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@@ -56,13 +56,34 @@ type def =
(** Extensional: a schema and finite stored tuples. *)
| Rules of rule list (** Intensional: defined by admitted rules. *)
+val member_of_primitive : Term.t -> primitive -> bool
+(** Host-decided membership in a primitive domain, with the literal
+ inclusions of decision 12. Exposed so stateful worlds check
+ schemas with exactly the loader's judgment. *)
+
+(** What a transition relation says when consulted (decision 3:
+ transitions are relations over states, provided by the world,
+ never by the engine). *)
+type transition_result =
+ | T_state of Term.t
+ (** The successor state; the VM unifies it with [after:]. *)
+ | T_fail (** No such transition: integrity violation and kin. *)
+ | T_stuck (** Arguments not ground yet; the planner defers. *)
+
(** What a host must answer for the VM to run: which relation lives
- under a name. Builtins are the VM's own and are not consulted
- here. *)
+ under a name, optionally at a state ([at:] reads, decision 7),
+ and which names are transition relations. Builtins are the VM's
+ own and are not consulted here. The standalone world has one
+ implicit state and no transitions (decision 5). *)
module type WORLD = sig
type t
- val find : t -> string -> def option
+ val find : t -> ?at:Term.t -> string -> def option
+
+ val transition :
+ t -> string -> Pattern.t Label.Map.t -> transition_result option
+ (** [None] when the name is not a transition relation of this
+ world. Bindings arrive resolved. *)
end
type error
@@ -94,7 +115,13 @@ val expr_of_node : Ast.node -> (expr, error) result
module Standalone : sig
type t
- val find : t -> string -> def option
+ val find : t -> ?at:Term.t -> string -> def option
+ (** [at:] is accepted and ignored: the standalone world is its own
+ single, eternal state. *)
+
+ val transition : t -> string -> Pattern.t Label.Map.t -> transition_result option
+ (** Always [None]: no branches, no transitions, the pure
+ fragment. *)
val load : Ast.statement list -> (t * expr list * pending list, error) result
(** Admits a program: registers relations, checks every fact