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48 lines
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How to refer to things
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MarMOTS: set model?
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when sending a message: send to all in set (useful? or explicit foreach better?)
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when asking a question: ask a random member? if != 1 I think this is almost never what you really want.
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1) construct model:
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all values (except for constants) come from some class of object, of which there are always only small number available to you
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the instance of the class that you query is chosen by narrowing the set by "picking" in the event conditions
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pros of picking:
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= lets you say when(anything) and have it make sense
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= if there is only one of something you always get it right
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cons:
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= not always an easy way to express what you want
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2) game maker:
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self, other, pick
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-- gml has the set model!
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other == other involved in collision
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=============
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namespaces:
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| * System *
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| Thing
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| Whatsit
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| Enemy
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| ...
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| variable?
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some core stuff should be global (if, expr, true, false)
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I keep forgetting that this kind of interface suggests type inference
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what is a type? it's
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- number
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- string (ansi)
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- boolean (yes/no)
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- object<|x,y,z|>
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- with mixins x, y, z
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object<|x|> is a subtype of object<|x,y|>
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- list<t>
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- void
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- t
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