Re: Adding and removing repeated pointers to a list

[donalson]

Just an idea, for what its worth.

How about if you define a seperate "memory" object, (or just a structure) that
contains a reference to the agent interacted with and includes some thing to
seperate instances of the same agent on the list. Say:

struct
{

   id Agent involved;
   int (or id) timeOfInteraction;
   .
   .   // anything else of interest
   .
}

Use this for the memory list.

Just a thought...

Cheers,

   D3

Jonathan Greenberg wrote:

> I have some questions about how swarm handles the following algorithm with the
> list collection:
>
> My list represents and agent's "memory" -- each agent in the world remembers
> interactions with other members, and then "forgets" them at a specified time.
> As such, I need to know the behavior of the list in these two situations:
>
> Time 1: Add agent "A"
> Time 2: Add agent "B"
> Time 3: Add agent "A"
>
> Is the list now:
> A
> B
> A
>
> or is it
> A
> B
> ?
>
> Secondly, if the list does, in fact, contain "A,B,A" (multiple pointers to
> agent A), what happens if I "remove A" from the list, will I end up with "B"
> or "B,A" from that list?  Thanks in advance!
>
> --jonathan
>
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