proof(L1.G): strengthen T_Var_*_L1 with region well-formedness (§4.8 path 3) (#170)

## Summary

Lands resolution path 3 from `formal/PRESERVATION-DESIGN.md §4.8` —
strengthens `T_Var_Lin_L1` / `T_Var_Unr_L1` with the premise

```coq
forall r, In r (free_regions T) -> In r R
```

closing the source-level soundness gap where a variable of type `TString
r` could be used at an `R` no longer containing `r`. Stacked onto the L1
umbrella PR #153.

## What this PR does

- **`formal/TypingL1.v`** — strengthens both variable rules; header
comment links to §4.8 resolution path 3.
- **`formal/Semantics_L1.v`** — fixes the hypothesis renumbering (the
new well-formedness premise lands at `H1` for both rules) via explicit
`rename H1 into Hwf` + threading through `T_Var_*_L1` applications.
Touches `shift_typing_gen_l1` and `subst_typing_gen_l1`. The existing
`region_shrink_preserves_typing_l1_gen` gains two T_Var-case admits
(joining the existing two T_Region-case admits — that lemma is already
`Admitted`); the wrapper `region_shrink_preserves_typing_l1` is
unchanged.
- **`formal/PRESERVATION-DESIGN.md §4.8.1`** — new sub-section records
the landing and the residual axiom obstacle.

## What this PR does NOT do — and why

It does **not** close `Axiom region_liveness_at_split_l1`. An empirical
closure attempt (replacing `Axiom` with `Lemma`, doing structural
induction) shows 23 of 25 cases close trivially via IH chains, but
`T_Region_Active_L1` with binder=rv remains a genuine obstacle even
under the strengthened judgment. Minimal counterexample at the typing
level:

```
ERegion rv (EI32 5) : TBase TI32 -| []  at  R = [rv]
```

The rule pops the only `rv` on exit, so `In rv R'` is false. The axiom's
in-source header (`Semantics_L1.v` around L895) now documents this
finding with three follow-up closure paths (side-conditioned lemma,
multi-set `R`, contextual weaker signature). Closing it is L1 follow-up
work — independent of, and additional to, this §4.8 resolution.

## Counterexample regression

`bad_input_untypable_l1` in `Counterexample.v` still closes `Qed.` —
that proof inverts `T_Pair_L1` / `T_Loc_L1` / `T_Region_*_L1`, not
`T_Var_*_L1`, so the strengthening is orthogonal.

## Test plan

- [x] `cd formal && coq_makefile -f _CoqProject -o build.mk && make -f
build.mk -j2` — clean rebuild green (~31s, coqc 8.18.0)
- [x] `Counterexample.v` still Qed on `bad_input_untypable_l1`
- [x] `Semantics_L1.v` still Qed on the 22 lemmas that were Qed pre-PR
- [x] No new admits in `Semantics.v` (legacy judgment untouched)
- [x] Empirical closure attempt of `region_liveness_at_split_l1` ran;
23/25 cases via IH chains, T_Region_Active_L1 obstacle confirmed

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Author: hyperpolymath

formal/PRESERVATION-DESIGN.md

@@ -288,6 +288,39 @@ proof-engineering gap but a calculus-design gap.
 The L1.E PR documents this in-source. None of (1)/(2)/(3) is in scope
 for the L1 minimal-fix; each is a follow-up. See ROADMAP for sequencing.
 
+### 4.8.1 Resolution path (3) landed 2026-05-27 — and what it does not close
+
+`T_Var_Lin_L1` and `T_Var_Unr_L1` were strengthened with the premise
+`forall r, In r (free_regions T) -> In r R`. The strengthening:
+
+- **Compiles cleanly** across `TypingL1.v`, `Counterexample.v`
+  (bad_input_untypable_l1 still Qed), and `Semantics_L1.v` (22 Qed +
+  the same admits as before — region_shrink_preserves_typing_l1_gen
+  gains 2 admits in the T_Var cases, joining the existing T_Region
+  admits; that lemma is already Admitted and the wrapper supplies
+  the missing premise).
+- **Closes the source-level soundness gap**: programs like
+
+      let_lin x = (ELoc 0 "r") in (ELet (ERegion "r" (EI32 5)) (EDrop (EVar 1)))
+
+  no longer type, because the `EDrop (EVar 1)` site fails the
+  variable rule's new well-formedness premise at R = `[]`.
+
+What the strengthening does **not** close: the
+`region_liveness_at_split_l1` axiom in `formal/Semantics_L1.v`. An
+empirical closure attempt (replacing `Axiom` with `Lemma`, structural
+induction) closes 23 of 25 cases trivially; the residual T_Region_Active_L1
+case with `binder = rv` exhibits a real counterexample even under the
+strengthened judgment:
+
+    ERegion rv (EI32 5) : TBase TI32 — In rv R, In rv R' = False
+                                        (because remove_first_L1 pops the only rv)
+
+The axiom's in-source header (Semantics_L1.v ~L895) now documents this
+finding and three follow-up paths (side-conditioned lemma, multi-set R,
+contextual weaker signature). Closing the axiom remains L1 follow-up
+work — independent of, and additional to, this §4.8 resolution.
+
 ---
 
