Subject: Further Ramblings...

From: Paul Mc Auley <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1992 01:14:10 -0700

In the continuing debate....
 One problem with Moo(s) in general is how restrictive the abilities of
$player actually are.  A lot of objects being written require eval to
operate at anything beyond the most basic of levels.  Also in the case of
@chparent, this problem doesn't just apply to player classes, it is also
highly relevant for room building. A player can only use $room and $exit,
for integration into the house or otherwise, would you not want appropriate
room types? What would be nice would be restricted @makeme (player
@chparent), @makehere (room), @makeway (exit); all of which convert existing
objects to one of a restricted class of objects. Restricting player
flexibilities would vastly reduce the enjoyment contained... but I would
advocate a slightly more stringent check of things like .gender and
.description before handing out .programmer (meanwhile, I would ask people
not to jump down a new player's throat the minute they are created about
@desc, It takes time to compose and type such things.)
		Paul

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