eyeprolog 1.3.53 → 1.3.54

package/README.md

@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ expansion/`phrase/2-3`; it also removes the EyeProlog `occurs_check` flag,
 Normal mode is unchanged and continues to support modules, DCGs, quads,
 libraries, proofs, cleanup-aware control, and the other documented extensions.
 
-Strict mode also makes the Part 1 processor-character-set choice explicit: its
-PCS is 7-bit ASCII (U+0000..U+007F), C0 controls and DEL are classified as
-extended layout characters, and the collating-sequence integer of each
-character is its ASCII code. Characters or character codes outside that set
-raise representation errors in strict parsing and character operations. Normal
-mode retains Unicode scalar character data as an implementation-specific
-extension.
+The Part 1 processor character set is an implementation-defined processor
+choice, so strict mode does not replace it with a smaller repertoire. EyeProlog
+uses Unicode scalar values as its PCS in both normal and strict profiles, with
+the Unicode scalar value as the collating-sequence integer. ASCII keeps the
+standard lexical classes; extended Unicode letters participate in unquoted name
+syntax and other non-ASCII symbols are treated as extended graphic characters.
+Surrogates and values above U+10FFFF remain representation errors.
 
 Strict term I/O likewise keeps the standardized option boundary: `read_term/2-3`
 and `write_term/2-3` accept the Part 1 plus Corrigendum 3 options, while the

package/package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
-  "version": "1.3.53",
+  "version": "1.3.54",
   "description": "EyeProlog turns facts and rules into answers and proofs.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./index.js",

package/src/iso-arithmetic.js

@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ function evaluate(term, env, options = {}) {
     // arguments before selecting an implementation-dependent evaluation order.
     const operands = term.args.map((arg) => deref(arg, env));
     if (operands.some((arg) => arg.type === VAR)) throw new PrologError('instantiation_error');
-    args = operands.map((arg) => evaluateOperand(term, arg, env, options));
+    // Once the direct-variable precedence is satisfied, each operand is
+    // itself an expression. An atom such as foo therefore fails as the
+    // non-evaluable functor foo/0 (7.9.2(c)); it is not a numeric value that
+    // can subsequently trigger type_error(number,...). STC #69 corrects the
+    // misleading 9.1.7 example accordingly.
+    args = operands.map((arg) => evaluate(arg, env, options));
   } else {
     // Preserve the normal EyeProlog profile's established left-to-right
     // evaluator and diagnostics; the stricter prescribed errors belong to
@@ -51,38 +56,6 @@ function evaluate(term, env, options = {}) {
   return evaluateOperation(term, args, options);
 }
 
-function evaluatesAtomDirectly(term, options) {
-  return term.type === ATOM && (term.name === 'pi' || (term.name === 'e' && options.isoStrict !== true));
-}
-
-function directOperandType(term) {
-  const name = term.name;
-  const arity = term.arity;
-  if ((arity === 1 && name === '\\') ||
-      (arity === 2 && ['>>', '<<', '/\\', '\\/', 'xor'].includes(name))) return 'integer';
-
-  if ((arity === 1 && ['+', '-', 'abs', 'sign', 'float', 'truncate', 'round', 'ceiling', 'floor',
-    'float_integer_part', 'float_fractional_part', 'sin', 'cos', 'atan', 'asin', 'acos', 'tan',
-    'exp', 'log', 'sqrt'].includes(name)) ||
-      (arity === 2 && ['+', '-', '*', '/', '//', 'div', 'mod', 'rem', '**', '^', 'max', 'min', 'atan2'].includes(name))) {
-    return 'number';
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
-function evaluateOperand(parent, operand, env, options) {
-  // The arithmetic-functor error clauses use the offending operand as the
-  // culprit when an atomic operand is not numeric (e.g. +(foo,77),
-  // truncate(foo), and the bitwise families).  A nested compound still goes
-  // through ordinary expression evaluation so an unknown nested F/N retains
-  // type_error(evaluable,F/N).
-  if (operand.type === ATOM && !evaluatesAtomDirectly(operand, options)) {
-    const expected = directOperandType(parent);
-    if (expected) throw new PrologError(`type_error(${expected})`, operand);
-  }
-  return evaluate(operand, env, options);
-}
-
 function evaluateOperation(term, args, options = {}) {
   const name = term.name;
   const arity = term.arity;

package/src/iso-character.js

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-// ISO/IEC 13211-1 processor-character-set choices used by --iso-strict.
+// ISO/IEC 13211-1 processor-character-set choices used by EyeProlog.
 //
-// EyeProlog's strict Part 1 profile deliberately chooses a finite PCS so every
-// accepted character has one documented lexical classification and one stable
-// collating-sequence integer. Normal mode keeps the broader Unicode surface as
-// an implementation-specific extension.
+// The PCS is implementation defined (6.5), so --iso-strict must not replace
+// the processor's ordinary character repertoire with a smaller one. EyeProlog
+// uses Unicode scalar values in both normal and strict profiles. Strict mode
+// still rejects implementation-specific language features; it does not alter
+// implementation-defined character-set choices.
 
 export class CharacterRepresentationError extends Error {
   constructor(formal = 'representation_error(character)') {
@@ -13,13 +14,9 @@ export class CharacterRepresentationError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
-// Strict PCS: the 128 ASCII characters U+0000..U+007F. Printable ASCII
-// carries the Part 1 lexical classes; the remaining C0 controls plus DEL are
-// implementation-defined extended layout characters. This lets every ISO
-// octal/hexadecimal character escape in the ASCII range denote a PCS member.
-// The collating-sequence integer is the Unicode/ASCII code point.
 export function isStrictIsoPcsCodePoint(code) {
-  return Number.isInteger(code) && code >= 0 && code <= 0x7f;
+  return Number.isInteger(code) && code >= 0 && code <= 0x10ffff &&
+    !(code >= 0xd800 && code <= 0xdfff);
 }
 
 export function isStrictIsoPcsCharacter(character) {
@@ -27,6 +24,7 @@ export function isStrictIsoPcsCharacter(character) {
   return isStrictIsoPcsCodePoint(character.codePointAt(0));
 }
 
+// EyeProlog chooses the Unicode scalar value as the collating-sequence integer.
 export function strictIsoCollatingInteger(character) {
   return isStrictIsoPcsCharacter(character) ? character.codePointAt(0) : null;
 }

package/src/iso.js

@@ -1352,9 +1352,10 @@ function* termTextCandidates(stream, solver) {
   let quote = null, lineComment = false, blockComment = false;
   for (let i = stream.position; i < source.length; i++) {
     const ch = source[i], next = source[i + 1];
-    if (solver.isoStrict && !isStrictIsoPcsCodePoint(ch.charCodeAt(0))) {
-      throw new PrologError('representation_error(character)');
-    }
+    // The PCS is shared by normal and strict modes (issue #67). UTF-16
+    // source indexing here must not reject one half of a supplementary scalar.
+    // Character/code predicates validate scalar boundaries where a character
+    // value is actually required.
     // Text streams preserve invalid UTF-8 bytes as an impossible Unicode
     // sentinel.  read/1-2 and read_term/2-3 must surface the same character
     // representation error as get_char/1-2 instead of misclassifying the

package/src/parser.js

@@ -35,12 +35,27 @@ const TOK = {
 };
 
 function isWhitespaceCode(code) {
-  // EyeProlog classifies ASCII C0 controls and DEL as layout characters. In
-  // strict mode these are the implementation-defined extended-layout members
-  // of the ASCII processor character set.
   return (code >= 0 && code <= 32) || code === 127;
 }
 
