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<p class="purpose">The kinds family of inference subjects.</p>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§1. </b>Every base kind gets its own inference subject, making it possible to draw
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inferences from sentences such as:
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<p>A scene has a number called the witness count. The witness count of a scene is usually 4.</p>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::family</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">KindSubjects::family</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP2">§2</a>, <a href="4-ks.html#SP4">§4</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="4-is.html#SP1" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">InferenceSubjects::new_family</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">();</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">METHOD_ADD</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">GET_DEFAULT_CERTAINTY_INFS_MTID</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP9" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::certainty</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">METHOD_ADD</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">GET_NAME_TEXT_INFS_MTID</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP8" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::get_name_text</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">METHOD_ADD</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">MAKE_ADJ_CONST_DOMAIN_INFS_MTID</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::make_adj_const_domain</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">METHOD_ADD</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">NEW_PERMISSION_GRANTED_INFS_MTID</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::new_permission_granted</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">METHOD_ADD</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">EMIT_ELEMENT_INFS_MTID</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RTKinds::emit_element_of_condition</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">METHOD_ADD</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">EMIT_ALL_INFS_MTID</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RTKinds::emit_all</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">METHOD_ADD</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">EMIT_ONE_INFS_MTID</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RTKinds::emit_one</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§2. </b>Although we speak as if each kind has its own associated subject, it is
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actually kind constructors which have subjects, not kinds — but not all
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kind constructors; only the ones corresponding to base kinds. Kind variables
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and intermediate results of calculations do not get a subject, since they
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cannot sensibly be given properties; likewise proper constructors such as
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"list of K".
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</p>
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<p class="commentary">The <a href="../kinds-module/4-kc2.html" class="internal">Kind Constructors (in kinds)</a> code kindly allows us to use one field
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of the <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">kind_constructor</span></span> structure to connect a base kind (i.e., a kind
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constructor) with its subject. The following is called when a new constructor
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is created.
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<span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::new</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind_constructor</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">con</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">con</span><span class="plain-syntax"> != </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CON_KIND_VARIABLE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) && (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">con</span><span class="plain-syntax"> != </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CON_INTERMEDIATE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) &&</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">con</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">constructor_arity</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="4-is.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">InferenceSubjects::new</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">global_constants</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP1" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::family</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">STORE_POINTER_kind_constructor</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">con</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">con</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">base_as_infs</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<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>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§3. </b>Going via the constructor makes converting between kinds and their subjects
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a little trickier than for other subject families:
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<span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::from_kind</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">KindSubjects::from_kind</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP4">§4</a>, <a href="4-ks.html#SP10">§10</a><br/>Knowledge Module - <a href="1-km.html#SP4">§4</a><br/>Assert Propositions - <a href="1-ap.html#SP6_5_2">§6.5.2</a>, <a href="1-ap.html#SP9">§9</a><br/>Instances - <a href="2-ins.html#SP11">§11</a><br/>Setting Property Relation - <a href="3-spr2.html#SP3">§3</a><br/>Inference Subjects - <a href="4-is.html#SP14">§14</a><br/>Instance Subjects - <a href="4-is2.html#SP1">§1</a><br/>Indefinite Appearance - <a href="5-ia.html#SP1">§1</a><br/>The Naming Thicket - <a href="5-tnt.html#SP9_1">§9.1</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>
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<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"> == </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>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">construct</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">base_as_infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::to_kind</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">KindSubjects::to_kind</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP7">§7</a>, <a href="4-ks.html#SP8">§8</a>, <a href="4-ks.html#SP10">§10</a><br/>Knowledge Module - <a href="1-km.html#SP4">§4</a><br/>Instances - <a href="2-ins.html#SP10">§10</a><br/>Either-Or Properties - <a href="3-ep.html#SP3">§3</a><br/>Inference Subjects - <a href="4-is.html#SP15">§15</a>, <a href="4-is.html#SP16">§16</a><br/>Indefinite Appearance - <a href="5-ia.html#SP1">§1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">) && (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">infs_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kinds_family</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
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<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">Kinds::base_construction</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RETRIEVE_POINTER_kind_constructor</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="element-syntax">represents</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<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>
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<span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::to_nonobject_kind</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">KindSubjects::to_nonobject_kind</span></span>:<br/>Inference Subjects - <a href="4-is.html#SP17">§17</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<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><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::to_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<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">) && (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Kinds::Behaviour::is_subkind_of_object</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</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>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§4. </b>This is used to overcome a timing problem. A few inference subjects need to
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be defined early in Inform's run to set up relations — "thing", for example.
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So when we do finally create "thing" as a kind of object, it needs to be
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matched up with the inference subject already existing.
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::renew</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">KindSubjects::renew</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP11">§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">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</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>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">revised</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">revised</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">STORE_POINTER_kind_constructor</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">construct</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP1" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::family</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(),</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::from_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">construct</span><span class="plain-syntax">-></span><span class="identifier-syntax">base_as_infs</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">revised</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP5" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§5. </b>Even base kinds which do have subjects do not necessarily allow properties
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to be given to their values — "number", for instance, where you cannot give
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a property to the nunber 6.
