Family 0x80146ab4 (18 ins, x138, PURE) had been failing 0/138 with `conflicting types for
func_80146A6C` — 208 of the ~398 conflicts in the sweep residue, its single dominant blocker.
DIAGNOSED BY READING THE DRAFT, after three levers were eliminated by measurement:
draft def : void func_80146A6C(s16 a0, s32 a1, s16 a2, s16 a3, u16 a4, s32 a5, s32 a6)
TU decl : extern s32 func_80146A6C(s32 a0, void *a1, s32 a2, s32 a3, s32 a4, s32 a5, s32 a6);
The NARROW PARAMS are the wall: C's default argument promotion means s16/u16 cannot agree with an
s32 prototype, and the `()` no-prototype escape is ILLEGAL precisely when a param promotes. Neither
declaration side can move.
- cast_call_sites: already on by default; wrong axis (fixes CALLEE decls, not the def's own).
- --normalize-self-decls: 0 banks + non-neutral reverts; wrong axis (the target's decl in callers).
- --fix-def-sig: measured 0/138, error UNCHANGED — it cannot reconcile a promoting param at all.
THE ESCAPE (§37/§124, S33-proven on func_80147364 — definition (u16,u16) vs 4,046 fleet decls,
banked x137 first try; 1,725 in-tree precedents): give the DEFINITION a private C identifier and
bind the emitted symbol with a GNU asm label, so the TU's declaration never meets the definition and
its type becomes irrelevant. Zero blast radius on every caller; byte-neutral by construction.
void aF80146A6C(<byte-true params>) __asm__("func_80146A6C");
void aF80146A6C(<byte-true params>) { ... }
RESULT: 138/138 banked, ~2,484 instructions, ZERO agent tokens. R22 clean-fleet 140/140.
.run/alias_defs.py applies the transform to a staged draft set.
NEXT: this is a CLASS lever, not a one-family fix — generalise it across the remaining sweep residue.
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