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jcode + Claude Opus 4.8 on float-print

2026-07-19 · final +7.1795 · sampled best +7.1795 · 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: bash
{"intent": "Read spec and explore task directory", "command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ls -la && echo \"=== SPEC ===\" && cat spec.md"}
tool result
total 5 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 160 Jul 19 10:28 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Jul 19 10:28 .. drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Jul 19 10:28 .build -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 225 Jul 19 10:14 grade -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 126 Jul 19 10:28 scores.jsonl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3296 Jul 19 10:14 spec.md drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Jul 19 10:14 submission drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 120 Jul 19 10:14 verify === SPEC === # float-print Print a float32 as the shortest decimal string that parses back to the same bits. This is the "shortest round-trip float printing" problem: an active research area (Grisu 2010, Ryu 2018, Dragonbox 2020), and the printing hot path of every serializer, REPL, and JSON encoder. ## Task You are given a working, tested implementation in `submission/solve.c`. It is correct and simple: it tries increasing precision until round-trip succeeds. Make it faster. Correctness on every one of the 2^32 float bit patterns is the gate. ``` ./grade # build, verify (fast gate: ~35M stratified cases), measure, score ./grade --full # the official gate: all 2^32 bit patterns (multithreaded) ./grade --seed N # reproduce a specific cost corpus ``` Edit only files under `submission/`. ## Contract ```c // Write a decimal representation of f into out (buffer >= 32 bytes). // Returns the number of bytes written (no NUL required). size_t float_print(float f, char *out); ``` Requirements on the output string, checked per value: 1. **Round-trip**: `strtof(out) == f` bit-exactly (after NUL-termination by the harness). For -0.0f the output must parse to -0.0f (sign preserved). 2. **Shortest**: the number of significant decimal digits used is the minimum for which any round-tripping representation of `f` exists. 3. **Format**: `-?D(.D+)?(e[+-]?DD?)?` where D are digits, i.e. something `strtof` accepts: an optional minus, digits with optional decimal point, optional exponent. No leading `+`, no leading zeros on the integer part (except a single `0` before `.`), no trailing zeros in the fraction. `inf`, `-inf`, `nan` (exactly these, lowercase) for infinities and NaNs. 4. Length <= 31 bytes. The verifier checks 1, 2 and 4 exactly, and 3 by a strict format automaton. Values with the same shortest digit count may have several valid strings (e.g. exponent vs plain notation); any compliant one passes. ## Verification (the gate) - Default gate (fast, ~seconds, multithreaded): all 2^24 exponent-stratified patterns (every exponent x 2^15 mantissa strides), every power of two, every exponent boundary +-2, all denormals' boundary region, all NaN/inf classes, all values < 2^20 as integers, plus 2M seeded random patterns. - `--full`: every one of the 2^32 bit patterns. This is the official gate and runs in a few minutes on 8 threads. Run it before you claim a final score. ## Cost model (the score) Instructions inside `float_print` (callgrind), over a seeded corpus of 50k floats drawn from published regimes (uniform bits 30%, round decimals 25%, small integers 15%, [0,1) uniforms 15%, huge/tiny exponents 10%, denormals 5%). Paired: the frozen given implementation (`verify/given.c`) is measured on the same corpus each grade, so the score is seed-independent. ``` score = log2(given_cost / your_cost) ``` The given implementation is deliberately simple (snprintf try-loop), so early doublings come easily; the frontier (Ryu/Dragonbox-class, ~few hundred instructions/call) is worth roughly +6 to +7. Beyond the frontier is research. ## Rules - Self-contained C17, libc only. You may (and should) replace the snprintf approach entirely. - Do not modify the grader/verifier. Any correct program is a valid submission. --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && cat submission/solve.c && echo \"=== GRADE ===\" && cat grade && echo \"=== SCORES ===\" && cat scores.jsonl && echo \"=== VERIFY DIR ===\" && ls verify", "intent": "Read current solution, grade script, verify dir"}
tool result
// solve.c — the given implementation of float_print. // Correct and simple: try increasing digit counts with snprintf until the // result round-trips. This is what a careful programmer writes first, and // it is slow. Make it faster. See ../spec.md. Grade with ../grade. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <math.h> #include <stdint.h> size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { // Specials. if (isnan(f)) { memcpy(out, "nan", 3); return 3; } if (isinf(f)) { if (f < 0) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } memcpy(out, "inf", 3); return 3; } if (f == 0.0f) { // preserve sign of zero if (signbit(f)) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } out[0] = '0'; return 1; } // Try shortest first: %.<p>g produces p significant digits. char buf[64]; for (int prec = 1; prec <= 9; prec++) { int n = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*g", prec, (double)f); if (n <= 0) continue; float back = strtof(buf, NULL); if (back == f) { // normalize: %g may emit exponents like e+05; strip leading // zeros in the exponent to keep the format tight (e+05 -> e+5). char *e = memchr(buf, 'e', (size_t)n); if (e) { char *p = e + 1; char sign = 0; if (*p == '+' || *p == '-') { sign = *p; p++; } while (*p == '0' && p[1] != '\0') { memmove(p, p + 1, (size_t)(n - (p - buf))); n--; } if (sign == '+') { // keep '+'? strtof accepts both; keep as-is (allowed). } } memcpy(out, buf, (size_t)n); return (size_t)n; } } // 9 significant digits always round-trips for float32. int n = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.9g", (double)f); memcpy(out, buf, (size_t)n); return (size_t)n; } === GRADE === #!/usr/bin/env python3 import os, sys sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", "..", "harness")) from grade import main main(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "float_print") === SCORES === {"ts": "2026-07-19T10:28:43Z", "seed": 56902, "cost": 7816430189, "given_cost": 7816430189, "score": 0.0, "full_gate": false} === VERIFY DIR === gen_corpus.py given.c runner.c verify.c --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && cat verify/verify.c && echo \"=== RUNNER ===\" && cat verify/runner.c", "intent": "Read verifier to understand exact format checks"}
tool result
// verify.c — correctness gate for float-print. // For each tested bit pattern: // 1. run float_print, NUL-terminate, length check // 2. format check (strict automaton) // 3. round-trip check: strtof(out) bit-equals input // 4. shortest check: significant digits used == minimal round-tripping count // (minimal count computed independently with snprintf %.*g) // Modes: default = stratified fast gate (~19M cases), --full = all 2^32. // Multithreaded. Exit 0 = pass; prints first counterexample otherwise. #include <stdint.h> #include <stddef.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <math.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <stdatomic.h> size_t float_print(float f, char *out); static atomic_ullong n_cases; static atomic_int failed; static pthread_mutex_t report_mu = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; // ---- independent minimal-digit oracle ---- static int min_digits(float f) { char buf[64]; for (int p = 1; p <= 9; p++) { snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*g", p, (double)f); if (strtof(buf, NULL) == f) return p; } return 9; } // ---- strict format automaton ---- // -?D+(.D+)?(e[+-]?D+)? with: no leading zeros on integer part unless it is // exactly "0"; fraction has no trailing zero; exponent has no leading zero; // returns significant digit count, or -1 if malformed. static int check_format(const char *s, size_t n) { size_t i = 0; if (i < n && s[i] == '-') i++; // integer part size_t int_start = i; while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++; size_t int_len = i - int_start; if (int_len == 0) return -1; if (int_len > 1 && s[int_start] == '0') return -1; // leading zero size_t frac_len = 0; if (i < n && s[i] == '.') { i++; size_t fs = i; while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++; frac_len = i - fs; if (frac_len == 0) return -1; if (s[i - 1] == '0') return -1; // trailing zero in fraction } if (i < n && (s[i] == 'e' || s[i] == 'E')) { if (s[i] == 'E') return -1; // lowercase only i++; if (i < n && (s[i] == '+' || s[i] == '-')) i++; size_t es = i; while (i < n && s[i] >= '0' && s[i] <= '9') i++; size_t elen = i - es; if (elen == 0) return -1; if (elen > 1 && s[es] == '0') return -1; // leading zero in exponent } if (i != n) return -1; // significant digits: all digits of int+frac, minus leading zeros // (a leading "0." contributes no significant digit). int sig = 0; int seen_nonzero = 0; for (size_t k = int_start; k < n; k++) { char c = s[k]; if (c == 'e') break; if (c < '0' || c > '9') continue; if (c != '0') seen_nonzero = 1; if (seen_nonzero) sig++; } // trailing zeros in the integer part are significant-or-not ambiguous // (e.g. 100 for 1e2 uses 1 sig digit conceptually but 3 chars). We count // shortest by ROUND-TRIPPING at min_digits, so recompute leniently: // strip trailing zeros of integer-only outputs when no fraction present. return sig ? sig : 1; // "0" -> 1 } static int sig_digits_lenient(const char *s, size_t n) { // significant digits ignoring trailing zeros when there is no '.' or 'e' int has_dot = memchr(s, '.', n) != NULL; int has_e = memchr(s, 'e', n) != NULL; int sig = check_format(s, n); if (sig < 0) return -1; if (!has_dot && !has_e) { // strip trailing zeros: 1200 -> 2 sig digits size_t end = n; while (end > 1 && s[end - 1] == '0') { end--; sig--; } } return sig; } static int check_one(uint32_t bits, char *msgbuf) { float f; memcpy(&f, &bits, 4); char out[40]; memset(out, 0x7F, sizeof(out)); size_t n = float_print(f, out); if (n == 0 || n > 31) { sprintf(msgbuf, "bad length %zu", n); return 0; } out[n] = '\0'; // specials if (isnan(f)) { if (strcmp(out, "nan") != 0) { sprintf(msgbuf, "nan must print 'nan', got '%s'", out); return 0; } return 1; } if (isinf(f)) { const char *want = f < 0 ? "-inf" : "inf"; if (strcmp(out, want) != 0) { sprintf(msgbuf, "inf mismatch: got '%s'", out); return 0; } return 1; } // round trip char *endp; float back = strtof(out, &endp); if (*endp != '\0') { sprintf(msgbuf, "strtof did not consume '%s'", out); return 0; } uint32_t backbits; memcpy(&backbits, &back, 4); if (backbits != bits) { sprintf(msgbuf, "round-trip failed: '%s' -> %08x != %08x", out, backbits, bits); return 0; } if (f == 0.0f) return 1; // sign already verified by bit equality // format const char *body = out[0] == '-' ? out : out; int sig = sig_digits_lenient(body, n); if (sig < 0) { sprintf(msgbuf, "malformed output '%s'", out); return 0; } // shortest int md = min_digits(f); if (sig > md) { sprintf(msgbuf, "not shortest: '%s' uses %d sig digits, %d possible", out, sig, md); return 0; } return 1; } static void fail_report(uint32_t bits, const char *msg) { pthread_mutex_lock(&report_mu); if (!atomic_exchange(&failed, 1)) { float f; memcpy(&f, &bits, 4); fprintf(stderr, "MISMATCH on bits 0x%08x (%g): %s\n", bits, (double)f, msg); } pthread_mutex_unlock(&report_mu); } // ---- work scheduling ---- typedef struct { uint64_t start, end, stride; } range_t; #define MAX_RANGES 4096 static range_t ranges[MAX_RANGES]; static int n_ranges; static atomic_int next_range; static void add_range(uint64_t start, uint64_t end, uint64_t stride) { if (n_ranges >= MAX_RANGES) { fprintf(stderr, "range overflow\n"); exit(2); } { ranges[n_ranges++] = (range_t){start, end, stride}; } } static void *worker(void *arg) { (void)arg; char msg[256]; for (;;) { int idx = atomic_fetch_add(&next_range, 1); if (idx >= n_ranges) return NULL; range_t r = ranges[idx]; for (uint64_t v = r.start; v < r.end; v += r.stride) { if (atomic_load_explicit(&failed, memory_order_relaxed)) return NULL; if (!check_one((uint32_t)v, msg)) { fail_report((uint32_t)v, msg); return NULL; } atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&n_cases, 1, memory_order_relaxed); } } } static const uint32_t *extra_bits; static size_t extra_n; static atomic_ulong extra_next; static void *extra_worker(void *arg) { (void)arg; char msg[256]; for (;;) { size_t i = atomic_fetch_add(&extra_next, 4096); if (i >= extra_n) return NULL; size_t end = i + 4096 < extra_n ? i + 4096 : extra_n; for (; i < end; i++) { if (atomic_load_explicit(&failed, memory_order_relaxed)) return NULL; if (!check_one(extra_bits[i], msg)) { fail_report(extra_bits[i], msg); return NULL; } atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&n_cases, 1, memory_order_relaxed); } } } static uint64_t rng_state = 0x6A636F6465ULL; static uint64_t rng_next(void) { uint64_t z = (rng_state += 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15ULL); z = (z ^ (z >> 30)) * 0xBF58476D1CE4E5B9ULL; z = (z ^ (z >> 27)) * 0x94D049BB133111EBULL; return z ^ (z >> 31); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { int full = 0; uint64_t seed = 0x6A636F6465ULL; for (int a = 1; a < argc; a++) { if (strcmp(argv[a], "--full") == 0) full = 1; else seed = strtoull(argv[a], NULL, 0); } rng_state = seed; if (full) { // all 2^32 patterns, split into 64 chunks for (int k = 0; k < 64; k++) add_range((uint64_t)k << 26, (uint64_t)(k + 1) << 26, 1); } else { // stratified fast gate: // every exponent (0..255, both signs) x mantissa stride 512 (2^14 each) for (int sgn = 0; sgn < 2; sgn++) for (int ex = 0; ex < 256; ex++) { uint64_t base = ((uint64_t)sgn << 31) | ((uint64_t)ex << 23); add_range(base, base + (1u << 23), 512); } // all small integers as floats: 0..2^20 for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++) { // convert integer to float bits: do it as its own range trick — // handled below via explicit loop range marker (stride 0 unused); (void)k; } // exact boundaries: first/last 4096 mantissas of every exponent for (int sgn = 0; sgn < 2; sgn++) for (int ex = 0; ex < 256; ex++) { uint64_t base = ((uint64_t)sgn << 31) | ((uint64_t)ex << 23); add_range(base, base + 4096, 1); add_range(base + (1u << 23) - 4096, base + (1u << 23), 1); } } int nthreads = 8; pthread_t th[64]; for (int t = 0; t < nthreads; t++) pthread_create(&th[t], NULL, worker, NULL); for (int t = 0; t < nthreads; t++) pthread_join(th[t], NULL); if (atomic_load(&failed)) return 1; if (!full) { // extra passes: small integers exactly + random patterns (threaded) size_t n_extra = (1u << 20) + 1 + 2000000; uint32_t *extra = malloc(n_extra * 4); size_t k = 0; for (uint32_t i = 0; i <= (1u << 20); i++) { float f = (float)i; memcpy(&extra[k++], &f, 4); } for (int i = 0; i < 2000000; i++) extra[k++] = (uint32_t)rng_next(); extra_bits = extra; extra_n = n_extra; atomic_store(&extra_next, 0); for (int t = 0; t < nthreads; t++) pthread_create(&th[t], NULL, extra_worker, NULL); for (int t = 0; t < nthreads; t++) pthread_join(th[t], NULL); free(extra); if (atomic_load(&failed)) return 1; } printf("verify: PASS (%llu cases%s)\n", (unsigned long long)atomic_load(&n_cases), full ? ", FULL 2^32" : ""); return 0; } === RUNNER === // runner.c — cost driver for float-print. Reads uint32 bit patterns, // calls float_print on each. Run under callgrind with --toggle-collect. #include <stdint.h> #include <stddef.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #ifdef RUNNER_GIVEN size_t given_float_print(float f, char *out); #define float_print given_float_print #else size_t float_print(float f, char *out); #endif int main(int argc, char **argv) { if (argc < 2) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: runner CORPUS\n"); return 2; } FILE *f = fopen(argv[1], "rb"); if (!f) { perror("corpus"); return 2; } fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); long sz = ftell(f); fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET); uint32_t *bits = malloc((size_t)sz); if (fread(bits, 1, (size_t)sz, f) != (size_t)sz) { perror("read"); return 2; } fclose(f); size_t n = (size_t)sz / 4; char out[40]; unsigned long long checksum = 0; for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) { float v; memcpy(&v, &bits[i], 4); size_t r = float_print(v, out); checksum += r + (unsigned char)out[0]; } printf("runner: %zu floats, checksum %llu\n", n, checksum); return 0; } --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ls -la .build && echo \"=== harness grade.py ===\" && find / -name grade.py -path '*harness*' 2>/dev/null | head && sed -n '1,200p' $(find / -name grade.py -path '*harness*' 2>/dev/null | head -1)", "intent": "Understand how grade builds submission"}
tool result
total 301 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Jul 19 10:28 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 160 Jul 19 10:28 .. -rw------- 1 root root 7744 Jul 19 10:28 callgrind.runner.out -rw------- 1 root root 7758 Jul 19 10:28 callgrind.runner_given.out -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 200000 Jul 19 10:28 corpus_56902.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 10:28 given_cost_56902.json -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24344 Jul 19 10:28 runner -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24256 Jul 19 10:28 runner_given -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41320 Jul 19 10:28 verify === harness grade.py === /opt/jcode-bench/harness/grade.py /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/harness/grade.py #!/usr/bin/env python3 """Shared grader for jcode bench tasks. Pipeline: build -> verify (gate) -> callgrind cost (submission + frozen given, same corpus: paired) -> score = log2(given/sub). Appends to scores.jsonl. Each task directory provides: submission/*.c, verify/verify.c (+reference.c optional), verify/given.c (frozen given impl, function prefixed given_), verify/runner.c (honors -DRUNNER_GIVEN), verify/gen_corpus.py, and a small `grade` wrapper exporting TASK_FN (the measured function name). """ import argparse, json, math, os, re, subprocess, sys, time, glob def sh(cmd, **kw): return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, **kw) def main(here, fn, extra_cflags=None, verify_args=None): SUB = os.path.join(here, "submission") VER = os.path.join(here, "verify") BUILD = os.path.join(here, ".build") CFLAGS = ["-O2", "-std=c17", "-fno-lto", "-g"] + (extra_cflags or []) ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=None) ap.add_argument("--full", action="store_true", help="run the full exhaustive gate (if the task has one)") ap.add_argument("--quiet", action="store_true") args = ap.parse_args() seed = args.seed if args.seed is not None else int(time.time()) % 100000 os.makedirs(BUILD, exist_ok=True) sub_srcs = sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(SUB, "*.c"))) if not sub_srcs: sys.exit("no .c files in submission/") t0 = time.time() ref = os.path.join(VER, "reference.c") refs = [ref] if os.path.exists(ref) else [] sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-I", SUB, *sub_srcs, *refs, os.path.join(VER, "verify.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "verify"), "-lm", "-lpthread"]) sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-I", SUB, *sub_srcs, os.path.join(VER, "runner.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "runner"), "-lm"]) if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(BUILD, "runner_given")): sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-DRUNNER_GIVEN", os.path.join(VER, "given.c"), os.path.join(VER, "runner.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "runner_given"), "-lm"]) t_build = time.time() - t0 t0 = time.time() vargs = [str(seed)] + (["--full"] if args.full else []) + (verify_args or []) r = subprocess.run([os.path.join(BUILD, "verify"), *vargs], capture_output=True, text=True) if r.returncode != 0: print(r.stdout, end="") print(r.stderr, end="", file=sys.stderr) print("grade: FAIL (verification)") sys.exit(1) t_verify = time.time() - t0 def measure(binary, func): corpus = os.path.join(BUILD, f"corpus_{seed}.bin") if not os.path.exists(corpus): sh(["python3", os.path.join(VER, "gen_corpus.py"), str(seed), corpus]) cg = os.path.join(BUILD, f"callgrind.{binary}.out") if os.path.exists(cg): os.unlink(cg) sh(["valgrind", "--tool=callgrind", f"--toggle-collect={func}", "--collect-atstart=no", "--dump-line=no", f"--callgrind-out-file={cg}", os.path.join(BUILD, binary), corpus]) total = 0 with open(cg) as f: for line in f: ls = line.strip() if re.match(r"^\d+ \d+$", ls) or re.match(r"^\d+ \d+ ", ls): total += int(ls.split()[1]) if total == 0: sys.exit(f"cost extraction failed (did you rename {func}?)") return total t0 = time.time() cost = measure("runner", fn) # The given binary is frozen, so its cost per corpus seed is a pure # function of the seed: cache it. gcache = os.path.join(BUILD, f"given_cost_{seed}.json") if os.path.exists(gcache): with open(gcache) as f: given = json.load(f)["cost"] else: given = measure("runner_given", f"given_{fn}") with open(gcache, "w") as f: json.dump({"cost": given}, f) t_measure = time.time() - t0 score = math.log2(given / cost) rec = {"ts": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()), "seed": seed, "cost": cost, "given_cost": given, "score": round(score, 4), "full_gate": bool(args.full)} with open(os.path.join(here, "scores.jsonl"), "a") as f: f.write(json.dumps(rec) + "\n") if not args.quiet: print(f"build {t_build:5.1f}s") print(f"verify {t_verify:5.1f}s PASS{' (FULL gate)' if args.full else ''}") print(f"measure {t_measure:5.1f}s {cost:,} instructions (given: {given:,})") print(f"SCORE {score:+.4f} ({given / cost:.3f}x)") --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Now I understand the task. I'll replace the snprintf try-loop with a Ryu float32 shortest-printing algorithm. Let me write it.
tool call: write
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "content": "// solve.c \u2014 fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm.\n// Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018).\n#include <string.h>\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stdbool.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n\n#define FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS 23\n#define FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS 8\n#define FLOAT_BIAS 127\n\n#define FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT 59\n#define FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT 61\n\nstatic const uint64_t FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[31] = {\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\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\nstatic const char DIGIT_TABLE[201] =\n \"00010203040506070809\"\n \"10111213141516171819\"\n \"20212223242526272829\"\n \"30313233343536373839\"\n \"40414243444546474849\"\n \"50515253545556575859\"\n \"60616263646566676869\"\n \"70717273747576777879\"\n \"80818283848586878889\"\n \"90919293949596979899\";\n\nstatic inline uint32_t pow5factor_32(uint32_t value) {\n uint32_t count = 0;\n for (;;) {\n const uint32_t q = value / 5;\n const uint32_t r = value % 5;\n if (r != 0) break;\n value = q;\n ++count;\n }\n return count;\n}\n\nstatic inline bool multipleOfPowerOf5_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) {\n return pow5factor_32(value) >= p;\n}\n\nstatic inline bool multipleOfPowerOf2_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) {\n return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0;\n}\n\nstatic inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) {\n const uint32_t factorLo = (uint32_t)(factor);\n const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32);\n const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo;\n const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi;\n const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1;\n const uint64_t shiftedSum = sum >> (shift - 32);\n return (uint32_t)shiftedSum;\n}\n\nstatic inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) {\n return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j);\n}\n\nstatic inline uint32_t mulPow5divPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t i, const int32_t j) {\n return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j);\n}\n\nstatic inline uint32_t log10P ... [6422 characters truncated for page size]
tool result
Updated /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c (304 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+ // solve.c — fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm. 2+ // Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018). 8- #include <math.h> 5+ #include <stdbool.h> 6+ #include <stddef.h> 8+ #define FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS 23 9+ #define FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS 8 10+ #define FLOAT_BIAS 127 12+ #define FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT 59 13+ #define FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT 61 15+ static const uint64_t FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[31] = { 16+ 576460752303423489u, 461168601842738791u, 368934881474191033u, 295147905179352826u, 17+ 472236648286964522u, 377789318629571618u, 302231454903657294u, 483570327845851670u, 18+ 386856262276681336u, 309485009821345069u, 495176015714152110u, 396140812571321688u, ...
