Feature Request: $char(ability,xxx) return values

[GoatFoot]

Change the return values of $char(ability,xxx) to:

• 1+: Currently useable /doability number
  0: The ability is on a button but is currently unuseable.
  -1: The skill is not on an ability button
  -2: You do not have that skill

I realise that this is entering the realm of nitpicky bs so feel free to slap me down. :)

Currently ...

$char(ability,xxx) returns what /doability you have a skill set to (see Appendix C)
Also can return:

• 0: Skill not on an ability button
  -1: You do not have that skill
  -2: The ability is on a button but unuseable right now

This means the possible return values of available skills are broken up into 2 ranges:

• -2 available but not currently useable
  1+ available and useable.

with the return codes for an unavailable skill setting in the middle.

So if I wish to:

1. ignore all unavailable skills, while
2. note an available skill but currenly unuseable skill and
3. do something interesting with a useable skill

I have to do something like:

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sub Fragment
   /if $char(ability,xxx)==0 /return
   /if $char(ability,xxx)==-1 /return
   /if $char(ability,xxx)==-2 /goto :DoCommonStuff
   /do useable stuff
   /do more useable stuff
   :DoCommonStuff
   /stuff
/return

whereas I'd much rather do this:

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/sub Fragment
  /if $char(ability,xxx)<0 /return
  /do something for all available skills

  /if $char(ablity,xxx)>0 {
      /do aesthetically pleasing stuff with usable skills
      /do elegant stuff (note the subliminal propaganda)
   }
 /return

Bleah, that example isn't great, but you get the point. Return values that share a common states are not contiguous.


I REALLY need to get a life/job.