From 272a2f47102451a277d099d032e6f4d0ad673d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "(quasar) nebula" <qznebula@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 18:20:00 -0300
Subject: data: handle missing expose specially in base

This is for better compatibility with an updating base that doesn't
transform its update value, but attempts to behave reasonably for
non-transforming contexts as well.
---
 src/data/things/composite.js | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/data/things/composite.js b/src/data/things/composite.js
index 2dd92f17..3a63f22d 100644
--- a/src/data/things/composite.js
+++ b/src/data/things/composite.js
@@ -603,7 +603,31 @@ export function compositeFrom(firstArg, secondArg) {
           : step);
 
       if (!expose) {
-        debug(() => `step #${i+1} - no expose description, nothing to do for this step`);
+        if (!isBase) {
+          debug(() => `step #${i+1} - no expose description, nothing to do for this step`);
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        if (expectingTransform) {
+          debug(() => `step #${i+1} (base) - no expose description, returning so-far update value:`, valueSoFar);
+          if (continuationIfApplicable) {
+            debug(() => colors.bright(`end composition - raise (inferred - composing)`));
+            return continuationIfApplicable(valueSoFar);
+          } else {
+            debug(() => colors.bright(`end composition - exit (inferred - not composing)`));
+            return valueSoFar;
+          }
+        } else {
+          debug(() => `step #${i+1} (base) - no expose description, nothing to continue with`);
+          if (continuationIfApplicable) {
+            debug(() => colors.bright(`end composition - raise (inferred - composing)`));
+            return continuationIfApplicable();
+          } else {
+            debug(() => colors.bright(`end composition - exit (inferred - not composing)`));
+            return null;
+          }
+        }
+
         continue;
       }
 
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