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authorKartik K. Agaram <vc@akkartik.com>2016-02-25 17:17:20 -0800
committerKartik K. Agaram <vc@akkartik.com>2016-02-25 17:17:20 -0800
commitdcc060c7d4ef56b978beb34ddce8d8ffcec94fa6 (patch)
tree7cbb9cd1d8544c7c6c65725fa195ca3821b04b07 /html/030container.cc.html
parent0f5a2f4e21046e319ce0fadec32cc5e89d2f4620 (diff)
downloadmu-dcc060c7d4ef56b978beb34ddce8d8ffcec94fa6.tar.gz
2706 - update html
Diffstat (limited to 'html/030container.cc.html')
-rw-r--r--html/030container.cc.html366
1 files changed, 265 insertions, 101 deletions
diff --git a/html/030container.cc.html b/html/030container.cc.html
index 00935788..6151c829 100644
--- a/html/030container.cc.html
+++ b/html/030container.cc.html
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ body { font-family: monospace; color: #eeeeee; background-color: #080808; }
 .SalientComment { color: #00ffff; }
 .traceContains { color: #008000; }
 .cSpecial { color: #008000; }
+.PreProc { color: #c000c0; }
 .Comment { color: #9090ff; }
 .Delimiter { color: #a04060; }
 .Special { color: #ff6060; }
@@ -40,10 +41,8 @@ type_ordinal point = put<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class=
 get_or_insert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>size = <span class="Constant">2</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>kind = CONTAINER<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name = <span class="Constant">&quot;point&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>number<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;x&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>number<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;y&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>reagent<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;x:number&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>reagent<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;y:number&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">));</span>
 
 <span class="Comment">//: Containers can be copied around with a single instruction just like</span>
 <span class="Comment">//: numbers, no matter how large they are.</span>
@@ -75,10 +74,8 @@ type_ordinal point_number = put<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span
 get_or_insert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>size = <span class="Constant">2</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>kind = CONTAINER<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name = <span class="Constant">&quot;point-number&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>point<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;xy&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>number<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
-get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;z&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>reagent<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;xy:point&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> point_number<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>reagent<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;z:number&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">));</span>
 
 <span class="Delimiter">:(scenario copy_handles_nested_container_elements)</span>
 recipe main [
@@ -125,18 +122,23 @@ if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value
   assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>!type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>left &amp;&amp; !type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>right<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   <span class="Identifier">return</span> <span class="Constant">1</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+  raise_error &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;no such type &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+  <span class="Identifier">return</span> <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 type_info t = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
 if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>t<span class="Delimiter">.</span>kind == CONTAINER<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   <span class="Comment">// size of a container is the sum of the sizes of its elements</span>
   long long int result = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>t<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
     <span class="Comment">// todo: strengthen assertion to disallow mutual type recursion</span>
-    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>t<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)-&gt;</span>value == type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>t<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value == type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
       raise_error &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;container &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; t<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; can't include itself as a member</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
       <span class="Identifier">return</span> <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
     <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-    <span class="Comment">// End size_of(type) Container Cases</span>
-    result += size_of<span class="Delimiter">(</span>t<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+    reagent tmp<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    tmp<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type = new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>*type<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    result += size_of<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>tmp<span class="Delimiter">,</span> i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   <span class="Identifier">return</span> result<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ put<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Primitive Recipe Checks&quot;)</span>
 case GET: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">)</span> != <span class="Constant">2</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get' expects exactly 2 ingredients in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get' expects exactly 2 ingredients in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
     <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   reagent base = inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>  <span class="Comment">// new copy for every invocation</span>
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ case GET: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   <span class="Comment">// Update GET product in Check</span>
   const reagent element = element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>base<span class="Delimiter">,</span> offset_value<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!types_coercible<span class="Delimiter">(</span>product<span class="Delimiter">,</span> element<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;, &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; offset<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;' should write to &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; debug_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; but &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; has type &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; debug_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;, &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; offset<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;' should write to &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; names_to_string_without_quotes<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; but &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; has type &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; names_to_string_without_quotes<span class="Delimiter">(</span>product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
     <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ case GET: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   <span class="Comment">// Update GET base in Run</span>
   long long int base_address = base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>value<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>base_address == <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>current_recipe_name<span class="Delimiter">())</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;tried to access location 0 in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; current_instruction<span class="Delimiter">().</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>current_recipe_name<span class="Delimiter">())</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;tried to access location 0 in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>current_instruction<span class="Delimiter">())</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
     <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   type_ordinal base_type = base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
@@ -215,12 +217,12 @@ case GET: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   long long int src = base_address<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; offset<span class="Delimiter">;</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
     <span class="Comment">// End GET field Cases</span>
-    src += size_of<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> base_type<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+    src += size_of<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>base<span class="Delimiter">,</span> i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9998</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;run&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;address to copy is &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; src &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
   reagent tmp = element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>base<span class="Delimiter">,</span> offset<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   tmp<span class="Delimiter">.</span>set_value<span class="Delimiter">(</span>src<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-  trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9998</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;run&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;its type is &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; debug_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>tmp<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+  trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9998</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;run&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;its type is &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; names_to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>tmp<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
   products<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>read_memory<span class="Delimiter">(</span>tmp<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
   <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
@@ -232,8 +234,7 @@ const reagent element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const reagent&amp; can
   assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>!get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> canonized_base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">.</span>empty<span class="Delimiter">());</span>
   const type_info&amp; info = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> canonized_base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>kind == CONTAINER<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-  reagent element<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
-  element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type = new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>*info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>offset_value<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+  reagent element = info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>offset_value<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   <span class="Comment">// End element_type Special-cases</span>
   <span class="Identifier">return</span> element<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ recipe main [
   <span class="Constant">14</span>:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">36</span>
   <span class="Constant">15</span>:address:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get <span class="Constant">12</span>:point-number/<span class="Special">raw</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">1</span>:offset
 ]
-<span class="traceContains">+error: main: 'get 12:point-number/raw, 1:offset' should write to number but 15 has type &lt;address : &lt;number : &lt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+error: main: 'get 12:point-number/raw, 1:offset' should write to number but 15 has type (address number)</span>
 
