@kernlang/python 4.0.0 → 4.0.1-canary.224.1.1a92ac0a

package/dist/codegen-body-python.js

@@ -40,11 +40,24 @@
  *  threads a `indent` string. The propagation hoist embeds its own 4-space
  *  relative indent on the `return __k_tN` line; the wrapper prepends the
  *  surrounding indent so the post-emit result nests correctly. */
-import { applyTemplate, collectFreeIdentifierNames, emitStringKeyArray, instanceofRhsPythonType, instanceofRhsRejectReasonForName, isPostfixMutationOperator, isSupportedAssignOperator, KERN_STDLIB_MODULES, lookupStdlib, lowerJsClosureBodyToPython, needsArgParens, needsBinaryParens, parseExpression, parseKeys, suggestStdlibMethod, } from '@kernlang/core';
+import { applyTemplate, classifyRegexLiteralIndexReadFailClose, classifyRegexLiteralMemberReadFailClose, emitStringKeyArray, expandRegexIFold, instanceofRhsPythonType, instanceofRhsRejectReasonForName, isHostNamespaceRoot, isPostfixMutationOperator, isSupportedAssignOperator, isZeroWidthCapableRegex, KERN_STDLIB_MODULES, lookupStdlibCall, lookupStdlibProperty, lowerRegexAnchorsPython, lowerRegexNamedGroupsPython, needsArgParens, needsBinaryParens, normalizeRegexClasses, parseExpression, parseKeys, REGEX_EXEC_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_HOST_REGEXP_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_MATCHALL_NO_G_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_NONLITERAL_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_REPLACE_NONLITERAL_REPL_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_REPLACEALL_NO_G_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_SPLIT_LIMIT_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_SPLIT_ZEROWIDTH_FAILCLOSE, REGEX_TEST_G_FAILCLOSE, regexAstralFailMessage, regexCaptureMeta, regexIFoldFailMessage, regexLiteralReceiverIR, regexMethodRegexArgIdent, scanRegexAstral, suggestStdlibMethod, translateReplStringToPython, unmappedHostNamespaceMessage, unwrapTransparentReceiverIR, validateRegexNamedGroupsPortable, } from '@kernlang/core';
+// Slice 0.9 — the TypeScript-AST closure helpers + classifier live on the Node
+// subpath (the barrel is browser-safe). Python codegen is Node-side and parses
+// block-bodied arrows, so it injects `typescriptClosureClassifier`.
+import { collectFreeIdentifierNames, lowerJsClosureBodyToPython, typescriptClosureClassifier, } from '@kernlang/core/node';
 import { buildPythonParamList } from './codegen-helpers.js';
-import { KERN_FMT_HELPER_PY, KERN_I32_HELPER_PY, KERN_JS_ARRAY_HELPERS_PY, KERN_JS_HELPER_PY, KERN_PAIR_HELPERS_PY, KERN_TMOD_HELPER_PY, } from './core/expr/index.js';
+import { KERN_FMT_HELPER_PY, KERN_JS_ARRAY_FROM_HELPER_PY, KERN_JS_ARRAY_HELPERS_PY, KERN_JS_HELPER_PY, KERN_JS_MATH_HELPERS_PY, KERN_JS_NUMBER_HELPERS_PY, KERN_JS_OBJECT_HELPERS_PY, KERN_JSON_STRINGIFY_SHIM_PY, KERN_NULLISH_HELPER_PY, KERN_PAIR_HELPERS_PY, KERN_REGEX_MATCH_HELPER_PY, KERN_REGEX_MATCHALL_HELPER_PY, KERN_TMOD_HELPER_PY, KERN_TO_NUMBER_HELPER_PY, } from './core/expr/index.js';
 import { isSharedPortableArrayMethod, isSharedPortableArrayProperty, lowerPortableArrayMethodPy, lowerPortableArrayPropertyPy, sharedPortableMethodRequiresPureReceiver, } from './core/expr/list-ops.js';
 import { mapTsTypeToPython } from './type-map.js';
+/** Parse options for Python codegen — always inject the TypeScript-backed
+ *  closure classifier so block-bodied arrows parse (slice 0.9). */
+const TS_PARSE_OPTS = { closureClassifier: typescriptClosureClassifier };
+/** Local `parseExpression` binding for Python codegen that always injects the
+ *  TypeScript closure classifier (slice 0.9). All `parseExpr(...)` calls in this
+ *  module route through here. */
+function parseExpr(input) {
+    return parseExpression(input, TS_PARSE_OPTS);
+}
 const INDENT_STEP = '    ';
 function freshCtx(options) {
     return {
@@ -350,12 +363,16 @@ function emitChildrenPy(children, ctx, indent, initialBindings = [], isLoopBody
             }
             else if (child.type === 'if') {
                 const condRaw = String(child.props?.cond ?? '');
-                const condIR = parseExpression(condRaw);
+                const condIR = parseExpr(condRaw);
                 // Slice-2 review fix: reject propagation `?` in `if cond=` (parallel to TS side).
                 if (condIR.kind === 'propagate') {
                     throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `if cond=` — bind the call to a `let` first, then test the bound name.");
                 }
-                lines.push(`${indent}if ${emitPyExprCtx(condIR, ctx)}:`);
+                // Slice S4 — `if cond=` consumes KERN ToBoolean, not Python bare
+                // truthiness, so `if []:`/`if {}:` are truthy and `if NaN:` is falsy.
+                // Wrap UNCONDITIONALLY (no "looks boolean" skip-analysis in v1).
+                ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_HELPER_PY);
+                lines.push(`${indent}if _kern_truthy(${emitPyExprCtx(condIR, ctx)}):`);
                 const inner = emitChildrenPy(child.children ?? [], ctx, indent + INDENT_STEP);
                 if (inner.length === 0)
                     lines.push(`${indent}${INDENT_STEP}pass`);
@@ -376,11 +393,13 @@ function emitChildrenPy(children, ctx, indent, initialBindings = [], isLoopBody
                     if (isChainable) {
                         const ifNode = ec[0];
                         const nestedCondRaw = String(ifNode.props?.cond ?? '');
-                        const nestedCondIR = parseExpression(nestedCondRaw);
+                        const nestedCondIR = parseExpr(nestedCondRaw);
                         if (nestedCondIR.kind === 'propagate') {
                             throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `if cond=` — bind the call to a `let` first, then test the bound name.");
                         }
-                        lines.push(`${indent}elif ${emitPyExprCtx(nestedCondIR, ctx)}:`);
+                        // Slice S4 — `else if` chains consume KERN ToBoolean too.
+                        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_HELPER_PY);
+                        lines.push(`${indent}elif _kern_truthy(${emitPyExprCtx(nestedCondIR, ctx)}):`);
                         const ifInner = emitChildrenPy(ifNode.children ?? [], ctx, indent + INDENT_STEP);
                         if (ifInner.length === 0)
                             lines.push(`${indent}${INDENT_STEP}pass`);
@@ -405,7 +424,7 @@ function emitChildrenPy(children, ctx, indent, initialBindings = [], isLoopBody
             }
             else if (child.type === 'while') {
                 const condRaw = String(child.props?.cond ?? '');
-                const condIR = parseExpression(condRaw);
+                const condIR = parseExpr(condRaw);
                 if (condIR.kind === 'propagate') {
                     throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `while cond=` — bind the call to a `let` first, then test the bound name.");
                 }
@@ -515,7 +534,7 @@ function emitChildrenPy(children, ctx, indent, initialBindings = [], isLoopBody
                 // Slice 4c+4d review fix (Codex P1) — read schema-compliant
                 // `name`/`in` props (legacy `list`/`as` accepted as fallback).
                 const listRaw = String(child.props?.in ?? child.props?.list ?? '[]');
-                const listIR = parseExpression(listRaw);
+                const listIR = parseExpr(listRaw);
                 const pairKey = child.props?.pairKey;
                 const pairValue = child.props?.pairValue;
                 const entryKey = child.props?.entryKey;
@@ -757,9 +776,9 @@ function emitRangeForPy(node, ctx, indent) {
     validateIntegerRangeBound(String(rawFrom), 'from');
     validateIntegerRangeBound(String(rawTo), 'to');
     validatePositiveRangeStep(rawStep);
-    const fromIR = parseExpression(String(rawFrom));
-    const toIR = parseExpression(String(rawTo));
-    const stepIR = parseExpression(rawStep);
+    const fromIR = parseExpr(String(rawFrom));
+    const toIR = parseExpr(String(rawTo));
+    const stepIR = parseExpr(rawStep);
     if (fromIR.kind === 'propagate' || toIR.kind === 'propagate' || stepIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `for from=`/`to=`/`step=` — bind the value to a `let` before the loop.");
     }
@@ -821,7 +840,7 @@ function emitWithPy(node, ctx, indent) {
         throw new Error('body-statement `with` requires `cleanup=` (or set `protocol=with` to use __exit__).');
     }
     const name = String(rawName);
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(String(rawValue));
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(String(rawValue));
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `with value=` — bind to `let` first.");
     }
@@ -835,7 +854,7 @@ function emitWithPy(node, ctx, indent) {
             lines.push(line);
         return lines;
     }
-    const cleanupIR = parseExpression(String(rawCleanup));
+    const cleanupIR = parseExpr(String(rawCleanup));
     if (cleanupIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `with cleanup=` — bind to `let` first.");
     }
@@ -882,7 +901,7 @@ function emitBranchPy(node, ctx, indent) {
     if (onRaw === '') {
         throw new Error('`branch` requires an `on=` expression in body-statement context.');
     }
-    const onIR = parseExpression(onRaw);
+    const onIR = parseExpr(onRaw);
     const subjectVar = `__k_branch_${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
     const out = [];
     out.push(`${indent}${subjectVar} = ${emitPyExprCtx(onIR, ctx)}`);
@@ -982,7 +1001,7 @@ function emitCellPy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawInitial === undefined || rawInitial === '') {
         return [`${pythonName} = None`];
     }
-    const initialIR = parseExpression(String(rawInitial));
+    const initialIR = parseExpr(String(rawInitial));
     return [`${pythonName} = ${emitPyExprCtx(initialIR, ctx)}`];
 }
 function emitSetPy(node, ctx) {
@@ -997,7 +1016,7 @@ function emitSetPy(node, ctx) {
     }
     const name = String(rawName);
     const pythonName = ctx.symbolMap[name] ?? name;
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(String(rawTo));
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(String(rawTo));
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error(`Propagation \`${valueIR.op}\` is not supported in \`set to=\` — bind to \`let\` first, then call set.`);
     }
@@ -1019,7 +1038,7 @@ function emitLetPy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawValue === undefined || rawValue === '') {
         return [`${name} = None`];
     }
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(String(rawValue));
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(String(rawValue));
     setRegexBinding(ctx, userName, valueIR.kind === 'regexLit' ? valueIR : null);
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate' && valueIR.op === '?') {
         rejectPropagationInsideTry(ctx);
@@ -1107,9 +1126,9 @@ function emitClampPy(node, ctx) {
     const rawMax = unwrapBodyExpr(props.max);
     if (rawMax === undefined || rawMax === '')
         throw new Error('body-statement `clamp` requires `max=`.');
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(rawValue);
-    const minIR = parseExpression(rawMin);
-    const maxIR = parseExpression(rawMax);
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(rawValue);
+    const minIR = parseExpr(rawMin);
+    const maxIR = parseExpr(rawMax);
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate' || minIR.kind === 'propagate' || maxIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `clamp value=`/`min=`/`max=` — bind the value to a `let` first.");
     }
@@ -1135,17 +1154,39 @@ function emitFirstTruthyPy(node, ctx) {
     if (values.length < 2)
         throw new Error('body-statement `firstTruthy` requires at least two value expressions.');
     const emitted = values.map((value) => {
-        const valueIR = parseExpression(value);
+        const valueIR = parseExpr(value);
         if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate') {
             throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `firstTruthy values=` — bind the value to a `let` first.");
         }
         return emitFirstTruthyOperandPy(valueIR, ctx);
     });
-    const lines = [`${name} = ${emitted.join(' or ')}`];
+    // Slice S4 — `firstTruthy` selects the first KERN-truthy candidate, NOT the
+    // first Python-truthy one. Bare `a or b` skips `[]`/`{}` (Python-falsy but
+    // JS-truthy) and keeps NaN (Python-truthy but JS-falsy), so it diverges. Lower
+    // to a `_kern_truthy`-gated walrus chain that evaluates each candidate AT MOST
+    // ONCE and only if every earlier candidate was falsy (left-to-right laziness):
+    //   (t1 if _kern_truthy(t1 := a) else (t2 if _kern_truthy(t2 := b) else c))
+    // The final candidate needs no temp/guard — it is the fallthrough value.
