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Excel matches LET and LAMBDA names case-insensitively in every script. GridCraft compared them ASCII-only, so a name with a non-ASCII letter only worked when it was always typed with the same case:

Formula Excel Before After
=LET(dług,100,DŁUG*2) 200 #NAME? 200
=LAMBDA(ćma,ĆMA+1)(1) 2 #NAME? 2
=LET(ŻAR,LAMBDA(x,x*3),żar(2)) 6 #NAME? 6

Changes

  • crates/calc/src/eval.rs: a same_name helper (Unicode case folding) replaces eq_ignore_ascii_case in the three lookups of LET/LAMBDA names: evaluating a name, ISOMITTED, and a LET variable that shadows a function name (MAP(…,Λ)).
  • docs/function-parity.md: revision row.

Defined names (Workbook::name) still compare ASCII-only. I left them alone to keep this change small; happy to follow up if wanted.

Found while working on Polish formula entry (#1883), where a LET(fałsz;…) binding is matched by FAŁSZ. This PR doesn't depend on #1883.

Tests

  • New let_lambda_names_ignore_case_in_any_script in crates/calc/src/tests.rs. It fails without the change.
  • Locally on Windows: cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -p gridcraft-calc --all-targets -D warnings, cargo test --workspace, cargo xtask layers, cargo xtask wasm.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • LET and LAMBDA names now resolve without regard to case across scripts, including Greek and accented characters.
    • Formula aliases and ISOMITTED now follow the same case-insensitive matching rules.
    • Name matching recognizes equivalent forms such as ß and ẞ, and Greek σ and ς. Turkish dotless ı remains distinct from i and I.

Excel matches LET and LAMBDA names case-insensitively in every script,
so =LET(dług,100,DŁUG*2) is 200. The evaluator compared them ASCII-only
and returned #NAME?. The three lookups (name evaluation, ISOMITTED, a
LET variable shadowing a function name) now fold Unicode case.
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LET/LAMBDA name comparison now uses a shared Unicode-aware function in formula input normalization and evaluator lookups. Tests cover case variants across scripts and formula aliases. The function-parity document records the update.

Changes: Unicode LET/LAMBDA Name Matching

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Shared name comparison and input normalization
crates/formula/src/lib.rs, crates/formula/src/input.rs, crates/formula/tests/spanish_input.rs
A public same_name function compares exact strings or strings that match after lowercasing and the additional folds for ß, ſ, and ς. Formula input normalization uses it for LET/LAMBDA bindings. Tests cover Unicode name pairs and a local name matching the SI alias.
Evaluator lookups and regression coverage
crates/calc/src/eval.rs, crates/calc/src/tests.rs, docs/function-parity.md
Evaluator environment-name lookups for Evaluator::name, ISOMITTED, and function shadowing use same_name. Tests cover case variants across scripts, including ß and ẞ, and distinguish dotless ı from i. The function-parity document records the update.

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Change: Bug fix

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Local LET/LAMBDA names now match case-insensitively across the covered Unicode variants in formula normalization and evaluator lookups, with a regression test for ISOMITTED. No concrete current-head merge risk is established; the change is ready for normal checks.

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The change broadens Unicode matching within existing formula-local bindings. The inspected paths preserve workbook-name fallback, function-shadowing rules, and binding cleanup; no new privileged access or material security risk was identified.

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  • inferred — The demonstrated exposure is formula interpretation within the existing evaluator and localized input path. Additional Unicode spellings can select an existing local value or lambda, but the inspected changes do not add a service boundary, credential lookup, or new workbook-access authority.

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  • observed — The helper changes lexical name identity, not workbook-name lookup or authorization. Local precedence and the guard against treating shadowed names as higher-order built-ins remain in place; only the equivalence predicate broadens.

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  • observed — The inspected binding lifecycle remains evaluation-local. LET evaluates each value before adding its binding and truncates its environment on completion or an invalid declaration. Lambda invocation validates argument positions before switching environments and restores the caller environment after body evaluation, including returned formula errors. Input normalization uses a fresh binding vector per parse, so propagated normalization errors do not retain bindings across requests.
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crates/calc/src/tests.rs: 1

593-605: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover Unicode matching in ISOMITTED.

The new test covers Unicode matching in Evaluator::name and function_by_name, but not in ISOMITTED. Add an omitted Unicode-case-variant parameter assertion. Without it, an ASCII-only ISOMITTED lookup would let the test pass while returning false instead of true.

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     t.set("A1", "=LET(dług,100,DŁUG*2)");
     assert_eq!(t.num("A1"), 200.0);
+    t.set("A2", "=LAMBDA(λ,ISOMITTED(Λ))()");
+    assert_eq!(t.get("A2"), Value::Bool(true));
     t.set("A3", "=LAMBDA(ćma,ĆMA+1)(1)");
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Extend the `let_lambda_names_ignore_case_in_any_script` test to cover Unicode
case-insensitive parameter lookup in `ISOMITTED`: call a lambda without its
parameter, check `ISOMITTED` using a Unicode case variant of that parameter, and
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- Line 1873: Update same_name to compare names using Unicode case folding rather
than uppercase mapping, so case-equivalent names such as ß and ẞ compare equal.
Add the ß/ẞ pair to the existing regression test for LET/LAMBDA name equality.
- Line 259: Update the LET binding check in formula input normalization to use
the same Unicode-aware name comparison as the evaluator’s same_name function,
rather than ASCII-only case-insensitive matching. Keep known_name handling
unchanged so bindings such as ſi remain recognized before SI is normalized to
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- Around line 593-605: Extend the `let_lambda_names_ignore_case_in_any_script`
test to cover Unicode case-insensitive parameter lookup in `ISOMITTED`: call a
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Comment thread crates/calc/src/eval.rs Resolved
Comment thread crates/calc/src/eval.rs Resolved
- gridcraft_formula::same_name lower-cases then upper-cases each
  character, so ß matches ẞ (to_uppercase alone maps ß to SS).
- Formula-bar input uses it too, so a binding such as ſi is not
  translated to IF while the evaluator binds it.
- Tests: ISOMITTED with a case variant, ß/ẞ, and the Spanish input case.
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@coderabbitai The ISOMITTED nitpick is done in e9bcb8d: the test now has =LAMBDA(λ,ISOMITTED(Λ))() → TRUE.

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@webglobecontact-ui Thanks for the update. The test =LAMBDA(λ,ISOMITTED(Λ))() → TRUE covers the case-insensitive parameter lookup raised in the nitpick.

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Lower-casing then upper-casing made dotless ı equal to i (both become I),
which Unicode's default case folding keeps apart; LET(i,1,ı,2,i) could
return the ı binding. same_name now lower-cases and adds the folds lower
case misses (ß/ẞ -> ss, ſ -> s, ς -> σ). Tests cover ı/i and the Greek
final sigma.
aiongg added a commit to aiongg/gridcraft that referenced this pull request Oct 22, 2026
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