[Ohrrpgce] thinking out loud about magic variables in hamsterspeak

[dan155424 at msn.com]

> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:11:05 -0800
> From: Bob at HamsterRepublic.com
> To: ohrrpgce at lists.motherhamster.org
> Subject: [Ohrrpgce] thinking out loud about magic variables in hamsterspeak
> 
> So in python you can do something pretty cool where you set up get/set 
> functions for a property name, and then you can read and write to it as 
> if it was a variable, buty all your reads and writes go through the 
> get/set functions
> 
> Why couldn't we do something kinda like this in HamsterSpeak?
> 
> Suppose we create a new class of variables. To distinguish them from 
> global and local variables, I'm going to call them "magic variables"
> 
> So maybe you create one with a command like this:
> 
>  magic variable(v, get v, set v)
> 
> where v is the name of the new magic variable, "get v" is a script that 
> returns something, and "set v" is a script that takes 1 argument. See 
> how that could be cool?
> 
>  magic variable(money, party money, set money)
> 
> Then you could set money by saying:
> 
>  money := 100
> 
> Or retieve money by saying:
> 
>  show value(money)
> 
> Now what would make this even cooler is if arguments could be added. 
> Maybe something like:
> 
>  magic variable(spell, 3, read spell, write spell)
> 
> So you could specify 3 arguments to the "spell" magic variable, 
> something like this:
> 
>  spell(who, 0, 0) := atk:Punch
> 
> or
> 
>  get attack name(0, spell(who, 0, 0))
> 
> The above two examples operating on the first spell in the first spell 
> list of the hero specified in the "who" variable.
> 
> Anyway, I just wanted to share that idea while I had it, in case anyone 
> has any comments on whether or not it seems like a good idea, how how it 
> might be done better.
> 
> ---
> James Paige
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That's an awesome idea.  That'd make it easier to set values for such variables without having to remember the function names to do so with.

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