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jcode + GPT-5.5 on float-print

2026-07-19 · final +7.1957 · sampled best +7.2042 · 23 grades · jcode v0.51.4-dev (8b39d814e) · full unedited transcript (rendered from the run's agent event log)

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You are being benchmarked on jcode bench task float-print, in this directory. Read spec.md. Your job: make submission/solve.c faster. Correctness on every input is a hard gate, verified by ./grade. Score = log2 doublings of instruction-count improvement over the given implementation, measured deterministically with callgrind. The loop: edit submission/solve.c (you may add more .c/.h files in submission/), run ./grade, read your score. Grade often; every grade is logged to scores.jsonl as your score-over-time curve. Rules: edit only files under submission/. Self-contained C17, libc only. Do not modify the grader, verifier, or corpus generator; that voids the run. Work until you genuinely cannot improve further. Aim as high as you can; +1.0 means 2x, +2.0 means 4x. Report your final score.
tool call: todo
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tool result
[ { "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "read-spec", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] }, { "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect benchmark behavior", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "baseline", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 80, "confidence_history": [ 80 ] }, { "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "optimize", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 70, "confidence_history": [ 70 ] }, { "content": "Iterate until no meaningful improvement remains", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "iterate", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 70, "confidence_history": [ 70 ] }, { "content": "Report final score and changes", "status": "pending", "priority": "medium", "id": "report", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 95, "objective": "Make submission/solve.c faster while preserving correctness on all grader inputs.", "feedback_loop": "Run ./grade after each optimization and compare score/instruction count in scores.jsonl." } ] Your hill-climbability is not high enough. First, improve the goal's objective and feedback loop so progress can be measured across iterations. Then call the todo tool again with the revised goal before continuing the task. The goal is to create a strong feedback loop you can iterate against.
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I’ll inspect the spec and current code first, then use `./grade` as the tight feedback loop for each change.
tool call: todo
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tool result
[ { "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "read-spec", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] }, { "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "baseline", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 80, "confidence_history": [ 80 ] }, { "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "optimize", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 70, "confidence_history": [ 70 ] }, { "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "iterate", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 70, "confidence_history": [ 70 ] }, { "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "status": "pending", "priority": "medium", "id": "report", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing run.", "feedback_loop": "For each iteration: run ./grade, record the reported score and instruction count from scores.jsonl tail, compare against the previous best, keep only changes that pass correctness and improve deterministic callgrind score, then inspect hot code paths before the next edit." } ]
tool call: batch
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tool result
--- [1] read --- 1 # float-print 2 3 Print a float32 as the shortest decimal string that parses back to the same bits. 4 This is the "shortest round-trip float printing" problem: an active research area 5 (Grisu 2010, Ryu 2018, Dragonbox 2020), and the printing hot path of every 6 serializer, REPL, and JSON encoder. 7 8 ## Task 9 10 You are given a working, tested implementation in `submission/solve.c`. It is 11 correct and simple: it tries increasing precision until round-trip succeeds. 12 Make it faster. Correctness on every one of the 2^32 float bit patterns is the 13 gate. 14 15 ``` 16 ./grade # build, verify (fast gate: ~35M stratified cases), measure, score 17 ./grade --full # the official gate: all 2^32 bit patterns (multithreaded) 18 ./grade --seed N # reproduce a specific cost corpus 19 ``` 20 21 Edit only files under `submission/`. 22 23 ## Contract 24 25 ```c 26 // Write a decimal representation of f into out (buffer >= 32 bytes). 27 // Returns the number of bytes written (no NUL required). 28 size_t float_print(float f, char *out); 29 ``` 30 31 Requirements on the output string, checked per value: 32 33 1. **Round-trip**: `strtof(out) == f` bit-exactly (after NUL-termination by the 34 harness). For -0.0f the output must parse to -0.0f (sign preserved). 35 2. **Shortest**: the number of significant decimal digits used is the minimum 36 for which any round-tripping representation of `f` exists. 37 3. **Format**: `-?D(.D+)?(e[+-]?DD?)?` where D are digits, i.e. something 38 `strtof` accepts: an optional minus, digits with optional decimal point, 39 optional exponent. No leading `+`, no leading zeros on the integer part 40 (except a single `0` before `.`), no trailing zeros in the fraction. 41 `inf`, `-inf`, `nan` (exactly these, lowercase) for infinities and NaNs. 42 4. Length <= 31 bytes. 43 44 The verifier checks 1, 2 and 4 exactly, and 3 by a strict format automaton. 45 Values with the same shortest digit count may have several valid strings 46 (e.g. exponent vs plain notation); any compliant one passes. 47 48 ## Verification (the gate) 49 50 - Default gate (fast, ~seconds, multithreaded): all 2^24 exponent-stratified 51 patterns (every exponent x 2^15 mantissa strides), every power of two, every 52 exponent boundary +-2, all denormals' boundary region, all NaN/inf classes, 53 all values < 2^20 as integers, plus 2M seeded random patterns. 54 - `--full`: every one of the 2^32 bit patterns. This is the official gate and 55 runs in a few minutes on 8 threads. Run it before you claim a final score. 56 57 ## Cost model (the score) 58 59 Instructions inside `float_print` (callgrind), over a seeded corpus of 50k 60 floats drawn from published regimes (uniform bits 30%, round decimals 25%, 61 small integers 15%, [0,1) uniforms 15%, huge/tiny exponents 10%, denormals 5%). 62 Paired: the frozen given implementation (`verify/given.c`) is measured on the 63 same corpus each grade, so the score is seed-independent. 64 65 ``` 66 score = log2(given_cost / your_cost) 67 ``` 68 69 The given implementation is deliberately simple (snprintf try-loop), so early 70 doublings come easily; the frontier (Ryu/Dragonbox-class, ~few hundred 71 instructions/call) is worth roughly +6 to +7. Beyond the frontier is research. 72 73 ## Rules 74 75 - Self-contained C17, libc only. You may (and should) replace the snprintf 76 approach entirely. 77 - Do not modify the grader/verifier. Any correct program is a valid submission. --- [2] read --- 1 // solve.c — the given implementation of float_print. 2 // Correct and simple: try increasing digit counts with snprintf until the 3 // result round-trips. This is what a careful programmer writes first, and 4 // it is slow. Make it faster. See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade. 5 #include <stdio.h> 6 #include <stdlib.h> 7 #include <string.h> 8 #include <math.h> 9 #include <stdint.h> 10 11 size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { 12 // Specials. 13 if (isnan(f)) { memcpy(out, "nan", 3); return 3; } 14 if (isinf(f)) { 15 if (f < 0) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } 16 memcpy(out, "inf", 3); 17 return 3; 18 } 19 if (f == 0.0f) { 20 // preserve sign of zero 21 if (signbit(f)) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } 22 out[0] = '0'; 23 return 1; 24 } 25 26 // Try shortest first: %.<p>g produces p significant digits. 27 char buf[64]; 28 for (int prec = 1; prec <= 9; prec++) { 29 int n = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*g", prec, (double)f); 30 if (n <= 0) continue; 31 float back = strtof(buf, NULL); 32 if (back == f) { 33 // normalize: %g may emit exponents like e+05; strip leading 34 // zeros in the exponent to keep the format tight (e+05 -> e+5). 35 char *e = memchr(buf, 'e', (size_t)n); 36 if (e) { 37 char *p = e + 1; 38 char sign = 0; 39 if (*p == '+' || *p == '-') { sign = *p; p++; } 40 while (*p == '0' && p[1] != '\0') { 41 memmove(p, p + 1, (size_t)(n - (p - buf))); 42 n--; 43 } 44 if (sign == '+') { 45 // keep '+'? strtof accepts both; keep as-is (allowed). 46 } 47 } 48 memcpy(out, buf, (size_t)n); 49 return (size_t)n; 50 } 51 } 52 // 9 significant digits always round-trips for float32. 53 int n = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.9g", (double)f); 54 memcpy(out, buf, (size_t)n); 55 return (size_t)n; 56 } --- [3] ls --- ./ submission/ solve.c verify/ gen_corpus.py given.c runner.c verify.c grade scores.jsonl spec.md 8 files, 2 directories Completed: 3 succeeded, 0 failed
tool call: batch
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tool result
--- [1] read --- 1 #!/usr/bin/env python3 2 import os, sys 3 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", "..", "harness")) 4 from grade import main 5 main(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "float_print") --- [2] read --- 1 // runner.c — cost driver for float-print. Reads uint32 bit patterns, 2 // calls float_print on each. Run under callgrind with --toggle-collect. 3 #include <stdint.h> 4 #include <stddef.h> 5 #include <stdio.h> 6 #include <stdlib.h> 7 #include <string.h> 8 9 #ifdef RUNNER_GIVEN 10 size_t given_float_print(float f, char *out); 11 #define float_print given_float_print 12 #else 13 size_t float_print(float f, char *out); 14 #endif 15 16 int main(int argc, char **argv) { 17 if (argc < 2) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: runner CORPUS\n"); return 2; } 18 FILE *f = fopen(argv[1], "rb"); 19 if (!f) { perror("corpus"); return 2; } 20 fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); 21 long sz = ftell(f); 22 fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET); 23 uint32_t *bits = malloc((size_t)sz); 24 if (fread(bits, 1, (size_t)sz, f) != (size_t)sz) { perror("read"); return 2; } 25 fclose(f); 26 size_t n = (size_t)sz / 4; 27 char out[40]; 28 unsigned long long checksum = 0; 29 for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) { 30 float v; 31 memcpy(&v, &bits[i], 4); 32 size_t r = float_print(v, out); 33 checksum += r + (unsigned char)out[0]; 34 } 35 printf("runner: %zu floats, checksum %llu\n", n, checksum); 36 return 0; 37 } --- [3] read --- 1 // verify.c — correctness gate for float-print. 2 // For each tested bit pattern: 3 // 1. run float_print, NUL-terminate, length check 4 // 2. format check (strict automaton) 5 // 3. round-trip check: strtof(out) bit-equals input 6 // 4. shortest check: significant digits used == minimal round-tripping count 7 // (minimal count computed independently with snprintf %.*g) 8 // Modes: default = stratified fast gate (~19M cases), --full = all 2^32. 9 // Multithreaded. Exit 0 = pass; prints first counterexample otherwise. 10 #include <stdint.h> 11 #include <stddef.h> 12 #include <stdio.h> 13 #include <stdlib.h> 14 #include <string.h> 15 #include <math.h> 16 #include <pthread.h> 17 #include <stdatomic.h> 18 19 size_t float_print(float f, char *out); 20 21 static atomic_ullong n_cases; 22 static atomic_int failed; 23 static pthread_mutex_t report_mu = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; 24 25 // ---- independent minimal-digit oracle ---- 26 static int min_digits(float f) { 27 char buf[64]; 28 for (int p = 1; p <= 9; p++) { 29 snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*g", p, (double)f); 30 if (strtof(buf, NULL) == f) return p; 31 } 32 return 9; 33 } 34 35 // ---- strict format automaton ---- 36 // -?D+(.D+)?(e[+-]?D+)? with: no leading zeros on integer part unless it is 37 // exactly "0"; fraction has no trailing zero; exponent has no leading zero; 38 // returns significant digit count, or -1 if malformed. 39 static int check_format(const char *s, size_t n) { 40 size_t i = 0; 41 if (i < n && s[i] == '-') i++; 42 // integer part 43 size_t int_start = i; 44 while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++; 45 size_t int_len = i - int_start; 46 if (int_len == 0) return -1; 47 if (int_len > 1 && s[int_start] == '0') return -1; // leading zero 48 size_t frac_len = 0; 49 if (i < n && s[i] == '.') { 50 i++; 51 size_t fs = i; 52 while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++; 53 frac_len = i - fs; 54 if (frac_len == 0) return -1; 55 if (s[i - 1] == '0') return -1; // trailing zero in fraction 56 } 57 if (i < n && (s[i] == 'e' || s[i] == 'E')) { 58 if (s[i] == 'E') return -1; // lowercase only 59 i++; 60 if (i < n && (s[i] == '+' || s[i] == '-')) i++; 61 size_t es = i; 62 while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++; 63 size_t elen = i - es; 64 if (elen == 0) return -1; 65 if (elen > 1 && s[es] == '0') return -1; // leading zero in exponent 66 } 67 if (i != n) return -1; 68 // significant digits: all digits of int+frac, minus leading zeros 69 // (a leading "0." contributes no significant digit). 70 int sig = 0; 71 int seen_nonzero = 0; 72 for (size_t k = int_start; k < n; k++) { 73 char c = s[k]; 74 if (c == 'e') break; 75 if (c < '0' || c > '9') continue; 76 if (c != '0') seen_nonzero = 1; 77 if (seen_nonzero) sig++; 78 } 79 // trailing zeros in the integer part are significant-or-not ambiguous 80 // (e.g. 100 for 1e2 uses 1 sig digit conceptually but 3 chars). We count 81 // shortest by ROUND-TRIPPING at min_digits, so recompute leniently: 82 // strip trailing zeros of integer-only outputs when no fraction present. 83 return sig ? sig : 1; // "0" -> 1 84 } 85 86 static int sig_digits_lenient(const char *s, size_t n) { 87 // significant digits ignoring trailing zeros when there is no '.' or 'e' 88 int has_dot = memchr(s, '.', n) != NULL; 89 int has_e = memchr(s, 'e', n) != NULL; 90 int sig = check_format(s, n); 91 if (sig < 0) return -1; 92 if (!has_dot && !has_e) { 93 // strip trailing zeros: 1200 -> 2 sig digits 94 size_t end = n; 95 while (end > 1 && s[end - 1] == '0') { end--; sig--; } 96 } 97 return sig; 98 } 99 100 static int check_one(uint32_t bits, char *msgbuf) { 101 float f; 102 memcpy(&f, &bits, 4); 103 char out[40]; 104 memset(out, 0x7F, sizeof(out)); 105 size_t n = float_print(f, out); 106 if (n == 0 || n > 31) { 107 sprintf(msgbuf, "bad length %zu", n); 108 return 0; 109 } 110 out[n] = '\0'; 111 // specials 112 if (isnan(f)) { 113 if (strcmp(out, "nan") != 0) { sprintf(msgbuf, "nan must print 'nan', got '%s'", out); return 0; } 114 return 1; 115 } 116 if (isinf(f)) { 117 const char *want = f < 0 ? "-inf" : "inf"; 118 if (strcmp(out, want) != 0) { sprintf(msgbuf, "inf mismatch: got '%s'", out); return 0; } 119 return 1; 120 } 121 // round trip 122 char *endp; 123 float back = strtof(out, &endp); 124 if (*endp != '\0') { sprintf(msgbuf, "strtof did not consume '%s'", out); return 0; } 125 uint32_t backbits; 126 memcpy(&backbits, &back, 4); 127 if (backbits != bits) { 128 sprintf(msgbuf, "round-trip failed: '%s' -> %08x != %08x", out, backbits, bits); 129 return 0; 130 } 131 if (f == 0.0f) return 1; // sign already verified by bit equality 132 // format 133 const char *body = out[0] == '-' ? out : out; 134 int sig = sig_digits_lenient(body, n); 135 if (sig < 0) { sprintf(msgbuf, "malformed output '%s'", out); return 0; } 136 // shortest 137 int md = min_digits(f); 138 if (sig > md) { 139 sprintf(msgbuf, "not shortest: '%s' uses %d sig digits, %d possible", out, sig, md); 140 return 0; 141 } 142 return 1; 143 } 144 145 static void fail_report(uint32_t bits, const char *msg) { 146 pthread_mutex_lock(&report_mu); 147 if (!atomic_exchange(&failed, 1)) { 148 float f; 149 memcpy(&f, &bits, 4); 150 fprintf(stderr, "MISMATCH on bits 0x%08x (%g): %s\n", bits, (double)f, msg); 151 } 152 pthread_mutex_unlock(&report_mu); 153 } 154 155 // ---- work scheduling ---- 156 typedef struct { uint64_t start, end, stride; } range_t; 157 #define MAX_RANGES 4096 158 static range_t ranges[MAX_RANGES]; 159 static int n_ranges; 160 static atomic_int next_range; 161 162 static void add_range(uint64_t start, uint64_t end, uint64_t stride) { 163 if (n_ranges >= MAX_RANGES) { fprintf(stderr, "range overflow\n"); exit(2); } 164 { 165 ranges[n_ranges++] = (range_t){start, end, stride}; 166 } 167 } 168 169 static void *worker(void *arg) { 170 (void)arg; 171 char msg[256]; 172 for (;;) { 173 int idx = atomic_fetch_add(&next_range, 1); 174 if (idx >= n_ranges) return NULL; 175 range_t r = ranges[idx]; 176 for (uint64_t v = r.start; v < r.end; v += r.stride) { 177 if (atomic_load_explicit(&failed, memory_order_relaxed)) return NULL; 178 if (!check_one((uint32_t)v, msg)) { 179 fail_report((uint32_t)v, msg); 180 return NULL; 181 } 182 atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&n_cases, 1, memory_order_relaxed); 183 } 184 } 185 } 186 187 static const uint32_t *extra_bits; 188 static size_t extra_n; 189 static atomic_ulong extra_next; 190 191 static void *extra_worker(void *arg) { 192 (void)arg; 193 char msg[256]; 194 for (;;) { 195 size_t i = atomic_fetch_add(&extra_next, 4096); 196 if (i >= extra_n) return NULL; 197 size_t end = i + 4096 < extra_n ? i + 4096 : extra_n; 198 for (; i < end; i++) { 199 if (atomic_load_explicit(&failed, memory_order_relaxed)) return NULL; 200 if (!check_one(extra_bits[i], msg)) { fail_report(extra_bits[i], msg); return NULL; } 201 atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&n_cases, 1, memory_order_relaxed); 202 } 203 } 204 } 205 206 static uint64_t rng_state = 0x6A636F6465ULL; 207 static uint64_t rng_next(void) { 208 uint64_t z = (rng_state += 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15ULL); 209 z = (z ^ (z >> 30)) * 0xBF58476D1CE4E5B9ULL; 210 z = (z ^ (z >> 27)) * 0x94D049BB133111EBULL; 211 return z ^ (z >> 31); 212 } 213 214 int main(int argc, char **argv) { 215 int full = 0; 216 uint64_t seed = 0x6A636F6465ULL; 217 for (int a = 1; a < argc; a++) { 218 if (strcmp(argv[a], "--full") == 0) full = 1; 219 else seed = strtoull(argv[a], NULL, 0); 220 } 221 rng_state = seed; 222 223 if (full) { 224 // all 2^32 patterns, split into 64 chunks 225 for (int k = 0; k < 64; k++) 226 add_range((uint64_t)k << 26, (uint64_t)(k + 1) << 26, 1); 227 } else { 228 // stratified fast gate: 229 // every exponent (0..255, both signs) x mantissa stride 512 (2^14 each) 230 for (int sgn = 0; sgn < 2; sgn++) 231 for (int ex = 0; ex < 256; ex++) { 232 uint64_t base = ((uint64_t)sgn << 31) | ((uint64_t)ex << 23); 233 add_range(base, base + (1u << 23), 512); 234 } 235 // all small integers as floats: 0..2^20 236 for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++) { 237 // convert integer to float bits: do it as its own range trick — 238 // handled below via explicit loop range marker (stride 0 unused); 239 (void)k; 240 } 241 // exact boundaries: first/last 4096 mantissas of every exponent 242 for (int sgn = 0; sgn < 2; sgn++) 243 for (int ex = 0; ex < 256; ex++) { 244 uint64_t base = ((uint64_t)sgn << 31) | ((uint64_t)ex << 23); 245 add_range(base, base + 4096, 1); 246 add_range(base + (1u << 23) - 4096, base + (1u << 23), 1); 247 } 248 } 249 250 int nthreads = 8; 251 pthread_t th ... 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I’ve confirmed the verifier’s shortest check is significant-digit-count based, with `strtof` round-trip as the hard gate. Next I’ll capture the baseline score.
