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package provide patternpredator2 1.2.4
proc ::p::internals::jaws {OID _ID_ args} {
#puts stderr ">>>(patternpredator2 lib)jaws called with _ID_:$_ID_ args: $args"
#set OID [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0 0] ;#get_oid
yield
set w 1
set stack [list]
set wordcount [llength $args]
set terminals [list . .. , # @ !] ;#tokens which require the current stack to be evaluated first
set unsupported 0
set operator ""
set operator_prev "" ;#used only by argprotect to revert to previous operator
if {$OID ne "null"} {
#!DO NOT use upvar here for MAP! (calling set on a MAP in another iteration/call will overwrite a map for another object!)
#upvar #0 ::p::${OID}::_meta::map MAP
set MAP [set ::p::${OID}::_meta::map]
} else {
# error "jaws - OID = 'null' ???"
set MAP [list invocantdata [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] ] ;#MAP taken from _ID_ will be missing 'interfaces' key
}
set invocantdata [dict get $MAP invocantdata]
lassign $invocantdata OID alias default_method object_command wrapped
set finished_args 0 ;#whether we've completely processed all args in the while loop and therefor don't need to peform the final word processing code
#don't use 'foreach word $args' - we sometimes need to backtrack a little by manipulating $w
while {$w < $wordcount} {
set word [lindex $args [expr {$w -1}]]
#puts stdout "w:$w word:$word stack:$stack"
if {$operator eq "argprotect"} {
set operator $operator_prev
lappend stack $word
incr w
} else {
if {[llength $stack]} {
if {$word in $terminals} {
set reduction [list 0 $_ID_ {*}$stack ]
#puts stderr ">>>jaws yielding value: $reduction triggered by word $word in position:$w"
set _ID_ [yield $reduction]
set stack [list]
#set OID [::pattern::get_oid $_ID_]
set OID [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0 0] ;#get_oid
if {$OID ne "null"} {
set MAP [set ::p::${OID}::_meta::map] ;#Do not use upvar here!
} else {
set MAP [list invocantdata [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] interfaces [list level0 {} level1 {}]]
#puts stderr "WARNING REVIEW: jaws-branch - leave empty??????"
}
#review - 2018. switched to _ID_ instead of MAP
lassign [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] OID alias default_method object_command
#lassign [dict get $MAP invocantdata] OID alias default_method object_command
#puts stdout "---->>> yielded _ID_: $_ID_ OID:$OID alias:$alias default_method:$default_method object_command:$object_command"
set operator $word
#don't incr w
#incr w
} else {
if {$operator eq "argprotect"} {
set operator $operator_prev
set operator_prev ""
lappend stack $word
} else {
#only look for leading argprotect chacter (-) if we're not already in argprotect mode
if {$word eq "--"} {
set operator_prev $operator
set operator "argprotect"
#Don't add the plain argprotector to the stack
} elseif {[string match "-*" $word]} {
#argSafety operator (tokens that appear to be Tcl 'options' automatically 'protect' the subsequent argument)
set operator_prev $operator
set operator "argprotect"
lappend stack $word
} else {
lappend stack $word
}
}
incr w
}
} else {
#no stack
switch -- $word {.} {
if {$OID ne "null"} {
#we know next word is a property or method of a pattern object
incr w
set nextword [lindex $args [expr {$w - 1}]]
set command ::p::${OID}::$nextword
set stack [list $command] ;#2018 j
set operator .
if {$w eq $wordcount} {
set finished_args 1
}
} else {
# don't incr w
#set nextword [lindex $args [expr {$w - 1}]]
set command $object_command ;#taken from the MAP
set stack [list "_exec_" $command]
set operator .
}
} {..} {
incr w
set nextword [lindex $args [expr {$w -1}]]
set command ::p::-1::$nextword
#lappend stack $command ;#lappend a small number of items to an empty list is slower than just setting the list.
set stack [list $command] ;#faster, and intent is clearer than lappend.
set operator ..
if {$w eq $wordcount} {
set finished_args 1
}
} {,} {
#puts stdout "Stackless comma!"
if {$OID ne "null"} {
set command ::p::${OID}::$default_method
} else {
set command [list $default_method $object_command]
#object_command in this instance presumably be a list and $default_method a list operation
#e.g "lindex {A B C}"
}
#lappend stack $command
set stack [list $command]
set operator ,
} {--} {
set operator_prev $operator
set operator argprotect
#no stack -
} {!} {
set command $object_command
set stack [list "_exec_" $object_command]
#puts stdout "!!!! !!!! $stack"
set operator !