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade 2>&1 | tail -20", "intent": "Build, verify, and score Ryu implementation"}
tool result
build 0.9s verify 4.8s PASS measure 11.6s 69,175,125 instructions (given: 4,480,547,545) SCORE +6.0173 (64.771x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
+6.02, 64.8x. Ryu works. Now let me profile to optimize further.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,60p'", "intent": "Profile Ryu hotspots"}
tool result
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile data file '.build/callgrind.runner.out' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I1 cache: D1 cache: LL cache: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 1551776 Trigger: Program termination Profiled target: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/corpus_57265.bin (PID 186, part 1) Events recorded: Ir Events shown: Ir Event sort order: Ir Thresholds: 99 Include dirs: User annotated: Auto-annotation: on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13,627,482 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir file:function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13,627,482 (100.0%) submission/solve.c:float_print [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 46 ---------------------------------------- . "40414243444546474849" . "50515253545556575859" . "60616263646566676869" . "70717273747576777879" . "80818283848586878889" . "90919293949596979899"; . . static inline uint32_t pow5factor_32(uint32_t value) { 3,774 ( 0.03%) uint32_t count = 0; . for (;;) { 26,460 ( 0.19%) const uint32_t q = value / 5; 10,128 ( 0.07%) const uint32_t r = value % 5; 22,495 ( 0.17%) if (r != 0) break; . value = q; 13,230 ( 0.10%) ++count; . } . return count; . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf5_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 1,146 ( 0.01%) return pow5factor_32(value) >= p; . } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf2_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 54,892 ( 0.40%) return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; . } . --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes --threshold=100 .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '60,320p'", "intent": "See full per-line profile"}
tool result
. } . . static inline bool multipleOfPowerOf2_32(const uint32_t value, const uint32_t p) { 54,892 ( 0.40%) 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); 100,942 ( 0.74%) const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32); 357,016 ( 2.62%) const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo; 217,102 ( 1.59%) const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi; 323,176 ( 2.37%) const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1; 219,725 ( 1.61%) const uint64_t shiftedSum = sum >> (shift - 32); 138,972 ( 1.02%) return (uint32_t)shiftedSum; . } . . static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { 36,446 ( 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) { 81,598 ( 0.60%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j); . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow2(const int32_t e) { 44,112 ( 0.32%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 78913) >> 18; . } . . static inline uint32_t log10Pow5(const int32_t e) { 109,218 ( 0.80%) return (((uint32_t)e) * 732923) >> 20; . } . . static inline int32_t pow5bits(const int32_t e) { 107,016 ( 0.79%) return (int32_t)(((((uint32_t)e) * 1217359) >> 19) + 1); . } . . static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) { 100,361 ( 0.74%) if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 169,818 ( 1.25%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 107,424 ( 0.79%) if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 77,252 ( 0.57%) if (v >= 100000) return 6; 38,588 ( 0.28%) if (v >= 10000) return 5; 33,622 ( 0.25%) if (v >= 1000) return 4; 28,302 ( 0.21%) if (v >= 100) return 3; 13,328 ( 0.10%) if (v >= 10) return 2; . return 1; . } . . typedef struct { uint32_t mantissa; int32_t exponent; } floating_decimal_32; . . static floating_decimal_32 f2d(const uint32_t ieeeMantissa, const uint32_t ieeeExponent) { . int32_t e2; . uint32_t m2; 100,000 ( 0.73%) if (ieeeExponent == 0) { . e2 = 1 - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; . m2 = ieeeMantissa; . } else { . e2 = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; 47,434 ( 0.35%) m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa; . } . const bool even = (m2 & 1) == 0; . const bool acceptBounds = even; . 100,000 ( 0.73%) const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 94,868 ( 0.70%) const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 300,000 ( 2.20%) const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) || (ieeeExponent <= 1); 162,830 ( 1.19%) const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; . . uint32_t vr, vp, vm; . int32_t e10; 13,294 ( 0.10%) bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; . bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; 50,000 ( 0.37%) uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; 147,434 ( 1.08%) if (e2 >= 0) { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); 11,028 ( 0.08%) e10 = (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1; 22,056 ( 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); 115,693 ( 0.85%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 3,362 ( 0.02%) const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1; 10,086 ( 0.07%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10); . } 19,810 ( 0.15%) if (q <= 9) { 32,688 ( 0.24%) if (mv % 5 == 0) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); 5,064 ( 0.04%) } else if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); . } else { 3,438 ( 0.03%) vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); . } . } . } else { . const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); 109,218 ( 0.80%) e10 = (int32_t)q + e2; 182,030 ( 1.34%) const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; . const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; 36,406 ( 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); 427,737 ( 3.14%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 17,572 ( 0.13%) j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); 26,358 ( 0.19%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10); . } 77,562 ( 0.57%) if (q <= 1) { . vrIsTrailingZeros = true; 974 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { . vmIsTrailingZeros = mmShift == 1; . } else { . --vp; . } 76,970 ( 0.56%) } else if (q < 31) { 40,740 ( 0.30%) vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf2_32(mv, q - 1); . } . } . 49,963 ( 0.37%) int32_t removed = 0; . uint32_t output; 89,364 ( 0.66%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) { 520,494 ( 3.82%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 317,166 ( 2.33%) vmIsTrailingZeros &= vm % 10 == 0; 105,722 ( 0.78%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 411,676 ( 3.02%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 52,861 ( 0.39%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 105,722 ( 0.78%) ++removed; . } 27,766 ( 0.20%) if (vmIsTrailingZeros) { 1,202 ( 0.01%) while (vm % 10 == 0) { 672 ( 0.00%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 2,709 ( 0.02%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 336 ( 0.00%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; 1,008 ( 0.01%) vm /= 10; 1,344 ( 0.01%) ++removed; . } . } 28,166 ( 0.21%) if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) { . lastRemovedDigit = 4; . } 98,306 ( 0.72%) output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } else { 963,688 ( 7.07%) while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 95,505 ( 0.70%) lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 186,117 ( 1.37%) vr /= 10; . vp /= 10; . vm /= 10; 62,039 ( 0.46%) ++removed; . } 251,951 ( 1.85%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); . } 60,643 ( 0.45%) const int32_t exp = e10 + removed; . . floating_decimal_32 fd; . fd.exponent = exp; . fd.mantissa = output; . return fd; . } . . static int to_chars(const floating_decimal_32 v, const bool sign, char *const result) { 38,650 ( 0.28%) int index = 0; 350,000 ( 2.57%) if (sign) result[index++] = '-'; . 4,360 ( 0.03%) uint32_t output = v.mantissa; . const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output); . 47,188 ( 0.35%) uint32_t i = 0; 82,780 ( 0.61%) while (output >= 10000) { 700,381 ( 5.14%) const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 82,780 ( 0.61%) output /= 10000; 206,950 ( 1.52%) const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; . const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1; 289,369 ( 2.12%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 165,560 ( 1.21%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 41,390 ( 0.30%) i += 4; . } 287,203 ( 2.11%) if (output >= 100) { 98,547 ( 0.72%) const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; 98,547 ( 0.72%) output /= 100; 225,583 ( 1.66%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 85,467 ( 0.63%) i += 2; . } 94,580 ( 0.69%) if (output >= 10) { 30,666 ( 0.23%) const uint32_t c = output << 1; 153,330 ( 1.13%) result[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 128,108 ( 0.94%) result[index] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; . } else { 75,763 ( 0.56%) result[index] = (char)('0' + output); . } . 2,558 ( 0.02%) if (olength > 1) { 47,442 ( 0.35%) result[index + 1] = '.'; 142,326 ( 1.04%) index += olength + 1; . } else { . ++index; . } . 100,000 ( 0.73%) result[index++] = 'e'; 50,000 ( 0.37%) int32_t exp = v.exponent + (int32_t)olength - 1; 150,000 ( 1.10%) if (exp < 0) { 69,405 ( 0.51%) result[index++] = '-'; 46,270 ( 0.34%) exp = -exp; . } . 100,000 ( 0.73%) if (exp >= 10) { 146,330 ( 1.07%) memcpy(result + index, DIGIT_TABLE + (2 * exp), 2); 38,532 ( 0.28%) index += 2; . } else { 142,202 ( 1.04%) result[index++] = (char)('0' + exp); . } . . return index; . } . 300,000 ( 2.20%) size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { . uint32_t bits; 50,000 ( 0.37%) memcpy(&bits, &f, 4); . const bool ieeeSign = ((bits >> 31) & 1) != 0; 100,000 ( 0.73%) const uint32_t ieeeMantissa = bits & ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) - 1); 150,000 ( 1.10%) const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); . 100,000 ( 0.73%) if (ieeeExponent == 0xff) { . if (ieeeMantissa) { memcpy(out, "nan", 3); return 3; } . if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } . memcpy(out, "inf", 3); return 3; . } 150,000 ( 1.10%) if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { . if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } . out[0] = '0'; return 1; . } . . floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent); . return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out); 350,000 ( 2.57%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: verify/runner.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following files chosen for auto-annotation could not be found: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/src/debug/glibc/glibc/csu/../csu/libc-start.c /usr/src/debug/glibc/glibc/csu/../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h --------------------------------------------------------------------- ... 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assistant
Score +6.02 (64.8x). Let me profile-driven optimize. First try an O3 pragma and micro-opts.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "old_string": "// solve.c \u2014 fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm.\n// Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018).\n#include <string.h>", "new_string": "// solve.c \u2014 fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm.\n// Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018).\n#pragma GCC optimize(\"O3\")\n#include <string.h>"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 3+ #pragma GCC optimize("O3") Context after edit (lines 1-7): 1│ // solve.c — fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm. 2│ // Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018). 3│ #pragma GCC optimize("O3") 4│ #include <string.h> 5│ #include <stdint.h> 6│ #include <stdbool.h> 7│ #include <stddef.h>
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade 2>&1 | tail -4", "intent": "Test O3 pragma"}
tool result
build 0.9s verify 4.7s PASS measure 6.4s 70,024,395 instructions (given: 4,486,392,376) SCORE +6.0016 (64.069x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && cat verify/gen_corpus.py", "intent": "Understand corpus distribution"}
tool result
#!/usr/bin/env python3 """gen_corpus.py — cost corpus for float-print: 200k float32 bit patterns. Regimes: uniform bits 30%, round decimals 25%, small ints 15%, [0,1) 15%, huge/tiny exponents 10%, denormals 5%. Output: raw little-endian uint32s. Usage: gen_corpus.py SEED OUTFILE""" import random, struct, sys def f2b(f): return struct.unpack('<I', struct.pack('<f', f))[0] def main(): seed, out = int(sys.argv[1]), sys.argv[2] rng = random.Random(seed) N = 50000 vals = [] for _ in range(int(N*0.30)): b = rng.getrandbits(32) # avoid nan/inf dominating: re-roll exponent 255 while (b >> 23) & 0xFF == 0xFF: b = rng.getrandbits(32) vals.append(b) for _ in range(int(N*0.25)): mant = rng.randrange(1, 10**rng.randrange(1, 7)) exp = rng.randrange(-6, 7) v = float(mant) * (10.0 ** exp) vals.append(f2b(struct.unpack('<f', struct.pack('<f', v))[0])) for _ in range(int(N*0.15)): vals.append(f2b(float(rng.randrange(0, 1 << 20)))) for _ in range(int(N*0.15)): vals.append(f2b(struct.unpack('<f', struct.pack('<f', rng.random()))[0])) for _ in range(int(N*0.10)): ex = rng.choice(list(range(1, 20)) + list(range(230, 255))) b = (rng.getrandbits(1) << 31) | (ex << 23) | rng.getrandbits(23) vals.append(b) while len(vals) < N: vals.append((rng.getrandbits(1) << 31) | rng.getrandbits(23)) # denormal rng.shuffle(vals) with open(out, 'wb') as f: for v in vals: f.write(struct.pack('<I', v)) print(f"corpus: {len(vals)} floats, seed {seed}") if __name__ == '__main__': main() --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
The O3 pragma hurt slightly. Let me revert it and focus on algorithmic wins.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "// solve.c \u2014 fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm.\n// Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018).\n#include <string.h>", "old_string": "// solve.c \u2014 fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm.\n// Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018).\n#pragma GCC optimize(\"O3\")\n#include <string.h>"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 3- #pragma GCC optimize("O3") Context after edit (lines 1-6): 1│ // solve.c — fast shortest round-trip float32 printing via the Ryu algorithm. 2│ // Replaces the snprintf try-loop with Ulf Adams' Ryu (2018). 3│ #include <string.h> 4│ #include <stdint.h> 5│ #include <stdbool.h> 6│ #include <stddef.h>
assistant
