[DGD] Inheriting the same program twice

[Par Winzell]

Petter Nyström wrote:

> The inheritable in question is a sort of command container. It holds a 
> mapping where I map command words to the objects handling the command, 
> so that when a user types in a command I can find out if there is an 
> objet willing to process that command. For characters I want to separate 
> between standard commands that are always available and commands made 
> available just by the items they are carrying. As items that handle 
> commands are received and released by the character, they are registered 
> and unregistered as available commands in the command container. (Rooms 
> also inherit this program, and offer their commands to all characters 
> present.)

This is an old subject and I hate to be reflexive about it, but I do 
urge you to reconsider the object-oriented approach to parsing. Humans 
don't work that way. If a verb works in the attic of a dusty house, they 
expect that verb to work in a tall clearing. The parser -- at least for 
in-game things -- should be central and static. That said, obviously 
local objects can have different capabilities and reactions to actions 
caused by verbs.

Zell