 <span class="Comment">//: we might want to call 'get' without saving the results, say in a sandbox</span>
 
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ put<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Primitive Recipe Checks&quot;)</span>
 case GET_ADDRESS: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">)</span> != <span class="Constant">2</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get-address' expects exactly 2 ingredients in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get-address' expects exactly 2 ingredients in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
     <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   reagent base = inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
@@ -335,9 +336,9 @@ case GET_ADDRESS: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   <span class="Comment">// same type as for GET..</span>
   reagent element = element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>base<span class="Delimiter">,</span> offset_value<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   <span class="Comment">// ..except for an address at the start</span>
-  element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type = new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;address&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">),</span> element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+  element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type = new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">&quot;address&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;address&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">),</span> element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!types_coercible<span class="Delimiter">(</span>product<span class="Delimiter">,</span> element<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get-address &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;, &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; offset<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;' should write to &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; debug_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; but &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; has type &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; debug_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'get-address &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;, &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; offset<span class="Delimiter">.</span>original_string &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;' should write to &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; names_to_string_without_quotes<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; but &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; has type &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; names_to_string_without_quotes<span class="Delimiter">(</span>product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
     <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ case GET_ADDRESS: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   <span class="Comment">// Update GET_ADDRESS base in Run</span>
   long long int base_address = base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>value<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>base_address == <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>current_recipe_name<span class="Delimiter">())</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;tried to access location 0 in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; current_instruction<span class="Delimiter">().</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>current_recipe_name<span class="Delimiter">())</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;tried to access location 0 in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>current_instruction<span class="Delimiter">())</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
     <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   type_ordinal base_type = base<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ case GET_ADDRESS: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   long long int result = base_address<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; offset<span class="Delimiter">;</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
     <span class="Comment">// End GET_ADDRESS field Cases</span>
-    result += size_of<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> base_type<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+    result += size_of<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>base<span class="Delimiter">,</span> i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9998</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;run&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;address to copy is &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; result &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
   products<span class="Delimiter">.</span>resize<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">1</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ recipe main [
   <span class="Constant">13</span>:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0</span>
   <span class="Constant">15</span>:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get-address <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolbool<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">1</span>:offset
 ]
-<span class="traceContains">+error: main: 'get-address 12:boolbool, 1:offset' should write to &lt;address : &lt;boolean : &lt;&gt;&gt;&gt; but 15 has type boolean</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+error: main: 'get-address 12:boolbool, 1:offset' should write to (address boolean) but 15 has type boolean</span>
 
 <span class="SalientComment">//:: Allow containers to be defined in mu code.</span>
 
