[DGD]checking inheritance

[boris]

Hello !

While coding some LPC, I discovered that it's quite usefull to know
which programs some specific object inherit. For example you can distinguish between NPC and players by checking if the (body)object inherits /std/monster.c or /std/player.c (or whatever files they should inherit on your system).

Anyway here is how I implemented this...

    /* this code checks if 'obj' object inherits '/std/some_prog'
	program 						*/

    if (function_object("some_function", obj) == "/std/some_prog"){
        /* obj inherits '/std/some_prog' */
        ...
    } else {
        /* obj doesn't inherit '/std/some_prog' */
        ...
    }


Although it works I think it's rather ugly and inefficient way.
This method has problems. Firstly, it requires that the object
has a call_other() callable function, which not always is the case.
Secondly, you must know the exact name of that function. If you
rename or remove that function, this implementation will become
a potential bug.

So I wonder if there is a more elegant way of doing this in DGD-LPC ?

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