Let me optimize the digit-removal loops (biggest cost) by computing divisions once per iteration.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " int32_t removed = 0;\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 vmMod10 = vm - 10 * vmDiv10;\n const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n const uint32_t vrMod10 = vr - 10 * vrDiv10;\n vmIsTrailingZeros &= vmMod10 == 0;\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)vrMod10;\n vr = vrDiv10;\n vp = vpDiv10;\n vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n if (vmIsTrailingZeros) {\n for (;;) {\n const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10;\n const uint32_t vmMod10 = vm - 10 * vmDiv10;\n if (vmMod10 != 0) break;\n const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10;\n const uint32_t vrMod10 = vr - 10 * vrDiv10;\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)vrMod10;\n vr = vrDiv10;\n vp /= 10;\n vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n }\n if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) {\n lastRemovedDigit = 4;\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 - 10 * vrDiv10);\n vr = vrDiv10;\n vp = vpDiv10;\n vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n }", "old_string": " int32_t removed = 0;\n uint32_t output;\n if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) {\n while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) {\n vmIsTrailingZeros &= vm % 10 == 0;\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n vr /= 10;\n vp /= 10;\n vm /= 10;\n ++removed;\n }\n if (vmIsTrailingZeros) {\n while (vm % 10 == 0) {\n vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10);\n vr /= 10;\n vp /= 10;\n vm /= 10;\n ++removed;\n }\n }\n if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) {\n lastRemovedDigit = 4;\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 ++removed;\n }\n output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n }"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 189- while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 190- vmIsTrailingZeros &= vm % 10 == 0; 189+ for (;;) { 190+ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 191+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 192+ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 193+ const uint32_t vmMod10 = vm - 10 * vmDiv10; 194+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 195+ const uint32_t vrMod10 = vr - 10 * vrDiv10; 196+ vmIsTrailingZeros &= vmMod10 == 0; 192- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 193- vr /= 10; 194- vp /= 10; 195- vm /= 10; 198+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)vrMod10; 199+ vr = vrDiv10; 200+ vp = vpDiv10; 201+ vm = vmDiv10; 199- while (vm % 10 == 0) { 205+ for (;;) { 206+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 207+ const uint32_t vmMod10 = vm - 10 * vmDiv10; 208+ if (vmMod10 != 0) break; 209+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 210+ const uint32_t vrMod10 = vr - 10 * vrDiv10; 201- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 202- vr /= 10; 212+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)vrMod10; 213+ vr = vrDiv10; 204- vm /= 10; 215+ vm = vmDiv10; 213- while (vp / 10 > vm / 10) { 214- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr % 10); 215- vr /= 10; 216- vp /= 10; 217- vm /= 10; 224+ for (;;) { 225+ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 226+ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 227+ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 228+ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 229+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - 10 * vrDiv10); 230+ vr = vrDiv10; 231+ vp = vpDiv10; 232+ vm = vmDiv10; Context after edit (lines 183-239): 183│ } 184│ } 185│ 186│ int32_t removed = 0; 187│ uint32_t output; 188│ if (vmIsTrailingZeros || vrIsTrailingZeros) { 189│ for (;;) { 190│ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 191│ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 192│ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 193│ const uint32_t vmMod10 = vm - 10 * vmDiv10; 194│ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 195│ const uint32_t vrMod10 = vr - 10 * vrDiv10; 196│ vmIsTrailingZeros &= vmMod10 == 0; 197│ vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 198│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)vrMod10; 199│ vr = vrDiv10; 200│ vp = vpDiv10; 201│ vm = vmDiv10; 202│ ++removed; 203│ } 204│ if (vmIsTrailingZeros) { 205│ for (;;) { 206│ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 207│ const uint32_t vmMod10 = vm - 10 * vmDiv10; 208│ if (vmMod10 != 0) break; 209│ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 210│ const uint32_t vrMod10 = vr - 10 * vrDiv10; 211│ vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 212│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)vrMod10; 213│ vr = vrDiv10; 214│ vp /= 10; 215│ vm = vmDiv10; 216│ ++removed; 217│ } 218│ } 219│ if (vrIsTrailingZeros && lastRemovedDigit == 5 && vr % 2 == 0) { 220│ lastRemovedDigit = 4; 221│ } 222│ output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 223│ } else { 224│ for (;;) { 225│ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 226│ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 227│ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 228│ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 229│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - 10 * vrDiv10); 230│ vr = vrDiv10; 231│ vp = vpDiv10; 232│ vm = vmDiv10; 233│ ++removed; 234│ } 235│ output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 236│ } 237│ const int32_t exp = e10 + removed; 238│ 239│ floating_decimal_32 fd;
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade 2>&1 | tail -4", "intent": "Test optimized removal loops"}
tool result
build 0.9s verify 4.8s PASS measure 6.3s 69,821,402 instructions (given: 4,482,711,699) SCORE +6.0046 (64.203x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me use a fixed seed for consistent comparison across iterations.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -4", "intent": "Fixed seed baseline for current code"}
tool result
build 1.0s verify 4.9s PASS measure 6.4s 69,761,493 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0050 (64.222x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me get an accurate per-call instruction count by re-annotating the current output.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | grep \"PROGRAM TOTALS\" && echo \"--- grade parse ---\" && python3 -c \"\nimport re\nt=0\nfor line in open('.build/callgrind.runner.out'):\n ls=line.strip()\n if re.match(r'^\\d+ \\d+\\$', ls) or re.match(r'^\\d+ \\d+ ', ls):\n t+=int(ls.split()[1])\nprint('grade total', t)\nprint('per call annotate ~', 'see above')\n\"", "intent": "Reconcile grade count vs annotate"}
tool result
13,746,251 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS --- grade parse --- grade total 69761493 per call annotate ~ see above --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Near the frontier. Let me run the full gate to confirm correctness, then keep micro-optimizing.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && time ./grade --full 2>&1 | tail -6", "intent": "Run full 2^32 correctness gate"}
tool result
Command exceeded the foreground timeout after 120.0s and is continuing in background. Task ID: 6193220mhh Name: Run full 2^32 correctness ga Foreground time used: 120.1s Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.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="6193220mhh" to wait for completion or the next progress checkpoint. Use `bg` with action="output" and task_id="6193220mhh" to inspect output.
assistant
While that runs, let me think about further optimizations. The score is measured only on submission cost so I can keep improving while full gate runs.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E \"% \\)\" | sort -rn | head -20", "intent": "Find top cost lines"}
tool result
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E \"\\([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+%\\)\" | sort -t'(' -k2 -rn | head -25", "intent": "Sort cost lines"}
tool result
13,746,251 (100.0%) submission/solve.c:float_print [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner] 13,746,251 (100.0%) events annotated 13,746,251 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E \"^\\s*[0-9,]+ \\([0-9]\" | sort -rn | head -20", "intent": "Top per-line costs"}
tool result
13,746,251 (100.0%) submission/solve.c:float_print [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/.build/runner] 13,746,251 (100.0%) events annotated 13,746,251 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | grep -E \"solve.c\" | grep -vE \"float_print \\[|events|TOTALS\" | grep -oE \"^[0-9, ]+\\([0-9.]+%\\).*\" | sort -rn | head -25", "intent": "Top annotated source lines"}
tool result
--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me try 128-bit multiply for mulShift32 (single mul instruction vs two 32-bit muls).
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) {\n return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift);\n}", "old_string": "static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) {\n const uint32_t factorLo = (uint32_t)(factor);\n const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32);\n const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo;\n const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi;\n const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1;\n const uint64_t shiftedSum = sum >> (shift - 32);\n return (uint32_t)shiftedSum;\n}"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 74- const uint32_t factorLo = (uint32_t)(factor); 75- const uint32_t factorHi = (uint32_t)(factor >> 32); 76- const uint64_t bits0 = (uint64_t)m * factorLo; 77- const uint64_t bits1 = (uint64_t)m * factorHi; 78- const uint64_t sum = (bits0 >> 32) + bits1; 79- const uint64_t shiftedSum = sum >> (shift - 32); 80- return (uint32_t)shiftedSum; 74+ return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift); Context after edit (lines 70-78): 70│ return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; 71│ } 72│ 73│ static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) { 74│ return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift); 75│ } 76│ 77│ static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { 78│ return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j);
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -4", "intent": "Test 128-bit mulShift"}
tool result
build 0.9s verify 4.8s PASS measure 0.6s 69,129,601 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0181 (64.809x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/Auto-annotated source/,/could not be found/p' | grep -E \"^\\s*[0-9][0-9, ]+\\(\" | sort -rn | head -30", "intent": "Top source lines after 128 mul"}
tool result
972 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { 699,575 ( 5.14%) const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 688 ( 0.01%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 550,000 ( 4.04%) const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) || (ieeeExponent <= 1); 515,554 ( 3.79%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 428,034 ( 3.14%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 368,487 ( 2.71%) vmIsTrailingZeros &= vmMod10 == 0; 350,000 ( 2.57%) if (sign) result[index++] = '-'; 344 ( 0.00%) ++removed; 288,891 ( 2.12%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 287,049 ( 2.11%) if (output >= 100) { 266,223 ( 1.96%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 251,461 ( 1.85%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 250,000 ( 1.84%) return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out); 226,286 ( 1.66%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 206,570 ( 1.52%) const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 195,800 ( 1.44%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 192,356 ( 1.41%) const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 185,931 ( 1.37%) const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 173,283 ( 1.27%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 170,106 ( 1.25%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 165,256 ( 1.21%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 157,923 ( 1.16%) const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 154,135 ( 1.13%) result[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 150,000 ( 1.10%) } 150,000 ( 1.10%) if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { 150,000 ( 1.10%) if (exp < 0) { 150,000 ( 1.10%) const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); 146,056 ( 1.07%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j); 146,056 ( 1.07%) const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me apply branchless tweaks: use `|` instead of `||` for mmShift.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1);", "old_string": " const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) || (ieeeExponent <= 1);"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 126- const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) || (ieeeExponent <= 1); 126+ const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); Context after edit (lines 123-129): 123│ 124│ const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 125│ const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 126│ const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 127│ const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 128│ 129│ uint32_t vr, vp, vm;
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -2", "intent": "Test mmShift branchless"}
tool result
measure 0.6s 69,129,601 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0181 (64.809x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me wait for the full gate and try more micro-opts in parallel.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && cat /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.status.json 2>/dev/null; tail -3 /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.output 2>/dev/null", "intent": "Check full gate progress"}
tool result
{ "task_id": "6193220mhh", "tool_name": "bash", "display_name": "Run full 2^32 correctness ga", "session_id": "session_rabbit_1784456925415_1d94671739d2b445", "status": "running", "exit_code": null, "error": null, "started_at": "2026-07-19T10:40:19.322314670+00:00", "completed_at": null, "duration_secs": null, "pid": 433, "owner_pid": null, "owner_instance": null, "detached": true, "notify": true, "wake": false, "progress": null, "event_history": [] } --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me wait for the full gate to finish.
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "task_id": "6193220mhh", "max_wait_seconds": 300}
tool result
No terminal event before max wait of 300s. Check again with `bg action="wait" task_id="6193220mhh"` or inspect status/output. Task: 6193220mhh Name: Run full 2^32 correctness ga Tool: bash Status: running Session: session_rabbit_1784456925415_1d94671739d2b445 Started: 2026-07-19T10:40:19.322314670+00:00 Notify: true Wake: false
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "max_wait_seconds": 300, "task_id": "6193220mhh"}
tool result
No terminal event before max wait of 300s. Check again with `bg action="wait" task_id="6193220mhh"` or inspect status/output. Task: 6193220mhh Name: Run full 2^32 correctness ga Tool: bash Status: running Session: session_rabbit_1784456925415_1d94671739d2b445 Started: 2026-07-19T10:40:19.322314670+00:00 Notify: true Wake: false
tool call: bash
{"command": "tail -8 /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.output 2>/dev/null; cat /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.status.json 2>/dev/null | grep -E \"status|exit\"", "intent": "Check full gate output"}
tool result
"status": "running", "exit_code": null, --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
The full gate takes a few minutes plus callgrind. Let me keep waiting.
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "max_wait_seconds": 400, "task_id": "6193220mhh"}
tool result
No terminal event before max wait of 400s. Check again with `bg action="wait" task_id="6193220mhh"` or inspect status/output. Task: 6193220mhh Name: Run full 2^32 correctness ga Tool: bash Status: running Session: session_rabbit_1784456925415_1d94671739d2b445 Started: 2026-07-19T10:40:19.322314670+00:00 Notify: true Wake: false
tool call: bash
{"command": "cat /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.output 2>/dev/null; echo \"---status---\"; grep -E \"status|exit\" /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/6193220mhh.status.json", "intent": "Inspect full output"}
tool result
build 1.0s verify 1314.1s PASS (FULL gate) measure 6.3s 69,127,263 instructions (given: 4,490,320,492) SCORE +6.0214 (64.957x) real 22m1.552s user 162m0.360s sys 0m0.250s --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ---status--- "status": "running", "exit_code": null, --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
The full gate PASSED across all 2^32 patterns. Correctness confirmed at +6.02. Let me try squeezing more with inlining hints.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && sed -i 's/^static floating_decimal_32 f2d/static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) floating_decimal_32 f2d/; s/^static int to_chars/static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int to_chars/' submission/solve.c && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -2", "intent": "Force inline f2d and to_chars"}
tool result
measure 0.6s 68,953,231 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0218 (64.974x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
+6.02 confirmed with full gate passing. Let me look for bigger structural wins. Let me check instruction distribution more carefully.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/Auto-annotated source/,/could not be found/p' | grep -E \"^\\s*[0-9][0-9, ]+\\(\" | sort -rn | head -30", "intent": "Recheck top costs after inline"}
tool result
972 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { 699,575 ( 5.15%) const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 688 ( 0.01%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 550,000 ( 4.05%) const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 515,554 ( 3.79%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 428,034 ( 3.15%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 368,487 ( 2.71%) vmIsTrailingZeros &= vmMod10 == 0; 350,000 ( 2.58%) if (sign) result[index++] = '-'; 344 ( 0.00%) ++removed; 288,891 ( 2.13%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 287,049 ( 2.11%) if (output >= 100) { 266,223 ( 1.96%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 251,461 ( 1.85%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 250,000 ( 1.84%) return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out); 226,286 ( 1.66%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 206,570 ( 1.52%) const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 195,800 ( 1.44%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 192,356 ( 1.42%) const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 185,931 ( 1.37%) const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 173,718 ( 1.28%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 173,234 ( 1.27%) int32_t removed = 0; 170,106 ( 1.25%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 165,256 ( 1.22%) memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 157,923 ( 1.16%) const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 154,135 ( 1.13%) result[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 150,000 ( 1.10%) } 150,000 ( 1.10%) if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { 150,000 ( 1.10%) if (exp < 0) { 150,000 ( 1.10%) const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); 146,056 ( 1.07%) return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j); --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me try branchless sign write and merged special-case handling.
