Equation 9 · Typed Tools: Protocols as an Agent's Action Alphabet
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the result type : what the caller is told. Read the equation part by part below; each part has a contextual explanation and a link to its mathematical background.
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The reason this framing earns its keep is that it makes the interesting questions unavoidable. How is a proposed element of checked before it becomes an action? How finely is the capability carved into distinct t ? What happens when the caller does not learn whether changed? And what does contain when things go wrong?
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