Describe nested updates.

Put record patches section in a pascaligo syntax block.
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You have to understand that `p` has not been changed by the functional You have to understand that `p` has not been changed by the functional
update: a nameless new version of it has been created and returned. update: a nameless new version of it has been created and returned.
#### Nested updates
A unique feature of LIGO is the ability to perform nested updates on records.
For example if you have the following record structure:
<Syntax syntax="pascaligo">
```pascaligo
type color is
| Blue
| Green
type preferences is record [
color : color;
other : int;
]
type account is record [
id : int;
preferences : preferences;
]
```
</Syntax>
<Syntax syntax="cameligo">
```cameligo
type color =
Blue
| Green
type preferences = {
color : color;
other : int;
}
type account = {
id: int;
preferences: preferences;
}
```
</Syntax>
<Syntax syntax="reasonligo">
```reasonligo
type color =
Blue
| Green;
type preferences = {
color : color,
other : int
}
type account = {
id : int,
preferences : preferences
}
```
</Syntax>
You can update the nested record with the following code:
<Syntax syntax="pascaligo">
```pascaligo
function change_color_preference (const account : account; const color : color ) : account is
block {
account := account with record [preferences.color = color]
} with account
```
</Syntax>
<Syntax syntax="cameligo">
```cameligo
let change_color_preference (account : account) (color : color) : account =
{ account with preferences.color = color }
```
</Syntax>
<Syntax syntax="reasonligo">
```reasonligo
let change_color_preference = (account : account, color : color): account =>
{ ...account, preferences.color: color };
```
</Syntax>
Note that all the records in the path will get updated. In this example that's
`account` and `preferences`.
<Syntax syntax="pascaligo">
### Record Patches ### Record Patches
Another way to understand what it means to update a record value is to Another way to understand what it means to update a record value is to
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The hiding of a variable by another (here `p`) is called `shadowing`. The hiding of a variable by another (here `p`) is called `shadowing`.
</Syntax>
## Maps ## Maps
*Maps* are a data structure which associate values of the same type to *Maps* are a data structure which associate values of the same type to