casty

The chapters cover both the programming model and its implementation. Read them in order for an introduction, or use the topic links to inspect a particular mechanism. All pages live directly in docs/.

Chapters

Chapter	Contents
01 · Introduction	Installation, a first program and implementation layers
02 · The actor model	Identity, activation, behavior changes and execution
03 · State	Schemas, state pages, checkpoints and durable records
04 · Clustering	Membership, consistent hashing, clients and transport
05 · Replication	Recovery, epochs, quorums, page deltas and tombstones
06 · Handoff	Ring transitions, range transfer and recovery sweeps
07 · Messaging	Typed messages, replies, deadlines and asynchronous work
08 · Schedules	Stored timers, failover, clock behavior and checkpoints
09 · Collections	Native actors, shards, indexes, leases and fencing
10 · Failures and guarantees	Errors, retry outcomes, observers and consistency limits
11 · Development	Build commands, implementation entry points and verification

API reference

The reference is generated from the docstrings in the typed contract and Python modules, without importing the compiled extension.

Module	Contents
casty	Actor types, bodies, systems and clients, cluster settings, stores and errors
casty.collections	Replicated data structures and synchronization primitives
casty.observer	Events, observers, counters and activation records
casty.stores	SQL storage and its public contract