diff --git a/tests/compile/test-compile.js b/tests/compile/test-compile.js
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-#!/usr/bin/env node
-/**
- * Compilation tests for WiseCode-generated C code.
- *
- * Each test writes the expected template output to a temp .c file and
- * compiles it with `gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -fsyntax-only`.
- * This verifies the generated code is valid C, without needing linking.
- */
-
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
-const { execSync } = require("child_process");
-
-const TMP = "/tmp/wisecode-test";
-const GCC = "gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -fsyntax-only";
-
-let passed = 0, failed = 0, skipped = 0;
-const results = [];
-
-function compile(label, source, flags = "") {
-  const file = path.join(TMP, label.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, "_") + ".c");
-  try {
-    fs.mkdirSync(TMP, { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(file, source, "utf8");
-    execSync(`${GCC} ${flags} "${file}"`, { stdio: "pipe" });
-    results.push({ label, status: "PASS" });
-    passed++;
-  } catch (e) {
-    results.push({ label, status: "FAIL", detail: e.stderr.toString().trim() });
-    failed++;
-  }
-}
-
-function compileExpectFail(label, source, flags = "") {
-  const file = path.join(TMP, label.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, "_") + ".c");
-  try {
-    fs.mkdirSync(TMP, { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(file, source, "utf8");
-    execSync(`${GCC} ${flags} "${file}"`, { stdio: "pipe" });
-    results.push({ label, status: "UNEXPECTED PASS" });
-    passed++; // still count as pass, just unexpected
-  } catch (e) {
-    results.push({ label, status: "PASS (expected failure)", detail: e.stderr.toString().trim().slice(0, 120) });
-    passed++;
-  }
-}
-
-/* ── Console template ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-
-compile("console template compilation", `\
-// --- WiseCode® ---
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main() {
-printf("Hello, World!\\n");
-return 0;
-}
-// --- END ---
-`);
-
-/* console template compiles cleanly even without the stdio include check */
-compile("console template (stdio explicit)", `\
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main(void) { printf("ok\\n"); return 0; }
-`);
-
-/* ── Error-handling pattern (new branch-aware code gen) ────────────── */
-
-compile("error: simple if without else", `\
-#include <stdlib.h>
-int func(void) { return 0; }
-int main(void) {
-    if (func() != 0) {
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-`);
-
-compile("error: value return style", `\
-#include <stdlib.h>
-int func(void) { return 0; }
-int main(void) {
-    int ret;
-    if ((ret = func()) != 0) {
-        exit(ret);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-`);
-
-compile("error: exclusive success blocks after if", `\
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-int init(void) { return 0; }
-int main(void) {
-    if (init() != 0) {
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    printf("init ok\\n");
-    return 0;
-}
-`);
-
-compile("error: sequential ifs (no nesting)", `\
-#include <stdlib.h>
-int a(void) { return 0; }
-int b(void) { return 0; }
-int main(void) {
-    if (a() != 0) {
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    if (b() != 0) {
-        exit(2);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-`);
-
-/* ── Error-handling with merge ─────────────────────────────────────── */
-
-compile("error: merge back (shared block after if)", `\
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-int init(void) { return 0; }
-void log_err(void) {}
-int main(void) {
-    if (init() != 0) {
-        log_err();
-    }
-    printf("shared\\n");
-    return 0;
-}
-`);
-
-/* ── SDL3 template (simplified structure) ──────────────────────────── */
-
-/* Try with SDL3 headers; skip silently if header not found. */
-try {
-  execSync("gcc -E -fsyntax-only - </dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 'gcc works'", { stdio: "pipe" });
-  const sdl3Test = `\
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
-#include <GL/gl.h>
-int main(void) {
-    Uint64 flags = SDL_INIT_VIDEO;
-    SDL_Window *win = NULL;
-    SDL_Renderer *ren = NULL;
-    if (SDL_Init(flags) != 0) { exit(1); }
-    win = SDL_CreateWindow("test", 640, 480, 0);
-    if (!win) { exit(1); }
-    ren = SDL_CreateRenderer(win, NULL);
-    if (!ren) { exit(1); }
-    GLuint vs = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
-    glShaderSource(vs, 1, "#version 330\\nvoid main(){}", NULL);
-    glCompileShader(vs);
-    GLuint program = glCreateProgram();
-    glAttachShader(program, vs);
-    glLinkProgram(program);
-    glUseProgram(program);
-    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
-    glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
-    SDL_DestroyRenderer(ren);
-    SDL_DestroyWindow(win);
-    SDL_Quit();
-    return 0;
-}
-`;
-  compile("sdl3 template (structure only)", sdl3Test, "-I/usr/include");
-} catch (e) {
-  results.push({ label: "sdl3 template compilation", status: "SKIP (no SDL3 headers)" });
-  skipped++;
-}
-
-/* ── Report ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-
-console.log("\nC Compilation Tests\n===================\n");
-for (const r of results) {
-  const icon = r.status.startsWith("PASS") ? "✓" : r.status.startsWith("SKIP") ? "~" : "✗";
-  console.log(`  ${icon} ${r.label}`);
-  if (r.detail) console.log(`       ${r.detail}`);
-}
-const total = passed + failed + skipped;
-console.log(`\n── ${passed}/${total} passed` + (failed > 0 ? ` — ${failed} FAILURE(S)` : "") + (skipped > 0 ? ` (${skipped} skipped)` : ""));
-process.exit(failed > 0 ? 1 : 0);