[Freeciv-Dev] Re: PATCH: tile markers

[Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear diary, on Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 02:18:58PM CET, I got a letter, where
Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> told me, that...
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 02:12:45PM +0200, Teemu Kurppa wrote:
> > Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 11:53:25AM +0200, Teemu Kurppa wrote:
> > 
> > > > - Tile markers are not saved anywhere, so they are lost, if you get
> > > > temporarily disconnected. This a bit inconvenient, but I'm not sure is
> > > > it the worth of trouble to bring marker information to server.
> > > 
> > > Use attributes. (client/attribute)
> > 
> > I tried to understand them.  Strange, but it seems that they are not used
> > anywhere ?  Could someone shortly describe, for what purpose they are and
> > how should I use them, or where in the code to find example of their real
> > usage. 
> 
> They are created by me for the (partly programmed but not included) agents.
> Search for TEST_ATTRIBUTES for a short example. Ask if you have any
> questions. Attributes can be used for markers. The remaining question is how
> to implement shared markers. Since the server doesn't have to know about them
> I would propose a function which allows a client to send a piece of data
> (uninterpreted by the server) to another client.
Server have to save them and resend them along with the map if the client gets
disconnected.

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