5 files changed, 114 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/baseref.hpp b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/baseref.hpp
index fbb7a28..69880c8 100644
--- a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/baseref.hpp
+++ b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/baseref.hpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
 	template <typename T>
 	T& vget(ref const & type) const { return p->vget<T>(type.p); }
 	template <typename T>
-	void vset(ref const & type, T const & v) { p->set(type.p, level0::alloc(v)); }
+	void vset(ref const & type, T const & v) { p->set(type.p, level0::alloc(self, v)); }
 
 	template <typename T>
 	T& val() { return p->val<T>(); }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ private:
 		bool operator!=(mutit const & other) const { return self.it != other.it; }
 
 		val & operator*() { return *(val*)&self.it.operator*(); }
-		val & operator->() { return *(val*)&self.it.operator->(); }
+		val * operator->() { return (val*)self.it.operator->(); }
 
 	private:
 		It it;
diff --git a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/concept.cpp b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/concept.cpp
index 9bb772d..0661edd 100644
--- a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/concept.cpp
+++ b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/concept.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ concept* concept::id()
 
 void concept::link(concept* type, concept* target)
 {
+	if (type == 0 || target == 0) { throw null_reference(); }
 	links.insert({type, target});
 }
 
diff --git a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.cpp b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.cpp
index adae8b2..61f8ec0 100644
--- a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.cpp
+++ b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.cpp
@@ -8,21 +8,66 @@
 namespace intellect {
 namespace level0 {
 
-static auto & concepts()
+static auto & index()
 {
-	static std::unordered_set<ref, std::hash<concept*>> concepts;
-	return concepts;
+	static std::unordered_set<ref, std::hash<concept*>> index;
+	return index;
 }
 
-ref alloc(std::any data) {
+
+namespace concepts {
+	ref allocator() { static ref ret = new concept(); return ret; };
+	ref allocates() { static ref ret = new concept(); return ret; };
+	ref allocations() { static ref ret = new concept(); return ret; };
+	ref level0allocations() { static ref ret = new concept(); return ret; };
+}
+
+struct init { init()
+{
+	concepts::allocator().link(concepts::allocator(), concepts::level0allocations());
+	concepts::level0allocations().link(concepts::allocates(), concepts::allocator());
+	index().insert(concepts::allocator());
+
+	concepts::allocates().link(concepts::allocator(), concepts::level0allocations());
+	concepts::level0allocations().link(concepts::allocates(), concepts::allocates());
+	index().insert(concepts::allocates());
+
+	concepts::allocations().link(concepts::allocator(), concepts::level0allocations());
+	concepts::level0allocations().link(concepts::allocates(), concepts::allocations());
+	index().insert(concepts::allocations());
+
+	concepts::level0allocations().link(concepts::allocator(), concepts::level0allocations());
+	concepts::level0allocations().link(concepts::allocates(), concepts::level0allocations());
+	index().insert(concepts::level0allocations());
+} } _init;
+
+ref alloc(ref source, std::any data)
+{
 	concept * r = new concept();
 	r->data = data;
-	concepts().insert(r);
+	alloc((ref)r, source);
+	index().insert(r);
 	return r;
 }
 
