Re: [Rails-devel] Another argument for a separate Data/Table window

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

 

I just realized the entire operating round data table disappears when the OR
is complete.   
 

That is only true if you load from a saved file. 
Building the GUI is deferred until loading is complete.
 
Internally, there is no such thing as a table. 
It's a representation of a collection of data, stored in various objects:
players, companies, the bank.
All data is transient, no history is kept.
 
The Round objects may persist through references kept in the Undo stack,
but that doesn't help much as these don't contain much data.
 
In other words: adding such a table is not just a matter of adding a window.
A lot of work would be needed to create history.
 
Perhaps a more promising approach would be to write a status table to the
Report
after each round has completed, similar to what is published by 18xx zines.