I’m afraid I don’t get the analogy. Gaelan
> On Oct 15, 2017, at 5:52 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > <p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I disagree with this. I think the distinction is that you want Agora to work > like USB, whereas now Agora works like PS/2. > > > On 10/15/2017 08:45 PM, Gaelan Steele wrote: >> There are many places where Agora essentially calls eval(T), where T is some >> text from a player. This includes: >> >> The rules, of course >> Proposals >> Regulations >> Other powered instruments (do we have any of those lying around?) >> Public messages >> Orgs >> Agencies >> Contracts >> Old Pledges >> Conditional votes >> CFJs >> >> I think we need a simple way to state in the rules that agora “reads” a >> piece of text and changes the gamestate accordingly, according to some list >> of things that that text is allowed to do: >> >> * Proposals can impact things tracked by the rules >> * Public messages can perform by-annoucement actions, etc >> * Contracts can authorize player actions (contract-by-announcement) and >> punish players >> * Conditional votes can choose a vote >> * CFJs can pose a question >> * The rules (I think) actually have no power over anything beyond their own >> scope >> >> I think we might want to define something like “invoking” a piece of text, >> or giving an instrument with zero power the right to specify some limited >> things, or something. >> >> Gaelan >
