From: "Aaron & Rebecca" <NOSPAM AT for DOT me>
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Subject: Re: pointer to function ??
Date: 2 Mar 1998 03:22:13 GMT
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Thomas Womack <mert0236 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk> wrote in article
<6c7u5l$mub$2 AT news DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>...
> Wouldn't it be easier, and not discernably slower, to put
> 
> int nextthink;
> 
> nextthink=THINKER_RUN;
> nextthink=THINKER_ATTACK;
> 
> switch nextthink
> {
>   case THINKER_RUN:
>     run();
> 
>   case THINKER_ATTACK:
>     attack();
> }
> 
> Tom


This is a pretty good solution, but, depending on how the application
develops in the future, it may require a lot of extra coding if other
actions are added to the repotoire later in develpment.  See my post for
MHO on a solution to the problem.

Just my $0.02 worth,

Aaron Cosand.