Compose an empty scalar wherever a node is grammatically required but the next token is a structural indicator or line/stream end, mirroring libyaml's process_empty_scalar: after a tag or anchor property with no node, as an absent mapping value (block and flow), as an absent mapping key (both the plain ': v' form and the explicit '?' form), in flow empty key/value forms ({ : }, { , : v }), and for an indented block node following properties. Also fixes a pre-existing block-sequence bug that nested a sibling '-' as a child when only properties remained on the entry line.
Empty scalars resolve through the existing resolver against the empty string, so !!str yields the empty string, bare empty or !!null yields null, and an empty key yields the empty string.
Flips 20 official YAML test suite cases to passing (270/402). CT4Q no longer false-rejects but still value-mismatches on flow plain-scalar folding (a separate gap), so it is reclassified in the manifest rather than removed. Updates the gap manifest, fixtures, counts, and roadmap.
Mihaela Mihaljevic
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