+    ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_HELPER_PY);
+    const lines = [`${name} = ${buildFirstTruthyChainPy(emitted, ctx)}`];
     if (ctx.traceHooks?.letAssign)
         lines.push(letAssignTracePy(name));
     return lines;
 }
+/** Build the `_kern_truthy`-gated, single-evaluation, lazy walrus chain for a
+ *  `firstTruthy` candidate list. The last candidate is the fallthrough (no
+ *  guard); every earlier candidate is bound once via `:=` and tested with
+ *  `_kern_truthy`. `gensymCounter`-seeded temp names avoid colliding with user
+ *  bindings or each other. */
+function buildFirstTruthyChainPy(candidates, ctx) {
+    const last = candidates[candidates.length - 1];
+    let chain = last;
+    for (let i = candidates.length - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
+        const tmp = `__k_ft${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
+        chain = `(${tmp} if _kern_truthy(${tmp} := ${candidates[i]}) else ${chain})`;
+    }
+    return chain;
+}
 function emitCoalescePy(node, ctx) {
     const props = (node.props ?? {});
     const userName = String(props.name ?? '');
@@ -1162,7 +1203,7 @@ function emitCoalescePy(node, ctx) {
     if (values.length < 2)
         throw new Error(`body-statement \`${type}\` requires at least two value expressions.`);
     const valueIRs = values.map((value) => {
-        const valueIR = parseExpression(value);
+        const valueIR = parseExpr(value);
         if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate') {
             throw new Error(`Propagation '?' is not allowed in \`${type} values=\` — bind the value to a \`let\` first.`);
         }
@@ -1203,7 +1244,7 @@ function emitObjectMergePy(node, ctx) {
         if (source.startsWith('...')) {
             throw new Error('body-statement `objectMerge` sources imply spreading; omit leading `...`.');
         }
-        const sourceIR = parseExpression(source);
+        const sourceIR = parseExpr(source);
         if (sourceIR.kind === 'propagate') {
             throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `objectMerge sources=` — bind the value to a `let` first.");
         }
@@ -1229,7 +1270,7 @@ function emitObjectPickPy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawKeys === undefined || rawKeys === '') {
         throw new Error('body-statement `objectPick` requires `keys=`.');
     }
-    const inIR = parseExpression(rawIn);
+    const inIR = parseExpr(rawIn);
     if (inIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `objectPick in=` — bind the value to a `let` first.");
     }
@@ -1258,7 +1299,7 @@ function emitObjectOmitPy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawKeys === undefined || rawKeys === '') {
         throw new Error('body-statement `objectOmit` requires `keys=`.');
     }
-    const inIR = parseExpression(rawIn);
+    const inIR = parseExpr(rawIn);
     if (inIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed in `objectOmit in=` — bind the value to a `let` first.");
     }
@@ -1298,7 +1339,7 @@ function emitAssignPy(node, ctx) {
         // mirrors this; the emitter check is defense-in-depth for direct IR.
         throw new Error(`body-statement \`assign op="${rawOp}"\` is value-less; remove \`value=\`.`);
     }
-    const targetIR = parseExpression(String(rawTarget));
+    const targetIR = parseExpr(String(rawTarget));
     if (!isAssignableTarget(targetIR)) {
         throw new Error('body-statement `assign target=` must be an identifier, member access, or index access.');
     }
@@ -1311,11 +1352,20 @@ function emitAssignPy(node, ctx) {
         const baseOp = rawOp === '++' ? '+=' : '-=';
         return [`${emitPyExprCtx(targetIR, ctx)} ${baseOp} 1`];
     }
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(String(rawValue));
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(String(rawValue));
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate') {
         throw new Error(`Propagation \`${valueIR.op}\` is not supported in \`assign value=\` — bind to \`let\` first, then assign.`);
     }
+    // Emit FIRST (its `emitPyExprCtx` lowering fail-closes a regex method on a
+    // bound regex ident) so the RHS is checked against the PRE-reassignment table
+    // (`re = s.match(re)` must still see `re` as a regex). Mirrors the TS leg.
     const stmt = `${emitPyExprCtx(targetIR, ctx)} ${rawOp} ${emitPyExprCtx(valueIR, ctx)}`;
+    // Reassign-invalidation (Slice-3c): keep the regex-binding table honest. A
+    // plain `=` to a direct regex literal stays a regex binding (still
+    // fail-closed); any compound op (`+=`, …) or non-regex RHS UNMARKS it.
+    if (targetIR.kind === 'ident') {
+        rebindRegexOnReassign(ctx, targetIR.name, rawOp === '=' ? valueIR : { kind: 'undefLit' });
+    }
     // Differential-harness opt-in (see BodyEmitOptions.traceHooks.letAssign): the
     // `assign` contract observes a reassignment via the same `{op:"assign"}` event
     // a `let` declaration emits. Scoped to identifier targets — the contract
@@ -1346,6 +1396,22 @@ function lookupRegexBinding(ctx, name) {
     }
     return null;
 }
+/** Reassign-invalidation: when a tracked ident is REASSIGNED (`assign
+ *  target=re value=…`), update its regex marking IN THE SCOPE THAT OWNS IT (not
+ *  the innermost scope — that would shadow and leak past the inner block).
+ *  Reassigned to a direct `regexLit` → stays a regex binding (still fail-closed);
+ *  reassigned to anything else → UNMARK. Mirrors the TS `rebindRegexOnReassign`,
+ *  so the stale-binding class dies symmetrically on both targets. */
+function rebindRegexOnReassign(ctx, name, valueIR) {
+    const next = valueIR.kind === 'regexLit' ? valueIR : null;
+    for (let i = ctx.regexScopes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        const scope = ctx.regexScopes[i];
+        if (scope.has(name)) {
+            scope.set(name, next);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
 function assertAssignableLocalTarget(target, ctx) {
     if (target.kind !== 'ident')
         return;
@@ -1402,7 +1468,7 @@ function emitDestructurePy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawSource === undefined || rawSource === '') {
         throw new Error('body-statement `destructure` requires `source=`.');
     }
-    const source = emitPyExprCtx(parseExpression(String(rawSource)), ctx);
+    const source = emitPyExprCtx(parseExpr(String(rawSource)), ctx);
     const children = node.children ?? [];
     const bindings = children.filter((c) => c.type === 'binding');
     const elements = children.filter((c) => c.type === 'element');
@@ -1415,17 +1481,31 @@ function emitDestructurePy(node, ctx) {
     if (bindings.length > 0) {
         const tmp = `__k_d${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
         const lines = [`${tmp} = ${source}`];
+        // Slice S7 — an ABSENT destructured key is JS `undefined` (the sentinel), so
+        // `typeof missing` is "undefined" not "object". `.get(key, _KERN_UNDEFINED)`
+        // returns the sentinel for an absent key AND preserves a PRESENT key whose
+        // stored value is already the sentinel (`{ a: undefined }`) — the two stay
+        // distinct from a present `None`. Ground/React (non-coerce) keeps `.get(key)`
+        // (None default), since it never materializes the sentinel.
+        const miss = ctx.coerceJsValues ? ', _KERN_UNDEFINED' : '';
+        if (ctx.coerceJsValues)
+            ctx.helpers.add(KERN_NULLISH_HELPER_PY);
         for (const child of bindings) {
             const cp = (child.props ?? {});
             const name = String(cp.name ?? '');
             if (!name)
                 throw new Error('body-statement `binding` requires `name=`.');
             const key = cp.key === undefined || cp.key === '' ? name : String(cp.key);
-            lines.push(`${ctx.symbolMap[name] ?? name} = ${tmp}.get(${JSON.stringify(key)})`);
+            lines.push(`${ctx.symbolMap[name] ?? name} = ${tmp}.get(${JSON.stringify(key)}${miss})`);
         }
         return lines;
     }
     const tmp = `__k_d${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
+    // Slice S7 — an out-of-range array-destructure element is JS `undefined` (the
+    // sentinel) in value mode; Ground/React keeps `None`.
+    const arrMiss = ctx.coerceJsValues ? '_KERN_UNDEFINED' : 'None';
+    if (ctx.coerceJsValues && elements.length > 0)
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_NULLISH_HELPER_PY);
     return [
         `${tmp} = ${source}`,
         ...elements
@@ -1439,7 +1519,7 @@ function emitDestructurePy(node, ctx) {
                 throw new Error('body-statement `element` requires numeric `index=`.');
             return {
                 index,
-                line: `${ctx.symbolMap[name] ?? name} = (${tmp}[${index}] if len(${tmp}) > ${index} else None)`,
+                line: `${ctx.symbolMap[name] ?? name} = (${tmp}[${index}] if len(${tmp}) > ${index} else ${arrMiss})`,
             };
         })
             .sort((a, b) => a.index - b.index)
@@ -1557,7 +1637,7 @@ function templateToPyFString(template, ctx) {
                 throw new Error('body-statement `fmt`: unterminated `${...}` in template.');
             }
             const inner = template.slice(i + 2, j);
-            const exprIR = parseExpression(inner);
+            const exprIR = parseExpr(inner);
             if (exprIR.kind === 'propagate') {
                 throw new Error("Propagation '?' is not allowed inside an `fmt` template — bind via `let` first.");
             }
@@ -1608,7 +1688,7 @@ function emitReturnPy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawValue === undefined || rawValue === '') {
         return [`return`];
     }
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(String(rawValue));
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(String(rawValue));
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate' && valueIR.op === '?') {
         rejectPropagationInsideTry(ctx);
         const tmp = `__k_t${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
@@ -1624,7 +1704,7 @@ function emitThrowPy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawValue === undefined || rawValue === '') {
         return [`raise Exception()`];
     }
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(String(rawValue));
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(String(rawValue));
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate' && valueIR.op === '?') {
         rejectPropagationInsideTry(ctx);
         const tmp = `__k_t${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
@@ -1648,7 +1728,7 @@ function emitDoPy(node, ctx) {
     if (rawValue === undefined || rawValue === '') {
         return [];
     }
-    const valueIR = parseExpression(String(rawValue));
+    const valueIR = parseExpr(String(rawValue));
     if (valueIR.kind === 'propagate' && valueIR.op === '?') {
         rejectPropagationInsideTry(ctx);
         const tmp = `__k_t${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
@@ -1689,6 +1769,20 @@ export function emitPyExpression(node, options) {
 export function emitPyExpressionWithImports(node, options) {
     const ctx = freshCtx(options);
     ctx.standaloneExpression = true;
+    // Seed the outer-binding scope into `localScopes` so this standalone-
+    // expression entry point honors `outerBindings` the same way the native-body
+    // entry point does (see `emitNativeKernBodyPythonWithImports`). Before slice
+    // H the expression path silently ignored `outerBindings`; the shadowing rule
+    // (`isProvenUserBinding` consulting the single-source-of-truth scope model)
+    // needs them present so a proven-local root named `Math`/`JSON`/… is treated
+    // as a user value rather than the host namespace. Index-aligned with
+    // `regexScopes`/`renameStack` exactly as the native path does.
+    const outerBindings = options?.outerBindings ?? [];
+    if (outerBindings.length > 0) {
+        ctx.localScopes.push(new Map(outerBindings.map((n) => [n, 'const'])));
+        ctx.regexScopes.push(new Map(outerBindings.map((n) => [n, null])));
+        ctx.renameStack.push(new Map());
+    }
     const code = emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx);
     return { code, imports: ctx.imports, helpers: ctx.helpers };
 }
@@ -1721,6 +1815,15 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
             ctx.imports.add('re');
             return `__k_re.compile(${pyRegexPattern(node)}, ${pyRegexFlags(node.flags, { allowGlobal: true })})`;
         case 'ident': {
+            if (node.name === 'NaN')
+                return 'float("nan")';
+            if (node.name === 'Infinity')
+                return 'float("inf")';
+            // Slice 2 — a BARE-VALUE host `RegExp` reference (not a member/call
+            // receiver, which their own cases own) fails-close. This is the
+            // alias-soundness site: `let R = RegExp` is refused at the initializer, so
+            // `R(...)` / `new R(...)` can never silently diverge. Honors user shadowing.
+            rejectHostRegExpValuePython(node.name, ctx);
             // Block-scope rename takes precedence — an inner `let x` that shadows
             // an outer binding was emitted with a gensym (`__k_shadow_x_N`) and
             // every in-block reference must use the same gensym. Walk renameStack
@@ -1757,7 +1860,7 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
             // The top-level wrapper produces `(expr if guard else None)` once
             // (or just `expr` when no `?.` was seen).
             const lowered = lowerChain(node, ctx);
-            return wrapGuardIfAny(lowered);
+            return wrapGuardIfAny(lowered, ctx);
         }
         case 'await':
             return `await ${emitPyExprCtx(node.argument, ctx)}`;
@@ -1784,6 +1887,17 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
             if (arg.kind === 'ident' && arg.name === 'Error') {
                 return 'Exception()';
             }
+            // Slice 2 — `new RegExp(p)` (with or without parens) fails-close BEFORE the
+            // fall-through, with the shared regex message (the TS emitter + IR-validate
+            // throw the same string). Without this the Python `new` case falls through
+            // to a verbatim `RegExp(...)` NameError instead of a compile-time refusal.
+            // Honors user shadowing via `isProvenUserBinding`.
+            if (arg.kind === 'call' && arg.callee.kind === 'ident') {
+                rejectHostRegExpValuePython(arg.callee.name, ctx);
+            }
+            else if (arg.kind === 'ident') {
+                rejectHostRegExpValuePython(arg.name, ctx);
+            }
             return emitPyExprCtx(arg, ctx);
         }
         case 'typeAssert':
@@ -1816,15 +1930,21 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
             return out;
         }
         case 'binary': {
-            if (node.op === '|' ||
-                node.op === '&' ||
-                node.op === '^' ||
-                node.op === '<<' ||
-                node.op === '>>' ||
-                node.op === '%') {
+            // Slice 6 — bitwise / shift on the slice-0.75 ToInt32 substrate. Emitted
+            // DIRECTLY as helper-wrapped strings (operands recurse through
+            // `emitPyExprCtx`), so nested bitwise ops compose without the double-
+            // dispatch recursion an AST-rewrite-then-re-emit would cause.
+            if (node.op === '|' || node.op === '&' || node.op === '^' || node.op === '<<' || node.op === '>>') {
+                return emitBitwiseShiftPy(node.op, node.left, node.right, ctx);
+            }
+            if (node.op === '>>>') {
+                return emitUnsignedShiftPy(node.left, node.right, ctx);
+            }
+            if (node.op === '%') {
+                // Modulo keeps the existing `_tmod` lowering (orthogonal to S6).
                 const transformed = lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node);
                 registerHelpers(transformed, ctx);
-                return emitPyExprCtx(transformed, ctx);
+                return emitLoweredBitwisePy(transformed, ctx);
             }
             // Slice 2c — arithmetic / comparison / logical lowering for Python.
