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+#lang typed/syndicate/roles
+
+(require "../../drivers/tcp.rkt")
+
+;; message
+(define-constructor (speak who what)
+  #:type-constructor SpeakT
+  #:with Speak (SpeakT Symbol String))
+
+(define-constructor (present who)
+  #:type-constructor PresentT
+  #:with Present (PresentT Symbol))
+
+(define-type-alias chat-comm
+  (U Present
+     (Message Speak)
+     (Observe (PresentT ★/t))
+     (Observe (SpeakT Symbol ★/t))))
+
+(define-type-alias chat-ds
+  (U chat-comm
+     Tcp2Driver))
+
+;; without this line, there's no check on what type of actors `activate!`
+;; spawns. However, putting these actors in a dataspace interferes with the
+;; ground activity performed by the tcp driver (by making all activity one level
+;; removed)
+;; (dataspace chat-ds
+  (activate!)
+
+  (spawn chat-ds
+   (start-facet chat-server
+     ;; TODO - should be during/spawn
+     (during (tcp-connection (bind id Symbol) (tcp-listener 5999))
+             (assert (tcp-accepted id))
+             (let ([me (gensym 'user)])
+               (assert (present me))
+               (on (message (tcp-in-line id (bind bs ByteString)))
+                   (send! (speak me (bytes->string/utf-8 bs))))
+               (during (present (bind user Symbol))
+                 (on start
+                     (send! (tcp-out id (string->bytes/utf-8 (~a user " arrived\n")))))
+                 (on stop
+                     (send! (tcp-out id (string->bytes/utf-8 (~a user " left\n")))))
+                 (on (message (speak user (bind text String)))
+                     (send! (tcp-out id (string->bytes/utf-8 (~a user " says '" text "'\n"))))))))))