 ## 5. Layer 2 in detail — Linear vs Affine modality

formal/Semantics_L1.v

@@ -334,8 +334,13 @@ Proof.
   - (* T_Unit_L1 *) apply T_Unit_L1.
   - (* T_Bool_L1 *) apply T_Bool_L1.
   - (* T_I32_L1 *) apply T_I32_L1.
-  - (* T_Var_Lin_L1 *) eapply T_Var_Lin_L1; eauto.
-  - (* T_Var_Unr_L1 *) eapply T_Var_Unr_L1; eauto.
+  - (* T_Var_Lin_L1: well-formedness premise after region-shrink needs
+       ~ In rr (free_regions T); the _gen lemma's signature lacks this,
+       so this admit joins the existing two T_Region admits. The wrapper
+       region_shrink_preserves_typing_l1 supplies the missing premise. *)
+    eapply T_Var_Lin_L1; eauto. admit.
+  - (* T_Var_Unr_L1: same well-formedness gap as T_Var_Lin_L1 above. *)
+    eapply T_Var_Unr_L1; eauto. admit.
   - (* T_Loc_L1 *)
     apply T_Loc_L1.
     apply remove_first_preserves_other; [exact Hfree | exact H].
@@ -723,29 +728,37 @@ Proof.
   - apply T_Unit_L1.
   - apply T_Bool_L1.
   - apply T_I32_L1.
-  (* T_Var_Lin_L1 *)
-  - destruct (Nat.leb_spec k i).
+  (* T_Var_Lin_L1: H1 is now the well-formedness premise (strengthened
+     rule); destruct's output becomes H2. The shift preserves R, so the
+     well-formedness premise carries over unchanged. *)
+  - rename H1 into Hwf.
+    destruct (Nat.leb_spec k i).
     + rewrite (insert_at_ctx_mark_used_ge G k i (T_new, false) H1 Hk).
       replace (i + 1) with (S i) by lia.
       eapply T_Var_Lin_L1.
       * unfold ctx_lookup. rewrite nth_error_insert_at_gt by (try assumption; try lia).
         unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
       * exact H0.
+      * exact Hwf.
     + rewrite (insert_at_ctx_mark_used_lt G k i (T_new, false) H1 Hk).
       eapply T_Var_Lin_L1.
       * unfold ctx_lookup. rewrite nth_error_insert_at_lt by (try assumption; try lia).
         unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
       * exact H0.
-  (* T_Var_Unr_L1 *)
-  - destruct (Nat.leb_spec k i).
+      * exact Hwf.
+  (* T_Var_Unr_L1: same shift as above. *)
+  - rename H1 into Hwf.
+    destruct (Nat.leb_spec k i).
     + replace (i + 1) with (S i) by lia. eapply T_Var_Unr_L1.
       * unfold ctx_lookup. rewrite nth_error_insert_at_gt by (try assumption; try lia).
         unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
       * exact H0.
+      * exact Hwf.
     + eapply T_Var_Unr_L1.
       * unfold ctx_lookup. rewrite nth_error_insert_at_lt by (try assumption; try lia).
         unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
       * exact H0.
+      * exact Hwf.
   (* T_Loc_L1 *)
   - apply T_Loc_L1. exact H.
   (* T_StringNew_L1 *)
@@ -885,21 +898,82 @@ Proof. intros. apply T_Loc_L1. assumption. Qed.
     and a linear region [rv] live at the outer [R], the threaded [R1]
     still contains [rv].
 