             // Use precedence-aware paren-wrapping so `a + b * c` doesn't redundantly
@@ -1894,6 +2014,62 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
                 }
                 return `__kern_add(${left}, ${right})`;
             }
+            if (node.op === '&&' || node.op === '||') {
+                // Slice S5 — logical `&&` / `||` RESULT-VALUE semantics on Python.
+                //
+                // KERN `&&`/`||` are operand-selectors, not boolean operators:
+                //   `a && b` returns `a` when ToBoolean(a) is false, else `b`.
+                //   `a || b` returns `a` when ToBoolean(a) is true,  else `b`.
+                // Python's `and`/`or` use Python truthiness (`bool(x)` / `len(x)`), which
+                // diverges from KERN ToBoolean on `[]`, `{}`, `NaN`, `"0"`, `"false"`,
+                // `" "` — e.g. `[] or x` returns `x` in Python but must return `[]` in
+                // KERN. So `and`/`or` are wrong; we lower through the SAME `_kern_truthy`
+                // (KERN ToBoolean) substrate S4 routes `!`/ternary/`if cond=` through.
+                //
+                // Canonical lowering (single-eval, lazy, original-value-returning):
+                //   L && R  ->  (__k_logN if not _kern_truthy(__k_logN := L) else R)
+                //   L || R  ->  (__k_logN if     _kern_truthy(__k_logN := L) else R)
+                //
+                // The walrus binds L EXACTLY ONCE (works for calls/indexes/members/
+                // nested logicals — no double-read), `_kern_truthy` decides the branch
+                // on KERN truthiness, and the unselected operand is NEVER evaluated
+                // (Python conditional-expr branches are lazy). NO ident/pure-left fast
+                // path in this slice — conservative walrus for EVERY left operand is the
+                // single-eval law (S4 carry-forward; optimization needs its own oracle).
+                //
+                // Emitted UNCONDITIONALLY for both native (`coerceJsValues`) and Ground/
+                // React layers — mirroring S4's `!`/ternary, which also emit
+                // `_kern_truthy` regardless of the coercion flag. The `[]`/`{}`/`NaN`
+                // divergence is independent of the undefined sentinel, so a Ground-layer
+                // `a and b` would be just as wrong; parity demands one spelling.
+                // `KERN_JS_HELPER_PY` is in Ground's prelude registry, so the helper is
+                // inlined there too.
+                ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_HELPER_PY);
+                const tmp = `__k_log${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
+                // `:=` (PEP 572) binds looser than almost everything, so a low-precedence
+                // left operand (conditional/lambda/walrus-bearing) must be parenthesized
+                // so `__k_logN := L` captures the WHOLE operand. A nested `&&`/`||` is
+                // already self-parenthesized, so this only fires on raw conditional/
+                // lambda left operands.
+                const leftOperand = needsWalrusOperandParens(node.left) ? `(${left})` : left;
+                // The `else` branch is a conditional-expression alternate; a bare
+                // conditional/lambda there reparses ambiguously, so wrap it. A nested
+                // logical R is self-parenthesized; only raw conditional/lambda needs it.
+                const rightOperand = needsConditionalAlternateParens(node.right) ? `(${right})` : right;
+                if (ctx.banWalrus) {
+                    // Comprehension-iterable position (see BodyEmitContext.banWalrus):
+                    // the walrus form is a SyntaxError here, so bind L as a lambda
+                    // parameter instead. Same contract: L evaluated exactly once (as the
+                    // call argument), the unselected branch never evaluated (lazy
+                    // conditional inside the lambda body), original value returned.
+                    const test = `_kern_truthy(${tmp})`;
+                    const guarded = node.op === '&&' ? `not ${test}` : test;
+                    return `(lambda ${tmp}: (${tmp} if ${guarded} else ${rightOperand}))(${left})`;
+                }
+                const test = `_kern_truthy(${tmp} := ${leftOperand})`;
+                const guarded = node.op === '&&' ? `not ${test}` : test;
+                return `(${tmp} if ${guarded} else ${rightOperand})`;
+            }
             if (node.op === '??') {
                 // Slice 4c — nullish coalesce lowering. Two shapes:
                 //
@@ -1924,6 +2100,11 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
                         return `(${left} if ${left} is not None else ${right})`;
                     }
                     const tmp = `__k_nc${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
+                    if (ctx.banWalrus) {
+                        // Comprehension-iterable position — walrus is a SyntaxError here;
+                        // lambda-parameter form keeps single-eval + lazy right branch.
+                        return `(lambda ${tmp}: (${tmp} if ${tmp} is not None else ${right}))(${left})`;
+                    }
                     return `(${tmp} if (${tmp} := ${left}) is not None else ${right})`;
                 }
                 ctx.helpers.add(KERN_FMT_HELPER_PY);
@@ -1931,8 +2112,29 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
                     return `(${left} if (${left} is not None and ${left} is not _KERN_UNDEFINED) else ${right})`;
                 }
                 const tmp = `__k_nc${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
+                if (ctx.banWalrus) {
+                    // Comprehension-iterable position — see BodyEmitContext.banWalrus.
+                    return `(lambda ${tmp}: (${tmp} if (${tmp} is not None and ${tmp} is not _KERN_UNDEFINED) else ${right}))(${left})`;
+                }
                 return `(${tmp} if ((${tmp} := ${left}) is not None and ${tmp} is not _KERN_UNDEFINED) else ${right})`;
             }
+            // Slice S7 — split loose (`==`/`!=`) and strict (`===`/`!==`) equality so
+            // the null/undefined boundary matches JS: `undefined == null` is True (both
+            // nullish), `undefined === null` is False (distinct identities). Pre-S7
+            // both lowered to Python `==`, which on the sentinel/None pair is False —
+            // wrong for the loose op. Routed through the helper pair only in native
+            // (coerce) bodies; the helper-less Ground/React layer keeps the raw
+            // `==`/`!=` mapping (it never materializes the sentinel, so the nullish
+            // crossing cannot arise there). Function-call form sidesteps Python's
+            // comparison-chaining entirely, so no chain-paren handling is needed for
+            // the equality ops themselves; chained comparison CHILDREN still recurse
+            // through `emitPyExprCtx` and self-parenthesize as before.
+            if (ctx.coerceJsValues && (node.op === '===' || node.op === '!==' || node.op === '==' || node.op === '!=')) {
+                ctx.helpers.add(KERN_NULLISH_HELPER_PY);
+                const fn = node.op === '===' || node.op === '!==' ? '_kern_strict_equal' : '_kern_loose_equal';
+                const call = `${fn}(${left}, ${right})`;
+                return node.op === '!==' || node.op === '!=' ? `(not ${call})` : call;
+            }
             const forceLeft = needsComparisonChainParens(node.left, node.op);
             const forceRight = needsComparisonChainParens(node.right, node.op);
             const lp = forceLeft || needsBinaryParens(node.left, node.op, 'left') ? `(${left})` : left;
@@ -1942,9 +2144,9 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
         }
         case 'unary': {
             if (node.op === '~') {
-                const transformed = lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node);
-                registerHelpers(transformed, ctx);
-                return emitPyExprCtx(transformed, ctx);
+                // ~a  ->  _kern_to_int32(~_kern_to_int32(a))
+                ctx.helpers.add(KERN_TO_NUMBER_HELPER_PY);
+                return `_kern_to_int32(~_kern_to_int32(${emitPyExprCtx(node.argument, ctx)}))`;
             }
             // Slice 2c — `!x` → `not x`, `-x` → `-x`.
             // Slice typeof — expose the now-eligible native KERN `typeof` shape on
@@ -1954,8 +2156,15 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
                 return emitPyTypeof(node.argument, ctx);
             const arg = emitPyExprCtx(node.argument, ctx);
             const wrapped = needsArgParens(node.argument) ? `(${arg})` : arg;
-            if (node.op === '!')
-                return `not ${wrapped}`;
+            // Slice S4 — `!x` consumes KERN ToBoolean and returns a real Python bool.
+            // `not _kern_truthy(x)` gives `!""`/`!NaN` → True and `!"0"`/`![]` → False
+            // (bare `not x` would get `![]`/`!{}`/`!NaN` wrong). Wrap unconditionally.
+            if (node.op === '!') {
+                ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_HELPER_PY);
+                return `(not _kern_truthy(${arg}))`;
+            }
+            if (node.op === '-' && node.argument.kind === 'numLit' && Number(node.argument.raw) === 0)
+                return '-0.0';
             if (node.op === '-')
                 return `-${wrapped}`;
             if (node.op === '+')
@@ -1999,7 +2208,12 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
                         return emitted;
                 }
             };
-            return `${wrap(node.consequent, consStr)} if ${wrap(node.test, testStr)} else ${wrap(node.alternate, altStr)}`;
+            // Slice S4 — the ternary condition consumes KERN ToBoolean exactly once, so
+            // `{} ? a : b`/`[] ? a : b` take the consequent and `NaN ? a : b` takes the
+            // alternate. `_kern_truthy(...)` already parenthesizes the test, so no extra
+            // `wrap` is needed on it. Wrap unconditionally (no "looks boolean" skip).
+            ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_HELPER_PY);
+            return `${wrap(node.consequent, consStr)} if _kern_truthy(${testStr}) else ${wrap(node.alternate, altStr)}`;
         }
         case 'spread':
             return `*${emitPyExprCtx(node.argument, ctx)}`;
@@ -2010,6 +2224,39 @@ function emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx) {
     throw new Error(`emitPyExpression: unsupported expression kind '${node.kind ?? 'unknown'}'.`);
 }
 function emitPyTypeof(argument, ctx) {
+    // Round-6 fix — `typeof <bare host-namespace root>` fails-close on BOTH targets.
+    // The round-5 carve-out lowered `typeof RegExp` to the constant `"function"`
+    // on the theory that it was byte-identical to TS's native `typeof RegExp`. But
+    // the carve-out's siblings on the TS/IR legs blanket-accepted EVERY bare
+    // `typeof` operand, re-opening reserved host roots: `typeof Date`/`typeof
+    // process` lowered HERE to a runtime `isinstance` ladder over the Python names
+    // `Date`/`process`, which do NOT exist → NameError, while TS emits the native
+    // `typeof Date`. That is a genuine TS↔Python divergence, so `typeof <host root>`
+    // must fail-close. `RegExp` keeps the shared regex message (matching the
+    // bare-value reject + the TS/IR legs); every other reserved host root takes the
+    // generic host message with a synthetic `typeof` member. A non-host operand
+    // (`typeof userLocal`, `typeof undeclaredFeatureFlag`) and a proven user binding
+    // fall through to the runtime ladder below, unchanged. `typeof RegExp.prototype`
+    // is a `member` operand and still fails-close via the generic guards.
+    //
+    // Round-7 fix — a WRAPPED operand (`typeof (Date as any)`, `typeof (Date!)`)
+    // arrived as `typeAssert`/`nonNull`, NOT an `ident`, so the round-6 reject was
+    // bypassed and Python lowered a runtime Date/process lookup (NameError) while
+    // the (now-corrected) TS leg emits `typeof Date`. Peel the transparent wrappers
+    // via the round-5 `unwrapTransparentReceiverIR` (fixpoint over
+    // `typeAssert`/`nonNull`) and apply the host-root reject to the UNWRAPPED
+    // operand, identically to the TS-emit + IR-validate legs. The runtime-ladder
+    // fall-through below still operates on the ORIGINAL `argument`, so an accepted
+    // wrapped operand (`typeof (userLocal as any)`) emits the wrapper's value
+    // unchanged.
+    const typeofOperand = unwrapTransparentReceiverIR(argument);
+    if (typeofOperand.kind === 'ident' && !isProvenUserBinding(ctx, typeofOperand.name)) {
+        if (typeofOperand.name === 'RegExp')
+            throw new Error(REGEX_HOST_REGEXP_FAILCLOSE);
+        if (isHostNamespaceRoot(typeofOperand.name)) {
+            throw new Error(unmappedHostNamespaceMessage('Python', typeofOperand.name, 'typeof'));
+        }
+    }
     switch (argument.kind) {
         case 'strLit':
             return '"string"';
@@ -2042,6 +2289,17 @@ function emitPyTypeof(argument, ctx) {
     // pre-slice None-first form.
     if (ctx.coerceJsValues) {
         ctx.helpers.add(KERN_FMT_HELPER_PY);
+        if (ctx.banWalrus) {
+            // Comprehension-iterable position — walrus is a SyntaxError here; bind
+            // the operand as a lambda parameter instead (single-eval preserved).
+            return (`(lambda ${tmp}: ("undefined" if ${tmp} is _KERN_UNDEFINED ` +
+                `else "object" if ${tmp} is None ` +
+                `else "boolean" if isinstance(${tmp}, bool) ` +
+                `else "number" if isinstance(${tmp}, (int, float)) ` +
+                `else "string" if isinstance(${tmp}, str) ` +
+                `else "function" if callable(${tmp}) ` +
+                `else "object"))(${value})`);
+        }
         return (`("undefined" if (${tmp} := ${wrapped}) is _KERN_UNDEFINED ` +
             `else "object" if ${tmp} is None ` +
             `else "boolean" if isinstance(${tmp}, bool) ` +
@@ -2050,6 +2308,15 @@ function emitPyTypeof(argument, ctx) {
             `else "function" if callable(${tmp}) ` +
             `else "object")`);
     }
+    if (ctx.banWalrus) {
+        // Comprehension-iterable position — see BodyEmitContext.banWalrus.
