class CascadingBody: def __init__(self): self.actions = {} # Action registry self.things = {} # Object/state registry self.relationships = {} # Thing-Action mappings self.execution_stack = [] # Cascade tracking self.meta_actions = {} # Actions that create actions # Bootstrap with fundamental actions self._bootstrap_core_actions() def _bootstrap_core_actions(self): # Core actions that enable self-modification self.define_action('define_action', self._define_action) self.define_action('relate', self._relate_thing_action) self.define_action('cascade', self._execute_cascade) self.define_action('compose', self._compose_actions) def define_action(self, name, function): """Define or redefine an action""" self.actions[name] = function return f"Action '{name}' defined" def _define_action(self, action_name, *params): """Meta-action: Define new actions at runtime""" if len(params) >= 1: # Define from existing actions source_action = params[0] if source_action in self.actions: self.actions[action_name] = self.actions[source_action] return f"Action '{action_name}' created from '{source_action}'" # Define new programmable action def new_action(*args): # This can be extended to interpret code result = f"Executing programmable action: {action_name}" # Could compile and execute new code here return result self.actions[action_name] = new_action return f"Programmable action '{action_name}' defined" def _relate_thing_action(self, thing, action): """Create thing-action relationships""" if thing not in self.relationships: self.relationships[thing] = [] self.relationships[thing].append(action) return f"Thing '{thing}' now relates to action '{action}'" def execute_on_thing(self, thing, *args): """Execute all actions related to a thing, creating cascades""" if thing not in self.relationships: return f"No actions defined for thing '{thing}'" results = [] for action_name in self.relationships[thing]: if action_name in self.actions: self.execution_stack.append(f"{thing}->{action_name}") result = self.actions[action_name](*args) results.append(result) # Check if result should cascade if isinstance(result, str) and result in self.relationships: cascade_result = self.execute_on_thing(result) results.append(f"CASCADE: {cascade_result}") self.execution_stack.pop() return results def _execute_cascade(self, trigger, depth=3): """Explicit cascade execution""" if depth <= 0: return "Max cascade depth reached" results = [] current = trigger for i in range(depth): if current in self.relationships: action_results = self.execute_on_thing(current) results.append(f"Level {i}: {action_results}") # Use last result as next trigger if action_results and isinstance(action_results[-1], str): current = action_results[-1] else: break return results def _compose_actions(self, new_action_name, *action_sequence): """Compose multiple actions into one new action""" def composed(*args): results = [] for action_name in action_sequence: if action_name in self.actions: result = self.actions[action_name](*args) results.append(result) return results self.actions[new_action_name] = composed return f"Composed action '{new_action_name}' from {action_sequence}"