Re: virtual/real variable types

From: Daniel A. Koepke (dkoepke@circlemud.org)
Date: 12/04/01

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On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Mysidia wrote:

> if you did:
>
> int foo = real_room(1234);
>
> then
> if (foo > -1)

...then you did two things wrong to begin with.  Use room_rnum and
NOWHERE; by failing to, you are unnecessarily generating fragile code.
Those who choose to shackle themselves by sacrificing readability,
maintainability, and extensibility must bear the bonds of this undesirable
obfuscation.

-dak

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