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This seems reminiscent of Session Types to me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_type

I think one difference is that session types capture which state a process/co-routine is in after receiving a sequence of messages whereas this system does not, it captures how one can respond to each state in isolation (e.g. I don't think you can statically capture that once a door is closed and locked you can only receive the locked state from it and respond by unlocking it).

Hey you gave me an excuse to link to one of my favorite PWL talks: "A Rehabilitation of Message-passing Concurrency" by Frank Pfenning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRn_nPfti-Y

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