+function isWhitespaceCharacter(character) {
+  if (!character) return false;
+  const code = character.charCodeAt(0);
+  return isWhitespaceCode(code) || /\p{White_Space}/u.test(character);
+}
+
+function isUnicodeUpperCharacter(character) {
+  return Boolean(character) && /[\p{Lu}\p{Lt}]/u.test(character);
+}
+
+function isUnicodeLetterCharacter(character) {
+  return Boolean(character) && /\p{L}/u.test(character);
+}
+
+function isUnicodeNameContinueCharacter(character) {
+  return Boolean(character) && /[\p{L}\p{M}\p{Nd}]/u.test(character);
+}
+
 function isDigitCode(code) {
   return code >= 48 && code <= 57;
 }
@@ -53,13 +68,22 @@ function isNameContinueCode(code) {
   return code === 95 || isAsciiLetterCode(code) || isDigitCode(code);
 }
 
+function isNameContinueCharacter(character) {
+  return Boolean(character) && (isNameContinueCode(character.charCodeAt(0)) ||
+    isUnicodeNameContinueCharacter(character));
+}
 
-function isVariableStartCode(code) {
-  return code === 95 || (code >= 65 && code <= 90);
+function isVariableStartCharacter(character) {
+  if (!character) return false;
+  const code = character.charCodeAt(0);
+  return code === 95 || (code >= 65 && code <= 90) || isUnicodeUpperCharacter(character);
 }
 
-function isPlainAtomStartCode(code) {
-  return code >= 97 && code <= 122;
+function isPlainAtomStartCharacter(character) {
+  if (!character) return false;
+  const code = character.charCodeAt(0);
+  return (code >= 97 && code <= 122) ||
+    (isUnicodeLetterCharacter(character) && !isUnicodeUpperCharacter(character));
 }
 
 const graphicAtomChars = '#$&*+-./<=>?@^~\\:';
@@ -161,6 +185,19 @@ function isGraphicAtomCode(code) {
   return graphicAtomChars.includes(String.fromCharCode(code));
 }
 
+function isGraphicAtomCharacter(character) {
+  if (!character) return false;
+  const code = character.charCodeAt(0);
+  if (isGraphicAtomCode(code)) return true;
+  if (code <= 0x7f || isWhitespaceCharacter(character) ||
+      isUnicodeNameContinueCharacter(character)) return false;
+  // Non-ASCII symbols/punctuation are EyeProlog extended graphic characters.
+  // Surrogate code units are kept together by the maximal-token scan, so a
+  // supplementary scalar remains one atom spelling even though source offsets
+  // are UTF-16 based.
+  return true;
+}
+
 function defineParserOperator(state, priority, specifier, name) {
   const strength = operatorStrength(priority);
   if (['xfx', 'xfy', 'yfx'].includes(specifier)) {
@@ -237,11 +274,10 @@ class Parser {
     return this.parserFlagState.charConversions.get(character) ?? character;
   }
   rawPeek(offset = 0) {
-    const ch = this.source[this.pos + offset] ?? '';
-    if (this.strictIso && ch && !isStrictIsoPcsCodePoint(ch.charCodeAt(0))) {
-      throw new CharacterRepresentationError();
-    }
-    return ch;
+    // The processor character set is an implementation-defined processor
+    // choice, shared by normal and strict profiles. Do not narrow it merely
+    // because ISO conformance checking is enabled (issue #67).
+    return this.source[this.pos + offset] ?? '';
   }
   rawTake() {
     const ch = this.rawPeek();
@@ -367,7 +403,7 @@ class Parser {
     while (true) {
       while (this.rawPeek()) {
         const ch = this.peek();
-        if (!isWhitespaceCode(ch.charCodeAt(0))) break;
+        if (!isWhitespaceCharacter(ch)) break;
         this.take();
       }
       if (this.peek() === '%') {
@@ -461,7 +497,7 @@ class Parser {
     if (ch === '.' && !this.terminatingFullStop()) {
       const start = this.pos;
       this.take();
-      while (isGraphicAtomCode(this.peek().charCodeAt(0)) &&
+      while (isGraphicAtomCharacter(this.peek()) &&
              !this.terminatingFullStop()) this.take();
       return { type: TOK.ATOM, text: this.convertedSlice(start, this.pos), line };
     }
@@ -627,25 +663,25 @@ class Parser {
       return { type: TOK.NUMBER, text, line };
     }
 
-    if (isVariableStartCode(ch.charCodeAt(0))) {
+    if (isVariableStartCharacter(ch)) {
       const start = this.pos;
       this.take();
-      while (isNameContinueCode(this.peek().charCodeAt(0))) this.take();
+      while (isNameContinueCharacter(this.peek())) this.take();
       const text = this.convertedSlice(start, this.pos);
       return { type: TOK.VAR, text, line };
     }
 
-    if (isPlainAtomStartCode(ch.charCodeAt(0))) {
+    if (isPlainAtomStartCharacter(ch)) {
       const start = this.pos;
       this.take();
-      while (isNameContinueCode(this.peek().charCodeAt(0))) this.take();
+      while (isNameContinueCharacter(this.peek())) this.take();
       return { type: TOK.ATOM, text: this.convertedSlice(start, this.pos), line };
     }
 
-    if (isGraphicAtomCode(ch.charCodeAt(0))) {
+    if (isGraphicAtomCharacter(ch)) {
       const start = this.pos;
       this.take();
-      while (isGraphicAtomCode(this.peek().charCodeAt(0)) &&
+      while (isGraphicAtomCharacter(this.peek()) &&
              !this.terminatingFullStop()) this.take();
       return { type: TOK.ATOM, text: this.convertedSlice(start, this.pos), line };
     }

package/src/term.js

@@ -664,6 +664,19 @@ export function variantTerms(left, leftEnv, right, rightEnv, pairs = new Map(),
   return true;
 }
 
