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<p class="purpose">To create and manage activities, which are bundles of rules for carrying out tasks.</p>
<ul class="toc"><li><a href="6-act.html#SP1">&#167;1. Introduction</a></li><li><a href="6-act.html#SP9">&#167;9. Activity variables</a></li></ul><hr class="tocbar">
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;1. Introduction. </b>An activity is just a triple of rulebooks with related names, a common focus
and a shared set of variables, so this will not be a long section of code.
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">typedef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> text of the name of the activity</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">before_rules</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> rulebooks for when this is followed</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">for_rules</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">after_rules</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">activity_on_what_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> or null</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">shared_variable_set</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">activity_variables</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> activity variables owned here</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">activity_compilation_data</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">compilation_data</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">future_action_flag</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">hide_in_debugging_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CLASS_DEFINITION</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">} </span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>The structure activity is accessed in 3/nuor, 3/dbtr, 3/rpr, 4/ass, 5/id, 5/idf, 5/adf, 5/tpf, 5/po, 5/rf, 5/rcd, 6/rls, 6/rlb, 6/fao, 6/sv, 7/tc, 7/tbl, 7/eqt and here.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;2. </b>Whereas rulebooks can turn values into other values, activities are more like
void functions: they work on a value, but produce nothing.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Activities::to_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</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">Kinds::unary_con</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">CON_activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">activity_on_what_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Activities::used_by_future_actions</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</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">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">future_action_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Activities::hide_in_debugging</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</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">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hide_in_debugging_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;3. </b>Activities are much simpler to create than actions. For example,
</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Announcing something is an activity on numbers.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="commentary">The object phrase (here "an activity on numbers") matches &lt;k-kind&gt; and needs no
special Preform of its own; here is the subject phrase:
</p>
<pre class="Preform-displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-sentence-subject&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">::=</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-sentence-subject&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">(</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-note&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">)</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { R[1], - }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-sentence-subject&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">--</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-note&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">--</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { R[1], - }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-sentence-subject&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">(</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">......</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">)</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP3_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Issue PM_ActivityNoteUnknown problem</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">3.1</span></a></span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-sentence-subject&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">--</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">--</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP3_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Issue PM_ActivityNoteUnknown problem</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">3.1</span></a></span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-new-name&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { R[1], - }</span>
<span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-note&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">::=</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;documentation-symbol&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { -, -, &lt;&lt;ds&gt;&gt; = R[1] }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">future</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">action</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { -, -, &lt;&lt;future&gt;&gt; = TRUE }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">hidden</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">in</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">RULES</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">command</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { -, -, &lt;&lt;hide&gt;&gt; = TRUE }</span>
<span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-new-name&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">::=</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">of/for</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">something/anything</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { TRUE, -, &lt;&lt;any&gt;&gt; = TRUE }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">something/anything</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { TRUE, -, &lt;&lt;any&gt;&gt; = TRUE }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">==&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> { TRUE, -, &lt;&lt;any&gt;&gt; = FALSE }</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This is <a href="../words-module/4-ap.html" class="internal">Preform grammar</a>, not regular C code.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3_1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;3.1. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Issue PM_ActivityNoteUnknown problem</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">3.1</span></span><span class="Preform-comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_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_ActivityNoteUnknown</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"one of the notes about this activity makes no sense"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and should be either 'documented at SYMBOL', 'hidden in RULES command' "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"or 'future action'."</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> ==&gt; { </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">, - };</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP3">&#167;3</a> (twice).</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4. </b></p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Activities::new</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">Activities::new</span></span>:<br/>New Activity Requests - <a href="3-nar.html#SP2">&#167;2</a><br/>The Creator - <a href="4-tc.html#SP4_4_2_5">&#167;4.4.2.5</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="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">bypassed</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">on_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Kinds::unary_construction_material</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">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind_given</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">Kinds::eq</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">on_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K_nil</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind_given</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">bypassed</span><span class="plain-syntax">) { </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind_given</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">on_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K_object</span><span class="plain-syntax">; }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;ds&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = -1;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;future&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;hide&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;activity-sentence-subject&gt;</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">W</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">GET_RW</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;activity-new-name&gt;</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">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">doc_symbol</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Wordings::one_word</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;ds&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP4_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">The name can't have been used before</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP4_2" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">The kind the activity is performed on, if there is one, must be definite</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.2</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP4_3" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">If it is not of or for something, then it cannot have a kind</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.3</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CREATE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">name</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">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">compilation_data</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RTActivities::new_compilation_data</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">doc_symbol</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">activity_on_what_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">on_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">future_action_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;future&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hide_in_debugging_flag</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;hide&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOGIF</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">ACTIVITY_CREATIONS</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="string-syntax">"Created activity '%W'\n"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">name</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP4_5" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Make proper nouns for the activity name</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.5</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">activity_variables</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="6-sv.