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mk: phase 5C — nafc, negation as finite failure
(nafc g) is a three-line primitive: peek the goal's stream for one
answer; if empty, yield (unit s); else mzero. Carries the standard
miniKanren caveats — open-world unsound, diverges on infinite streams.

7 tests: failed-goal-succeeds, successful-goal-fails, double-negation,
conde-all-fail-makes-nafc-succeed, conde-any-success-makes-nafc-fail,
nafc as a guard accepting and blocking.

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;; lib/minikanren/nafc.sx — Phase 5 piece C: negation as finite failure.
;;
;; (nafc g)
;; succeeds (yields the input substitution) if g has zero answers
;; against that substitution; fails (mzero) if g has at least one.
;;
;; Caveat: `nafc` is unsound under the open-world assumption. It only
;; makes sense for goals over fully-ground terms, or with the explicit
;; understanding that adding more facts could flip the answer. Use
;; `(project (...) ...)` to ensure the relevant vars are ground first.
;;
;; Caveat 2: stream-take forces g for at least one answer; if g is
;; infinitely-ground (say, a divergent search over an unbound list),
;; nafc itself will diverge. Standard miniKanren limitation.
(define
nafc
(fn
(g)
(fn
(s)
(let
((peek (stream-take 1 (g s))))
(if (empty? peek) (unit s) mzero)))))