@@ -407,10 +408,8 @@ container foo [
   y:number
 ]
 <span class="traceContains">+parse: --- defining container foo</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: element name: x</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: type: 1</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: element name: y</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: type: 1</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse: element: x: &quot;number&quot;</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse: element: y: &quot;number&quot;</span>
 
 <span class="Delimiter">:(scenario container_use_before_definition)</span>
 container foo [
@@ -424,12 +423,15 @@ container bar [
 ]
 <span class="traceContains">+parse: --- defining container foo</span>
 <span class="traceContains">+parse: type number: 1000</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse:   element name: x</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse:   type: 1</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse:   element name: y</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse:   type: 1001</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse:   element: x: &quot;number&quot;</span>
+<span class="Comment"># todo: brittle</span>
+<span class="Comment"># type bar is unknown at this point, but we assign it a number</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse:   element: y: &quot;bar&quot;</span>
+<span class="Comment"># later type bar geon</span>
 <span class="traceContains">+parse: --- defining container bar</span>
 <span class="traceContains">+parse: type number: 1001</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse:   element: x: &quot;number&quot;</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse:   element: y: &quot;number&quot;</span>
 
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Command Handlers&quot;)</span>
 else if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>command == <span class="Constant">&quot;container&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
@@ -456,28 +458,33 @@ void insert_container<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const string&amp; command<s
     skip_whitespace_and_comments<span class="Delimiter">(</span>in<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
     string element = next_word<span class="Delimiter">(</span>in<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
     if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>element == <span class="Constant">&quot;]&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
-    <span class="Comment">// End insert_container Special Definitions(element)</span>
-    istringstream inner<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>slurp_until<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inner<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">':'</span><span class="Delimiter">));</span>
-    trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9993</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;parse&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;  element name: &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">.</span>back<span class="Delimiter">()</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
-    type_tree* new_type = <span class="Constant">NULL</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
-    for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_tree** curr_type = &amp;new_type<span class="Delimiter">;</span> has_data<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inner<span class="Delimiter">);</span> curr_type = &amp;<span class="Delimiter">(</span>*curr_type<span class="Delimiter">)-&gt;</span>right<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-      string type_name = slurp_until<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inner<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">':'</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-      <span class="Comment">// End insert_container Special Uses(type_name)</span>
-      if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name<span class="Delimiter">)</span>
-          <span class="Comment">// types can contain integers, like for array sizes</span>
-          &amp;&amp; !is_integer<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_name<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-        put<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name<span class="Delimiter">,</span> Next_type_ordinal++<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-      <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-      *curr_type = new type_tree<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
-      trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9993</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;parse&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;  type: &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
-    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-    info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>new_type<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>reagent<span class="Delimiter">(</span>element<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+    replace_unknown_types_with_unique_ordinals<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>back<span class="Delimiter">().</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> info<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9993</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;parse&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;  element: &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>back<span class="Delimiter">())</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    <span class="Comment">// End Load Container Element Definition</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-  assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">)</span> == SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
   info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>size = SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 
+void replace_unknown_types_with_unique_ordinals<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_tree* type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const type_info&amp; info<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+  if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+  if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">.</span>empty<span class="Delimiter">())</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    else if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>is_integer<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>  <span class="Comment">// sometimes types will contain non-type tags, like numbers for the size of an array</span>
+      type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    <span class="Comment">// End insert_container Special-cases</span>
+    else if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name != <span class="Constant">&quot;-&gt;&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>  <span class="Comment">// used in recipe types</span>
+      put<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">,</span> Next_type_ordinal++<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+      type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  replace_unknown_types_with_unique_ordinals<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>left<span class="Delimiter">,</span> info<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+  replace_unknown_types_with_unique_ordinals<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>right<span class="Delimiter">,</span> info<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+
 void skip_bracket<span class="Delimiter">(</span>istream&amp; in<span class="Delimiter">,</span> string message<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   skip_whitespace_and_comments<span class="Delimiter">(</span>in<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>in<span class="Delimiter">.</span>get<span class="Delimiter">()</span> != <span class="Constant">'['</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span>
@@ -513,9 +520,8 @@ for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)))</span> <span class="Identifier">continue</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">.</span>erase<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   <span class="Comment">// todo: why do I explicitly need to provide this?</span>
-  for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int j = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> j &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++j<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    delete Type<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>j<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int j = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> j &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++j<span class="Delimiter">)</span>
+    Type<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>j<span class="Delimiter">).</span>clear<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
   Type<span class="Delimiter">.</span>erase<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 Recently_added_types<span class="Delimiter">.</span>clear<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
@@ -569,35 +575,30 @@ Transform<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</spa
 <span class="Delimiter">:(code)</span>
 void check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const recipe_ordinal r<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   recipe&amp; caller = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+  trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9991</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;transform&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;--- check for invalid types in recipe &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
   for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int index = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> index &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>steps<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++index<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
     instruction&amp; inst = caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>steps<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>index<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-      check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>properties<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">).</span>second<span class="Delimiter">,</span>
-                                 maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span>+inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span>+<span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-    for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-      check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>properties<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">).</span>second<span class="Delimiter">,</span>
-                                 maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span>+inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span>+<span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span>
+      check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span>+to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span>+<span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span>
+      check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span>+to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span>+<span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
   <span class="Comment">// End check_or_set_invalid_types</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 
-void check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_tree* type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string_tree* type_name<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-  <span class="Comment">// can't assert that type_name is non-null, even at the top of a recursive call tree</span>
+void check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_tree* type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>  <span class="Comment">// will throw a more precise error elsewhere</span>
   <span class="Comment">// End Container Type Checks</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value == <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_name &amp;&amp; contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">))</span>
-      type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    else if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_name<span class="Delimiter">)</span>
-      raise_error &lt;&lt; block &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;unknown type &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; type_name<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; in &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; name &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>!type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">.</span>empty<span class="Delimiter">());</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">))</span>
+      type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
     else
-      raise_error &lt;&lt; block &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;missing type in &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; name &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+      raise_error &lt;&lt; block &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;unknown type &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>name &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; in &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; name &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-  check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>left<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name ? type_name<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>left : <span class="Constant">NULL</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-  check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>right<span class="Delimiter">,</span> type_name ? type_name<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>right : <span class="Constant">NULL</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+  check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>left<span class="Delimiter">,</span> block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+  check_or_set_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>right<span class="Delimiter">,</span> block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 
 <span class="Delimiter">:(scenario container_unknown_field)</span>
@@ -615,10 +616,8 @@ container foo [
   y:number
 ]
 <span class="traceContains">+parse: --- defining container foo</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: element name: x</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: type: 1</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: element name: y</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+parse: type: 1</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse: element: x: &quot;number&quot;</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+parse: element: y: &quot;number&quot;</span>
 