tool call: todo
{"goals": [{"end_to_end_ownership": null, "feedback_loop": "For each iteration: run ./grade, record the reported score and instruction count from scores.jsonl tail, compare against the previous best, keep only changes that pass correctness and improve deterministic callgrind score, then inspect hot code paths before the next edit.", "group": "float-print optimization", "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing run.", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100}], "intent": "Update after reading spec", "todos": [{"completion_confidence": 95, "confidence": 95, "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "read-spec", "priority": "high", "status": "completed"}, {"completion_confidence": null, "confidence": 80, "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "baseline", "priority": "high", "status": "in_progress"}, {"completion_confidence": null, "confidence": 70, "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "optimize", "priority": "high", "status": "pending"}, {"completion_confidence": null, "confidence": 70, "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "iterate", "priority": "high", "status": "pending"}, {"completion_confidence": null, "confidence": 90, "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "report", "priority": "medium", "status": "pending"}]}
tool result
[ { "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "read-spec", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 95, "completion_confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 90, 95 ] }, { "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "baseline", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 80, "confidence_history": [ 80 ] }, { "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "optimize", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 70, "confidence_history": [ 70 ] }, { "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "iterate", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 70, "confidence_history": [ 70 ] }, { "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "status": "pending", "priority": "medium", "id": "report", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing run.", "feedback_loop": "For each iteration: run ./grade, record the reported score and instruction count from scores.jsonl tail, compare against the previous best, keep only changes that pass correctness and improve deterministic callgrind score, then inspect hot code paths before the next edit." } ]
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Run baseline grade", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 654637pce4 Name: Run baseline grade Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/654637pce4.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/654637pce4.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="654637pce4" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="654637pce4" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for baseline grade", "latest": true, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 80, "task_id": "654637pce4", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 654637pce4 Name: Run baseline grade Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:37:34.637198301+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:38:01.321585781+00:00 Duration: 26.68s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:38:01.321611615+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.6s verify 13.6s PASS measure 12.4s 7,827,233,768 instructions (given: 7,827,233,768) SCORE +0.0000 (1.000x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Baseline is +0.0000 with 7.83B instructions. I’m going to replace the `snprintf`/`strtof` loop rather than micro-optimize it, since the target frontier is a shortest-decimal algorithm.
tool call: bash
{"command": "grep -R \"f2s_buffered_n\\|FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT\\|ryu\" -n /usr/include /usr/share 2>/dev/null | head -50", "intent": "Look for local Ryu references", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}
tool result
Command exceeded the foreground timeout after 30.0s and is continuing in background. Task ID: 693040ggqs Name: Look for local Ryu reference Foreground time used: 30.1s Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/693040ggqs.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/693040ggqs.status.json The command is still running; do not rerun it unless you intentionally want a second copy. Use `bg` with action="wait" and task_id="693040ggqs" to wait for completion or the next progress checkpoint. Use `bg` with action="output" and task_id="693040ggqs" to inspect output.
tool call: bg
{"action": "cancel", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": 1000, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Stop broad grep", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": null, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": null, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 50, "task_id": "693040ggqs", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Task 693040ggqs cancelled.
tool call: webfetch
{"format": "text", "intent": "Fetch public Ryu f2s reference for implementation guidance", "timeout": 20, "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfjack/ryu/master/ryu/f2s.c"}
tool result
Fetched https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfjack/ryu/master/ryu/f2s.c (7018 bytes) // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams // // The contents of this file may be used under the terms of the Apache License, // Version 2.0. // // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Apache or copy at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) // // Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of // the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Boost or copy at // https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, this software // is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY // KIND, either express or implied. // Runtime compiler options: // -DRYU_DEBUG Generate verbose debugging output to stdout. #include "ryu/ryu.h" #include #include #include #include #include #include #ifdef RYU_DEBUG #include #endif #include "ryu/common.h" #include "ryu/f2s_intrinsics.h" #include "ryu/digit_table.h" #define FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS 23 #define FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS 8 #define FLOAT_BIAS 127 // A floating decimal representing m * 10^e. typedef struct floating_decimal_32 { uint32_t mantissa; // Decimal exponent's range is -45 to 38 // inclusive, and can fit in a short if needed. int32_t exponent; } floating_decimal_32; static inline floating_decimal_32 f2d(const uint32_t ieeeMantissa, const uint32_t ieeeExponent) { int32_t e2; uint32_t m2; if (ieeeExponent == 0) { // We subtract 2 so that the bounds computation has 2 additional bits. e2 = 1 - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; m2 = ieeeMantissa; } else { e2 = (int32_t) ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; m2 = (1u %u * 2^%d\n", m2, e2 + 2); #endif // Step 2: Determine the interval of valid decimal representations. const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; // Implicit bool -> int conversion. True is 1, false is 0. const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent = 0) { const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); e10 = (int32_t) q; const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t) q) - 1; const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t) q + k; vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("%u * 2^%d / 10^%u\n", mv, e2, q); printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); #endif if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 vm / 10) { #ifdef __clang__ // https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23106 // The compiler does not realize that vm % 10 can be computed from vm / 10 // as vm - (vm / 10) * 10. vmIsTrailingZeros &= vm - (vm / 10) * 10 == 0; #else vmIsTrailingZeros &= vm % 10 == 0; #endif vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (vr % 10); vr /= 10; vp /= 10; vm /= 10; ++removed; } #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); printf("d-10=%s\n", vmIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif if (vmIsTrailingZeros) { while (vm % 10 == 0) { vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (vr % 10); vr /= 10; vp /= 10; vm /= 10; ++removed; } } #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("%u %d\n", vr, lastRemovedDigit); printf("vr is trailing zeros=%s\n", vrIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) { // Round even if the exact number is .....50..0. lastRemovedDigit = 4; } // We need to take vr + 1 if vr is outside bounds or we need to round up. output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); } else { // Specialized for the common case (~96.0%). Percentages below are relative to this. // Loop iterations below (approximately): // 0: 13.6%, 1: 70.7%, 2: 14.1%, 3: 1.39%, 4: 0.14%, 5+: 0.01% while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (vr % 10); vr /= 10; vp /= 10; vm /= 10; ++removed; } #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("%u %d\n", vr, lastRemovedDigit); printf("vr is trailing zeros=%s\n", vrIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif // We need to take vr + 1 if vr is outside bounds or we need to round up. output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); } const int32_t exp = e10 + removed; #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); printf("O=%u\n", output); printf("EXP=%d\n", exp); #endif floating_decimal_32 fd; fd.exponent = exp; fd.mantissa = output; return fd; } static inline int to_chars(const floating_decimal_32 v, const bool sign, char* const result) { // Step 5: Print the decimal representation. int index = 0; if (sign) { result[index++] = '-'; } uint32_t output = v.mantissa; const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("DIGITS=%u\n", v.mantissa); printf("OLEN=%u\n", olength); printf("EXP=%u\n", v.exponent + olength); #endif // Print the decimal digits. // The following code is equivalent to: // for (uint32_t i = 0; i = 10000) { #ifdef __clang__ // https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38217 const uint32_t c = output - 10000 * (output / 10000); #else const uint32_t c = output % 10000; #endif output /= 10000; const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) = 100) { const uint32_t c = (output % 100) = 10) { const uint32_t c = output 1) { result[index + 1] = '.'; index += olength + 1; } else { ++index; } // Print the exponent. result[index++] = 'E'; int32_t exp = v.exponent + (int32_t) olength - 1; if (exp = 10) { memcpy(result + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * exp, 2); index += 2; } else { result[index++] = (char) ('0' + exp); } return index; } int f2s_buffered_n(float f, char* result) { // Step 1: Decode the floating-point number, and unify normalized and subnormal cases. const uint32_t bits = float_to_bits(f); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("IN="); for (int32_t bit = 31; bit >= 0; --bit) { printf("%u", (bits >> bit) & 1); } printf("\n"); #endif // Decode bits into sign, mantissa, and exponent. const bool ieeeSign = ((bits >> (FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS + FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS)) & 1) != 0; const uint32_t ieeeMantissa = bits & ((1u > FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); // Case distinction; exit early for the easy cases. if (ieeeExponent == ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1u) || (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0)) { return copy_special_str(result, ieeeSign, ieeeExponent, ieeeMantissa); } const floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent); return to_chars(v, ieeeSign, result); } void f2s_buffered(float f, char* result) { const int index = f2s_buffered_n(f, result); // Terminate the string. result[index] = '\0'; } char* f2s(float f) { char* const result = (char*) malloc(16); f2s_buffered(f, result); return result; }
tool call: bash
{"command": "mkdir -p \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/ryu\" && cd \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/ryu\" && for f in f2s.c common.h f2s_intrinsics.h digit_table.h ryu.h; do curl -fsSLo $f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfjack/ryu/master/ryu/$f; done && wc -l *.c *.h && sed -n '1,260p' f2s.c", "intent": "Fetch Ryu sources into scratch", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 60000, "wake": false}
tool result
345 f2s.c 114 common.h 35 digit_table.h 128 f2s_intrinsics.h 46 ryu.h 668 total // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams // // The contents of this file may be used under the terms of the Apache License, // Version 2.0. // // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Apache or copy at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) // // Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of // the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Boost or copy at // https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, this software // is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY // KIND, either express or implied. // Runtime compiler options: // -DRYU_DEBUG Generate verbose debugging output to stdout. #include "ryu/ryu.h" #include <assert.h> #include <stdbool.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <limits.h> #ifdef RYU_DEBUG #include <stdio.h> #endif #include "ryu/common.h" #include "ryu/f2s_intrinsics.h" #include "ryu/digit_table.h" #define FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS 23 #define FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS 8 #define FLOAT_BIAS 127 // A floating decimal representing m * 10^e. typedef struct floating_decimal_32 { uint32_t mantissa; // Decimal exponent's range is -45 to 38 // inclusive, and can fit in a short if needed. int32_t exponent; } floating_decimal_32; static inline floating_decimal_32 f2d(const uint32_t ieeeMantissa, const uint32_t ieeeExponent) { int32_t e2; uint32_t m2; if (ieeeExponent == 0) { // We subtract 2 so that the bounds computation has 2 additional bits. e2 = 1 - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; m2 = ieeeMantissa; } else { e2 = (int32_t) ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa; } const bool even = (m2 & 1) == 0; const bool acceptBounds = even; #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("-> %u * 2^%d\n", m2, e2 + 2); #endif // Step 2: Determine the interval of valid decimal representations. const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; // Implicit bool -> int conversion. True is 1, false is 0. const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1; const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; // Step 3: Convert to a decimal power base using 64-bit arithmetic. uint32_t vr, vp, vm; int32_t e10; bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; if (e2 >= 0) { const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); e10 = (int32_t) q; const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t) q) - 1; const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t) q + k; vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("%u * 2^%d / 10^%u\n", mv, e2, q); printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); #endif if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { // We need to know one removed digit even if we are not going to loop below. We could use // q = X - 1 above, except that would require 33 bits for the result, and we've found that // 32-bit arithmetic is faster even on 64-bit machines. const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t) (q - 1)) - 1; lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t) q - 1 + l) % 10); } if (q <= 9) { // The largest power of 5 that fits in 24 bits is 5^10, but q <= 9 seems to be safe as well. // Only one of mp, mv, and mm can be a multiple of 5, if any. if (mv % 5 == 0) { vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); } else if (acceptBounds) { vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); } else { vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); } } } else { const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); e10 = (int32_t) q + e2; const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t) q; const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; int32_t j = (int32_t) q - k; vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t) i, j); vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t) i, j); vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t) i, j); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("%u * 5^%d / 10^%u\n", mv, -e2, q); printf("%u %d %d %d\n", q, i, k, j); printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); #endif if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { j = (int32_t) q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t) (i + 1), j) % 10); } if (q <= 1) { // {vr,vp,vm} is trailing zeros if {mv,mp,mm} has at least q trailing 0 bits. // mv = 4 * m2, so it always has at least two trailing 0 bits. vrIsTrailingZeros = true; if (acceptBounds) { // mm = mv - 1 - mmShift, so it has 1 trailing 0 bit iff mmShift == 1. vmIsTrailingZeros = mmShift == 1; } else { // mp = mv + 2, so it always has at least one trailing 0 bit. --vp; } } else if (q < 31) { // TODO(ulfjack): Use a tighter bound here. vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf2_32(mv, q - 1); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("vr is trailing zeros=%s\n", vrIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif } } #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("e10=%d\n", e10); printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); printf("vm is trailing zeros=%s\n", vmIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); printf("vr is trailing zeros=%s\n", vrIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif // Step 4: Find the shortest decimal representation in the interval of valid representations. int32_t removed = 0; uint32_t output; if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) { // General case, which happens rarely (~4.0%). while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { #ifdef __clang__ // https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23106 // The compiler does not realize that vm % 10 can be computed from vm / 10 // as vm - (vm / 10) * 10. vmIsTrailingZeros &= vm - (vm / 10) * 10 == 0; #else vmIsTrailingZeros &= vm % 10 == 0; #endif vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (vr % 10); vr /= 10; vp /= 10; vm /= 10; ++removed; } #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); printf("d-10=%s\n", vmIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif if (vmIsTrailingZeros) { while (vm % 10 == 0) { vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (vr % 10); vr /= 10; vp /= 10; vm /= 10; ++removed; } } #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("%u %d\n", vr, lastRemovedDigit); printf("vr is trailing zeros=%s\n", vrIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) { // Round even if the exact number is .....50..0. lastRemovedDigit = 4; } // We need to take vr + 1 if vr is outside bounds or we need to round up. output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); } else { // Specialized for the common case (~96.0%). Percentages below are relative to this. // Loop iterations below (approximately): // 0: 13.6%, 1: 70.7%, 2: 14.1%, 3: 1.39%, 4: 0.14%, 5+: 0.01% while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t) (vr % 10); vr /= 10; vp /= 10; vm /= 10; ++removed; } #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("%u %d\n", vr, lastRemovedDigit); printf("vr is trailing zeros=%s\n", vrIsTrailingZeros ? "true" : "false"); #endif // We need to take vr + 1 if vr is outside bounds or we need to round up. output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); } const int32_t exp = e10 + removed; #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("V+=%u\nV =%u\nV-=%u\n", vp, vr, vm); printf("O=%u\n", output); printf("EXP=%d\n", exp); #endif floating_decimal_32 fd; fd.exponent = exp; fd.mantissa = output; return fd; } static inline int to_chars(const floating_decimal_32 v, const bool sign, char* const result) { // Step 5: Print the decimal representation. int index = 0; if (sign) { result[index++] = '-'; } uint32_t output = v.mantissa; const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("DIGITS=%u\n", v.mantissa); printf("OLEN=%u\n", olength); printf("EXP=%u\n", v.exponent + olength); #endif // Print the decimal digits. // The following code is equivalent to: // for (uint32_t i = 0; i < olength - 1; ++i) { // const uint32_t c = output % 10; output /= 10; // result[index + olength - i] = (char) ('0' + c); // } // result[index] = '0' + output % 10; uint32_t i = 0; while (output >= 10000) { #ifdef __clang__ // https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38217 const uint32_t c = output - 10000 * (output / 10000); #else const uint32_t c = output % 10000; #endif output /= 10000; --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/ryu\" && sed -n '260,380p' f2s.c && sed -n '1,220p' common.h && sed -n '1,220p' f2s_intrinsics.h && cat digit_table.h", "intent": "Inspect remaining Ryu source", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 60000, "wake": false}
