Set Expansion, Verb Defaults

ID:132761
 
Nov 8 2009, 2:46 pm
Request 1:
Instead of doing this
obj 
    Egg
        verb
            Shake()
                set src in oview(1)
                set category = "Egg"
                world<<"[usr] shakes an egg"
            Shout()
                set src in oview(1)
                set category = "Egg"
                world<<"[usr] yells Hatch You Egg!!!"
            QuestionItsExistance()
                set src in oview(1)
                set category = "Egg"
                world<<"An egg? Where did it come from"


How about being able to set a default so you could simplify it to this.

obj
    Egg
        verb
            set src in oview(1)
            set category = "Egg"
            Shake()
                world<<"[usr] shakes an egg"
            Shout()
                world<<"[usr] yells Hatch You Egg!!!"
            QuestionItsExistance()
                world<<"An egg? Where did it come from"

Or something similar?

Request 2:

Make it so set src can handle locate and get_step.

obj
    Egg
        verb
            Shake()
                set src in get_step(src,SOUTH)
                world<<"[usr] shakes an egg"


Nov 8 2009, 2:57 pm
I'm pretty sure expanding set has come up and been rejected in the past. Also, your set hierarchy idea seems like a very nontrivial sort of task that isn't worth it in the long run.

Besides, with BYOND 4.0, I don't really see the need for primitive, gray, alert/input boxes.