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--- a/current/CHECKPOINT-EXTERN-EXPORT.md
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@@ -5,22 +5,34 @@ Companion to `current/PLAN-EXTERN-EXPORT.md` — one merged plan: **Part A** add
 every commit, one step at a time per the cadence rule.
 
 ## Last completed step
-**Phase 7.1 — migrate incidental 12xx ffi examples `#foreign`→`extern`** (`refactor`
-commit `731fb8d`). **PHASE 7 STARTED.** Migrated 12 plain-C examples that use
-`#foreign` incidentally (FFI plumbing, output unchanged):
-1200/1206/1209-1215/1220/1221/1222. Blanket keyword swap (all fn/global markers, no
-class forms in 12xx). Empty snapshot diff; corpus validates directly (all marker'd).
-Suite green (647/444). **KEEP-LIST POLICY ESTABLISHED (applies to all 7.x):** an
-example is KEPT on `#foreign` (deferred to Phase 8 cutover) iff migrating it would
-change a snapshot OR its identity is the `#foreign` keyword. Concretely kept:
-- **Diagnostics asserting on `#foreign` source/message** — migrating flips the echoed
-  source line or message → non-empty diff: `1172` (foreign-symbol-conflict), `1174`
-  (foreign-postfix-conflict), `1620` (cimport-foreign-ref-unvalidated).
-- **The equivalence test** `1228` (needs both `#foreign` + `extern` twins by design).
-- **Identity-`#foreign` feature tests** (filename `ffi-foreign-*`, defer rename/dedup
-  to Phase 8): `1205`/`1207`/`1216`/`1218`/`1219`.
-- **Comment-only provenance prose** (`1223`/`1229`/`1230`/`1231`) — `#foreign` only in
-  explanatory comments; left intact per Decision-6-recommended (keep provenance).
+**Phase 7.4 — migrate straggler examples `#foreign`→`extern`** (`refactor` commit
+`1a8991a`). **PHASE 7 MIGRATABLE WORK COMPLETE (7.1–7.4 done).** Migrated 16 fn/global
+examples across categories (0415/0602/0603/1024/1025/1605/1607-1609/1611/1616/1619/
+1622/1628/1635/1636). Marker'd ones corpus-validated; the 3 unmarked uikit importers
+(1607/1608/1616) verified byte-identical via `sx ir` probes. Empty snapshot diff; suite
+green (647/444).
+
+**Phase 7 net result:** every example that uses `#foreign` *incidentally* (FFI plumbing,
+output-preserving) is now on `extern`/`export`. The **24 files still holding `#foreign`
+are exactly the intended keep-list**, all deferred to the Phase 8 cutover:
+- **`foreign`-asserting diagnostics** (migrating changes a snapshot): 1172, 1174, 1219
+  (stdout label), 1228 (equivalence test), 1620.
+- **Identity `ffi-foreign-*` feature tests** (real decls; rename/dedup at cutover):
+  1205-global, 1205-global-helper, 1207, 1218, 1219, 1306, 1318.
+- **Comment-only / provenance prose** (decls=0; `#foreign` only in comments): 0716, 0729,
+  1216, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1332, 1348, 1349, 1426, + issues/0030.
+**Lesson (7.3):** the robust class-prefix transform is the GENERAL form
+`s/#foreign\s+#(\w+)\((\"[^\"]*\")\)\s*\{/#$1($2) extern {/` — 1417 also used
+`#jni_interface`/`#objc_protocol`/`#swift_class`/`#swift_struct`/`#swift_protocol`, and a
+`#(objc|jni)_class`-only regex left `extern` in *prefix* position → parse error. All such
+directives accept the postfix modifier (probed). Bare defined `#objc_class`/`#jni_class`
+examples (no `#foreign`) were left untouched — not a purge target (define→export is an
+optional consistency pass, deferrable).
+
+### Prior: Phase 7.1 — migrate incidental 12xx ffi examples (`refactor` commit `731fb8d`).
+Migrated 12 plain-C examples (1200/1206/1209-1215/1220/1221/1222); established the
+keep-list policy above. Phase 7.2 (`a68f7c2`): 18 13xx obj-c examples (prefix→postfix
+classes). Phase 7.3 (`2888f6f`): 13 14xx jni examples incl. 1417 multi-runtime.
 
 ### Prior: Phase 6.5 — migrate `gpu/` `#foreign`→`extern`; `library/` now `#foreign`-free
 (`refactor` commit `32a7628`). **PHASE 6 COMPLETE.** Final batch: gpu/gles3.sx
@@ -226,23 +238,34 @@ AOT), 1227 (export fn rename, AOT), 1348 (objc extern class), 1349 (objc export
 (jni extern class), 1174/1175 (interplay diagnostics).
 
 ## Next step
-**PART B — Phase 7.2 (migrate `examples/13xx-ffi-objc-*` `#foreign`→`extern`/`export`).**
-Phase 7.1 (12xx incidental) COMPLETE. Apply the KEEP-LIST POLICY above to every batch.
+**PART B — Phase 8 (cutover: hard-reject the `#foreign` keyword).** Phases 5–7 COMPLETE:
+the entire `library/` tree + all incidentally-`#foreign` examples are on `extern`/`export`;
+only the 24-file keep-list (see Last completed step) still spells `#foreign`, by design.
 