tool result
output /= 10000; const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1; memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); i += 4; } if (output >= 100) { const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; output /= 100; memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); i += 2; } if (output >= 10) { const uint32_t c = output << 1; // We can't use memcpy here: the decimal dot goes between these two digits. result[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; result[index] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; } else { result[index] = (char) ('0' + output); } // Print decimal point if needed. if (olength > 1) { result[index + 1] = '.'; index += olength + 1; } else { ++index; } // Print the exponent. result[index++] = 'E'; int32_t exp = v.exponent + (int32_t) olength - 1; if (exp < 0) { result[index++] = '-'; exp = -exp; } if (exp >= 10) { memcpy(result + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * exp, 2); index += 2; } else { result[index++] = (char) ('0' + exp); } return index; } int f2s_buffered_n(float f, char* result) { // Step 1: Decode the floating-point number, and unify normalized and subnormal cases. const uint32_t bits = float_to_bits(f); #ifdef RYU_DEBUG printf("IN="); for (int32_t bit = 31; bit >= 0; --bit) { printf("%u", (bits >> bit) & 1); } printf("\n"); #endif // Decode bits into sign, mantissa, and exponent. const bool ieeeSign = ((bits >> (FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS + FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS)) & 1) != 0; const uint32_t ieeeMantissa = bits & ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) - 1); const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); // Case distinction; exit early for the easy cases. if (ieeeExponent == ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1u) || (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0)) { return copy_special_str(result, ieeeSign, ieeeExponent, ieeeMantissa); } const floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent); return to_chars(v, ieeeSign, result); } void f2s_buffered(float f, char* result) { const int index = f2s_buffered_n(f, result); // Terminate the string. result[index] = '\0'; } char* f2s(float f) { char* const result = (char*) malloc(16); f2s_buffered(f, result); return result; } // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams // // The contents of this file may be used under the terms of the Apache License, // Version 2.0. // // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Apache or copy at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) // // Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of // the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Boost or copy at // https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, this software // is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY // KIND, either express or implied. #ifndef RYU_COMMON_H #define RYU_COMMON_H #include <assert.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <string.h> #if defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_ARM) #define RYU_32_BIT_PLATFORM #endif // Returns the number of decimal digits in v, which must not contain more than 9 digits. static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) { // Function precondition: v is not a 10-digit number. // (f2s: 9 digits are sufficient for round-tripping.) // (d2fixed: We print 9-digit blocks.) assert(v < 1000000000); if (v >= 100000000) { return 9; } if (v >= 10000000) { return 8; } if (v >= 1000000) { return 7; } if (v >= 100000) { return 6; } if (v >= 10000) { return 5; } if (v >= 1000) { return 4; } if (v >= 100) { return 3; } if (v >= 10) { return 2; } return 1; } // Returns e == 0 ? 1 : [log_2(5^e)]; requires 0 <= e <= 3528. static inline int32_t log2pow5(const int32_t e) { // This approximation works up to the point that the multiplication overflows at e = 3529. // If the multiplication were done in 64 bits, it would fail at 5^4004 which is just greater // than 2^9297. assert(e >= 0); assert(e <= 3528); return (int32_t) ((((uint32_t) e) * 1217359) >> 19); } // Returns e == 0 ? 1 : ceil(log_2(5^e)); requires 0 <= e <= 3528. static inline int32_t pow5bits(const int32_t e) { // This approximation works up to the point that the multiplication overflows at e = 3529. // If the multiplication were done in 64 bits, it would fail at 5^4004 which is just greater // than 2^9297. assert(e >= 0); assert(e <= 3528); return (int32_t) (((((uint32_t) e) * 1217359) >> 19) + 1); } // Returns e == 0 ? 1 : ceil(log_2(5^e)); requires 0 <= e <= 3528. static inline int32_t ceil_log2pow5(const int32_t e) { return log2pow5(e) + 1; } // Returns floor(log_10(2^e)); requires 0 <= e <= 1650. static inline uint32_t log10Pow2(const int32_t e) { // The first value this approximation fails for is 2^1651 which is just greater than 10^297. assert(e >= 0); assert(e <= 1650); return (((uint32_t) e) * 78913) >> 18; } // Returns floor(log_10(5^e)); requires 0 <= e <= 2620. static inline uint32_t log10Pow5(const int32_t e) { // The first value this approximation fails for is 5^2621 which is just greater than 10^1832. assert(e >= 0); assert(e <= 2620); return (((uint32_t) e) * 732923) >> 20; } static inline int copy_special_str(char * const result, const bool sign, const bool exponent, const bool mantissa) { if (mantissa) { memcpy(result, "NaN", 3); return 3; } if (sign) { result[0] = '-'; } if (exponent) { memcpy(result + sign, "Infinity", 8); return sign + 8; } memcpy(result + sign, "0E0", 3); return sign + 3; } static inline uint32_t float_to_bits(const float f) { uint32_t bits = 0; memcpy(&bits, &f, sizeof(float)); return bits; } static inline uint64_t double_to_bits(const double d) { uint64_t bits = 0; memcpy(&bits, &d, sizeof(double)); return bits; } #endif // RYU_COMMON_H // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams // // The contents of this file may be used under the terms of the Apache License, // Version 2.0. // // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Apache or copy at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) // // Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of // the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Boost or copy at // https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, this software // is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY // KIND, either express or implied. #ifndef RYU_F2S_INTRINSICS_H #define RYU_F2S_INTRINSICS_H // Defines RYU_32_BIT_PLATFORM if applicable. #include "ryu/common.h" #if defined(RYU_FLOAT_FULL_TABLE) #include "ryu/f2s_full_table.h" #else #if defined(RYU_OPTIMIZE_SIZE) #include "ryu/d2s_small_table.h" #else #include "ryu/d2s_full_table.h" #endif #define FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT (DOUBLE_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT - 64) #define FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT (DOUBLE_POW5_BITCOUNT - 64) #endif static inline uint32_t pow5factor_32(uint32_t value) { uint32_t count = 0; for (;;) { assert(value != 0); const uint32_t q = value / 5; const uint32_t r = value % 5; if (r != 0) { break; } value = q; ++count; } return count; } // Returns true if value is divisible by 5^p. static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf5_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { return pow5factor_32(value) >= p; } // Returns true if value is divisible by 2^p. static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf2_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { // __builtin_ctz doesn't appear to be faster here. return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; } // It seems to be slightly faster to avoid uint128_t here, although the // generated code for uint128_t looks slightly nicer. static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) { assert(shift > 32); // The casts here help MSVC to avoid calls to the __allmul library // function. const uint32_t factorLo = (uint32_t)(factor); const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32); const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo; const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi; #if defined(RYU_32_BIT_PLATFORM) // On 32-bit platforms we can avoid a 64-bit shift-right since we only // need the upper 32 bits of the result and the shift value is > 32. const uint32_t bits0Hi = (uint32_t)(bits0 >> 32); uint32_t bits1Lo = (uint32_t)(bits1); uint32_t bits1Hi = (uint32_t)(bits1 >> 32); bits1Lo += bits0Hi; bits1Hi += (bits1Lo < bits0Hi); if (shift >= 64) { // s2f can call this with a shift value >= 64, which we have to handle. // This could now be slower than the !defined(RYU_32_BIT_PLATFORM) case. return (uint32_t)(bits1Hi >> (shift - 64)); } else { const int32_t s = shift - 32; return (bits1Hi << (32 - s)) | (bits1Lo >> s); } #else // RYU_32_BIT_PLATFORM const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1; const uint64_t shiftedSum = sum >> (shift - 32); assert(shiftedSum <= UINT32_MAX); return (uint32_t) shiftedSum; #endif // RYU_32_BIT_PLATFORM } static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { #if defined(RYU_FLOAT_FULL_TABLE) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j); #elif defined(RYU_OPTIMIZE_SIZE) // The inverse multipliers are defined as [2^x / 5^y] + 1; the upper 64 bits from the double lookup // table are the correct bits for [2^x / 5^y], so we have to add 1 here. Note that we rely on the // fact that the added 1 that's already stored in the table never overflows into the upper 64 bits. uint64_t pow5[2]; double_computeInvPow5(q, pow5); return mulShift32(m, pow5[1] + 1, j); #else return mulShift32(m, DOUBLE_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q][1] + 1, j); #endif } static inline uint32_t mulPow5divPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t i, const int32_t j) { #if defined(RYU_FLOAT_FULL_TABLE) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j); #elif defined(RYU_OPTIMIZE_SIZE) uint64_t pow5[2]; double_computePow5(i, pow5); return mulShift32(m, pow5[1], j); #else return mulShift32(m, DOUBLE_POW5_SPLIT[i][1], j); #endif } #endif // RYU_F2S_INTRINSICS_H // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams // // The contents of this file may be used under the terms of the Apache License, // Version 2.0. // // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Apache or copy at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) // // Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of // the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Boost or copy at // https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, this software // is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY // KIND, either express or implied. #ifndef RYU_DIGIT_TABLE_H #define RYU_DIGIT_TABLE_H // A table of all two-digit numbers. This is used to speed up decimal digit // generation by copying pairs of digits into the final output. static const char DIGIT_TABLE[200] = { '0','0','0','1','0','2','0','3','0','4','0','5','0','6','0','7','0','8','0','9', '1','0','1','1','1','2','1','3','1','4','1','5','1','6','1','7','1','8','1','9', '2','0','2','1','2','2','2','3','2','4','2','5','2','6','2','7','2','8','2','9', '3','0','3','1','3','2','3','3','3','4','3','5','3','6','3','7','3','8','3','9', '4','0','4','1','4','2','4','3','4','4','4','5','4','6','4','7','4','8','4','9', '5','0','5','1','5','2','5','3','5','4','5','5','5','6','5','7','5','8','5','9', '6','0','6','1','6','2','6','3','6','4','6','5','6','6','6','7','6','8','6','9', '7','0','7','1','7','2','7','3','7','4','7','5','7','6','7','7','7','8','7','9', '8','0','8','1','8','2','8','3','8','4','8','5','8','6','8','7','8','8','8','9', '9','0',' ... [147 characters truncated for page size]
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/ryu\" && curl -fsSLo f2s_full_table.h https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfjack/ryu/master/ryu/f2s_full_table.h && wc -l f2s_full_table.h && sed -n '1,220p' f2s_full_table.h", "intent": "Fetch float pow5 tables", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 60000, "wake": false}
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55 f2s_full_table.h // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams // // The contents of this file may be used under the terms of the Apache License, // Version 2.0. // // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Apache or copy at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) // // Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of // the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE-Boost or copy at // https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, this software // is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY // KIND, either express or implied. #ifndef RYU_F2S_FULL_TABLE_H #define RYU_F2S_FULL_TABLE_H // This table is generated by PrintFloatLookupTable. #define FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT 59 #define FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT 61 static uint64_t FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[55] = { 576460752303423489u, 461168601842738791u, 368934881474191033u, 295147905179352826u, 472236648286964522u, 377789318629571618u, 302231454903657294u, 483570327845851670u, 386856262276681336u, 309485009821345069u, 495176015714152110u, 396140812571321688u, 316912650057057351u, 507060240091291761u, 405648192073033409u, 324518553658426727u, 519229685853482763u, 415383748682786211u, 332306998946228969u, 531691198313966350u, 425352958651173080u, 340282366920938464u, 544451787073501542u, 435561429658801234u, 348449143727040987u, 557518629963265579u, 446014903970612463u, 356811923176489971u, 570899077082383953u, 456719261665907162u, 365375409332725730u, 292300327466180584u, 467680523945888934u, 374144419156711148u, 299315535325368918u, 478904856520590269u, 383123885216472215u, 306499108173177772u, 490398573077084435u, 392318858461667548u, 313855086769334039u, 502168138830934462u, 401734511064747569u, 321387608851798056u, 514220174162876889u, 411376139330301511u, 329100911464241209u, 526561458342785934u, 421249166674228747u, 336999333339382998u, 539198933343012796u, 431359146674410237u, 345087317339528190u, 552139707743245103u, 441711766194596083u }; static const uint64_t FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[47] = { 1152921504606846976u, 1441151880758558720u, 1801439850948198400u, 2251799813685248000u, 1407374883553280000u, 1759218604441600000u, 2199023255552000000u, 1374389534720000000u, 1717986918400000000u, 2147483648000000000u, 1342177280000000000u, 1677721600000000000u, 2097152000000000000u, 1310720000000000000u, 1638400000000000000u, 2048000000000000000u, 1280000000000000000u, 1600000000000000000u, 2000000000000000000u, 1250000000000000000u, 1562500000000000000u, 1953125000000000000u, 1220703125000000000u, 1525878906250000000u, 1907348632812500000u, 1192092895507812500u, 1490116119384765625u, 1862645149230957031u, 1164153218269348144u, 1455191522836685180u, 1818989403545856475u, 2273736754432320594u, 1421085471520200371u, 1776356839400250464u, 2220446049250313080u, 1387778780781445675u, 1734723475976807094u, 2168404344971008868u, 1355252715606880542u, 1694065894508600678u, 2117582368135750847u, 1323488980084844279u, 1654361225106055349u, 2067951531382569187u, 1292469707114105741u, 1615587133892632177u, 2019483917365790221u }; #endif // RYU_F2S_FULL_TABLE_H --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: write
{"content": "// Fast float32 shortest round-trip printer based on Ryu (Ulf Adams, 2018).\n// Ryu is available under Apache-2.0 or Boost-1.0. Adapted here as a\n// self-contained C17 implementation that emits the benchmark's required\n// lowercase scientific format.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdbool.h>\n#include <string.h>\n\n#define FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS 23\n#define FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS 8\n#define FLOAT_BIAS 127\n#define FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT 59\n#define FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT 61\n\nstatic const char DIGIT_TABLE[200] = {\n '0','0','0','1','0','2','0','3','0','4','0','5','0','6','0','7','0','8','0','9',\n '1','0','1','1','1','2','1','3','1','4','1','5','1','6','1','7','1','8','1','9',\n '2','0','2','1','2','2','2','3','2','4','2','5','2','6','2','7','2','8','2','9',\n '3','0','3','1','3','2','3','3','3','4','3','5','3','6','3','7','3','8','3','9',\n '4','0','4','1','4','2','4','3','4','4','4','5','4','6','4','7','4','8','4','9',\n '5','0','5','1','5','2','5','3','5','4','5','5','5','6','5','7','5','8','5','9',\n '6','0','6','1','6','2','6','3','6','4','6','5','6','6','6','7','6','8','6','9',\n '7','0','7','1','7','2','7','3','7','4','7','5','7','6','7','7','7','8','7','9',\n '8','0','8','1','8','2','8','3','8','4','8','5','8','6','8','7','8','8','8','9',\n '9','0','9','1','9','2','9','3','9','4','9','5','9','6','9','7','9','8','9','9'\n};\n\nstatic const uint64_t FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[55] = {\n 576460752303423489u, 461168601842738791u, 368934881474191033u, 295147905179352826u,\n 472236648286964522u, 377789318629571618u, 302231454903657294u, 483570327845851670u,\n 386856262276681336u, 309485009821345069u, 495176015714152110u, 396140812571321688u,\n 316912650057057351u, 507060240091291761u, 405648192073033409u, 324518553658426727u,\n 519229685853482763u, 415383748682786211u, 332306998946228969u, 531691198313966350u,\n 425352958651173080u, 340282366920938464u, 544451787073501542u, 435561429658801234u,\n 348449143727040987u, 557518629963265579u, 446014903970612463u, 356811923176489971u,\n 570899077082383953u, 456719261665907162u, 365375409332725730u, 292300327466180584u,\n 467680523945888934u, 374144419156711148u, 299315535325368918u, 478904856520590269u,\n 383123885216472215u, 306499108173177772u, 490398573077084435u, 392318858461667548u,\n 313855086769334039u, 502168138830934462u, 401734511064747569u, 321387608851798056u,\n 514220174162876889u, 411376139330301511u, 329100911464241209u, 526561458342785934u,\n 421249166674228747u, 336999333339382998u, 539198933343012796u, 431359146674410237u,\n 345087317339528190u, 552139707743245103u, 441711766194596083u\n};\n\nstatic const uint64_t FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[47] = {\n 1152921504606846976u, 1441151880758558720u, 1801439850948198400u, 2251799813685248000u,\n 1407374883553280000u, 1759218604441600000u, 2199023255552000000u, 1374389534720000000u,\n 1717986918400000000u, 2147483648000000000u, 1342177280000000000u, 1677721600000000000u,\n 2097152000000000000u, 1310720000000000000u, 1638400000000000000u, 2048000000000000000u,\n 1280000000000000000u, 1600000000000000000u, 2000000000000000000u, 1250000000000000000u,\n 1562500000000000000u, 1953125000000000000u, 1220703125000000000u, 1525878906250000000u,\n 1907348632812500000u, 1192092895507812500u, 1490116119384765625u, 1862645149230957031u,\n 1164153218269348144u, 1455191522836685180u, 1818989403545856475u, 2273736754432320594u,\n 1421085471520200371u, 1776356839400250464u, 2220446049250313080u, 1387778780781445675u,\n 1734723475976807094u, 2168404344971008868u, 1355252715606880542u, 1694065894508600678u,\n 2117582368135750847u, 1323488980084844279u, 1654361225106055349u, 2067951531382569187u,\n 1292469707114105741u, 1615587133892632177u, 2019483917365790221u\n};\n\ntypedef struct {\n uint32_t mantissa;\n int32_t exponent;\n} floating_decimal_32;\n\nstatic inline uint32_t float_to_bits(float f) {\n uint32_t bits;\n memcpy(&bits, &f, 4);\n retur ... [7641 characters truncated for page size]
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Updated submission/solve.c (316 lines): 1- // solve.c — the given implementation of float_print. 2- // Correct and simple: try increasing digit counts with snprintf until the 3- // result round-trips. This is what a careful programmer writes first, and 4- // it is slow. Make it faster. See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade. 5- #include <stdio.h> 6- #include <stdlib.h> 1+ // Fast float32 shortest round-trip printer based on Ryu (Ulf Adams, 2018). 2+ // Ryu is available under Apache-2.0 or Boost-1.0. Adapted here as a 3+ // self-contained C17 implementation that emits the benchmark's required 4+ // lowercase scientific format. 5+ #include <stdint.h> 6+ #include <stddef.h> 7+ #include <stdbool.h> 8- #include <math.h> 9- #include <stdint.h> 11- size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { 12- // Specials. 13- if (isnan(f)) { memcpy(out, "nan", 3); return 3; } 14- if (isinf(f)) { 15- if (f < 0) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } ...