tool call: read
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "start_line": 249, "limit": 70}
tool result
249 output /= 10000; 250 const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 251 const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1; 252 memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 253 memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 254 i += 4; 255 } 256 if (output >= 100) { 257 const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; 258 output /= 100; 259 memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 260 i += 2; 261 } 262 if (output >= 10) { 263 const uint32_t c = output << 1; 264 result[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 265 result[index] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; 266 } else { 267 result[index] = (char)('0' + output); 268 } 269 270 if (olength > 1) { 271 result[index + 1] = '.'; 272 index += olength + 1; 273 } else { 274 ++index; 275 } 276 277 result[index++] = 'e'; 278 int32_t exp = v.exponent + (int32_t)olength - 1; 279 if (exp < 0) { 280 result[index++] = '-'; 281 exp = -exp; 282 } 283 284 if (exp >= 10) { 285 memcpy(result + index, DIGIT_TABLE + (2 * exp), 2); 286 index += 2; 287 } else { 288 result[index++] = (char)('0' + exp); 289 } 290 291 return index; 292 } 293 294 size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { 295 uint32_t bits; 296 memcpy(&bits, &f, 4); 297 const bool ieeeSign = ((bits >> 31) & 1) != 0; 298 const uint32_t ieeeMantissa = bits & ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) - 1); 299 const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); 300 301 if (ieeeExponent == 0xff) { 302 if (ieeeMantissa) { memcpy(out, "nan", 3); return 3; } 303 if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } 304 memcpy(out, "inf", 3); return 3; 305 } 306 if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { 307 if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } 308 out[0] = '0'; return 1; 309 } 310 311 floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent); 312 return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out); 313 }
assistant
Let me try branchless sign writing.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int to_chars(const floating_decimal_32 v, const bool sign, char *const result) {\n result[0] = '-';\n int index = sign;", "old_string": "static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int to_chars(const floating_decimal_32 v, const bool sign, char *const result) {\n int index = 0;\n if (sign) result[index++] = '-';"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 240- int index = 0; 241- if (sign) result[index++] = '-'; 240+ result[0] = '-'; 241+ int index = sign; Context after edit (lines 236-244): 236│ return fd; 237│ } 238│ 239│ static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int to_chars(const floating_decimal_32 v, const bool sign, char *const result) { 240│ result[0] = '-'; 241│ int index = sign; 242│ 243│ uint32_t output = v.mantissa; 244│ const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output);
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -2", "intent": "Test branchless sign"}
tool result
measure 0.6s 68,939,119 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0221 (64.988x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
We're solidly in the +6 frontier with the full 2^32 gate passing. Let me try optimizing the digit-writing pointer arithmetic.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " uint32_t output = v.mantissa;\n const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output);\n\n char *const digits = result + index;\n uint32_t i = 0;\n while (output >= 10000) {\n const uint32_t c = output % 10000;\n output /= 10000;\n const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1;\n const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1;\n memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2);\n memcpy(digits + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2);\n i += 4;\n }\n if (output >= 100) {\n const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1;\n output /= 100;\n memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2);\n i += 2;\n }\n if (output >= 10) {\n const uint32_t c = output << 1;\n digits[olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1];\n digits[0] = DIGIT_TABLE[c];\n } else {\n digits[0] = (char)('0' + output);\n }", "old_string": " uint32_t output = v.mantissa;\n const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output);\n\n uint32_t i = 0;\n while (output >= 10000) {\n const uint32_t c = output % 10000;\n output /= 10000;\n const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1;\n const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1;\n memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2);\n memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2);\n i += 4;\n }\n if (output >= 100) {\n const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1;\n output /= 100;\n memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2);\n i += 2;\n }\n if (output >= 10) {\n const uint32_t c = output << 1;\n result[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1];\n result[index] = DIGIT_TABLE[c];\n } else {\n result[index] = (char)('0' + output);\n }"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 246+ char *const digits = result + index; 252- memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 253- memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 253+ memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 254+ memcpy(digits + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 259- memcpy(result + index + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 260+ memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 264- result[index + olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 265- result[index] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; 265+ digits[olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 266+ digits[0] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; 267- result[index] = (char)('0' + output); 268+ digits[0] = (char)('0' + output); Context after edit (lines 240-272): 240│ result[0] = '-'; 241│ int index = sign; 242│ 243│ uint32_t output = v.mantissa; 244│ const uint32_t olength = decimalLength9(output); 245│ 246│ char *const digits = result + index; 247│ uint32_t i = 0; 248│ while (output >= 10000) { 249│ const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 250│ output /= 10000; 251│ const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 252│ const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1; 253│ memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 254│ memcpy(digits + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 255│ i += 4; 256│ } 257│ if (output >= 100) { 258│ const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; 259│ output /= 100; 260│ memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 261│ i += 2; 262│ } 263│ if (output >= 10) { 264│ const uint32_t c = output << 1; 265│ digits[olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 266│ digits[0] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; 267│ } else { 268│ digits[0] = (char)('0' + output); 269│ } 270│ 271│ if (olength > 1) { 272│ result[index + 1] = '.';
assistant
Now update the rest to use digits base too.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " if (olength > 1) {\n digits[1] = '.';\n index += olength + 1;\n } else {\n ++index;\n }", "old_string": " if (olength > 1) {\n result[index + 1] = '.';\n index += olength + 1;\n } else {\n ++index;\n }"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 272- result[index + 1] = '.'; 272+ digits[1] = '.'; Context after edit (lines 268-279): 268│ digits[0] = (char)('0' + output); 269│ } 270│ 271│ if (olength > 1) { 272│ digits[1] = '.'; 273│ index += olength + 1; 274│ } else { 275│ ++index; 276│ } 277│ 278│ result[index++] = 'e'; 279│ int32_t exp = v.exponent + (int32_t)olength - 1;
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -2", "intent": "Test digits base pointer"}
tool result
measure 0.6s 67,307,648 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0566 (66.563x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Good, +6.057. Let me try replacing the `% 10000` and `% 100` divisions which the compiler already optimizes, but check decimalLength9 - maybe use a lookup based on a bit trick.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/Auto-annotated source/,/could not be found/p' | grep -E \"^\\s*[0-9][0-9, ]+\\(\" | sort -rn | head -25", "intent": "Recheck top costs"}
tool result
972 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { 688 ( 0.01%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 515,554 ( 3.89%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 500,000 ( 3.77%) const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 428,034 ( 3.23%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 412,219 ( 3.11%) const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 368,487 ( 2.78%) vmIsTrailingZeros &= vmMod10 == 0; 344 ( 0.00%) ++removed; 289,198 ( 2.18%) memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 278,067 ( 2.10%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 251,461 ( 1.90%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 250,000 ( 1.88%) return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out); 206,570 ( 1.56%) const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 200,000 ( 1.51%) const bool ieeeSign = ((bits >> 31) & 1) != 0; 197,712 ( 1.49%) const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; 195,800 ( 1.48%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 192,356 ( 1.45%) const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 187,786 ( 1.42%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 185,931 ( 1.40%) const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 182,570 ( 1.38%) const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; 173,718 ( 1.31%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 167,005 ( 1.26%) memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 165,256 ( 1.25%) memcpy(digits + olength - i - 3, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 157,923 ( 1.19%) const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 152,049 ( 1.15%) digits[olength - i] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
We're at the Ryu frontier (+6.06). Let me try a branchless binary-search decimalLength.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) {\n static const uint32_t thr[9] = {\n 9,99,999,9999,99999,999999,9999999,99999999,999999999\n };\n // 32 - clz gives bit length; map via table of powers of ten.\n uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1);\n // approximate decimal length then correct with one compare.\n uint32_t len = (bits * 1233) >> 12; // floor(log10(2)*bits)\n len += (v > thr[len]);\n return len + 1;\n}", "old_string": "static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const 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}"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 98- if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 99- if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 100- if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 101- if (v >= 100000) return 6; 102- if (v >= 10000) return 5; 103- if (v >= 1000) return 4; 104- if (v >= 100) return 3; 105- if (v >= 10) return 2; 106- return 1; 98+ static const uint32_t thr[9] = { 99+ 9,99,999,9999,99999,999999,9999999,99999999,999999999 100+ }; 101+ // 32 - clz gives bit length; map via table of powers of ten. 102+ uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1); 103+ // approximate decimal length then correct with one compare. 104+ uint32_t len = (bits * 1233) >> 12; // floor(log10(2)*bits) 105+ len += (v > thr[len]); 106+ return len + 1; Context after edit (lines 94-110): 94│ return (int32_t)(((((uint32_t)e) * 1217359) >> 19) + 1); 95│ } 96│ 97│ static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) { 98│ static const uint32_t thr[9] = { 99│ 9,99,999,9999,99999,999999,9999999,99999999,999999999 100│ }; 101│ // 32 - clz gives bit length; map via table of powers of ten. 102│ uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1); 103│ // approximate decimal length then correct with one compare. 104│ uint32_t len = (bits * 1233) >> 12; // floor(log10(2)*bits) 105│ len += (v > thr[len]); 106│ return len + 1; 107│ } 108│ 109│ typedef struct { uint32_t mantissa; int32_t exponent; } floating_decimal_32; 110│
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) {\n static const uint32_t pow10[10] = {\n 1u,10u,100u,1000u,10000u,100000u,1000000u,10000000u,100000000u,1000000000u\n };\n uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1);\n uint32_t t = (bits * 1233) >> 12;\n return t + 1 - (v < pow10[t]);\n}", "old_string": "static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) {\n static const uint32_t thr[9] = {\n 9,99,999,9999,99999,999999,9999999,99999999,999999999\n };\n // 32 - clz gives bit length; map via table of powers of ten.\n uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1);\n // approximate decimal length then correct with one compare.\n uint32_t len = (bits * 1233) >> 12; // floor(log10(2)*bits)\n len += (v > thr[len]);\n return len + 1;\n}"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 98- static const uint32_t thr[9] = { 99- 9,99,999,9999,99999,999999,9999999,99999999,999999999 98+ static const uint32_t pow10[10] = { 99+ 1u,10u,100u,1000u,10000u,100000u,1000000u,10000000u,100000000u,1000000000u 101- // 32 - clz gives bit length; map via table of powers of ten. 103- // approximate decimal length then correct with one compare. 104- uint32_t len = (bits * 1233) >> 12; // floor(log10(2)*bits) 105- len += (v > thr[len]); 106- return len + 1; 102+ uint32_t t = (bits * 1233) >> 12; 103+ return t + 1 - (v < pow10[t]); Context after edit (lines 94-107): 94│ return (int32_t)(((((uint32_t)e) * 1217359) >> 19) + 1); 95│ } 96│ 97│ static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) { 98│ static const uint32_t pow10[10] = { 99│ 1u,10u,100u,1000u,10000u,100000u,1000000u,10000000u,100000000u,1000000000u 100│ }; 101│ uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1); 102│ uint32_t t = (bits * 1233) >> 12; 103│ return t + 1 - (v < pow10[t]); 104│ } 105│ 106│ typedef struct { uint32_t mantissa; int32_t exponent; } floating_decimal_32; 107│
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -3", "intent": "Test clz decimalLength"}
tool result
verify 4.7s PASS measure 0.6s 68,561,624 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0300 (65.346x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
That was worse. Revert to the branch version.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const 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}", "old_string": "static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) {\n static const uint32_t pow10[10] = {\n 1u,10u,100u,1000u,10000u,100000u,1000000u,10000000u,100000000u,1000000000u\n };\n uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1);\n uint32_t t = (bits * 1233) >> 12;\n return t + 1 - (v < pow10[t]);\n}"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 98- static const uint32_t pow10[10] = { 99- 1u,10u,100u,1000u,10000u,100000u,1000000u,10000000u,100000000u,1000000000u 100- }; 101- uint32_t bits = 32 - (uint32_t)__builtin_clz(v | 1); 102- uint32_t t = (bits * 1233) >> 12; 103- return t + 1 - (v < pow10[t]); 98+ if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 99+ if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 100+ if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 101+ if (v >= 100000) return 6; 102+ if (v >= 10000) return 5; 103+ if (v >= 1000) return 4; 104+ if (v >= 100) return 3; 105+ if (v >= 10) return 2; 106+ return 1; Context after edit (lines 94-110): 94│ return (int32_t)(((((uint32_t)e) * 1217359) >> 19) + 1); 95│ } 96│ 97│ static inline uint32_t decimalLength9(const uint32_t v) { 98│ if (v >= 100000000) return 9; 99│ if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 100│ if (v >= 1000000) return 7; 101│ if (v >= 100000) return 6; 102│ if (v >= 10000) return 5; 103│ if (v >= 1000) return 4; 104│ if (v >= 100) return 3; 105│ if (v >= 10) return 2; 106│ return 1; 107│ } 108│ 109│ typedef struct { uint32_t mantissa; int32_t exponent; } floating_decimal_32; 110│
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -3", "intent": "Confirm back to best"}
tool result
verify 4.8s PASS measure 0.6s 67,307,648 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.0566 (66.563x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
We're at the Ryu frontier (+6.06). Let me try a fast path for small exact integers (15% of corpus), printing them directly and skipping Ryu.
tool call: read
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "limit": 25, "start_line": 294}
tool result
294 295 size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { 296 uint32_t bits; 297 memcpy(&bits, &f, 4); 298 const bool ieeeSign = ((bits >> 31) & 1) != 0; 299 const uint32_t ieeeMantissa = bits & ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) - 1); 300 const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); 301 302 if (ieeeExponent == 0xff) { 303 if (ieeeMantissa) { memcpy(out, "nan", 3); return 3; } 304 if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } 305 memcpy(out, "inf", 3); return 3; 306 } 307 if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { 308 if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } 309 out[0] = '0'; return 1; 310 } 311 312 floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent); 313 return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out); 314 }
assistant
Let me add a fast path for small exact integers (15% of the corpus).
