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Re: arguments to ?_create_at_action
- From: Hans Ronne <hronne at pp dot sbbs dot se>
- To: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Cc: xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:27:09 +0200
- Subject: Re: arguments to ?_create_at_action
- References: <8CB7243165D750498B12F7F868535B40094876@pline2>
>Stanley Sutton wrote:
>
>>In the prep_create_at_action, do_create_at_action, and
>>check_create_action, there is an argument, int z, which is not used.
>>Does anyone know what it was intended to be used for? Altitude? Leaving
>>space for 3D grids?
>>
>Altitude, the theory being that if you had something like a spysat
>for which line-of-sight mattered, you could bring it into existence
>at its usual operating altitude. In practice of course, all that
>altitude support is still unused deadweight...
What I find perhaps more interesting is the fact that all action functions
have an unused (or rather redundant) extra unit argument for the unit that
provides the acps, as distinct from the unit who does the job (the actor).
What was your original intention with this? Transports that would provide
acps to their occupants, or vice versa?
Hans
Hans Ronne
hronne@pp.sbbs.se