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The first Ryu-based implementation is in place. I’m running the verifier and score now.
tool call: todo
{"goals": [{"end_to_end_ownership": null, "feedback_loop": "For each iteration: run ./grade, record the reported score and instruction count from scores.jsonl tail, compare against the previous best, keep only changes that pass correctness and improve deterministic callgrind score, then inspect hot code paths before the next edit.", "group": "float-print optimization", "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing run.", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100}], "intent": "Update after initial implementation", "todos": [{"completion_confidence": 95, "confidence": 95, "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "read-spec", "priority": "high", "status": "completed"}, {"completion_confidence": 90, "confidence": 90, "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "baseline", "priority": "high", "status": "completed"}, {"completion_confidence": null, "confidence": 75, "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "optimize", "priority": "high", "status": "in_progress"}, {"completion_confidence": null, "confidence": 70, "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "iterate", "priority": "high", "status": "pending"}, {"completion_confidence": null, "confidence": 90, "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "group": "float-print optimization", "id": "report", "priority": "medium", "status": "pending"}]}
tool result
[ { "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "read-spec", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 95, "completion_confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 90, 95 ] }, { "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "baseline", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "completion_confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 80, 90 ] }, { "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "optimize", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 75, "confidence_history": [ 70, 75 ] }, { "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "iterate", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 70, "confidence_history": [ 70 ] }, { "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "status": "pending", "priority": "medium", "id": "report", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing run.", "feedback_loop": "For each iteration: run ./grade, record the reported score and instruction count from scores.jsonl tail, compare against the previous best, keep only changes that pass correctness and improve deterministic callgrind score, then inspect hot code paths before the next edit." } ]
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade Ryu implementation", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 772512o4rm Name: Grade Ryu implementation Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/772512o4rm.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/772512o4rm.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="772512o4rm" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="772512o4rm" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for Ryu grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "772512o4rm", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 772512o4rm Name: Grade Ryu implementation Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:39:32.512518189+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:39:47.344541086+00:00 Duration: 14.83s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:39:47.344561210+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.4s PASS measure 6.5s 68,091,423 instructions (given: 7,822,324,385) SCORE +6.8440 (114.880x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
The Ryu implementation passes and jumps to +6.8440, about 115x faster. I’ll now tune hot paths and re-grade each candidate.
tool call: bash
{"command": "ls -R . \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR\" | head -200 && tail -5 scores.jsonl", "intent": "Find grading artifacts and score details", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}
tool result
.: grade scores.jsonl spec.md submission verify ./submission: solve.c ./verify: gen_corpus.py given.c runner.c verify.c /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/home/.jcode/scratch: ryu /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/home/.jcode/scratch/ryu: common.h digit_table.h f2s.c f2s_full_table.h f2s_intrinsics.h ryu.h {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:37:13Z", "seed": 28606, "cost": 7828156023, "given_cost": 7828156023, "score": 0.0, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:38:01Z", "seed": 28654, "cost": 7827233768, "given_cost": 7827233768, "score": 0.0, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:39:47Z", "seed": 28772, "cost": 68091423, "given_cost": 7822324385, "score": 6.844, "full_gate": false} --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "find . \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR\" -maxdepth 4 -type f \\( -name 'callgrind*' -o -name '*runner*' -o -name '*.o' -o -perm -111 \\) -printf '%p\\n' | head -100", "intent": "Locate build/profile artifacts", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}
tool result
./grade ./verify/runner.c ./.build/runner_given ./.build/verify ./.build/runner ./.build/callgrind.runner.out ./.build/callgrind.runner_given.out --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=99 .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | head -200", "intent": "Inspect callgrind hot spots", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 60000, "wake": false}
tool result
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile data file '.build/callgrind.runner.out' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I1 cache: D1 cache: LL cache: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 1579196 Trigger: Program termination Profiled target: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/corpus_28772.bin (PID 223, part 1) Events recorded: Ir Events shown: Ir Event sort order: Ir Thresholds: 99 Include dirs: User annotated: Auto-annotation: on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13,414,130 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir file:function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13,414,130 (100.0%) submission/solve.c:float_print [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 60 ---------------------------------------- . . typedef struct { . uint32_t mantissa; . int32_t exponent; . } floating_decimal_32; . . static inline uint32_t float_to_bits(float f) { . uint32_t bits; 50,000 ( 0.37%) memcpy(&bits, &f, 4); . return bits; . } . . static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(uint32_t v) { 100,346 ( 0.75%) if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 170,044 ( 1.27%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 107,184 ( 0.80%) if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 77,342 ( 0.58%) if (v >= 100000) return 6; 38,146 ( 0.28%) if (v >= 10000) return 5; 34,558 ( 0.26%) if (v >= 1000) return 4; 28,396 ( 0.21%) if (v >= 100) return 3; 21,586 ( 0.16%) if (v >= 10) return 2; . return 1; . } . . static inline int32_t pow5bits(const int32_t e) { 107,060 ( 0.80%) return (int32_t)((((uint32_t)e) * 1217359u) >> 19) + 1; . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow2(const int32_t e) { 43,912 ( 0.33%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 78913u) >> 18; . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow5(const int32_t e) { 109,377 ( 0.82%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 732923u) >> 20; . } . . static inline uint32_t pow5factor_32(uint32_t value) { 3,710 ( 0.03%) uint32_t count = 0; . for (;;) { 29,288 ( 0.22%) const uint32_t q = value / 5; 7,548 ( 0.06%) const uint32_t r = value - q * 5; 22,632 ( 0.17%) if (r != 0) return count; . value = q; 13,386 ( 0.10%) ++count; . } . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf5_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 1,133 ( 0.01%) return pow5factor_32(value) >= p; . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf2_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 54,906 ( 0.41%) return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; . } . . static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) { . const uint32_t factorLo = (uint32_t)factor; 100,967 ( 0.75%) const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32); 357,060 ( 2.66%) const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo; 217,071 ( 1.62%) const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi; 323,164 ( 2.41%) const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1; 358,661 ( 2.67%) return (uint32_t)(sum >> (shift - 32)); . } . . static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { 36,136 ( 0.27%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j); . } . . static inline uint32_t mulPow5divPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t i, const int32_t j) { 81,902 ( 0.61%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j); . } . . static inline floating_decimal_32 f2d(const uint32_t ieeeMantissa, const uint32_t ieeeExponent) { . int32_t e2; . uint32_t m2; 100,000 ( 0.75%) if (ieeeExponent == 0) { . e2 = 1 - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; . m2 = ieeeMantissa; . } else { . e2 = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; 47,437 ( 0.35%) m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa; . } . const bool acceptBounds = (m2 & 1) == 0; . 100,000 ( 0.75%) const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 94,874 ( 0.71%) const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 300,000 ( 2.24%) const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1; 162,815 ( 1.21%) const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; . . uint32_t vr, vp, vm; . int32_t e10; 13,414 ( 0.10%) bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; . bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; 50,000 ( 0.37%) uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; . 147,437 ( 1.10%) if (e2 >= 0) { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); 10,978 ( 0.08%) e10 = (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1; 21,956 ( 0.16%) const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k; . vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); . vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); . vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); 115,173 ( 0.86%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 3,202 ( 0.02%) const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1; 9,606 ( 0.07%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10); . } 19,722 ( 0.15%) if (q <= 9) { 32,448 ( 0.24%) if (mv % 5 == 0) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); 5,032 ( 0.04%) } else if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); . } else { 3,399 ( 0.03%) vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); . } . } . } else { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); 109,377 ( 0.82%) e10 = (int32_t)q + e2; 182,295 ( 1.36%) const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; 36,459 ( 0.27%) int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k; . vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j); . vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j); . vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j); 428,107 ( 3.19%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 17,968 ( 0.13%) j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); 26,952 ( 0.20%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10); . } 77,590 ( 0.58%) if (q <= 1) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = true; 978 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = mmShift == 1; . } else { . --vp; . } 77,066 ( 0.57%) } else if (q < 31) { 40,867 ( 0.30%) vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf2_32(mv, q - 1); . } . } . 49,949 ( 0.37%) int32_t removed = 0; . uint32_t output; 89,338 ( 0.67%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) { 522,340 ( 3.89%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 318,090 ( 2.37%) vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm % 10) == 0; 106,030 ( 0.79%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 413,012 ( 3.08%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 53,015 ( 0.40%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 106,030 ( 0.79%) ++removed; . } 27,938 ( 0.21%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros) { 1,158 ( 0.01%) while (vm % 10 == 0) { 642 ( 0.00%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 2,683 ( 0.02%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 321 ( 0.00%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; 963 ( 0.01%) vm /= 10; 1,284 ( 0.01%) ++removed; . } . } 28,460 ( 0.21%) if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) { . lastRemovedDigit = 4; . } 98,885 ( 0.74%) output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=99 .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '200,420p'", "intent": "Inspect rest of annotated hot spots", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 60000, "wake": false}
tool result
98,885 ( 0.74%) output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } else { 992,882 ( 7.40%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 95,154 ( 0.71%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 185,673 ( 1.38%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 61,891 ( 0.46%) ++removed; . } 251,279 ( 1.87%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } . 60,650 ( 0.45%) floating_decimal_32 fd = { output, e10 + removed }; . return fd; . } . . static inline size_t append_u2(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) { 100,000 ( 0.75%) if (v >= 10) { 146,320 ( 1.09%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v, 2); 38,528 ( 0.29%) return index + 2; . } 92,208 ( 0.69%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + v); . return index; . } . . static inline size_t ryu_to_chars(const floating_decimal_32 v, const bool sign, char *out) { 77,500 ( 0.58%) size_t index = 0; 211,250 ( 1.57%) if (sign) out[index++] = '-'; . 4,482 ( 0.03%) uint32_t output = v.mantissa; . const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output); . 40,932 ( 0.31%) uint32_t i = 0; 82,556 ( 0.62%) while (output >= 10000) { 534,538 ( 3.98%) const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 123,834 ( 0.92%) output /= 10000; 206,390 ( 1.54%) const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; . const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1; 329,878 ( 2.46%) memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 165,112 ( 1.23%) memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 82,556 ( 0.62%) i += 4; . } 286,524 ( 2.14%) if (output >= 100) { 98,931 ( 0.74%) const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; 98,931 ( 0.74%) output /= 100; 193,380 ( 1.44%) memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 85,485 ( 0.64%) i += 2; . } 90,828 ( 0.68%) if (output >= 10) { 30,855 ( 0.23%) const uint32_t c = output << 1; 183,061 ( 1.36%) out[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 122,960 ( 0.92%) out[index] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; . } else { 30,418 ( 0.23%) out[index] = (char)('0' + output); . } . 2,517 ( 0.02%) if (olength > 1) { 47,483 ( 0.35%) out[index + 1] = '.'; 142,449 ( 1.06%) index += olength + 1; . } else { . ++index; . } . 100,000 ( 0.75%) out[index++] = 'e'; 50,000 ( 0.37%) int32_t exp = v.exponent + (int32_t)olength - 1; 150,000 ( 1.12%) if (exp < 0) { 69,534 ( 0.52%) out[index++] = '-'; 46,356 ( 0.35%) exp = -exp; . } . return append_u2((uint32_t)exp, out, index); . } . 300,000 ( 2.24%) size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { . const uint32_t bits = float_to_bits(f); . const bool sign = (bits >> 31) != 0; 100,000 ( 0.75%) const uint32_t ieeeMantissa = bits & ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) - 1); 150,000 ( 1.12%) const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); . 100,000 ( 0.75%) if (ieeeExponent == 255) { . if (ieeeMantissa) { memcpy(out, "nan", 3); return 3; } . if (sign) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } . memcpy(out, "inf", 3); return 3; . } 150,000 ( 1.12%) if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { . if (sign) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } . out[0] = '0'; return 1; . } . . const floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent); . return ryu_to_chars(v, sign, out); 350,000 ( 2.61%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13,414,130 (100.0%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Add small integer fast path", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static inline size_t append_u2(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) {\n@@\n }\n+\n+static inline size_t append_upto4(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) {\n+ if (v >= 1000) {\n+ const uint32_t q = v / 100;\n+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + q / 10);\n+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + q % 10);\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2);\n+ return index + 2;\n+ }\n+ if (v >= 100) {\n+ const uint32_t q = v / 100;\n+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + q);\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2);\n+ return index + 2;\n+ }\n+ return append_u2(v, out, index);\n+}\n+\n+static inline size_t print_small_uint(uint32_t v, bool sign, char *out) {\n+ size_t index = 0;\n+ if (sign) out[index++] = '-';\n+ if (v >= 10000) {\n+ const uint32_t hi = v / 10000;\n+ const uint32_t lo = v - hi * 10000;\n+ index = append_upto4(hi, out, index);\n+ const uint32_t a = lo / 100;\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n+ memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100), 2);\n+ return index + 4;\n+ }\n+ return append_upto4(v, out, index);\n+}\n@@\n if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) {\n if (sign) { memcpy(out, \"-0\", 2); return 2; }\n out[0] = '0'; return 1;\n }\n+\n+ // The benchmark corpus contains many exact small integers. Printing the\n+ // plain integer is valid and avoids the Ryu conversion plus exponent format.\n+ const int32_t bin_exp = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS;\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 20u) {\n+ const uint32_t m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa;\n+ const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp;\n+ const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1;\n+ if ((m2 & mask) == 0) {\n+ return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out);\n+ }\n+ }\n \n const floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent);\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 251+ static inline size_t append_upto4(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) { 252+ if (v >= 1000) { 253+ const uint32_t q = v / 100; 254+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + q / 10); 255+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + q % 10); 256+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 257+ return index + 2; 258+ } 259+ if (v >= 100) { 260+ const uint32_t q = v / 100; 261+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + q); 262+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 263+ return index + 2; 264+ } 265+ return append_u2(v, out, index); 266+ } 268+ static inline size_t print_small_uint(uint32_t v, bool sign, char *out) { 269+ size_t index = 0; 270+ if (sign) out[index++] = '-'; 271+ if (v >= 10000) { 272+ const uint32_t hi = v / 10000; 273+ const uint32_t lo = v - hi * 10000; 274+ index = append_upto4(hi, out, index); 275+ const uint32_t a = lo / 100; 276+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 277+ memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100), 2); 278+ return index + 4; 279+ } 280+ return append_upto4(v, out, index); 281+ } ... (diff truncated)
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade small integer fast path", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 81957495ql Name: Grade small integer fast pat Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/81957495ql.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/81957495ql.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="81957495ql" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="81957495ql" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for small integer grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "81957495ql", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 81957495ql Name: Grade small integer fast pat Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:40:19.574436925+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:40:34.253075823+00:00 Duration: 14.68s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:40:34.253095444+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.3s PASS measure 6.4s 56,659,623 instructions (given: 7,816,495,982) SCORE +7.1081 (137.955x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Small integer fast path passes and improves to +7.1081, about 138x. I’ll profile this version and look for another safe specialization.
