On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Trying to define an obvious concept here, does recursion work, can
> this be written better?
>
> A golem can either have a Boss, be Emancipated, or be in Storage.
>
> If a golem has no owner, or (through circularity of ownership)
> owns itself, it is Emancipated. Otherwise:
> 1. If a golem's owner is a first-class person, that person
> is the golem's Boss; otherwise,
> 2. If the golem's owner is an Emancipated golem or a non-golem,
> then the golem is in Storage; otherwise,
> 3. the golem's owner's Boss is the golem's Boss.
If I may make a suggestion:
{A golem's first guardian (if any) is its owner. A golem's nth
guardian (if any), for n greater than 1, is the owner of its (n-1)st
guardian.
If a golem has no owner, or has itself as a guardian, it is
Emancipated. If a golem is not Emancipated, but has an Emancipated
golem as a guardian, it is in Storage. If a golem has a first-class
player as a guardian, that player is the golem's Boss.}
—Tanner "Becquer" L. Swett
