# Distinguish an enum member from a data variant ## Intent I want to keep enum identity and a variant’s payload. ## Wrong form and why it stays silent ```law title="Incorrect form" enum Kind { Local = "Local"; Foreign; } ``` An enum member is its own qualified identity, not a string. A variant with fields is a different data device; cross-package qualification of members is checked by a separate witness below. ## Correct form ```law language "law.core" version "0.2"; package recipes.g.r10 version "0.1.0"; namespace "urn:recipe:g-concepts:10"; entity Person; enum Kind { Local; Foreign; } type Identifier = NationalId { value: Text; } | ForeignId { scheme: Text; value: Text; }; relation category(p: Person, k: Kind); relation identification(p: Person, id: Identifier); relation eligible(p: Person); rule LocalOnly strict { for p: Person; when category(p, Local); then eligible(p); } ``` ## Frozen execution scene | Facts on 13.09.2026 | Question | Answer | |---|---|---| | local category | `truth(eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p")))` | `truth_status == TRUE_ONLY;` / `COMPUTED` | | other category | `truth(eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p")))` | `truth_status == NEITHER;` / `COMPUTED` | | variant with payload | `truth(identification(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"), NationalId { value: "123" }))` | `truth_status == TRUE_ONLY;` / `COMPUTED` | ```law test "local category qualifies" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert category(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"), Local); } evaluate truth(eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"))); expect truth_status == TRUE_ONLY; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` ```law test "foreign category stays unknown" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert category(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"), Foreign); } evaluate truth(eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"))); expect truth_status == NEITHER; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` ```law test "loaded variant identifies" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert identification(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"), NationalId { value: "123" }); } evaluate truth(identification(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"), NationalId { value: "123" })); expect truth_status == TRUE_ONLY; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` Two synthetic packages: the dependency is pinned by a generated law.lock. In the correct consumer the type and the member are qualified. For the second test only `kind == recipes.g.owner10::first` is replaced with `kind == first`: lowering succeeds without an error, but this is a LocalKind member, and the comparison yields TYPE_ERROR. ```law language "law.core" version "0.2"; package recipes.g.owner10 version "0.1.0"; namespace "urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:owner"; pub enum ForeignKind { first; second; } ``` ```law language "law.core" version "0.2"; package recipes.g.consumer10 version "0.1.0"; namespace "urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:consumer"; import recipes.g.owner10 version "0.1.0"; entity Person; enum LocalKind { first; other; } relation chosen(p: Person, kind: recipes.g.owner10::ForeignKind); relation eligible(p: Person); rule Choose strict { for p: Person; for kind: recipes.g.owner10::ForeignKind; when chosen(p, kind) and kind == recipes.g.owner10::first; then eligible(p); } ``` ```law language "law.core" version "0.2"; package recipes.g.consumer10 version "0.1.0"; namespace "urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:consumer"; test "imported member qualifies" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert chosen(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"), recipes.g.owner10::first); } evaluate truth(eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"))); expect truth_status == TRUE_ONLY; expect evaluation_status == COMPUTED; } ``` ```law language "law.core" version "0.2"; package recipes.g.consumer10 version "0.1.0"; namespace "urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:consumer"; test "bare member fails comparison" { given { context { legal_time @2026-09-13; decision_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; knowledge_time @2026-09-13T09:00:00+05:00; timezone "Asia/Almaty"; } assert chosen(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"), recipes.g.owner10::first); } evaluate truth(eligible(entity_ref("urn:recipe:g-concepts:10:p"))); expect truth_status == NEITHER; expect issue(TYPE_ERROR); expect evaluation_status == TYPE_ERROR; } ``` ```python >>> import runpy >>> check = runpy.run_path("docs/recipes/g-concepts/resources/check.py") >>> check["check_import"]() 'Г10: квалифицированный член TRUE_ONLY; голый член TYPE_ERROR; lawc = lawref' ``` ## Counterfactual Mutation `enum Kind { Local; Foreign; }` → `enum Kind { Local = "Local"; Foreign; }`: LDC-E0206. ## Boundary A bare member name is resolved in the current package. In an importing package pkg::Member is required; qualifying the type does not qualify each value for the author.