Re: [Rpg-maker-design] Language design

[Jon E. <je...@mi...>]

I like 'New <Type> called <Name>'.

I'm thinking about the 'is part of' thing. I partially agree, but I 
don't know if 'is part of' is any better than 'is in'.

Dan wrote:

> Overall, I think it looks good.  But then, I'm a programmer, and it's 
> a very easy language.
> My biggest complaint is with creating new objects:
>
>> Map Firstmap is in Game
>
> <Type> <Name> is in <Object>
>
> This can really be broken down into two parts:
> "<Type> <Name>": Create a new <Type> called <Name>
> "is in <Object>": This new <Type> is part of <Object>
>
> The first part, to me, isn't all that clear.   Would a random 
> non-coder looking at "Map Firstmap" realize that Firstmap is a Map?  
> Maybe, but maybe not.  I'm thinking something like
> "new <Type> called <Name>" would be clearer:
> "new Map called FirstMap".
> On the other hand, that could be adding too much typing.  We could 
> shorten it.
> "new Map: FirstMap"
> "Map called FirstMap"
> "FirstMap is a Map"
> "FirstMap is a new Map"
>
> Which one do people like best?
>
> As for the second part, I think the "in" could be confusing to those 
> who are just being introduced to Object Oriented stuff.  "is part of" 
> would probably make it much clearer, but that is, again, probably too 
> much typing.
>
>
> Related to both problems, we could make the scripting engine 
> auto-expand certain phrases or symbols when it sees them.  The user 
> could type 'ipo', and when it checks for syntax, it would replace that 
> with "is part of".  Or they could just type "is part of".
> Of course, if we end up with a GUI to create the script, it doesn't 
> really matter.
>
>
>
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