+        return (`(lambda ${tmp}: ("object" if ${tmp} is None ` +
+            `else "boolean" if isinstance(${tmp}, bool) ` +
+            `else "number" if isinstance(${tmp}, (int, float)) ` +
+            `else "string" if isinstance(${tmp}, str) ` +
+            `else "function" if callable(${tmp}) ` +
+            `else "object"))(${value})`);
+    }
     return (`("object" if (${tmp} := ${wrapped}) is None ` +
         `else "boolean" if isinstance(${tmp}, bool) ` +
         `else "number" if isinstance(${tmp}, (int, float)) ` +
@@ -2082,12 +2349,12 @@ function emitLambdaPy(node, ctx) {
  *
  *  The closure body is lowered through `lowerJsClosureBodyToPython`, reusing
  *  the class-path expression/condition callbacks:
- *   - `lowerExpression(raw)` = `emitPyExprCtx(parseExpression(raw), ctx)` —
+ *   - `lowerExpression(raw)` = `emitPyExprCtx(parseExpr(raw), ctx)` —
  *     identical to every other native-body expression emit, so a captured
  *     RENAMED outer variable resolves through `ctx` (the rename stack /
  *     symbolMap) exactly as it does outside the closure.
  *   - `lowerCondition(raw)` mirrors the class/native if-emitter, which lowers a
- *     condition as the bare `emitPyExprCtx(parseExpression(cond), ctx)` (NO
+ *     condition as the bare `emitPyExprCtx(parseExpr(cond), ctx)` (NO
  *     js_truthy wrapper). Matching it EXACTLY means a condition inside a
  *     closure lowers identically to the same condition outside one.
  *
@@ -2101,13 +2368,27 @@ function emitBlockClosurePy(node, names, ctx) {
     const previous = new Set(ctx.shadowedSymbols);
     for (const name of names)
         ctx.shadowedSymbols.add(name);
+    // Slice 2 review-fix parity (round 3) — a block-LOCAL `const`/`let`/function/
+    // class shadows any outer binding of that name WITHIN ITS OWN BLOCK (and
+    // nested blocks) only, so a host-`RegExp` value guard
+    // (`rejectHostRegExpValuePython`) must fire on an OUTER reference but NOT on an
+    // in-scope one. The old code registered EVERY declared name (incl. names
+    // declared only in a NESTED block) into `shadowedSymbols` for the WHOLE
+    // closure — fail-OPEN on `() => { if (ok) { const RegExp = 1; } return RegExp; }`
+    // (the outer `return RegExp` was wrongly treated as the local), DIVERGING from
+    // the TS leg. The lowerer FLATTENS nested blocks, so it now reports block
+    // boundaries via `enterBlockScope`/`exitBlockScope`; we push/pop block-local
+    // shadows exactly like the TS-AST closure walk's `scopes` stack. Only names
+    // NOT already shadowed are pushed/popped, so an outer binding of the same name
+    // survives the inner block's pop.
+    const blockScopeAdded = [];
     try {
         const lowered = lowerJsClosureBodyToPython(node.bodyBlock.raw, {
-            lowerExpression: (raw) => emitPyExprCtx(parseExpression(raw), ctx),
+            lowerExpression: (raw) => emitPyExprCtx(parseExpr(raw), ctx),
             // Mirror the native/class if-emitter EXACTLY (bare expression, no
             // js_truthy) so a condition inside the closure matches the same
             // condition outside it.
-            lowerCondition: (raw) => emitPyExprCtx(parseExpression(raw), ctx),
+            lowerCondition: (raw) => emitPyExprCtx(parseExpr(raw), ctx),
             // The closure's own params are def-locals, never `nonlocal`: a write to a
             // param (`(x) => { x = x + 1 }`) must not be reported as a written FREE
             // name. The lowerer excludes both params and block-locals.
@@ -2118,6 +2399,25 @@ function emitBlockClosurePy(node, names, ctx) {
             // wrong-values without this). Params/block-locals are never renamed, so
             // the resolver is identity for them.
             lowerAssignTarget: (name) => resolveLocalRename(ctx, name),
+            // Block-scope shadowing — push a block's top-level locals on entry, pop on
+            // exit, so a `RegExp` value reference fails-close ONLY when no in-scope
+            // block-local/param shadows it (byte-aligned with the TS-AST walk).
+            enterBlockScope: (scopeNames) => {
+                const added = new Set();
+                for (const name of scopeNames) {
+                    if (!ctx.shadowedSymbols.has(name)) {
+                        ctx.shadowedSymbols.add(name);
+                        added.add(name);
+                    }
+                }
+                blockScopeAdded.push(added);
+            },
+            exitBlockScope: () => {
+                const added = blockScopeAdded.pop();
+                if (added)
+                    for (const name of added)
+                        ctx.shadowedSymbols.delete(name);
+            },
         });
         if (!lowered.ok) {
             // The commit-A gate already accepted this block, so a lowering failure
@@ -2343,12 +2643,99 @@ function containsLambdaCapturingIdent(node, name) {
             return false;
     }
 }
+/** Slice S7 — the presence test an optional `?.`/`?.[]` link contributes to the
+ *  accumulated chain guard. Native (coerce) bodies test against the full nullish
+ *  set (`None` AND the undefined sentinel) so `undefined?.x` short-circuits; the
+ *  helper-less Ground/React layer keeps the pre-slice `is not None` test (it
+ *  never materializes the sentinel). `ref` may itself be a walrus assignment
+ *  expression (`(__k_oc1 := f())`), which Python evaluates exactly once. */
+function optionalPresenceTest(ref, ctx) {
+    if (ctx.coerceJsValues) {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_NULLISH_HELPER_PY);
+        return `(not _kern_is_nullish(${ref}))`;
+    }
+    // `x := f() is not None` would bind the BOOLEAN to x; parenthesize a walrus
+    // ref so the receiver (not the comparison) is what gets bound.
+    const wrapped = ref.includes(':=') ? `(${ref})` : ref;
+    return `${wrapped} is not None`;
+}
+/** Slice S7 — build the guard + branch-receiver reference for one optional link.
+ *  Pure receivers keep the readable double-name form (named in both the guard
+ *  and the branch — re-evaluation is side-effect-free). A NON-pure receiver is
+ *  bound ONCE via the S4 walrus idiom: the guard carries `(__k_ocN := RECV)` so
+ *  the side effect runs exactly once, and the branch references the bound name.
+ *  A non-pure receiver that is ITSELF an optional chain (`inner.guard !== null`)
+ *  cannot host the walrus and still throws — bind it to a `let` first. */
+function lowerOptionalLink(inner, objectNode, ctx) {
+    const pure = isReceiverChainPure(objectNode);
+    if (pure) {
+        const presence = optionalPresenceTest(inner.expr, ctx);
+        return {
+            guard: inner.guard === null ? presence : `${inner.guard} and ${presence}`,
+            branchRef: inner.expr,
+        };
+    }
+    if (inner.guard !== null) {
+        throw new Error("Optional chain '?.' on Python target requires a side-effect-free receiver (identifier or pure member chain). " +
+            'Bind the call/await result to a `let` first, then use `let.field?.next` on the bound name.');
+    }
+    const tmp = `__k_oc${++ctx.gensymCounter}`;
+    if (ctx.banWalrus) {
+        // Comprehension-iterable position (see BodyEmitContext.banWalrus): CPython
+        // rejects the `:=` walrus anywhere inside a comprehension iterable, so the
+        // non-pure receiver cannot be bound via `(__k_ocN := RECV)`. Bind it as a
+        // lambda PARAMETER instead — the presence test + branch reference the bare
+        // `__k_ocN` (the parameter), and `wrapGuardIfAny` wraps the whole guarded
+        // conditional in `(lambda __k_ocN: <conditional>)(RECV)`. Same contract as
+        // the walrus form: RECV evaluated exactly once (as the call argument), the
+        // short-circuit branch yields the sentinel, single-eval preserved.
+        const presence = optionalPresenceTest(tmp, ctx);
+        return { guard: presence, branchRef: tmp, lambdaBind: { param: tmp, arg: inner.expr } };
+    }
+    const presence = optionalPresenceTest(`${tmp} := ${inner.expr}`, ctx);
+    return { guard: presence, branchRef: tmp };
+}
 function lowerChain(node, ctx) {
     if (node.kind === 'member') {
         const obj = node.object;
+        // Slice 2 — a bare property READ on a DIRECT regex LITERAL (`/x/.source`,
+        // `/x/.flags`) launders the pattern/flags back into a string. Routed through
+        // the SHARED classifier (via the ValueIR adapter) so this site agrees with
+        // the TS emit + IR-validate legs and the closure walk BY CONSTRUCTION. The
+        // portable METHODS (.test/.exec/…) are CALLS routed by the call path before
+        // reaching here, and a LET-BOUND regex read (`r.source`) has an `ident`
+        // object (owned by Slice 3), so only a direct literal read is closed here.
+        // The receiver is UNWRAPPED first so a wrapped read `(/x/ as any).source` /
+        // `(/x/!).source` fails-close identically to the bare `/x/.source` and to the
+        // TS-emit + IR-validate legs (round-5 wrapped-receiver fix).
+        if (regexLiteralReceiverIR(obj) !== null) {
+            const message = classifyRegexLiteralMemberReadFailClose(node);
+            if (message !== null)
+                throw new Error(message);
+        }
+        const stdlibProperty = applyStdlibPropertyLoweringPython(node, ctx);
+        if (stdlibProperty !== null)
+            return { guard: null, expr: stdlibProperty };
+        // Slice H — fail-closed on an UNMAPPED host-namespace member READ. Covers
+        // host CONSTANT reads such as `Math.PI` / `process.env` that are not a call
+        // (the call path guards `Root.member(args)` separately, before descending
+        // here). Only a DIRECT `Root.member` read is inspected: `obj.kind ===
+        // 'ident'`. A host-namespace-shaped, not-user-bound root throws; user
+        // receivers (`user.profile`) and proven-local roots pass through. A host
+        // CALL's callee never reaches this read guard with a host root — the call
+        // path already threw — so this only ever fires on genuine reads.
+        if (obj.kind === 'ident') {
+            rejectUnmappedHostNamespacePython(obj.name, node.property, ctx);
+        }
+        // S5 review fix — a NON-CHAIN root that lowers to a compound expression
+        // must be parenthesized before `.${property}` is appended: a bare ternary
+        // root (`b if t else c`) would otherwise bind the member to its LAST
+        // operand only (`b if t else c.prop` — silently wrong Python). Same
+        // precedence set as index receivers; lowerings that already emit a
+        // self-delimited atom (`(walrus ternary)`, `__kern_add(a, b)`) stay bare.
         const inner = obj.kind === 'member' || obj.kind === 'call' || obj.kind === 'index'
             ? lowerChain(obj, ctx)
-            : { guard: null, expr: emitPyExprCtx(obj, ctx) };
+            : { guard: null, expr: wrapCompoundRootExpr(obj, emitPyExprCtx(obj, ctx)) };
         // Portable Array *property* read (non-call `.length`) lowers through the
         // SAME shared list-ops hook the route emitter uses, so `this.items.length`
         // emits `len(self.items)` (not invalid `self.items.length`) — identical to
@@ -2356,41 +2743,70 @@ function lowerChain(node, ctx) {
         // link is rewritten; the accumulated optional-chain guard is left UNTOUCHED
         // and still flows through `wrapGuardIfAny`, so `items?.length` stays
         // `(len(items) if items is not None else None)`-shaped.
+        if (node.optional) {
+            // Slice S7 — single-eval optional `?.`. A pure receiver may be named twice
+            // (guard + branch) with no observable effect, so it keeps the readable
+            // double-name form. A NON-pure receiver (e.g. `markReceiver(null)?.x`) is
+            // bound ONCE via the S4 walrus idiom so its side effect runs exactly once;
+            // the BOUND name is then used in both the guard's presence test and the
+            // trailing link. Only a single optional link can host the walrus (the
+            // receiver is not itself an optional chain ⇒ `inner.guard === null`); a
+            // non-pure receiver UNDER an existing optional chain still throws below.
+            const opt = lowerOptionalLink(inner, node.object, ctx);
+            const linkExpr = isSharedPortableArrayProperty(node.property)
+                ? (lowerPortableArrayPropertyPy(opt.branchRef, node.property) ?? `${opt.branchRef}.${node.property}`)
+                : `${opt.branchRef}.${node.property}`;
+            return { guard: opt.guard, expr: linkExpr, lambdaBind: opt.lambdaBind };
+        }
         const linkExpr = isSharedPortableArrayProperty(node.property)
             ? (lowerPortableArrayPropertyPy(inner.expr, node.property) ?? `${inner.expr}.${node.property}`)
             : `${inner.expr}.${node.property}`;
-        if (node.optional) {
-            // The receiver expression names what we need to test. The expr names
-            // the receiver twice (once in test, once in branch); reject when that
-            // would re-evaluate side-effecting code.
-            if (!isReceiverChainPure(node.object)) {
-                throw new Error("Optional chain '?.' on Python target requires a side-effect-free receiver (identifier or pure member chain). " +
-                    'Bind the call/await result to a `let` first, then use `let.field?.next` on the bound name.');
-            }
-            const newGuard = inner.guard === null ? `${inner.expr} is not None` : `${inner.guard} and ${inner.expr} is not None`;
-            return { guard: newGuard, expr: linkExpr };
-        }
-        return { guard: inner.guard, expr: linkExpr };
+        return { guard: inner.guard, expr: linkExpr, lambdaBind: inner.lambdaBind };
     }
     if (node.kind === 'index') {
         const obj = node.object;
+        // Slice 2 review fix — the bracket (`index`) form of a regex-literal
+        // property access (`/x/["source"]`, `/x/["flags"]`, `/x/["test"](s)`)
+        // launders the pattern/flags back to a string exactly like the dotted
+        // `/x/.source` member form, so it fails-close identically and BEFORE the
+        // host-ident guard below. A STRING-literal index goes through the same
+        // (empty) portable-property allowlist; a COMPUTED / non-literal index is
+        // unknowable and also fails-close. Mirrors the TS emit + IR-validate index
+        // screens — byte-identical regex message across all three legs. The receiver
+        // is UNWRAPPED first so a wrapped bracket read `(/x/!)["source"]` /
+        // `(/x/ as any)["test"](s)` fails-close identically (round-5 wrapped fix).