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Transform All&quot;)</span>
 check_container_field_types<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
@@ -629,27 +628,12 @@ void check_container_field_types<span class="Delimiter">()</span> <span class="D
     const type_info&amp; info = p<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>second<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
     <span class="Comment">// Check Container Field Types(info)</span>
     for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span>
-      check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">),</span> maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>element_names<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
-  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-
-void check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const recipe_ordinal r<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-  for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int index = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> index &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>steps<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++index<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-    const instruction&amp; inst = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>steps<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>index<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-      check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span>
-                          maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span>+inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span>+<span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
-    for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
-      check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span>
-                          maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span>+inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>to_string<span class="Delimiter">()</span>+<span class="Constant">&quot;'&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
-    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+      check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">),</span> info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">).</span>name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
   <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 
-void check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_tree* type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+void check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const type_tree* type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const string&amp; name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!type<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>  <span class="Comment">// will throw a more precise error elsewhere</span>
-  <span class="Comment">// End Container Type Checks</span>
   if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value == <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
     assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>!type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>left &amp;&amp; !type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>right<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
     <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
@@ -660,14 +644,27 @@ void check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type_tree* type<span cla
   check_invalid_types<span class="Delimiter">(</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>right<span class="Delimiter">,</span> block<span class="Delimiter">,</span> name<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 
-<span class="SalientComment">//:: Construct types out of their constituent fields. Doesn't currently do</span>
-<span class="SalientComment">//:: type-checking but *does* match sizes.</span>
+<span class="SalientComment">//:: Construct types out of their constituent fields.</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge)</span>
+container foo [
+  x:number
+  y:number
+]
+
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:foo<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span>
+]
+<span class="traceContains">+mem: storing 3 in location 1</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+mem: storing 4 in location 2</span>
+
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Primitive Recipe Declarations&quot;)</span>
 MERGE<span class="Delimiter">,</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Primitive Recipe Numbers&quot;)</span>
 put<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe_ordinal<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;merge&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> MERGE<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Primitive Recipe Checks&quot;)</span>
 case MERGE: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+  <span class="Comment">// type-checking in a separate transform below</span>
   <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Primitive Recipe Implementations&quot;)</span>
@@ -679,17 +676,184 @@ case MERGE: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
   <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
 <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
 
