[DGD]Global Reset

[Stephen Schmidt]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, E. Harte wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Stephen Schmidt wrote:
> > DGD has no heart_beat() function. None. It just has call_out().
> > If you want a heart beat, you've got to code it in the mudlib.

> If you're implying here that the 2.4.5 DGD lib doesn't have the
> heart_beat() functionality in the auto-object, you're wrong:

I'm not. I'm distinguishing between DGD (the driver) and the
2.4.5 DGD lib (a mudlib). It is my perception, possibly wrong,
that most people who use DGD do -not- use the 2.4.5 mudlib.
Statements about "DGD" should therefore not assume that the
2.4.5 lib is the one in use; they should be general to any
mudlib the user might be using (or might be coding for
themselves). And actually, I think statements should be
that way even if most people are using the 2.4.5 lib.

With that distinction made, I think Erwin has described
the heart_beat() in the 2.4.5 lib perfectly accurately and
we don't really have any disagreement here. In particular:

Me:
> > It's much better to have each one handle its own updating,
> > and stagger the cycles.... Keep all necessary centralized
> > information in a (small!) daemon object, and have each object
> > call into it to get the information it needs.

Him: 
> Yes.  That is probably the most practical solution, and similar to mine,
> but like mine quite likely not what the original poster was hoping to
> implement. :-)
 
and I concur completely with that. 

Quoting out of sequence: 
> What is "the traditional way" according to you?  I'm confused.

Generally: heart_beat() is available only for living objects,
and there is code in heart_beat() which handles healing, checks
for combat, and other CPU-intense things, which cannot be, or
at least usually isn't, bypassed and is thus expensive to call.
2.4.5, 3.x, and most of the MudOS mudlibs all fit that general
description.
I don't have a more specific description than that in mind.

Steve
 

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