[Freeciv-Dev] Re: agents, tiles, recycled IDs

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, nikodimka wrote:
> I came to the following questions I'd be happy to find answers for:
>
> 1) Easy one:
>  Is there a guaranty that unit/city IDs never recycled?

As far as I can tell, they are only recycled when loading a savegame.

> 2) Are there any plans on extending agents interface to react
>  on map tiles as it reacts on units and cities?
>
> 3) It would be usefull when getting notification on unit change
>  to access the old state of the unit.
>  So agents can easily determine which of unit fields have changed.
>  With no access to the old state the only possibility for agent to
>  figure out changes is to keep track of all available units.
>  I have already asked the question at freeciv-ai@ but unfortunately got no 
> answer. :(

Raimar is the agents guy. He is current overworked on non-freeciv matters,
but I guess he'll answer you when he has time.

  - Per