From 050c3e6243d5c669eba5da5b8379c36f88b47f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hohn <hohn@github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 16:59:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] wip: illustrate puzzling FP

---
 source/sample-utility-0.js |  2 +-
 source/sample-utility-1.js | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/sample-utility-0.js b/source/sample-utility-0.js
index 166e2d4..f2d9dd2 100644
--- a/source/sample-utility-0.js
+++ b/source/sample-utility-0.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SampleUtility.prototype = Object.extendsObject(Processor, {
             }
         }
 
-        if (ua == magicval) {
+        if (ua === magicval) {
             1
         } else {
             if (ua.safeToWrite()) {
diff --git a/source/sample-utility-1.js b/source/sample-utility-1.js
index 01b3632..31d3657 100644
--- a/source/sample-utility-1.js
+++ b/source/sample-utility-1.js
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-var SampleUtility = function () {
+function sus() {
     var value = this.getParameter('value');
 
-    var ua = new GR('users');
-    ua.query();
+    var ua = new GR('ust');
+
+    if (funnyvar) {
+        nothing()
+    }
+    else {
+        nothing()
+        if (ua.safeToWrite()) {
+            ua.setValue('status', value);
+            ua.update();
+        }
+    }
 
     if (!ua.hasNext()) {
         ua.initialize();
@@ -11,7 +21,11 @@ var SampleUtility = function () {
     }
     else {
         ua.next();
-        ua.setValue('status', value);
-        ua.update();
+        ua.setValue('status', value); 
+        ua.update(); // unsafe
+        if (ua.safeToWrite()) {
+            ua.setValue('status', value); // safe
+            ua.update();
+        }
     }
 }