//Title: Time Preprocessor Macros
//Credit to: Jtgibson
//Contributed by: Jtgibson


//This is an *extremely* useful set of aliases
//that allows you to specify time in your code as actual
//words rather than arbitrary figures.  Internally
//these words are converted into ticks for BYOND to
//interpret.

// Rather than typing:
//      var/one_day = 864000 //eight-hundred-and-sixty-four-thousand whats?
// Why not type:
//      var/one_day = 1 DAY
// Or:
//      var/one_day = 24 HOURS
// Or:
//      var/one_day = 1440 MINUTES
// Or even:
//      var/one_day = 86400 SECONDS
// Heck, if you really wanted to, even:
//      var/one_day = 864000 TICKS

//This set of definitions allows all of that.
//Basically, all it does is define constants that make
// your life infinitely easier by allowing you to specify
// exact units rather than expressing everything as a
// plain number.

#define DAYS    *864000
#define DAY     *864000
#define HOURS   *36000
#define HOUR    *36000
#define MINUTES *600
#define MINUTE  *600
#define SECONDS *10
#define SECOND  *10
#define TICKS   *1
#define TICK    *1


/*
//Testing code/sample implementation

mob/verb/ticks_in_2_secs()
    usr << "Number of ticks in two seconds:"
    usr << 2 SECONDS

mob/verb/brief_delay()
    usr << "Waiting 5 seconds..."
    sleep(5 SECONDS)
    usr << "Hello world!"

mob/verb/random_delay()
    usr << "Waiting for random time..."

    sleep(rand(1,10) SECONDS)
    //This is NOT the same as
    //      sleep(rand(1, 10 SECONDS))
    //but the latter might actually be more useful!

    usr << "Hello world!"

mob/verb/countdown()
    usr << "Counting down!"
    spawn(1 SECOND)  usr << "Five!" //You can use either "SECOND" or "SECONDS"
    spawn(2 SECONDS) usr << "Four!"
    spawn(3 SECONDS) usr << "Three!"
    spawn(4 SECONDS) usr << "Two!"
    spawn(5 SECONDS) usr << "One!"
    spawn(6 SECONDS) usr << "Ignition!"
    spawn(7 SECONDS) usr << "Blast-off!"

*/