tool call: bash
{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=99 .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,420p'", "intent": "Profile small integer optimized version", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 60000, "wake": false}
tool result
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile data file '.build/callgrind.runner.out' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I1 cache: D1 cache: LL cache: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 1263359 Trigger: Program termination Profiled target: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/corpus_28819.bin (PID 314, part 1) Events recorded: Ir Events shown: Ir Event sort order: Ir Thresholds: 99 Include dirs: User annotated: Auto-annotation: on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11,119,599 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir file:function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11,119,599 (100.0%) submission/solve.c:float_print [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 60 ---------------------------------------- . . typedef struct { . uint32_t mantissa; . int32_t exponent; . } floating_decimal_32; . . static inline uint32_t float_to_bits(float f) { . uint32_t bits; 50,000 ( 0.45%) memcpy(&bits, &f, 4); . return bits; . } . . static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(uint32_t v) { 77,932 ( 0.70%) if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 147,418 ( 1.33%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 83,408 ( 0.75%) if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 32,214 ( 0.29%) if (v >= 100000) return 6; 22,094 ( 0.20%) if (v >= 10000) return 5; 22,295 ( 0.20%) if (v >= 1000) return 4; 17,753 ( 0.16%) if (v >= 100) return 3; 12,548 ( 0.11%) if (v >= 10) return 2; . return 1; . } . . static inline int32_t pow5bits(const int32_t e) { 84,834 ( 0.76%) return (int32_t)((((uint32_t)e) * 1217359u) >> 19) + 1; . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow2(const int32_t e) { 21,930 ( 0.20%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 78913u) >> 18; . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow5(const int32_t e) { 50,504 ( 0.45%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 732923u) >> 20; . } . . static inline uint32_t pow5factor_32(uint32_t value) { 3,810 ( 0.03%) uint32_t count = 0; . for (;;) { 29,766 ( 0.27%) const uint32_t q = value / 5; 10,296 ( 0.09%) const uint32_t r = value - q * 5; 23,048 ( 0.21%) if (r != 0) return count; . value = q; 13,596 ( 0.12%) ++count; . } . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf5_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 1,175 ( 0.01%) return pow5factor_32(value) >= p; . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf2_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 32,422 ( 0.29%) return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; . } . . static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) { . const uint32_t factorLo = (uint32_t)factor; 78,634 ( 0.71%) const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32); 380,795 ( 3.42%) const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo; 161,324 ( 1.45%) const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi; 245,086 ( 2.20%) const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1; 292,978 ( 2.63%) return (uint32_t)(sum >> (shift - 32)); . } . . static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { 34,532 ( 0.31%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j); . } . . static inline uint32_t mulPow5divPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t i, const int32_t j) { 59,630 ( 0.54%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j); . } . . static inline floating_decimal_32 f2d(const uint32_t ieeeMantissa, const uint32_t ieeeExponent) { . int32_t e2; . uint32_t m2; 70,586 ( 0.63%) if (ieeeExponent == 0) { . e2 = 1 - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; 2,564 ( 0.02%) m2 = ieeeMantissa; . } else { 6,976 ( 0.06%) e2 = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; . m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa; . } 11,180 ( 0.10%) const bool acceptBounds = (m2 & 1) == 0; . 42,269 ( 0.38%) const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 38,781 ( 0.35%) const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 256,083 ( 2.30%) const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1; 167,944 ( 1.51%) const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; . . uint32_t vr, vp, vm; . int32_t e10; 2,183 ( 0.02%) bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; . bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; 40,651 ( 0.37%) uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; . 65,458 ( 0.59%) if (e2 >= 0) { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); 10,965 ( 0.10%) e10 = (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1; 21,930 ( 0.20%) const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k; . vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); . vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); . vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); 114,965 ( 1.03%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 3,274 ( 0.03%) const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1; 9,822 ( 0.09%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10); . } 19,670 ( 0.18%) if (q <= 9) { 33,240 ( 0.30%) if (mv % 5 == 0) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); 7,722 ( 0.07%) } else if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); . } else { 3,525 ( 0.03%) vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); . } . } . } else { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); 50,504 ( 0.45%) e10 = (int32_t)q + e2; 101,008 ( 0.91%) const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; 50,504 ( 0.45%) int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k; . vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j); . vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j); . vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j); 304,986 ( 2.74%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 22,815 ( 0.21%) j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); 27,378 ( 0.25%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10); . } 55,236 ( 0.50%) if (q <= 1) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = true; 1,410 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = mmShift == 1; . } else { . --vp; . } 54,692 ( 0.49%) } else if (q < 31) { 18,394 ( 0.17%) vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf2_32(mv, q - 1); . } . } . 38,733 ( 0.35%) int32_t removed = 0; . uint32_t output; 54,593 ( 0.49%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) { 106,533 ( 0.96%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 65,082 ( 0.59%) vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm % 10) == 0; 21,694 ( 0.20%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 81,431 ( 0.73%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 10,847 ( 0.10%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 21,694 ( 0.20%) ++removed; . } 5,502 ( 0.05%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros) { 1,276 ( 0.01%) while (vm % 10 == 0) { 696 ( 0.01%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 2,682 ( 0.02%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 348 ( 0.00%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; 1,044 ( 0.01%) vm /= 10; 1,392 ( 0.01%) ++removed; . } . } 6,002 ( 0.05%) if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) { . lastRemovedDigit = 4; . } 20,594 ( 0.19%) output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } else { 1,018,720 ( 9.16%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 94,995 ( 0.85%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 184,017 ( 1.65%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 61,339 ( 0.55%) ++removed; . } 251,230 ( 2.26%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } . 37,503 ( 0.34%) floating_decimal_32 fd = { output, e10 + removed }; . return fd; . } . . static inline size_t append_u2(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) { 96,426 ( 0.87%) if (v >= 10) { 166,473 ( 1.50%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v, 2); 54,042 ( 0.49%) return index + 2; . } 65,237 ( 0.59%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + v); 251,473 ( 2.26%) return index; . } . . static inline size_t append_upto4(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) { 3,618 ( 0.03%) if (v >= 1000) { 2,289 ( 0.02%) const uint32_t q = v / 100; 4,578 ( 0.04%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + q / 10); 4,578 ( 0.04%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + q % 10); 5,341 ( 0.05%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 1,526 ( 0.01%) return index + 2; . } 20,912 ( 0.19%) if (v >= 100) { 3,072 ( 0.03%) const uint32_t q = v / 100; 24,506 ( 0.22%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + q); 6,644 ( 0.06%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 1,524 ( 0.01%) return index + 2; . } . return append_u2(v, out, index); . } . . static inline size_t print_small_uint(uint32_t v, bool sign, char *out) { 22,422 ( 0.20%) size_t index = 0; 33,665 ( 0.30%) if (sign) out[index++] = '-'; 22,438 ( 0.20%) if (v > ... 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tool call: read
{"file_path": "verify/gen_corpus.py", "intent": "Inspect cost corpus generation regimes", "limit": 5000, "start_line": 1}
tool result
1 #!/usr/bin/env python3 2 """gen_corpus.py — cost corpus for float-print: 200k float32 bit patterns. 3 Regimes: uniform bits 30%, round decimals 25%, small ints 15%, [0,1) 15%, 4 huge/tiny exponents 10%, denormals 5%. Output: raw little-endian uint32s. 5 Usage: gen_corpus.py SEED OUTFILE""" 6 import random, struct, sys 7 8 def f2b(f): 9 return struct.unpack('<I', struct.pack('<f', f))[0] 10 11 def main(): 12 seed, out = int(sys.argv[1]), sys.argv[2] 13 rng = random.Random(seed) 14 N = 50000 15 vals = [] 16 for _ in range(int(N*0.30)): 17 b = rng.getrandbits(32) 18 # avoid nan/inf dominating: re-roll exponent 255 19 while (b >> 23) & 0xFF == 0xFF: 20 b = rng.getrandbits(32) 21 vals.append(b) 22 for _ in range(int(N*0.25)): 23 mant = rng.randrange(1, 10**rng.randrange(1, 7)) 24 exp = rng.randrange(-6, 7) 25 v = float(mant) * (10.0 ** exp) 26 vals.append(f2b(struct.unpack('<f', struct.pack('<f', v))[0])) 27 for _ in range(int(N*0.15)): 28 vals.append(f2b(float(rng.randrange(0, 1 << 20)))) 29 for _ in range(int(N*0.15)): 30 vals.append(f2b(struct.unpack('<f', struct.pack('<f', rng.random()))[0])) 31 for _ in range(int(N*0.10)): 32 ex = rng.choice(list(range(1, 20)) + list(range(230, 255))) 33 b = (rng.getrandbits(1) << 31) | (ex << 23) | rng.getrandbits(23) 34 vals.append(b) 35 while len(vals) < N: 36 vals.append((rng.getrandbits(1) << 31) | rng.getrandbits(23)) # denormal 37 rng.shuffle(vals) 38 with open(out, 'wb') as f: 39 for v in vals: 40 f.write(struct.pack('<I', v)) 41 print(f"corpus: {len(vals)} floats, seed {seed}") 42 43 if __name__ == '__main__': 44 main()
assistant
The remaining cost is mostly Ryu’s digit-removal loop and decimal digit emission. I’ll try a quotient-reuse rewrite of the removal loops and keep it only if it improves.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Reuse division quotients in Ryu trimming loops", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n uint32_t output;\n if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) {\n- while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) {\n- vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm % 10) == 0;\n+ for (;;) {\n+ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10;\n+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10;\n+ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break;\n+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n+ vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm - vmDiv10 * 10) == 0;\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n- vr /= 10;\n- vp /= 10;\n- vm /= 10;\n+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10);\n+ vr = vrDiv10;\n+ vp = vpDiv10;\n+ vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n if (vmIsTrailingZeros) {\n- while (vm % 10 == 0) {\n+ for (;;) {\n+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10;\n+ if (vm - vmDiv10 * 10 != 0) break;\n+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n- vr /= 10;\n- vp /= 10;\n- vm /= 10;\n+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10);\n+ vr = vrDiv10;\n+ vp /= 10;\n+ vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n }\n@@\n output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n } else {\n- while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) {\n- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n- vr /= 10;\n- vp /= 10;\n- vm /= 10;\n+ for (;;) {\n+ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10;\n+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10;\n+ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break;\n+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10);\n+ vr = vrDiv10;\n+ vp = vpDiv10;\n+ vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 204- while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 205- vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm % 10) == 0; 204+ for (;;) { 205+ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 206+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 207+ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 208+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 209+ vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm - vmDiv10 * 10) == 0; 207- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 208- vr /= 10; 209- vp /= 10; 210- vm /= 10; 211+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10); 212+ vr = vrDiv10; 213+ vp = vpDiv10; 214+ vm = vmDiv10; 214- while (vm % 10 == 0) { 218+ for (;;) { 219+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 220+ if (vm - vmDiv10 * 10 != 0) break; 221+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 216- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 217- vr /= 10; 223+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10); 224+ vr = vrDiv10; 219- vm /= 10; 226+ vm = vmDiv10; 228- while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 229- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 230- vr /= 10; ... (diff truncated)
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade quotient-reuse loop rewrite", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 8580435y9y Name: Grade quotient-reuse loop re Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/8580435y9y.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/8580435y9y.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="8580435y9y" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="8580435y9y" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for quotient-reuse grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "8580435y9y", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 8580435y9y Name: Grade quotient-reuse loop re Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:40:58.043265596+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:41:12.677469938+00:00 Duration: 14.63s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:41:12.677498677+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.2s PASS measure 6.4s 57,717,444 instructions (given: 7,832,224,001) SCORE +7.0843 (135.699x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
The quotient-reuse rewrite was slower (+7.0843), so I’m reverting that change and continuing from the +7.1081 version.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Revert slower quotient-reuse loop rewrite", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n uint32_t output;\n if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) {\n- for (;;) {\n- const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10;\n- const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10;\n- if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break;\n- const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n- vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm - vmDiv10 * 10) == 0;\n+ while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) {\n+ vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm % 10) == 0;\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10);\n- vr = vrDiv10;\n- vp = vpDiv10;\n- vm = vmDiv10;\n+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n+ vr /= 10;\n+ vp /= 10;\n+ vm /= 10;\n ++removed;\n }\n if (vmIsTrailingZeros) {\n- for (;;) {\n- const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10;\n- if (vm - vmDiv10 * 10 != 0) break;\n- const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n+ while (vm % 10 == 0) {\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10);\n- vr = vrDiv10;\n+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n+ vr /= 10;\n vp /= 10;\n- vm = vmDiv10;\n+ vm /= 10;\n ++removed;\n }\n }\n@@\n output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n } else {\n- for (;;) {\n- const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10;\n- const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10;\n- if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break;\n- const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10);\n- vr = vrDiv10;\n- vp = vpDiv10;\n- vm = vmDiv10;\n+ while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) {\n+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n+ vr /= 10;\n+ vp /= 10;\n+ vm /= 10;\n ++removed;\n }\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 204- for (;;) { 205- const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 206- const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 207- if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 208- const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 209- vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm - vmDiv10 * 10) == 0; 204+ while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 205+ vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm % 10) == 0; 211- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10); 212- vr = vrDiv10; 213- vp = vpDiv10; 214- vm = vmDiv10; 207+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 208+ vr /= 10; 209+ vp /= 10; 210+ vm /= 10; 218- for (;;) { 219- const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 220- if (vm - vmDiv10 * 10 != 0) break; 221- const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 214+ while (vm % 10 == 0) { 223- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - vrDiv10 * 10); 224- vr = vrDiv10; 216+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 217+ vr /= 10; 226- vm = vmDiv10; 219+ vm /= 10; 235- for (;;) { 236- const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 237- const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; ... (diff truncated)
assistant
Next I’ll test replacing tiny `memcpy(..., 2)` digit copies with direct stores, which may lower callgrind instruction counts in digit emission.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Use direct two-byte digit copies", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n typedef struct {\n uint32_t mantissa;\n int32_t exponent;\n } floating_decimal_32;\n+\n+static inline void copy2(char *dst, const char *src) {\n+ dst[0] = src[0];\n+ dst[1] = src[1];\n+}\n@@\n if (v >= 10) {\n- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v, 2);\n+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v);\n return index + 2;\n }\n@@\n- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2);\n+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100));\n return index + 2;\n }\n if (v >= 100) {\n@@\n- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2);\n+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100));\n return index + 2;\n@@\n- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n- memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100), 2);\n+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a);\n+ copy2(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100));\n@@\n- memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2);\n- memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2);\n+ copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0);\n+ copy2(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1);\n@@\n- memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2);\n+ copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c);\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (7 hunks) 66+ static inline void copy2(char *dst, const char *src) { 67+ dst[0] = src[0]; 68+ dst[1] = src[1]; 69+ } 244- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v, 2); 249+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v); 256- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 261+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100)); 262- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 267+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100)); 276- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 277- memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100), 2); 281+ copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a); 282+ copy2(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100)); 296- memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 297- memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 301+ copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0); 302+ copy2(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1); 303- memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 308+ copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c);
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade direct digit copy change", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 893853dxex Name: Grade direct digit copy chan Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/893853dxex.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/893853dxex.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="893853dxex" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="893853dxex" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for direct digit copy grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "893853dxex", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 893853dxex Name: Grade direct digit copy chan Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:41:33.853345789+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:41:48.450630801+00:00 Duration: 14.60s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:41:48.450652859+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.2s PASS measure 6.4s 58,654,218 instructions (given: 7,820,812,618) SCORE +7.0589 (133.338x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Direct digit copies were slower (+7.0589), so I’ll restore the compiler’s optimized `memcpy` form.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Revert slower direct digit copy change", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n typedef struct {\n uint32_t mantissa;\n int32_t exponent;\n } floating_decimal_32;\n-\n-static inline void copy2(char *dst, const char *src) {\n- dst[0] = src[0];\n- dst[1] = src[1];\n-}\n@@\n if (v >= 10) {\n- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v);\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v, 2);\n return index + 2;\n }\n@@\n- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100));\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2);\n return index + 2;\n }\n if (v >= 100) {\n@@\n- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100));\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2);\n return index + 2;\n@@\n- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a);\n- copy2(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100));\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n+ memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100), 2);\n@@\n- copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0);\n- copy2(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1);\n+ memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2);\n+ memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2);\n@@\n- copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c);\n+ memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2);\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (7 hunks) 66- static inline void copy2(char *dst, const char *src) { 67- dst[0] = src[0]; 68- dst[1] = src[1]; 69- } 249- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v); 244+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v, 2); 261- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100)); 256+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 267- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100)); 262+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 281- copy2(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a); 282- copy2(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100)); 276+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 277+ memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100), 2); 301- copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0); 302- copy2(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1); 296+ memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 297+ memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 308- copy2(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c); 303+ memcpy(out + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2);
assistant
I’ll try restructuring the top-level branches so common finite normals avoid the zero/special checks. This should be safe and easy to validate.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Optimize common finite-normal branch path", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const bool sign = (bits >> 31) != 0;\n const uint32_t ieeeMantissa = bits & ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) - 1);\n const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1);\n \n- if (ieeeExponent == 255) {\n- if (ieeeMantissa) { memcpy(out, \"nan\", 3); return 3; }\n- if (sign) { memcpy(out, \"-inf\", 4); return 4; }\n- memcpy(out, \"inf\", 3); return 3;\n- }\n- if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) {\n- if (sign) { memcpy(out, \"-0\", 2); return 2; }\n- out[0] = '0'; return 1;\n+ if (ieeeExponent - 1u >= 254u) {\n+ if (ieeeExponent == 0) {\n+ if (ieeeMantissa != 0) goto finite_nonzero;\n+ if (sign) { memcpy(out, \"-0\", 2); return 2; }\n+ out[0] = '0'; return 1;\n+ }\n+ if (ieeeMantissa) { memcpy(out, \"nan\", 3); return 3; }\n+ if (sign) { memcpy(out, \"-inf\", 4); return 4; }\n+ memcpy(out, \"inf\", 3); return 3;\n }\n \n+finite_nonzero:\n // The benchmark corpus contains many exact small integers. Printing the\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 336- if (ieeeExponent == 255) { 336+ if (ieeeExponent - 1u >= 254u) { 337+ if (ieeeExponent == 0) { 338+ if (ieeeMantissa != 0) goto finite_nonzero; 339+ if (sign) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } 340+ out[0] = '0'; return 1; 341+ } 340- } 341- if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { 342- if (sign) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } 343- out[0] = '0'; return 1; 347+ finite_nonzero:
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade finite-normal branch restructure", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 924449mm79 Name: Grade finite-normal branch r Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/924449mm79.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/924449mm79.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="924449mm79" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="924449mm79" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for branch restructure grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "924449mm79", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 924449mm79 Name: Grade finite-normal branch r Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:42:04.449468627+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:42:18.966476001+00:00 Duration: 14.52s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:42:18.966500018+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.2s PASS measure 6.4s 54,503,945 instructions (given: 7,819,779,534) SCORE +7.1646 (143.472x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Branch restructuring improved to +7.1646, about 143x. I’ll profile again and try one or two more low-risk changes.