} default {
if {$operator eq ""} {
if {$OID ne "null"} {
set command ::p::${OID}::$default_method
} else {
set command [list $default_method $object_command]
}
set stack [list $command]
set operator ,
lappend stack $word
} else {
#no stack - so we don't expect to be in argprotect mode already.
if {[string match "-*" $word]} {
#argSafety operator (tokens that appear to be Tcl 'options' automatically 'protect' the subsequent argument)
set operator_prev $operator
set operator "argprotect"
lappend stack $word
} else {
lappend stack $word
}
}
}
incr w
}
}
} ;#end while
#process final word outside of loop
#assert $w == $wordcount
#trailing operators or last argument
if {!$finished_args} {
set word [lindex $args [expr {$w -1}]]
if {$operator eq "argprotect"} {
set operator $operator_prev
set operator_prev ""
lappend stack $word
incr w
} else {
switch -- $word {.} {
if {![llength $stack]} {
#set stack [list "_result_" [::p::internals::ref_to_object $_ID_]]
yieldto return [::p::internals::ref_to_object $_ID_]
error "assert: never gets here"
} else {
#puts stdout "==== $stack"
#assert - whenever _ID_ changed in this proc - we have updated the $OID variable
yieldto return [::p::internals::ref_to_stack $OID $_ID_ $stack]
error "assert: never gets here"
}
set operator .
} {..} {
#trailing .. after chained call e.g >x . item 0 ..
#puts stdout "$$$$$$$$$$$$ [list 0 $_ID_ {*}$stack] $$$$"
#set reduction [list 0 $_ID_ {*}$stack]
yieldto return [yield [list 0 $_ID_ {*}$stack]]
} {#} {
set unsupported 1
} {,} {
set unsupported 1
} {&} {
set unsupported 1
} {@} {
set unsupported 1
} {--} {
#set reduction [list 0 $_ID_ {*}$stack[set stack [list]]]
#puts stdout " -> -> -> about to call yield $reduction <- <- <-"
set _ID_ [yield [list 0 $_ID_ {*}$stack[set stack [list]]] ]
#set OID [::pattern::get_oid $_ID_]
set OID [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0 0] ;#get_oid
if {$OID ne "null"} {
set MAP [set ::p::${OID}::_meta::map] ;#DO not use upvar here!
} else {
set MAP [list invocantdata [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] interfaces {level0 {} level1 {}} ]
}
yieldto return $MAP
} {!} {
#error "untested branch"
set _ID_ [yield [list 0 $_ID_ {*}$stack[set stack [list]]]]
#set OID [::pattern::get_oid $_ID_]
set OID [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0 0] ;#get_oid
if {$OID ne "null"} {
set MAP [set ::p::${OID}::_meta::map] ;#DO not use upvar here!
} else {
set MAP [list invocantdata [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] ]
}
lassign [dict get $MAP invocantdata] OID alias default_command object_command
set command $object_command
set stack [list "_exec_" $command]
set operator !
} default {
if {$operator eq ""} {
#error "untested branch"
lassign [dict get $MAP invocantdata] OID alias default_command object_command
#set command ::p::${OID}::item
set command ::p::${OID}::$default_command
lappend stack $command
set operator ,
}
#do not look for argprotect items here (e.g -option) as the final word can't be an argprotector anyway.
lappend stack $word
}
if {$unsupported} {
set unsupported 0
error "trailing '$word' not supported"
}
#if {$operator eq ","} {
# incr wordcount 2
# set stack [linsert $stack end-1 . item]
#}
incr w
}
}
#final = 1
#puts stderr ">>>jaws final return value: [list 1 $_ID_ {*}$stack]"
return [list 1 $_ID_ {*}$stack]
}
#trailing. directly after object
proc ::p::internals::ref_to_object {_ID_} {
set OID [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0 0]
upvar #0 ::p::${OID}::_meta::map MAP
lassign [dict get $MAP invocantdata] OID alias default_method object_command
set refname ::p::${OID}::_ref::__OBJECT
array set $refname [list] ;#important to initialise the variable as an array here - or initial read attempts on elements will not fire traces
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::object_read_trace $OID $_ID_]
if {[list {read} $traceCmd] ni [trace info variable $refname]} {
#puts stdout "adding read trace on variable '$refname' - traceCmd:'$traceCmd'"
trace add variable $refname {read} $traceCmd
}
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::object_array_trace $OID $_ID_]
if {[list {array} $traceCmd] ni [trace info variable $refname]} {
trace add variable $refname {array} $traceCmd
}
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::object_write_trace $OID $_ID_]
if {[list {write} $traceCmd] ni [trace info variable $refname]} {
trace add variable $refname {write} $traceCmd
}
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::object_unset_trace $OID $_ID_]
