From 6ae91130c7c2ff1c11ecfe5798d8037954a4d570 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pommicket <pommicket@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 01:54:50 -0400
Subject: Stricter requirements about locations of sections

---
 site/spec.html                        |  7 +++++--
 tests/location/sections.locations.pom | 17 +++++++++++------
 tests/location/sections.pom           |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/site/spec.html b/site/spec.html
index 068d688..704395b 100644
--- a/site/spec.html
+++ b/site/spec.html
@@ -456,8 +456,11 @@ time = 35&nbsp;min
 		Useful for reporting invalid values.
 		If a key <i>k</i> isn’t given a value in the configuration, but a key of the form
 		<i>k</i><code>.</code><i>j</i> is, then the
-		location of the definition of an arbitrary such key
-		should be considered the location of <i>k</i>.
+		location of the definition of the earliest such key
+		should be considered the location of <i>k</i>. Here “earliest” means having
+		the least line number; when there are keys from multiple files to consider
+		(as may be the case in merged configurations),
+		which one is earliest is determined arbitrarily.
 	</li>
 	<li>
 		<code>get(conf: Configuration, key: String) -&gt; Optional&lt;String&gt;</code><br>
diff --git a/tests/location/sections.locations.pom b/tests/location/sections.locations.pom
index 7580028..5aff858 100644
--- a/tests/location/sections.locations.pom
+++ b/tests/location/sections.locations.pom
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 a = 2
-a.b = 2
-r = 5
-r.s = 5
-r.s.t = 5
-b = 8
-b.b = 8
+a.a = 2
+a.b = 3
+r = 6
+r.s = 6
+r.s.A = 6
+r.s.t = 7
+b = 10
+b.a = 11
+b.b = 10
+n = 16
+n.m = 14
diff --git a/tests/location/sections.pom b/tests/location/sections.pom
index 8c79cb2..13c1cd1 100644
--- a/tests/location/sections.pom
+++ b/tests/location/sections.pom
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 [a]
+a = 5
 b = 12
 
 [r.s]
+A = 9
 t = 13
 
 [b]
 b = 14
+a = 0
+
+[n]
+m = 5
+[]
+n = 6
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