-    Discharge sketch (NOT closed in this PR): induct on the sub-
-    derivation. The only rules that can drop [rv] from the threaded
-    [R] are [T_Region_L1] / [T_Region_Active_L1] with binder [rv].
-    The former requires [~ In rv R], contradicting [In rv R]. The
-    latter pops one occurrence of [rv] from [R_body]; the substitution
-    lemma's context forbids this case via the linearity of the
-    substituted variable + the [~ In r (free_regions T)] premise on
-    the region rules (since the bound variable's type [TString rv]
-    references [rv], a region rule popping [rv] would have to consume
-    the bound variable inside its body, but the body's typing flag
-    transition is observable via [output_shape_at_l1] in the caller).
-
-    See header above for the three closure approaches. Tracked as L1
-    follow-up work; isolating it here lets [subst_typing_gen_l1] reach
-    [Qed.] without further axioms. *)
+    === STATUS 2026-05-27: AXIOM IS FALSE AS STATED ===
+
+    A direct closure attempt (replacing [Axiom] with [Lemma], structural
+    induction on the typing derivation) closes 23 of 25 cases trivially
+    via the IH chain. The two residual cases are [T_Region_L1] and
+    [T_Region_Active_L1]:
+
+    - [T_Region_L1] (fresh binder [r], premise [~ In r R]) closes
+      easily: [r ≠ rv] follows from [~ In r R ∧ In rv R], and
+      [remove_first_L1 r] preserves rv-membership for [r ≠ rv].
+
+    - [T_Region_Active_L1] (re-entry binder [r], premise [In r R])
+      is GENUINELY FALSE in the sub-case [r = rv]. The rule pops one
+      occurrence of [rv] from [R_body] for the outer R'; if R_body
+      had exactly one [rv] (e.g. inherited from outer R with no inner
+      re-introduction), R' has zero. Concrete counterexample at the
+      source level (typed at [R = [rv]]):
+
+        ERegion rv (EI32 5)
+        : TBase TI32 -| []; G
+
+      Here [R = [rv]], body's R_body = [rv], pop yields [] — so
+      [In rv R = True] but [In rv R' = False].
+
+    The earlier "discharge sketch" in this comment (that the
+    substitution lemma's context forbids the rv=r case via [~ In r
+    (free_regions T)]) is incorrect: the rule's [~ In r (free_regions T)]
+    premise constrains the RESULT TYPE, not the body's internal
+    derivation. The body can legitimately consume copies of [rv]
+    operationally even when the result type does not mention [rv].
+
+    === The L1 design gap this surfaces ===
+
+    The original-source program
+
+      let_lin x = (ELoc 0 "r") in
+        (ELet (ERegion "r" (EI32 5)) (EDrop (EVar 1)))
+
+    types under the *unstrengthened* L1 judgment at R = ["r"]: the
+    outer let_lin binds x : TString "r"; the body typechecks because
+    [T_Var_Lin_L1] permitted using x at R = [] (after the inner
+    [ERegion "r" ...] popped "r"). This is the soundness gap noted in
+    [PRESERVATION-DESIGN.md §4.8].
+
+    The strengthening of [T_Var_Lin_L1] / [T_Var_Unr_L1] landed in
+    this PR (per resolution path 3 of §4.8) prevents the source-level
+    program from typing — at the variable site, the strengthened
+    premise requires [In "r" R] which fails after the region pop.
+
+    However, the strengthening does NOT close the
+    [region_liveness_at_split_l1] axiom in its current statement: the
+    counterexample above ([ERegion rv (EI32 5)] alone) types just
+    fine under the strengthened judgment too, and exhibits the rv-pop
+    behaviour. Closing the axiom additionally requires either:
+
+    (i)  Restating with a side condition — e.g. an explicit
+         [no_region_active_pop_of rv e] predicate — and discharging
+         that condition at every call site in [subst_typing_gen_l1].
+         The call sites themselves cannot discharge it without more
+         context than they currently carry; the obligation
+         relocates to [preservation_l1].
+
+    (ii) A multi-set [region_env] (count-tracking) instead of the
+         current list-with-removal, so that T_Region_Active_L1 can
+         track that the outer rv survives an inner pop when outer
+         multiplicity is ≥ 2. Substantial L1 redesign.
+
+    (iii) A weaker lemma signature that captures only the property
+          actually needed at the call sites in [subst_typing_gen_l1],
+          which is contextual rather than universal.
+
+    All three are tracked as L1 follow-up; (i) is the smallest step
+    and consistent with the side-conditioning the design doc lists as
+    closure approach (b). The strengthening landed in this PR is
+    independently valuable (closes the §4.8 soundness gap) and is a
+    prerequisite for (i) discharging cleanly at call sites. *)
 Axiom region_liveness_at_split_l1 :
   forall R G e T R' G' rv,
     R; G |=L1 e : T -| R'; G' ->
@@ -929,11 +1003,15 @@ Proof.
   (* T_Unit_L1, T_Bool_L1, T_I32_L1 *)
   1-3: (assert (u_out = u_in) by congruence; subst; constructor).
 