+
+function compareCharacterText(left, right) {
+  const a = Array.from(left);
+  const b = Array.from(right);
+  const length = Math.min(a.length, b.length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    const ac = a[i].codePointAt(0);
+    const bc = b[i].codePointAt(0);
+    if (ac !== bc) return ac < bc ? -1 : 1;
+  }
+  return a.length < b.length ? -1 : a.length > b.length ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 export function compareTerms(left, right, variableRanks = null) {
   // ISO 7.2.1 deliberately leaves the order of distinct variables
   // implementation dependent.  Do not attach a permanent ordinal to a
@@ -703,9 +716,9 @@ function compareTermsWithRanks(left, right, variableRanks) {
     const rightOrder = variableRank(right.name, variableRanks);
     return leftOrder < rightOrder ? -1 : 1;
   }
-  if (left.type === ATOM || left.type === STRING) return left.name < right.name ? -1 : left.name > right.name ? 1 : 0;
+  if (left.type === ATOM || left.type === STRING) return compareCharacterText(left.name, right.name);
   if (left.arity !== right.arity) return left.arity < right.arity ? -1 : 1;
-  if (left.name !== right.name) return left.name < right.name ? -1 : 1;
+  if (left.name !== right.name) return compareCharacterText(left.name, right.name);
   for (let i = 0; i < left.arity; i++) {
     const cmp = compareTermsWithRanks(left.args[i], right.args[i], variableRanks);
     if (cmp) return cmp;

package/test/conformance/ISO-COMPLIANCE.md

@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ error-ordering alternative to an individual executable assertion.
 
 | Standard area | Status | Current evidence |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| Clause 6 — tokens, terms, lists, operators, quoted text | audit | Complete vendored WG17 syntax matrix, `lexical_and_curly_terms`, `scryer_lexical_terms`, operator suites, syntax-error cases, quoted-layout/escape error cases, writer/read-back regressions, and strict ASCII PCS/collation boundary tests. The implementation-defined 6.5/6.6 character-model decisions are now closed; wider shall-by-shall lexical mapping remains open. |
+| Clause 6 — tokens, terms, lists, operators, quoted text | audit | Complete vendored WG17 syntax matrix, `lexical_and_curly_terms`, `scryer_lexical_terms`, operator suites, syntax-error cases, quoted-layout/escape error cases, writer/read-back regressions, and Unicode-scalar PCS/collation boundary tests. The implementation-defined 6.5/6.6 character-model decisions are now closed; wider shall-by-shall lexical mapping remains open. |
 | 7.1-7.3 — term types, term order, unification | audit | Standard-order, identity, finite-tree and occurs-check suites, Corrigendum 2 term predicates, plus strict checks for the required `variable < float < integer < atom < compound` type order, PCS-based atom collation, and the `max_arity=unbounded` compound-term model. |
 | 7.4 — Prolog text and directives | audit | All Part 1 directive indicators are parsed; include/ensure-loaded/operator/flag/character-conversion behavior has executable coverage. Preparation-time `char_conversion/2` affects later unquoted source text and respects `char_conversion=off`. Strict preparation now enforces declaration-before-clause ordering for `dynamic/1`, `multifile/1`, and `discontiguous/1`, cross-text `multifile/1`, discontiguous clause grouping, empty declared procedures, include textual-replacement behavior, and one-time initialization per prepared program. The remaining shall-by-shall mapping is still open. |
 | 7.5-7.6 — database and term/clause conversion | audit | Dynamic database and logical-update-view suites. Strict mode restores Part 1 private-static/public-dynamic `clause/2` access; focused strict checks now cover `current_predicate/1`, `clause/2`, `asserta/1`, `assertz/1`, `retract/1`, Corrigendum 2 `retractall/1`, and `abolish/1` errors plus empty-procedure lifetime. Runtime protection includes the solver-native conjunction control construct `','/2` and, following STC #56's accepted-direction action item, the source syntax functors `(:-)/1-2` for database modification/private access while leaving their call behavior distinct. The remaining clause-conversion shall-by-shall mapping is still open. |
 | 7.7 — execution and backtracking | audit | Control/search suites. Strict mode disables EyeProlog automatic tabling, cycle guards, and recursive numeric shortcuts so core execution uses ordinary clause selection/backtracking. |
 | 7.8 — control constructs and exceptions | audit | call, cut, conjunction, disjunction (including failed branches after callee-local cuts), if-then, catch/throw, renamed-copy tests. |
-| 7.9 — expression evaluation | audit | Arithmetic/evaluation/error suites, including Corrigenda. Strict mode now pins direct-variable precedence, arithmetic operand type errors, float-only rounding conversions, the Part 1 mixed integer/float comparison conversion rule, I->F overflow before floating evaluable functors (STC #42), explicit `exp/1`/power underflow, and prescribed negative/zero power errors before later conversion overflow. Unbounded integer powers/shifts no longer leak host `RangeError`; finite-host exhaustion is normalized to `resource_error(memory)` in line with the Part 1 resource-error note and STC #21. The remaining exceptional-value/error-precedence rows are still being exhaustively enumerated. |
+| 7.9 — expression evaluation | audit | Arithmetic/evaluation/error suites, including Corrigenda. Strict mode now pins direct-variable precedence, 7.9.2 non-evaluable `F/N` errors (including STC #69), arithmetic numeric/integer type errors, float-only rounding conversions, the Part 1 mixed integer/float comparison conversion rule, I->F overflow before floating evaluable functors (STC #42), explicit `exp/1`/power underflow, and prescribed negative/zero power errors before later conversion overflow. Unbounded integer powers/shifts no longer leak host `RangeError`; finite-host exhaustion is normalized to `resource_error(memory)` in line with the Part 1 resource-error note and STC #21. The remaining exceptional-value/error-precedence rows are still being exhaustively enumerated. |