+        if (regexLiteralReceiverIR(obj) !== null) {
+            // Routed through the SHARED classifier (a STRING index classifies like the
+            // dotted read; a COMPUTED index is unknowable → fail-close), byte-identical
+            // to the TS emit + IR-validate index screens and the closure walk.
+            const message = classifyRegexLiteralIndexReadFailClose(node);
+            if (message !== null)
+                throw new Error(message);
+        }
+        // Slice H review fix — bracket access must not bypass the fail-closed
+        // guard: `Math["sqrt"]` / `Math["sqrt"](x)` is the same unmapped
+        // host-namespace access as `Math.sqrt`, only spelled as an index node.
+        // Call chains descend through this branch too, so this one site covers
+        // both the read and the call form. Non-literal keys (`Math[k]`) are just
+        // as unmapped — the label degrades to `[computed]`.
+        if (obj.kind === 'ident') {
+            const label = node.index.kind === 'strLit' ? node.index.value : '[computed]';
+            rejectKnownStdlibIndexPython(obj.name, label);
+            rejectUnmappedHostNamespacePython(obj.name, label, ctx);
+        }
         const inner = obj.kind === 'member' || obj.kind === 'call' || obj.kind === 'index'
             ? lowerChain(obj, ctx)
             : { guard: null, expr: emitPyExprCtx(obj, ctx) };
         const index = emitPyExprCtx(node.index, ctx);
         if (node.optional) {
-            // The Python lowering names the receiver in the guard and the branch.
-            // Keep that single-eval-safe by requiring a pure receiver. The index
-            // expression appears only in the selected branch, matching JS `?.[]`.
-            if (!isReceiverChainPure(node.object)) {
-                throw new Error("Optional element access '?.[]' on Python target requires a side-effect-free receiver. " +
-                    'Bind call/await receiver results to `let` first, then index the bound name.');
-            }
-            const newGuard = inner.guard === null ? `${inner.expr} is not None` : `${inner.guard} and ${inner.expr} is not None`;
-            return { guard: newGuard, expr: `${inner.expr}[${index}]` };
+            // Slice S7 — single-eval optional `?.[]` (same walrus discipline as `?.`).
+            // A non-pure receiver is bound once; the index expression appears only in
+            // the selected branch, matching JS `?.[]`.
+            const opt = lowerOptionalLink(inner, node.object, ctx);
+            return { guard: opt.guard, expr: `${opt.branchRef}[${index}]`, lambdaBind: opt.lambdaBind };
         }
         const wrapped = needsIndexReceiverParens(node.object) ? `(${inner.expr})` : inner.expr;
-        return { guard: inner.guard, expr: `${wrapped}[${index}]` };
+        return { guard: inner.guard, expr: `${wrapped}[${index}]`, lambdaBind: inner.lambdaBind };
     }
     // node.kind === 'call'
     if (node.optional) {
@@ -2441,12 +2857,33 @@ function lowerChain(node, ctx) {
         const errArgs = node.args.map((arg) => emitPyExprCtx(arg, ctx)).join(', ');
         return { guard: null, expr: `Exception(${errArgs})` };
     }
+    // Slice 2 — a bare `RegExp(p, f)` call (callee is an ident, missed by the
+    // member-callee guard below) fails-close with the shared regex message,
+    // BEFORE generic call emission would leak a verbatim `RegExp(...)` NameError.
+    // Honors user shadowing via `isProvenUserBinding`.
+    if (node.callee.kind === 'ident') {
+        rejectHostRegExpValuePython(node.callee.name, ctx);
+    }
+    // Slice H — fail-closed on an UNMAPPED host-namespace member CALL. This runs
+    // AFTER every explicit lowering hook above (stdlib, regex, lambda/array,
+    // portable-array, super/String/Error) and BEFORE generic call emission, so a
+    // `Root.member(args)` call whose root is host-namespace-shaped and not proven
+    // user-bound throws the portable-lowering diagnostic instead of leaking
+    // invalid verbatim Python (`Math.sqrt(x)` → runtime NameError). Canonical
+    // KERN stdlib roots (`Number`/`Json`/…) already returned via the stdlib hook,
+    // so they never reach here; user receivers (`client.send(...)`) and a
+    // proven-local `Math` are not host-namespace-shaped / are user-bound and pass
+    // through. Capitalization-agnostic: equally catches `console.log(...)`,
+    // `Promise.all(...)`, and lowercase host roots such as `process.env`.
+    if (node.callee.kind === 'member' && node.callee.object.kind === 'ident') {
+        rejectUnmappedHostNamespacePython(node.callee.object.name, node.callee.property, ctx);
+    }
     const callee = node.callee;
     const inner = callee.kind === 'member' || callee.kind === 'call' || callee.kind === 'index'
         ? lowerChain(callee, ctx)
         : { guard: null, expr: emitPyExprCtx(callee, ctx) };
     const args = node.args.map((a) => emitPyExprCtx(a, ctx)).join(', ');
-    return { guard: inner.guard, expr: `${inner.expr}(${args})` };
+    return { guard: inner.guard, expr: `${inner.expr}(${args})`, lambdaBind: inner.lambdaBind };
 }
 /**
  * Lower a portable Array *method call* (e.g. `arr.push(x)`) through the shared
@@ -2482,18 +2919,32 @@ function lowerPortableArrayCallPython(call, ctx) {
     // finding). The optional-chain guard below still applies to ALL methods.
     if (sharedPortableMethodRequiresPureReceiver(callee.property) && !isReceiverChainPure(recvNode))
         return null;
-    const recv = recvNode.kind === 'member' || recvNode.kind === 'call' || recvNode.kind === 'index'
+    // S5 review fix — these list-ops lowerings embed the receiver in a
+    // comprehension/generator ITERABLE (`join`: `str(__v) for __v in <recv>`;
+    // `flat`: `for __x in <recv>`; `indexOf`: `enumerate(<recv>)` inside a
+    // genexp), where CPython rejects `:=` outright. Emit the receiver under the
+    // walrus ban AND parenthesize compound receivers (a bare ternary in a
+    // generator head reads its `if` as the comprehension filter — SyntaxError).
+    const embedsReceiverInGenexp = callee.property === 'join' || callee.property === 'flat' || callee.property === 'indexOf';
+    const emitRecv = () => recvNode.kind === 'member' || recvNode.kind === 'call' || recvNode.kind === 'index'
         ? lowerChain(recvNode, ctx)
         : { guard: null, expr: emitPyExprCtx(recvNode, ctx) };
+    const recv = embedsReceiverInGenexp ? withWalrusBan(ctx, emitRecv) : emitRecv();
     // A pure receiver can still be an optional chain (`a?.b`), which carries a
     // None-guard the flat shim can't honor — fall through for those too.
     if (recv.guard !== null)
         return null;
+    const recvExpr = embedsReceiverInGenexp ? parenthesizeIterable(recv.expr) : recv.expr;
     const args = call.args.map((a) => (callee.property === 'fill' ? emitPyArrayFillArg(a, ctx) : emitPyExprCtx(a, ctx)));
-    const lowered = lowerPortableArrayMethodPy(recv.expr, callee.property, args);
+    const lowered = lowerPortableArrayMethodPy(recvExpr, callee.property, args, { sentinelMiss: ctx.coerceJsValues });
     if (lowered !== null && callee.property === 'fill') {
         ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_ARRAY_HELPERS_PY);
     }
+    // Slice S7 — `Array.at` out-of-range yields the undefined sentinel in value
+    // mode; register the helper that defines `_KERN_UNDEFINED`.
+    if (lowered !== null && callee.property === 'at' && ctx.coerceJsValues) {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_NULLISH_HELPER_PY);
+    }
     return lowered;
 }
 function emitPyArrayFillArg(node, ctx) {
@@ -2636,9 +3087,13 @@ function lowerLambdaArrayCallPython(call, ctx) {
     // single-eval property is what makes M6 (`this.bump().map(...)` runs bump()
     // exactly once) correct.
     const recvNode = callee.object;
-    const recv = recvNode.kind === 'member' || recvNode.kind === 'call' || recvNode.kind === 'index'
+    // S5 review fix — the receiver lands in the comprehension's generator head
+    // (`for el in <recv>`), where CPython rejects `:=` at any nesting depth, so
+    // it is emitted under the walrus ban (logical/nullish/typeof producers at
+    // any depth switch to their lambda-parameter forms).
+    const recv = withWalrusBan(ctx, () => recvNode.kind === 'member' || recvNode.kind === 'call' || recvNode.kind === 'index'
         ? lowerChain(recvNode, ctx)
-        : { guard: null, expr: emitPyExprCtx(recvNode, ctx) };
+        : { guard: null, expr: emitPyExprCtx(recvNode, ctx) });
     // An optional-chain receiver (`a?.b`) carries a None-guard the comprehension
     // can't honor — fall through unchanged for those.
     if (recv.guard !== null)
@@ -2839,43 +3294,196 @@ function lowerRegexCallPython(call, ctx) {
     const callee = call.callee;
     if (callee.kind !== 'member')
         return null;
+    // Slice-3b FIX 4 (parity): a call whose receiver is a KERN-stdlib NAMESPACE
+    // (`Math.match(/a/g)`, `JSON.split(/,/)`) is NOT a string regex method —
+    // defer to `applyStdlibLoweringPython`, which rejects the unknown stdlib
+    // member exactly like the TS emitter (where `applyStdlibLoweringTS` runs
+    // BEFORE the regex lowering). Without this, the regex path mis-claimed the
+    // namespace as the SUBJECT and emitted broken `…finditer("a", Math, …)`
+    // while TS fail-closed — a cross-target divergence.
+    if (callee.object.kind === 'ident' && KERN_STDLIB_MODULES.has(callee.object.name)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    // Slice-3c DETECT-and-fail-close: a regex method whose regex position holds an
+    // ident KNOWN to be regex-bound (`let re = /…/; s.match(re)`) is NOT portable —
+    // throw the SAME shared `REGEX_NONLITERAL_FAILCLOSE` the TS target throws (see
+    // `assertNoBoundRegexMethodTS` in body-ts.ts). A string-/unknown-bound ident is
+    // NOT flagged: it falls through to the plain host method below (`s.match(needle)`).
+    const regexArgIdent = regexMethodRegexArgIdent(call);
+    if (regexArgIdent !== null && lookupRegexBinding(ctx, regexArgIdent) !== null) {
+        throw new Error(REGEX_NONLITERAL_FAILCLOSE);
+    }
+    // --- Receiver-is-regex shapes: `regex.test(s)`, `regex.exec(s)` ---
     const receiverRegex = resolveRegexExpr(callee.object, ctx);
     if (callee.property === 'test' && receiverRegex !== null) {
         if (call.args.length !== 1)
             return null;
         if (receiverRegex.flags.includes('g')) {
-            throw new Error("Python target does not lower RegExp.test with the 'g' flag because JS mutates lastIndex while Python re.search is stateless. Use Regex.contains once the KERN stdlib grows that cross-target shape.");
+            // .test(/g) is STATEFUL (lastIndex advances+wraps); no portable re analog.
+            throw new Error(REGEX_TEST_G_FAILCLOSE);
         }
         ctx.imports.add('re');
         return `(__k_re.search(${pyRegexPattern(receiverRegex)}, ${emitPyExprCtx(call.args[0], ctx)}, ${pyRegexFlags(receiverRegex.flags)}) is not None)`;
     }
-    const matchRegex = call.args.length === 1 ? resolveRegexExpr(call.args[0], ctx) : null;
-    if (callee.property === 'match' && matchRegex !== null) {
-        if (matchRegex.flags.includes('g')) {
-            throw new Error('Python target does not lower String.match(/.../g) because JS returns an array of matches while Python re.search returns a Match object. Use Regex.findAll once the KERN stdlib grows that cross-target shape.');
+    if (callee.property === 'exec' && receiverRegex !== null) {
+        // .exec drives a JS-only stateful `while ((m = re.exec(s)))` loop; fail-close
+        // and redirect to the portable `.matchAll` iteration (D4) rather than silently
+        // rewrite a loop whose body may mutate lastIndex.
+        throw new Error(REGEX_EXEC_FAILCLOSE);
+    }
+    // --- Receiver-is-string shapes: arg[0] is the regex ---
+    const firstArgRegex = call.args.length >= 1 ? resolveRegexExpr(call.args[0], ctx) : null;
+    // `.match(s)` — no /g: canonical {full,groups,index,named}|None shape (the
+    // load-bearing portability fix, D2). With /g: full matches only via
+    // finditer.group(0) (NEVER re.findall, which returns tuples when >1 group),
+    // or None when empty.
+    if (callee.property === 'match' && firstArgRegex !== null && call.args.length === 1) {
+        ctx.imports.add('re');
+        const pat = pyRegexPattern(firstArgRegex);
+        const subject = emitPyExprCtx(callee.object, ctx);
+        if (firstArgRegex.flags.includes('g')) {
+            const flags = pyRegexFlags(firstArgRegex.flags, { allowGlobal: true });
+            return `([__k_m.group(0) for __k_m in __k_re.finditer(${pat}, ${subject}, ${flags})] or None)`;
+        }
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_REGEX_MATCH_HELPER_PY);
+        return `_kern_regex_match(${pat}, ${subject}, ${pyRegexFlags(firstArgRegex.flags)})`;
+    }
+    // `.matchAll(s)` — requires /g (a non-global matchAll throws TypeError in JS).
+    // Shapes finditer into [{full,groups,index}, …], incl. zero-width advances.
