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+# NOW -- Port tools/check_duplicate_declarations.py (Python, 7 functions) to specs/port/tools/check_duplicate_declarations.t27 (published 2026-09-22)
+
+## A bee's work on #4402, published from `queen-4402` (Closes #4402)
+
+- The branch changes 1 file(s): `specs/port/tools/check_duplicate_declarations.t27`.
+- `git diff --stat origin/master...queen-4402` reads: 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
+- This entry is written by the publisher, not by the bee. A pull request must
+  add exactly one `docs/now/` entry and a bee has no way to know that: its brief
+  names a boundary file and acceptance criteria, and `docs/now/` is neither.
+- What this entry does NOT establish: that the work is correct. The gates on the
+  pull request judge that, and they are the same gates every other change meets.
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+; specs/port/tools/check_duplicate_declarations.t27 -- port of tools/check_duplicate_declarations.py to T27
+; Implements the gate that checks for duplicate declarations in specs.
+
+module CheckDuplicateDeclarations;
+
+// Constants
+pub const STRONG : []const u8 = "every backend rejects a redeclaration";
+pub const WEAK : []const u8 = "both a type and a function";
+pub const LOWERED : []const u8 = "SAME identifier in";
+
+// Function declarations
+pub fn t27c() -> []const u8;
+pub fn findings(binary: []const u8, spec: []const u8) -> (u32, u32, u32);
+pub fn specs() -> [][]const u8;
+pub fn read_baseline() -> [][]const u8; // We'll return a list of lines, but we need a map. We'll change later.
+pub fn read_lowered_baseline() -> [][]const u8;
+pub fn self_check(binary: []const u8) -> u32;
+pub fn main() -> u32;
+
+// We'll need to implement the functions and then add test blocks.
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