 | 7.10 — input/output concepts | audit | Stream, character/byte I/O, read/write options, operator-sensitive write-back, and Corrigendum 3 writer cases. The audit now also covers write-mode creation/truncation, append creation, repositioned overwrite, flushing, EOF actions, close/current-stream handling, strict stream-position terms, stream-property validation, stream-term requirements, text-vs-binary permission errors, and the prescribed `alias(A)` culprit for `open/4` alias collisions. The full option/mode cross-product is still being mapped. |
-| 7.11 — flags | covered | The complete Part 1 flag set, selected defaults, standard value domains, changeability, `current_prolog_flag/2`, and `set_prolog_flag/2` error behavior have dedicated strict tests. EyeProlog selects `bounded=false` and `integer_rounding_function=toward_zero`; valid alternative values of those fixed flags reach `permission_error(modify,flag,...)`, while `max_integer` and `min_integer` have no current value. Strict mode excludes the EyeProlog `occurs_check` extension. |
+| 7.11 — flags | covered | The complete Part 1 flag set, selected defaults, standard value domains, changeability, `current_prolog_flag/2`, and `set_prolog_flag/2` error behavior have dedicated strict tests. EyeProlog selects `bounded=false` and `integer_rounding_function=toward_zero`; valid alternative values of those fixed flags reach `permission_error(modify,flag,...)`, while `max_integer` and `min_integer` have no current value. STC #70 is recorded explicitly: EyeProlog has no separate finite procedure-arity ceiling, so the optional `max_procedure_arity` flag is absent while `max_arity` remains `unbounded`. Strict mode excludes the EyeProlog `occurs_check` extension. |
 | 7.12 — errors | audit | ISO `error(Error, Context)` envelope, type/domain/permission/representation/evaluation/syntax/resource families and focused error cases. Exact ISO 8.14.1-8.14.4 error precedence is covered for `read_term/3`, `write_term/3`, `op/3`, and `current_op/3`; the continuing audit has corrected additional 8.11-8.13 stream/character/byte errors (including the complete `alias(A)` culprit for `open/4` alias collisions), Corrigendum 2 `keysort/2` errors, atomic-conversion list-shape precedence, `arg/3`, `atom_concat/3`, `sub_atom/5`, `char_conversion/2`, runtime control-construct/database protection, arithmetic culprit/precedence reporting, and host-resource normalization for unbounded term/integer operations. A complete one-row-per-prescribed-error ordering map remains open. |
 | 8.2-8.17 — built-in predicates | audit | Predicate-family coverage is mapped in ISO-MATRIX.md; Corrigendum 2 additions (`subsumes_term/2`, `term_variables/2`, `call/2..8`, `false/0`) are in the strict registry. The audit now includes corrected `keysort/2` variable/non-pair errors, stricter 8.11-8.13 stream and character/byte modes/errors, the 8.14 option/error-order subfamily, closed 8.17 flags, additional prescribed precedence for `arg/3`, `atom_concat/3`, `sub_atom/5`, number/atom list conversions, and `char_conversion/2`, plus finite-host resource handling for unbounded `functor/3` construction. The remaining mode/error matrix is not yet one-row-per-standard-row. |
-| Clause 9 — evaluable functors | audit | Integer/float/rounding/transcendental/bitwise suites and corrigendum cases. Strict mode excludes the EyeProlog-only evaluable atom `e`, retains Corrigendum 2 arithmetic additions, reports unknown zero-arity evaluables with the required `F/0` culprit shape, enforces the Part 1 numeric/integer operand errors and float-only rounding modes, performs I->F conversion before floating functors (including overflow), reports the explicit `exp/1`, `**/2`, and Corrigendum 2 `^/2` underflow conditions, preserves the power-specific undefined conditions ahead of conversion overflow, and uses the Part 1 integer-to-float rule for mixed arithmetic comparisons. Normal mode retains EyeProlog's exact mixed-type comparison and round-to-zero arithmetic behavior as extensions. Unbounded BigInt resource exhaustion is translated into the Prolog error model rather than leaking host exceptions. Host floating-point representation choices remain documented implementation-defined behavior; the remaining exceptional-value rows are still under audit. |
+| Clause 9 — evaluable functors | audit | Integer/float/rounding/transcendental/bitwise suites and corrigendum cases. Strict mode excludes the EyeProlog-only evaluable atom `e`, retains Corrigendum 2 arithmetic additions, reports unknown zero-arity evaluables with the required `F/0` culprit shape, distinguishes non-evaluable `F/N` errors from numeric/integer operand errors per 7.9.2 and STC #69, and enforces float-only rounding modes, performs I->F conversion before floating functors (including overflow), reports the explicit `exp/1`, `**/2`, and Corrigendum 2 `^/2` underflow conditions, preserves the power-specific undefined conditions ahead of conversion overflow, and uses the Part 1 integer-to-float rule for mixed arithmetic comparisons. Normal mode retains EyeProlog's exact mixed-type comparison and round-to-zero arithmetic behavior as extensions. Unbounded BigInt resource exhaustion is translated into the Prolog error model rather than leaking host exceptions. Host floating-point representation choices remain documented implementation-defined behavior; the remaining exceptional-value rows are still under audit. |
 | Corrigendum 1 | covered | Double-quoted atom/operator-priority corrections have dedicated cases. |
 | Corrigendum 2 | covered | Added predicates/functors, catch corrections, bar/operator and uninstantiation corrections have dedicated cases. |
 | Corrigendum 3 | covered | Writer options, `variable_names/1`, canonical list output and negative-power corrections have dedicated cases. |
@@ -59,15 +59,16 @@ conformance claims:
   when the `char_conversion` flag is `on`, leaves quoted characters unchanged,
   and feeds the same mapping into execution-time term input.
 