+    if (callee.property === 'matchAll' && firstArgRegex !== null && call.args.length === 1) {
+        if (!firstArgRegex.flags.includes('g')) {
+            throw new Error(REGEX_MATCHALL_NO_G_FAILCLOSE);
+        }
+        ctx.imports.add('re');
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_REGEX_MATCHALL_HELPER_PY);
+        return `_kern_regex_matchall(${pyRegexPattern(firstArgRegex)}, ${emitPyExprCtx(callee.object, ctx)}, ${pyRegexFlags(firstArgRegex.flags, { allowGlobal: true })})`;
+    }
+    // `.split(s)` — IN-CORE for a non-zero-width pattern with NO limit arg (capture
+    // groups interleave portably). FAIL-CLOSE on a zero-width-capable pattern
+    // (empty-edge divergence) or any limit/2nd arg (truncate vs remainder).
+    if (callee.property === 'split' && firstArgRegex !== null) {
+        if (call.args.length > 1) {
+            throw new Error(REGEX_SPLIT_LIMIT_FAILCLOSE);
+        }
+        if (isZeroWidthCapableRegex(firstArgRegex.pattern)) {
+            throw new Error(REGEX_SPLIT_ZEROWIDTH_FAILCLOSE);
         }
         ctx.imports.add('re');
-        return `__k_re.search(${pyRegexPattern(matchRegex)}, ${emitPyExprCtx(callee.object, ctx)}, ${pyRegexFlags(matchRegex.flags)})`;
+        return `__k_re.split(${pyRegexPattern(firstArgRegex)}, ${emitPyExprCtx(callee.object, ctx)}, flags=${pyRegexFlags(firstArgRegex.flags, { allowGlobal: true })})`;
     }
+    // `.replace(s, r)` — no /g: FIRST match only (count=1); /g: ALL (count=0).
     const replaceRegex = call.args.length === 2 ? resolveRegexExpr(call.args[0], ctx) : null;
     if (callee.property === 'replace' && replaceRegex !== null) {
         ctx.imports.add('re');
         const count = replaceRegex.flags.includes('g') ? '0' : '1';
-        return `__k_re.sub(${pyRegexPattern(replaceRegex)}, ${emitPyExprCtx(call.args[1], ctx)}, ${emitPyExprCtx(callee.object, ctx)}, count=${count}, flags=${pyRegexFlags(replaceRegex.flags, { allowGlobal: true })})`;
+        const repl = emitPyReplArg(call.args[1], replaceRegex, ctx);
+        return `__k_re.sub(${pyRegexPattern(replaceRegex)}, ${repl}, ${emitPyExprCtx(callee.object, ctx)}, count=${count}, flags=${pyRegexFlags(replaceRegex.flags, { allowGlobal: true })})`;
+    }
+    // `.replaceAll(s, r)` — requires /g (a non-global replaceAll throws TypeError in
+    // JS); otherwise identical to `.replace` /g (count=0, ALL matches replaced).
+    if (callee.property === 'replaceAll' && replaceRegex !== null) {
+        if (!replaceRegex.flags.includes('g')) {
+            throw new Error(REGEX_REPLACEALL_NO_G_FAILCLOSE);
+        }
+        ctx.imports.add('re');
+        const repl = emitPyReplArg(call.args[1], replaceRegex, ctx);
+        return `__k_re.sub(${pyRegexPattern(replaceRegex)}, ${repl}, ${emitPyExprCtx(callee.object, ctx)}, count=0, flags=${pyRegexFlags(replaceRegex.flags, { allowGlobal: true })})`;
     }
     return null;
 }
-function resolveRegexExpr(node, ctx) {
-    if (node.kind === 'regexLit')
-        return node;
-    if (node.kind === 'ident')
-        return lookupRegexBinding(ctx, node.name);
-    return null;
+/**
+ * Milestone C, Slice 4 — emit the Python `re.sub` REPLACEMENT argument for a
+ * `.replace`/`.replaceAll` whose regex position is a literal.
+ *
+ * A STRING-LITERAL replacement is translated from the JS `$`-surface to the
+ * Python repl VALUE via the shared `translateReplStringToPython`, then serialized
+ * back to `.py` SOURCE through a synthetic `strLit` node so the ordinary
+ * string-literal escaper double-escapes the backslashes correctly (gap 6: the
+ * translator yields the runtime VALUE `\g<1>` / `\\` — the serializer turns those
+ * into the source `"\\g<1>"` / `"\\\\"` that evaluates back to that value). A
+ * NON-LITERAL replacement (a variable / computed string) cannot be translated
+ * statically and FAILS-CLOSE symmetrically with the TS target.
+ */
+function emitPyReplArg(arg, replaceRegex, ctx) {
+    if (arg.kind !== 'strLit') {
+        throw new Error(REGEX_REPLACE_NONLITERAL_REPL_FAILCLOSE);
+    }
+    // Capture metadata is read from the KERN/JS `(?<name>)` surface (BEFORE R6's
+    // `(?P<name>)` rewrite), matching the way `$<name>` refs are written.
+    const meta = regexCaptureMeta(replaceRegex.pattern);
+    const pyReplValue = translateReplStringToPython(arg.value, meta);
+    // Serialize the translated VALUE to `.py` source via the normal strLit path
+    // (gap 6 — keep translation and serialization layers separate).
+    const synthetic = { kind: 'strLit', value: pyReplValue, quote: '"' };
+    return emitPyExprCtx(synthetic, ctx);
+}
+function resolveRegexExpr(node, _ctx) {
+    // Slice-3c: ONLY a DIRECT regex literal lowers canonically. A let-bound regex
+    // ident no longer RESOLVES to its literal here (the old `lookupRegexBinding`
+    // resolution emitted a STALE pattern when the binding was reassigned and was
+    // fragile to track). The fail-close for a known-regex-bound ident is made by
+    // `lowerRegexCallPython` via the shared `regexMethodRegexArgIdent` detector —
+    // symmetric with the TS target. A string-/unknown-bound ident returns null
+    // and stays a plain host method (the `s.match(stringVar)` case).
+    //
+    // Transparent wrappers (`as`/`!`) are peeled via `regexLiteralReceiverIR` —
+    // mirroring the TS `resolveRegexLitTS` — so a wrapped portable receiver call
+    // `(/x/).test(s)` / `(/x/ as any).test(s)` lowers, and a wrapped non-portable
+    // one `(/x/ as any).exec(s)` fails-close through `lowerRegexCallPython` (round-5
+    // wrapped-receiver fix), identically to the TS leg.
+    return regexLiteralReceiverIR(node);
 }
 function pyRegexPattern(node) {
+    // Slice 5: fail-close any non-BMP (astral) construct in the PATTERN before any
+    // normalization, on the RAW pattern — the IDENTICAL decision + message the TS
+    // emitter makes (the `\/`→`/` un-escape below does not touch any astral
+    // construct, so scanning the raw `node.pattern` here is byte-symmetric with TS).
+    const astral = scanRegexAstral(node.pattern);
+    if (astral !== null)
+        throw new Error(regexAstralFailMessage(astral.char));
+    // FIX 2: a non-portable named group (`(?<café>…)`, `(?<$x>…)`, `(?<>…)`) is
+    // refused on BOTH targets (the same validator runs in the TS regex-literal emit
+    // chokepoints), instead of emitting `(?P<café>…)` / a JS-form `(?<café>…)` that
+    // diverges or crashes Python `re`. Run BEFORE any rewrite so the refusal is over
+    // the original surface (the same surface `regexCaptureMeta` and the TS side see).
+    validateRegexNamedGroupsPortable(node.pattern);
     // JS escapes `/` because it delimits the literal; Python string regexes do not
     // treat `/` specially, so preserve the semantic pattern without that escape.
-    return JSON.stringify(node.pattern.replace(/\\\//g, '/'));
+    const unescaped = node.pattern.replace(/\\\//g, '/');
+    // Milestone C, Slice 1 — emission-normalization (shared with the TS emitter
+    // for the class transform, so it is byte-identical across targets):
+    //   1. `\d \w \s` → explicit ASCII classes (same `normalizeRegexClasses` both
+    //      targets), so Python's Unicode-aware shorthand matches JS's ASCII.
+    //   2. Slice-/i: class-expand non-ASCII Set(A) letters under /i into explicit
+    //      fold classes (Set(B) → throw an identical-to-TS compile error). Runs on
+    //      the SAME shared `expandRegexIFold` the TS emitter calls, AFTER class
+    //      normalization (Slice-1 classes are pure-ASCII → untouched by the fold
+    //      scan) and BEFORE anchor lowering (anchors are ASCII → untouched). Order
+    //      is class → fold → anchors; each touches a disjoint character set, so it
+    //      is parity-safe and byte-identical to TS. `re.IGNORECASE | re.ASCII` is
+    //      kept (handled in pyRegexFlags) — `re.ASCII` is the load-bearing invariant
+    //      that makes KEEP-i safe (it suppresses any Python re-fold of the explicit
+    //      non-ASCII class members).
+    //   3. Python-only anchor lowering: on the non-`/m` path `$`→`\Z`, `^`→`\A`
+    //      so Python anchors match JS's input-end/start semantics (`re.ASCII` and
+    //      `re.M` are handled in pyRegexFlags). On the `/m` path anchors are kept.
+    const classed = normalizeRegexClasses(unescaped);
+    const folded = expandRegexIFold(classed, node.flags);
+    if ('failClose' in folded)
+        throw new Error(regexIFoldFailMessage(folded.char, folded.reason));
+    const normalized = lowerRegexAnchorsPython(folded.pattern, node.flags);
+    // Milestone C, Slice 4 — R6: named-group PATTERN syntax (`(?<name>)` /
+    // `\k<name>`) → Python `re` syntax (`(?P<name>)` / `(?P=name)`). PYTHON-ONLY
+    // (JS keeps the original form). Python rejects the JS named-group syntax
+    // outright, so this rewrite is load-bearing for ANY named-group pattern on the
+    // Python target — and required for a `$<name>` repl ref to resolve. Run LAST,
+    // AFTER the `/i` fold expansion: `expandRegexIFold`'s HOLE-1 fail-close depends
+    // on seeing the ORIGINAL `\k<name>` backref token (`/(?<g>é)\k<g>/i` must still
+    // fail-close), so R6 must NOT consume `\k<` before the fold scan. The fold/class/
+    // anchor passes leave the ASCII `(?<` / `\k<` group syntax untouched, so applying
+    // R6 here is order-stable and parity-safe.
+    const named = lowerRegexNamedGroupsPython(normalized);
+    return JSON.stringify(named);
 }
 function pyRegexFlags(flags, options = {}) {
     const unsupported = [...flags].filter((f) => {
@@ -2896,10 +3504,125 @@ function pyRegexFlags(flags, options = {}) {
         parts.push('__k_re.MULTILINE');
     if (flags.includes('s'))
         parts.push('__k_re.DOTALL');
-    return parts.length > 0 ? parts.join(' | ') : '0';
+    // Milestone C, Slice 1 — always inject `re.ASCII` so Python `\b` and the
+    // emitted ASCII classes match JS (without `/u`) semantics. This is the
+    // load-bearing flag for word-boundary parity (see the `\bcafé\b` killer row).
+    parts.push('__k_re.ASCII');
+    return parts.join(' | ');
+}
+function wrapGuardIfAny(g, ctx) {
+    if (g.guard === null)
+        return g.expr;
+    // Slice S7 — an optional-chain short-circuit yields the undefined SENTINEL in
+    // native (coerce) bodies, so `typeof (undefined?.x)` is "undefined" and the
+    // result participates in `??`/`===` nullish semantics. The helper-less
+    // Ground/React layer (which never materializes the sentinel) keeps the
+    // pre-slice `else None` short-circuit.
+    let conditional;
+    if (ctx.coerceJsValues) {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_NULLISH_HELPER_PY);
+        conditional = `(${g.expr} if ${g.guard} else _KERN_UNDEFINED)`;
+    }
+    else {
+        conditional = `(${g.expr} if ${g.guard} else None)`;
+    }
+    // S7 review fix — in a comprehension-iterable position the non-pure receiver was
+    // bound as a lambda PARAMETER instead of a `:=` walrus (CPython rejects the walrus
+    // anywhere inside a comprehension iterable expression — see BodyEmitContext.banWalrus
+    // and lowerOptionalLink). The guard + branch already reference the bare parameter, so
+    // wrapping the whole conditional in `(lambda <param>: <conditional>)(<arg>)` keeps the
+    // exact contract: <arg> (the receiver) evaluated exactly once, lazy short-circuit branch.
+    if (g.lambdaBind) {
+        return `(lambda ${g.lambdaBind.param}: ${conditional})(${g.lambdaBind.arg})`;
+    }
+    return conditional;
 }
-function wrapGuardIfAny(g) {
-    return g.guard === null ? g.expr : `(${g.expr} if ${g.guard} else None)`;
+/** Slice S5 — does the LEFT operand of a `&&`/`||` walrus binding
+ *  (`__k_logN := L`) need parentheses?
