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@@ -835,6 +835,12 @@ the same whoever references it. Such a read opens the frames around where it lan
 name from its pick's memo, so `{n}` and `{n.path}` read one pick of each name inside, and a
 reference or `Fake` fresh ones.
 
+A name is a closure: it reaches every template nested inside the scope binding it, its
+fields, choice items and repeats, and keeps one pick through the draw, while a name bound
+inside a repeat picks anew on each iteration. It never reaches into a category a reference
+enters. A name an enclosing scope binds may not be bound again, so no name shadows another.
+The maintainer ruled so on 2026-10-09.
+
 A pick keeps only the levels a read of the name addresses, so a template draws the same way
 under a name as anywhere else (goal 5.2). A read of a name bound to a field stays in the
 category's frames, since the field sits inside it.