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A concrete starting point
Compare vector clocks with at most 64 named counters per map, each from zero through 10^12. Treat missing entries as zero and test equal, earlier, later and concurrent events, rejecting Boolean counters or invalid keys without mutating either map.
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Vector-clock causal relations
A concrete starting point
def clock_relation(a, b):
for clock in (a, b):
if type(clock) is not dict or len(clock) > 64:
raise ValueError("clock.map")
if any(type(k) is not str or not 1 <= len(k) <= 32 or type(v) is not int or not 0 <= v <= 10**12 for k, v in clock.items()):
raise ValueError("clock.entry")
keys = a.keys() | b.keys()
less = any(a.get(k, 0) < b.get(k, 0) for k in keys)
more = any(a.get(k, 0) > b.get(k, 0) for k in keys)
return "concurrent" if less and more else "before" if less else "after" if more else "equal"
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