On 03/23/2012 03:52 PM, Tanner Swett wrote:
> 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.}
Possible shenanigans if a player is ever owned, but that's likely to
cause all sorts of trouble anyway.
