On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:49:20 -0400, Dave Angel wrote: > Thanks, that is what I was trying to say. In the same sense that > emptying a list makes it quite small, if it's a general purpose object, > you just want to remove all the attributes. > I think a 'place' (to generalise it) is quite a small object in any case. All it needs to contain is a few lists: - a list of exits, which in some implementations might be simply references to other places, but might usefully be objects with two sides, each having an appearance and a link to the place where that side appears. - a list of fixed objects which only serve to describe the place. - a list of mobile objects that actors can pick up and move - a list of actors who happen to be there.
plus a describePlace() method and add(), remove() and getItem() methods for each list. It may be possible to use a single list for all types of object, in which case the object itself would be very small indeed. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