-A follow-on audit closes the processor-character-set/collation choices rather
-than leaving them implicit. `--iso-strict` now selects the 128-character ASCII
-PCS U+0000..U+007F, classifies C0 controls and DEL as extended layout
-characters, and uses the code point itself as each collating-sequence integer.
-Characters/codes outside that PCS raise representation errors in strict
-parsing, term input, character conversion, and character-code predicates. The
-normal profile retains Unicode scalar character data as an explicit extension.
-The complete WG17 syntax matrix remains green under this narrower strict
-boundary.
+A follow-on audit made the processor-character-set/collation choices explicit.
+Issue #67 then corrected an over-strict interpretation: because PCS membership
+and extended-character classification are implementation defined by Part 1,
+`--iso-strict` must not replace EyeProlog's ordinary processor choice. Both
+profiles now use Unicode scalar values as PCS members and collating integers;
+Unicode letters/white-space/graphics receive documented extended lexical
+classes, while surrogates and values above U+10FFFF remain representation
+errors. Strict mode continues to reject implementation-specific facilities
+without changing these implementation-defined character choices. The complete
+WG17 syntax matrix remains a release gate.
 
 
 The subsequent arity audit originally selected a finite `max_arity=65535`, but

package/test/conformance/ISO-IMPLEMENTATION-DEFINED.md

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ Status values are:
 | Clause | Decision completed by ISO 5.4 documentation | EyeProlog choice | Status / implementation evidence |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | 5.5.11 | Reserved atoms and the effect of instantiating a variable to one | EyeProlog reserves no Prolog atom under 5.5.11. Atoms with implementation-looking names remain ordinary terms unless a particular predicate interprets them. | **defined** — term representation and built-ins in `src/term.js`, `src/iso.js`. |
-| 6.5 | Processor character set (PCS) | In `--iso-strict`, PCS is the 128-character 7-bit ASCII set U+0000..U+007F. Normal mode additionally accepts Unicode scalar values in character data as an implementation-specific extension. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, strict parser/character-I/O guards, and strict-core/WG17 coverage. |
-| 6.5 | Classification of additional/extended PCS characters | Printable ASCII uses the lexical classes specified by Part 1. ASCII C0 controls U+0000..U+001F and DEL U+007F are EyeProlog's extended **layout** characters; they may therefore separate tokens, while quoted control values are written/read through the ISO escape forms. No non-ASCII character belongs to strict PCS. | **defined** — `src/parser.js`, `src/syntax-scan.js`, `src/iso-character.js`. |
-| 6.6 | Collating-sequence integers | In strict mode each PCS character's collating-sequence integer is its ASCII/Unicode code point, 0..127. Atom comparison is lexicographic by the same code-unit values, which coincide with those integers throughout strict PCS and satisfy the required capital-letter, small-letter, and decimal-digit constraints. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, `src/term.js` (`compareTerms`), `src/iso.js` character-code predicates. |
-| 6.6 | Collating values of control escapes and extended characters | Strict control/extended-layout characters use their ASCII code point as collating integer, so octal/hexadecimal escapes and character-code constants map to the same 0..127 PCS. Normal-mode Unicode character codes use Unicode scalar values; that broader ordering is outside the strict Part 1 profile. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, parser escape handling, `char_code/2`, `atom_codes/2`, and WG17 escape cases. |
+| 6.5 | Processor character set (PCS) | EyeProlog's PCS is the Unicode scalar repertoire U+0000..U+10FFFF excluding surrogates. This implementation-defined processor choice is shared by normal and `--iso-strict` modes; strict conformance does not narrow it. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, parser/character-I/O validation, and strict-core/WG17 coverage. |
+| 6.5 | Classification of additional/extended PCS characters | Printable ASCII uses the lexical classes specified by Part 1. C0 controls and DEL are extended layout characters. Non-ASCII Unicode letters extend alphanumeric name syntax; Unicode white-space is layout; remaining non-ASCII symbols/punctuation are extended graphic characters. | **defined** — `src/parser.js`, `src/syntax-scan.js`, `src/iso-character.js`. |
+| 6.6 | Collating-sequence integers | Each PCS character's collating-sequence integer is its Unicode scalar value. Atom/functor comparison is lexicographic by those scalar integers, satisfying the required monotonic ASCII capital-letter, small-letter, and contiguous decimal-digit constraints while remaining well-defined for supplementary characters. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, `src/term.js` (`compareTerms`), `src/iso.js` character-code predicates. |
+| 6.6 | Collating values of control escapes and extended characters | Control escapes, octal/hexadecimal escapes, character-code constants, and extended Unicode characters all use the denoted Unicode scalar value as collating integer. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, parser escape handling, `char_code/2`, `atom_codes/2`, and WG17 escape cases. |
 | 7.1.2.2 | Mapping between a character code and bytes | Text file streams decode and encode UTF-8. Binary streams expose bytes 0..255 directly. | **defined** — `src/io.js`. |
-| 7.1.4.1 | Set `C` of characters represented by one-char atoms | In strict mode `C` is exactly the ASCII PCS U+0000..U+007F. Normal mode extends character predicates to Unicode scalar values U+0000..U+10FFFF excluding surrogates. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, `src/iso.js` character-code validation. |
+| 7.1.4.1 | Set `C` of characters represented by one-char atoms | In both profiles `C` is the Unicode scalar repertoire U+0000..U+10FFFF excluding surrogates. | **defined** — `src/iso-character.js`, `src/iso.js` character-code validation. |
 | 7.4.2.4 | Whether `op/3` directives affect other Prolog texts or execution | An `op/3` directive changes parsing of subsequent text loaded into the same `Program`; the resulting operator table is also used by execution-time term I/O. Separately created `Program` objects are independent. | **defined** — `src/parser.js`, `src/program.js`, `src/iso.js`. |
 | 7.4.2.5 | Whether directive-created `Convc` affects other text/execution | Yes. A `char_conversion/2` directive updates preparation-time conversion for later unquoted source characters and the recorded mapping initializes execution-time term input. Quoted characters are not converted; `char_conversion=off` disables following preparation-time conversion. | **defined** — `src/parser.js`, `src/program.js`, `src/solver.js`; strict-core regression coverage. |
 | 7.4.2.6 | Order of `initialization/1` goals | Initialization goals run once per prepared `Program`, in source/inclusion order, before requested goals; each must obtain a first solution. Reusing the same prepared program in another solver does not execute its initialization goals again. | **defined** — `Program.initializations`, preparation state, `Solver.runInitializations()`. |
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Status values are:
 | 7.11.2.3 | Default `max_arity` | `unbounded`: EyeProlog imposes no fixed semantic ceiling on compound-term arity. Practical host allocation exhaustion is a resource condition. This flag is distinct from any potential implementation-specific procedure-arity limit; EyeProlog currently declares no separate finite procedure limit. | **defined** — `src/iso-limits.js`, `src/solver.js`, `src/parser.js`, `src/iso.js`; issue #66 regression coverage. |
 | 7.11.2.5 | Default `double_quotes` | `chars`. | **defined** — `src/solver.js`, parser flag state. |
 | 7.12.1 | Second argument of `error/2` | The default context term is the atom `eyeprolog`. A few implementation-specific diagnostics may deliberately supply a more specific context term. | **defined** — `formalErrorTerm()` in `src/iso.js`. |
-| 7.12.2(f) | Implementation-defined representation limits | Strict character and character-code operations are limited to the selected ASCII PCS/collating integers 0..127. Normal mode extends characters to Unicode scalar values. Arity/integer values are modeled as unbounded but may hit host/resource limits. Float input overflow uses the implementation-specific `max_float`/`min_float` representation names documented by the STC-oriented tests. | **defined** — parser/ISO numeric and character guards. |
+| 7.12.2(f) | Implementation-defined representation limits | Character and character-code operations are limited to Unicode scalar values; surrogates and values above U+10FFFF are representation errors. Arity/integer values are modeled as unbounded but may hit host/resource limits. Float input overflow uses the implementation-specific `max_float`/`min_float` representation names documented by the STC-oriented tests. | **defined** — parser/ISO numeric and character guards. |
 | 8.17.1 | Implementation-defined flag value ranges | Strict mode exposes only Part 1 core flags and their standard value sets. Normal mode additionally exposes EyeProlog's `occurs_check` flag. With `bounded=false`, `max_integer` and `min_integer` have no current or selectable value and their `current_prolog_flag/2` queries fail. Valid alternative values of fixed standard flags are distinguished from invalid values so `set_prolog_flag/2` reports permission versus domain errors as prescribed. | **defined** — strict registry/flag filtering in `src/solver.js`; strict flag tests. |
 | 8.17.3 | Other effects of `halt/0` | Terminates EyeProlog execution and returns host/process status `0`; it produces no Prolog solution. | **defined** — `HaltSignal`, `haltBuiltin()`, CLI/runner handling. |
 | 8.17.4 | Meaning/effects of `halt(Status)` | Integer `Status` is converted to the host process/runner halt code; it produces no Prolog solution. | **defined** — `haltBuiltin()`, `src/execute.js`, `src/cli.js`. |
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ families; `--iso-strict` is intended to remove their Part 1 interpretation.
 
 | Part 1 extension hook | EyeProlog normal-profile feature | Strict-core disposition |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| 5.5.1 Syntax | Part 2 modules, Part 3 grammar-rule expansion, embedded quad syntax, and normal-mode Unicode character data | Module directives are rejected; grammar rules remain ordinary `-->/2` terms rather than being expanded; quad syntax is rejected; strict character syntax/data is limited to the documented ASCII PCS. |
+| 5.5.1 Syntax | Part 2 modules, Part 3 grammar-rule expansion, and embedded quad syntax | Module directives are rejected; grammar rules remain ordinary `-->/2` terms rather than being expanded; quad syntax is rejected. Unicode PCS membership/classification is implementation defined and therefore shared with normal mode rather than treated as an extension. |
 | 5.5.2 Predefined operators | Part 3 `|` and EyeProlog's labelable infix `(?-)/2`; CLP(Z) operators when that library is imported | Only the Part 1 operator table is predefined; a conforming `op/3` may still add permitted operators. |
 | 5.5.3 Character-conversion mapping | No non-identity initial `Convc` extension | Identity initial mapping. |
 | 5.5.4 Types | No additional runtime Prolog term type is exposed by the core solver | Only variable, integer, float, atom, and compound term ordering participates in strict mode. |

package/test/conformance/ISO-MATRIX.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ compliance audit and the remaining work before a full conformance claim.
 
