Re: [pbmserv-dev] Adding a command to a game

[Robert Barrell <games@rdbhn.org>]

Lyman Hurd wrote:

> Well yes, come to think of it there are somw drawbacks
> to what I was proposing.  For example, if you do a
> "show" rather than a "showas" you are not in the
> context of any specific user.
>  
Thanks, Lyman.  Actually, user context (as in "showas") is not important 
for SGF.  The format is absolute, and the programs that display the 
games usually have "board flip" options.

> Possibly adding a command is the most reasonable
> option...
>
> As noted virtual methods can have a default
> implementation usable by all classes that do not
> specifically override it, or in some cases a method
> can be made "pure virtual" in which case any concrete
> class that extends the base is forced to override it.
>  
Still working on it.  The "not implemented" default works, but I'm 
getting a segmentation fault when the Go version of the function is called.