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diff --git a/implementation/vm.md b/implementation/vm.md index 89f2ef17..e6264e5b 100644 --- a/implementation/vm.md +++ b/implementation/vm.md @@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ The contents of a core runtime are given below. The names given are those used i To define the final two functions, call the second returned element as a function, with argument `Decompose‿PrimInd`. The function `PrimInd` gives the index of `𝕩` in the list of all primitives (defined as `glyphs` in pr.bqn), or the length of the runtime if `𝕩` is not a primitive. The two functions are only needed for computing inferred properties, and are defined by default so that every value is assumed to be a primitive, and `PrimInd` performs a linear search over the returned runtime. If the runtime is used directly, then this means that without setting `Decompose‿PrimInd`, function inferred properties will work slowly and for primitives only; if values from the runtime are wrapped then function inferred properties will not work at all. The compiler uses Under with compound right operands, so `Decompose` is needed to self-host. +The compiler returns a third function `SetInv` as well. This function is used to support inverses of non-primitives like `•math.Sin` or a block with an Undo header that the runtime has no way to identify. It's not needed for the runtime or compiler. The argument `𝕩` is a function that takes the runtime's current `Inverse` function (`⁼` is defined as `{i←Inverse𝕗⋄𝕨I𝕩}`) and returns a new one. If given, `𝕨` does the same to `SwapInverse`, the function that inverts `Fn˜`. The result of `SetInv` is the new `Inverse` function. + Remember that `+` and `-` can also work on characters in some circumstances, under the rules of affine characters. Other arithmetic functions should only accept numbers. `=` must work on any atoms including functions and modifiers. `≤` must work on numbers and characters. ### GroupLen and GroupOrd |