 | Standard area | Implementation | Representative executable coverage |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| Clause 6 lexical and term syntax | tokenizer, operator parser, lists, curly terms, quotes, numeric syntax, comments, strict ASCII PCS/collation | `scryer_lexical_terms`, `lexical_and_curly_terms`, `double_quoted_lists`, `corrigendum1_double_quote_operator`, `wg17_syntax_high_risk`, `wg17_invalid_octal_escape`, `wg17_unterminated_quoted_token`, `wg17_literal_newline_in_quote`, `wg17_non_iso_escape`, strict PCS/collation tests in `run-iso-strict.mjs`, syntax error cases |
+| Clause 6 lexical and term syntax | tokenizer, operator parser, lists, curly terms, quotes, numeric syntax, comments, Unicode-scalar PCS/collation | `scryer_lexical_terms`, `lexical_and_curly_terms`, `double_quoted_lists`, `corrigendum1_double_quote_operator`, `wg17_syntax_high_risk`, `wg17_invalid_octal_escape`, `wg17_unterminated_quoted_token`, `wg17_literal_newline_in_quote`, `wg17_non_iso_escape`, strict PCS/collation tests in `run-iso-strict.mjs`, syntax error cases |
 | Clause 7 term order and unification | finite-tree unification, identity, standard order, errors | `unification_control_information`, `swipl_occurs_check`, `term_modes_and_ordering`, `logtalk_compare_standard_order` |
 | Clause 7 control and exceptions | call, cut, conjunction, disjunction, if-then-else, catch and throw | `cut_control`, `control_and_terms`, `exceptions_and_flags`, `corrigenda_catch_callability`, `throw_copies_ball` |
 | 8.2-8.5 term predicates | unification, Corrigendum 2 tests, comparison, sorting, creation and decomposition | `corrigenda_term_predicates`, `corrigenda_sort_keysort`, `logtalk_arg_unification`, `logtalk_univ`, associated error cases, Corrigendum 2 `keysort/2` variable/non-pair errors, and strict `arg/3`, `functor/3` / `=../2` error-order plus unbounded-arity/resource checks |

package/test/conformance/README.md

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ identify standards-derived behavior; other directories cover EyeProlog host
 contracts and extensions. EyeProlog-only execution features such as automatic
 tabling and `tnot/1` well-founded negation are outside the Part 1 strict-core
 claim. Their focused semantic coverage lives primarily in regression tests;
-`tnot/1` is absent from the strict ISO registry. The strict processor character
-set is the documented 7-bit ASCII PCS with ASCII-code collation; normal-mode
-Unicode character data is tested as an extension rather than folded into the
-Part 1 claim.
+`tnot/1` is absent from the strict ISO registry. The processor character set is documented as the Unicode scalar repertoire with
+scalar-value collation in both normal and strict profiles; `--iso-strict`
+therefore changes only implementation-specific language facilities, not this
+implementation-defined processor choice.
 
 All conformance files live under topic directories such as `arithmetic/`, `lists/`, `syntax/`, or `variables/`; new top-level numbered files should not be added. The report uses those directories as coverage categories.
 

package/test/conformance/STC-DRAFT-STATUS.md

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ regressions.
 | [#56](https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/iso-prolog/stc#56) | protect `(:-)/1` and `(:-)/2` from database modification | **Found a gap during the #65 audit.** Strict database operations now treat both functors as static/private for `assert*`, `retract*`, `abolish/1`, declarations, and `clause/2`, while ordinary calls still follow the separate procedure-existence behavior described by the STC item. |
 | [#58](https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/iso-prolog/stc#58) | `set_prolog_flag/2` instantiation error | Existing strict/error coverage requires an instantiation error when a required flag value is a variable. |
 | [#67](https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/iso-prolog/stc#67) | `bagof/3` answer-order example | `stc/bagof_answer_order` verifies the proposed clarifying example produces `[2,1]`. |
+| [#68](https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/iso-prolog/stc#68) | division examples | Existing arithmetic coverage evaluates signed integer `/` through the floating operation; no implementation-defined signed-division result is used. |
+| [#69](https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/iso-prolog/stc#69) | arithmetic example culprit | **Found a #65 gap.** Strict expression evaluation now applies 7.9.2(c) to an atomic subexpression such as `foo`: it reports `type_error(evaluable,foo/0)` rather than the misleading `type_error(number,foo)` shown by the old 9.1.7 example. |
+| [#70](https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/iso-prolog/stc#70) | optional `max_procedure_arity` | Reviewed after issue #66 corrected the earlier #71 pointer. EyeProlog has no declared procedure-arity limit smaller than its `max_arity=unbounded` term model, so the implementation-defined optional flag is intentionally absent. |
 | [#73](https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/ulrich/iso-prolog/stc#73) | float-reading limits discussed from issue #54 | Positive/negative literal and `number_chars/2` overflow are kept as explicit draft cases; underflow is tested separately. See the note below. |
 
 ## Float-reading note for #73

package/test/run-iso-strict.mjs

@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ export function runIsoStrict(reporter = new TestReporter()) {
       1, 'large nonexistent predicate indicator');
   });
 
+  reporter.test('does not invent max_procedure_arity without a separate procedure ceiling', () => {
+    // STC #70 makes max_procedure_arity implementation defined and needed
+    // only when a processor has a smaller procedure-arity ceiling. EyeProlog
+    // has no such separate declared ceiling, so the optional flag is absent.
+    equal(capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'current_prolog_flag(max_procedure_arity,_)' })).formal,
+      'domain_error(prolog_flag)', 'STC #70 optional flag absent');
+  });
+
   reporter.test('preparation-time char_conversion affects later unquoted source only', () => {
     const program = Program.parse(
       ":- char_conversion(x,y).\np(x).\nquoted('x').\n:- set_prolog_flag(char_conversion,off).\nraw(x).\n",
@@ -110,18 +118,19 @@ export function runIsoStrict(reporter = new TestReporter()) {
   });
 
