// title: tagger
// author: vividsnow
// description:
// tag system sketch
// code:
( // create tagger
~t = {
	var lib = Dictionary();
	{ |w,k,op='|'|
		if(w.isNil.not and: w.isMemberOf(Association).not, {
			[k,w] do: {|t|
				[t].flatten do: {|i| lib.includesKey(i).not.if({ lib[i] = Set() })} };
			k.isNil.not.if({ [k].flatten do: {|i|
				[w].flatten do: {|j|
					lib[i] = [lib[i],j].reduce(op);
					lib[j] = [lib[j],i].reduce(op); }} }) });
		w.isNil.if({lib}, { var op = '&';
			w.isMemberOf(Association).if({ op = w.value; w = w.key });
			[w].flatten.collect(lib[_]).reduce(op) }) } }.();
);

// usage
// add ops
Ndef(\kick) !? ~t.(\kikin,_); // add tag for ndef
Ndef(\kick) !? ~t.([\bassy,\perc],_); // add tags for ndef
~t.([\bassy,\perc], Ndef(\kick)); // same
~t.(Ndef(\kick), [\bassy,\perc]); // same
Ndef(\bass) !? ~t.([\bassy,\perc,\fav],_); // same
[Ndef(\kick), Ndef(\bass)] !? ~t.([\some,\thing],_); // many-to-many
~t.([Ndef(\kick), Ndef(\bass)], [\some,\thing]); // same

// get ops
~t.(Ndef(\bass)); // get tags by ndef
~t.(\perc); // get ndefs by tag
~t.([\perc,\fav]); // get ndefs by tag list - matching all
~t.([\perc,\fav]->'&'); // same
~t.([\perc,\fav]->'|'); // get ndefs by tag list - matching any
~t.([\perc,\fav]->'-'); // get ndefs by tag list - matching first but not second
~t.([Ndef(\kick),Ndef(\bass)]); // get tags by ndefs - matching all
~t.([Ndef(\kick),Ndef(\bass)]->'|'); // get tags by ndefs - matching any
~t.() // get underlying structure

// remove ops
Ndef(\kick) !? ~t.(\kikin,_,'-'); // remove tag
Ndef(\kick) !? ~t.([\some,\thing],_,'-'); // remove tags

// nb: Ndef can be substituted with any other class,
//     but collisions may occur in case of usage of same class 
//     both for tags and tagged objects (e.g. Symbol to Symbol)