A module contributes environment variables, PATH entries and shell code in named slots;
the holder of the matching seat places them with ${environment:posix|systemd} and
${shell:<shell>:<slot>}. Rendered in module order with a naming line per contribution,
PATH entries added only when missing, machine facts resolved first. A variable two
modules set, or a placeholder outside its seat's holder, is refused at parse (the
catalogue check) and at composition. Filled after every other placeholder pass, so no
scanner ever reads a shell's own ${...}.