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ID:175648 Mar 24 2003, 8:21 am
Konomendragon	What is the point of putting ..() I never use it... and my code works just fine every time i compile and run.

Mar 24 2003, 8:44 am
Unowuero	..() resets all the defaults of the parent of where you put it. Example. If i set a mob's density to 0 and then I put ..() It would give the mob it's defualt density of 1 since mobs are usually dense.

Mar 24 2003, 9:00 am

In response to Unowuero

Alathon

Unowuero wrote:

..() resets all the defaults of the parent of where you put it.

Example. If i set a mob's density to 0 and then I put ..()

It would give the mob it's defualt density of 1 since mobs are usually dense.

Not quite. Not at all, infact.

..() calls the parent procedure.

Example:

mob/proc/Desc(mob/M)
M << src.desc

mob/player/Desc(mob/M)
..()
M << src.biography

This shows the desc of a mob examining another mob. If the mob being examined is a player, it first calls the parent procedure(..()), which shows src.desc , and then it shows them a biography.