+ *
+ *  The walrus sits inside a `_kern_truthy(...)` call, whose own parens already
+ *  disambiguate `L`, so this is defensive/readability wrapping for the lowest-
+ *  precedence operand shapes (a `conditional` or `lambda` left operand). A
+ *  nested `&&`/`||` left operand is already self-parenthesized by its own
+ *  lowering, and an arithmetic/comparison `binary` binds tighter than `:=`, so
+ *  neither is wrapped here. */
+function needsWalrusOperandParens(child) {
+    return child.kind === 'conditional' || child.kind === 'lambda';
+}
+/** S5 review fix — run `fn` with `ctx.banWalrus` set (save/restore), for
+ *  emitting an operand that will be interpolated into a comprehension/
+ *  generator ITERABLE position, where CPython rejects `:=` outright (see
+ *  BodyEmitContext.banWalrus). Nested emissions inherit the flag through the
+ *  shared ctx, so a walrus producer at ANY depth of the operand (e.g. the
+ *  index expression in `items[i || 0]`) switches to its walrus-free form. */
+function withWalrusBan(ctx, fn) {
+    const previous = ctx.banWalrus === true;
+    ctx.banWalrus = true;
+    try {
+        return fn();
+    }
+    finally {
+        ctx.banWalrus = previous;
+    }
+}
+/** Slice S5 — does the RIGHT operand, emitted in the `else` arm of the lowered
+ *  conditional expression, need parentheses? A bare `conditional`/`lambda` in
+ *  an `else` arm parses but is ambiguous to read and brittle under further
+ *  composition, so wrap those two. A nested `&&`/`||` right operand is already
+ *  self-parenthesized. */
+function needsConditionalAlternateParens(child) {
+    return child.kind === 'conditional' || child.kind === 'lambda';
+}
+/** S5 review fix — parenthesize a compound NON-CHAIN member-root expression so
+ *  the appended `.prop` link binds to the WHOLE root (`(b if t else c).prop`),
+ *  not its last operand (`b if t else c.prop` — silently wrong Python).
+ *  Low-precedence node kinds (same set as index receivers) are wrapped UNLESS
+ *  the lowering already produced a self-delimited atom: a fully-enclosing
+ *  paren pair (the `&&`/`||`/`??` walrus ternaries) or a single helper call
+ *  (`__kern_add(a, b)`), which keeps existing pinned bytes stable. */
+function wrapCompoundRootExpr(obj, emitted) {
+    if (!needsIndexReceiverParens(obj))
+        return emitted;
+    if (isSelfDelimitedPyAtom(emitted))
+        return emitted;
+    return `(${emitted})`;
+}
+/** True when `expr` is one self-delimited Python atom: a fully-enclosing
+ *  bracket pair (`(...)`, `[...]`) or one identifier-headed call/index chain
+ *  whose trailing bracket closes at the very end (`__kern_add(a, b)`). A
+ *  leading unary sign (`-a`, `not x`, `await f()`) is NOT an atom. */
+function isSelfDelimitedPyAtom(expr) {
+    if (expr.length === 0)
+        return false;
+    // Atoms start with an identifier/literal/bracket — a leading operator or
+    // keyword (`-`, `~`, `not `, `await `) always needs wrapping.
+    if (!/^[A-Za-z_0-9"'([{]/.test(expr))
+        return false;
+    if (!expr.includes(' '))
+        return true;
+    // Walk brackets/strings; any top-level space outside brackets means the
+    // expression is compound (`b if t else c`), not an atom.
+    let depth = 0;
+    let quote = null;
+    for (let i = 0; i < expr.length; i++) {
+        const ch = expr[i];
+        if (quote) {
+            if (ch === '\\')
+                i++;
+            else if (ch === quote)
+                quote = null;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (ch === '"' || ch === "'")
+            quote = ch;
+        else if (ch === '(' || ch === '[' || ch === '{')
+            depth++;
+        else if (ch === ')' || ch === ']' || ch === '}')
+            depth--;
+        else if (ch === ' ' && depth === 0)
+            return false;
+    }
+    return depth === 0;
 }
 function needsIndexReceiverParens(child) {
     return (child.kind === 'binary' ||
@@ -2924,6 +3647,11 @@ function needsIndexReceiverParens(child) {
 function isReceiverChainPure(node) {
     if (node.kind === 'ident')
         return true;
+    // Slice S7 — `undefined`/`null` literals are constant, so an optional chain
+    // rooted at one (`undefined?.x`, `null?.x`) names a side-effect-free value and
+    // takes the readable double-name guard form (short-circuiting to the sentinel).
+    if (node.kind === 'undefLit' || node.kind === 'nullLit')
+        return true;
     if (node.kind === 'member')
         return isReceiverChainPure(node.object);
     if (node.kind === 'index')
@@ -2980,6 +3708,88 @@ function mapBinaryOpToPython(op) {
             return op;
     }
 }
+/** Slice H — the host-namespace root set and diagnostic now live in core's
+ *  shared codegen module so TS and Python reject the same unmapped host roots
+ *  in lockstep. RegExp is intentionally exempt in that shared set for
+ *  Milestone B. */
+/** Slice H — is `name` PROVEN to be a user binding in the current expression
+ *  context?
+ *
+ *  Reuses the emitter's EXISTING scope/binding model — the single source of
+ *  truth — rather than building a parallel tracker:
+ *    - `lookupLocalBinding` walks `ctx.localScopes` (function params via
+ *      `outerBindings`, body `let`/`const`/`cell` via `declareLocalBinding`,
+ *      loop vars, block scopes);
+ *    - `ctx.shadowedSymbols` records lambda/comprehension parameters that the
+ *      ident emitter already treats as user-local (see the `ident` case);
+ *    - `ctx.symbolMap` keys are KERN-form param names the FastAPI generator
+ *      renamed (e.g. `userId -> user_id`) — a present key means a real param.
+ *
+ *  Per tribunal amendment 2, this FAILS TOWARD REFUSE: when the scope model
+ *  cannot prove a binding, we return false (→ the host-root guard fires),
+ *  never toward verbatim acceptance. Ground/module emitters that carry no
+ *  binding information therefore fail closed for reserved host roots, which is
+ *  exactly the intent — those are the contexts that previously leaked invalid
+ *  Python. (Honoring a *declared* binding — even one whose runtime value would
+ *  be `None` — is by design: this slice reuses the lexical scope model, it
+ *  does not do runtime value tracking. A user value named `Math` is the
+ *  shadowing case the spec explicitly keeps in scope.) */
+function isProvenUserBinding(ctx, name) {
+    if (lookupLocalBinding(ctx, name) !== undefined)
+        return true;
+    if (ctx.shadowedSymbols.has(name))
+        return true;
+    if (Object.hasOwn(ctx.symbolMap, name))
+        return true;
+    return false;
+}
+/** Slice H — the fail-closed guard for unmapped host-namespace member
+ *  expressions (the strangler-pattern interim check).
+ *
+ *  ACCEPTED DEBT (do not "fix" by relocating): this check lives at the
+ *  EMISSION point inside the code generator, not in a standalone validation
+ *  pass. That is interim by design — milestone A completes the portable
+ *  lowering registry (`KERN_STDLIB_MODULES`) and replaces these refusals with
+ *  real lowerings. Because the explicit AST lowering hooks all run BEFORE this
+ *  guard, the site is already scheduled to change as that registry grows: the
+ *  guard only ever sees the *remaining* unmapped forms. This is the strangler
+ *  pattern — the call site is provisioned to shrink, not to be reworked.
+ *
+ *  Trigger predicate (capitalization-agnostic; NO {Math,JSON,Object,Date}
+ *  allowlist): a host-namespace-shaped root (`isHostNamespaceRoot`) that is
+ *  NOT proven user-bound (`isProvenUserBinding`, which fails toward refuse).
+ *  Returns `null` (caller proceeds to generic verbatim emission) for any root
+ *  that is provably a user binding or is not host-shaped — so user receivers
+ *  (`client.send(...)`, `myMath.sqrt(...)`) and proven-local `Math` pass
+ *  through unchanged. Throws otherwise. */
+function rejectUnmappedHostNamespacePython(root, member, ctx) {
+    if (!isHostNamespaceRoot(root))
+        return null;
+    if (isProvenUserBinding(ctx, root))
+        return null;
+    throw new Error(unmappedHostNamespaceMessage('Python', root, member));
+}
+/** Slice 2 — host-`RegExp` fail-close (Python emit). Closes the residual RegExp
+ *  positions the generic `Module.member` guard above does NOT cover, throwing the
+ *  SAME shared `REGEX_HOST_REGEXP_FAILCLOSE` the TS emitter + IR-validate pass
+ *  throw (byte-identical across targets):
+ *   - a BARE-VALUE reference (`const R = RegExp`, `RegExp` passed as a value),
+ *   - a BARE CALL `RegExp(p, f)` (callee is an ident, missed by the member-callee
+ *     guard), and
+ *   - `new RegExp(p)` (the Python `new` case otherwise falls through to a verbatim
+ *     `RegExp(...)` NameError).
+ *  Honors user shadowing via `isProvenUserBinding` (fails toward refuse when a
+ *  binding cannot be proven, matching the host-namespace guard's intent), so
+ *  `const RegExp = myThing; RegExp` is the user value. `RegExp.prototype`/
+ *  `RegExp.$1` already fail-close through the generic member guard (one
+ *  diagnostic per site). */
+function rejectHostRegExpValuePython(name, ctx) {
+    if (name !== 'RegExp')
+        return;
+    if (isProvenUserBinding(ctx, name))
+        return;
+    throw new Error(REGEX_HOST_REGEXP_FAILCLOSE);
+}
 /** Slice 2a — KERN-stdlib dispatch for Python. Returns the lowered Python
  *  string when the call matches `<KnownModule>.<method>(args)`, or null when
  *  it doesn't. Throws on `<KnownModule>.<unknownMethod>(...)` with a
@@ -2988,6 +3798,31 @@ function mapBinaryOpToPython(op) {
  *  Slice 3b — when the matched entry declares `requires.py`, the import
  *  identifier is added to the per-handler ctx.imports set so the FastAPI
  *  generator can emit `import math` (etc.) at the top of the function body. */
+function applyStdlibPropertyLoweringPython(member, ctx) {
+    if (member.optional)
+        return null;
+    if (member.object.kind !== 'ident')
+        return null;
+    const moduleName = member.object.name;
+    if (!KERN_STDLIB_MODULES.has(moduleName))
+        return null;
+    const propertyName = member.property;
+    const entry = lookupStdlibProperty(moduleName, propertyName);
+    if (entry === null) {
+        const callEntry = lookupStdlibCall(moduleName, propertyName);
+        if (callEntry !== null) {
+            throw new Error(`KERN-stdlib method '${moduleName}.${propertyName}' cannot be referenced as a value in portable Python lowering; call it directly.`);
+        }
+        throwUnknownStdlibMemberPython(moduleName, propertyName);
+    }
+    registerStdlibRequirementPython(entry.requires?.py, ctx);
+    return entry.py;
+}
+function rejectKnownStdlibIndexPython(root, member) {
+    if (!KERN_STDLIB_MODULES.has(root))
+        return;
+    throwUnknownStdlibMemberPython(root, member);
+}
 function applyStdlibLoweringPython(call, ctx) {
     const callee = call.callee;
     if (callee.kind !== 'member')
@@ -2998,34 +3833,90 @@ function applyStdlibLoweringPython(call, ctx) {
     if (!KERN_STDLIB_MODULES.has(moduleName))
         return null;
     const methodName = callee.property;
-    const entry = lookupStdlib(moduleName, methodName);
+    const entry = lookupStdlibCall(moduleName, methodName);
     if (entry === null) {
-        const suggestion = suggestStdlibMethod(moduleName, methodName);
-        const hint = suggestion ? ` Did you mean '${moduleName}.${suggestion}'?` : '';
-        throw new Error(`Unknown KERN-stdlib method '${moduleName}.${methodName}'.${hint}`);
+        const propertyEntry = lookupStdlibProperty(moduleName, methodName);
+        if (propertyEntry !== null) {
+            throw new Error(`KERN-stdlib property '${moduleName}.${methodName}' is not callable.`);
+        }
+        throwUnknownStdlibMemberPython(moduleName, methodName);
     }
     // Slice-2 review fix: enforce declared arity (matches TS-side check).
-    if (call.args.length !== entry.arity) {
-        throw new Error(`KERN-stdlib '${moduleName}.${methodName}' takes ${entry.arity} arg${entry.arity === 1 ? '' : 's'}, got ${call.args.length}.`);
+    validateStdlibCallArityPython(moduleName, methodName, entry, call.args.length);
+    if (moduleName === 'Array' && methodName === 'from' && call.args.some((arg) => arg.kind === 'spread')) {
+        throw new Error('Array.from portable lowering does not accept spread arguments; pass source and mapper directly.');
     }
     const listLambda = lowerListLambdaPython(moduleName, methodName, call, ctx);
     if (listLambda !== null)
         return listLambda;
     // Slice 3b — register required imports (e.g., `Number.floor` ⇒ `import math`).
-    if (entry.requires?.py)
-        ctx.imports.add(entry.requires.py);
+    registerStdlibRequirementPython(entry.requires?.py, ctx);
     const args = call.args.map((a) => {
         const emitted = emitPyExprCtx(a, ctx);
-        return needsArgParens(a) ? `(${emitted})` : emitted;
+        return a.kind !== 'spread' && needsArgParens(a) ? `(${emitted})` : emitted;
     });
-    return applyTemplate(entry.py, args);
+    // Slice S7 — `Json.stringify` on Python routes through the sentinel-aware shim
+    // (single-source `KERN_JSON_STRINGIFY_SHIM_PY`) instead of raw `__k_json.dumps`,
+    // so `JSON.stringify(undefined)` is host-undefined, an object key whose value
+    // is the sentinel is omitted, and a sentinel array element becomes JSON null —
+    // matching JS. The shim references `__k_json`, supplied by the table's
+    // `requires.py: 'json'` import registered above (one import shared with parse).
