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                                                                                              1c: Molds and Mold-Builders

                                                                                              +$bite

                                                                                              Atom slice specifier.

                                                                                              Either a single atom representing block size, or a cell containing a block size and an atom representing the number of blocks, called step. If step is not supplied, it defaults to a value of 1.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ bite $@(bloq [=bloq =step])

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              :: ++end gets the least significant bits of an atom.
                                                                                              > (end [1 1] 255)
                                                                                              3
                                                                                              > (end 1 255)
                                                                                              3
                                                                                              > (end 3 255)
                                                                                              255
                                                                                              > (end 3 65.535)
                                                                                              255
                                                                                              > (end [3 2] 65.535)
                                                                                              65.535
                                                                                              > (end [3 0] 65.535)
                                                                                              0

                                                                                              +$bloq

                                                                                              Blocksize

                                                                                              Atom representing block size. A block of size a has a bitwidth of 2^a.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ bloq @

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              :: ++met measures how many a-bloqs long an atom is.
                                                                                              > (met 3 256)
                                                                                              2
                                                                                              > (met 3 255)
                                                                                              1
                                                                                              > (met 3 65.535)
                                                                                              2
                                                                                              > (met 2 65.536)
                                                                                              > 3
                                                                                              > (met 0 4)
                                                                                              3
                                                                                              > (met 1 4)
                                                                                              2
                                                                                              > (met 5 9.999.999.999)
                                                                                              2
                                                                                              > (met 2 0xb5)
                                                                                              2

                                                                                              Discussion

                                                                                              You can think of bloq as a numeral system that can represent values of a^2^2, where a is the block size. That's because a block of size a contains a^2 bits, and a binary number that is b bits wide can represent b^2 values.

                                                                                              A bloq of 0 has a bitwidth of 1. (2^0 bits; can represent 2 values.)

                                                                                              A bloq of 1 has a bitwidth of 2. (2^1 bits; can represent 4 values.)

                                                                                              A bloq of 2 has a bitwidth of 4. (2^2 bits; can represent 16 values.)

                                                                                              A bloq of 3 has a bitwidth of 8. (2^3 bits; can represent 256 values.)

                                                                                              And so on.

                                                                                              See the bit arithmetic section for operations that use bloqs.


                                                                                              ++each

                                                                                              Mold of fork between two types

                                                                                              A mold generator. Produces a discriminated fork between two types, defaulting to this.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ each
                                                                                              |$ [this that]
                                                                                              $% [%| p=that]
                                                                                              [%& p=this]
                                                                                              ==

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > ? *(each cord time)
                                                                                              ?([%.y [email protected]] [%.n [email protected]])
                                                                                              [%.y p='']
                                                                                              > ? *(each * tape)
                                                                                              ?([%.y p=*] [%.n p=""])
                                                                                              [%.y p=0]

                                                                                              ++gate

                                                                                              Function

                                                                                              A core with one arm, $--the empty name--which transforms a sample noun into a product noun. If used dryly as a type, the subject must have a sample type of *.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ gate
                                                                                              $-(* *)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > ? gate
                                                                                              <1.ddq [* <46.hgz 1.pnw %140>]>
                                                                                              <1.ddq [* <46.hgz 1.pnw %140>]>
                                                                                              > (`gate`|=(a=* [a 'b']) 1)
                                                                                              [1 98]
                                                                                              > (`gate`|=([email protected] [a 'b']) 1)
                                                                                              mint-nice
                                                                                              [email protected]
                                                                                              -have.*
                                                                                              nest-fail
                                                                                              dojo: hoon expression failed

                                                                                              Discussion

                                                                                              A gate is analogous to a function in other programming languages. We created this new jargon because other constructs in Urbit are "functions" in the mathematical sense. Any gate normalizes to an iron gate.

                                                                                              See also: ++lift, ++cork


                                                                                              ++list

                                                                                              List

                                                                                              A mold generator. Generates a mold of a null-terminated list of a homogenous type.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ list
                                                                                              |$ [item]
                                                                                              $@(~ [i=item t=(list item)])

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *(list)
                                                                                              ~
                                                                                              > `(list @)`"abc"
                                                                                              ~[97 98 99]
                                                                                              > (snag 0 "abc")
                                                                                              'a'
                                                                                              > `(list @)`[1 2 'j' ~]
                                                                                              ~[1 2 106]

                                                                                              Discussion

                                                                                              See also: ++turn, ++snag


                                                                                              ++lone

                                                                                              Face on mold

                                                                                              A mold generator. Puts face of p on the passed-in mold.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ lone
                                                                                              |$ [item]
                                                                                              p=item

