def test_merge_flat_interval_and_looser_supported_interval(self):
number = Interval(14.5, 16.7)
sup = Supported(Interval(3, 18), {'this', 'that'})
self.assertEqual(
merge(number, sup),
merge(sup, number),
)
self.assertEqual(
merge(number, sup),
Supported(Interval(14.5, 16.7), {})
)
def test_merge_none_and_supported_interval(self):
nil = None
sup = Supported(Interval(15, 16), {'this', 'that'})
self.assertEqual(
merge(nil, sup),
merge(sup, nil),
)
self.assertEqual(
merge(sup, nil),
Supported(Interval(15, 16), {'this', 'that'})
)
def test_if_merging_contradiction_with_supported_value_is_contradictory(
self):
c = Contradiction("foo")
n = Supported(Interval(5, 10))
m1 = merge(c, n)
m2 = merge(n, c)
self.assertTrue(is_contradictory(m1))
self.assertTrue(is_contradictory(m2))
# We now build a sequence of sample dependency tracking systems of
# increasing complexity. We start with a relatively simple system
# that only tracks and reports the provenance of its data.
#
# How do we want our provenance system to work? We can make cells
# and define networks as usual, but if we add supported values as inputs,
# we get supported values as outputs:
barometer_height = Cell('barometer height')
barometer_shadow = Cell('barometer shadow')
building_height = Cell('building height')
building_shadow = Cell('building shadow')
similar_triangles(barometer_shadow, barometer_height, building_shadow, building_height)
building_shadow.add_content(Supported(Interval(54.9, 55.1), ['shadows']))
barometer_height.add_content(Supported(Interval(0.3, 0.32), ['shadows']))
barometer_shadow.add_content(Supported(Interval(0.36, 0.37), ['shadows']))
scheduler.run()
print(building_height.content)
# Supported(Interval(44.51351351351351, 48.977777777777774), {'shadows'})
# Indeed, our estimate for the height of the building depends on our
# measurements of the barometer and the shadow. We can try
# dropping the barometer off the roof, but if we do a bad job of
# timing its fall, our estimate won’t improve.
fall_time = Cell('fall time')
fall_duration(fall_time, building_height)
def test_supported_doesnt_subsume_one_with_tighter_value_and_tighter_supports(self):
sup1 = Supported(Interval(5, 10), {'this', 'that'})
sup2 = Supported(Interval(6, 9), {'this'})
self.assertFalse(sup1.subsumes(sup2))
def test_supported_subsumes_one_with_looser_value_and_looser_supports(self):
sup1 = Supported(Interval(6, 9), {'this'})
sup2 = Supported(Interval(5, 10), {'this', 'that'})
self.assertTrue(sup1.subsumes(sup2))
def test_supported_interval_is_not_contradictory(self):
sup = Supported(Interval(14, 15), {})
self.assertFalse(is_contradictory(sup))
def test_supported_contradiction_is_contradictory(self):
sup = Supported(Contradiction('...'), {})
self.assertTrue(is_contradictory(sup))
def test_merge_contradictory_supported_values(self):
sup1 = Supported(Interval(3, 6), {})
sup2 = Supported(Interval(7, 9), {})
merged = merge(sup1, sup2)
self.assertTrue(is_contradictory(merged))