Overlays? in Developer Help

ID:142594
 
Apr 15 2008, 5:55 pm (Edited on Apr 15 2008, 6:10 pm)
BYOND Version: 416.981

Code:
mob/verb/Test1()
    for(var/image/I in usr.overlays)
        world<<"Found"

mob/verb/Test2()
    for(var/I in usr.overlays)
        world<<I:type


Problem description:
Test 1 wont find anything in the overlays.
Test 2 finds everything and reports that they are indeed /images.
#1 Apr 15 2008, 5:57 pm
From the reference:
"The individual items in the list may not be directly accessed, since they are stored in a special internal format. However, the list operators +=, -=, and the procedures Add, Remove, and Cut work normally. "
#2 Apr 15 2008, 5:59 pm
In response to Nickr5 (#1)
wouldnt the Test2 verb be directly accesing them o.o
#3 Apr 15 2008, 6:27 pm (Edited on Apr 15 2008, 6:41 pm)
In response to Falacy (#2)
Test1 is looking for a specific type in that list, which won't return anything because it can't be accessed like that.

Test2 is just looking for anything in it. Since it's not looking for anything specific, it will return true if it finds something.