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<p class="purpose">Errors in setting up kinds and how they multiply are sometimes caught by the kinds module: this section collects and issues such errors as tidy Inform problems.</p>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>&#167;1. </b>The <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">:kinds</span></span> group of tests for <a href="../inform7/index.html" class="internal">inform7</a> generates all of the problems
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<pre class="definitions code-font"><span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">PROBLEM_KINDS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-kp.html#SP1" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindsProblems::kinds_problem_handler</span></a>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindsProblems::kinds_problem_handler</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">err_no</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="identifier-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</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">K1</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K2</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">err_no</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">DimensionRedundant_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_DimensionRedundant</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"multiplication rules can only be given once"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and this combination is already established."</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">DimensionNotBaseKOV_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_DimensionNotBaseKOV</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"multiplication rules can only involve simple kinds of value"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"rather than complicated ones such as lists of other values."</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">NonDimensional_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_NonDimensional</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"multiplication rules can only be given between kinds of "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"value which are known to be numerical"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"and not all of these are. Saying something like 'Pressure is a "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"kind of value.' is not enough - you may think 'pressure' ought "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"to be numerical, but Inform doesn't know that yet. You need "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"to add something like '100 Pa specifies a pressure.' before "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"Inform will realise."</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">UnitSequenceOverflow_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_UnitSequenceOverflow</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"reading that sentence led me into calculating such a complicated "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"kind of value that I ran out of memory"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"which my programmer really didn't expect to happen. I think you "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"must have made an awful lot of numerical kinds of value, and "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"then specified how they multiply so that one of them became "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"weirdly tricky. Can you simplify?"</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">DimensionsInconsistent_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_DimensionsInconsistent</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this is inconsistent with what is already known about those kinds of value"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"all three of which already have well-established relationships - see the "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"Kinds index for more."</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">KindUnalterable_KINDERROR:</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_source</span><span class="plain-syntax">(2, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pn</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-sq.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Problems::quote_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(3, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-sq.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Problems::quote_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(4, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K2</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::handmade_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_KindUnalterable</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 that seems to contradict %2, as %3 and %4 "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"are incompatible. (If %3 were a kind of %4 or vice versa "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"there'd be no problem, but they aren't.)"</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">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">KindsCircular_KINDERROR:</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_source</span><span class="plain-syntax">(2, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pn</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-sq.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Problems::quote_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(3, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-sq.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Problems::quote_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(4, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K2</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::handmade_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_KindsCircular</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 that seems to contradict %2, as it would "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"make a circularity with %3 and %4 each being kinds of the "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"other."</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">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">KindsCircular2_KINDERROR:</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_source</span><span class="plain-syntax">(2, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">pn</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-sq.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Problems::quote_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(3, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-sq.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Problems::quote_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(4, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K2</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::handmade_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_KindsCircular2</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 that seems to make %3 a kind of itself, which "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"cannot make sense."</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">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">LPCantScaleYet_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_LPCantScaleYet</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this tries to scale up or down a value which so far has no point of "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"reference to scale from"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"which is impossible."</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">LPCantScaleTwice_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::sentence_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">PM_LPCantScaleTwice</span><span class="plain-syntax">),</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this tries to specify the scaling for a kind of value whose "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"scaling is already established"</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"which is impossible."</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">NeptuneError_KINDERROR:</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Problems::quote_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax">(1, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">StandardProblems::handmade_problem</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="1-wtc.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Task::syntax_tree</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">_p_</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Untestable</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">"One of the so-called Neptune files used to configure the kinds of value "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"built into Inform contained an error. Either there is something wrong with "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"this installation of Inform, or new Neptune files are being tried out but "</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="string-syntax">"do not yet work. Specifically: '%1'."</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">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</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"unimplemented problem message"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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