-- **Phase 7.2** (`refactor`, snapshot diff must be EMPTY): migrate `examples/13xx-ffi-objc-*`.
-  ⚠ 13xx has Obj-C **runtime classes** — use the postfix shape (`#objc_class("X") extern {`
-  import == old `#foreign #objc_class`; `… export {` defined == bare `#objc_class`). Check
-  each file's shapes first (`grep -c '#foreign #'`). Apply the keep-list: exclude any 13xx
-  whose snapshot asserts on `#foreign` text or whose identity is the keyword (scan
-  `examples/expected/13*.std{err,out}` for "foreign" first, like 7.1 did). Most 13xx ARE
-  marker'd (50 found in Phase 6.4) → corpus validates the empty diff directly.
-- **Remaining Phase 7 batches:** 7.3 `examples/14xx-ffi-jni-*` (JNI runtime classes,
-  same postfix rules), 7.4 `issues/*.sx` repros + stragglers (16xx platform examples,
-  the scattered 04/06/07/10 ones). For 7.4 `issues/*.md` prose: defer per Decision 6
-  (recommended = keep as provenance).
+- **Phase 8.0** (`xfail`): add `examples/11xx-diagnostics-foreign-removed.sx` expecting a
+  clean "`#foreign` removed; use `extern`/`export`" diagnostic — RED while `#foreign` is
+  still accepted.
+- **Phase 8.1** (`green`): parser hard-rejects `#foreign` (mirror the variadic `name: ..T`
+  cutover). **This is the breaking moment for the 24-file keep-list** — every kept file
+  must be dealt with IN this phase (or a 7.5 pre-step right before it):
+  - Identity feature tests (1205/1207/1218/1219/1306/1318) → migrate their decls to
+    `extern`/`export` (the `.ir`/output stays identical per the A→B gate; may also
+    `git mv` to drop the now-stale `ffi-foreign-*` name + reseed `expected/`). Dedup vs the
+    existing extern twins (1224/1225/1229/1230/1231) — delete if fully redundant.
+  - `foreign`-asserting diagnostics (1172/1174/1219/1228/1620) → these tested `#foreign`
+    behavior; convert to assert the NEW rejection diagnostic, or retarget to `extern`
+    equivalents, regenerating snapshots intentionally (this is the one place regen is
+    correct — it's a deliberate behavior change, not a silent diff).
+  - Comment-only / provenance prose (0716/0729/1216/1223-1231/1332/1348/1349/1426 +
+    issues/0030) → migrate the comment text to `extern` for live-tree files (Phase 9.3
+    needs zero `foreign` in `examples/`); `issues/*.md` prose governed by Decision 6.
+  - `specs.md` drops `#foreign`, documents `extern`/`export` only.
+- Then **Phase 9** (total `foreign` purge — internal identifiers + docs; needs Decision 5
+  [done] + Decision 6).
 - **Decision 6 (STILL OPEN)** governs the `issues/*.md` + comment-prose carve-out — the
-  recommended default (keep provenance, gate only the live tree) is being applied; flag
-  to the user before Phase 9 if not yet ratified.
+  recommended default (keep provenance, gate only the live tree) has been applied through
+  Phase 7; **ratify it with the user before Phase 8.1/9** since it decides how much of the
+  keep-list + issues prose must change.
 - **6.2 verification note (carry forward):** the `platform/` runtime modules
   (uikit/android/android_jni) are NOT compiled by any marker'd host corpus test — verify
   future platform-adjacent migrations via direct `sx ir` on importers (1610/1606 compile
@@ -369,6 +392,18 @@ Part A ratified (bare / postfix / `⇒ callconv(.c)` / lib-separate). Part B:
   deleted at cutover). Affects only diagnostic wording — IR/behavior identical either way.
 
 ## Log
+- (7.4 stragglers) **PHASE 7 MIGRATABLE WORK COMPLETE.** Migrated 16 fn/global examples
+  (0415/0602/0603/1024/1025/1605/1607-1609/1611/1616/1619/1622/1628/1635/1636) `#foreign`→
+  `extern`; 1607/1608/1616 (unmarked) verified by `sx ir` probes. 24-file keep-list remains
+  by design (deferred to Phase 8). Suite green (647/444). `refactor` `1a8991a`.
+- (7.3 14xx) Migrated 13 jni examples (1410-1419/1423/1424/1425). 1417 (all-runtimes) hit
+  a parse-error trap: a `#(objc|jni)_class`-only regex left `extern` in PREFIX position on
+  `#jni_interface`/`#objc_protocol`/`#swift_*` lines → fixed with the GENERAL
+  `#foreign #(\w+)("X") {`→`#$1("X") extern {` rewrite (all such directives accept the
+  postfix modifier, probed). Kept 1426 (comment-only). Suite green. `refactor` `2888f6f`.
+- (7.2 13xx) Migrated 18 obj-c examples (1308/1311-1321/1341-1347): prefix→postfix import
+  classes + fn markers. Kept identity 1306/1318, comment-only 1332/1348/1349. No 13xx
+  snapshot asserts on foreign. Suite green. `refactor` `a68f7c2`.
 - (7.1 12xx) **PHASE 7 STARTED.** Migrated 12 incidental plain-C examples
   (1200/1206/1209-1215/1220/1221/1222) `#foreign`→`extern`; output byte-identical,
   empty snapshot diff, corpus-validated. Established the keep-list policy (see Last