Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Races ruleset - patch

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Falk Hueffner wrote:

> David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > The implementation is no more blocking nor subject to lag than 
> > the way many other similar things are already done in the client;
> > eg:
> > 
> > - user presses 'b' to build city;
> > - client sends "Suggest a new city name for unit with id 556", 
> >   and then goes back to its event loop;
> > - server sends back a packet: "Suggested new city name for unit 
> >   with id 556 is 'Foobar'";
> 
> Uhm... why is the unit id transmitted? Does the server use it in some
> way to choose the city name? Or just to remove the need for the client 
> to remember which units were waiting for a city name?

Ah, it is commented in the patch/code, and was referred to
in the part of the post you snipped :-}

The latter; don't want to keep unnecessary state or have 
blocking etc in the client, plus the unit could die in
the meantime and then the dialog should not be popped.

-- David