Compile every format at link

docs/decisions.md

@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ this repo's own are.
 A script branches on the exit code and reads the named path or spelling, so those hold;
 wording improves in a minor.
 
-## A format holding a reference is fenced at link, and its errors name its path
+## Every format is fenced at link, and its errors name its path
 
-2026-09-24, larv-review; approved 2026-09-25 by lilleman. Goal 2: a format compiles once, and one holding a reference
-can compile only once bound, so its fences fire at link and name the category path as
-every link error does, a cell's with its line; one without a reference still names its
-file at compile. Valid while compilation needs the bound references.
+2026-09-28, larv-review; approval pending. Goal 2: every format compiles in one phase,
+at link, since one holding a reference can compile only once bound, so no check reads
+compiled ops a format lacks yet. Its fences name the category path as every link error
+does, a cell's with its line. Valid while compilation needs the bound references.
 
 ## Raising the lowest supported Go is a major