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DEV-1827: adopt a total ValueKey traversal protocol (children/map_children) - #370

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Closes DEV-1827.

ValueKey is a closed union of 11 kinds traversed by ~30 hand-rolled visitors, of which only three failed closed; the rest silently treated an unhandled kind as a leaf/literal/non-composite (the DEV-1740 ConditionalKey episode produced two review rounds of real silent bugs). This change makes generic traversal a property of the key, the way phase already is.

What changed

  • Protocol: children() / map_children(fn) on every ValueKey kind plus SqlExprKey, hand-written per kind; _FrozenKey base defaults raise NotImplementedError, so a kind missing the protocol fails loudly. map_children is shallow, identity-preserving (is change detection), never touches scalars or AggregateKey.column_filter_key, and preserves partition_keys None-vs-empty.
  • Registry: KIND_POLICY in core/keys.py with consumer-named flags (slottable, slot_composite, materialised_order); _SLOTTABLE_KIND, the generator's composite_kinds and _MATERIALISED_ORDER_KINDS are now derived from it, and the two _VALUE_KEY_TYPES copies collapsed into one VALUE_KEY_TYPES constant.
  • Renderer fail-closed: render_value_key / render_row_expression / iif arg dispatch now routes ANY _FrozenKey as a key (raising on unsupported kinds) instead of falling through to _literal and emitting garbage.
  • Latent bug fix: lower_sugar_transforms' hand-listed recurse tuple omitted InKey, so a change/change_pct nested under an IN inside a scalar call silently escaped lowering. Regression-tested.
  • Spec surface: none (skip_specs: true) — pure internal refactor; golden SQL byte-identical.

Visitor classification (task 5.1 sweep)

Visitor File Disposition
walk_value_keys engine/binding.py migratedchildren(), total by construction
contains_aggregate sql/render/value_expr.py migrated (keeps AggregateKey short-circuit)
lower_sugar_transforms engine/planning.py migrated — post-order map_children (+ InKey fix)
rewrite_rank_partition_keys engine/planning.py migrated — post-order; rewrite_fn receives the pre-rebuild node
_map_value_key (reroot/prepend) core/keys.py migrated — leaf path-mapping arms + map_children; TypeError tail for non-keys kept
substitute_value_keys core/keys.py migrated — pre-order match-before-recurse over map_children
join discovery _collect_ref_paths engine/aggregate_input_paths.py migrated — composites descend via children() (expression sources previously contributed nothing — fail-open)
HAVING walk _direct_local_column_keys sql/generator.py migratedchildren() descent; asymmetric stops (AggregateKey/TransformKey/TimeTruncKey) documented
_collect_base_aux_slot_ids sql/generator.py migrated — slot-worthy kinds terminal, rest via children()
_transform_layer_deps_ready sql/generator.py migrated — slotted kinds terminal, rest via children()
_top_level_refs engine/regroup_planner.py migrated composite arms + raise tail; ref leaves and TransformKey.input-only kept as documented asymmetries
_iter_slot_deps engine/planning.py asymmetric-documented + raise tail; _SLOTTABLE_KIND policy-derived
filter_reachability engine/stage_planner.py already fail-closed (UnhandledValueKindError) — untouched
renderer dispatch sql/render/value_expr.py, row_expr.py raise-tail (unknown kind raises; scalars still render as literals)
_child_keys / _reject_mixed_or_not engine/stage_planner.py asymmetric-documented — semi-join push-down classifies whole refs; aggregates/transforms/truncs are scope boundaries
_scalar_free_columns engine/stage_planner.py asymmetric-documented — aggregate subtrees are bound, not free
_canonical_name, prebound/response_meta/ranked_planner/naming kind checks various classifiers on specific kinds, not traversals — no change
column_filter_paths.py engine sqlglot-AST scanner (Mode-A fragments), not a ValueKey visitor — no change

B1 widening audit (walk_value_keys now yields TimeTruncKey.column)

Every call site (~40) audited: all safe (phase max unchanged — trunc and its column are both ROW; membership filters are aggregate/transform-typed). Three guard tightenings in binding.py are latent-bug fixes: _reject_windowed_column_sql, _reject_round_trip, and _reject_filtered_expression_operands now see through a time trunc. One stale comment in stage_planner._reroot_from_root updated. Focused tests assert the wrapped raw column is never auto-added/materialised (slot deps, filter phase, HAVING, aux-slot collection).

