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vartrack
confirmedPython · CPUModel behavior & reasoningJuly 6, 2026
the question
Can a small model track named variables through assignment chains?
what came out
Not past 2-3 lines -- the indirection collapses it, not the arithmetic. Writing out each variable's value rescues the capable model almost completely but not the weak one. A 4th confirmation of when CoT helps. Exact executor oracle.
method & receipts
- Result: confirmed
- Reproducible — one script re-runs the whole thing from scratch.
- Independently reviewed — an adversarial review pass, kept in the repo.
- Machine-readable claims — every reported number, in a checkable file.
- Tested — a correctness/benchmark suite ships alongside the code.
→ read the code and re-run it
github.com/v-code01/vartrack