- Added repeatable `--tag` argument parsing in `gen-npm-packages.ts` and threaded parsed tags into `generateNpmPackages` for targeted leaf publishing.
- Exported `prepareNativeCorePackage` and expanded package manifest typing to support scripted manifest rewrites used by release workflows.
- Reworked install-test smoke logic to pack the host leaf package, pack the rewritten natives core, and assert the platform leaf package resolves from the core optional dependency.
- Removed `process.env.PI_DEV` checks from `packages/natives/native/index.js`, dropping per-candidate debug load logging and load-error reporting from the native addon loader.
- Pruned `PI_DEV` and `--dev` usage from native build/run and runtime docs, including setup, variant, and troubleshooting guidance.
- Updated `packages/natives/CHANGELOG.md` to note removal of the `PI_DEV` loader diagnostic environment variable and associated console logging.
- Refactored chunk anchor format from bracket notation to marker-based syntax with +++ and --- delimiters.
- Renamed chunk edit regions from @container/@prologue/@body/@epilogue to @head/@inner/@tail for clearer semantics.
- Simplified line-number selector resolution to auto-convert line targets to chunk paths with checksum format.
- Removed PI_DEV debug addon loading logic; PI_DEV now only enables loader diagnostics without changing candidate filenames.
- Added full-name aliases for chunk kind patterns (decls, expr, fn, meth, mod, params, ret, stmts, var) alongside abbreviated forms.
- Refactored sanitize_node_kind() to return &str instead of String; adjusted identifier passing logic across AST modules.
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