-static concept* referenced(ref r) {
-	for (ref r2 : concepts()) {
+void alloc(ref r, ref source)
+{
+	r.link(concepts::allocator(), source);
+	source.link(concepts::allocates(), r);
+}
+
+void realloc(ref r, ref newsource)
+{
+	ref oldsource = r.get(concepts::allocator());
+	alloc(r, newsource);
+	dealloc(r, oldsource);
+}
+
+static concept* referenced(ref r, ref source) {
+	for (ref r2 : index()) {
+		if (r2 == source) {
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (r2 == r) {
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -38,28 +83,33 @@ static concept* referenced(ref r) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void dealloc(ref r) {
-	concept * referenced = intellect::level0::referenced(r);
-	if (referenced) {
-		throw still_referenced_by(r, referenced);
+void dealloc(ref r, ref source) {
+	auto it = index().find(r);
+	if (it == index().end()) { throw no_such_concept(r); }
+
+	source.unlink(concepts::allocates(), r);
+	r.unlink(concepts::allocator(), source);
+	if (r.linked(concepts::allocator())) { return; }
+
+	index().erase(it);
+
+	auto ours = r.getAll(concepts::allocates());
+	for (auto allocation : ours) {
+		dealloc(allocation, r);
 	}
-	for (
-		auto it = concepts().begin();
-		it != concepts().end();
-		++ it)
-	{
-		if (*it == r) {
-			concepts().erase(it);
-			delete (concept*)r;
-			return;
+
+	for (auto ghost : ours) {
+		concept * referenced = intellect::level0::referenced(ghost, source);
+		if (referenced) {
+			throw still_referenced_by(ghost, referenced);
 		}
 	}
-	throw no_such_concept(r);
+	delete (concept*)r;
 }
 
 std::size_t allocated()
 {
-	return concepts().size();
+	return index().size();
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.hpp b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.hpp
index 7843513..eff4235 100644
--- a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.hpp
+++ b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/memorystore.hpp
@@ -7,8 +7,41 @@
 namespace intellect {
 namespace level0 {
 
-ref alloc(std::any data = {});
-void dealloc(ref);
+// self-reference loops are real.
+//
+// one person can feel urgent about issue A, and act on this urgency to engage
+// another person around B, who acts in a different way to someone else, eventually
+// cycling back to stress that stimulates the original person to feel more urgent
+// about issue A.
+// 	human behavior can make arbitrary positive or negative feedback loops.
+//
+// here in memory allocation, i've designed a system intended to reduce such loops
+// by encouraging my usage to be a certain way, but it still readily provides for
+// them.
+//
+// in process expansion / simple thought, we also have the issue of recursion.
+// if we trust a task to complete, and it ends up triggering itself in a subcontext,
+// we could wait forever.
+//
+// the solution to many of these things is to recognize repetition in systems.
+// we also become skeptical as things continue constantly.  we expect to develop
+// some level of understanding that they will shrink, or we stop them and try
+// something else.
+
+namespace concepts {
+
+extern ref allocator(); // link shows what is holding something alive
+extern ref allocates(); // link shows what is being held alive
+
+extern ref allocations(); // to use as a basic allocator for simple things
+extern ref level0allocations(); // allocator for concepts internal to level0
+
+}
+
+ref alloc(ref allocator, std::any data = {}); // new concept
+void alloc(ref allocated, ref allocator); // extra ownership for concept
+void realloc(ref allocated, ref allocator); // move ownership for concept to allocator
+void dealloc(ref allocated, ref allocator); // remove ownership for concept
 std::size_t allocated();
 
 }
diff --git a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/ref.cpp b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/ref.cpp
index d4758bd..87e911a 100644
--- a/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/ref.cpp
+++ b/starts/meaning-vm/level-0/ref.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #include "ref.hpp"
 #include "concept.hpp"
 #include "errors.hpp"
+#include "memorystore.hpp"
 
 #include <ostream>
 
 using namespace intellect::level0;
+using namespace concepts;
 
 std::string ref::dump(ref skipmarkertype, ref skipmarkertarget)
 {
@@ -13,10 +15,12 @@ std::string ref::dump(ref skipmarkertype, ref skipmarkertarget)
 	}
 	std::string ret = std::to_string((unsigned long)ptr()) + ":\n";
 	for (auto & link : self.links()) {
+		if (link.first.linked(allocator(), level0allocations())) { continue; }
 		ret += "  " + std::to_string((unsigned long)link.first.ptr()) + ": " + std::to_string((unsigned long)link.second.ptr()) + "\n"; 
 	}
 	self.link(skipmarkertype, skipmarkertarget);
 	for (auto & link : self.links()) {
+		if (link.first.linked(allocator(), level0allocations())) { continue; }
 		if (link.first == skipmarkertype && link.second == skipmarkertarget) {
 			continue;
 		}