Infrastructure · Primitives

Branch

Conditional flow

Definition

Mechanism

Conditional fork: if C then A else B. Exactly one arm runs. Distinct from a Gate, which decides whether a single payload is admitted: a Branch dispatches to alternative continuations, both of which are defined.

Invariants

None stated.

Risks

Failure modes

None stated.

Relationships

Builds on

References

Gate

Filter payload if the target condition is not met

Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.

Reference

Identity

Ref
Branch#b4aa
Sema ID
sema:Branch#mh:SHA-256:b4aa8694de2b0da0d33b87e2ad99d1d64741a8d67437ab400a829f566f2ce80d
Ring
0
Tier
1
Updated
2026-11-11
Supersedes
  • sema:Branch#mh:SHA-256:f46dda4eb763c7f60ed646fa3d0eee2c32e6a5decbb721e61412eb112dd90f29