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<p class="purpose">Utility functions for creating basic propositions using these predicates.</p>
<ul class="toc"><li><a href="8-cu.html#SP1">&#167;1. Creation propositions</a></li><li><a href="8-cu.html#SP7">&#167;7. Property setting</a></li></ul><hr class="tocbar">
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;1. Creation propositions. </b>We start with some elementary propositions which create things, by asserting
their existence.
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<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_make_a_kind</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup1')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup1">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_make_a_kind</span></span>:<br/>The Creator - <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_1_1">&#167;4.4.1.1</a>, <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_2_1">&#167;4.4.2.1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-tcp.html#SP4" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">CreationPredicates::is_a_kind_up</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_make_a_var</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup2')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup2">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_make_a_var</span></span>:<br/>The Creator - <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_2_2">&#167;4.4.2.2</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-tcp.html#SP4" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">CreationPredicates::is_a_var_up</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_make_a_const</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup3')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup3">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_make_a_const</span></span>:<br/>The Creator - <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_2_2">&#167;4.4.2.2</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-tcp.html#SP4" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">CreationPredicates::is_a_const_up</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_create_something</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup4')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup4">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_create_something</span></span>:<br/>New Property Requests - <a href="3-npr.html#SP5_11">&#167;5.11</a><br/>The Creator - <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_1_1">&#167;4.4.1.1</a>, <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_2_1">&#167;4.4.2.1</a>, <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_2_2">&#167;4.4.2.2</a>, <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_2_3">&#167;4.4.2.3</a>, <a href="4-tc.html#SP7_4_1">&#167;7.4.1</a>, <a href="4-tc.html#SP11">&#167;11</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Atoms::QUANTIFIER_new</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">exists_quantifier</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">) &amp;&amp; (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Kinds::eq</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K_object</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">))</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::concatenate</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">KindPredicates::new_atom</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0)));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::nonempty</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">))</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::concatenate</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-tcp.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">CreationPredicates::calling_up</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;2. </b>Here is a proposition to assert that something has a given kind:
</p>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::prop_to_set_kind</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup5')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup5">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::prop_to_set_kind</span></span>:<br/><a href="8-cu.html#SP3">&#167;3</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">k</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">KindPredicates::new_atom</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">k</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;3. </b>These two functions go ahead and declare truths:
</p>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::assert_kind_of_instance</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">instance</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">k</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Assert::true_about</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-cu.html#SP2" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::prop_to_set_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">k</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Instances::as_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prevailing_mood</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::assert_kind_of_subject</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup6')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup6">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::assert_kind_of_subject</span></span>:<br/>The Creator - <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_2_1">&#167;4.2.1</a><br/>Assertions - <a href="4-ass.html#SP6_3_8">&#167;6.3.8</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">inst</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">subject_to</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">KindSubjects::to_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">new</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">KindPredicates::new_atom</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">subject_to</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::concatenate</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">subject_to</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Assert::true_about</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">inst</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prevailing_mood</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4. </b>Now propositions to assert that relations hold:
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_set_simple_relation</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">binary_predicate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">instance</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Rvalues::from_instance</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Rvalues::new_nothing_object_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">();</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Atoms::binary_PREDICATE_new</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_set_simple_relation_transposed</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">binary_predicate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">instance</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Rvalues::from_instance</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Rvalues::new_nothing_object_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">();</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Atoms::binary_PREDICATE_new</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_set_relation</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup7')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup7">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_set_relation</span></span>:<br/>Property Knowledge - <a href="4-pk.html#SP1">&#167;1</a><br/>Relation Knowledge - <a