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</p>
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<p class="commentary">In general a value can have properties if and only if its kind passes this test:
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</p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::has_properties</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">KindSubjects::has_properties</span></span>:<br/>Setting Property Relation - <a href="3-spr2.html#SP9_2">§9.2</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>
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<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"> == </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">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Kinds::Behaviour::is_an_enumeration</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">Kinds::Behaviour::is_object</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP6" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§6. </b>As noted above, a POVS structure is attached to every property permission
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concerning our kind.
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</p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::new_permission_granted</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">KindSubjects::new_permission_granted</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP1">§1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">f</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">general_pointer</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">G</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">G</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">STORE_POINTER_property_of_value_storage</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">RTPropertyValues::get_storage</span><span class="plain-syntax">());</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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</pre>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§7. </b>When a property value comes along which might have an adjectival use — say,
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"green" out of a range of possible colour nouns — the following is called.
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We simply pass the request along to the appropriate code.
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</p>
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::make_adj_const_domain</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">KindSubjects::make_adj_const_domain</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP1">§1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">family</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">instance</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">property</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
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<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><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::to_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-iaa.html#SP2" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">InstanceAdjectives::make_adjectival</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">I</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">prn</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
|
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<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§8. </b></p>
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|
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<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
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<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::get_name_text</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">KindSubjects::get_name_text</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP1">§1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">family</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</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">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::to_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</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">Kinds::Behaviour::get_name</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</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" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§9. </b>Inferences about kinds are considered only likely to be true of something
|
|
of that kind, not certain:
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
|
|
<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::certainty</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">KindSubjects::certainty</span></span>:<br/><a href="4-ks.html#SP1">§1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject_family</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">f</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</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">LIKELY_CE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP10" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§10. </b>The <a href="../kinds-module/index.html" class="internal">kinds</a> module, and specifically <a href="../kinds-module/2-tlok.html" class="internal">The Lattice of Kinds (in kinds)</a>,
|
|
places kinds into a hierarchy. But as noted in <a href="4-is.html" class="internal">Inference Subjects</a>,
|
|
subjects also form a hierarchy. How do these match up?
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<p class="commentary">The answer is that the subjects hierarchy is larger, but that the part of
|
|
it made of kinds subjects is the same graph as the kinds lattice. Not just
|
|
a copy of it; actually the thing itself, because of the following functions,
|
|
which tell the <a href="../kinds-module/index.html" class="internal">kinds</a> module to use the subjects hierarchy when it wants
|
|
to know if one base kind contains another.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre class="definitions code-font"><span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">HIERARCHY_GET_SUPER_KINDS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP10" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::super</span></a>
|
|
<span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">HIERARCHY_ALLOWS_SOMETIMES_MATCH_KINDS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP10" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::allow_sometimes</span></a>
|
|
<span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">HIERARCHY_MOVE_KINDS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP10" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::move_within</span></a>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
|
|
<span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::super</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="reserved-syntax">inference_subject</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::from_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="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::to_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><a href="4-is.html#SP11" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">InferenceSubjects::narrowest_broader_subject</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">infs</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">KindSubjects::move_within</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">sub</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</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::Behaviour::is_object</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</span><span class="plain-syntax">))</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-is.html#SP12" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">InferenceSubjects::falls_within</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::from_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">sub</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::from_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</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">KindSubjects::allow_sometimes</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">while</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</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">from</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K_object</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">Latticework::super</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">from</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">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP11" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§11. </b>Lastly, a bridge to the <a href="../kinds-module/index.html" class="internal">kinds</a> module: the main compiler has to provide
|
|
callbacks for it, as follows. When the <a href="../kinds-module/index.html" class="internal">kinds</a> module creates a new base kind,
|
|
it calls this:
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre class="definitions code-font"><span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">NEW_BASE_KINDS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP11" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::new_base_kind_notify</span></a>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
|
|
<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::new_base_kind_notify</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">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">d</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><a href="4-ks.html#SP4" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::renew</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</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="function-syntax"><property-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="reserved-syntax">property</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">P</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="function-syntax"><<rp>></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="3-vp.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">ValueProperties::set_kind</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">P</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-ins.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Instances::make_kind_coincident</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</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="identifier-syntax">PluginCalls::new_base_kind_notify</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">d</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">return</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="SP12" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§12. </b>And here goes:
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre class="definitions code-font"><span class="definition-keyword">define</span> <span class="constant-syntax">HIERARCHY_VETO_MOVE_KINDS_CALLBACK</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-ks.html#SP12" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::set_subkind_notify</span></a>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
|
|
<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">KindSubjects::set_subkind_notify</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">sub</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">kind</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</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::Behaviour::is_subkind_of_object</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">sub</span><span class="plain-syntax">) == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</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">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">PluginCalls::set_subkind_notify</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">sub</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">super</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
|
|
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
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