Verification

  • Full non-integration suite: 15629 passed, 100 skipped (goldens byte-identical)
  • New tests/test_dev1827_value_key_traversal.py (76 tests): protocol totality, per-kind children()/map_children coherence, registry membership, dummy-member flow-through (DummyKey) and fail-closed (DummyOpaqueKey) on every generic visitor, kind-dispatch raise tests, InKey latent-bug regression, B1 no-side-effect assertions
  • Existing dev1747/dev1842/dev1825 totality tests pass unchanged
  • ruff clean; conventions gate CLEAR (source text ratio 8.5%, tests 9.0%)
  • openspec validate dev-1827-valuekey-visitors-fail-open-adopt-a-total-traversal-protocol --strict passes

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a consistent traversal and rewriting protocol for value keys.
    • Improved handling of nested expressions in query planning, rendering, substitutions, joins, and grouping.
    • Added validation for unsupported or unknown key types.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Nested transformations under membership expressions are now traversed correctly.
    • Preserved existing SQL output and query behavior.
  • Documentation

    • Documented value-key traversal, dispatch policies, and visitor behavior.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive coverage for traversal, rewriting, validation, and nested query scenarios.

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children()/map_children() on every ValueKey kind (+ SqlExprKey), fail-closed
via raising base-class defaults; KIND_POLICY registry with consumer-named
flags replaces the local policy tuples and both _VALUE_KEY_TYPES copies.
Generic walkers/rewriters (walk_value_keys, contains_aggregate, sugar
lowering, rank rewrite, reroot/substitute, join discovery, HAVING walk,
aux-slot collection) route through the protocol; asymmetric visitors keep
documented dispatch with a raise tail; renderer arg dispatch raises on an
unknown kind instead of emitting a garbage literal. Latent fix: sugar
transforms nested under an InKey inside a scalar call now lower.
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The change adds a total ValueKey traversal protocol, centralizes key-kind policies, migrates engine and SQL visitors to generic traversal, and adds tests and documentation for fail-closed behavior.

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ValueKey traversal adoption

Layer / File(s) Summary
Key traversal protocol and policies
slayer/core/keys.py
Key classes implement children() and identity-preserving map_children(). Mapping and substitution use the protocol. KIND_POLICY centralizes key classification.
Engine walker and planner migration
slayer/engine/...
Binding, planning, regrouping, and aggregate path discovery traverse key children generically. Unsupported classifications raise TypeError.
SQL generation and rendering traversal
slayer/sql/...
Generators and renderers use shared kind policies and recursive frozen-key traversal for slots, grouping, aggregate detection, and nested expressions.
Specification, documentation, and regression coverage
openspec/changes/dev-1827-valuekey-visitors-fail-open-adopt-a-total-traversal-protocol/..., docs/architecture/typed-keys.md, tests/test_dev1827_value_key_traversal.py
The protocol and migration plan are documented. Tests cover key traversal, rewriting, dispatch, joins, rendering, and HAVING validation.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Planner
  participant ValueKey
  participant Generator
  participant Renderer
  Planner->>ValueKey: Rewrite descendants with map_children
  Generator->>ValueKey: Inspect children for slots and grouping
  Renderer->>ValueKey: Inspect children for aggregate detection
  Renderer-->>Generator: Render nested frozen keys
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Pass the first argument by keyword.

substitute_value_keys and rewrite_rank_partition_keys take more than one parameter, but these calls pass the key positionally. The repository guideline requires keyword arguments for functions with more than 1 parameter.

♻️ Example
-        out = substitute_value_keys(DummyKey(child=CITY), {CITY: REGION})
+        out = substitute_value_keys(key=DummyKey(child=CITY), mapping={CITY: REGION})

Confirm the parameter names in slayer/core/keys.py and slayer/engine/planning.py before applying.

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In `@tests/test_dev1827_value_key_traversal.py` around lines 359 - 361, Update the
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In `@tests/test_dev1827_value_key_traversal.py`:
- Around line 359-361: Update the affected calls to substitute_value_keys and
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