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WillowScript Master · Reject a stale preview without losing a new selection

Compose WUIX with workflow state — Change one requirement

Compose WUIX with workflow state: change one requirement.

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PART I

Warm-up

Reconnect with a useful idea before starting compose wuix with workflow state. In one or two sentences, describe the input, output or host boundary from the previous exercise that this lesson builds on. If you are arriving directly, skim the worked example first; there is no locked prerequisite.

A rough note is enough. You can revise it after the example.

PART II

Instruction & guided example

Reject a stale preview without losing a new selection

Preview request A describes product 14. The user switches to product 22 and starts B. The host delivers B first, then A. Policy displays only the current selection.

Current selection becomes 22 before either result arrives. B matches the active selection and can populate the panel. A is a valid result for product 14 but is stale for this panel; discarding it from the display is different from claiming its computation failed. Comparing only arrival order would let the late A overwrite the correct product.

This is a supplied exercise-host design contract. WillowScript and these cross-library integrations remain proposed and unimplemented here. The trace is a hand prediction or supplied observation for analysis, never a claimed script run. No cancellation method, WDB transaction API, permission manifest or native lifetime mechanism is invented.

Worked reasoning and supplied artifact

// Design artifact; not executable WillowScript.
// Preview request A describes product 14. The user switches to product 22 and starts B. The host delivers B first, then A. Policy displays only the current selection.
// 1. Select14: active A.
// 2. Select22: active B; A may still complete.
// 3. B arrives: render22.
// 4. A arrives: stale for current selection; keep22.

Illustrative example from the proposed WillowScript design. The language and WUIX/WMATH/WDB/WAUDIO/WTMP services are not implemented in the supplied source. This site has no interpreter, VM or native host and does not execute or certify the snippet.

Walk through the example, one line at a time
  1. State 1

    Select14: active A.

  2. State 2

    Select22: active B; A may still complete.

  3. State 3

    B arrives: render22.

  4. State 4

    A arrives: stale for current selection; keep22.

Try the guided change

Reconstruct the supplied worked case first: list its inputs, intermediate decisions and final artifact. Compare each row with the explanation and identify exactly where the rejected alternative fails. Then use the changed inputs in Part IV for independent work.

  • Write the supplied inputs and initial state before following the example.
  • Reconstruct each intermediate calculation or host decision, then compare with the worked artifact.
  • Explain why the contrasting alternative fails before attempting the changed inputs in Part IV.

PART III

Take a breather

Step back after the guided example. Look away from the screen, stretch, or reread your prediction. This is an optional learning pause, not a timer or an assessment gate.

When you return, try to name the lesson’s key idea without copying its wording. If that feels difficult, return to Part II and trace one line rather than restarting the entire lesson.

Your drafts remain here. Continue whenever you are ready.

PART IV

Independent practice

Project context: Multimedia operations workstation. Build a small, understandable change around compose wuix with workflow state.

Prepare a four-step identity ledger for products 8 and 9 with the reverse arrival order and state which payload may update the panel.

What to produce

Prepare a four-step identity ledger for products 8 and 9 with the reverse arrival order and state which payload may update the panel.

  • State the intended behavior in a sentence before editing.
  • Use only source-backed syntax and the host services whose contract you have been given.
  • Record a normal case and a boundary or unavailable-resource case.
  • Label hand predictions separately from anything actually measured in a supplied toolchain.

Syntax colors are a reading aid, not a compiler. The line you are editing stays uncolored until you move to a different line; capitalization is never changed. Drafts stay on this browser and code is not executed.

Need a hint?

Display relevance follows the active request/selection identity, not the latest arrival time. Start with the supplied state and trace each boundary separately.

Product14 because A arrived last fails because Display relevance follows the active request/selection identity, not the latest arrival time.

Original learning-path task and reference

In a puzzle-level authoring tool, demonstrate compose wuix with workflow state. Adapt the task to a second host-neutral application context without changing the imported API contract. Include .ws source and a host-resource contract; compare at least one normal case and one edge case.

import wuix.widget.button;
import wuix.layout;
domain Login {
    const screen = {
        layout: { type: "column", padding: [24, 32], gap: 16 },
        components: [{ type: "text", value: "Welcome back" }]
    };
    fnc show() -> void {
        wuix.mount("main", screen);
    }
}

Where the original task needs a host API that is not supplied here, write the contract and predictions. Do not invent a runtime result.

PART V

Self-check

Use this check to notice what to revisit. It does not award a private course grade, block another page or claim to verify compiled code. Every answer has a learning explanation.

Which result may remain visible after B then A arrive?

You may keep exploring even if you are unsure. Use the hint, compare the trace, and revise your explanation.

PART VI

Recap & small task

Bring the idea back to the mod feature you are building. A useful recap connects the mechanism to a decision you can make in your own code.

  • Reject a stale preview without losing a new selection
  • Preview request A describes product 14. The user switches to product 22 and starts B. The host delivers B first, then A. Policy displays only the current selection.
  • Separate source-backed behavior, host requirements and untested predictions.

One small recap task

Explain the decision in “Reject a stale preview without losing a new selection” using the supplied case, then state one input change that would invalidate your conclusion.

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