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diff --git a/docs/reference/04-1_result-kinds.md b/docs/reference/04-1_result-kinds.md index f1747b9..92723c3 100644 --- a/docs/reference/04-1_result-kinds.md +++ b/docs/reference/04-1_result-kinds.md @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ traces, e.g: where `<num= 4>` denotes a constant of the type `num` with a value of `4`. +The [=][] builtin can be used to assert that a result is a constant. There is +no way to convert a signal or event stream to a constant. + # Signal Streams (~-streams) Signal results contain a continuous value of a given type. A signal must have a defined value at any given moment in time, including each *evaltime* evaluation. @@ -33,8 +36,10 @@ e.g.: where `<num~ 1.0>` denotes a signal-stream of the type `num` with a current value of `1.0`. -Constants can be passed in place of signals and will be treated like signals -that never change. +The [~][] builtin can be used to convert event streams to signal streams that +track the last received event. It is not possible or necessary to convert +constants to signal streams, as constants can always be passed in place of +signals. # Event Streams (!-streams) Event results may contain discrete values at instants in time, but are @@ -54,3 +59,6 @@ traces, e.g.: where `<num~ 1.0>` denotes an event-stream of the type `bang` that fired with a value of `true`. + +The [!][] builtin can be used to convert signal streams or constants into +events by using an external impulse source. |