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CMP.1:4.6 - Return a usable construction or a bounded limit

For solver reuse, return the input construction, solver conditions, recovery and relevant cost. A user should be able to follow an input through to its original answer.

For a limit, return the reduction argument, its computational assumptions and the excluded guarantee. Use that result to revise the actual question or allocation of work. A failed implementation attempt supplies neither this limit nor a reason to stop searching for a valid reduction.

When the input class, answer guarantee, representation or available solver changes, revisit the affected connection. Retain the earlier consequence for the conditions under which it was established.