From df63d0f562ae1823e61b19950f9bed66b0b38435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lilleman auf Larv <lilleman@larvit.se>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 02:18:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Draw a pick's references in the draw group of the read of the
 name, where the draw fences survey them

---
 README.md         |  5 +++--
 docs/decisions.md |  3 ++-
 draws.go          | 17 ++++++-----------
 name.go           |  7 +++----
 name_test.go      | 16 ----------------
 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96f071f..5a2ddc2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -711,8 +711,9 @@ row:
 Renders e.g. `🇳🇴 Norway: capital Oslo, calling code +47`. Everything under a name is drawn
 once, so `{n}` and `{n.path}` agree, a [transform](#transforms) of `n.path` reads the same
 value, and a field `n` renders twice prints the same text twice. A name is a pick of its own:
-`{t.name}` and `{/misc.territory.name}` beside it are two draws, as are two names bound to one
-category.
+`{t.name}` and `{/misc.territory.name}` beside it are two draws. A reference path read under a
+name draws in the draw group of the read of the name, so give the reads of two names bound to
+one category a [draw group](#draw-group) each to draw what it references apart.
 
 A name is drawn on its first read, and lives in the category binding it: any field of the
 category reads it, and a record's columns read one pick. Each render of the category picks
diff --git a/docs/decisions.md b/docs/decisions.md
index 40bd461..db0f4e0 100644
--- a/docs/decisions.md
+++ b/docs/decisions.md
@@ -904,4 +904,5 @@ whichever binds it. A read entering a category keeps the frame of each scope it
 own memo, and the category's root renders that frame when the read lands on the root, so
 `{n}` and `{n.path}` read one pick: per render and group for a reference path, per pick for a
 path through a name, and per render for `Fake("cat.field")`. A reference read under a pick
-draws in the pick's own draw groups, so two names bound to one category are two picks of it.
+draws in the draw group of the read of the name, the group the draw fences survey it in; a pick
+with draw groups of its own would draw where no fence looks.
diff --git a/draws.go b/draws.go
index 38072b4..3695b45 100644
--- a/draws.go
+++ b/draws.go
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ type renderScope struct {
 	entry *drawMemo
 	base  int
 	// pick is the named pick what renders is part of, at pickKey, its path from the name; nil
-	// outside one. refs is the draw groups of the last pick entered, nil before one.
+	// outside one.
 	pick    *namedPick
 	pickKey string
-	refs    *renderDraws
 }
 
 type renderedRow struct {
@@ -91,20 +90,16 @@ func (sc renderScope) rowOf(t *table) int {
 }
 
 func (sc renderScope) groupDraws() *groupDraws {
-	draws := sc.draws
-	if sc.refs != nil {
-		draws = sc.refs
-	}
 	if sc.group == "" {
-		return &draws.unnamed
+		return &sc.draws.unnamed
 	}
-	d, drew := draws.named[sc.group]
+	d, drew := sc.draws.named[sc.group]
 	if !drew {
-		if draws.named == nil {
-			draws.named = map[string]*groupDraws{}
+		if sc.draws.named == nil {
+			sc.draws.named = map[string]*groupDraws{}
 		}
 		d = &groupDraws{}
-		draws.named[strings.Clone(sc.group)] = d
+		sc.draws.named[strings.Clone(sc.group)] = d
 	}
 	return d
 }
diff --git a/name.go b/name.go
index 5f40896..0a841ac 100644
--- a/name.go
+++ b/name.go
@@ -219,12 +219,12 @@ func linkName(t *template, a *arm) error {
 }
 
 // namedPick is one draw of a name: the variant drawn at each level under it, the value each
-// path through it read, keyed by the path from the name, and the table rows they pinned; and the
-// draw groups of the references read under it, so two names on one category are two picks of it.
+// path through it read, keyed by the path from the name, and the table rows they pinned. A
+// reference read under it draws in the draw group of the read of the name, which the draw
+// fences survey it in.
 type namedPick struct {
 	memo drawMemo
 	pins pinSet
-	refs renderDraws
 }
 
 // pickFrame is one render of a name scope: a pick per binding, each drawn on its first read.
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ func (sc renderScope) entryMemo() *drawMemo {
 
 func readName(s *generatorState, sc renderScope, a arm) readValue {
 	p := sc.pickOf(a.bind)
-	sc.refs, sc.group = &p.refs, ""
 	return readPicked(s, p, a.bind.head, a.steps, a.levels, a.path, sc.entering(&p.memo))
 }
 
diff --git a/name_test.go b/name_test.go
index e3a07d7..d664e1f 100644
--- a/name_test.go
+++ b/name_test.go
@@ -337,19 +337,3 @@ func TestOneRenderReadsOneNameAcrossDrawGroups(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestTwoNamesOnOneCategoryAreTwoPicks(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := writeData(t, map[string]string{
-		"given":  `{"format":"{first}","first":["Ada","Bo","Cy","Di","Ed","Flo","Gus","Hal"]}`,
-		"person": `"{/given.first}"`,
-		"card":   `"{/person as p}{/person as q}{p}|{q}"`,
-	})
-	f := newGenerator(t, dir, WithSeed(53))
-	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
-		got := strings.Split(fake(t, f, "card"), "|")
-		if got[0] != got[1] {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-	t.Fatal("card printed one person for p and q in 50 renders, want two picks")
-}