A.19.ULSAM:9 - Consequences (didactic, informative)

Benefits	Costs / trade-offs
Clear separation of concerns: folding is explicit and auditable.	Adds an explicit step; authors must name Γ‑fold policies.
Prevents illegal “single-number” shortcuts (ordinal means, unit mixing).	Some familiar heuristics become non-conformant.
Improves evolvability: folding methods evolve via wiring, while the kernel signature stays stable.	Requires discipline to keep method specifics out of kernel prose.
Supports evidence-aware aggregation via tri-state guards.	Guard + Audit expectations may feel heavier than ad-hoc aggregation.