-<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge)</span>
-container foo [
-  x:number
-  y:number
+<span class="Comment">//: type-check 'merge' to avoid interpreting numbers as addresses</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span>
 ]
+$error: <span class="Constant">0</span>
 
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check_missing_element)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
 recipe main [
-  <span class="Constant">1</span>:foo<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span>
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span>
 ]
-<span class="traceContains">+mem: storing 3 in location 1</span>
-<span class="traceContains">+mem: storing 4 in location 2</span>
+<span class="traceContains">+error: main: too few ingredients in '1:point &lt;- merge 3'</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check_extra_element)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">5</span>
+]
+<span class="traceContains">+error: main: too many ingredients in '1:point &lt;- merge 3, 4, 5'</span>
+
+<span class="Comment">//: We want to avoid causing memory corruption, but other than that we want to</span>
+<span class="Comment">//: be flexible in how we construct containers of containers. It should be</span>
+<span class="Comment">//: equally easy to define a container out of primitives or intermediate</span>
+<span class="Comment">//: container fields.</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check_recursive_containers)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span>
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point-number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">1</span>:point<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">5</span>
+]
+$error: <span class="Constant">0</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check_recursive_containers_2)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span>
+  <span class="Constant">2</span>:point-number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">1</span>:point
+]
+<span class="traceContains">+error: main: too few ingredients in '2:point-number &lt;- merge 1:point'</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check_recursive_containers_3)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point-number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">5</span>
+]
+$error: <span class="Constant">0</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check_recursive_containers_4)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:point-number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">4</span>
+]
+<span class="traceContains">+error: main: too few ingredients in '1:point-number &lt;- merge 3, 4'</span>
+
+<span class="Comment">//: Since a container can be merged in several ways, we need to be able to</span>
+<span class="Comment">//: backtrack through different possibilities. Later we'll allow creating</span>
+<span class="Comment">//: exclusive containers which contain just one of rather than all of their</span>
+<span class="Comment">//: elements. That will also require backtracking capabilities. Here's the</span>
+<span class="Comment">//: state we need to maintain for backtracking:</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Types&quot;)</span>
+struct merge_check_point <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+  reagent container<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+  long long int container_element_index<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+  merge_check_point<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const reagent&amp; c<span class="Delimiter">,</span> long long int i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> :container<span class="Delimiter">(</span>c<span class="Delimiter">),</span> container_element_index<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{}</span>
+<span class="Delimiter">};</span>
+
+struct merge_check_state <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+  stack&lt;merge_check_point&gt; data<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+<span class="Delimiter">};</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Checks&quot;)</span>
+Transform<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push_back<span class="Delimiter">(</span>check_merge_calls<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+<span class="Delimiter">:(code)</span>
+void check_merge_calls<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const recipe_ordinal r<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+  const recipe&amp; caller = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Recipe<span class="Delimiter">,</span> r<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+  trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9991</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;transform&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;--- type-check merge instructions in recipe &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+  for <span class="Delimiter">(</span>long long int i = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span> i &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>steps<span class="Delimiter">);</span> ++i<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    const instruction&amp; inst = caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>steps<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>i<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name != <span class="Constant">&quot;merge&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Identifier">continue</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">)</span> != <span class="Constant">1</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'merge' should yield a single product in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+      <span class="Identifier">continue</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    reagent product = inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>products<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    <span class="Comment">// Update product While Type-checking Merge</span>
+    type_ordinal product_type = product<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>product_type == <span class="Constant">0</span> || !contains_key<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> product_type<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'merge' should yield a container in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+      <span class="Identifier">continue</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    const type_info&amp; info = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> product_type<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>kind != CONTAINER &amp;&amp; info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>kind != EXCLUSIVE_CONTAINER<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'merge' should yield a container in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+      <span class="Identifier">continue</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    check_merge_call<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">.</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">,</span> product<span class="Delimiter">,</span> caller<span class="Delimiter">,</span> inst<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+
+void check_merge_call<span class="Delimiter">(</span>const vector&lt;reagent&gt;&amp; ingredients<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const reagent&amp; product<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const recipe&amp; caller<span class="Delimiter">,</span> const instruction&amp; inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+  long long int ingredient_index = <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+  merge_check_state state<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+  state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push<span class="Delimiter">(</span>merge_check_point<span class="Delimiter">(</span>product<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+  while <span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">true</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span>!state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>empty<span class="Delimiter">());</span>