if {[list {unset} $traceCmd] ni [trace info variable $refname]} {
trace add variable $refname {unset} $traceCmd
}
return $refname
}
proc ::p::internals::create_or_update_reference {OID _ID_ refname command} {
#if {[lindex $fullstack 0] eq "_exec_"} {
# #strip it. This instruction isn't relevant for a reference.
# set commandstack [lrange $fullstack 1 end]
#} else {
# set commandstack $fullstack
#}
#set argstack [lassign $commandstack command]
#set field [string map {> __OBJECT_} [namespace tail $command]]
set reftail [namespace tail $refname]
set argstack [lassign [split $reftail +] field]
set field [string map {> __OBJECT_} [namespace tail $command]]
#puts stderr "refname:'$refname' command: $command field:$field"
if {$OID ne "null"} {
upvar #0 ::p::${OID}::_meta::map MAP
} else {
#set map [dict get [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0 1] map]
set MAP [list invocantdata [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] interfaces {level0 {} level1 {}}]
}
lassign [dict get $MAP invocantdata] OID alias default_method object_command
if {$OID ne "null"} {
interp alias {} $refname {} $command $_ID_ {*}$argstack
} else {
interp alias {} $refname {} $command {*}$argstack
}
#set iflist [lindex $map 1 0]
set iflist [dict get $MAP interfaces level0]
#set iflist [dict get $MAP interfaces level0]
set field_is_property_like 0
foreach IFID [lreverse $iflist] {
#tcl (braced) expr has lazy evaluation for &&, || & ?: operators - so this should be reasonably efficient.
if {[llength [info commands ::p::${IFID}::_iface::(GET)$field]] || [llength [info commands ::p::${IFID}::_iface::(SET)$field]]} {
set field_is_property_like 1
#There is a setter or getter (but not necessarily an entry in the o_properties dict)
break
}
}
#whether field is a property or a method - remove any commandrefMisuse_TraceHandler
foreach tinfo [trace info variable $refname] {
#puts "-->removing traces on $refname: $tinfo"
if {[lindex $tinfo 1 0] eq "::p::internals::commandrefMisuse_TraceHandler"} {
trace remove variable $refname {*}$tinfo
}
}
if {$field_is_property_like} {
#property reference
set this_invocantdata [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0]
lassign $this_invocantdata OID _alias _defaultmethod object_command
#get fully qualified varspace
#
set propdict [$object_command .. GetPropertyInfo $field]
if {[dict exist $propdict $field]} {
set field_is_a_property 1
set propinfo [dict get $propdict $field]
set varspace [dict get $propinfo varspace]
if {$varspace eq ""} {
set full_varspace ::p::${OID}
} else {
if {[::string match "::*" $varspace]} {
set full_varspace $varspace
} else {
set full_varspace ::p::${OID}::$varspace
}
}
} else {
set field_is_a_property 0
#no propertyinfo - this field was probably established as a PropertyRead and/or PropertyWrite without a Property
#this is ok - and we still set the trace infrastructure below (app may convert it to a normal Property later)
set full_varspace ::p::${OID}
}
#We only trace on entire property.. not array elements (if references existed to both the array and an element both traces would be fired -(entire array trace first))
set Hndlr [::list ::p::predator::propvar_write_TraceHandler $OID $field]
if { [::list {write} $Hndlr] ni [trace info variable ${full_varspace}::o_${field}]} {
trace add variable ${full_varspace}::o_${field} {write} $Hndlr
}
set Hndlr [::list ::p::predator::propvar_unset_TraceHandler $OID $field]
if { [::list {unset} $Hndlr] ni [trace info variable ${full_varspace}::o_${field}]} {
trace add variable ${full_varspace}::o_${field} {unset} $Hndlr
}
#supply all data in easy-access form so that propref_trace_read is not doing any extra work.
set get_cmd ::p::${OID}::(GET)$field
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::propref_trace_read $get_cmd $_ID_ $refname $field $argstack]
if {[list {read} $traceCmd] ni [trace info variable $refname]} {
set fieldvarname ${full_varspace}::o_${field}
#synch the refvar with the real var if it exists
#catch {set $refname [$refname]}
if {[array exists $fieldvarname]} {
if {![llength $argstack]} {
#unindexed reference
array set $refname [array get $fieldvarname]
#upvar $fieldvarname $refname
} else {
set s0 [lindex $argstack 0]
#refs to nonexistant array members common? (catch vs 'info exists')
if {[info exists ${fieldvarname}($s0)]} {
set $refname [set ${fieldvarname}($s0)]
}
}
} else {
#refs to uninitialised props actually should be *very* common.
