Re: renaming local to "fornow" (or maybe just "now")

[David L. Nicol]

Bart Lateur wrote:

> >       "The Chiefs have scored a touchdown, now they will try for the extra point"
> > could be expressed in gamerules::americanfootball as
> >
> >       now $points{touchdown} = 2;
> >       now $points{fieldgoal} = 1;
> 
> If you  use "now" as a replacement for "local", shouldn't the
> Chiefs loose their points at the end of the match, or even some time
> earlier?

Are you saying that in Belgian rules football, the teams accumulate their
scores the whole season?  The whole life of the coach? :)

I meant that at the end of the extra-point phase, the score valuations
will return to their normal values, of touchdown == 6 and fieldgoal == 3

 
> In other words: I don't think it really works.
> 
> I'm all for renaming local(), mind you.


So what is your suggestion?


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