+    trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9999</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;transform&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; ingredient_index &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; vs &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+    if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredient_index &gt;= SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;too few ingredients in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+      <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    reagent&amp; container = state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+    type_info&amp; container_info = get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> container<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+    switch <span class="Delimiter">(</span>container_info<span class="Delimiter">.</span>kind<span class="Delimiter">)</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      case CONTAINER: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+        reagent expected_ingredient = element_type<span class="Delimiter">(</span>container<span class="Delimiter">,</span> state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container_element_index<span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+        trace<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">9999</span><span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">&quot;transform&quot;</span><span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;checking container &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>container<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; || &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>expected_ingredient<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; vs ingredient &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; ingredient_index &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+        <span class="Comment">// if the current element is the ingredient we expect, move on to the next element/ingredient</span>
+        if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>types_coercible<span class="Delimiter">(</span>expected_ingredient<span class="Delimiter">,</span> ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredient_index<span class="Delimiter">)))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+          ++ingredient_index<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+          ++state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container_element_index<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+          while <span class="Delimiter">(</span>state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container_element_index &gt;= SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+            state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>pop<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+            if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>empty<span class="Delimiter">())</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+              if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredient_index &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">))</span>
+                raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;too many ingredients in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+              <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+            <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+            ++state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container_element_index<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+          <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+        <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+        <span class="Comment">// if not, maybe it's a field of the current element</span>
+        else <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+          <span class="Comment">// no change to ingredient_index</span>
+          state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>push<span class="Delimiter">(</span>merge_check_point<span class="Delimiter">(</span>expected_ingredient<span class="Delimiter">,</span> <span class="Constant">0</span><span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+        <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+        <span class="Identifier">break</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+      <span class="Comment">// End valid_merge Cases</span>
+      default: <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+        if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>!types_coercible<span class="Delimiter">(</span>container<span class="Delimiter">,</span> ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredient_index<span class="Delimiter">)))</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+          raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;incorrect type of ingredient &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; ingredient_index &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot; in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+          cerr &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;  expected &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; debug_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>container<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+          cerr &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;  got &quot;</span> &lt;&lt; debug_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">.</span>at<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredient_index<span class="Delimiter">))</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="cSpecial">'\n'</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+          <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+        <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+        ++ingredient_index<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+        <span class="Comment">// ++state.data.top().container_element_index;  // unnecessary, but wouldn't do any harm</span>
+        do <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+          state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>pop<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+          if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>empty<span class="Delimiter">())</span> <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+            if <span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredient_index &lt; SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>ingredients<span class="Delimiter">))</span>
+              raise_error &lt;&lt; maybe<span class="Delimiter">(</span>caller<span class="Delimiter">.</span>name<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;too many ingredients in '&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; to_string<span class="Delimiter">(</span>inst<span class="Delimiter">)</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="Constant">&quot;'</span><span class="cSpecial">\n</span><span class="Constant">&quot;</span> &lt;&lt; end<span class="Delimiter">();</span>
+            <span class="Identifier">return</span><span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+          <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+          ++state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container_element_index<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
+        <span class="Delimiter">}</span> while <span class="Delimiter">(</span>state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container_element_index &gt;= SIZE<span class="Delimiter">(</span>get<span class="Delimiter">(</span>Type<span class="Delimiter">,</span> state<span class="Delimiter">.</span>data<span class="Delimiter">.</span>top<span class="Delimiter">().</span>container<span class="Delimiter">.</span>type<span class="Delimiter">-&gt;</span>value<span class="Delimiter">).</span>elements<span class="Delimiter">));</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment">// never gets here</span>
+  assert<span class="Delimiter">(</span><span class="Constant">false</span><span class="Delimiter">);</span>
+<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(scenario merge_check_product)</span>
+<span class="Special">% Hide_errors = true;</span>
+recipe main [
+  <span class="Constant">1</span>:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">3</span>
+]
+<span class="traceContains">+error: main: 'merge' should yield a container in '1:number &lt;- merge 3'</span>
+
+<span class="Delimiter">:(before &quot;End Includes&quot;)</span>
+<span class="PreProc">#include </span><span class="Constant">&lt;stack&gt;</span>
+using std::stack<span class="Delimiter">;</span>
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