+    if ((moduleName === 'Json' || moduleName === 'JSON') && methodName === 'stringify') {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JSON_STRINGIFY_SHIM_PY);
+        return `_kern_json_stringify(${args[0]})`;
+    }
+    return typeof entry.py === 'function' ? entry.py(args) : applyTemplate(entry.py, args);
+}
+function throwUnknownStdlibMemberPython(moduleName, memberName) {
+    const suggestion = suggestStdlibMethod(moduleName, memberName);
+    const hint = suggestion ? ` Did you mean '${moduleName}.${suggestion}'?` : '';
+    throw new Error(`Unknown KERN-stdlib method/member '${moduleName}.${memberName}'.${hint}`);
+}
+function validateStdlibCallArityPython(moduleName, methodName, entry, got) {
+    if (entry.arity !== undefined && got !== entry.arity) {
+        throw new Error(`KERN-stdlib '${moduleName}.${methodName}' takes ${entry.arity} arg${entry.arity === 1 ? '' : 's'}, got ${got}.`);
+    }
+    if (entry.minArity !== undefined && got < entry.minArity) {
+        throw new Error(`KERN-stdlib '${moduleName}.${methodName}' takes at least ${entry.minArity} args, got ${got}.`);
+    }
+    if (entry.maxArity !== undefined && got > entry.maxArity) {
+        throw new Error(`KERN-stdlib '${moduleName}.${methodName}' takes at most ${entry.maxArity} args, got ${got}.`);
+    }
+}
+function registerStdlibRequirementPython(requirement, ctx) {
+    if (!requirement)
+        return;
+    if (requirement === 'math-host') {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_TO_NUMBER_HELPER_PY);
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_MATH_HELPERS_PY);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (requirement === 'array-host') {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_TO_NUMBER_HELPER_PY);
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_ARRAY_FROM_HELPER_PY);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (requirement === 'object-host') {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_OBJECT_HELPERS_PY);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (requirement === 'number-host') {
+        ctx.helpers.add(KERN_JS_NUMBER_HELPERS_PY);
+        return;
+    }
+    ctx.imports.add(requirement);
 }
 function lowerListLambdaPython(moduleName, methodName, call, ctx) {
     if (moduleName !== 'List')
         return null;
     if (methodName !== 'map' && methodName !== 'filter')
         return null;
-    const source = emitPyExprCtx(call.args[0], ctx);
+    // S5 review fix — the source lands in the comprehension's generator head
+    // (`for x in <source>`): walrus producers must switch to lambda-parameter
+    // forms (CPython rejects `:=` in a comprehension iterable at any depth) and
+    // a compound source (bare ternary) must be parenthesized so its `if` does
+    // not parse as the comprehension filter.
+    const source = parenthesizeIterable(withWalrusBan(ctx, () => emitPyExprCtx(call.args[0], ctx)));
     const callback = call.args[1];
     if (callback.kind !== 'lambda') {
         const fn = emitPyExprCtx(callback, ctx);
@@ -3056,35 +3947,132 @@ function lowerListLambdaPython(moduleName, methodName, call, ctx) {
         ctx.shadowedSymbols = previous;
     }
 }
+/** Slice 6 — Python bitwise/shift operator precedence (higher binds tighter).
+ *  Matches CPython's grammar: `|` < `^` < `&` < shift < unary `~`. Used to
+ *  parenthesize the LOWERED tree so the emitted Python reproduces the JS-shaped
+ *  grouping (e.g. `a << (b & 31)` must keep the mask parens, since Python's
+ *  `<<` binds tighter than `&`). */
+const PY_BITWISE_PREC = { '|': 1, '^': 2, '&': 3, '<<': 4, '>>': 4 };
+/**
+ * Slice 6 — emit an ALREADY-LOWERED bitwise/shift tree to a Python string.
+ *
+ * The tree produced by `lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST` contains FINAL Python
+ * operators (`| & ^ << >>` and unary `~`) whose operands are already wrapped in
+ * `_kern_to_int32` / `_kern_to_uint32` calls. Re-routing those operators back
+ * through `emitPyExprCtx`'s bitwise branch would re-lower them and recurse
+ * forever, so this dedicated emitter renders the bitwise/shift `binary` and the
+ * `~` `unary` verbatim (with precedence-correct parens) and delegates every
+ * other node kind (the leaves: calls, idents, literals, …) to `emitPyExprCtx`.
+ */
+function emitLoweredBitwisePy(node, ctx) {
+    // The lowering's own wrapper calls (`_kern_to_int32` / `_kern_to_uint32` /
+    // `_tmod`) must stay in THIS emit path: their argument is an already-lowered
+    // bitwise/shift subtree, and handing the whole call to `emitPyExprCtx` would
+    // re-route that inner subtree back into the bitwise branch and recurse
+    // forever. Emit the wrapper directly and recurse through its argument here.
+    if (node.kind === 'call' &&
+        node.callee.kind === 'ident' &&
+        (node.callee.name === '_kern_to_int32' || node.callee.name === '_kern_to_uint32' || node.callee.name === '_tmod')) {
+        const args = node.args.map((a) => emitLoweredBitwisePy(a, ctx)).join(', ');
+        return `${node.callee.name}(${args})`;
+    }
+    if (node.kind === 'binary' && node.op in PY_BITWISE_PREC) {
+        const parentPrec = PY_BITWISE_PREC[node.op];
+        const emitChild = (child, isRight) => {
+            const s = emitLoweredBitwisePy(child, ctx);
+            if (child.kind === 'binary' && child.op in PY_BITWISE_PREC) {
+                const childPrec = PY_BITWISE_PREC[child.op];
+                // Lower-precedence child always needs parens; an equal-precedence child
+                // on the RIGHT needs parens to preserve left-associative grouping.
+                if (childPrec < parentPrec || (childPrec === parentPrec && isRight))
+                    return `(${s})`;
+            }
+            return s;
+        };
+        return `${emitChild(node.left, false)} ${node.op} ${emitChild(node.right, true)}`;
+    }
+    if (node.kind === 'unary' && node.op === '~') {
+        const inner = emitLoweredBitwisePy(node.argument, ctx);
+        // `~` binds tighter than every binary bitwise/shift op, so a binary argument
+        // must be parenthesized (e.g. `~(a | b)`).
+        const wrapped = node.argument.kind === 'binary' && node.argument.op in PY_BITWISE_PREC ? `(${inner})` : inner;
+        return `~${wrapped}`;
+    }
+    // Leaf / non-bitwise node — hand back to the main expression emitter.
+    return emitPyExprCtx(node, ctx);
+}
+/**
+ * Slice 6 — emit a binary bitwise/shift op `a <op> b` (op ∈ `| & ^ << >>`) on
+ * the slice-0.75 ToInt32 substrate, per the S6 emission contract:
+ *
+ *   a | b   ->  _kern_to_int32(_kern_to_int32(a) | _kern_to_int32(b))
+ *   a << b  ->  _kern_to_int32(_kern_to_int32(a) << (_kern_to_uint32(b) & 31))
+ *
+ * Each operand subexpression appears EXACTLY ONCE, so Python evaluates each side
+ * once, left-to-right — matching JS evaluation-once order with no temporaries.
+ */
+function emitBitwiseShiftPy(op, left, right, ctx) {
+    ctx.helpers.add(KERN_TO_NUMBER_HELPER_PY);
+    const l = `_kern_to_int32(${emitPyExprCtx(left, ctx)})`;
+    if (op === '<<' || op === '>>') {
+        // Shift count: ToUint32 then `& 31`.
+        const count = `(_kern_to_uint32(${emitPyExprCtx(right, ctx)}) & 31)`;
+        return `_kern_to_int32(${l} ${op} ${count})`;
+    }
+    const r = `_kern_to_int32(${emitPyExprCtx(right, ctx)})`;
+    return `_kern_to_int32(${l} ${op} ${r})`;
+}
+/**
+ * Slice 6 — emit `a >>> b` (unsigned/zero-fill right shift):
+ *
+ *   a >>> b  ->  _kern_to_uint32(_kern_to_uint32(a) >> (_kern_to_uint32(b) & 31))
+ *
+ * Both operands are non-negative after `_kern_to_uint32`, so Python's raw `>>`
+ * is zero-fill (it NEVER sign-extends here); the outer `_kern_to_uint32` keeps
+ * the result in the 0..2**32-1 Uint32 codomain. Raw signed `>>` on the original
+ * value would sign-extend and is therefore never used.
+ */
+function emitUnsignedShiftPy(left, right, ctx) {
+    ctx.helpers.add(KERN_TO_NUMBER_HELPER_PY);
+    const l = `_kern_to_uint32(${emitPyExprCtx(left, ctx)})`;
+    const count = `(_kern_to_uint32(${emitPyExprCtx(right, ctx)}) & 31)`;
+    return `_kern_to_uint32(${l} >> ${count})`;
+}
 export function lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node) {
     switch (node.kind) {
         case 'binary': {
             const left = lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node.left);
             const right = lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node.right);
-            if (node.op === '|' || node.op === '&' || node.op === '^' || node.op === '<<' || node.op === '>>') {
-                let rewrittenRight = right;
-                if (node.op === '<<' || node.op === '>>') {
-                    const i32Right = wrapInI32(right);
-                    rewrittenRight = {
-                        kind: 'binary',
-                        op: '&',
-                        left: i32Right,
-                        right: { kind: 'numLit', value: 31, raw: '31' },
-                    };
-                }
-                else {
-                    rewrittenRight = wrapInI32(right);
-                }
-                const i32Left = wrapInI32(left);
-                const bitwiseNode = {
+            // Slice 6 — bitwise / shift on the landed slice-0.75 ToInt32 substrate.
+            // Each operand expression appears EXACTLY ONCE in the lowered form (the
+            // helper call wraps it inline), so Python evaluates each side once,
+            // left-to-right — matching JS evaluation-once order without temporaries.
+            if (node.op === '|' || node.op === '&' || node.op === '^') {
+                // a <op> b  ->  _kern_to_int32(_kern_to_int32(a) <op> _kern_to_int32(b))
+                return wrapInToInt32({ kind: 'binary', op: node.op, left: wrapInToInt32(left), right: wrapInToInt32(right) });
+            }
+            if (node.op === '<<' || node.op === '>>') {
+                // a <op> b  ->  _kern_to_int32(_kern_to_int32(a) <op> (_kern_to_uint32(b) & 31))
+                return wrapInToInt32({
                     kind: 'binary',
                     op: node.op,
-                    left: i32Left,
-                    right: rewrittenRight,
-                };
-                return wrapInI32(bitwiseNode);
+                    left: wrapInToInt32(left),
+                    right: maskShiftCount(right),
+                });
+            }
+            if (node.op === '>>>') {
+                // a >>> b  ->  _kern_to_uint32(_kern_to_uint32(a) >> (_kern_to_uint32(b) & 31))
+                // Both operands are non-negative after _kern_to_uint32, so Python's raw
+                // `>>` is zero-fill (NEVER sign-extends); the outer _kern_to_uint32 keeps
+                // the result in the 0..2**32-1 Uint32 codomain.
+                return wrapInToUint32({
+                    kind: 'binary',
+                    op: '>>',
+                    left: wrapInToUint32(left),
+                    right: maskShiftCount(right),
+                });
             }
-            else if (node.op === '%') {
+            if (node.op === '%') {
                 return {
                     kind: 'call',
                     callee: { kind: 'ident', name: '_tmod' },
@@ -3097,13 +4085,8 @@ export function lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node) {
         case 'unary': {
             const argument = lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node.argument);
             if (node.op === '~') {
-                const i32Arg = wrapInI32(argument);
-                const unaryNode = {
-                    kind: 'unary',
-                    op: '~',
-                    argument: i32Arg,
-                };
-                return wrapInI32(unaryNode);
+                // ~a  ->  _kern_to_int32(~_kern_to_int32(a))
+                return wrapInToInt32({ kind: 'unary', op: '~', argument: wrapInToInt32(argument) });
             }
             return { ...node, argument };
         }
@@ -3156,20 +4139,32 @@ export function lowerBitwiseAndModuloAST(node) {
             return node;
     }
 }
-function wrapInI32(node) {
+/** Slice 6 — wrap `node` in a `_kern_to_int32(...)` call (the landed slice-0.75
+ *  ToInt32 helper). Emits the operator-level coercion the S6 contract mandates. */
+function wrapInToInt32(node) {
+    return { kind: 'call', callee: { kind: 'ident', name: '_kern_to_int32' }, args: [node], optional: false };
+}
+/** Slice 6 — wrap `node` in a `_kern_to_uint32(...)` call (slice-0.75 ToUint32). */
+function wrapInToUint32(node) {
+    return { kind: 'call', callee: { kind: 'ident', name: '_kern_to_uint32' }, args: [node], optional: false };
+}
+/** Slice 6 — JS masks every shift count with `& 31` after ToUint32. Emits
+ *  `(_kern_to_uint32(count) & 31)`. The `count` subexpression appears once. */
+function maskShiftCount(count) {
     return {
-        kind: 'call',
-        callee: { kind: 'ident', name: '_i32' },
-        args: [node],
-        optional: false,
+        kind: 'binary',
+        op: '&',
+        left: wrapInToUint32(count),
+        right: { kind: 'numLit', value: 31, raw: '31' },
     };
 }
 export function registerHelpers(node, ctx) {
     switch (node.kind) {
         case 'call':
             if (node.callee.kind === 'ident') {
-                if (node.callee.name === '_i32') {
-                    ctx.helpers.add(KERN_I32_HELPER_PY);
+                if (node.callee.name === '_kern_to_int32' || node.callee.name === '_kern_to_uint32') {
+                    // Slice 6 — both helpers live in the single slice-0.75 helper block.
+                    ctx.helpers.add(KERN_TO_NUMBER_HELPER_PY);
                 }
                 else if (node.callee.name === '_tmod') {
                     ctx.helpers.add(KERN_TMOD_HELPER_PY);
@@ -3255,7 +4250,7 @@ function emitExpressionV1Py(node, ctx) {
     if (exprSource === undefined || exprSource === '') {
         throw new Error('body-statement `expression-v1` requires `expr=`.');
     }
-    const exprIR = parseExpression(exprSource);
+    const exprIR = parseExpr(exprSource);
     declareLocalBinding(ctx, userName, 'const');
     const name = maybeRenameOnShadow(ctx, userName);
     setRegexBinding(ctx, userName, exprIR.kind === 'regexLit' ? exprIR : null);