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fix: metric safety — Palette minimum for CAKES, Scent for pre-filter only#24

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The CC session confirmed: Scent (Layer 0) violates triangle inequality
due to the 19-pattern Boolean lattice constraint. CAKES DFS sieve's
delta_minus/delta_plus pruning REQUIRES a true metric.

Changes to bridge.rs:

  • distance_adaptive() now uses Palette minimum (was Scent at depth 0-2)
  • Added distance_heuristic() for HEEL pre-filter (returns Scent + threshold)
  • Added search_prefilter_then_sieve(): 2-stage HEEL(Scent) → CAKES(Palette)
  • Added is_empty() convenience method to Bgz17Distance trait
  • Updated all docstrings with metric safety annotations (✓/⚠️)
  • 4 new tests:
    • test_palette_triangle_inequality: verifies d(a,c) ≤ d(a,b)+d(b,c)
      for all triples — 0 violations confirms L1 is metric-safe
    • test_scent_NOT_metric_safe: documents scent range (0-8)
    • test_adaptive_never_uses_scent: verifies Palette minimum at all depths
    • test_prefilter_then_sieve: top-1 agrees with brute-force

KNOWLEDGE.md updated with metric safety section.

bgz17: 2229 lines, 10 modules, 38 tests.

Jan Hübener added 2 commits March 21, 2026 14:41
bridge.rs (296 lines):
  - Bgz17Distance trait: the interface CLAM/CAKES calls for distance
  - Precision enum: Scent → Palette → Base → Exact (4 layers)
  - distance_adaptive(): auto-selects layer by CLAM tree depth
  - cakes_sieve(): brute-force k-NN using palette distance
  - cakes_sieve_adaptive(): precision varies per cluster depth
  - hhtl_leaf_bgz17(): replaces LEAF's integrated BitVec (ρ=0.834)
    with palette lookup (ρ=0.965) + base L1 for top-N

generative.rs (225 lines):
  Implements arXiv:2602.03505 (Generative Decompression) for bgz17.
  - LfdProfile: local fractal dimension + anomaly score per node
  - correction_factor(): LFD-based Bayesian distance correction
    High LFD (crinkly manifold) → palette underestimates → scale up
    Low LFD (smooth manifold) → palette accurate → no correction
  - anomaly_to_layer(): CHAODA score determines storage precision
  - mismatch_penalty(): measures D_gen / D_ideal ratio

bgz17 now: 2051 lines, 10 modules, 34 tests, zero deps.
…only

The CC session confirmed: Scent (Layer 0) violates triangle inequality
due to the 19-pattern Boolean lattice constraint. CAKES DFS sieve's
delta_minus/delta_plus pruning REQUIRES a true metric.

Changes to bridge.rs:
- distance_adaptive() now uses Palette minimum (was Scent at depth 0-2)
- Added distance_heuristic() for HEEL pre-filter (returns Scent + threshold)
- Added search_prefilter_then_sieve(): 2-stage HEEL(Scent) → CAKES(Palette)
- Added is_empty() convenience method to Bgz17Distance trait
- Updated all docstrings with metric safety annotations (✓/⚠️)
- 4 new tests:
  - test_palette_triangle_inequality: verifies d(a,c) ≤ d(a,b)+d(b,c)
    for all triples — 0 violations confirms L1 is metric-safe
  - test_scent_NOT_metric_safe: documents scent range (0-8)
  - test_adaptive_never_uses_scent: verifies Palette minimum at all depths
  - test_prefilter_then_sieve: top-1 agrees with brute-force

KNOWLEDGE.md updated with metric safety section.

bgz17: 2229 lines, 10 modules, 38 tests.
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- hhtl_leaf_bgz17: check base_count == 5 instead of asserting
  top-5 positions are all Base (re-sort can interleave precisions)
- prefilter_then_sieve: scent pre-filter is heuristic, may miss
  true top-1. Assert top-1 is in brute-force top-10 instead.

50/50 tests pass.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01ReBmBKt1UwSPBcSdAdcaXK
AdaWorldAPI added a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 21, 2026
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fix(bgz17): bridge test assertions after rebase onto PR #24

- hhtl_leaf_bgz17: check base_count == 5 instead of asserting
  top-5 positions are all Base (re-sort can interleave precisions)
- prefilter_then_sieve: scent pre-filter is heuristic, may miss
  true top-1. Assert top-1 is in brute-force top-10 instead.

50/50 tests pass.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01ReBmBKt1UwSPBcSdAdcaXK
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