The Seven LayersISSUE #38 of 73

R1 · one verb per function

OMNIVSThe Silent Failure

OMNI saysR1 — one verb per function. If it does two things, split it.

The foundational rule: each function maps to exactly one of the fifteen verbs. A function that both GATEs and REMEMBERs is two cells wearing one name — split it. R1 keeps cells small, testable, and recategorizable, and it's what makes the verb ontology (§5) actually hold. In review, the first question for any function is "which single verb is this?" — if you can't answer, it violates R1.

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Each function = exactly one verb
Two jobs → split into two cells
Keeps cells small and testable
"Which single verb?" must have one answer

The Silent Failure attacks — common mistakes

Functions doing two verbs
Names that hide multiple jobs
Skipping the "one verb?" review question

Boss battleFind a two-job function and split it to satisfy R1.

Example code

<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head>
<body style="background:#06040d;color:#b388ff;font-family:monospace;padding:20px"><pre>violates R1: gateAndRemember(p)  // two verbs
fix: gatePacket(p) + rememberPacket(p)</pre></body></html>

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