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+(** Effect classification for sublanguage operations.
+
+ Categorically:
+ - Query: a natural transformation between instance functors (DRL).
+ Side-effect-free; the database state is unchanged.
+ - Transition: a morphism in the category of database states (DDL,
+ DML, ICL, DCL, and future TCL). Produces a new state via
+ substitution (Harper, PFPL ch. 3-4).
+
+ Future sublanguages:
+ - TCL -> Transition (transaction boundaries are state morphisms
+ with atomicity constraints)
+ - PPL -> new effect class: potentially non-terminating computation
+ (Turing-complete; breaks the termination guarantee of DRL)
+ - ACL -> a functor restriction: narrows the admissible natural
+ transformations based on authorization context *)
+type result =
+ | Query of Relation.t
+ | Transition of Management.Database.t * string
+
+module type S = sig
+ type storage
+ type ast
+ type error
+ val name : string
+ val parse_sexp : Sexplib.Sexp.t -> (ast, error) Result.t
+ val execute : storage -> Management.Database.t -> ast -> (result, error) Result.t
+ val sexp_of_error : error -> Sexplib.Sexp.t
+end