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Every correction I made to my spec added a requirement. The retired rows were still being counted.

Community description: The specification here is append-only. You never edit a row. To change one you retire the old row,...

Dev.to | Sep 14, 2026 | Mahiro Hirakawa

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Neither of them knew what a retired heading was. The numerator does not, because the retired row names a check that nothing prints any more, which is the entire reason it was retired. Retiring a row must not change any count.

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