[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13360) Choose random tech and future tech

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13360 >

Mateusz Stefek wrote:

> enum tech_state get_invention(const struct player *pplayer,
>                             Tech_type_id tech)
> {
>   assert(tech >= 0 || tech < game.control.num_tech_types);
> 
>   return get_player_research(pplayer)->inventions[tech].state;
> }
> 
> I think the author intended the function to be called only with real 
> techs, but he messed the assertion and for a very long time everything
> looked ok. (Till now)

Ugh.  So how do future techs ever get chosen?

-jason