Let me just break out the ol’ electron microscope to construct the world’s tiniest violin.
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12 ### The Current State
13 In the current implementation, SpirearcanaServer.WorldSim.Citizen hardcodes the system
processing pipeline as a module attribute:
14
15 @systems [
16 Systems.Economy,
17 Systems.Civic,
18 Systems.Fate,
19 Systems.Needs,
20 Systems.Demographics,
21 Systems.Gossip
22 ]
24
25 ### The Critique
26 │ Gang of Four (GoF): This is a classic violation of the Open-Closed Principle (OCP). The
│ pipeline acts as a Chain of Responsibility, but it is frozen at compile time. If a developer
│ wants to introduce a new optional concern (e.g., Systems.Crime or Systems.Faith ), they
are
│ forced to modify the core Citizen module. We must encapsulate the variation in system
│ execution.
│
28 │ José Valim: Indeed. While compile-time module attributes are clean, they limit extensibility
│ and runtime flexibility. If we want to run a lightweight simulation (for testing or
│ Counterfactual simulations) or plug in custom mods without recompiling the entire engine, we
│ need an explicit pipeline structure configured dynamically.
29
30 ### Proposed Improvement](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rckigwnqsvji73vtwbovp256/bafkreigk23luuexe7fxf7th4jd4h2s6wzvuwanlkq564epegecoym4cnti)