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">SharedVariables::new_set</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">compilation_data</span><span class="plain-syntax">.</span><span class="identifier-syntax">variables_id</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">before_rules</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="6-act.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Activities::make_rulebook</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">for_rules</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="6-act.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Activities::make_rulebook</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</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">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">after_rules</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="6-act.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Activities::make_rulebook</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">2</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PluginCalls::new_activity_notify</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</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">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4_1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4.1. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">The name can't have been used before</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.1</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;s-value&gt;</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">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</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">Node::is</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">UNKNOWN_NT</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) &amp;&amp; (!(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::is</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PROPERTY_VALUE_NT</span><span class="plain-syntax">)))) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_BadActivityName</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this already has a meaning"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and so cannot be the name of a newly created activity."</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>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP4">&#167;4</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4_2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4.2. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">The kind the activity is performed on, if there is one, must be definite</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.2</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">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Kinds::Behaviour::definite</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">on_kind</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">LOG</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"I'm reading the kind as: %u\n"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">on_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_ActivityIndefinite</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this is an activity on a kind which isn't definite"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and doesn't tell me enough about what sort of value the activity should work "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"on. For example, 'Divining is an activity on numbers' is fine because "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"'numbers' is definite, but 'Divining is an activity on values' is not "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"allowed."</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>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP4">&#167;4</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4_3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4.3. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">If it is not of or for something, then it cannot have a kind</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.3</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">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;&lt;any&gt;&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) &amp;&amp; (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind_given</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_ActivityMisnamed</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"the name of this activity implies that it acts on nothing"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"which doesn't fit with what you say about it. For example, 'Painting is an "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"activity on brushes' isn't allowed because the activity's name doesn't end "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"with 'something': it should be 'Painting something is an activity on brushes'."</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>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP4">&#167;4</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4_4" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4.4. </b>Once a new activity has been created, the following is used to make a noun for
it; actually two &mdash; for example, both "announcing" and "announcing activity".
</p>
<pre class="Preform-displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-name-construction&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">::=</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">activity</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This is <a href="../words-module/4-ap.html" class="internal">Preform grammar</a>, not regular C code.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4_5" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;4.5. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Make proper nouns for the activity name</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">4.5</span></span><span class="Preform-comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Nouns::new_proper_noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NEUTER_GENDER</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ADD_TO_LEXICON_NTOPT</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ACTIVITY_MC</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Rvalues::from_activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::language_of_syntax</span><span class="plain-syntax">());</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">word_assemblage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wa</span><span class="plain-syntax"> =</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PreformUtilities::merge</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;activity-name-construction&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WordAssemblages::from_wording</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">name</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">AW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WordAssemblages::to_wording</span><span class="plain-syntax">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">wa</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Nouns::new_proper_noun</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">AW</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NEUTER_GENDER</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ADD_TO_LEXICON_NTOPT</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">ACTIVITY_MC</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Rvalues::from_activity</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::language_of_syntax</span><span class="plain-syntax">());</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP4">&#167;4</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP5" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;5. </b>And its rulebooks are named with these constructions:
</p>
<pre class="Preform-displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-rulebook-construction&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">::=</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">before</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">for</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">|</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">after</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">...</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This is <a href="../words-module/4-ap.html" class="internal">Preform grammar</a>, not regular C code.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP6" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;6. </b></p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Activities::make_rulebook</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">Activities::make_rulebook</span></span>:<br/><a href="6-act.html#SP4">&#167;4</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</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">def</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">NO_OUTCOME</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">N</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">def</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">SUCCESS_OUTCOME</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">word_assemblage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wa</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PreformUtilities::merge</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;activity-rulebook-construction&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WordAssemblages::from_wording</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">name</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">RW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WordAssemblages::to_wording</span><span class="plain-syntax">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">wa</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">rulebook</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">R</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="6-rlb.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Rulebooks::new_automatic</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">RW</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">activity_on_what_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">def</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RTActivities::rulebook_package</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="6-rlb.html#SP12" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Rulebooks::grant_access_to_variables</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">R</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">activity_variables</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">R</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;7. </b>And this nonterminal parses individual activity names.
