and suffix_t.

The implementation currently preserves the full range, so this is a test improvement, not a production defect.

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@@ -412,5 +412,12 @@
   CHECK(from_string.text() == "hits_extra"sv);
   CHECK(from_c_string.text() == "hits_extra"sv);
   CHECK(from_string == from_c_string);
   CHECK(from_string.hash() == from_c_string.hash());
+
+  // Length-bearing input keeps embedded NULs; only C strings stop at the first NUL.
+  TestType const with_nul{"ab\0cd"sv};
+  CHECK(with_nul.text().size() == 5);
+  CHECK(with_nul != TestType{"ab"});
+  CHECK(with_nul != TestType{"ab\0cd"});  // C string: consumes only "ab"
+  CHECK(TestType{"ab\0cd"} == TestType{"ab"});
 }
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CHECK(from_string.hash() == from_c_string.hash());
CHECK(from_string.hash() == from_c_string.hash());
// Length-bearing input keeps embedded NULs; only C strings stop at the first NUL.
TestType const with_nul{"ab\0cd"sv};
CHECK(with_nul.text().size() == 5);
CHECK(with_nul != TestType{"ab"});
CHECK(with_nul != TestType{"ab\0cd"}); // C string: consumes only "ab"
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Review comment at @test/identifier_test.cpp at line 415:
Extend the existing template test around the hash comparison to verify
embedded-NUL handling for both `identifier_or_empty` and `suffix_t`: construct a
`TestType` from a length-bearing string view containing an embedded NUL and
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