 
-  reporter.test('uses a documented 7-bit ASCII processor character set and collation', () => {
+  reporter.test('uses the implementation-defined Unicode scalar PCS and collation', () => {
     const program = Program.parse('', { isoStrict: true });
     const solver = new Solver(program, { isoStrict: true });
     const answers = (text) => [...solver.solve([parseGoalText(text, { isoStrict: true })], new Env(), 0)].length;
     equal(answers("char_code('\\0\\',0)"), 1, 'NUL collating integer');
     equal(answers("char_code('A',65)"), 1, 'A collating integer');
-    equal(answers("char_code('\\177\\',127)"), 1, 'DEL collating integer');
+    equal(answers("char_code('ä',228)"), 1, 'extended Latin character');
+    equal(answers("char_code('😀',128512)"), 1, 'supplementary Unicode scalar');
     equal(answers("'\\0\\' @< 'A'"), 1, 'control before capital');
     equal(answers("'A' @< 'a'"), 1, 'capital before small letter');
+    equal(answers("'\\xe000\\' @< '\\x10000\\'"), 1, 'atom order follows scalar collating integers');
   });
 
-
   reporter.test('follows the Part 1 standard term-type and atom ordering', () => {
     const program = Program.parse('', { isoStrict: true });
     const solver = new Solver(program, { isoStrict: true });
@@ -134,30 +143,38 @@ export function runIsoStrict(reporter = new TestReporter()) {
     equal(answers("'A' @< 'B'"), 1, 'atom collation');
   });
 
-  reporter.test('rejects characters outside the strict processor character set', () => {
-    const sourceError = capture(() => Program.parse("p('é').\n", { isoStrict: true }));
-    equal(sourceError.formal, 'representation_error(character)', 'source representation error');
+  reporter.test('does not narrow implementation-defined character choices in strict mode', () => {
+    const program = Program.parse("p('é').\nä.\n", { isoStrict: true });
+    equal(Boolean(program.findGroup('p', 1)), true, 'quoted extended character in source');
+    equal(Boolean(program.findGroup('ä', 0)), true, 'extended small-letter atom in source');
 
-    const readError = capture(() => run('', {
+    const readResult = run('', {
       isoStrict: true,
-      goal: 'read(X)',
+      goal: "read('é')",
       ioOptions: { input: "'é'." },
-    }));
-    equal(readError.formal, 'representation_error(character)', 'read representation error');
+    });
+    equal(readResult.stats.completed_goal_lists, 1, 'extended character through strict text input');
+
+    const written = run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'writeq("ä")' });
+    includes(written.stdout, 'ä', 'issue #67 writeq example');
   });
 
-  reporter.test('restricts strict character codes to the processor character set', () => {
-    const charCodeError = capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'char_code(_,128)' }));
-    equal(charCodeError.formal, 'representation_error(character_code)', 'char_code/2');
-    const atomCodesError = capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'atom_codes(_, [128])' }));
-    equal(atomCodesError.formal, 'representation_error(character_code)', 'atom_codes/2');
-    const putCodeError = capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'put_code(128)' }));
-    equal(putCodeError.formal, 'representation_error(character_code)', 'put_code/1');
+  reporter.test('restricts character codes only to the Unicode scalar PCS boundary', () => {
+    equal(run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'char_code(_,128)' }).stats.completed_goal_lists, 1,
+      'code 128 is a PCS member');
+    equal(capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'char_code(_,55296)' })).formal,
+      'representation_error(character_code)', 'surrogate is not a scalar');
+    equal(capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'atom_codes(_, [1114112])' })).formal,
+      'representation_error(character_code)', 'above Unicode scalar range');
+    equal(capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: 'put_code(1114112)' })).formal,
+      'representation_error(character_code)', 'put_code/1 above scalar range');
   });
 
-  reporter.test('keeps broader Unicode character handling as a normal-mode extension', () => {
-    const result = run('', { goal: "char_code('é',233)" });
-    equal(result.stdout, "char_code('é', 233).\n", 'normal Unicode char_code/2');
+  reporter.test('uses the same processor character repertoire in normal and strict profiles', () => {
+    const normal = run('', { goal: "char_code('é',233)" });
+    const strict = run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: "char_code('é',233)" });
+    equal(normal.stats.completed_goal_lists, 1, 'normal Unicode char_code/2');
+    equal(strict.stats.completed_goal_lists, 1, 'strict Unicode char_code/2');
   });
 
   reporter.test('keeps the strict write-option surface to Part 1 plus Corrigendum 3', () => {
@@ -282,11 +299,11 @@ export function runIsoStrict(reporter = new TestReporter()) {
 
   reporter.test('follows Part 1 arithmetic type and exceptional errors', () => {
     const cases = [
-      ["X is '+'(foo,77)", 'type_error(number)', 'simple arithmetic atomic operand'],
-      ['X is mod(foo,77)', 'type_error(number)', 'integer arithmetic non-number operand'],
+      ["X is '+'(foo,77)", 'type_error(evaluable)', 'STC #69 simple arithmetic atom is foo/0'],
+      ['X is mod(foo,77)', 'type_error(evaluable)', 'integer arithmetic atom is non-evaluable'],
       ['X is mod(7.5,2)', 'type_error(integer)', 'integer arithmetic numeric type'],
-      ['X is truncate(foo)', 'type_error(number)', 'rounding non-number operand'],
-      ['X is sin(foo)', 'type_error(number)', 'transcendental non-number operand'],
+      ['X is truncate(foo)', 'type_error(evaluable)', 'rounding atom is non-evaluable'],
+      ['X is sin(foo)', 'type_error(evaluable)', 'transcendental atom is non-evaluable'],
       ['X is foo+Y', 'instantiation_error', 'direct variable before another operand error'],
       ['X is floor(7)', 'type_error(float)', 'floor integer operand'],
       ['X is truncate(7)', 'type_error(float)', 'truncate integer operand'],
@@ -300,6 +317,12 @@ export function runIsoStrict(reporter = new TestReporter()) {
     }
   });
 
+  reporter.test('uses the STC #69 evaluable culprit for atomic arithmetic expressions', () => {
+    const error = capture(() => run('', { isoStrict: true, goal: "X is '+'(foo,77)" }));
+    equal(error.formal, 'type_error(evaluable)', 'formal error');
+    includes(error.message, '/(foo, 0)', 'foo/0 culprit');
+  });
+
   reporter.test('applies integer-to-float conversion before floating evaluable functors', () => {
     const huge = `1${'0'.repeat(400)}`;
     for (const functor of ['float', 'sin', 'cos', 'atan', 'asin', 'acos', 'tan', 'exp', 'log', 'sqrt']) {

package/the-art-of-eyeprolog.md

@@ -5119,12 +5119,11 @@ this part makes control, reflection, state, operators, and streams explicit.
 For Part 1 portability work, EyeProlog also provides a strict core mode:
 `--iso-strict` on the CLI or `isoStrict: true` in the JavaScript API restricts
 the language/runtime surface to ISO/IEC 13211-1:1995 plus Technical Corrigenda
-1–3. Its processor character set is the 128-character ASCII set U+0000..U+007F;
-C0 controls and DEL are implementation-defined extended layout characters, and
-collating-sequence integers are the corresponding ASCII codes. Character data
-outside that PCS is rejected with a representation error in strict mode. Normal
-mode keeps EyeProlog's broader Unicode scalar character support as an explicit
-extension. Isolated mode and error cases live in `test/conformance/cases/iso/`.
+1–3. The processor character set is an implementation-defined choice shared by
+normal and strict profiles: EyeProlog uses Unicode scalar values U+0000..U+10FFFF
+excluding surrogates, with the scalar value as the collating-sequence integer.
+Strict mode restricts implementation-specific language facilities, but it does
+not narrow this processor-defined character repertoire. Isolated mode and error cases live in `test/conformance/cases/iso/`.
 The examples here compose those operations into programs worth changing and
 rerunning.
 
