/// Type-safe factory function to construct an event from an unchecked value.
/// @param v The value to check and convert into an event.
/// @returns A valid event according *v* if `v.type().check(v.data())`.
static event make(value v) {
return type_check(v.type(), v.data()) ? event{std::move(v)} : caf::none;
}
bool operator<(const value& x, const value& y) {
if (x.empty() && y.empty()) return false;
if (x.empty()) return true; // empty is < !empty
return x.data().less(y.data());
}
value flatten(value const& v) {
return {flatten(v.data()), flatten(v.type())};
}
bool operator==(const value& x, const value& y) {
if (x.empty() && y.empty()) return true;
if (x.empty() || y.empty()) return false;
return x.data().equal(y.data());
}