In article <i9lfbu$1a...@localhost.localdomain>, Martin Gregorie <mar...@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:49:20 -0400, Dave Angel wrote: >> >> Thanks, that is what I was trying to say. In the same sense that >> emptying a list makes it quite small, if it's a general purpose object, >> you just want to remove all the attributes. > >I think a 'place' (to generalise it) is quite a small object in any case. >All it needs to contain is a few lists: >- a list of exits, which in some implementations might be simply > references to other places, but might usefully be objects with > two sides, each having an appearance and a link to the place > where that side appears. >- a list of fixed objects which only serve to describe the place. >- a list of mobile objects that actors can pick up and move >- a list of actors who happen to be there. > >plus a describePlace() method and add(), remove() and getItem() methods >for each list. It may be possible to use a single list for all types of >object, in which case the object itself would be very small indeed.
Maybe you want a rule-based approach: http://eblong.com/zarf/essays/rule-based-if/ -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Look, it's your affair if you want to play with five people, but don't go calling it doubles." --John Cleese anticipates Usenet -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
