Bug Stomp

How frustrating. Mine are obviously not working, and the positives are. Back to the drawing board.

M

I think a found the problem. If (mem-something) does not exist, then the is not comparison fails just like the is comparison does. So "is not" actually means "is something other than". Hmm. More drawing board.

Ah, I hadn't noticed that. But then I default (name) to (mem-nickname), and I don't think I have any other NOTs.

Just default whatever you need to a random value, and all should be well.

>> Just default whatever you need to a random value,
>> and all should be well.
Got to be careful of that. If I default to a random value, then I am carrying that value AND whatever was already there. If I default to ONLY a random value, I lose whatever I already tagged the visitor with previously.

Here's the puzzle. I assign a triggering nickname to an annoying visitor. Then when he comes back I check for that nickname, and hang up if it's there.

I guess I need some clarification on the memory lists. Does mem-nickname contain "MickMcA, Mick, Doughboy" or "MickMcA|Mick|Doughboy"? In other words, if I say
if (mem-nickname) is "Mick";
am I asking if "Mick" is in the list, or if the one pulled from the list is "Mick"? Is that clear? I don't want the guy to get past the trap because I've got more than one nickname stored for him.

mems are comma-delimited, and (I'm pretty sure, though I don't recall trying this myself,) it checks if it is in the list, rather than picking one at random.

I'm running a test bot in the debugger, so the questions are coming hard and heavy.

KP: I have (artadjnoun) [50,0]
does not match "I have a red gem," "I have a gem," or "I have gems." Why?

KP: I have (art|) (adj|) (noun|) [50,0]
does match, but (key1), (key2), and (key3) are empty even if the statement being parsed is "I have a green stone." However, (obmod) does contain "a green stone."

And a tip for the unwary. If a literal (key1) turns up in memories or transcripts, that means the KP didn't contain a (key1). Not exactly what I thought was supposed to happen.

M

For some reason, one of my bot's keyphrases isn't working. Should I just boost the rank?

yeah - try it at 50, and see if that helps. You can drop it back a bit then if you don't want it so prominent.

OK. Thank you.

"Here's the puzzle. I assign a triggering nickname to an annoying visitor. Then when he comes back I check for that nickname, and hang up if it's there."

Don't do nickname, create a seperate value altogether. For example, Aries creates mem-pottymouth and assigns it a value if they are too vulgar. He then checks for the existance of that to decide whether a hangup is appropriate

>> Don't do nickname, create a seperate value altogether.
Actually I'm doing both. I have a mem-pig that the user can "turn on" and I use the special nickname when someone is so obnoxious that I want to give them personal attention.

Now if I could just figure out what I'm doing wrong with the parts of speech....

I wrestling with the (verb) thingie, and it turned up a bug I've been suspicious of for some time.

When "I dance for you" matches
I (verb) [50,0]
~You (vmod)? Ok.
The Response comes out "You dance for I? Ok."
The parser consistently uses the subject rathet than object pronoun when doing a transform after a preposition.

BTW:
I (verb) [50,0]

Does NOT match
I leash you
even though the debugger parses "leash" as a verb!