<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposa --> <!--X-From-R13: Dbff @vpbyy <eavpbyyNpnyzne-zhq.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 10:35:04 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: l03130302b1c94f65b13b@[212.228.90.107] --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 8625663B.0058F7AB.00#usmta03,itsc.na.abnamro.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposa</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00083.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00085.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00082.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00086.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00084">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00084">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00084">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposa</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposa</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Ross Nicoll <<A HREF="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com">rnicoll#calmar-mud,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:32:30 +0100</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> >>>What are the choices here: >>> - drop all of them >>> - complain about ambiguity >>> - drop some "random" rock >>> - allow the user to choose >> Of these, the second and fourth get in the way of the game. >>The real choice is between the first and the third. I chose the >>first because it fell naturally from the way I was processing >>adjectives and so on as operators applied to sets of candidate >>objects. Once players got used to it, switching to another version >>was not an attractive option. >I would disagree with that - As a player, I'd rather have the game >abort a command than perform an unwanted command. I'd rather it >do nothing than do the wrong thing. For me the dividing line >between choosing method 2 or 4, then, would depend on how cleanly >#4 could be implemented. I'm a bit of a 2 and 3 fan. 2 is good, unless you have two identically named objects. 3 is my way of doing things, it drops the first thing in your inventory that matches. _ __ __ __ Ross "Xugumad" Nicoll /_) / / (_ (__ /\ /_/ __) / ______________/ </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00082" HREF="msg00082.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposa</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00083.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: An Introduction</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00085.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposal(with apologies to J. 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Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 09 Jul 1998, 20:38 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>