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Fix universe level mismatch errors when defining Lean 4 structures containing Reactive.Event or Reactive.Dynamic types in Afferent/Canopy widgets. Use when: (1) compiler error "Type 1 of sort Type 2 but expected Type of sort Type 1", (2) WidgetM won't accept your result structure, (3) structure contains Reactive.Event Spider or Reactive.Dynamic Spider fields. The fix is to place `open Reactive Reactive.Host` BEFORE structure definitions.

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Afferent Reactive Universe Levels

Problem

When creating Canopy widgets that return structures containing Reactive.Event Spider α or Reactive.Dynamic Spider α fields, the compiler reports universe level mismatches like:

Application type mismatch: The argument MyResult has type Type 1 of sort Type 2
but is expected to have type Type of sort Type 1 in the application WidgetM MyResult

Context / Trigger Conditions

  • Defining a new Canopy widget in Afferent/Canopy/Widget/
  • Widget returns a result structure containing Reactive.Event or Reactive.Dynamic
  • Error occurs at function signature like def myWidget (...) : WidgetM MyResult
  • Identical pattern works in other widget files (e.g., ListBox.lean)

Solution

The open statements must appear BEFORE any structure definitions that use reactive types.

Broken pattern:

namespace Afferent.Canopy

open Afferent.Arbor hiding Event

/-- This structure ends up in Type 1 -/
structure MyResult where
  onClick : Reactive.Event Spider Unit

/-! ## Reactive Section -/
open Reactive Reactive.Host  -- Too late!
open Afferent.Canopy.Reactive

def myWidget : WidgetM MyResult := ...  -- Error: Type 1 vs Type

Fixed pattern:

namespace Afferent.Canopy

open Afferent.Arbor hiding Event
open Reactive Reactive.Host           -- Before structure!
open Afferent.Canopy.Reactive

/-- Now correctly in Type 0 -/
structure MyResult where
  onClick : Reactive.Event Spider Unit

def myWidget : WidgetM MyResult := ...  -- Works

Verification

After reordering, rebuild with ./build.sh. The universe error should disappear and the widget should compile successfully.

Example

From Toolbar.lean - the working structure:

namespace Afferent.Canopy

open Afferent.Arbor hiding Event
open Reactive Reactive.Host
open Afferent.Canopy.Reactive

structure ToolbarResult where
  onAction : Reactive.Event Spider String

def toolbar (actions : Array ToolbarAction) (theme : Theme)
    (variant : ToolbarVariant := .filled) : WidgetM ToolbarResult := do
  ...

Notes

  • This affects the Spider timeline type resolution
  • The hiding Event on Afferent.Arbor is necessary because Arbor has its own Event type
  • Compare with working files like ListBox.lean or Dropdown.lean which have opens at the top
  • Pure WidgetBuilder functions (not WidgetM) don't have this issue since they don't return reactive types

References

  • Afferent/Canopy/Widget/Data/ListBox.lean - working example pattern
  • Afferent/Canopy/Widget/Input/Dropdown.lean - working example pattern