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) {\n if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, \"-0\", 2); return 2; }\n out[0] = '0'; return 1;\n }\n\n // Fast path: exact small integer in [1, 2^24). Its plain decimal form is\n // both round-tripping and shortest (ulp == 1, so no fewer-digit decimal can\n // round to it; trailing zeros are stripped leniently by the checker).\n const int32_t E = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS;\n if (E >= 0 && E <= 23) {\n const uint32_t shift = 23 - (uint32_t)E;\n if ((ieeeMantissa & ((1u << shift) - 1)) == 0) {\n uint32_t iv = ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa) >> shift;\n out[0] = '-';\n int index = ieeeSign;\n char *digits = out + index;\n uint32_t olen = decimalLength9(iv);\n uint32_t i = 0;\n while (iv >= 10000) {\n const uint32_t c = iv % 10000;\n iv /= 10000;\n const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1;\n const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1;\n memcpy(digits + olen - i - 2, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2);\n memcpy(digits + olen - i - 4, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2);\n i += 4;\n }\n if (iv >= 100) {\n const uint32_t c = (iv % 100) << 1;\n iv /= 100;\n memcpy(digits + olen - i - 2, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2);\n i += 2;\n }\n if (iv >= 10) {\n const uint32_t c = iv << 1;\n digits[olen - i - 2] = DIGIT_TABLE[c];\n digits[olen - i - 1] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1];\n } else {\n digits[0] = (char)('0' + iv);\n }\n return (size_t)(index + olen);\n }\n }\n\n floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent);\n return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out);", "old_string": " if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) {\n if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, \"-0\", 2); return 2; }\n out[0] = '0'; return 1;\n }\n\n floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent);\n return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out);"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 312+ // Fast path: exact small integer in [1, 2^24). Its plain decimal form is 313+ // both round-tripping and shortest (ulp == 1, so no fewer-digit decimal can 314+ // round to it; trailing zeros are stripped leniently by the checker). 315+ const int32_t E = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS; 316+ if (E >= 0 && E <= 23) { 317+ const uint32_t shift = 23 - (uint32_t)E; 318+ if ((ieeeMantissa & ((1u << shift) - 1)) == 0) { 319+ uint32_t iv = ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa) >> shift; 320+ out[0] = '-'; 321+ int index = ieeeSign; 322+ char *digits = out + index; 323+ uint32_t olen = decimalLength9(iv); 324+ uint32_t i = 0; 325+ while (iv >= 10000) { 326+ const uint32_t c = iv % 10000; 327+ iv /= 10000; 328+ const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 329+ const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1; 330+ memcpy(digits + olen - i - 2, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 331+ memcpy(digits + olen - i - 4, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 332+ i += 4; 333+ } 334+ if (iv >= 100) { 335+ const uint32_t c = (iv % 100) << 1; 336+ iv /= 100; 337+ memcpy(digits + olen - i - 2, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 338+ i += 2; 339+ } 340+ if (iv >= 10) { 341+ const uint32_t c = iv << 1; 342+ digits[olen - i - 2] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; 343+ digits[olen - i - 1] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 344+ } else { 345+ digits[0] = (char)('0' + iv); 346+ } 347+ return (size_t)(index + olen); 348+ } 349+ } Context after edit (lines 304-353): 304│ if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-inf", 4); return 4; } 305│ memcpy(out, "inf", 3); return 3; 306│ } 307│ if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { 308│ if (ieeeSign) { memcpy(out, "-0", 2); return 2; } 309│ out[0] = '0'; return 1; 310│ } 311│ 312│ // Fast path: exact small integer in [1, 2^24). Its plain decimal form is 313│ // both round-tripping and shortest (ulp == 1, so no fewer-digit decimal can 314│ // round to it; trailing zeros are stripped leniently by the checker). 315│ const int32_t E = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS; 316│ if (E >= 0 && E <= 23) { 317│ const uint32_t shift = 23 - (uint32_t)E; 318│ if ((ieeeMantissa & ((1u << shift) - 1)) == 0) { 319│ uint32_t iv = ((1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa) >> shift; 320│ out[0] = '-'; 321│ int index = ieeeSign; 322│ char *digits = out + index; 323│ uint32_t olen = decimalLength9(iv); 324│ uint32_t i = 0; 325│ while (iv >= 10000) { 326│ const uint32_t c = iv % 10000; 327│ iv /= 10000; 328│ const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 329│ const uint32_t c1 = (c / 100) << 1; 330│ memcpy(digits + olen - i - 2, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 331│ memcpy(digits + olen - i - 4, DIGIT_TABLE + c1, 2); 332│ i += 4; 333│ } 334│ if (iv >= 100) { 335│ const uint32_t c = (iv % 100) << 1; 336│ iv /= 100; 337│ memcpy(digits + olen - i - 2, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 338│ i += 2; 339│ } 340│ if (iv >= 10) { 341│ const uint32_t c = iv << 1; 342│ digits[olen - i - 2] = DIGIT_TABLE[c]; 343│ digits[olen - i - 1] = DIGIT_TABLE[c + 1]; 344│ } else { 345│ digits[0] = (char)('0' + iv); 346│ } 347│ return (size_t)(index + olen); 348│ } 349│ } 350│ 351│ floating_decimal_32 v = f2d(ieeeMantissa, ieeeExponent); 352│ return (size_t)to_chars(v, ieeeSign, out); 353│ }
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -3", "intent": "Test small-integer fast path"}
tool result
verify 5.0s PASS measure 0.6s 53,863,434 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.3781 (83.177x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Big jump to +6.38! But I bypassed Ryu, so I must verify shortest-ness holds for all integers. Let me test the fast path against Ryu for all integers 1..2^24 before trusting it.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && cat > /tmp/t.c <<'EOF'\n#include <stdio.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stdlib.h>\n#include <math.h>\nsize_t float_print(float f, char *out);\nstatic int min_digits(float f){char b[64];for(int p=1;p<=9;p++){snprintf(b,sizeof b,\"%.*g\",p,(double)f);if(strtof(b,NULL)==f)return p;}return 9;}\nstatic int lenient_sig(const char*s,size_t n){int has_dot=memchr(s,'.',n)!=0,has_e=memchr(s,'e',n)!=0;const char*p=s;if(*p=='-')p++;int sig=0,nz=0;for(const char*k=p;k<s+n;k++){char c=*k;if(c=='e')break;if(c<'0'||c>'9')continue;if(c!='0')nz=1;if(nz)sig++;}if(!has_dot&&!has_e){size_t end=n;while(end>1&&s[end-1]=='0'){end--;sig--;}}return sig?sig:1;}\nint main(){\n for(uint64_t i=1;i<(1u<<24);i++){\n float f=(float)i; char out[40]; size_t n=float_print(f,out); out[n]=0;\n char*e; float back=strtof(out,&e);\n if(*e||back!=f){printf(\"RT fail %llu -> %s\\n\",(unsigned long long)i,out);return 1;}\n int sig=lenient_sig(out,n); int md=min_digits(f);\n if(sig>md){printf(\"NOT SHORTEST %llu -> %s sig=%d md=%d\\n\",(unsigned long long)i,out,sig,md);return 1;}\n }\n printf(\"all int ok\\n\");return 0;\n}\nEOF\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -I submission submission/solve.c /tmp/t.c -o /tmp/t -lm && /tmp/t", "intent": "Exhaustively verify integer fast path shortest+roundtrip"}
tool result
all int ok --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
All integers < 2^24 verified. Note E<=23 means value < 2^24 which is exactly what I tested. Let me run the full gate again to be safe, and meanwhile continue optimizing.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && nohup ./grade --full > /tmp/full2.log 2>&1 &\necho \"started full gate pid $!\"", "intent": "Launch full gate in background"}
tool result
started full gate pid 1083 --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/Auto-annotated source/,/could not be found/p' | grep -E \"^\\s*[0-9][0-9, ]+\\(\" | sort -rn | head -20", "intent": "Profile after fast path"}
tool result
985,527 ( 9.23%) return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift); 688 ( 0.01%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 600 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { 515,554 ( 4.83%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 350,000 ( 3.28%) } 350,000 ( 3.28%) size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { 344 ( 0.00%) ++removed; 298,623 ( 2.80%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 297,412 ( 2.79%) const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 251,461 ( 2.36%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 246,981 ( 2.31%) const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 231,798 ( 2.17%) memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 195,800 ( 1.83%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 194 ( 0.00%) return 1; 185,931 ( 1.74%) const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 184,830 ( 1.73%) const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; 176,781 ( 1.66%) memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 170,306 ( 1.60%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 165,570 ( 1.55%) const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 150,000 ( 1.41%) if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
mulShift dominates now (9%). Let me speed up the common digit-removal loop by removing 2 digits at a time.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " } else {\n for (;;) {\n const uint32_t vpDiv100 = vp / 100;\n const uint32_t vmDiv100 = vm / 100;\n if (vpDiv100 <= vmDiv100) break;\n const uint32_t vrDiv100 = vr / 100;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)((vr / 10) - 10 * vrDiv100);\n vr = vrDiv100;\n vp = vpDiv100;\n vm = vmDiv100;\n removed += 2;\n }\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 - 10 * vrDiv10);\n vr = vrDiv10;\n vp = vpDiv10;\n vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n }", "old_string": " } 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 - 10 * vrDiv10);\n vr = vrDiv10;\n vp = vpDiv10;\n vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n }"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 219+ const uint32_t vpDiv100 = vp / 100; 220+ const uint32_t vmDiv100 = vm / 100; 221+ if (vpDiv100 <= vmDiv100) break; 222+ const uint32_t vrDiv100 = vr / 100; 223+ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)((vr / 10) - 10 * vrDiv100); 224+ vr = vrDiv100; 225+ vp = vpDiv100; 226+ vm = vmDiv100; 227+ removed += 2; 228+ } 229+ for (;;) { Context after edit (lines 214-244): 214│ lastRemovedDigit = 4; 215│ } 216│ output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 217│ } else { 218│ for (;;) { 219│ const uint32_t vpDiv100 = vp / 100; 220│ const uint32_t vmDiv100 = vm / 100; 221│ if (vpDiv100 <= vmDiv100) break; 222│ const uint32_t vrDiv100 = vr / 100; 223│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)((vr / 10) - 10 * vrDiv100); 224│ vr = vrDiv100; 225│ vp = vpDiv100; 226│ vm = vmDiv100; 227│ removed += 2; 228│ } 229│ for (;;) { 230│ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 231│ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 232│ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 233│ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 234│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - 10 * vrDiv10); 235│ vr = vrDiv10; 236│ vp = vpDiv10; 237│ vm = vmDiv10; 238│ ++removed; 239│ } 240│ output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 241│ } 242│ const int32_t exp = e10 + removed; 243│ 244│ floating_decimal_32 fd;
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -3", "intent": "Test 2-digit removal in non-trailing-zero path"}
tool result
verify 4.9s PASS measure 0.6s 55,086,873 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.3457 (81.330x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Slightly worse. Revert.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " } 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 - 10 * vrDiv10);\n vr = vrDiv10;\n vp = vpDiv10;\n vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n }", "old_string": " } else {\n for (;;) {\n const uint32_t vpDiv100 = vp / 100;\n const uint32_t vmDiv100 = vm / 100;\n if (vpDiv100 <= vmDiv100) break;\n const uint32_t vrDiv100 = vr / 100;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)((vr / 10) - 10 * vrDiv100);\n vr = vrDiv100;\n vp = vpDiv100;\n vm = vmDiv100;\n removed += 2;\n }\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 - 10 * vrDiv10);\n vr = vrDiv10;\n vp = vpDiv10;\n vm = vmDiv10;\n ++removed;\n }\n output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5);\n }"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 219- const uint32_t vpDiv100 = vp / 100; 220- const uint32_t vmDiv100 = vm / 100; 221- if (vpDiv100 <= vmDiv100) break; 222- const uint32_t vrDiv100 = vr / 100; 223- lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)((vr / 10) - 10 * vrDiv100); 224- vr = vrDiv100; 225- vp = vpDiv100; 226- vm = vmDiv100; 227- removed += 2; 228- } 229- for (;;) { Context after edit (lines 214-233): 214│ lastRemovedDigit = 4; 215│ } 216│ output = vr + ((vr == vm && (!acceptBounds || !vmIsTrailingZeros)) || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 217│ } else { 218│ for (;;) { 219│ const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 220│ const uint32_t vmDiv10 = vm / 10; 221│ if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 222│ const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 223│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(vr - 10 * vrDiv10); 224│ vr = vrDiv10; 225│ vp = vpDiv10; 226│ vm = vmDiv10; 227│ ++removed; 228│ } 229│ output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 230│ } 231│ const int32_t exp = e10 + removed; 232│ 233│ floating_decimal_32 fd;
assistant
The 128-bit mul is 9% (3 calls per value). Since mulShift is linear in `m`, I can compute one product and derive vp, vm by adding multiples of the factor before shifting.
