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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: ☭ 2021 Emery Hemingway
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
+
+import std/[asyncdispatch, asyncfile, posix, random, strutils]
+import preserves
+import syndicate, syndicate/protocols/schemas/simpleChatProtocol, syndicate/sturdy
+
+randomize()
+
+syndicate chat:
+
+  let me = "user_" & $rand(range[10..1000])
+
+  spawn "debug":
+    onAsserted(?s) do (s: Preserve):
+      echo "  asserted ", s
+    onRetracted(?s) do (s: Preserve):
+      echo " retracted ", s
+    onMessage(?s) do (s: Preserve):
+      echo "   message ", s
+
+  spawn "log":
+    during(present(?who)) do (who: string):
+      echo who, " joined"
+      onStop:
+        echo who, " left"
+    onMessage(says(?who, ?what)) do (who: string; what: string):
+      echo who, " says ", what
+
+  spawn "chat":
+    asserting present(me)
+    during (present(me)):
+      let
+        inputFacet = getCurrentFacet()
+        af = newAsyncFile(AsyncFD STDIN_FILENO)
+      inputFacet.beginExternalTask()
+      proc readStdin() =
+        readline(af).addCallback do (f: Future[string]):
+          if f.failed:
+            inputFacet.endExternalTask()
+          else:
+            callSoon:
+              readStdin()
+            let line = read f
+            if line.len > 0:
+              let a = says(me, strip line)
+              send a
+      readStdin()
+
+waitFor chat()