@@ -5510,13 +5509,14 @@ lowercase ASCII letter. Variables begin with uppercase or underscore. The bare
 ISO double-quoted-list notation. Integers, decimals, scientific notation,
 binary/octal/hexadecimal integers, and character-code constants are accepted.
 
-For `--iso-strict`, the processor character set is deliberately narrower and
-fully documented: U+0000..U+007F. Printable ASCII uses the Part 1 lexical
-classes; C0 controls and DEL are extended layout characters; character-code and
-collation values are the same ASCII integers 0..127. Non-ASCII input is a
-representation error. In normal mode, unquoted names still deliberately use
-ASCII spelling while Unicode scalar values may appear inside quoted atoms and
-double-quoted lists:
+The processor character set is shared by normal and `--iso-strict` modes because
+Part 1 makes it implementation defined rather than an extension boundary.
+EyeProlog's PCS is the Unicode scalar repertoire. Printable ASCII keeps the Part
+1 lexical classes; Unicode letters extend alphanumeric name syntax, Unicode
+white-space characters are layout, and remaining non-ASCII symbols/punctuation
+are extended graphic characters. Character-code and collation values are the
+corresponding Unicode scalar integers. Quoting remains available for any atom
+spelling that should not depend on an extended lexical class:
 
 ```eyeprolog
 
@@ -6049,8 +6049,8 @@ quoted_atom("ab").           % quoted_atom(ab)
 | `atom_length(+Atom,?Length)` | Counts Unicode code points, not UTF-16 code units. A supplied length must be a nonnegative integer. |
 | `atom_concat(?Prefix,?Suffix,?Whole)` | Concatenates two atoms, removes a supplied prefix or suffix, or enumerates every split when only `Whole` is bound. At least `Whole`, or both parts, must determine the operation. |
 | `sub_atom(+Atom,?Before,?Length,?After,?SubAtom)` | Enumerates substrings and their Unicode-code-point offsets. Supplied counts must be nonnegative integers. |
-| `atom_chars(?Atom,?Chars)`, `atom_codes(?Atom,?Codes)` | Convert between an atom and a proper list of one-character atoms or character codes. Strict mode uses its ASCII PCS/codes `0..127`; normal mode extends codes to Unicode scalar values. At least one side must be instantiated. |
-| `char_code(?Character,?Code)` | Converts one character atom and its collating/code value. Strict mode accepts only the ASCII PCS `0..127`; normal mode accepts Unicode scalar codes and rejects surrogates/out-of-range values. |
+| `atom_chars(?Atom,?Chars)`, `atom_codes(?Atom,?Codes)` | Convert between an atom and a proper list of one-character atoms or character codes. Both profiles use EyeProlog's Unicode scalar PCS/codes; surrogates and values above U+10FFFF are rejected. At least one side must be instantiated. |
+| `char_code(?Character,?Code)` | Converts one character atom and its collating/code value. Both profiles accept Unicode scalar codes and reject surrogates/out-of-range values. |
 | `number_chars(?Number,?Chars)`, `number_codes(?Number,?Codes)` | Convert finite numbers to canonical text or parse a proper character/code list using ISO number and negative-number syntax, including radix integers, character-code constants, and leading layout. The input is not parsed as a general term: grouping such as `(0)` is a syntax error. At least one side must be instantiated; malformed numeric input raises *syntax_error(number)*. |
 
 Conversions accept partial output lists when the atomic input is known, but
@@ -6091,12 +6091,12 @@ input or output.
 | `at_end_of_stream`, `at_end_of_stream(+Stream)` | Succeeds when the current or selected input position is at or beyond its content. |
 | `get_char(?Character)`, `get_char(+Stream,?Character)` | Reads one text character; end of input is `end_of_file`. |
 | `peek_char(?Character)`, `peek_char(+Stream,?Character)` | Observes the next text character without advancing. |
-| `get_code(?Code)`, `get_code(+Stream,?Code)` | Reads a character code; end of input is `-1`. Strict mode requires the ASCII PCS, while normal mode returns Unicode scalar codes. |
-| `peek_code(?Code)`, `peek_code(+Stream,?Code)` | Observes the next character code without advancing; strict mode requires the ASCII PCS. |
+| `get_code(?Code)`, `get_code(+Stream,?Code)` | Reads a character code; end of input is `-1`. Both profiles return codes from EyeProlog's Unicode scalar PCS. |
+| `peek_code(?Code)`, `peek_code(+Stream,?Code)` | Observes the next Unicode scalar character code without advancing. |
 | `get_byte(?Byte)`, `get_byte(+Stream,?Byte)` | Reads one unit from a binary stream; end of input is `-1`. |
 | `peek_byte(?Byte)`, `peek_byte(+Stream,?Byte)` | Observes the next binary unit without advancing. |
 | `put_char(+Character)`, `put_char(+Stream,+Character)` | Writes one character atom to a text stream. |
-| `put_code(+Code)`, `put_code(+Stream,+Code)` | Writes one character code to a text stream. Strict mode accepts `0..127`; normal mode accepts Unicode scalar codes. |
+| `put_code(+Code)`, `put_code(+Stream,+Code)` | Writes one character code to a text stream. Both profiles accept Unicode scalar codes. |
 | `put_byte(+Byte)`, `put_byte(+Stream,+Byte)` | Writes an integer in `0..255` to a binary stream. |
 | `nl`, `nl(+Stream)` | Writes a newline to a text stream. |
 

package/why-eyeprolog.md

@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ syntax.
 
 EyeProlog targets the Part 1 core together with Technical Corrigenda 1, 2,
 and 3, and provides documented module and definite-clause-grammar compatibility
-profiles for normal-mode programs. Strict mode makes its processor character
-model explicit: 7-bit ASCII is the PCS, ASCII code points are the collating
-integers, and normal-mode Unicode character data is an extension rather than an
-implicit part of the Part 1 claim. Its executable conformance matrix and tests
+profiles for normal-mode programs. The processor character model is explicitly
+implementation defined: EyeProlog uses Unicode scalar values as the PCS and as
+collating-sequence integers in both normal and strict profiles. Strict mode
+therefore rejects implementation-specific language extensions without changing
+that processor choice. Its executable conformance matrix and tests
 document the supported behavior, including an executable trace of the vendored
 active WG17 syntax cases. This is extensive implementation evidence, not a
 claim that every Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 normative requirement has already