tool call: read
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "limit": 70, "start_line": 109}
tool result
109 typedef struct { uint32_t mantissa; int32_t exponent; } floating_decimal_32; 110 111 static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) floating_decimal_32 f2d(const uint32_t ieeeMantissa, const uint32_t ieeeExponent) { 112 int32_t e2; 113 uint32_t m2; 114 if (ieeeExponent == 0) { 115 e2 = 1 - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; 116 m2 = ieeeMantissa; 117 } else { 118 e2 = (int32_t)ieeeExponent - FLOAT_BIAS - FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS - 2; 119 m2 = (1u << FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) | ieeeMantissa; 120 } 121 const bool even = (m2 & 1) == 0; 122 const bool acceptBounds = even; 123 124 const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 125 const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 126 const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 127 const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 128 129 uint32_t vr, vp, vm; 130 int32_t e10; 131 bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; 132 bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; 133 uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; 134 if (e2 >= 0) { 135 const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); 136 e10 = (int32_t)q; 137 const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1; 138 const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k; 139 vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); 140 vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); 141 vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); 142 if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 143 const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1; 144 lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10); 145 } 146 if (q <= 9) { 147 if (mv % 5 == 0) { 148 vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); 149 } else if (acceptBounds) { 150 vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); 151 } else { 152 vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); 153 } 154 } 155 } else { 156 const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); 157 e10 = (int32_t)q + e2; 158 const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; 159 const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; 160 int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k; 161 vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j); 162 vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j); 163 vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j); 164 if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 165 j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); 166 lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10); 167 } 168 if (q <= 1) { 169 vrIsTrailingZeros = true; 170 if (acceptBounds) { 171 vmIsTrailingZeros = mmShift == 1; 172 } else { 173 --vp; 174 } 175 } else if (q < 31) { 176 vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf2_32(mv, q - 1); 177 } 178 } ... 175 more lines (use start_line=179 to continue)
assistant
I'll compute the three products from a single 128-bit multiply (they share factor and shift).
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) {\n return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift);\n}\n\n// Compute vr, vp, vm = (mv,mp,mm)*factor >> shift with a single 128-bit\n// multiply. mp = mv + 2, mm = mv - (1 + mmShift).\nstatic inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void\nmulShiftAll32(const uint32_t mv, const uint32_t mmShift, const uint64_t factor,\n const int32_t shift, uint32_t *vr, uint32_t *vp, uint32_t *vm) {\n const unsigned __int128 base = (unsigned __int128)mv * factor;\n const unsigned __int128 f = (unsigned __int128)factor;\n *vr = (uint32_t)(base >> shift);\n *vp = (uint32_t)((base + 2 * f) >> shift);\n *vm = (uint32_t)((base - (1 + mmShift) * f) >> shift);\n}", "old_string": "static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) {\n return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift);\n}"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 75+ } 77+ // Compute vr, vp, vm = (mv,mp,mm)*factor >> shift with a single 128-bit 78+ // multiply. mp = mv + 2, mm = mv - (1 + mmShift). 79+ static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void 80+ mulShiftAll32(const uint32_t mv, const uint32_t mmShift, const uint64_t factor, 81+ const int32_t shift, uint32_t *vr, uint32_t *vp, uint32_t *vm) { 82+ const unsigned __int128 base = (unsigned __int128)mv * factor; 83+ const unsigned __int128 f = (unsigned __int128)factor; 84+ *vr = (uint32_t)(base >> shift); 85+ *vp = (uint32_t)((base + 2 * f) >> shift); 86+ *vm = (uint32_t)((base - (1 + mmShift) * f) >> shift); Context after edit (lines 70-90): 70│ return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; 71│ } 72│ 73│ static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) { 74│ return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift); 75│ } 76│ 77│ // Compute vr, vp, vm = (mv,mp,mm)*factor >> shift with a single 128-bit 78│ // multiply. mp = mv + 2, mm = mv - (1 + mmShift). 79│ static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void 80│ mulShiftAll32(const uint32_t mv, const uint32_t mmShift, const uint64_t factor, 81│ const int32_t shift, uint32_t *vr, uint32_t *vp, uint32_t *vm) { 82│ const unsigned __int128 base = (unsigned __int128)mv * factor; 83│ const unsigned __int128 f = (unsigned __int128)factor; 84│ *vr = (uint32_t)(base >> shift); 85│ *vp = (uint32_t)((base + 2 * f) >> shift); 86│ *vm = (uint32_t)((base - (1 + mmShift) * f) >> shift); 87│ } 88│ 89│ static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { 90│ return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j);
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2;\n const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1);\n\n uint32_t vr, vp, vm;\n int32_t e10;\n bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false;\n bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false;\n uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0;\n if (e2 >= 0) {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1;\n const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k;\n mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], i, &vr, &vp, &vm);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10);\n }\n if (q <= 9) {\n if (mv % 5 == 0) {\n vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q);\n } else if (acceptBounds) {\n vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv - 1 - mmShift, q);\n } else {\n vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv + 2, q);\n }\n }\n } else {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q + e2;\n const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT;\n int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k;\n mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j, &vr, &vp, &vm);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT);\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10);\n }", "old_string": " 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 mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift;\n\n uint32_t vr, vp, vm;\n int32_t e10;\n bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false;\n bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false;\n uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0;\n if (e2 >= 0) {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1;\n const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k;\n vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i);\n vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i);\n vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10);\n }\n if (q <= 9) {\n if (mv % 5 == 0) {\n vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q);\n } else if (acceptBounds) {\n vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q);\n } else {\n vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q);\n }\n }\n } else {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q + e2;\n const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT;\n int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k;\n vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j);\n vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j);\n vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT);\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10);\n }"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 137- const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 139- const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 151- vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); 152- vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); 153- vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); 149+ mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], i, &vr, &vp, &vm); 162- vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); 158+ vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv - 1 - mmShift, q); 164- vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); 160+ vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv + 2, q); 173- vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j); 174- vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j); 175- vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j); 169+ mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j, &vr, &vp, &vm); Context after edit (lines 133-176): 133│ const bool even = (m2 & 1) == 0; 134│ const bool acceptBounds = even; 135│ 136│ const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 137│ const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 138│ 139│ uint32_t vr, vp, vm; 140│ int32_t e10; 141│ bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; 142│ bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; 143│ uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; 144│ if (e2 >= 0) { 145│ const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); 146│ e10 = (int32_t)q; 147│ const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1; 148│ const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k; 149│ mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], i, &vr, &vp, &vm); 150│ if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 151│ const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1; 152│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10); 153│ } 154│ if (q <= 9) { 155│ if (mv % 5 == 0) { 156│ vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); 157│ } else if (acceptBounds) { 158│ vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv - 1 - mmShift, q); 159│ } else { 160│ vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv + 2, q); 161│ } 162│ } 163│ } else { 164│ const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); 165│ e10 = (int32_t)q + e2; 166│ const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; 167│ const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; 168│ int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k; 169│ mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j, &vr, &vp, &vm); 170│ if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 171│ j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); 172│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10); 173│ } 174│ if (q <= 1) { 175│ vrIsTrailingZeros = true; 176│ if (acceptBounds) {
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -3", "intent": "Test single-multiply mulShiftAll32"}
tool result
verify 4.9s PASS measure 0.6s 54,901,659 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.3506 (81.604x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
That regressed slightly. Revert to the 3-call version.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": " 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 mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift;\n\n uint32_t vr, vp, vm;\n int32_t e10;\n bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false;\n bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false;\n uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0;\n if (e2 >= 0) {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1;\n const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k;\n vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i);\n vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i);\n vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10);\n }\n if (q <= 9) {\n if (mv % 5 == 0) {\n vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q);\n } else if (acceptBounds) {\n vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q);\n } else {\n vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q);\n }\n }\n } else {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q + e2;\n const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT;\n int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k;\n vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j);\n vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j);\n vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT);\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10);\n }", "old_string": " const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2;\n const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1);\n\n uint32_t vr, vp, vm;\n int32_t e10;\n bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false;\n bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false;\n uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0;\n if (e2 >= 0) {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1;\n const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k;\n mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], i, &vr, &vp, &vm);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1;\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10);\n }\n if (q <= 9) {\n if (mv % 5 == 0) {\n vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q);\n } else if (acceptBounds) {\n vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv - 1 - mmShift, q);\n } else {\n vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv + 2, q);\n }\n }\n } else {\n const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2);\n e10 = (int32_t)q + e2;\n const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q;\n const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT;\n int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k;\n mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j, &vr, &vp, &vm);\n if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) {\n j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT);\n lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10);\n }"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 137+ const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 139+ const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 149- mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], i, &vr, &vp, &vm); 151+ vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); 152+ vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); 153+ vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); 158- vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv - 1 - mmShift, q); 162+ vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); 160- vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv + 2, q); 164+ vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); 169- mulShiftAll32(mv, mmShift, FLOAT_POW5_SPLIT[i], j, &vr, &vp, &vm); 173+ vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j); 174+ vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j); 175+ vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j); Context after edit (lines 133-182): 133│ const bool even = (m2 & 1) == 0; 134│ const bool acceptBounds = even; 135│ 136│ const uint32_t mv = 4 * m2; 137│ const uint32_t mp = 4 * m2 + 2; 138│ const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 139│ const uint32_t mm = 4 * m2 - 1 - mmShift; 140│ 141│ uint32_t vr, vp, vm; 142│ int32_t e10; 143│ bool vmIsTrailingZeros = false; 144│ bool vrIsTrailingZeros = false; 145│ uint8_t lastRemovedDigit = 0; 146│ if (e2 >= 0) { 147│ const uint32_t q = log10Pow2(e2); 148│ e10 = (int32_t)q; 149│ const int32_t k = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)q) - 1; 150│ const int32_t i = -e2 + (int32_t)q + k; 151│ vr = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q, i); 152│ vp = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mp, q, i); 153│ vm = mulPow5InvDivPow2(mm, q, i); 154│ if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 155│ const int32_t l = FLOAT_POW5_INV_BITCOUNT + pow5bits((int32_t)(q - 1)) - 1; 156│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5InvDivPow2(mv, q - 1, -e2 + (int32_t)q - 1 + l) % 10); 157│ } 158│ if (q <= 9) { 159│ if (mv % 5 == 0) { 160│ vrIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mv, q); 161│ } else if (acceptBounds) { 162│ vmIsTrailingZeros = multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mm, q); 163│ } else { 164│ vp -= multipleOfPowerOf5_32(mp, q); 165│ } 166│ } 167│ } else { 168│ const uint32_t q = log10Pow5(-e2); 169│ e10 = (int32_t)q + e2; 170│ const int32_t i = -e2 - (int32_t)q; 171│ const int32_t k = pow5bits(i) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT; 172│ int32_t j = (int32_t)q - k; 173│ vr = mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)i, j); 174│ vp = mulPow5divPow2(mp, (uint32_t)i, j); 175│ vm = mulPow5divPow2(mm, (uint32_t)i, j); 176│ if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 177│ j = (int32_t)q - 1 - (pow5bits(i + 1) - FLOAT_POW5_BITCOUNT); 178│ lastRemovedDigit = (uint8_t)(mulPow5divPow2(mv, (uint32_t)(i + 1), j) % 10); 179│ } 180│ if (q <= 1) { 181│ vrIsTrailingZeros = true; 182│ if (acceptBounds) {
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -2", "intent": "Confirm back to 53.8M / +6.38"}
tool result
measure 0.6s 54,235,362 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.3682 (82.607x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Let me remove the now-unused mulShiftAll32 to restore original codegen.
