# Branch — 016 Perl Parser Hardening

**Branch**: `016-perl-parser-hardening`  
**Base**: `main` @ `9572b31`  
**Worktree**: `E:/project/symforge` (single repo — no `symforge-perl` lane)

## Commands

```powershell
git checkout 016-perl-parser-hardening
# First push:
git push -u origin 016-perl-parser-hardening
```

## Merge policy

- Sprint incremental PRs optional; program may single PR after S3
- Merge body: `PR #N` (release-please guard per CLAUDE.md)
- Do not merge S2 xref edits before S1 taxonomy sign-off

## feature.json

`.specify/feature.json` → `specs/016-perl-parser-hardening`
