fix(assembly-syntax): canonicalize PathBuf::try_from(String)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - Replaced unsound `ptr::read` with safe unbox in panic recovery, removing UB from potential double-drop ([#2934](https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-vm/pull/2934)).
 - Reverted `InvokeKind::ProcRef` back to `InvokeKind::Exec` in `visit_mut_procref` and added an explanatory comment (#2893).
 - Fixed the release dry-run publish cycle between `miden-air` and `miden-ace-codegen`, and preserved leaf-only DAG imports with explicit snapshots ([#2931](https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-vm/pull/2931)).
+- Canonicalized `PathBuf::try_from(String)` to match `TryFrom<&str>`/`FromStr`, so semantically equivalent quoted path components compare and hash consistently.
 
 #### Changes
 

crates/assembly-syntax/src/ast/path/path_buf.rs

@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ impl TryFrom<String> for PathBuf {
     type Error = PathError;
 
     fn try_from(value: String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Path::validate(&value)?;
-        Ok(PathBuf { inner: value })
+        PathBuf::new(&value)
     }
 }
 
@@ -574,6 +573,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(parent.parent().map(|p| p.as_str()), Some("::\"root_ns:root@1.0.0\""));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn try_from_string_canonicalizes_like_str() {
+        let from_str = PathBuf::try_from("foo::\"bar\"").unwrap();
+        let from_string = PathBuf::try_from(alloc::string::String::from("foo::\"bar\"")).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(from_string, from_str);
+        assert_eq!(from_string.as_str(), "foo::bar");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn exec_path() {
         let path = PathBuf::new("$exec::bar::baz").unwrap();