From ed48076e6761ff07be8318e0d4901cd06722d2ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Helmut Merz <helmutm@cy55.de>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:35:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] core: setting up env neuron basically working

---
 scopes/core/core.py    |  7 +++++++
 scopes/core/environ.py |  3 ++-
 tests/test_core.py     | 18 ++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scopes/core/core.py b/scopes/core/core.py
index a3c312d..d27ad44 100644
--- a/scopes/core/core.py
+++ b/scopes/core/core.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Coroutine
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Any
 
+from scopes.core import actor
 from scopes.core.message import Message
 from scopes.util import keywords as k, Symbol
 
@@ -45,3 +46,9 @@ def create_scope(env: Mailbox, cat=(k.csys, k.c00), **kw) -> Scope:
     scope = Scope(environ=env, categ=cat, **kw)
     return scope.set_proc()
 
+def neuron(scope: Scope) -> Mailbox:
+    async def process(msg: Message) -> actor.Behavior | None:
+        nonlocal scope
+        scope = await scope.proc(scope, msg)
+        return None if scope is None else process
+    return actor.create(process)
diff --git a/scopes/core/environ.py b/scopes/core/environ.py
index 33c6222..9164896 100644
--- a/scopes/core/environ.py
+++ b/scopes/core/environ.py
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ async def proc_env(scope, msg):
     await scope.environ.put(msg)
 
 def create(meta_env):
-    return core.create_scope(meta_env, (k.env, k.c00), program=lambda x: proc_env)
+    scope = core.create_scope(meta_env, (k.env, k.c00), program=lambda x: proc_env)
+    return core.neuron(scope)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 165ac6a..48920bd 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import asyncio
 import pytest
 
 from scopes import core
-from scopes.core import actor, environ, message
+from scopes.core import actor, environ
+from scopes.core.message import Message
 from scopes.util import keywords as k
 
 collector = []
@@ -32,11 +33,8 @@ async def test_actor():
     async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as group:
         q1 = actor.create(handle_basic, group)
         q2 = actor.create(handle_basic, group)
-        await q1.put(message.Message(k.test, k.hello))
-        await q1.put(k.show)
-        await q1.put(k.switch)
-        await q1.put(k.show)
-        await q1.put("actor 1: Goodbye")
+        msgs = [Message(k.test, k.hello), k.show, k.switch, k.show, "actor 1: Goodbye"]
+        await asyncio.gather(*[q1.put(m) for m in msgs])
         await q2.put("actor 2")
         await q2.put(k.show)
         await q1.put(k.quit)
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ async def test_actor():
 
 
 def test_message():
-    msg = message.Message(k.test, k.data, 'person', '4711', 
+    msg = Message(k.test, k.data, 'person', '4711', 
                   data=dict(firstName='Bob', lastName='Miller'))
     assert msg.head['class'] is k.person
     assert msg.addr() == (k.test, k.person, '4711')
@@ -66,8 +64,8 @@ async def meta_env(coll):
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_core(meta_env, coll):
-    env_scope = environ.create(meta_env)
-    assert env_scope.value == 0
-    #print(meta_env)
+    env = environ.create(meta_env)
+    await env.put(Message(k.env, k.hello))
     await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+    print(coll)