tool call: edit
{"file_path": "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c", "new_string": "static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) {\n return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift);\n}\n\n", "old_string": "static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) {\n return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift);\n}\n\n// Compute vr, vp, vm = (mv,mp,mm)*factor >> shift with a single 128-bit\n// multiply. mp = mv + 2, mm = mv - (1 + mmShift).\nstatic inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void\nmulShiftAll32(const uint32_t mv, const uint32_t mmShift, const uint64_t factor,\n const int32_t shift, uint32_t *vr, uint32_t *vp, uint32_t *vm) {\n const unsigned __int128 base = (unsigned __int128)mv * factor;\n const unsigned __int128 f = (unsigned __int128)factor;\n *vr = (uint32_t)(base >> shift);\n *vp = (uint32_t)((base + 2 * f) >> shift);\n *vm = (uint32_t)((base - (1 + mmShift) * f) >> shift);\n}\n\n"}
tool result
Edited /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print/submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 77- // Compute vr, vp, vm = (mv,mp,mm)*factor >> shift with a single 128-bit 78- // multiply. mp = mv + 2, mm = mv - (1 + mmShift). 79- static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void 80- mulShiftAll32(const uint32_t mv, const uint32_t mmShift, const uint64_t factor, 81- const int32_t shift, uint32_t *vr, uint32_t *vp, uint32_t *vm) { 82- const unsigned __int128 base = (unsigned __int128)mv * factor; 83- const unsigned __int128 f = (unsigned __int128)factor; 84- *vr = (uint32_t)(base >> shift); 85- *vp = (uint32_t)((base + 2 * f) >> shift); 86- *vm = (uint32_t)((base - (1 + mmShift) * f) >> shift); 87- } Context after edit (lines 70-79): 70│ return (value & ((1u << p) - 1)) == 0; 71│ } 72│ 73│ static inline uint32_t mulShift32(const uint32_t m, const uint64_t factor, const int32_t shift) { 74│ return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift); 75│ } 76│ 77│ static inline uint32_t mulPow5InvDivPow2(const uint32_t m, const uint32_t q, const int32_t j) { 78│ return mulShift32(m, FLOAT_POW5_INV_SPLIT[q], j); 79│ }
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && ./grade --seed 42 2>&1 | tail -2 && echo \"--- full gate log ---\" && tail -5 /tmp/full2.log 2>/dev/null", "intent": "Confirm current score and check full gate"}
tool result
measure 0.6s 53,863,434 instructions (given: 4,480,196,191) SCORE +6.3781 (83.177x) --- full gate log --- --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
The full gate (fast-path version) is still running. Let me profile the current state.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/Auto-annotated source/,/could not be found/p' | grep -E \"^\\s*[0-9][0-9, ]+\\(\" | sort -rn | head -22", "intent": "Profile current hotspots"}
tool result
985,527 ( 9.23%) return (uint32_t)(((unsigned __int128)m * factor) >> shift); 688 ( 0.01%) vrIsTrailingZeros &= lastRemovedDigit == 0; 600 ( 0.01%) if (acceptBounds) { 515,554 ( 4.83%) const uint32_t vpDiv10 = vp / 10; 350,000 ( 3.28%) } 350,000 ( 3.28%) size_t float_print(float f, char *out) { 344 ( 0.00%) ++removed; 298,623 ( 2.80%) if (q != 0 && (vp - 1) / 10 <= vm / 10) { 297,412 ( 2.79%) const uint32_t c = output % 10000; 251,461 ( 2.36%) output = vr + (vr == vm || lastRemovedDigit >= 5); 246,981 ( 2.31%) const uint32_t mmShift = (ieeeMantissa != 0) | (ieeeExponent <= 1); 231,798 ( 2.17%) memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c0, 2); 195,800 ( 1.83%) if (vpDiv10 <= vmDiv10) break; 194 ( 0.00%) return 1; 185,931 ( 1.74%) const uint32_t vrDiv10 = vr / 10; 184,830 ( 1.73%) const uint32_t c = (output % 100) << 1; 176,781 ( 1.66%) memcpy(digits + olength - i - 1, DIGIT_TABLE + c, 2); 170,306 ( 1.60%) if (v >= 10000000) return 8; 165,570 ( 1.55%) const uint32_t c0 = (c % 100) << 1; 150,000 ( 1.41%) if (ieeeExponent == 0 && ieeeMantissa == 0) { 150,000 ( 1.41%) const uint32_t ieeeExponent = (bits >> FLOAT_MANTISSA_BITS) & ((1u << FLOAT_EXPONENT_BITS) - 1); 150,000 ( 1.41%) const bool ieeeSign = ((bits >> 31) & 1) != 0; --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
We're at +6.38 (83x), well past the stated frontier. Let me wait for the full-gate correctness confirmation.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && while kill -0 1083 2>/dev/null; do sleep 20; done; echo \"=== full gate done ===\"; tail -6 /tmp/full2.log", "intent": "Wait for full gate to finish", "timeout": 1800000}
tool result
Command exceeded the foreground timeout after 600.0s and is continuing in background. Task ID: 621226odce Name: Wait for full gate to finish Foreground time used: 600.1s Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/621226odce.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/621226odce.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="621226odce" to wait for completion or the next progress checkpoint. Use `bg` with action="output" and task_id="621226odce" to inspect output.
tool call: bg
{"action": "wait", "max_wait_seconds": 900, "task_id": "621226odce"}
tool result
Background task finished. Task: 621226odce Name: Wait for full gate to finish Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_rabbit_1784456925415_1d94671739d2b445 Started: 2026-07-19T11:13:41.226593856+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T11:32:22.204160644+00:00 Duration: 1120.98s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: false Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T11:32:22.204194209+00:00 Output preview: ```text === full gate done === build 1.0s verify 1317.5s PASS (FULL gate) measure 6.5s 53,866,623 instructions (given: 4,479,750,104) SCORE +6.3779 (83.164x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```
assistant
Full 2^32 gate PASSED at +6.38 (83x). Correctness is confirmed exhaustively. Let me try one more optimization: the `denormal`/exponent detection in the fast-path. Actually let me try widening the small-integer fast path insight to avoid recomputing. Current score is strong. Let me try eliminating redundant work in float_print header.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && cat scores.jsonl | tail -3", "intent": "Review score history"}
tool result
{"ts": "2026-07-19T11:12:41Z", "seed": 42, "cost": 54235362, "given_cost": 4480196191, "score": 6.3682, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T11:13:07Z", "seed": 42, "cost": 53863434, "given_cost": 4480196191, "score": 6.3781, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T11:32:02Z", "seed": 59397, "cost": 53866623, "given_cost": 4479750104, "score": 6.3779, "full_gate": true} --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Full gate passed at +6.38 (83x). Let me try one more micro-optimization on the Ryu common path, then finalize. Let me test whether skipping the extra `lastRemovedDigit` multiply branch when not needed helps.
tool call: bash
{"command": "cd /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T102808Z-jcode-solo-claude-opus-4-8-float-print/tasks/float-print && for s in 1 2 3; do ./grade --seed $s --quiet 2>&1 | tail -1; done", "intent": "Check score stability across seeds"}
tool result
SCORE +6.3776 (83.148x) SCORE +6.3785 (83.201x) SCORE +6.3802 (83.299x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---
assistant
Consistently ~+6.38 across seeds. This is well beyond the stated frontier (+6 to +7). Final state: - Replaced the snprintf try-loop with the **Ryu algorithm** for shortest round-trip float32 printing. - Added a **fast path for exact small integers** (< 2^24), verified exhaustively against the oracle. - Micro-optimized: 128-bit multiplies, branchless sign, single digit-base pointer, precomputed division/modulo. - **Correctness: passed the full 2^32 exhaustive gate.** ## Final result **Score: +6.38 (≈83x instruction-count improvement)**, verified on the full 2^32-pattern official gate. Key changes in `submission/solve.c`: 1. Ryu (Adams 2018) shortest-printing replacing the snprintf precision loop (0 → +6.02). 2. Exact-small-integer fast path bypassing Ryu for values < 2^24, exhaustively validated for round-trip and shortestness (+6.02 → +6.38). 3. Micro-opts: single `unsigned __int128` mulShift, branchless minus-sign write, cached digit base pointer, precomputed div/mod in digit-removal loops. Went from 4.48B instructions (given) to ~53.9M. This sits at the upper end of the documented Ryu/Dragonbox frontier; further gains would require research-grade table redesign for diminishing returns.
assistant (final)
Now I understand the task. I'll replace the snprintf try-loop with a Ryu float32 shortest-printing algorithm. Let me write it.+6.02, 64.8x. Ryu works. Now let me profile to optimize further.Score +6.02 (64.8x). Let me profile-driven optimize. First try an O3 pragma and micro-opts.The O3 pragma hurt slightly. Let me revert it and focus on algorithmic wins.Let me optimize the digit-removal loops (biggest cost) by computing divisions once per iteration.Let me use a fixed seed for consistent comparison across iterations.Let me get an accurate per-call instruction count by re-annotating the current output.Near the frontier. Let me run the full gate to confirm correctness, then keep micro-optimizing.While that runs, let me think about further optimizations. The score is measured only on submission cost so I can keep improving while full gate runs.Let me try 128-bit multiply for mulShift32 (single mul instruction vs two 32-bit muls).Let me apply branchless tweaks: use `|` instead of `||` for mmShift.Let me wait for the full gate and try more micro-opts in parallel.Let me wait for the full gate to finish.The full gate takes a few minutes plus callgrind. Let me keep waiting.The full gate PASSED across all 2^32 patterns. Correctness confirmed at +6.02. Let me try squeezing more with inlining hints.+6.02 confirmed with full gate passing. Let me look for bigger structural wins. Let me check instruction distribution more carefully.Let me try branchless sign write and merged special-case handling.Let me try branchless sign writing.We're solidly in the +6 frontier with the full 2^32 gate passing. Let me try optimizing the digit-writing pointer arithmetic.Now update the rest to use digits base too.Good, +6.057. Let me try replacing the `% 10000` and `% 100` divisions which the compiler already optimizes, but check decimalLength9 - maybe use a lookup based on a bit trick.We're at the Ryu frontier (+6.06). Let me try a branchless binary-search decimalLength.That was worse. Revert to the branch version.We're at the Ryu frontier (+6.06). Let me try a fast path for small exact integers (15% of corpus), printing them directly and skipping Ryu.Let me add a fast path for small exact integers (15% of the corpus).Big jump to +6.38! But I bypassed Ryu, so I must verify shortest-ness holds for all integers. Let me test the fast path against Ryu for all integers 1..2^24 before trusting it.All integers < 2^24 verified. Note E<=23 means value < 2^24 which is exactly what I tested. Let me run the full gate again to be safe, and meanwhile continue optimizing.mulShift dominates now (9%). Let me speed up the common digit-removal loop by removing 2 digits at a time.Slightly worse. Revert.The 128-bit mul is 9% (3 calls per value). Since mulShift is linear in `m`, I can compute one product and derive vp, vm by adding multiples of the factor before shifting.I'll compute the three products from a single 128-bit multiply (they share factor and shift).That regressed slightly. Revert to the 3-call version.Let me remove the now-unused mulShiftAll32 to restore original codegen.The full gate (fast-path version) is still running. Let me profile the current state.We're at +6.38 (83x), well past the stated frontier. Let me wait for the full-gate correctness confirmation.Full 2^32 gate PASSED at +6.38 (83x). Correctness is confirmed exhaustively. Let me try one more optimization: the `denormal`/exponent detection in the fast-path. Actually let me try widening the small-integer fast path insight to avoid recomputing. Current score is strong. Let me try eliminating redundant work in float_print header.Full gate passed at +6.38 (83x). Let me try one more micro-optimization on the Ryu common path, then finalize. Let me test whether skipping the extra `lastRemovedDigit` multiply branch when not needed helps.Consistently ~+6.38 across seeds. This is well beyond the stated frontier (+6 to +7). Final state: - Replaced the snprintf try-loop with the **Ryu algorithm** for shortest round-trip float32 printing. - Added a **fast path for exact small integers** (< 2^24), verified exhaustively against the oracle. - Micro-optimized: 128-bit multiplies, branchless sign, single digit-base pointer, precomputed division/modulo. - **Correctness: passed the full 2^32 exhaustive gate.** ## Final result **Score: +6.38 (≈83x instruction-count improvement)**, verified on the full 2^32-pattern official gate. Key changes in `submission/solve.c`: 1. Ryu (Adams 2018) shortest-printing replacing the snprintf precision loop (0 → +6.02). 2. Exact-small-integer fast path bypassing Ryu for values < 2^24, exhaustively validated for round-trip and shortestness (+6.02 → +6.38). 3. Micro-opts: single `unsigned __int128` mulShift, branchless minus-sign write, cached digit base pointer, precomputed div/mod in digit-removal loops. Went from 4.48B instructions (given) to ~53.9M. This sits at the upper end of the documented Ryu/Dragonbox frontier; further gains would require research-grade table redesign for diminishing returns.