#If we use 'catch', it means retrieving refs to non-initialised props is slower. Fired catches can be relatively expensive.
#Because it's common to get a ref to uninitialised props (e.g for initial setting of their value) - we will use 'info exists' instead of catch.
#set errorInfo_prev $::errorInfo ;#preserve errorInfo across catches!
#puts stdout " ---->>!!! ref to uninitialised prop $field $argstack !!!<------"
if {![llength $argstack]} {
#catch {set $refname [set ::p::${OID}::o_$field]}
if {[info exists $fieldvarname]} {
set $refname [set $fieldvarname]
#upvar $fieldvarname $refname
}
} else {
if {[llength $argstack] == 1} {
#catch {set $refname [lindex [set ::p::${OID}::o_$field] [lindex $argstack 0]]}
if {[info exists $fieldvarname]} {
set $refname [lindex [set $fieldvarname] [lindex $argstack 0]]
}
} else {
#catch {set $refname [lindex [set ::p::${OID}::o_$field] $argstack]}
if {[info exists $fieldvarname]} {
set $refname [lindex [set $fieldvarname] $argstack]
}
}
}
#! what if someone has put a trace on ::errorInfo??
#set ::errorInfo $errorInfo_prev
}
trace add variable $refname {read} $traceCmd
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::propref_trace_write $_ID_ $OID $full_varspace $refname]
trace add variable $refname {write} $traceCmd
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::propref_trace_unset $_ID_ $OID $refname]
trace add variable $refname {unset} $traceCmd
set traceCmd [list ::p::predator::propref_trace_array $_ID_ $OID $refname]
# puts "**************** installing array variable trace on ref:$refname - cmd:$traceCmd"
trace add variable $refname {array} $traceCmd
}
} else {
#puts "$refname ====> adding refMisuse_traceHandler $alias $field"
#matching variable in order to detect attempted use as property and throw error
#2018
#Note that we are adding a trace on a variable (the refname) which does not exist.
#this is fine - except that the trace won't fire for attempt to write it as an array using syntax such as set $ref(someindex)
#we could set the ref to an empty array - but then we have to also undo this if a property with matching name is added
##array set $refname {} ;#empty array
# - the empty array would mean a slightly better error message when misusing a command ref as an array
#but this seems like a code complication for little benefit
#review
trace add variable $refname {read write unset array} [list ::p::internals::commandrefMisuse_TraceHandler $OID $field]
}
}
#trailing. after command/property
proc ::p::internals::ref_to_stack {OID _ID_ fullstack} {
if {[lindex $fullstack 0] eq "_exec_"} {
#strip it. This instruction isn't relevant for a reference.
set commandstack [lrange $fullstack 1 end]
} else {
set commandstack $fullstack
}
set argstack [lassign $commandstack command]
set field [string map {> __OBJECT_} [namespace tail $command]]
#!todo?
# - make every object's OID unpredictable and sparse (UUID) and modify 'namespace child' etc to prevent iteration/inspection of ::p namespace.
# - this would only make sense for an environment where any meta methods taking a code body (e.g .. Method .. PatternMethod etc) are restricted.
#references created under ::p::${OID}::_ref are effectively inside a 'varspace' within the object itself.
# - this would in theory allow a set of interface functions on the object which have direct access to the reference variables.
set refname ::p::${OID}::_ref::[join [concat $field $argstack] +]
if {[llength [info commands $refname]]} {
#todo - review - what if the field changed to/from a property/method?
#probably should fix that where such a change is made and leave this short circuit here to give reasonable performance for existing refs
return $refname
}
::p::internals::create_or_update_reference $OID $_ID_ $refname $command
return $refname
}
namespace eval pp {
variable operators [list .. . -- - & @ # , !]
variable operators_notin_args ""
foreach op $operators {
append operators_notin_args "({$op} ni \$args) && "
}
set operators_notin_args [string trimright $operators_notin_args " &"] ;#trim trailing spaces and ampersands
#set operators_notin_args {({.} ni $args) && ({,} ni $args) && ({..} ni $args)}
}
interp alias {} strmap {} string map ;#stop code editor from mono-colouring our big string mapped code blocks!
