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ForAll / Universal Quantifiers
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Description
We have a Not iterator now. It'd be possible to add a shorthand macro in Gremlin to emulate the [Universal Quantifier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_quantification), ForAll.
All queries currently work on existence. That is, each stage depends on "there exists some path X to node Y". Using negation you can achieve "for all paths from X, (rest of query holds)".
The key insight being that
`(X holds for (ForAll A)) == (X holds for A) AND (X holds for (Not (Not A))) == (X holds for (A AND (Not (Not A))))`
In today's parlance, this is:
var a = g.M()....
`g.V().And(a).And(g.V().Except(g.V().Except(a)))...`
It's a hack, but one that holds mathematically. Currently can be implemented as a macro on the query level, and is actually really hard to optimize further. (Suggestions, of course, are welcome)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the existing Not iterator and the query-level Gremlin macro described here. Compare the proposed ForAll behavior with the supplied And/Except/Not expression; done means a supported universal-quantifier shorthand with equivalent results, while optimization remains unresolved.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100