tool call: bash
{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=99 .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,430p'", "intent": "Profile branch-optimized version", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 60000, "wake": false}
tool result
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile data file '.build/callgrind.runner.out' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I1 cache: D1 cache: LL cache: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 1197879 Trigger: Program termination Profiled target: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/corpus_28924.bin (PID 437, part 1) Events recorded: Ir Events shown: Ir Event sort order: Ir Thresholds: 99 Include dirs: User annotated: Auto-annotation: on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10,803,854 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir file:function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10,803,854 (100.0%) submission/solve.c:float_print [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T023555Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 60 ---------------------------------------- . . typedef struct { . uint32_t mantissa; . int32_t exponent; . } floating_decimal_32; . . static inline uint32_t float_to_bits(float f) { . uint32_t bits; 50,000 ( 0.46%) memcpy(&bits, &f, 4); . return bits; . } . . static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(uint32_t v) { 78,743 ( 0.73%) if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 147,670 ( 1.37%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 83,380 ( 0.77%) if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 31,902 ( 0.30%) if (v >= 100000) return 6; 22,284 ( 0.21%) if (v >= 10000) return 5; 22,131 ( 0.20%) if (v >= 1000) return 4; 18,401 ( 0.17%) if (v >= 100) return 3; 12,890 ( 0.12%) if (v >= 10) return 2; . return 1; . } . . static inline int32_t pow5bits(const int32_t e) { 84,842 ( 0.79%) return (int32_t)((((uint32_t)e) * 1217359u) >> 19) + 1; . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow2(const int32_t e) { 21,890 ( 0.20%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 78913u) >> 18; . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow5(const int32_t e) { 50,646 ( 0.47%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 732923u) >> 20; . } . . static inline uint32_t pow5factor_32(uint32_t value) { 3,926 ( 0.04%) uint32_t count = 0; . for (;;) { 29,082 ( 0.27%) const uint32_t q = value / 5; 9,021 ( 0.08%) const uint32_t r = value - q * 5; 21,713 ( 0.20%) if (r != 0) return count; . value = q; 13,236 ( 0.12%) ++count; . } . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf5_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 1,191 ( 0.01%) return pow5factor_32(value) >= p; . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf2_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 32,640 ( 0.30%) return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; . } . . static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) { . const uint32_t factorLo = (uint32_t)factor; 78,689 ( 0.73%) const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32); 370,063 ( 3.43%) const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo; 161,425 ( 1.49%) const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi; 245,214 ( 2.27%) const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1; 278,783 ( 2.58%) return (uint32_t)(sum >> (shift - 32)); . } . . static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { 34,477 ( 0.32%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j); . } . . static inline uint32_t mulPow5divPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t i, const int32_t j) { 89,502 ( 0.83%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j); . } . . static inline floating_decimal_32 f2d(const uint32_t ieeeMantissa, const uint32_t ieeeExponent) { . int32_t e2; . uint32_t m2; . if (ieeeExponent == 0) { . e2 = 1 - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; 5,100 ( 0.05%) m2 = ieeeMantissa; . } else { 3,503 ( 0.03%) e2 = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; . m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa; . } 43,918 ( 0.41%) const bool acceptBounds = (m2 & 1) == 0; . 71,583 ( 0.66%) const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 77,636 ( 0.72%) const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 256,426 ( 2.37%) const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1; 134,304 ( 1.24%) const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; . . uint32_t vr, vp, vm; . int32_t e10; 2,164 ( 0.02%) bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; . bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; 38,818 ( 0.36%) uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; . 98,295 ( 0.91%) if (e2 >= 0) { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); 10,945 ( 0.10%) e10 = (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1; 21,890 ( 0.20%) const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k; . vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); . vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); . vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); 124,866 ( 1.16%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 3,284 ( 0.03%) const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1; 9,852 ( 0.09%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10); . } 19,732 ( 0.18%) if (q <= 9) { 32,912 ( 0.30%) if (mv % 5 == 0) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); 7,830 ( 0.07%) } else if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); . } else { 3,573 ( 0.03%) vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); . } . } . } else { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); 50,646 ( 0.47%) e10 = (int32_t)q + e2; 101,292 ( 0.94%) const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; 50,646 ( 0.47%) int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k; . vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j); . vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j); . vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j); 305,648 ( 2.83%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 18,044 ( 0.17%) j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); 27,066 ( 0.25%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10); . } 55,364 ( 0.51%) if (q <= 1) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = true; 1,350 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = mmShift == 1; . } else { . --vp; . } 54,846 ( 0.51%) } else if (q < 31) { 18,484 ( 0.17%) vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf2_32(mv, q - 1); . } . } . 38,776 ( 0.36%) int32_t removed = 0; . uint32_t output; 55,997 ( 0.52%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) { 107,619 ( 1.00%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 66,048 ( 0.61%) vmIsTrailingZeros &= (vm % 10) == 0; 22,016 ( 0.20%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 82,510 ( 0.76%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 11,008 ( 0.10%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 22,016 ( 0.20%) ++removed; . } 5,454 ( 0.05%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros) { 1,092 ( 0.01%) while (vm % 10 == 0) { 658 ( 0.01%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 3,101 ( 0.03%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 329 ( 0.00%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; 987 ( 0.01%) vm /= 10; 1,316 ( 0.01%) ++removed; . } . } 5,948 ( 0.06%) if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) { . lastRemovedDigit = 4; . } 17,546 ( 0.16%) output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } else { 958,706 ( 8.87%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 95,202 ( 0.88%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 184,794 ( 1.71%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 61,598 ( 0.57%) ++removed; . } 251,755 ( 2.33%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } . 37,510 ( 0.35%) floating_decimal_32 fd = { output, e10 + removed }; . return fd; . } . . static inline size_t append_u2(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) { 96,522 ( 0.89%) if (v >= 10) { 166,730 ( 1.54%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * v, 2); 73,430 ( 0.68%) return index + 2; . } 65,019 ( 0.60%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + v); 40,723 ( 0.38%) return index; . } . . static inline size_t append_upto4(uint32_t v, char *out, size_t index) { 3,584 ( 0.03%) if (v >= 1000) { 2,166 ( 0.02%) const uint32_t q = v / 100; 4,332 ( 0.04%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + q / 10); 4,332 ( 0.04%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + q % 10); 5,054 ( 0.05%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 1,444 ( 0.01%) return index + 2; . } 20,920 ( 0.19%) if (v >= 100) { 3,051 ( 0.03%) const uint32_t q = v / 100; 24,275 ( 0.22%) out[index++] = (char)('0' + q); 6,645 ( 0.06%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (v - q * 100), 2); 1,560 ( 0.01%) return index + 2; . } . return append_u2(v, out, index); . } . . static inline size_t print_small_uint(uint32_t v, bool sign, char *out) { 11,173 ( 0.10%) size_t index = 0; 33,564 ( 0.31%) if (sign) out[index++] = '-'; 22,364 ( 0.21%) if (v >= 10000) { 37,560 ( 0.35%) const uint32_t hi = v / 10000; 28,170 ( 0.26%) const uint32_t lo = v - hi * 10000; . index = append_upto4(hi, out, index); 28,170 ( 0.26%) const uint32_t a = lo / 100; 28,170 ( 0.26%) memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 46,950 ( 0.43%) memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * (lo - a * 100), 2); 18,780 ( 0.17%) return index + 4; ... 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assistant
I’ll test a branchless `mmShift` expression in Ryu’s interval setup, since the profile shows the short-circuit form is surprisingly costly.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Make mmShift branchless", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2;\n const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2;\n- const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1;\n+ const uint32_t mmShift = (uint32_t)(ieeeMantissa != 0) | (uint32_t)(ieeeExponent <= 1);\n const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift;\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 146- const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1; 146+ const uint32_t mmShift = (uint32_t)(ieeeMantissa != 0) | (uint32_t)(ieeeExponent <= 1);
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade branchless mmShift", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 951026e51i Name: Grade branchless mmShift Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/951026e51i.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/951026e51i.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="951026e51i" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="951026e51i" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for branchless mmShift grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "951026e51i", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 951026e51i Name: Grade branchless mmShift Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:42:31.026792577+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:42:45.669101126+00:00 Duration: 14.64s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:42:45.669127765+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.3s PASS measure 6.4s 54,595,919 instructions (given: 7,832,703,614) SCORE +7.1646 (143.467x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
I’ll test a `clz`-based decimal-length calculation to replace the comparison chain. If the compiler/harness doesn’t like it or it’s slower, I’ll revert.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Try clz-based decimal length", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(uint32_t v) {\n- if (v >= 100000000) return 9;\n- if (v >= 10000000) return 8;\n- if (v >= 1000000) return 7;\n- if (v >= 100000) return 6;\n- if (v >= 10000) return 5;\n- if (v >= 1000) return 4;\n- if (v >= 100) return 3;\n- if (v >= 10) return 2;\n- return 1;\n+ static const uint32_t POW10[10] = {\n+ 1u, 10u, 100u, 1000u, 10000u, 100000u, 1000000u, 10000000u, 100000000u, 1000000000u\n+ };\n+ const uint32_t bits = 32u - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v);\n+ const uint32_t t = (bits * 1233u) >> 12;\n+ return t + 1u - (uint32_t)(v < POW10[t]);\n }\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 73- if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 74- if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 75- if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 76- if (v >= 100000) return 6; 77- if (v >= 10000) return 5; 78- if (v >= 1000) return 4; 79- if (v >= 100) return 3; 80- if (v >= 10) return 2; 81- return 1; 73+ static const uint32_t POW10[10] = { 74+ 1u, 10u, 100u, 1000u, 10000u, 100000u, 1000000u, 10000000u, 100000000u, 1000000000u 75+ }; 76+ const uint32_t bits = 32u - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v); 77+ const uint32_t t = (bits * 1233u) >> 12; 78+ return t + 1u - (uint32_t)(v < POW10[t]);
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade clz decimal length", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 976446l3kz Name: Grade clz decimal length Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/976446l3kz.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/976446l3kz.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="976446l3kz" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="976446l3kz" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for clz grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "976446l3kz", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 976446l3kz Name: Grade clz decimal length Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:42:56.446221115+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:43:10.938926656+00:00 Duration: 14.49s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:43:10.938955033+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.2s PASS measure 6.4s 54,771,552 instructions (given: 7,837,086,622) SCORE +7.1607 (143.087x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
The `clz` decimal-length variant was slower (+7.1607), so I’ll revert it.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Revert slower clz decimal length", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(uint32_t v) {\n- static const uint32_t POW10[10] = {\n- 1u, 10u, 100u, 1000u, 10000u, 100000u, 1000000u, 10000000u, 100000000u, 1000000000u\n- };\n- const uint32_t bits = 32u - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v);\n- const uint32_t t = (bits * 1233u) >> 12;\n- return t + 1u - (uint32_t)(v < POW10[t]);\n+ if (v >= 100000000) return 9;\n+ if (v >= 10000000) return 8;\n+ if (v >= 1000000) return 7;\n+ if (v >= 100000) return 6;\n+ if (v >= 10000) return 5;\n+ if (v >= 1000) return 4;\n+ if (v >= 100) return 3;\n+ if (v >= 10) return 2;\n+ return 1;\n }\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 73- static const uint32_t POW10[10] = { 74- 1u, 10u, 100u, 1000u, 10000u, 100000u, 1000000u, 10000000u, 100000000u, 1000000000u 75- }; 76- const uint32_t bits = 32u - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v); 77- const uint32_t t = (bits * 1233u) >> 12; 78- return t + 1u - (uint32_t)(v < POW10[t]); 73+ if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 74+ if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 75+ if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 76+ if (v >= 100000) return 6; 77+ if (v >= 10000) return 5; 78+ if (v >= 1000) return 4; 79+ if (v >= 100) return 3; 80+ if (v >= 10) return 2; 81+ return 1;
assistant
I’ll add a fast formatting exit for Ryu results whose decimal exponent is zero, printing plain digits instead of adding `.e0`.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Print Ryu exponent-zero results as plain digits", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n } else {\n out[index] = (char)('0' + output);\n }\n+\n+ if (v.exponent == 0) {\n+ return index + olength;\n+ }\n \n if (olength > 1) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 314+ if (v.exponent == 0) { 315+ return index + olength; 316+ }
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade exponent-zero plain-digit formatting", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 004922k7xp Name: Grade exponent-zero plain-di Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/004922k7xp.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/004922k7xp.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="004922k7xp" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="004922k7xp" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for exponent-zero grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "004922k7xp", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task was already finished. Task: 004922k7xp Name: Grade exponent-zero plain-di Tool: bash Status: failed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:43:24.922291147+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:43:26.838821794+00:00 Duration: 1.92s Exit code: 1 Notify: true Wake: true Error: Command exited with code 1 Recent events: - Failed · 2026-07-19T02:43:26.838854006+00:00 · Command exited with code 1 Output preview: ```text [stderr] MISMATCH on bits 0x4a000000 (2.09715e+06): strtof did not consume '209715' grade: FAIL (verification) --- Command finished with exit code: 1 --- ```
assistant
That formatting shortcut exposed Ryu’s intentional dot gap. I’ll fix it with a small memmove for that rare path and re-test.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Fix exponent-zero plain digit gap", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n if (v.exponent == 0) {\n+ if (olength > 1) memmove(out + index + 1, out + index + 2, olength - 1);\n return index + olength;\n }\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 315+ if (olength > 1) memmove(out + index + 1, out + index + 2, olength - 1);
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Grade fixed exponent-zero formatting", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 016633ndyx Name: Grade fixed exponent-zero fo Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/016633ndyx.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/016633ndyx.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="016633ndyx" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="016633ndyx" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for fixed exponent-zero grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "016633ndyx", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 016633ndyx Name: Grade fixed exponent-zero fo Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:43:36.633957398+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:43:51.069904845+00:00 Duration: 14.44s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:43:51.069933997+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.1s PASS measure 6.4s 55,651,720 instructions (given: 7,828,342,813) SCORE +7.1361 (140.667x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
The exponent-zero shortcut is correct but slower (+7.1361), so I’ll remove it.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Revert slower exponent-zero shortcut", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if (v.exponent == 0) {\n- if (olength > 1) memmove(out + index + 1, out + index + 2, olength - 1);\n- return index + olength;\n- }\n-\n if (olength > 1) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 314- if (v.exponent == 0) { 315- if (olength > 1) memmove(out + index + 1, out + index + 2, olength - 1); 316- return index + olength; 317- }
assistant
I’ll use a fixed seed now to decide the marginal `mmShift` branchless change, since random seeded grades showed no clear win.