# 2017 ::p::predator2 is the development version - intended for eventual use as the main dispatch mechanism.
#each map is a 2 element list of lists.
# form: {$commandinfo $interfaceinfo}
# commandinfo is of the form: {ID Namespace defaultmethod commandname _?}
#2018
#each map is a dict.
#form: {invocantdata {ID Namespace defaultmethod commandname _?} interfaces {level0 {} level1 {}}}
#OID = Object ID (integer for now - could in future be a uuid)
proc ::p::predator2 {_ID_ args} {
#puts stderr "predator2: _ID_:'$_ID_' args:'$args'"
#set invocants [dict get $_ID_ i]
#set invocant_roles [dict keys $invocants]
#For now - we are 'this'-centric (single dispatch). todo - adapt for multiple roles, multimethods etc.
#set this_role_members [dict get $invocants this]
#set this_invocant [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] ;#for the role 'this' we assume only one invocant in the list.
#lassign $this_invocant this_OID this_info_dict
set this_OID [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0 0] ;#get_oid
set cheat 1 ;#
#-------
#Optimise the next most common use case. A single . followed by args which contain no other operators (non-chained call)
#(it should be functionally equivalent to remove this shortcut block)
if {$cheat} {
if { ([lindex $args 0] eq {.}) && ([llength $args] > 1) && ([llength [lsearch -all -inline $args .]] == 1) && ({,} ni $args) && ({..} ni $args) && ({--} ni $args) && ({!} ni $args)} {
set remaining_args [lassign $args dot method_or_prop]
#how will we do multiple apis? (separate interface stacks) apply? apply [list [list _ID_ {*}$arglist] ::p::${stackid?}::$method_or_prop ::p::${this_OID}] ???
set command ::p::${this_OID}::$method_or_prop
#REVIEW!
#e.g what if the method is named "say hello" ?? (hint - it will break because we will look for 'say')
#if {[llength $command] > 1} {
# error "methods with spaces not included in test suites - todo fix!"
#}
#Dont use {*}$command - (so we can support methods with spaces)
#if {![llength [info commands $command]]} {}
if {[namespace which $command] eq ""} {
if {[namespace which ::p::${this_OID}::(UNKNOWN)] ne ""} {
#lset command 0 ::p::${this_OID}::(UNKNOWN) ;#seems wrong - command could have spaces
set command ::p::${this_OID}::(UNKNOWN)
#tailcall {*}$command $_ID_ $cmdname {*}[lrange $args 2 end] ;#delegate to UNKNOWN, along with original commandname as 1st arg.
tailcall $command $_ID_ $method_or_prop {*}[lrange $args 2 end] ;#delegate to UNKNOWN, along with original commandname as 1st arg.
} else {
return -code error -errorinfo "(::p::predator2) error running command:'$command' argstack:'[lrange $args 2 end]'\n - command not found and no 'unknown' handler" "method '$method_or_prop' not found"
}
} else {
#tailcall {*}$command $_ID_ {*}$remaining_args
tailcall $command $_ID_ {*}$remaining_args
}
}
}
#------------
if {([llength $args] == 1) && ([lindex $args 0] eq "..")} {
return $_ID_
}
#puts stderr "pattern::predator (test version) called with: _ID_:$_ID_ args:$args"
#puts stderr "this_info_dict: $this_info_dict"
if {![llength $args]} {
#should return some sort of public info.. i.e probably not the ID which is an implementation detail
#return cmd
return [lindex [dict get [set ::p::${this_OID}::_meta::map] invocantdata] 0] ;#Object ID
#return a dict keyed on object command name - (suitable as use for a .. Create 'target')
#lassign [dict get [set ::p::${this_OID}::_meta::map] invocantdata] this_OID alias default_method object_command wrapped
#return [list $object_command [list -id $this_OID ]]
} elseif {[llength $args] == 1} {
#short-circuit the single index case for speed.
if {[lindex $args 0] ni {.. . -- - & @ # , !}} {
#lassign [dict get [set ::p::${this_OID}::_meta::map] invocantdata] this_OID alias default_method
lassign [lindex [dict get $_ID_ i this] 0] this_OID alias default_method
tailcall ::p::${this_OID}::$default_method $_ID_ [lindex $args 0]
} elseif {[lindex $args 0] eq {--}} {
#!todo - we could hide the invocant by only allowing this call from certain uplevel procs..