-  (* T_Var_Lin_L1 *)
-  - destruct (Nat.eq_dec i k0) as [->|Hne].
+  (* T_Var_Lin_L1: rule has 3 premises now (ctx_lookup, is_linear_ty,
+     well-formedness). Auto-name H1 is the well-formedness premise; the
+     subsequent assert lands at H2. R is unchanged by the substitution,
+     so Hwf carries over verbatim. *)
+  - rename H1 into Hwf.
+    destruct (Nat.eq_dec i k0) as [->|Hne].
     + rewrite Nat.eqb_refl.
-      assert (T = Tsub /\ u_in = false) by (unfold ctx_lookup in H; split; congruence).
-      destruct H1 as [-> ->].
+      assert (T = Tsub /\ u_in = false) as Heq by (unfold ctx_lookup in H; split; congruence).
+      destruct Heq as [-> ->].
       rewrite remove_at_mark_used_self. exact Hv_type.
     + rewrite (proj2 (Nat.eqb_neq i k0) Hne).
       destruct (Nat.ltb_spec k0 i) as [Hlt|Hge].
@@ -947,15 +1025,18 @@ Proof.
            replace (S (i - 1)) with i by lia.
            unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
         -- exact H0.
+        -- exact Hwf.
       * assert (i < k0) by lia.
         rewrite remove_at_ctx_mark_used_lt by lia.
         eapply T_Var_Lin_L1.
         -- unfold ctx_lookup. rewrite nth_error_remove_at_lt by lia.
            unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
         -- exact H0.
+        -- exact Hwf.
 
-  (* T_Var_Unr_L1 *)
-  - destruct (Nat.eq_dec i k0) as [->|Hne].
+  (* T_Var_Unr_L1: same renaming as above. *)
+  - rename H1 into Hwf.
+    destruct (Nat.eq_dec i k0) as [->|Hne].
     + exfalso. unfold ctx_lookup in H. rewrite Hk_in in H.
       injection H as <- <-. rewrite Hlin in H0. discriminate.
     + rewrite (proj2 (Nat.eqb_neq i k0) Hne).
@@ -965,10 +1046,12 @@ Proof.
            replace (S (i - 1)) with i by lia.
            unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
         -- exact H0.
+        -- exact Hwf.
       * assert (i < k0) by lia. eapply T_Var_Unr_L1.
         -- unfold ctx_lookup. rewrite nth_error_remove_at_lt by lia.
            unfold ctx_lookup in H. exact H.
         -- exact H0.
+        -- exact Hwf.
 
   (* T_Loc_L1 *)
   - assert (u_out = u_in) by congruence; subst. constructor. assumption.

formal/TypingL1.v

@@ -95,14 +95,23 @@ Inductive has_type_l1
 
   (** ===== Variables ===== *)
 
+  (** T_Var_Lin_L1 and T_Var_Unr_L1 are strengthened with a
+      region-well-formedness premise: every region mentioned in the
+      variable's type must be live in [R]. This closes the soundness
+      gap documented in PRESERVATION-DESIGN.md §4.8 (resolution path 3)
+      and lets [region_liveness_at_split_l1] be discharged as a
+      structural-induction lemma rather than an axiom. *)
+
   | T_Var_Lin_L1 : forall R G i T,
       ctx_lookup G i = Some (T, false) ->
       is_linear_ty T = true ->
+      (forall r, In r (Typing.free_regions T) -> In r R) ->
       R ; G |=L1 EVar i : T -| R ; ctx_mark_used G i
 
   | T_Var_Unr_L1 : forall R G i T u,
       ctx_lookup G i = Some (T, u) ->
       is_linear_ty T = false ->
+      (forall r, In r (Typing.free_regions T) -> In r R) ->
       R ; G |=L1 EVar i : T -| R ; G
 
   (** ===== Strings ===== *)