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade with branchless mmShift", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 036977fr4h Name: Fixed-seed grade with branch Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/036977fr4h.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/036977fr4h.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="036977fr4h" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="036977fr4h" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for fixed-seed branchless grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "036977fr4h", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 036977fr4h Name: Fixed-seed grade with branch Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:43:56.977910116+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:44:11.424162660+00:00 Duration: 14.45s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:44:11.424184676+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.1s PASS measure 6.4s 54,455,654 instructions (given: 7,831,394,614) SCORE +7.1680 (143.812x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Restore original mmShift for fixed-seed comparison", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- const uint32_t mmShift = (uint32_t)(ieeeMantissa != 0) | (uint32_t)(ieeeExponent <= 1);\n+ const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1;\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 146- const uint32_t mmShift = (uint32_t)(ieeeMantissa != 0) | (uint32_t)(ieeeExponent <= 1); 146+ const uint32_t mmShift = ieeeMantissa != 0 || ieeeExponent <= 1;
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade with original mmShift", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 05903218vc Name: Fixed-seed grade with origin Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/05903218vc.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/05903218vc.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="05903218vc" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="05903218vc" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for fixed-seed original grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "05903218vc", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 05903218vc Name: Fixed-seed grade with origin Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:44:19.032737107+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:44:27.459045304+00:00 Duration: 8.43s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:44:27.459067213+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.2s PASS measure 0.2s 54,455,654 instructions (given: 7,831,394,614) SCORE +7.1680 (143.812x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
I’ll test extending the exact-integer fast path from binary exponent 20 to 23. These are still decimal integers with at most 8 digits, so it should be valid, but the verifier will decide.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Extend exact integer fast path to e<=23", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 20u) {\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 23u) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 351- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 20u) { 351+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 23u) {
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade extended integer path", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 077905zmlh Name: Fixed-seed grade extended in Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/077905zmlh.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/077905zmlh.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="077905zmlh" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="077905zmlh" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for extended integer grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "077905zmlh", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 077905zmlh Name: Fixed-seed grade extended in Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:44:37.905486973+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:44:46.350631828+00:00 Duration: 8.44s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:44:46.350654515+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.3s PASS measure 0.2s 53,416,452 instructions (given: 7,831,394,614) SCORE +7.1958 (146.610x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Extending to exponent 23 passes and improves fixed-seed score to +7.1958. I’ll cautiously test exponent 24 as another candidate.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Test exact integer fast path to e<=24", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 23u) {\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 351- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 23u) { 351+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) {
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade integer path e<=24", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 0917478bwa Name: Fixed-seed grade integer pat Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/0917478bwa.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/0917478bwa.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="0917478bwa" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="0917478bwa" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for e<=24 integer grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "0917478bwa", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 0917478bwa Name: Fixed-seed grade integer pat Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:44:51.747192621+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:45:00.235916379+00:00 Duration: 8.49s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:45:00.235938166+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.3s PASS measure 0.2s 53,420,868 instructions (given: 7,831,394,614) SCORE +7.1957 (146.598x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Exponent 24 was slightly worse on the fixed seed. I’ll test 25 once for correctness and score, then keep the best threshold.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Test exact integer fast path to e<=25", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) {\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 351- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) { 351+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) {
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade integer path e<=25", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 107296irma Name: Fixed-seed grade integer pat Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/107296irma.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/107296irma.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="107296irma" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="107296irma" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for e<=25 integer grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "107296irma", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 107296irma Name: Fixed-seed grade integer pat Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:45:07.296242159+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:45:15.999525538+00:00 Duration: 8.70s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:45:15.999561461+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.4s PASS measure 0.2s 53,109,258 instructions (given: 7,831,394,614) SCORE +7.2042 (147.458x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Exponent 25 improves to +7.2042 fixed-seed. I’ll add 9-digit integer support and test exponent 26, which is the last threshold that still needs at most 9 significant digits.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Add 9-digit integer support and test e<=26", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static inline size_t print_small_uint(uint32_t v, bool sign, char *out) {\n size_t index = 0;\n if (sign) out[index++] = '-';\n+ if (v >= 100000000) {\n+ const uint32_t hi = v / 100000000;\n+ uint32_t lo = v - hi * 100000000;\n+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + hi);\n+ uint32_t a = lo / 1000000; lo -= a * 1000000;\n+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n+ a = lo / 10000; lo -= a * 10000;\n+ memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n+ a = lo / 100; lo -= a * 100;\n+ memcpy(out + index + 4, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n+ memcpy(out + index + 6, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * lo, 2);\n+ return index + 8;\n+ }\n if (v >= 10000) {\n@@\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) {\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 26u) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 271+ if (v >= 100000000) { 272+ const uint32_t hi = v / 100000000; 273+ uint32_t lo = v - hi * 100000000; 274+ out[index++] = (char)('0' + hi); 275+ uint32_t a = lo / 1000000; lo -= a * 1000000; 276+ memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 277+ a = lo / 10000; lo -= a * 10000; 278+ memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 279+ a = lo / 100; lo -= a * 100; 280+ memcpy(out + index + 4, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 281+ memcpy(out + index + 6, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * lo, 2); 282+ return index + 8; 283+ } 351- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) { 364+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 26u) {
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade integer path e<=26", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 128415hgpd Name: Fixed-seed grade integer pat Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/128415hgpd.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/128415hgpd.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="128415hgpd" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="128415hgpd" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for e<=26 integer grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "128415hgpd", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 128415hgpd Name: Fixed-seed grade integer pat Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:45:28.415350367+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:45:37.143165819+00:00 Duration: 8.73s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:45:37.143196330+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.5s PASS measure 0.2s 53,121,193 instructions (given: 7,831,394,614) SCORE +7.2038 (147.425x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Exponent 26 passes but is a little slower. I’ll keep exponent 25 and remove the 9-digit support branch.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Keep best integer threshold e<=25 and remove 9-digit branch", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n size_t index = 0;\n if (sign) out[index++] = '-';\n- if (v >= 100000000) {\n- const uint32_t hi = v / 100000000;\n- uint32_t lo = v - hi * 100000000;\n- out[index++] = (char)('0' + hi);\n- uint32_t a = lo / 1000000; lo -= a * 1000000;\n- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n- a = lo / 10000; lo -= a * 10000;\n- memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n- a = lo / 100; lo -= a * 100;\n- memcpy(out + index + 4, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2);\n- memcpy(out + index + 6, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * lo, 2);\n- return index + 8;\n- }\n if (v >= 10000) {\n@@\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 26u) {\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 271- if (v >= 100000000) { 272- const uint32_t hi = v / 100000000; 273- uint32_t lo = v - hi * 100000000; 274- out[index++] = (char)('0' + hi); 275- uint32_t a = lo / 1000000; lo -= a * 1000000; 276- memcpy(out + index, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 277- a = lo / 10000; lo -= a * 10000; 278- memcpy(out + index + 2, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 279- a = lo / 100; lo -= a * 100; 280- memcpy(out + index + 4, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * a, 2); 281- memcpy(out + index + 6, DIGIT_TABLE + 2 * lo, 2); 282- return index + 8; 283- } 364- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 26u) { 351+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) {
assistant
The best candidate so far is Ryu plus finite-normal branch restructuring and exact-integer fast path through binary exponent 25. I’ll run a normal grade now, then the full gate if it passes.
tool call: todo
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tool result
[ { "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "read-spec", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 95, "completion_confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 90, 95 ] }, { "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "baseline", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "completion_confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 80, 90 ] }, { "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "optimize", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 70, 75, 90 ] }, { "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "iterate", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 85, "confidence_history": [ 70, 85 ] }, { "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "status": "pending", "priority": "medium", "id": "report", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing run.", "feedback_loop": "For each iteration: run ./grade, record the reported score and instruction count from scores.jsonl tail, compare against the previous best, keep only changes that pass correctness and improve deterministic callgrind score, then inspect hot code paths before the next edit." } ]
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Run normal grade on best candidate", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 155536cdxn Name: Run normal grade on best can Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/155536cdxn.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/155536cdxn.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="155536cdxn" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="155536cdxn" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for normal grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "155536cdxn", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 155536cdxn Name: Run normal grade on best can Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:45:55.536451705+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:46:10.409672793+00:00 Duration: 14.87s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:46:10.409694147+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.4s PASS measure 6.4s 53,269,782 instructions (given: 7,826,648,200) SCORE +7.1989 (146.925x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Normal grade passes at +7.1989. I’m running `./grade --full` now for the official correctness gate.
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --full", "intent": "Run official full correctness gate", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1800000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 175817vlks Name: Run official full correctnes Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/175817vlks.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/175817vlks.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="175817vlks" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="175817vlks" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for full gate", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1800, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "175817vlks", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 175817vlks Name: Run official full correctnes Tool: bash Status: failed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:46:15.817800252+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:56:15.826657421+00:00 Duration: 600.01s Exit code: 124 Notify: true Wake: true Error: Command timed out after 600000ms (600.0s) Recent events: - Failed · 2026-07-19T02:56:15.826679993+00:00 · Command timed out after 600000ms (600.0s) Output preview: ```text --- Command timed out after 600000ms (600.0s) --- ```
assistant
`./grade --full` exceeded the 10-minute command timeout before producing output, likely while running the exhaustive verifier. I’ll run the full verifier directly without a timeout so it can complete.
tool call: bash
{"command": ".build/verify --full", "intent": "Run full verifier directly without timeout", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 783156ardo Name: Run full verifier directly w Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/783156ardo.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/783156ardo.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="783156ardo" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="783156ardo" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for full verifier", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1800, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "783156ardo", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
No terminal event before max wait of 1800s. Check again with `bg action="wait" task_id="783156ardo"` or inspect status/output. Task: 783156ardo Name: Run full verifier directly w Tool: bash Status: running Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T02:56:23.156801689+00:00 Notify: true Wake: true
assistant
The direct full verifier has now run over 30 minutes with no output, so it is much slower in this environment than the spec suggests. I’ll stop it to avoid burning the session, then do targeted exhaustive checks around the new integer threshold.
tool call: bg
{"action": "cancel", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": 5000, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Cancel overlong full verifier", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": null, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": null, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 80, "task_id": "783156ardo", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Task 783156ardo cancelled.
assistant
I found an important issue in the extended integer path: exponents above 23 need a left shift, not the original right-shift mask. I’m fixing that now and re-validating.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Fix exact integer path for binary exponents above mantissa width", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const int32_t bin_exp = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS;\n if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) {\n const uint32_t m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa;\n- const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp;\n- const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1;\n- if ((m2 & mask) == 0) {\n- return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out);\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) {\n+ const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp;\n+ const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1;\n+ if ((m2 & mask) == 0) {\n+ return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out);\n+ }\n+ } else {\n+ return print_small_uint(m2 << ((uint32_t)bin_exp - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS), sign, out);\n }\n }\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 353- const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp; 354- const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1; 355- if ((m2 & mask) == 0) { 356- return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out); 353+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) { 354+ const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp; 355+ const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1; 356+ if ((m2 & mask) == 0) { 357+ return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out); 358+ } 359+ } else { 360+ return print_small_uint(m2 << ((uint32_t)bin_exp - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS), sign, out);
assistant
I’ll run the fixed-seed grade first after this safety fix, then a normal grade.
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade after integer path fix", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 602693eff8 Name: Fixed-seed grade after integ Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/602693eff8.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/602693eff8.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="602693eff8" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="602693eff8" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for fixed-seed grade after fix", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "602693eff8", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task was already finished. Task: 602693eff8 Name: Fixed-seed grade after integ Tool: bash Status: failed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T03:26:42.693212592+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T03:26:44.689231671+00:00 Duration: 2.00s Exit code: 1 Notify: true Wake: true Error: Command exited with code 1 Recent events: - Failed · 2026-07-19T03:26:44.689256526+00:00 · Command exited with code 1 Output preview: ```text [stderr] MISMATCH on bits 0x4c000400 (3.35585e+07): not shortest: '33558528' uses 8 sig digits, 7 possible grade: FAIL (verification) --- Command finished with exit code: 1 --- ```
assistant
Correct left-shift handling shows exponent 25 is not shortest for some floats. I’ll back off and test exponent 24 with the fixed logic, then use exponent 23 if needed.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Back integer threshold down to e<=24 for correctness test", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) {\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) {\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 351- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 25u) { 351+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) {
assistant
Running the fixed-seed grade for exponent 24 now.
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade --seed 424242", "intent": "Fixed-seed grade integer threshold e<=24 fixed", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 610238bjwx Name: Fixed-seed grade integer thr Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/610238bjwx.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/610238bjwx.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="610238bjwx" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="610238bjwx" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for e<=24 fixed grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "610238bjwx", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 610238bjwx Name: Fixed-seed grade integer thr Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T03:26:50.238952314+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T03:26:58.705893483+00:00 Duration: 8.47s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T03:26:58.705913295+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.0s verify 7.2s PASS measure 0.2s 53,576,009 instructions (given: 7,831,394,614) SCORE +7.1915 (146.174x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Exponent 24 is correct but slower than exponent 23 on the fixed seed. I’m reverting to the simpler, safe exponent 23 threshold.
tool call: apply_patch
{"intent": "Revert integer path to safe best threshold e<=23", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) {\n+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 23u) {\n const uint32_t m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa;\n- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) {\n- const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp;\n- const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1;\n- if ((m2 & mask) == 0) {\n- return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out);\n- }\n- } else {\n- return print_small_uint(m2 << ((uint32_t)bin_exp - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS), sign, out);\n+ const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp;\n+ const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1;\n+ if ((m2 & mask) == 0) {\n+ return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out);\n }\n }\n*** End Patch"}
tool result
✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 351- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 24u) { 351+ if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 23u) { 353- if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) { 354- const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp; 355- const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1; 356- if ((m2 & mask) == 0) { 357- return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out); 358- } 359- } else { 360- return print_small_uint(m2 << ((uint32_t)bin_exp - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS), sign, out); 353+ const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp; 354+ const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1; 355+ if ((m2 & mask) == 0) { 356+ return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out);
assistant
I’ll run the final normal grade now. Full verification was attempted but did not finish in 30 minutes in this environment.
tool call: bash
{"command": "./grade", "intent": "Final normal grade", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 6259021ov7 Name: Final normal grade Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6259021ov7.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6259021ov7.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="6259021ov7" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="6259021ov7" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for final normal grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "6259021ov7", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 6259021ov7 Name: Final normal grade Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T03:27:05.902629418+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T03:27:20.435154854+00:00 Duration: 14.53s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T03:27:20.435177524+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.2s PASS measure 6.4s 53,486,629 instructions (given: 7,820,803,526) SCORE +7.1920 (146.220x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
tool call: bash
{"command": "git status --short 2>/dev/null || true && tail -10 scores.jsonl", "intent": "Check final repo status and score log", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}
tool result
{"ts": "2026-07-19T02:43:51Z", "seed": 29016, "cost": 55651720, "given_cost": 7828342813, "score": 7.1361, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:44:11Z", "seed": 424242, "cost": 54455654, "given_cost": 7831394614, "score": 7.168, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:44:27Z", "seed": 424242, "cost": 54455654, "given_cost": 7831394614, "score": 7.168, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:44:46Z", "seed": 424242, "cost": 53416452, "given_cost": 7831394614, "score": 7.1958, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:45:00Z", "seed": 424242, "cost": 53420868, "given_cost": 7831394614, "score": 7.1957, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:45:15Z", "seed": 424242, "cost": 53109258, "given_cost": 7831394614, "score": 7.2042, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:45:37Z", "seed": 424242, "cost": 53121193, "given_cost": 7831394614, "score": 7.2038, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:46:10Z", "seed": 29155, "cost": 53269782, "given_cost": 7826648200, "score": 7.1989, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T03:26:58Z", "seed": 424242, "cost": 53576009, "given_cost": 7831394614, "score": 7.1915, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T03:27:20Z", "seed": 31625, "cost": 53486629, "given_cost": 7820803526, "score": 7.192, "full_gate": false} --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Final normal grade is +7.1920. I’ll do a quick source sanity check for only submission changes, then wrap up.
tool call: bash
{"command": "git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null && git status --short || echo 'no git repository'; grep -n \"if ((uint32_t)bin_exp\" -A8 submission/solve.c", "intent": "Sanity check final source state", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}
tool result
no git repository 351: if ((uint32_t)bin_exp <= 23u) { 352- const uint32_t m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa; 353- const uint32_t shift = FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - (uint32_t)bin_exp; 354- const uint32_t mask = (1u << shift) - 1; 355- if ((m2 & mask) == 0) { 356- return print_small_uint(m2 >> shift, sign, out); 357- } 358- } 359- --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: todo
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tool result
[ { "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "read-spec", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 95, "completion_confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 90, 95 ] }, { "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "baseline", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "completion_confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 80, 90 ] }, { "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "optimize", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 70, 75, 90 ] }, { "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "iterate", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 85, "confidence_history": [ 70, 85 ] }, { "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "status": "pending", "priority": "medium", "id": "report", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing run.", "feedback_loop": "For each iteration: run ./grade, record the reported score and instruction count from scores.jsonl tail, compare against the previous best, keep only changes that pass correctness and improve deterministic callgrind score, then inspect hot code paths before the next edit." } ] Your end-to-end ownership is not high enough to complete this goal. Take ownership of the full user outcome, not just the immediate implementation. Follow the work through every relevant integration and runtime path, resolve consequential gaps, validate the complete workflow, and finish the necessary follow-through.
assistant
I’ll record the final task state with the completed validation path and the full-gate limitation noted.
tool call: todo
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tool result
[ { "content": "Read spec and current implementation", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "read-spec", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 95, "completion_confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 90, 95 ] }, { "content": "Run baseline grade and inspect score/instruction count", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "baseline", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 90, "completion_confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 80, 90 ] }, { "content": "Implement and validate optimizations in submission/ only", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "optimize", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 92, "completion_confidence": 92, "confidence_history": [ 70, 75, 90, 92 ] }, { "content": "Iterate using scores.jsonl until no meaningful improvement remains", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "iterate", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 88, "completion_confidence": 88, "confidence_history": [ 70, 85, 88 ] }, { "content": "Report final passing score and changes", "status": "completed", "priority": "medium", "id": "report", "group": "float-print optimization", "confidence": 95, "completion_confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 90, 95 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing final run.", "feedback_loop": "Ran ./grade after each candidate, used fixed seed 424242 for marginal comparisons, reverted slower/incorrect attempts, and used final normal ./grade as the reported score. Attempted ./grade --full, then direct .build/verify --full; because the full verifier produced no output after 30 minutes, I canceled it and retained the final fast gate PASS plus targeted regression from the default stratified verifier.", "end_to_end_ownership": 96 } ]
assistant
Done. Replaced `submission/solve.c` with a self-contained Ryu-style shortest float32 printer, plus fast paths for finite normals and exact small integers. Final `./grade` result: - `verify PASS` - `53,486,629 instructions` vs given `7,820,803,526` - `SCORE +7.1920` `(146.220x)` I also attempted `./grade --full` and direct `.build/verify --full`; the full verifier did not complete after 30 minutes in this environment, so I canceled it. No git repo was present, so I could not commit.I’ll do more validation before finalizing: multiple seeded grades plus a targeted verifier for the custom integer fast-path boundary cases.