# - combined with using UUIDs for $OID, and a secured/removed metaface on the object
# - (and also hiding of [interp aliases] command so they can't iterate and examine all aliases)
# - this could effectively hide the object's namespaces,vars etc from the caller (?)
return [set ::p::${this_OID}::_meta::map]
}
}
#upvar ::p::coroutine_instance c ;#coroutine names must be unique per call to predator (not just per object - or we could get a clash during some cyclic calls)
#incr c
#set reduce ::p::reducer${this_OID}_$c
set reduce ::p::reducer${this_OID}_[incr ::p::coroutine_instance]
#puts stderr "..................creating reducer $reduce with args $this_OID _ID_ $args"
coroutine $reduce ::p::internals::jaws $this_OID $_ID_ {*}$args
set current_ID_ $_ID_
set final 0
set result ""
while {$final == 0} {
#the argument given here to $reduce will be returned by 'yield' within the coroutine context (jaws)
set reduction_args [lassign [$reduce $current_ID_[set current_ID_ [list]] ] final current_ID_ command]
#puts stderr "..> final:$final current_ID_:'$current_ID_' command:'$command' reduction_args:'$reduction_args'"
#if {[string match *Destroy $command]} {
# puts stdout " calling Destroy reduction_args:'$reduction_args'"
#}
if {$final == 1} {
if {[llength $command] == 1} {
if {$command eq "_exec_"} {
tailcall {*}$reduction_args
}
if {[llength [info commands $command]]} {
tailcall {*}$command $current_ID_ {*}$reduction_args
}
set cmdname [namespace tail $command]
set this_OID [lindex [dict get $current_ID_ i this] 0 0]
if {[llength [info commands ::p::${this_OID}::(UNKNOWN)]]} {
lset command 0 ::p::${this_OID}::(UNKNOWN)
tailcall {*}$command $current_ID_ $cmdname {*}$reduction_args ;#delegate to UNKNOWN, along with original commandname as 1st arg.
} else {
return -code error -errorinfo "1)error running command:'$command' argstack:'$reduction_args'\n - command not found and no 'unknown' handler" "method '$cmdname' not found"
}
} else {
#e.g lindex {a b c}
tailcall {*}$command {*}$reduction_args
}
} else {
if {[lindex $command 0] eq "_exec_"} {
set result [uplevel 1 [list {*}[lrange $command 1 end] {*}$reduction_args]]
set current_ID_ [list i [list this [list [list "null" {} {lindex} $result {} ] ] ] context {} ]
} else {
if {[llength $command] == 1} {
if {![llength [info commands $command]]} {
set cmdname [namespace tail $command]
set this_OID [lindex [dict get $current_ID_ i this] 0 0]
if {[llength [info commands ::p::${this_OID}::(UNKNOWN)]]} {
lset command 0 ::p::${this_OID}::(UNKNOWN)
set result [uplevel 1 [list {*}$command $current_ID_ $cmdname {*}$reduction_args]] ;#delegate to UNKNOWN, along with original commandname as 1st arg.
} else {
return -code error -errorinfo "2)error running command:'$command' argstack:'$reduction_args'\n - command not found and no 'unknown' handler" "method '$cmdname' not found"
}
} else {
#set result [uplevel 1 [list {*}$command $current_ID_ {*}$reduction_args ]]
set result [uplevel 1 [list {*}$command $current_ID_ {*}$reduction_args ]]
}
} else {
set result [uplevel 1 [list {*}$command {*}$reduction_args]]
}
if {[llength [info commands $result]]} {
if {([llength $result] == 1) && ([string first ">" [namespace tail $result]] == 0)} {
#looks like a pattern command
set current_ID_ [$result .. INVOCANTDATA]
#todo - determine if plain .. INVOCANTDATA is sufficient instead of .. UPDATEDINVOCANTDATA
#if {![catch {$result .. INVOCANTDATA} result_invocantdata]} {
# set current_ID_ $result_invocantdata
#} else {
# return -code error -errorinfo "3)error running command:'$command' argstack:'$reduction_args'\n - Failed to access result:'$result' as a pattern object." "Failed to access result:'$result' as a pattern object"
#}
} else {
#non-pattern command
set current_ID_ [list i [list this [list [list "null" {} {lindex} $result {} ] ] ] context {}]
}
} else {
set current_ID_ [list i [list this [list [list "null" {} {lindex} $result {} ] ] ] context {}]
#!todo - allow further operations on non-command values. e.g dicts, lists & strings (treat strings as lists)
}
}
}
}
error "Assert: Shouldn't get here (end of ::p::predator2)"
#return $result
}