[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [RFC PATCH] init_tech

[Justin Moore <justin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > > Can you give examples? Is someone working on this?
> > >
> > > create tech automobile {
> > >    name = "Automobile";
> > >    req1 = ... }
> > >
> > > (where braces might be parens, and semicolons might be commas)
> > >
> > > No one is actively working on it.
> >
> > > I don't know what the status of the split function patch is --
> > > that's the infrastructure that comes first.
> >
> > The interface of the split method depends a bit on the user. So far no
> > user has been mentioned.
>
> For full power parethesi/quote handling, the split function will need to
> understand them (recombining accidentally split segments is too big a
> burden to put on later-stage elements).  Does the present split do this?

   The present split coder has been bogged down with research and TA work.
But what are the odds of him working on it this weekend? *shakes magic
8-ball* Hmm, "Most Likely."  I'll have something in by the end of the
weekend.  My comments on the thread will follow in the next e-mail.

-jdm

Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0129
Email:  justin@xxxxxxxxxxx