Answer architecture round 1: exempt only a calc operand from the read-once refusal, run the name passes from one list, read every operand's leaves, show a name operand in a README example, and plan a path through a name as an operand

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@@ -677,16 +677,23 @@ the SQL example above.
`{calc(expr)}` evaluates `+ - * /`, parentheses and unary minus over number
literals, sibling field names and [names](#names), each rendered then read as a number;
a second argument rounds to that many decimals. A name is the operand `{k}` prints:
`{/n as k}{k} x 2 = {calc(k * 2)}` doubles the pick it shows. A hyphen is always
subtraction, so a hyphenated field or name can't be an operand.
a second argument rounds to that many decimals. A hyphen is always subtraction, so a
hyphenated field or name can't be an operand.
```json
{ "format": "{net} x {qty} = {calc(net * qty, 2)}", "net": ["19.99", "5.00"], "qty": ["3", "7"] }
```
Renders e.g. `19.99 x 3 = 59.97`. A result that rounds to zero prints unsigned — `0`,
`0.00` — as `{float()}`'s does. An operand that can never be a number (`"abc"`,
Renders e.g. `19.99 x 3 = 59.97`. A name is the operand `{lat}` prints, so the calc computes
from the pick shown:
```json
"{/misc.coordinate.lat as lat}{lat}° is {calc(lat * 60, 0)} arcminutes"
```
Renders e.g. `5.338477° is 320 arcminutes`.
A result that rounds to zero prints unsigned — `0`, `0.00` — as `{float()}`'s does. An operand that can never be a number (`"abc"`,
or a choice of such) is rejected at load, as is a division by a constant zero
(`1/0`, or a fixed `"0"` field); an operand that sometimes is not a number yields
`NaN`, and a division by one that is not constant `Inf` — both print rather than
@@ -771,8 +778,9 @@ Refused at `New`, each error naming what to write instead:
- a binding of anything but a reference;
- a binding in a choice's item, which every other item would leave unbound;
- a binding nothing reads, or a binding of a whole category read once whole where it is
bound, which the bare reference spells: `{/word as w}{w}` is `{/word}`, while
`{/n as k}{calc(k * 2)}` stands, since a calc operand is no reference;
bound, which the bare reference spells: `{/word as w}{w}` is `{/word}`. A calc's
operand cannot be a reference, so there the name is the one spelling:
`{/n as k}{calc(k * 2)}` loads;
- a path through a name that selects a row;
- `{n}` beside `{n.w}` where `n`'s category renders `w` twice, as in `{w}-{w}`;
- reads of a name in two draw groups, or inside a `repeat` nested where the name is bound,