tool call: todo
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tool result
[ { "content": "Run several seeded ./grade validations on final code", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "multi-seed", "group": "float-print optimization validation", "confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 95 ] }, { "content": "Run targeted custom validation for exact-integer fast path boundaries", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "targeted-fastpath", "group": "float-print optimization validation", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] }, { "content": "Reassess final confidence and report validation results", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "final-reassess", "group": "float-print optimization validation", "confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 95 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization validation", "user_intention": "Ensure the optimized float printer is correct and ready to finalize, not merely fast on one grade run.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Increase completion confidence by validating the final solution across additional deterministic seeds and targeted edge cases introduced by the optimization.", "feedback_loop": "Run multiple seeded ./grade passes, inspect failures if any, and add targeted validation for the custom exact-integer fast path boundaries. Final confidence is only raised if all additional validations pass." }, { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing final run.", "feedback_loop": "Ran ./grade after each candidate, used fixed seed 424242 for marginal comparisons, reverted slower/incorrect attempts, and used final normal ./grade as the reported score. Attempted ./grade --full, then direct .build/verify --full; because the full verifier produced no output after 30 minutes, I canceled it and retained the final fast gate PASS plus targeted regression from the default stratified verifier.", "end_to_end_ownership": 96 } ]
tool call: bash
{"command": "set -e\nfor seed in 111 222 333; do\n echo \"JCODE_PROGRESS {\\\"message\\\":\\\"Running ./grade --seed $seed\\\"}\"\n ./grade --seed \"$seed\"\ndone", "intent": "Run multiple seeded final grades", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1800000, "wake": true}
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 6721408ekw Name: Run multiple seeded final gr Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6721408ekw.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6721408ekw.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="6721408ekw" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="6721408ekw" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for multi-seed grades", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1800, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 160, "task_id": "6721408ekw", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 6721408ekw Name: Run multiple seeded final gr Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T03:27:52.140894033+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T03:28:35.254230058+00:00 Duration: 43.11s Exit code: 0 Progress: Running ./grade --seed 333 (reported) Progress updated: 2026-07-19T03:28:20.988528087+00:00 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Progress · 2026-07-19T03:27:52.152509058+00:00 · Running ./grade --seed 111 - Progress · 2026-07-19T03:28:06.546218268+00:00 · Running ./grade --seed 222 - Progress · 2026-07-19T03:28:20.989358908+00:00 · Running ./grade --seed 333 - Completed · 2026-07-19T03:28:35.254246375+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.9s verify 7.2s PASS measure 6.3s 53,411,930 instructions (given: 7,828,621,173) SCORE +7.1955 (146.571x) build 0.9s verify 7.1s PASS measure 6.3s 53,612,969 instructions (given: 7,819,922,801) SCORE +7.1884 (145.859x) build 0.9s verify 7.1s PASS measure 6.2s 53,515,008 instructions (given: 7,834,606,996) SCORE +7.1938 (146.400x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Multi-seed grades all passed. I’ll add a targeted validator that checks all integer fast-path values for roundtrip/format and a dense shortest-oracle sample across the fast-path boundary.
tool call: todo
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tool result
[ { "content": "Run several seeded ./grade validations on final code", "status": "completed", "priority": "high", "id": "multi-seed", "group": "float-print optimization validation", "confidence": 98, "completion_confidence": 98, "confidence_history": [ 95, 98 ] }, { "content": "Run targeted custom validation for exact-integer fast path boundaries", "status": "in_progress", "priority": "high", "id": "targeted-fastpath", "group": "float-print optimization validation", "confidence": 90, "confidence_history": [ 90 ] }, { "content": "Reassess final confidence and report validation results", "status": "pending", "priority": "high", "id": "final-reassess", "group": "float-print optimization validation", "confidence": 95, "confidence_history": [ 95 ] } ] Goals: [ { "group": "float-print optimization validation", "user_intention": "Ensure the optimized float printer is correct and ready to finalize, not merely fast on one grade run.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Increase completion confidence by validating the final solution across additional deterministic seeds and targeted edge cases introduced by the optimization.", "feedback_loop": "Run multiple seeded ./grade passes, inspect failures if any, and add targeted validation for the custom exact-integer fast path boundaries. Final confidence is only raised if all additional validations pass." }, { "group": "float-print optimization", "user_intention": "Maximize benchmark score for the float-print task within rules.", "user_intention_alignment": 100, "hill_climbability": 100, "objective": "Maximize deterministic callgrind improvement score for submission/solve.c, with correctness verified by ./grade after every candidate optimization and final score taken from the best passing final run.", "feedback_loop": "Ran ./grade after each candidate, used fixed seed 424242 for marginal comparisons, reverted slower/incorrect attempts, and used final normal ./grade as the reported score. Attempted ./grade --full, then direct .build/verify --full; because the full verifier produced no output after 30 minutes, I canceled it and retained the final fast gate PASS plus targeted regression from the default stratified verifier.", "end_to_end_ownership": 96 } ]
tool call: bash
{"command": "cat > \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/target_validate.c\" <<'EOF'\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <math.h>\n\nsize_t float_print(float f, char *out);\n\nstatic uint32_t fbits(float f) { uint32_t b; memcpy(&b, &f, 4); return b; }\n\nstatic int min_digits(float f) {\n char buf[64];\n for (int p = 1; p <= 9; p++) {\n snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), \"%.*g\", p, (double)f);\n if (strtof(buf, NULL) == f) return p;\n }\n return 9;\n}\n\nstatic int check_format(const char *s, size_t n) {\n size_t i = 0;\n if (i < n && s[i] == '-') i++;\n size_t int_start = i;\n while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++;\n size_t int_len = i - int_start;\n if (int_len == 0) return -1;\n if (int_len > 1 && s[int_start] == '0') return -1;\n if (i < n && s[i] == '.') {\n i++;\n size_t fs = i;\n while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++;\n if (i == fs) return -1;\n if (s[i - 1] == '0') return -1;\n }\n if (i < n && s[i] == 'e') {\n i++;\n if (i < n && (s[i] == '+' || s[i] == '-')) i++;\n size_t es = i;\n while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++;\n size_t elen = i - es;\n if (elen == 0) return -1;\n if (elen > 1 && s[es] == '0') return -1;\n }\n if (i != n) return -1;\n int sig = 0, seen = 0;\n for (size_t k = int_start; k < n && s[k] != 'e'; k++) {\n char c = s[k];\n if (c < '0' || c > '9') continue;\n if (c != '0') seen = 1;\n if (seen) sig++;\n }\n int has_dot = memchr(s, '.', n) != NULL;\n int has_e = memchr(s, 'e', n) != NULL;\n if (!has_dot && !has_e) {\n size_t end = n;\n while (end > 1 && s[end - 1] == '0') { end--; sig--; }\n }\n return sig ? sig : 1;\n}\n\nstatic void check_bits(uint32_t bits, int check_shortest) {\n float f; memcpy(&f, &bits, 4);\n char out[40];\n memset(out, 0x7f, sizeof(out));\n size_t n = float_print(f, out);\n if (n == 0 || n > 31) { fprintf(stderr, \"bad len bits=%08x n=%zu\\n\", bits, n); exit(1); }\n out[n] = 0;\n char *endp;\n float back = strtof(out, &endp);\n uint32_t bb = fbits(back);\n if (*endp || bb != bits) { fprintf(stderr, \"roundtrip bits=%08x out='%s' back=%08x\\n\", bits, out, bb); exit(1); }\n int sig = check_format(out, n);\n if (sig < 0) { fprintf(stderr, \"format bits=%08x out='%s'\\n\", bits, out); exit(1); }\n if (check_shortest) {\n int md = min_digits(f);\n if (sig > md) { fprintf(stderr, \"shortest bits=%08x out='%s' sig=%d md=%d\\n\", bits, out, sig, md); exit(1); }\n }\n}\n\nint main(void) {\n // Exhaustive round-trip/format over every integer float in the custom fast path.\n for (uint32_t n = 0; n <= (1u << 24); n++) {\n float f = (float)n;\n uint32_t b = fbits(f);\n check_bits(b, 0);\n check_bits(b | 0x80000000u, 0);\n if ((n & 0xfffffu) == 0) fprintf(stderr, \"roundtrip integers %u/%u\\n\", n, 1u << 24);\n }\n\n // Dense shortest-oracle samples around the newly optimized range and just outside it.\n const uint32_t ranges[][2] = {\n {0x49800000u, 0x4a800000u}, // [2^20, 2^22]\n {0x4a800000u, 0x4b800000u}, // [2^22, 2^24]\n {0x4b800000u, 0x4c800000u}, // just outside fast path\n };\n for (int r = 0; r < 3; r++) {\n uint32_t start = ranges[r][0], end = ranges[r][1];\n for (uint32_t b = start; b < end; b += 251u) {\n check_bits(b, 1);\n check_bits(b | 0x80000000u, 1);\n }\n for (uint32_t b = start; b < start + 8192u; b++) { check_bits(b, 1); check_bits(b | 0x80000000u, 1); }\n for (uint32_t b = end - 8192u; b < end; b++) { check_bits(b, 1); check_bits(b | 0x80000000u, 1); }\n fprintf(stderr, \"shortest sampled range %08x..%08x\\n\", start, end);\n }\n puts(\"targeted validation PASS\");\n return 0;\n}\nEOF\ngcc -O2 -std=c17 \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/target_validate.c\" submission/solve.c -lm -o \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/target_validate\"\n\"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/target_validate\"", "intent": "Build and run targeted validation program", "notify": true, " ... [59 characters truncated for page size]
tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 742696y0cn Name: Build and run targeted valid Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/742696y0cn.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/742696y0cn.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="742696y0cn" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="742696y0cn" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
assistant
The targeted validator is running in scratch. It exhaustively checks roundtrip/format for every integer float up to `2^24`, then shortest-checks dense samples around the custom fast-path boundary.
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for targeted validator", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 160, "task_id": "742696y0cn", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}
tool result
Background task was already finished. Task: 742696y0cn Name: Build and run targeted valid Tool: bash Status: failed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T03:29:02.696169912+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T03:29:03.102521956+00:00 Duration: 0.41s Exit code: 1 Notify: true Wake: true Error: Command exited with code 1 Recent events: - Failed · 2026-07-19T03:29:03.102536857+00:00 · Command exited with code 1 Output preview: ```text [stderr] format bits=80000000 out='-0' --- Command finished with exit code: 1 --- ```
assistant
The targeted validator flagged its own stricter handling of `-0`, which the official verifier treats as a special zero case. I’ll fix the validator and rerun.
tool call: bash
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tool result
Command started in background. Task ID: 749909d2hb Name: Rerun targeted validator wit Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/749909d2hb.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/749909d2hb.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="749909d2hb" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="749909d2hb" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"
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Targeted validator is rerunning with zero handled like the official verifier.
tool call: bg
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tool result
Background task finished. Task: 749909d2hb Name: Rerun targeted validator wit Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_kangaroo_1784428635876_5bbf0a411871011a Started: 2026-07-19T03:29:09.909906878+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T03:29:14.986645533+00:00 Duration: 5.08s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T03:29:14.986675092+00:00 Output preview: ```text [stderr] roundtrip integers 0/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 1048576/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 2097152/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 3145728/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 4194304/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 5242880/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 6291456/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 7340032/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 8388608/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 9437184/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 10485760/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 11534336/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 12582912/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 13631488/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 14680064/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 15728640/16777216 [stderr] roundtrip integers 16777216/16777216 [stderr] shortest sampled range 49800000..4a800000 [stderr] shortest sampled range 4a800000..4b800000 [stderr] shortest sampled range 4b800000..4c800000 targeted validation PASS --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
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Additional validation passed: 3 seeded grades plus targeted exhaustive integer fast-path roundtrip/format and dense shortest checks around the boundary. I’m raising final confidence now.
tool call: todo
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tool result
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Additional validation completed and confidence reassessed. Passed: - Final normal `./grade`: `SCORE +7.1920`, `verify PASS` - `./grade --seed 111`: `+7.1955`, PASS - `./grade --seed 222`: `+7.1884`, PASS - `./grade --seed 333`: `+7.1938`, PASS - Targeted validator: PASS, including exhaustive roundtrip/format for every integer float `0..2^24` with both signs, plus dense shortest checks around the fast-path boundary. Final confidence: high, 99%.
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I’ll inspect the spec and current code first, then use `./grade` as the tight feedback loop for each change.I’ve confirmed the verifier’s shortest check is significant-digit-count based, with `strtof` round-trip as the hard gate. Next I’ll capture the baseline score.Baseline is +0.0000 with 7.83B instructions. I’m going to replace the `snprintf`/`strtof` loop rather than micro-optimize it, since the target frontier is a shortest-decimal algorithm.The first Ryu-based implementation is in place. I’m running the verifier and score now.The Ryu implementation passes and jumps to +6.8440, about 115x faster. I’ll now tune hot paths and re-grade each candidate.Small integer fast path passes and improves to +7.1081, about 138x. I’ll profile this version and look for another safe specialization.The remaining cost is mostly Ryu’s digit-removal loop and decimal digit emission. I’ll try a quotient-reuse rewrite of the removal loops and keep it only if it improves.The quotient-reuse rewrite was slower (+7.0843), so I’m reverting that change and continuing from the +7.1081 version.Next I’ll test replacing tiny `memcpy(..., 2)` digit copies with direct stores, which may lower callgrind instruction counts in digit emission.Direct digit copies were slower (+7.0589), so I’ll restore the compiler’s optimized `memcpy` form.I’ll try restructuring the top-level branches so common finite normals avoid the zero/special checks. This should be safe and easy to validate.Branch restructuring improved to +7.1646, about 143x. I’ll profile again and try one or two more low-risk changes.I’ll test a branchless `mmShift` expression in Ryu’s interval setup, since the profile shows the short-circuit form is surprisingly costly.I’ll test a `clz`-based decimal-length calculation to replace the comparison chain. If the compiler/harness doesn’t like it or it’s slower, I’ll revert.The `clz` decimal-length variant was slower (+7.1607), so I’ll revert it.I’ll add a fast formatting exit for Ryu results whose decimal exponent is zero, printing plain digits instead of adding `.e0`.That formatting shortcut exposed Ryu’s intentional dot gap. I’ll fix it with a small memmove for that rare path and re-test.The exponent-zero shortcut is correct but slower (+7.1361), so I’ll remove it.I’ll use a fixed seed now to decide the marginal `mmShift` branchless change, since random seeded grades showed no clear win.I’ll test extending the exact-integer fast path from binary exponent 20 to 23. These are still decimal integers with at most 8 digits, so it should be valid, but the verifier will decide.Extending to exponent 23 passes and improves fixed-seed score to +7.1958. I’ll cautiously test exponent 24 as another candidate.Exponent 24 was slightly worse on the fixed seed. I’ll test 25 once for correctness and score, then keep the best threshold.Exponent 25 improves to +7.2042 fixed-seed. I’ll add 9-digit integer support and test exponent 26, which is the last threshold that still needs at most 9 significant digits.Exponent 26 passes but is a little slower. I’ll keep exponent 25 and remove the 9-digit support branch.The best candidate so far is Ryu plus finite-normal branch restructuring and exact-integer fast path through binary exponent 25. I’ll run a normal grade now, then the full gate if it passes.Normal grade passes at +7.1989. I’m running `./grade --full` now for the official correctness gate.`./grade --full` exceeded the 10-minute command timeout before producing output, likely while running the exhaustive verifier. I’ll run the full verifier directly without a timeout so it can complete.The direct full verifier has now run over 30 minutes with no output, so it is much slower in this environment than the spec suggests. I’ll stop it to avoid burning the session, then do targeted exhaustive checks around the new integer threshold.I found an important issue in the extended integer path: exponents above 23 need a left shift, not the original right-shift mask. I’m fixing that now and re-validating.I’ll run the fixed-seed grade first after this safety fix, then a normal grade.Correct left-shift handling shows exponent 25 is not shortest for some floats. I’ll back off and test exponent 24 with the fixed logic, then use exponent 23 if needed.Running the fixed-seed grade for exponent 24 now.Exponent 24 is correct but slower than exponent 23 on the fixed seed. I’m reverting to the simpler, safe exponent 23 threshold.I’ll run the final normal grade now. Full verification was attempted but did not finish in 30 minutes in this environment.Final normal grade is +7.1920. I’ll do a quick source sanity check for only submission changes, then wrap up.I’ll record the final task state with the completed validation path and the full-gate limitation noted.Done. Replaced `submission/solve.c` with a self-contained Ryu-style shortest float32 printer, plus fast paths for finite normals and exact small integers. Final `./grade` result: - `verify PASS` - `53,486,629 instructions` vs given `7,820,803,526` - `SCORE +7.1920` `(146.220x)` I also attempted `./grade --full` and direct `.build/verify --full`; the full verifier did not complete after 30 minutes in this environment, so I canceled it. No git repo was present, so I could not commit.I’ll do more validation before finalizing: multiple seeded grades plus a targeted verifier for the custom integer fast-path boundary cases.Multi-seed grades all passed. I’ll add a targeted validator that checks all integer fast-path values for roundtrip/format and a dense shortest-oracle sample across the fast-path boundary.The targeted validator is running in scratch. It exhaustively checks roundtrip/format for every integer float up to `2^24`, then shortest-checks dense samples around the custom fast-path boundary.The targeted validator flagged its own stricter handling of `-0`, which the official verifier treats as a special zero case. I’ll fix the validator and rerun.Targeted validator is rerunning with zero handled like the official verifier.Additional validation passed: 3 seeded grades plus targeted exhaustive integer fast-path roundtrip/format and dense shortest checks around the boundary. I’m raising final confidence now.Additional validation completed and confidence reassessed. Passed: - Final normal `./grade`: `SCORE +7.1920`, `verify PASS` - `./grade --seed 111`: `+7.1955`, PASS - `./grade --seed 222`: `+7.1884`, PASS - `./grade --seed 333`: `+7.1938`, PASS - Targeted validator: PASS, including exhaustive roundtrip/format for every integer float `0..2^24` with both signs, plus dense shortest checks around the fast-path boundary. Final confidence: high, 99%.