</p>
<pre class="Preform-displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="Preform-function-syntax">&lt;activity-name&gt;</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">internal</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-constant-syntax">{</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">Lexicon::retrieve</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">(</span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">ACTIVITY_MC</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">, </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">W</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">Rvalues::is_CONSTANT_construction</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">(</span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">, </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">CON_activity</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">)) {</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> ==&gt; { -, </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">Rvalues::to_activity</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">(</span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">p</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">) };</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> ==&gt; { </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">fail</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> </span><span class="Preform-identifier-syntax">nonterminal</span><span class="Preform-plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="Preform-plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This is <a href="../words-module/4-ap.html" class="internal">Preform grammar</a>, not regular C code.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;8. </b>The author can demand with a "translates as" sentence that a given
rulebook should have an identifier given to it which is accessible to Inter:
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Activities::translates</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">Activities::translates</span></span>:<br/>Translation Requests - <a href="3-tr.html#SP8_2_2">&#167;8.2.2</a></span></button><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">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p2</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;activity-name&gt;</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">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</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="identifier-syntax">RTActivities::translate</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">p2</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> } </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOG</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"Tried %W\n"</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">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_TranslatesNonActivity</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this is not the name of an activity"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"so cannot be translated."</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;9. Activity variables. </b>Any new activity variable name is vetted by being run through this:
</p>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Activities::add_variable</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">Activities::add_variable</span></span>:<br/>Assertions - <a href="4-ass.html#SP6_3_25_1">&#167;6.3.25.1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">activity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">cnode</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_type</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">cnode</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">UNPARSED_NOUN_NT</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">StandardProblems::handmade_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span><span class="plain-syntax">(),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_ActivityVariableNameless</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">"You wrote %1, which I am reading as a request to make a new named variable "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"for an activity - a value associated with a activity and which has a name. "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"Here, though, there seems to be no name for the variable as such, only an "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"indication of its kind. Try something like 'The printing the banner text "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"activity has a number called the accumulated vanity'."</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="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wording</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">SW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">cnode</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">down</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">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Node::get_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">cnode</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">down</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">parse_node</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;s-type-expression&gt;</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">SW</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</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="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP9_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">The name of the variable must be fortunate</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP9_2" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">The specification must not be qualified</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.2</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP9_3" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">The specification must be just a kind</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.3</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="6-act.html#SP9_4" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">That kind must be definite</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.4</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="6-sv.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">SharedVariables::new</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">av</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">activity_variables</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">VW</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Specifications::to_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9_1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;9.1. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">The name of the variable must be fortunate</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.1</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;unfortunate-name&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">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">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="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_ActivityVarAnd</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">"You wrote %1, which I am reading as a request to make a new named variable "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"for an activity - a value associated with a activity and which has a name. "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"The request seems to say that the name in question is '%2', but I'd prefer "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"to avoid 'and', 'or', 'with', or 'having' in such names, please."</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="plain-syntax"> }</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP9">&#167;9</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9_2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;9.2. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">The specification must not be qualified</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.2</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">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Specifications::is_kind_like</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) &amp;&amp;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Specifications::is_description</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">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">SW</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="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_ActivityVarOverspecific</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">"You wrote %1, which I am reading as a request to make a new named variable "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"for an activity - a value associated with a activity and which has a name. "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"The request seems to say that the value in question is '%2', but this is too "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"specific a description. (Instead, a kind of value (such as 'number') or a "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"kind of object (such as 'room' or 'thing') should be given. To get a property "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"whose contents can be any kind of object, use 'object'.)"</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="plain-syntax"> }</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP9">&#167;9</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9_3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;9.3. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">The specification must be just a kind</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.3</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">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Specifications::is_kind_like</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</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">LOG</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"Offending SP: $T"</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">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">SW</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="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_ActivityVarUnknownKOV</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">"You wrote %1, but '%2' is not the name of a kind of value which I know "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"(such as 'number' or 'text')."</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="plain-syntax"> }</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP9">&#167;9</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9_4" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;9.4. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">That kind must be definite</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">9.4</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">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Kinds::Behaviour::definite</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Specifications::to_kind</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">spec</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">SW</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="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_ActivityVarValue</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">"You wrote %1, but this does not give me a clear enough idea what it will hold. "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"You need to say what kind of value: for instance, 'A door has a number called "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"street address.' is allowed because 'number' is specific about the kind of "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"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="plain-syntax"> }</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="6-act.html#SP9">&#167;9</a>.</li></ul>
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