Re: [Pybem-developers] Re: base36!

[Anthony B. <ab...@ii...>]

At 10:23 PM +0800 25/6/02, Adrian Smith wrote:
>OK, deal, you do the items/skills and I'll do a parser.
>We should be able to read in the items/skills from an XML file.

I would prefer something a little more human-readable/writable, but 
it's up to you - maybe we could have some sort of switch to read in 
XML/text.

I just think that the syntax (at least for specifying items) would be 
better as something like:

skill knight
synonyms knig
effect +lvl combat
        +lvl upkeep
requires skills sword riding shield heraldry
          items sword horse plate_armour shield

I think it's less readable as something like:

<skillspec>
     <synonyms>knig</synonyms>
     <effect><bonus addto="combat">+lvl</bonus>
             <require type="skill">combat</require>
             <require type="skill">sword</require>
             <require type="skill">riding</require>
             <require type="skill">shield</require>
             <require type="skill">heraldry</require>
             <require type="item">sword</require>
             <require type="item">horse</require>
             <require type="item">plate armour</require>
             <require type="item">shield</require>
     </effect>
</skillspec>

I've expounded on this at length, so I'll shut up now, but just so 
you know what I think ;)  Feel free to poke your nose into items if 
you like...

Ant
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