2: Strategy selection¶

flowchart TD
    input(["*gguf.File<br/>parsed artifact"])
    draws["1 + rng.IntN(3)<br/>1–3 draws"]
    weighted{{"weighted category pick<br/>weights frozen at construction"}}
    uniform{{"uniform strategy pick<br/>with replacement"}}
    apply["Strategy.Mutate<br/>in-place change"]
    more{"draws remain?"}
    padding{"PaddingSkipper<br/>SkipPadding()?"}
    counts{"CountKeeper<br/>KeepCounts()?"}
    flags["batch-global flags<br/>skipPadding · keepCounts"]
    sync{"keepCounts?"}
    syncCounts["gguf.File.SyncCounts<br/>repair declared counts"]
    marshal(["gguf.MarshalRaw<br/>(f, skipPadding)"])

    input ==>|"*gguf.File"| draws
    draws -->|"draw budget"| weighted
    weighted --> cat0{{"Header<br/>weight 10% · 5 strategies<br/>2.00% each"}}
    cat0 -->|"uniform candidate"| uniform
    weighted --> cat1{{"Metadata<br/>weight 35% · 18 strategies<br/>1.94% each"}}
    cat1 -->|"uniform candidate"| uniform
    weighted --> cat2{{"TensorInfo<br/>weight 35% · 8 strategies<br/>4.38% each"}}
    cat2 -->|"uniform candidate"| uniform
    weighted --> cat3{{"Alignment<br/>weight 5% · 3 strategies<br/>1.67% each"}}
    cat3 -->|"uniform candidate"| uniform
    weighted --> cat4{{"Data<br/>weight 5% · 6 strategies<br/>0.83% each"}}
    cat4 -->|"uniform candidate"| uniform
    weighted --> cat5{{"Consistency<br/>weight 10% · 6 strategies<br/>1.67% each"}}
    cat5 -->|"uniform candidate"| uniform
    uniform -->|"Strategy"| apply
    apply -->|"mutated *gguf.File"| padding
    padding -->|"bool"| flags
    apply -->|"mutated *gguf.File"| counts
    counts -->|"bool"| flags
    flags -->|"batch state"| more
    more -->|"yes"| weighted
    more -->|"no"| sync
    sync -->|"no"| syncCounts
    syncCounts -->|"*gguf.File"| marshal
    sync -->|"yes"| marshal
    dilution["model.*<br/>5 strategies share Metadata<br/>no separate category"]
    dilution --- cat1
    classDef gen fill:#3b3028,stroke:#b08a5a,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#f3ead7
    classDef exec fill:#44372b,stroke:#c49a6c,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#f7edd9
    classDef assess fill:#3c432d,stroke:#9a9b62,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#f2eddc
    classDef record fill:#4b362c,stroke:#a86f4c,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#f5e6d3
    classDef gate fill:#542f2b,stroke:#b96f5c,stroke-width:2px,color:#fae8dc
    classDef hazard fill:#51452d,stroke:#b59658,stroke-width:2px,color:#f8edcf
    classDef ghost fill:#302c28,stroke:#7f7668,stroke-width:1px,stroke-dasharray:5 3,color:#b9afa0
    classDef io fill:#2f3832,stroke:#87927a,stroke-width:1.5px,color:#edf0e2
    class input,draws,cat0,cat1,cat2,cat3,cat4,cat5,uniform,apply,dilution gen
    class weighted hazard
    class more,padding,counts,sync gate
    class flags,syncCounts,marshal io

Source: 6733034d; extracted: 2026-09-03.