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > ? *cord
                                                                                              @t
                                                                                              ''
                                                                                              > ? *(lone cord)
                                                                                              [email protected]
                                                                                              p=''
                                                                                              > ? *(lone @)
                                                                                              [email protected]
                                                                                              p=0
                                                                                              > ? *@
                                                                                              @
                                                                                              0

                                                                                              ++pair

                                                                                              Mold of pair of types

                                                                                              A mold generator. Produces a tuple of two of the types passed in.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ pair
                                                                                              |$ [head tail]
                                                                                              [p=head q=tail]

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *(pair ? cord)
                                                                                              [p=%.y q='']
                                                                                              > *(pair tape @)
                                                                                              [p="" q=0]

                                                                                              ++pole

                                                                                              Faceless list

                                                                                              A mold generator. A list without the faces i and t.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ pole
                                                                                              |$ [item]
                                                                                              $@(~ [item (pole item)])

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > =/(a "asdf" ?>(?=(^ a) `(lest @tD)`a))
                                                                                              [i='a' t=[i='s' t=[i='d' t=[i='f' t=~]]]]
                                                                                              > `(pole char)`"asdf"
                                                                                              ['a' ['s' ['d' ['f' ~]]]]

                                                                                              ++qual

                                                                                              Mold of 4-type tuple

                                                                                              A mold generator. Produces a tuple of four of the types passed in.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ qual
                                                                                              |$ [first second third fourth]
                                                                                              [p=first q=second r=third s=fourth]

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *(qual date time tape cord)
                                                                                              [p=[[a=%.y y=0] m=0 t=[d=0 h=0 m=0 s=0 f=~]] q=~2000.1.1 r="" s='']
                                                                                              > *(qual (list @) @u @ud @ux)
                                                                                              [p=~ q=0 r=0 s=0x0]

                                                                                              ++quip

                                                                                              Mold of pair of list and type

                                                                                              A mold generator. Produces a tuple of a list of item and the mold of state.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ quip
                                                                                              |$ [item state]
                                                                                              [(list item) state]

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *(quip @ _'hi')
                                                                                              [~ 'hi']
                                                                                              > `(quip @ @ux)`[[1 2 3 4 ~] 0x10]
                                                                                              [~[1 2 3 4] 0x10]

                                                                                              Discussion

                                                                                              A common pattern in Hoon code is to return a list of changes, along with a new state. You'll often see quip used in Gall apps.


                                                                                              ++step

                                                                                              Atom size or offset, in bloqs.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ step
                                                                                              _`@u`1

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > `step`0
                                                                                              0
                                                                                              > `step`2
                                                                                              2

                                                                                              ++trap

                                                                                              Core with one arm $

                                                                                              A trap is a core with one arm $.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ trap
                                                                                              |$ [product]
                                                                                              _|?($:product)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > (*trap)
                                                                                              <1?ruo 1.mhl [product=<1|xpg [* * *]> <46.hgz 1.pnw %140>]>
                                                                                              > *(*trap)
                                                                                              0
                                                                                              > (|.(42))
                                                                                              42

                                                                                              ++tree

                                                                                              Tree mold generator

                                                                                              A mold generator. A tree can be empty, or contain a node of a type and left/right sub tree of the same type. Pretty-printed with {}.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ tree
                                                                                              |$ [node]
                                                                                              $@(~ [n=node l=(tree node) r=(tree node)])

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > `(tree [@ tape])`[[1 "hi"] [[2 "bye"] ~ ~] ~]
                                                                                              {[2 "bye"] [1 "hi"]}

                                                                                              ++trel

                                                                                              Mold of three types

                                                                                              A mold generator. A mold of the tuple of the three types passed in.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ trel
                                                                                              |$ [first second third]
                                                                                              [p=first q=second r=third]

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *(trel @ud @t @s)
                                                                                              [p=0 q='' r=--0]
                                                                                              > *(trel cord bloq tape)
                                                                                              [p='' q=0 r=""]

                                                                                              ++unit

                                                                                              Maybe

                                                                                              A mold generator. A unit is either ~ or [~ u=item], where item is the type that was passed in.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              ++ unit
                                                                                              |$ [item]
                                                                                              $@(~ [~ u=item])

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > ? *(unit time)
                                                                                              u(@da)
                                                                                              ~
                                                                                              > =a |= [email protected]
                                                                                              ^- (unit @)
                                                                                              ?~ a ~
                                                                                              [~ a]
                                                                                              > (a 2)
                                                                                              [~ 2]

                                                                                              Discussion

                                                                                              Using a unit allows you to specify something that may not be there.

                                                                                              See also: ++bind


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