Inline functions

Inline functions, also known as funcparser functions are embedded strings on the form

$funcname(args, kwargs)

For example

> say the answer is $eval(24 * 12)!
You say, "the answer is 288!"

General processing of outgoing strings is disabled by default. To activate inline-function parsing of outgoing strings, add this to your settings file:

FUNCPARSER_PARSE_OUTGOING_MESSAGES_ENABLED=True

Inline functions are provided by the FuncParser. It is enabled in a few other situations:

  • Processing of Prototypes; these ‘prototypefuncs’ allow for prototypes whose values change dynamically upon spawning. For example, you would set {key: '$choice(["Bo", "Anne", "Tom"])' and spawn a random-named character every time.

  • Processing of strings to the msg_contents method. This allows for sending different messages depending on who will see them.