href="4-rk.html#SP3">&#167;3</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">binary_predicate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs0</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec0</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs1</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec1</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_term</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt0</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt1</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs0</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt0</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">InferenceSubjects::as_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs0</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt0</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec0</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs1</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt1</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">InferenceSubjects::as_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs1</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt1</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Atoms::binary_PREDICATE_new</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt0</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pt1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">dummy</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Simplifications::make_kinds_of_value_explicit</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">, &amp;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">dummy</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP5" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;5. </b>Property provision is itself a relation:
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_provide_property</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup8')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup8">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_provide_property</span></span>:<br/>Define by Table Requests - <a href="3-dbtr.html#SP4_2">&#167;4.2</a><br/>New Relation Requests - <a href="3-nrr.html#SP5">&#167;5</a><br/>New Property Requests - <a href="3-npr.html#SP5_9">&#167;5.9</a>, <a href="3-npr.html#SP5_10">&#167;5.10</a><br/>New Property Assertions - <a href="4-npa.html#SP1_1">&#167;1.1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Atoms::binary_PREDICATE_new</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">R_provision</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Rvalues::from_property</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">)));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_set_property</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup9')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup9">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_set_property</span></span>:<br/><a href="8-cu.html#SP7">&#167;7</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ValueProperties::get_setting_bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"no BP for this property"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Atoms::binary_PREDICATE_new</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ValueProperties::get_setting_bp</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_constant</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP6" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;6. </b>"Everywhere", "nowhere" and "here":
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_put_everywhere</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WherePredicates::everywhere_up</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_put_nowhere</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WherePredicates::nowhere_up</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_put_here</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup10')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup10">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_put_here</span></span>:<br/>Relation Knowledge - <a href="4-rk.html#SP1_2">&#167;1.2</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WherePredicates::here_up</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;7. Property setting. </b>Sometimes the A-parser wants to assert that a given property has the value
whose text can be found in a node <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">py</span></span>...
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::from_property_subtree</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup11')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup11">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::from_property_subtree</span></span>:<br/><a href="8-cu.html#SP8_1">&#167;8.1</a><br/>Property Knowledge - <a href="4-pk.html#SP2">&#167;2</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">py</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-cu.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::to_set_property</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-pk.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Assertions::PropertyKnowledge::property_value_from_property_subtree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">py</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;8. </b>...and sometimes it wants to assert a more elaborate list, such as "carrying
capacity 10 and weight 4kg" or "lockable unlocked". This is a syntax
allowed by the A-parser but not the S-parser, and here is where we deal
with it.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::from_property_list</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup12')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup12">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::from_property_list</span></span>:<br/>Property Knowledge - <a href="4-pk.html#SP2">&#167;2</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">switch</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_type</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">case</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">AND_NT:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">down</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">next</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::conjoin</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-cu.html#SP8" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::from_property_list</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">break</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">case</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PROPERTY_LIST_NT:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="8-cu.html#SP8_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Conjoin atoms to assert from a property list</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">break</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">case</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ADJECTIVE_NT:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="8-cu.html#SP8_2" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Conjoin atoms to assert from an adjective node</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.2</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">break</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">default:</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error_on_node_type</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">) &amp;&amp; (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::conjoin</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">KindPredicates::new_atom</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Terms::new_variable</span><span class="plain-syntax">(0)), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8_1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;8.1. </b>Recall that a <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">PROPERTY_LIST_NT</span></span> node is unannotated, as yet, and we have to
parse the text to find what which property is referred to.
