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From: Travis Casey <efindel@io.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:34:31 -0400
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wednesday, June 02, 1999, Jp Calderone wrote:
> Travis S. Casey wrote:
>>
> [snip]
>> How can "get the red box" be misunderstood, unless there is more than one
>> red box in the area? Or "put the red sword in the box on the table"?
>> (Again, unless there's more than one sword, or more than one box on the
>> table, or more than one table that has a box on it.)
>>
> [snip]
> Point for the ambiguity argument - Does "put the red sword in the box on
> the
> table" mean put the red sword you are holding/carrying in the box on the
> table or put the red sword that is in the box onto the table?
Unless both red swords exist, it means whichever one makes sense in
the situation. That's why I made the parenthetical comment I did.
If you're carrying a red sword and there's one in the box, either the
mud can ask you for clarification, or the command language could
support a way to make it clear in the initial command -- e.g.,
put red sword in (box on table)
put (red sword in box) on table
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