[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] more small directional cleanups

["Ross W. Wetmore" <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:41 AM 01/08/21 +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 04:46:05PM -0700, Trent Piepho wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Raimar Falke wrote:
>> > It looks like the discussion about this topic just stopped without
>> > coming to a conclusion what to do. And a big part of the thread was
>> > just about definitions. So I made as as explicit as possible. So what
>> > about "is_normalized_pos" and "ensure_normalized_pos"? Where
>> > normalized is from my A,B,C definition.
>> 
>> Well, way back before the latest definition thread started, someone, I
think
>> it was Jason or I, purposed is_normal_tile to compliment the function
>> is_real_tile.  The definition was the same as you used for your A,B,C sets.
>
>IMHO this all is about positions and not tiles. IMHO it should be
>called "normalized" instead of "normal" see the threads for reasons.
>
>       Raimar
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Actually, calling it "tile" serves to remind one that these are gaming
coordinates which are only valid when talking about real tiles, and not
abstract coordinate positions as in a GUI window, for instance :-).

But map_pos serves a similar purpose, though not just "pos" alone.

Cheers,
RossW
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