.inc → real .pas units refactor

• Type: chore
• Status: rejected
• Owner: —
• Unblocks: feature-flexcolumn-directive
• Opened: 2026-06-06 (from todo.md §6)

Motivation

The {$include} soup is an accepted single-translation-unit hack, not the target architecture. The inline-unit model (unit/interface/implementation, uses) already supports the move — no separate-compilation feature needed.

Scope

• RTL/library units move early (low risk, real payoff).
• Compiler self-split is last (stress-tests unit support against the compiler itself; must hold self-host fixedpoint; payoff is human-readability only).
• Write new code as proto-units meanwhile.
• Seam principle: algorithm/table → library; token-stream + symtab plumbing → core. asmenc.inc is the live example to split.

Acceptance

Targeted .inc files become real units with the suite green and self-host fixedpoint intact at each step.

Log

• 2026-06-06 — ticket opened from todo.md §6.
• 2026-06-28 — Rejected/wontfix. The compiler has already settled into the single-translation-unit {$include} shape, and the main feature areas now have their own focused include files. Splitting everything into units would add folder/file churn without enough payoff for the current path.