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+import { pretty } from "../util/pretty.js";
+import { inspect } from "node:util";
+
+// UUID -> Computation<a> -> Slot<a>
+const newSlot = uuid => computation => ({
+  overwrites: uuid,
+  computation,
+  // depth: 1,
+  // [inspect.custom]: (depth, options, inspect) => options.stylize(`newSlot(${inspect(uuid)})(${inspect(computation)})`, 'special'),
+});
+
+// a -> Computation<a>
+const newValue = val => ({
+  kind: "value",
+  out: val,
+  // [inspect.custom]: (depth, options, inspect) => options.stylize(`newValue(${val})`, 'special'),
+});
+
+// Slot<a> -> Computation<a>
+const read = slot => ({
+  kind: "transformation",
+  in: slot,
+  fn: `${x => x}`,
+  out: slot.computation.out,
+  // [inspect.custom]: (depth, options, inspect) => options.stylize(`read(${inspect(slot)})`, 'special'),
+});
+
+// Computation<a> -> Computation<a -> b> -> Computation<b>
+const transform = input => fn => {
+  const output = fn.out(input.out);
+  if (input.kind === "value") {
+    // our input had no read dependency, thus likewise our output does not:
+    return {
+      kind: "value",
+      out: output,
+    };
+  }
+  else {
+    return {
+      kind: "transformation",
+      in: input.in,
+      fn,
+      out: output,
+    };
+  }
+};
+
+
+
+const price = newSlot(Symbol('price'))(newValue(5));
+const tax   = newSlot(Symbol('tax'))(newValue(1));
+
+const total =
+  transform(read(price))(
+    transform(read(tax))(
+      newValue(tax => price => price + tax)));
+
+console.log(pretty({total,}));
+
+
+
+const getReadDependencies = computation => new Set([
+  ...(computation.kind === "value" ? [] : [computation.in, ...getReadDependencies(computation.fn)]),
+]);
+
+console.log("getReadDependencies(total):", getReadDependencies(total));