</p>
<p class="commentary"><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Conjoin atoms to assert from a property list</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.1</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">property</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">EMPTY_WORDING</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">EMPTY_WORDING</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="8-cu.html#SP8_1_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Divide the property list entry into property name and value text</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.1.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::nonempty</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PW</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) &amp;&amp; (</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;property-name&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PW</span><span class="plain-syntax">))) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;rp&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="8-cu.html#SP8_1_2" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Issue a problem message for no-such-property</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.1.2</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::nonempty</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) { </span><span class="comment-syntax"> a value is supplied...</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Properties::is_either_or</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_source</span><span class="plain-syntax">(1, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">current_sentence</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_wording</span><span class="plain-syntax">(2, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_property</span><span class="plain-syntax">(3, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_wording</span><span class="plain-syntax">(4, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::handmade_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_WithEitherOrValue</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::issue_problem_segment</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"The sentence '%1' seems to be trying to create something which "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"has '%2', where the %3 property is being set equal to %4. But "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this made no sense to me, because %3 is an either/or property "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and cannot have a value."</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::issue_problem_end</span><span class="plain-syntax">();</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;np-as-object&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">pn</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;rp&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-rpt.html#SP10" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Refiner::refine</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">pn</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">FORBID_CREATION</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">P</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="8-cu.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::from_property_subtree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pn</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::conjoin</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">P</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> } </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> { </span><span class="comment-syntax"> no value is supplied...</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Properties::is_either_or</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_source</span><span class="plain-syntax">(1, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">current_sentence</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_wording</span><span class="plain-syntax">(2, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_property</span><span class="plain-syntax">(3, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">(4, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ValueProperties::kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::handmade_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_WithValuelessValue</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::issue_problem_segment</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"The sentence '%1' seems to be trying to create something which "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"has '%2', where the %3 property is being set in some way. But "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this made no sense to me, because %3 is a value property (it "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"needs to be %4) and no value for it was given here."</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::issue_problem_end</span><span class="plain-syntax">();</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::conjoin</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-cu.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Propositions::Abstract::from_property_subtree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="8-cu.html#SP8">&#167;8</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8_1_1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;8.1.1. </b>The node has text in the form "property name property value", with no
obvious division of punctuation between the two. What makes matters worse
is that we do not yet know all the property names, nor do we have the
ability to discern values. So we seek the division by
</p>
<ul class="items"><li>(i) trying to find the longest known property name at the start of the
text; if there is no known name,
</li><li>(ii) we see if the final word of the text is a literal, such as a number or
a quoted text, and if so we assume this is the entire property value and
that the rest is property name; and otherwise
</li><li>(iii) we assume the property name is one word only.
</li></ul>
<p class="commentary"><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Divide the property list entry into property name and value text</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.1.1</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Articles::remove_the</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::empty</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">UsingProblems::assertion_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">BelievedImpossible</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this looked to me as if it might be trying to create something "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"which has certain properties"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and that made no sense on investigation. This sometimes happens "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"if a sentence uses 'to have' oddly?"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_length</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Properties::match_longest</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_length</span><span class="plain-syntax"> &lt; </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_length</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;s-literal&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_length</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::length</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">) - </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::up_to</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::first_wn</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">) + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_length</span><span class="plain-syntax"> - </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::from</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::first_wn</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">) + </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name_length</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="8-cu.html#SP8_1">&#167;8.1</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8_1_2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;8.1.2. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Issue a problem message for no-such-property</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.1.2</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOG</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"Failed property list: pname = &lt;%W&gt;; pval = &lt;%W&gt;\n"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PW</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">UsingProblems::assertion_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_BadPropertyList</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this looked to me as if it might be trying to create something "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"which has certain properties"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and that made no sense on investigation. This sometimes happens "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"if a sentence uses 'with' a little too liberally, or to specify "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"a never-declared property. For instance, 'An antique is a kind of "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"thing with an age.' would not be the right way to declare the "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"property 'age' (because it does not tell Inform what kind of "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"value this would be). Instead, try 'An antique is a kind of "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"thing. An antique has a number called age.' It would then be all "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"right to say 'The Louis Quinze chair is an antique with age 241.'"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="8-cu.html#SP8_1">&#167;8.1</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8_2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;8.2. </b>An <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">ADJECTIVE_NT</span></span> node, on the other hand, is annotated with a valid
property name <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">property</span></span> already, and may also have a value ready to put
into that property, stored in <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">evaluation</span></span>. Nodes like this have been
created from descriptions like "open openable door in the kitchen", and
it's important not to lose the location information ("in the kitchen"),
which is by now inside the "creation proposition".
</p>
<p class="commentary"><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Conjoin atoms to assert from an adjective node</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">8.2</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">negate_me</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">unary_predicate</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">pred</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_predicate</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">pred</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"adjective without predicate"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><a href="8-tap.html#SP4" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">AdjectivalPredicates::parity</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">pred</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">negate_me</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_creation_proposition</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">))</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::conjoin</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_creation_proposition</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pcalc_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">adj_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="8-tap.html#SP2" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">AdjectivalPredicates::new_atom_on_x</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="8-tap.html#SP4" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">AdjectivalPredicates::to_adjective</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">pred</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">negate_me</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">adj_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::negate</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">adj_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Propositions::conjoin</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">adj_prop</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="8-cu.html#SP8">&#167;8</a>.</li></ul>
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