world.loaded

ID:1894274
 
Jul 12 2015, 12:21 am
Redundant
Applies to:DM Language
Status: Redundant
This feature has already been implemented, or is already achievable with existing methods.
Hey, I was wondering if we could add a variable to world that becomes 1 when the world has gone through it's loading process.

This affects procedures like atom.New() which are called before everything is completely present in the world.

I often find myself writing a work around for each of my projects that uses world.New() but I think it would be a good procedure to have built in.
Jul 12 2015, 1:13 am
world/New() occurs after global variables and the map are initialized, so it's correct to use it for that. For example, if you have a tile edge generator thing, it definitely fits better in world/New() than turf/New().

But for a workaround to implement this feature yourself:
var loaded
world/New()
    ..()
    loaded = TRUE

I'm not seeing any immediate use for it, but there you go.
Jul 12 2015, 9:21 pm
Lummox JR resolved issue (Redundant)
Jul 12 2015, 9:30 pm
How is it implemented or already achievable? It's only achievable if you go through a pain in the butt method. Seems like a simple thing to add which would just be nice.
Jul 12 2015, 9:37 pm
Setting a var in world/New() is hardly onerous.
Jul 12 2015, 9:44 pm
In response to Lummox JR
Yeah but for every project. It strikes me as strange that it's never been done. It's a lot more pretty that adding loading code into your demo that has nothing to do with your demo and then you have to add an explanation of why it's there.