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=head1 NAME
Muldis::D::Ext::Set -
Muldis D extension for Set and Maybe specific operators
=head1 VERSION
This document is Muldis::D::Ext::Set version 0.24.0.
=head1 PREFACE
This document is part of the Muldis D language specification, whose root
document is L<Muldis::D>; you should read that root document
before you read this one, which provides subservient details.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Muldis D has a mandatory core set of system-defined (eternally available)
entities, which is referred to as the I<Muldis D core> or the I<core>; they
are the minimal entities that all Muldis D implementations need to provide;
they are mutually self-describing and are used to bootstrap the language;
any entities outside the core, called I<Muldis D extensions>, are
non-mandatory and are defined in terms of the core or each other, but the
reverse isn't true.
This current C<Set> document describes the system-defined I<Muldis D Set
Extension>, which consists of generic operators that are specific to the
C<Set> and C<Maybe> parameterized relation types, and said operators are
short-hands for generic relational operators in the language core.
This current document does not describe the polymorphic operators that all
types, or some types including core types, have defined over them; said
operators are defined once for all types in L<Muldis::D::Core>.
I<This documentation is pending.>
=head1 SYSTEM-DEFINED SET-CONCERNING FUNCTIONS
=over
=item C<function sys.std.Set.is_member result Bool params { set(Set),
value(ScaTupRel) }>
This function results in C<Bool:true> iff its C<value> argument matches the
sole attribute of a tuple of its C<set> argument (that is, iff conceptually
C<value> is a member of C<set>), and C<Bool:false> otherwise.  This
function will fail|warn if its 2 arguments are incompatible as per
C<sys.std.Core.Relation.is_subset>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.is_not_member result Bool params { set(Set),
value(ScaTupRel) }>
This function is exactly the same as C<sys.std.Set.is_member> except that
it results in the opposite boolean value when given the same arguments.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.insertion result Set params { set(Set),
value(ScaTupRel) }>
This function results in a C<Set> that is the relational union of C<set>
and a Set whose sole tuple has the sole attribute value of C<value>; that
is, conceptually the result is C<value> inserted into C<set>.  As a trivial
case, if C<value> already exists in C<set>, then the result is just C<set>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.disjoint_insertion result Set params {
set(Set), value(ScaTupRel) }>
This function is exactly the same as C<sys.std.Set.insertion> except that
it will fail if C<value> already exists in C<set>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.deletion result Set params { set(Set),
value(ScaTupRel) }>
This function results in a C<Set> that is the relational difference from
C<set> of a Set whose sole tuple has the sole attribute value of C<value>;
that is, conceptually the result is C<value> deleted from C<set>.  As a
trivial case, if C<value> already doesn't exist in C<set>, then the result
is just C<set>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.reduction result ScaTupRel params {
topic(Set), func(Cat.NameChain), assuming(Tuple), identity(ScaTupRel) }>
This function is a generic reduction operator that recursively takes each
pair of input values in C<topic> and applies an argument-specified scalar
or nonscalar value-resulting function (which is both commutative and
associative) to the pair until just one input value is left, which is the
result.  The function to apply is named in the C<func> argument, and that
function must have 3 arguments named C<v1>, C<v2>, C<assuming>; the last
parameter is curried with the same-named argument of C<reduction>, and the
first 2 parameters are the 2 input scalar or nonscalar values for an
invocation.  If C<topic> has zero values, then C<reduction> results in the
value given in C<identity>.  I<Note that C<identity> may be changed to take
a function name rather than a value, for consistency with C<func>.>  This
function will fail|warn if the |declared type of C<identity> isn't a
subtype of the |declared type of the sole attribute of C<topic>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.maybe_reduction result Maybe params {
topic(Set), func(Cat.NameChain), assuming(Tuple) }>
This function is exactly the same as C<sys.std.Set.reduction> except that
it does not take an C<assuming> argument, and it results in a C<Maybe> of
what is otherwise the result type, and that result has zero elements if the
argument has zero elements.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.Set_from_wrap result set_of.Tuple params {
topic(Relation) }>
This function results in a C<Set> whose sole attribute is tuple-typed and
the attribute values are all the tuples of C<topic>; is a short-hand for a
relational wrap of all attributes of C<topic> such that the new
tuple-valued attribute is named C<value>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.Set_from_attr result Set params {
topic(Relation), name(Cat.Name) }>
This function results in a C<Set> consisting of all the values of the
attribute of C<topic> named by C<name>.  It is a short-hand for a unary
projection of just the named attribute plus its renaming to C<value>.
=back
=head1 SYSTEM-DEFINED MAYBE-CONCERNING FUNCTIONS
=over
=item C<function sys.std.Set.Maybe.nothing result Nothing params {}>
This selector function results in the only zero-tuple Maybe value.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.Maybe.single result Single params {
value(ScaTupRel) }>
This selector function results in the Maybe value with a single tuple whose
C<value> attribute's value is the C<value> argument.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.Maybe.attr result ScaTupRel params {
topic(Single) }>
This function results in the scalar or nonscalar value of the sole
attribute of the sole tuple of its argument, which always exists when the
argument is a C<Single>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.Maybe.attr_or_default result ScaTupRel params
{ topic(Maybe), default(Cat.NameChain) }>
This function results in the scalar or nonscalar value of the sole
attribute of the sole tuple of its argument, if said tuple exists;
otherwise, it results in the default value of the scalar or nonscalar data
type whose name is given in the C<default> argument.  This function is a
short-hand for invoking C<attr_or_value> with the result from invoking
C<sys.std.Core.Universal.default>.
=item C<function sys.std.Set.Maybe.attr_or_value result ScaTupRel params {
topic(Maybe), value(ScaTupRel) }>
This function results in the scalar or nonscalar value of the sole
attribute of the sole tuple of C<topic>, if said tuple exists; otherwise,
it results in C<value>.  This function will warn if the declared type of
C<value> isn't a subtype of the declared type of the attribute.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
Go to L<Muldis::D> for the majority of distribution-internal
references, and L<Muldis::D::SeeAlso> for the majority of
distribution-external references.
=head1 AUTHOR
Darren Duncan (C<perl@DarrenDuncan.net>)
=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
This file is part of the formal specification of the Muldis D language.
Muldis D is Copyright © 2002-2008, Darren Duncan.
See the LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT of L<Muldis::D> for details.
=head1 TRADEMARK POLICY
The TRADEMARK POLICY in L<Muldis::D> applies to this file too.
=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in L<Muldis::D> apply to this file too.
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